Eve
@evenicholls.bsky.social
Queer disabled quilter. She/her. Free Palestine.
Neurodivergent? Queer? Joint pain? Go and read up on Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Yes, even if you're not all that flexible these days. Even if it's not you, it's probably some of your friends.
Neurodivergent? Queer? Joint pain? Go and read up on Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Yes, even if you're not all that flexible these days. Even if it's not you, it's probably some of your friends.
This is fabulous (assuming you have a good lawyer for the impending lawsuit from your dog, of course), but could you not put hyperlinks in alt text? Nobody can click on them, and they're awful for blind users, as screen readers read them out letter by letter.
February 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
This is fabulous (assuming you have a good lawyer for the impending lawsuit from your dog, of course), but could you not put hyperlinks in alt text? Nobody can click on them, and they're awful for blind users, as screen readers read them out letter by letter.
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
Nope, don't do that. As I said, no one can actually click on it, and it's seriously disruptive for blind people using screen readers. Anything like that goes in the post, and if need be in a second post.
Why would you want to add smileys to alt text? As part of a transcription?
Why would you want to add smileys to alt text? As part of a transcription?
February 10, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Nope, don't do that. As I said, no one can actually click on it, and it's seriously disruptive for blind people using screen readers. Anything like that goes in the post, and if need be in a second post.
Why would you want to add smileys to alt text? As part of a transcription?
Why would you want to add smileys to alt text? As part of a transcription?
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The hyperlink thing is annoyingly common, and some people also seem to think alt text is for footnotes, which it's not. The rule is to transcribe text in the image (don't summarise it), and describe actual images. It's fun to practise with pet photos!
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 AM
The hyperlink thing is annoyingly common, and some people also seem to think alt text is for footnotes, which it's not. The rule is to transcribe text in the image (don't summarise it), and describe actual images. It's fun to practise with pet photos!
This is enchanting, but please don't put hyperlinks in alt text! They can't be used, and screen readers will read them out letter by letter. It's a place for a nice image description instead. You could have had great fun pointing out where each cat was.
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
This is enchanting, but please don't put hyperlinks in alt text! They can't be used, and screen readers will read them out letter by letter. It's a place for a nice image description instead. You could have had great fun pointing out where each cat was.
Tern, why won't you use alt text? You care about covid but not about disabled people?
February 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Tern, why won't you use alt text? You care about covid but not about disabled people?
That could be flu, we're having a very bad year for it, and from what I'm hearing, including from the diabetes clinic, it's worse than covid. Don't underestimate flu. It disabled me for life when I was a healthy teenager in 1997. (Covid is what probably triggered the diabetes, though.)
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
That could be flu, we're having a very bad year for it, and from what I'm hearing, including from the diabetes clinic, it's worse than covid. Don't underestimate flu. It disabled me for life when I was a healthy teenager in 1997. (Covid is what probably triggered the diabetes, though.)
Oh, that's infuriating. Mine at least will book an appointment for that day or the next if you ring at 8.
It's worse at my surgery right now because a huge number of them are off on sick leave or bereavement leave. Same goes for my diabetes clinic. It's being a really bad winter.
It's worse at my surgery right now because a huge number of them are off on sick leave or bereavement leave. Same goes for my diabetes clinic. It's being a really bad winter.
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Oh, that's infuriating. Mine at least will book an appointment for that day or the next if you ring at 8.
It's worse at my surgery right now because a huge number of them are off on sick leave or bereavement leave. Same goes for my diabetes clinic. It's being a really bad winter.
It's worse at my surgery right now because a huge number of them are off on sick leave or bereavement leave. Same goes for my diabetes clinic. It's being a really bad winter.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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Johannesburg’s Nyamakop Studios turns African artifact repatriation into a bold heist game.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Video game 'reloots' stolen artefacts, by reclaiming works of art from Western museums
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February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Johannesburg’s Nyamakop Studios turns African artifact repatriation into a bold heist game.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Name clustering is fun. I did go to a choir summer school about 35 years ago where of 55 children, largely girls, there were five Alices. I'm not sure I've met that many Alices since. And there were so many Daves at my uni LGBTQIA society that there were jokes about a culling session.
