Suchiz-Life
@suchiz-life.bsky.social
Digital accessibility, disability, Australian politics, social justice, Anglicanism, science and a bit of sci-fi. Australia. #BoycottMurdoch and please #AddAltText to your images.
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A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.
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First and foremost, alt text must always be informative and descriptive of the content in the image. It can have character and humor, but it still needs to be informative and descriptive. Alt text is not a place to add easter eggs or jokes for sighted users.
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
First and foremost, alt text must always be informative and descriptive of the content in the image. It can have character and humor, but it still needs to be informative and descriptive. Alt text is not a place to add easter eggs or jokes for sighted users.
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Latest figures show renting while on JobSeeker is a living hell - me for #PointLive
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November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Latest figures show renting while on JobSeeker is a living hell - me for #PointLive
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I designed a very tall mural for www.bdcolomiers.com/
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I designed a very tall mural for www.bdcolomiers.com/
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Alt text: from ABC news, Zero cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Australian women aged under 25 in 2021 - the first time since records began in 1982. (Please use alt text, people.)
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Alt text: from ABC news, Zero cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Australian women aged under 25 in 2021 - the first time since records began in 1982. (Please use alt text, people.)
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Our ABC is under attack by far-right wreckers – we're fighting back.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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10 years ago, Mohamed Semra was pulled up by Apple security guards and not allowed to enter the Maribynong Apple Store because "he might steal something". A refugee from Sudan, he's now Australia's First African Descent Mayor at the age of 27. #Australia #Apple #Melbourne
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
10 years ago, Mohamed Semra was pulled up by Apple security guards and not allowed to enter the Maribynong Apple Store because "he might steal something". A refugee from Sudan, he's now Australia's First African Descent Mayor at the age of 27. #Australia #Apple #Melbourne
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Very pleased to see that @greens.org.au have won an inquiry into job cuts at CSIRO
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Very pleased to see that @greens.org.au have won an inquiry into job cuts at CSIRO
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
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Turing failed to consider whether a human thinking a machine is sentient might actually be a sign that the human isn't intelligent rather than the machine being intelligent.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Turing failed to consider whether a human thinking a machine is sentient might actually be a sign that the human isn't intelligent rather than the machine being intelligent.
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Some will publish podcasts but wait up to 24 hours before adding transcripts instead of publishing them together. The end goal should be to have the transcript ready at the same time as the podcast. This will require multiple teams working together toward that goal.
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Some will publish podcasts but wait up to 24 hours before adding transcripts instead of publishing them together. The end goal should be to have the transcript ready at the same time as the podcast. This will require multiple teams working together toward that goal.
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itty bitty Christmas Island crablets*
*may not be a scientifically accurate term
*may not be a scientifically accurate term
There are so many that they form the base of a lot of food webs, including filter-feeding whale sharks who swallow them by the thousands.
Those that survive a few months will return to forage in the forests until they're about 3 yrs old & reach sexual maturity, ready to join Crab Spring Break.
Those that survive a few months will return to forage in the forests until they're about 3 yrs old & reach sexual maturity, ready to join Crab Spring Break.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
itty bitty Christmas Island crablets*
*may not be a scientifically accurate term
*may not be a scientifically accurate term
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Christmas budget: ditch loved ones, buy books for myself.
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Christmas budget: ditch loved ones, buy books for myself.
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Please read this & help save the State Library of Victoria, entering its 'now fully trashed' era. I didn't go to uni - for me the Library was higher education in later life, research for my job, a revelation about what ordinary people could have access to. It changed my life. Not just a building.
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged
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November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Please read this & help save the State Library of Victoria, entering its 'now fully trashed' era. I didn't go to uni - for me the Library was higher education in later life, research for my job, a revelation about what ordinary people could have access to. It changed my life. Not just a building.
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SHELVE YOUR SLING, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DEHYDRATION. AND YOU WILL WIN.
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
SHELVE YOUR SLING, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DEHYDRATION. AND YOU WILL WIN.
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In Iran, the problem is women forced to wear hijab. In Australia, forcing women to not wear hijab is exactly the same thing.
It's not about hijab/burka. It's about FORCING WOMEN to conform to some arbitrary standard.
