i want to hear from people who use screen readers: what makes alt text useful to you? what doesn't help?
i want to hear from people who use screen readers: what makes alt text useful to you? what doesn't help?
very much reminds me of the first commie-curious session I did in 2017 (#34c3). We booked the smallest room we could find because we thought it would be a small group; it ended up more crowded than a sauna at Vabali during Aufguss
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Important talk by @Mer__edith and Udbhav Tiwari on the immediate and serious threat to privacy and data security posed by "Agentic AI" like MS Copilot and similar.
media.ccc.de/v/39c3-ai-agent-a…
#39c3
Agentic AI is the catch-all term for AI-enabled systems that propose to complete more or less complex tasks on their own, without stoppin...media.ccc.de
If you're blind, you can really stick it to the Trump Administration by "hacking" the Epstein files, AKA reading them normally.
forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2…
So, how was someone able to hack these documents, undoing the redactions that the DOJ of all people had put in place, and reveal the information for all to see? I hope you are sitting down, because it’s going to knock your socks off: “I simply highlighted the text, copied it, and pasted it in a document,” Krassenstein said.
An anonymous reader shares a report: The French government on Dec 30 postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties finding alternatives. The ban was meant to start on Jan 1.news.slashdot.org
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i turned off altbot for now.
a conversation happened that i need to sit with and that i want others to read and also to consider: ieji.de/@anantagd/115804706509…
Does anyone have the manual for the old Sable audio RPG maker? Specifically looking for inspiration to make the Godot tilemap editor accessible and reading its manual might help.
Alternately, are there any good and documented accessible tilemap editors whose docs I can look to for inspiration?
There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.Taranis
I have disabled every fucking piece of AI bullshit I can find from Firefox and DESPITE THAT today I got ambushed by a new ASK AN AI CHATBOT line in a fucking image context menu
jesus FUCKING CHRIST @mozilla
STOP.
FUCKING.
PUSHING.
THIS.
SHIT.
ON.
US.
(I know the account's abandoned. Don't care. Best I've got. Fucking Mozilla.)
#mozilla #firefox #ai #FuckAI #FuckChatbots
RE: chaos.social/@c3cert/115809417…
This is the kind of place where you can reasonably wonder if someone built/brought an insulin making setup:
A large amount of insulin was found at #39C3. Anyone who can describe how it is packaged and where it was probably lost can pick it up from us at CERT.C3 CERT (chaos.social)
#39c3 .ending .. quite an enjoyable blast, and thanks to all the wonderful people just dropping by to say "thank you, it all works very nice for us"! 🥰 Certainly raised team spirits :)
This year around, apart from one #chatmail relay setup workshop we didn't do any registered events at congress. Pushing out releases, Illnesses and engagements in various other organizing prevented more public sessions. Next ones will be around #fosdem2026 where also several of us will be around. Cheers!
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If you read the footer of amazon.com with a screenreader, this is what it says:
© 1996-2025, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates
Test: amzn-nv-flyout-healthy-choice
Test: nav-rufus-disc-txt
Test: a-truncate-cut
Test: sp-cc-wrapper
Test: .mo-wp
Test: sp-cc
Test: .amzn-box-inner
Test: .js-order-card
Test: pldn-deep-link
Test: add-to-cart-btn
Test: amzn-nav-app-banner-container
Test: .sparkle-container
More money than God and they still can't propperly enclose their containers 😂
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@pitermach @ondrosik PDFs are also full of such things.
Many people redact PDF content by covering it up with a black or white rectangle, forgetting that, unlike in purely visual formats, that operation does basically nothing in PDF. The content is still there, the renderer is just instructed to draw a white rectangle which occupies the same position and covers it visually.
Sometimes, you can also find sloppy employees leaving notes to other people working on the PDF, especially if the documents are only intended for print, and the electronic version is only given out in special circumstances.
#Catima 2.41.0 is out!
github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…
This release adds support for UTF-8 barcodes (by default, the encoding will be extracted from the pkpass file or auto-detected if set otherwise).
It also contains some bugfixes and UI tweaks.
Due to Google dropping Android 5 compatibility in their libraries, this will be the last release available for Android 5.
Coming soon to an app store near you.
#IzzyOnDroid #FDroid #GitHub #GooglePlay
Add support for UTF-8 barcodes Add duplicate option to main screen and reorder options slightly Fix column count setting not being applied to group card list Remove theme colour support Reduce max ...GitHub
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Small update! I just released 2.41.1 to fix a visual regression in the new UI that mostly affected devices Android 14 and below (but also slightly affected Android 15 and up):
github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…
The bug in question for those curious: github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…
Purely cosmetic, no other changes, so no quick update needed.
This one is still available for Android 5, but the *next* release won't be (assuming we won't need another bugfix release).
