Anxiety about writing "imperfect" Alt Text can result in less Alt Text, and honestly? That’s the only way to truly fail.
Accessibility isn't mysticism. It isn't a manifesto. It’s just generosity and common sense.
Don't let the fear of being unpoetic leave us in the dark.
bad alt text > no alt text.
imperfect description > silence.
#a11y #Tech #Design #Fediverse #Accessibility #Blind

If you wouldn't say, "Here lies a visual representation of the duality of man and the crushing weight of capitalism" to your friend on the phone, don't put it in the Alt Text.
Just tell me it’s a raccoon stealing a bagel. 🦝🥯
The Golden Rule: Describe the scene, not the vibe. We can figure out the meaning all by ourselves, thanks.
#Accessibility #Blind #AltText #WritingTips #SocialMedia #Inclusion

Happy new year all!
Today i come with new script to improve titler in Tunmi13 Radiology tools:
This AutoHotkey v2 script is designed to improve automation for users of the “Radiology Tools” audio playback software, which does not expose the currently playing track to external applications.
The script monitors the Radiology Tools window every 10 seconds and detects titles in the format, and automatically removes the prefix and closing suffix, leaving only the clean file name.
It writes the processed value to a text file called NOWPLAYING.txt which is compatible with the “Now Playing” Winamp plugin
This allows you to write to the same file if both players are used during broadcasting, so that other streaming software) can use it to show currently played track name to your listeners in the title bar.
WARNING: The script creates the file in the folder where it is located.
The output is written to a UTF‑8 text file and looks like:
Now playing: Madonna - Secret
tdprograms.ovh/pfiles/RToolsNo…
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@ondrosik Yes, but much simpler and with fewer features. You can check it on the official developer site:
tunmi13.com/radiology-tools/

Stop treating Alt Text like you’re defending a PhD thesis on Semiotics. 🛑
I don't need the "spiritual implications of the void" or "what the colour blue represents to the human soul." I need to know if the button says "Save" or "Delete."
Blind people aren't encountering images in a vacuum. We have the context. We just lack the pixels. If you can see it, say it. Leave the existential dread for your diary.
#AltText #a11y #Accessibility #Blind #WebDev #KeepItSimple

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It is once again that time of year where I go around asking @gnome developers for project ideas they are willing to mentor during Google Summer of Code.

If you are a GNOME developer with a good idea for an internship project, please visit feborg.es/cfp-gsoc-2026-with-g… to learn how to participate. #GNOME

Ich durfte meinen ersten eigenen Pixel bei @pixelebbe auf dem #39c3 setzen. Ich bin so glücklich. 🥲

Es klappte direkt im zweiten Anlauf und der Prozess hat hervorragend das unangenehme Gefühle behördlicher passiver Gewalt abgebildet. Der "Beamte" und die "Behörde" haben ihren Job also gut gemacht: keine Unterstützung, warten auf eine Nummer, unverständliche Formulare, dürftiges Leistungsspektrum.

Gerne wieder. :)

Auf gute Pixelnachbarschaft @elsvene

RE: techhub.social/@rayckeith/1158…

Not open source:

"Open Printer will use the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license for all of its files, including electronics and mechanical design files, firmware code, and the bill of materials"

So it will be illegal to manufacture it for a friend, manufacture replacement parts and sell them etc. ...

Openwashing should really be fought

Well, that was interesting. Discovered today under Windows settings, a storage management interface. Just recooped 25 gigs and my PC is still happy. It's indirectly mentioned in this article. This hidden Windows folder can grow forever — here’s how to clean it safely: makeuseof.com/windows-installe…

I'll be at #FOSDEM this year together with @IzzyOnDroid as part of my involvement with #IzzyOnDroid.

However, I figured, if I go there, why not order some #Catima stickers. After all, Catima is an app available on IzzyOnDroid :) They just came in and they look nice :)

Make sure to ping me at FOSDEM or visit the IzzyOnDroid stand to get one!

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I found my new favorite thing.

And I'm both thrilled and disappointed that I'm being forced to deploy it at 8 IN THE FUCKING MORNING.

EDIT: Oh sweet Baby "Bob", there's a whole Swiss Army Knife of a channel of this stuff: youtube.com/@neighborrevenge/v…

youtube.com/watch?v=xz-8OFcSUq…

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Instead of the usual #39C3 recommendations, here are my favorite underrated talks according to media.ccc.de (sorted by least viewed):

• What Makes Bike-Sharing Work? (media.ccc.de/v/39c3-what-makes…)

• Celestial navigation with very little math (media.ccc.de/v/39c3-celestial-…)

• Von Groschen und SpurLos - GNU Taler auch auf eurem Event! (media.ccc.de/v/39c3-von-grosch…)

• Don’t look up: There are sensitive internal links in the clear on GEO satellites (media.ccc.de/v/39c3-don-t-look…)

#39c3
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@wolf480pl Yes. This would have been my second question that I didn’t get to ask because the herald didn’t see me at the mic 😞

Maybe send Nadia an email. (Or maybe more appropriately their research group: satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/)

🇨🇭🔐 Nový mobil Punkt MC03 nabízí bezpečný systém AphyOS, VPN a IP68

infoek.cz/novy-mobil-punkt-mc0…

🇨🇭🔐 The new Punkt MC03 mobile offers a secure AphyOS system, VPN and IP68

infoek-cz.translate.goog/novy-…

#PunktMC03 #Punkt #Switzerland #AphyOS #Tech

In response to the articles circulated recently about people who are switching to Linux as their desktop operating system, I note that my first desktop Linux experience was in 1998. I investigated hardware compatibility, bought a new laptop, and a friend installed Linux on it for me. (The installation process wasn't accessible with a screen reader in those days.) I used Emacspeak to provide a spoken interface to the operating system. Unfortunately, my braille display wasn't supported - eventually fixed in the mid 2000s. Graphical X11 applications were not accessible either, but that, too, was rectified in the mid 2000s. In the late 90s, I didn't need GUI tools anyway. The modern JavaScript-intensive Web has changed that situation fundamentally.