Imagine a world where women were allowed to decide by themselves what to wear. 🤔
It's not about hijab/burka. It's about FORCING WOMEN to conform to some arbitrary standard.
Imagine a world where women were allowed to decide by themselves what to wear. 🤔
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
In Iran, the problem is women forced to wear hijab. In Australia, forcing women to not wear hijab is exactly the same thing.
It's not about hijab/burka. It's about FORCING WOMEN to conform to some arbitrary standard.
Imagine a world where women were allowed to decide by themselves what to wear. 🤔
It's not about hijab/burka. It's about FORCING WOMEN to conform to some arbitrary standard.
Imagine a world where women were allowed to decide by themselves what to wear. 🤔
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i feel like so many people - on bluesky, on tiktok, on all social media platforms - have forgotten that things like alt text and captions aren’t places to put jokes and irrelevant things. it’s an accessibility tool
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
i feel like so many people - on bluesky, on tiktok, on all social media platforms - have forgotten that things like alt text and captions aren’t places to put jokes and irrelevant things. it’s an accessibility tool
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For those who love plants, many groups have been restoring the vegetation of the Adelaide Plains, once harbouring 750 species! Head east along the river towards the St Peter’s billabong. Some things in flower: Linum marginale, Goodenia amplexans (strong smell) and Malva #ESA2025
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
For those who love plants, many groups have been restoring the vegetation of the Adelaide Plains, once harbouring 750 species! Head east along the river towards the St Peter’s billabong. Some things in flower: Linum marginale, Goodenia amplexans (strong smell) and Malva #ESA2025
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Why Separate Guest and Logged in States Create Accessibility Barriers, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):
https://buttondown.com/access-ability/archive/why-separate-guest-and-logged-in-states-create/
#accessibility
https://buttondown.com/access-ability/archive/why-separate-guest-and-logged-in-states-create/
#accessibility
Why Separate Guest and Logged In States Create Accessibility Barriers
Blue-themed simulated circuit board covered in shopping cart icons Do you have differing logged-in and logged-out experiences for your users? Do you merge...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Why Separate Guest and Logged in States Create Accessibility Barriers, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):
https://buttondown.com/access-ability/archive/why-separate-guest-and-logged-in-states-create/
#accessibility
https://buttondown.com/access-ability/archive/why-separate-guest-and-logged-in-states-create/
#accessibility
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I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
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"An mRNA based flu vaccine is 34.5% more effective against influenza-like illness compared to current flu vaccines. The study included over 18,000 people, half of whom were given the mRNA vaccine and half of whom were given a conventional flu vaccine."
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EXPERT REACTION: mRNA flu vaccine is up to 34.5% more effective than c
EXPERT REACTION: mRNA flu vaccine is up to 34.5% more effective than current flu vaccines
An mRNA based flu vaccine, which has been developed by Pfizer, is 34.5% more effective against inf
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November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
"An mRNA based flu vaccine is 34.5% more effective against influenza-like illness compared to current flu vaccines. The study included over 18,000 people, half of whom were given the mRNA vaccine and half of whom were given a conventional flu vaccine."
www.scimex.org/newsfeed/exp...
www.scimex.org/newsfeed/exp...
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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Random bit of etymology that my mind keeps coming back to: apparently "helicopter" is actually "helico" (spiral, as in "helix" or "helical") + "pter" (as in "pterodactyl" or "pteranodon"), rather than "heli" (not a word) + "copter" (also not a word), as is commonly assumed… really changes the word!
June 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Random bit of etymology that my mind keeps coming back to: apparently "helicopter" is actually "helico" (spiral, as in "helix" or "helical") + "pter" (as in "pterodactyl" or "pteranodon"), rather than "heli" (not a word) + "copter" (also not a word), as is commonly assumed… really changes the word!
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If the universe is finite but unbounded, some scientists argue that it's possible that the universe is smaller than the observable universe. Light could circumnavigate the universe, meaning we may be seeing duplicate galaxies at different points in history.
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
If the universe is finite but unbounded, some scientists argue that it's possible that the universe is smaller than the observable universe. Light could circumnavigate the universe, meaning we may be seeing duplicate galaxies at different points in history.