Happy new year to those who celebrate :)
On Android 15, the icon colours can be wrong (white icons on white background). On Android 14 it looks even worse: My guess is that the Android 14 case can be fixed simply be explicitly enabling ed...TheLastProject (GitHub)
Moin @SylvieLorxu 👋
Thank you for Catima and all your hard work for this great project! ✨
All the best for 2026! 🍀 🌈 🌅 ☀️ 🤩
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Re last: I absolutely love doing accessibility work with Jujutsu. Often I start with an inaccessible base and iterate my way out of the fog--fixing one accessibility issue only reveals another, and another. Git's model makes that tricky--make commits, then individually peel them off onto separate branches when it's time to merge.
With JJ on the other hand, I can stack changes one on top of the other without even thinking about it. Fix accessibility issue, jj new, fix another, jj new. It's usually obvious from jj diff what I fixed, so I can jj edit and jj describe the changes later if I'm just in the zone and don't want to workshop a commit description right now. When it's time to pick apart PRs, jj rebase -s q -s r -s s -s t -d p rebases everything on the most recent upstream change at once, then I just jj edit q and jj bookmark set <branch-name> for each change. A jj git push --allow-new pushes everything at once. When the inevitable PR feedback arrives I just jj edit <bookmark name>, make the changes, and jj git push again. No need to explicitly re-commit since that happens automatically. Then when I want my own private build with all the new a11y goodness, jj new q r s t puts me in a brand new commit with everything merged. Find a new accessibility issue with code I've edited? No problem--just edit the code live on my change, jj absorb, and it merges that code into whichever revision in my history last touched it. If it's at all ambiguous, jj squash merges the changes into an explicit target, and a jj git push updates all the affected PRs without me having to think about it.
Where has this been all my life?
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I speak up for migrants a lot. You know, because I am one. And because it’s the right thing to do. Every now and then, I get a Faragite telling me if I love migrants so much, I should house a refugee.
I love when they tell me this.
Passwords. We all hear “make them strong,” but here’s the real deal: SIZE matters.
A longer password isn’t just better; it’s exponentially harder to crack.
Upgrade your security and better protect your digital identity:
✅️ Create strong and unique passwords.
✅️ Store them in a password manager.
Learn more here: tuta.com/blog/minimum-password…
With the rise of quantum computers, passwords need to be longer - and more complex. These tips help you secure your online accounts.Tuta
this. On systems which allow long passwords, I'm now using very long phrases (think lines from songs — I'm not actually using lines from songs, but the phrases are of similar length). The benefit is I can remember them WITHOUT a password manager; and if I should forget them, I have a crib — but only I know what that crib is.
/Continued
When people say: "billionaires shouldn't exist" that isn't a call to violence. "Being a billionaire" isn't some inherent property in the way that say, skin color is.
Wealth taxation is a perfectly acceptable way of eliminating all billionaires. That doesn't mean billionaires stop being people, they just stop being billionaires.
Mastodon* is in desperate need of a rebrand and a repositioning in the minds of the general public (imo).
There's no reason why a Mastodon address couldn't come with all the cachet of a public library card, or a PBS tote bag—that is to say something that signals “I am more than just a content creation machine for a corporation.”
It could be a status symbol for all the right reasons.
*The collective brand, so much as the general public sees Mastodon as such.
MONTAR UNA COMUNIDAD ENERGÉTICA
+ Para instalar autoconsumo colectivo en tejados que no son el tuyo, entre otras posibilidades...
☀️ ¿Qué es eso de una Comunidad Energética?☀️
La figura de las comunidades energéticas son conceptualmente difíciles porque tienden a explicarse con enrevesados textos legalistas, a pesar de que el concepto es tremendamente sencillo:
👉 Una comunidad energética es un tipo de asociación o de cooperativa (gente, comercios e instituciones juntas, pero no grandes empresas) haciendo cosas sobre energía. Cosas en general.
Tú, tu primo, la dueña de la frutería del bajo del edificio de enfrente y más personas conocidas más podéis juntaros un día a tomar un café, costituiros como asociación y montar la comunidad energética. Lo cierto es que es relativamente fácil y hay muchos modelos de estatutos para hacerlo (más adelante pasaré unos cuantos), siempre y cuando tengáis en cuenta algunas normas básicas como:
1) Las grandes empresas no tienen permiso para ser asociadas o cooperativistas. Sí pueden ser proveedores de servicios o productos, pero mi consejo es que las grandes empresas queden absolutamente fuera de estos sistemas hechos por y para la gente. Si me preguntas a mí, las CE son uno de los mecanismos que existen para debilitar a las grandes empresas.
2) Las personas socias tienen una participación abierta, voluntaria y autónoma. Pueden entrar o salir a voluntad, y tienen voz y voto.
3) La prioridad son los beneficios medioambientales, económicos y sociales para sus miembros y zona donde opera. No ganancias financieras. Nadie se va a hacer rico con una comunidad energética.
Dentro hilo. 👇
dime si quieres que cambie algo
muchas gracias!!
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+ Para instalar autoconsumo colectivo en tejados que no son el tuyo, entre otras posibilidades… ¿Qué es eso de una Comunidad Energética? La figura de las comunidades energéticas son conceptua…Lector .Recolector
El título, para joderte la slug jajajajaj
Marcos M. Euklidiadas, porfi, que para algo que tengo distinto... xD
"montar-una-comunidad-energetica-por-marcos-m-euklidiadas/" si puede ser
Luego el tema de los recursos, puedes poner el enlace a cryptpad o bajártelos y resubirlos, lo que quieras.