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Name clustering is fun. I did go to a choir summer school about 35 years ago where of 55 children, largely girls, there were five Alices. I'm not sure I've met that many Alices since. And there were so many Daves at my uni LGBTQIA society that there were jokes about a culling session.
Impressive. I had a great aunt Judy!
Every other Jewish man in London around 1900 seems to have been called Sidney, which has made one relative near impossible to research. I'm at the age where it's largely for checking medical risks, fun times.
Every other Jewish man in London around 1900 seems to have been called Sidney, which has made one relative near impossible to research. I'm at the age where it's largely for checking medical risks, fun times.
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Impressive. I had a great aunt Judy!
Every other Jewish man in London around 1900 seems to have been called Sidney, which has made one relative near impossible to research. I'm at the age where it's largely for checking medical risks, fun times.
Every other Jewish man in London around 1900 seems to have been called Sidney, which has made one relative near impossible to research. I'm at the age where it's largely for checking medical risks, fun times.
I'm still trying to work out whether your last name is actually visible here!
Mine mostly went for an entirely different name. One moved his first name to his surname, edited slightly. I've got cousins where Greenbaum changed to Green (so as not to be called Green Bum at school, I was told).
Mine mostly went for an entirely different name. One moved his first name to his surname, edited slightly. I've got cousins where Greenbaum changed to Green (so as not to be called Green Bum at school, I was told).
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I'm still trying to work out whether your last name is actually visible here!
Mine mostly went for an entirely different name. One moved his first name to his surname, edited slightly. I've got cousins where Greenbaum changed to Green (so as not to be called Green Bum at school, I was told).
Mine mostly went for an entirely different name. One moved his first name to his surname, edited slightly. I've got cousins where Greenbaum changed to Green (so as not to be called Green Bum at school, I was told).
Yep, I'm from Jewish north London.
Looking at the first names, you can see them gradually becoming less Jewish. Naphtali and Gittel are two way back, then you start getting the likes of Arnold and Molly, then pretty conventional, like Daniel and Rachel.
Looking at the first names, you can see them gradually becoming less Jewish. Naphtali and Gittel are two way back, then you start getting the likes of Arnold and Molly, then pretty conventional, like Daniel and Rachel.
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Yep, I'm from Jewish north London.
Looking at the first names, you can see them gradually becoming less Jewish. Naphtali and Gittel are two way back, then you start getting the likes of Arnold and Molly, then pretty conventional, like Daniel and Rachel.
Looking at the first names, you can see them gradually becoming less Jewish. Naphtali and Gittel are two way back, then you start getting the likes of Arnold and Molly, then pretty conventional, like Daniel and Rachel.
The names change so much, too! Garfinkiel went through a few iterations, and loads of people had multiple versions of their first names, or just changed them entirely.
So much for cis people trying to claim that it's only trans folk who change their names, eh.
So much for cis people trying to claim that it's only trans folk who change their names, eh.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The names change so much, too! Garfinkiel went through a few iterations, and loads of people had multiple versions of their first names, or just changed them entirely.
So much for cis people trying to claim that it's only trans folk who change their names, eh.
So much for cis people trying to claim that it's only trans folk who change their names, eh.
Yes, I've noticed that people seem to have hung on to
Polish etc. names much more in the US. Does religion make a difference here?
Mine are all pretty aggressively anglicised and bland. But heaven help you if you tried to date a non-Jew. It's only my generation where some have dared "marry out".
Polish etc. names much more in the US. Does religion make a difference here?
Mine are all pretty aggressively anglicised and bland. But heaven help you if you tried to date a non-Jew. It's only my generation where some have dared "marry out".
