Alun Salt
@alunsalt.bsky.social
Web thing for @botany.one. Reluctant tech adopter. Dysgwr Cymraeg.
he / him / fe
he / him / fe
Visited the National Botanic Garden of Wales for a meeting tomorrow. Today had a behind the scenes tour, and a walk to see some fungi.
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Visited the National Botanic Garden of Wales for a meeting tomorrow. Today had a behind the scenes tour, and a walk to see some fungi.
This graph has to be nonsense, or at least calibrated to Americans. It's not like I just eat fish finger sandwiches. Sometimes I'll have Reggae Reggae sauce in them, like the Duke of Westminster would, if he shopped at our local Tesco.
June 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This graph has to be nonsense, or at least calibrated to Americans. It's not like I just eat fish finger sandwiches. Sometimes I'll have Reggae Reggae sauce in them, like the Duke of Westminster would, if he shopped at our local Tesco.
June 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Visited a carnivorous plant nursery in the village of Lower Upham today.
May 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Visited a carnivorous plant nursery in the village of Lower Upham today.
We've spotted a #hedgehog that seems to have had trouble eating. I've put out some cat food. In the past they've ignored it, and it attracts flies. This one has been going at it for around half an hour.
#ukwildlife
#ukwildlife
May 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We've spotted a #hedgehog that seems to have had trouble eating. I've put out some cat food. In the past they've ignored it, and it attracts flies. This one has been going at it for around half an hour.
#ukwildlife
#ukwildlife
Search result for 'has Google search gone mad?'
April 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Search result for 'has Google search gone mad?'
April 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Google AI telling me about states with Pradesh in their name. Like Sikkim.
March 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Google AI telling me about states with Pradesh in their name. Like Sikkim.
March 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Following Vance's comments on the UK not having fought a war in 30 years, I wondered what wars the USA had won on its own. Thank you, Google AI!
March 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Following Vance's comments on the UK not having fought a war in 30 years, I wondered what wars the USA had won on its own. Thank you, Google AI!
Inspirobot.me has got me worked out.
February 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Inspirobot.me has got me worked out.
February 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hotel room for tonight. Not a good omen.
February 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hotel room for tonight. Not a good omen.
Until now, the latest a hedgehog has visited has been Christmas Eve. Yet this one keeps coming. The males wake any time from mid-Feb so I'm guessing this one will not be hibernating.
I'd be interested to know if I'm just lucky or if more people are seeing this this year @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
I'd be interested to know if I'm just lucky or if more people are seeing this this year @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Until now, the latest a hedgehog has visited has been Christmas Eve. Yet this one keeps coming. The males wake any time from mid-Feb so I'm guessing this one will not be hibernating.
I'd be interested to know if I'm just lucky or if more people are seeing this this year @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
I'd be interested to know if I'm just lucky or if more people are seeing this this year @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social
People are making a big deal of the Trump Diet Coke bottle. Irn Bru has one as well (best read in a Janey Godley accent)
January 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
People are making a big deal of the Trump Diet Coke bottle. Irn Bru has one as well (best read in a Janey Godley accent)
New Year Hedgehog.
This is the latest I've known them to be active. I suppose it's not too cold to be out yet.
#UKWildlife
This is the latest I've known them to be active. I suppose it's not too cold to be out yet.
#UKWildlife
January 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
New Year Hedgehog.
This is the latest I've known them to be active. I suppose it's not too cold to be out yet.
#UKWildlife
This is the latest I've known them to be active. I suppose it's not too cold to be out yet.
#UKWildlife
And here's what I see because that image didn't have ALT text. Visible as a reminder that I want to try to share more accessible material. It's easy to forget, but Bluesky can help. Go to your settings, then Accessibility and check the option to require ALT text before posting.
December 6, 2024 at 10:23 AM
And here's what I see because that image didn't have ALT text. Visible as a reminder that I want to try to share more accessible material. It's easy to forget, but Bluesky can help. Go to your settings, then Accessibility and check the option to require ALT text before posting.
Here's a photo of a clown looking sad despite his painted on smile without ALT text. The reason being I'll screen grab this to show you what an image without ALT text looks like, without singling out someone else.
December 6, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Here's a photo of a clown looking sad despite his painted on smile without ALT text. The reason being I'll screen grab this to show you what an image without ALT text looks like, without singling out someone else.
I've saved this as accessibility.css in my Documents folder, and then told Safari to include it on all pages as a custom style sheet. (Here's how blog.jim-nielsen.com/2021/custom-...)
Now when someone shares an image here without ALT text, I get a black & yellow stripe border around it as a warning
Now when someone shares an image here without ALT text, I get a black & yellow stripe border around it as a warning
![A note titled CSS for Social Media
The text reads
img[alt=""],
img:not([alt]) {
box-sizing: border-box;
border: 5px solid red;
border-image: repeating-linear-gradient(-55deg, #000, #000 20px, #ffb101 20px, #ffb101 40px) 10;
}](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozjt6ly7dgi7cxb7hcf65mwc/bafkreie7mronoaebn4kflc76fns64jxq3ioehylwnothfbqecabxcjjcba@jpeg)
December 6, 2024 at 10:11 AM
I've saved this as accessibility.css in my Documents folder, and then told Safari to include it on all pages as a custom style sheet. (Here's how blog.jim-nielsen.com/2021/custom-...)
Now when someone shares an image here without ALT text, I get a black & yellow stripe border around it as a warning
Now when someone shares an image here without ALT text, I get a black & yellow stripe border around it as a warning
The easiest way to get Dougal to play Welsh language music is to say "Hey Dougal, play Superted by Angel Hotel" and the following tracks tend to be Welsh language.
November 22, 2024 at 8:44 PM
The easiest way to get Dougal to play Welsh language music is to say "Hey Dougal, play Superted by Angel Hotel" and the following tracks tend to be Welsh language.
Tempted to report for impersonation. If the account holder is who he says he is, then he's the *former* member for North East Somerset.
Decided the Bsky moderation team have enough on the plate without my pedantry.
Decided the Bsky moderation team have enough on the plate without my pedantry.
November 21, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Tempted to report for impersonation. If the account holder is who he says he is, then he's the *former* member for North East Somerset.
Decided the Bsky moderation team have enough on the plate without my pedantry.
Decided the Bsky moderation team have enough on the plate without my pedantry.
November 14, 2024 at 9:36 PM