Pero sin compromiso, vamos, que hagas como te parezca xD
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Consider joining their match program and donate to the #GNOME Foundation. Join us as #FriendofGNOME at
"The mistake that every investor, commentator, analyst and member of the media makes about NVIDIA is believing that its sales are an expression of demand for AI compute, when it’s really more of a statement about the availability of debt from banks and private credit."
-Ed Zitron
wheresyoured.at/the-enshittifi…
Soundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd — Free Bird This piece is over 19,000 words, and took me a great deal of writing and research. If you liked it, please subscribe to my premium newsletter.Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)
In programming, we have a nice pair of opposed acronyms:
• DRY for "Don't Repeat Yourself"
• WET for its opposite, "Write Everything Twice" (or "We Enjoy Typing")
But there's an intermediate position. The benefit of DRY, other than brevity, is that if a thing is specified just once, the specifications can't get out of sync with each other. If you can't manage that, the next best thing is to make sure the compiler or test suite _checks_ that they're in sync. You have to do more typing than you'd like, but at least you've removed the risk of an accident, which is the _most_ important thing.
(For example, in Rust, if you add a new branch to an enum and forget to update one of its match statements, the compiler complains about the one you missed.)
I feel as if there ought to be a nice intermediate acronym for that state of affairs, so you can say "Weeell, it's not as DRY as I'd like, but at least it's only MOIST." Or DAMP, or HUMID or something.
"Match Or Interpreter Spots Trouble"?
"Disallow Almost-Matching Programs"?
"Holler Unless Many Instances Dovetail"?
Not sure about any of those. The last one in particular seems especially "you resorted to a thesaurus, didn't you?".
I've got enough pending accessibility-related PRs on my Godot fork such that the editor is almost pleasant to use. Made the scene tree labeled and usable, fixed tab bar navigation so it wraps and doesn't just dump focus wherever if you mistakenly arrow past a tab border, added regions/landmarks to major editor areas so you know where you are, labeled more unlabeled weirdness.
Going to spend the next week mostly hacking on this before switching back to more "productive" work. It might be about time to start working on making the tilemap and audio editors accessible.
I have this crazy idea that it might actually be easier to rewrite and finish System Fault in Godot than to keep up with the perpetual Bevy churn, along with trying to create pathfinding and other systems entirely from scratch and without seeing the results. Even if I rewrote by hand rather than leaning on gen AI, I can drop bunches of buggy pathfinding/visibility code and just focus on the gameplay itself. I'd often said that System Fault could be done already if I could have used an actual, production-ready game engine to build it. I guess soon we'll see.
And to be clear, none of this is a slam on Bevy which has been great. It's just been a huge lift maintaining bunches of code that does what other engines do out of the box, plus keeping up with the inevitable changes caused by building on third-party libraries to make my life easier, then rebuilding when those libraries go away. Bevy will get there eventually, but not on a timeline that has me finishing this thing anytime soon.
André Polykanine
in reply to Micr0byte • • •Here on social networks, I'd say, completeness is the first and even more important than conciseness. For instance, if you post a meme, describe it even if it's super lengthy. Like: "Three panels from left to right, on the first panel there is a man..." and on and on you go. It's important because *the image* is the unique thing you share, I have to laugh, to think, to be angry or emotional about *the image* itself, without any context basically.
Ask further questions, I'm glad to answer everything.
ChasMusic (he/him)
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in reply to André Polykanine • • •If I post a well-known meme, is it OK to just say, for example "the Drake meme, with X then Y" or should I be doing "a four panel meme. On the first row left panel a man reacts negatively to the panel on the right showing X, then on the next row he reacts positively to the panel on the right showing Y".
@0x7700e6 @micr0
André Polykanine
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in reply to André Polykanine • • •Joan, but festive 🎅🏼🎄
in reply to André Polykanine • • •Oh! Thank you for this: I (wrongly) thought that conciseness on social media would be preferred, except where maybe the post contains only an image, of the image is particularly detailed.
I sometimes also might add a commentary or a quip in my alt text - perhaps in response to the post's text, or to add context, or my own reaction. Is this poor practice, though, do you think?
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André Polykanine
in reply to Joan, but festive 🎅🏼🎄 • • •Joan, but festive 🎅🏼🎄
in reply to André Polykanine • • •@menelion Thanks!
Yeah, I try to avoid anything very long or superfluous in alt texts, but have sometimes added a short sentence or phrase in addition to the description (depending on context).
So, I shouldn't do that - I appreciate this!
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in reply to stib • • •Vincent Tunru
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in reply to Vincent Tunru • • •Janus
in reply to André Polykanine • • •@menelion If I may ask: I'll occasionally do alt texts like "Screenshot of XY user interface." Would you consider "screenshot" also useless information here and prefer "XY user interface"?
@0x7700e6 @micr0
André Polykanine
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