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Yes, I've noticed that people seem to have hung on to
Polish etc. names much more in the US. Does religion make a difference here?
Mine are all pretty aggressively anglicised and bland. But heaven help you if you tried to date a non-Jew. It's only my generation where some have dared "marry out".
Polish etc. names much more in the US. Does religion make a difference here?
Mine are all pretty aggressively anglicised and bland. But heaven help you if you tried to date a non-Jew. It's only my generation where some have dared "marry out".
No, never been there in my life. I was thinking about constructions of whiteness. And if my ancestors had hypothetically settled in the US rather than Liverpool, what would I be considered? They all changed their names to something obviously English, otherwise I'd be called Brodzky.
February 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
No, never been there in my life. I was thinking about constructions of whiteness. And if my ancestors had hypothetically settled in the US rather than Liverpool, what would I be considered? They all changed their names to something obviously English, otherwise I'd be called Brodzky.
What does "whatever" cover here? Nationalities which got racialised, such as Italians, or all white immigrant groups, at least as long as they're Protestant?
I'm English with an English name, white, always get white privilege. My ancestry is all Jewish Polish/Russian/Romanian.
I'm English with an English name, white, always get white privilege. My ancestry is all Jewish Polish/Russian/Romanian.
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 PM
What does "whatever" cover here? Nationalities which got racialised, such as Italians, or all white immigrant groups, at least as long as they're Protestant?
I'm English with an English name, white, always get white privilege. My ancestry is all Jewish Polish/Russian/Romanian.
I'm English with an English name, white, always get white privilege. My ancestry is all Jewish Polish/Russian/Romanian.
Textiles are functional art, it's ridiculous how they get taken less seriously as a result.
I make quilts. They keep my fellow disabled friends warm when they can't afford their heating costs, and they're beautiful. That's praxis.
(The Underground Railroad Quilts are a myth, by the way.)
I make quilts. They keep my fellow disabled friends warm when they can't afford their heating costs, and they're beautiful. That's praxis.
(The Underground Railroad Quilts are a myth, by the way.)
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Textiles are functional art, it's ridiculous how they get taken less seriously as a result.
I make quilts. They keep my fellow disabled friends warm when they can't afford their heating costs, and they're beautiful. That's praxis.
(The Underground Railroad Quilts are a myth, by the way.)
I make quilts. They keep my fellow disabled friends warm when they can't afford their heating costs, and they're beautiful. That's praxis.
(The Underground Railroad Quilts are a myth, by the way.)
*laughs bitterly in tiny autistic disabled woman who knows damn well about our sky high risks of experiencing violence*
And yeah, I grew up being told the "Jews don't do x" nonsense, it seemed to be a really firmly rooted belief.
And yeah, I grew up being told the "Jews don't do x" nonsense, it seemed to be a really firmly rooted belief.
February 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
*laughs bitterly in tiny autistic disabled woman who knows damn well about our sky high risks of experiencing violence*
And yeah, I grew up being told the "Jews don't do x" nonsense, it seemed to be a really firmly rooted belief.
And yeah, I grew up being told the "Jews don't do x" nonsense, it seemed to be a really firmly rooted belief.
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Second time in 3 days I’m posting this Vonnegut quote wrt AI.
February 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Second time in 3 days I’m posting this Vonnegut quote wrt AI.
Could you both please stop using that ableist slur?
February 8, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Could you both please stop using that ableist slur?
Nonsense, they're just cholesterol drugs. Most older adults are on cholesterol medication. We all know he's in terrible health, but you can't read anything into being on statins.
And use alt text.
And use alt text.
February 8, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Nonsense, they're just cholesterol drugs. Most older adults are on cholesterol medication. We all know he's in terrible health, but you can't read anything into being on statins.
And use alt text.
And use alt text.
A pieced back could be stunning with this, mind.
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 AM
A pieced back could be stunning with this, mind.