Non-visual access to Linux continues to improve, albeit slowly and with highly constrained development resources. Although I've had (and continue to have) other operating systems, I still consider Linux my primary desktop computing environment.
#Linux #ScreenReaders #accessibility

Want to develop your own chat app that works via Bluetooth, Tor, and pigeons? Or do you want to extend Briar to work via LoRa, Wi-Fi Aware, I2P, WhatsApp, whatever? Or Android is constantly suspending your app in the background?

I've written down some pointers to Briar's source code and research with pieces to start with. Inspired by an amazing #39c3, because sharing is caring.

nico.dorfbrunnen.eu/posts/2026…

#briar #tor #mesh #lora #i2p #p4p #p2p #offgrid

Hlasovanie o vojenskej mobilite


Európsky parlament sa zaoberal otázkou tzv. vojenskej mobility v EÚ, teda schopnosti členských štátov rýchlo a efektívne presúvať ozbrojené sily, techniku a materiál cez hranice. Táto téma nadväzuje na zhoršenú bezpečnostnú situáciu v Európe a skúsenosti z posledných rokov, ktoré ukázali, že EÚ nie je na rýchlu reakciu v krízových situáciách vždy dostatočne pripravená. Parlament preto zdôrazňuje potrebu lepšej koordinácie medzi štátmi a odstránenia praktických prekážok, ktoré dnes presuny výrazne spomaľujú.

Jedným z hlavných problémov sú administratívne a technické bariéry. V súčasnosti môže presun vojenskej techniky cez viacero členských štátov trvať týždne až mesiace, najmä kvôli rozdielnym povoleniam, pravidlám a nedostatočne prispôsobenej infraštruktúre. Parlament poukazuje na to, že mnohé cesty, mosty či železnice nie sú dimenzované na ťažkú vojenskú techniku, čo výrazne obmedzuje schopnosť rýchlej reakcie v prípade krízy alebo ohrozenia bezpečnosti.

Dôležitým prvkom je aj spolupráca medzi členskými štátmi a koordinácia s medzinárodnými partnermi. Parlament zdôrazňuje, že posilňovanie vojenskej mobility má prebiehať v súlade so spoluprácou v rámci NATO a pri plnom rešpektovaní suverenity jednotlivých štátov. Nejde o vytváranie „európskej armády“, ale o lepšie fungovanie existujúcich obranných kapacít a ich schopnosť rýchlo reagovať v prípade potreby.

Zlepšenia v oblasti vojenskej mobility nemajú význam len v čase konfliktu. Investície do infraštruktúry, zrýchlenie administratívnych procesov a lepšia koordinácia môžu mať pozitívny vplyv aj v mierových časoch, napríklad pri humanitárnych zásahoch, krízovom manažmente či civilnej ochrane. Parlament preto vníma túto tému ako súčasť širšej stratégie posilňovania bezpečnosti a odolnosti Európskej únie.

Postoj Európskeho parlamentu má v tomto prípade politický charakter a slúži ako východisko pre ďalšie rokovania s Európskou komisiou a Radou EÚ. Cieľom je postupne pretaviť tieto odporúčania do konkrétnych opatrení, ktoré by v praxi zlepšili pripravenosť EÚ reagovať na bezpečnostné výzvy, bez toho, aby sa znižovala kontrola členských štátov nad vlastnou obranou.

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O Brne sa hovorí, že je to konglomerácia nezávislých dedín spojených električkou. Európska únia mi často krát pripadá ako konglomerácia nezávislých štátov spojených Schengenon 😕

Sme susedia, čiastočne súrodenci, ale nakoľko sme aj spolupracovníci?

Na veľa veciach strácame hromadu peňazí, času, energie len preto, že ich nekoordinujeme a každý sa hrá na vlastnom piesočku.

Čo sa týka ozbrojených síl, je už po najvyššom čase dať aspoň niektoré armády dokopy a vytvoriť európsku armádu. Na začiatok nemusí byť plná, stačilo by pár dôležitých krajín. Podobne ako si Schengenon, eurom a vlastne aj európskou úniou. Kto by chcel , ten by sa pridal.

« Hey if you herald on stage at the #39c3 with angy paws and a skirt I'll buy you a drink. »
🐱 « Eugh, fine. »

(and that's how I came back home with a skirt, tight highs and arm warmers and I love it)

( 📸 Kübi ) ( 📺 media.ccc.de/v/39c3-building-a… )
#furry #fursuit #fursuitfriday #femboyfriday

🚨new paper published! 🚨

„Many weak and few strong links“ seems to be a common pattern in many ecological networks. 1st author Franziska Koch shows that this pattern can enable stabilising effects of network structure, using competitive hierarchies as a case study. We argue that skewed link strength distributions should hence receive more attention, especially in studies based on #RandomMatrixTheory.

link.springer.com/article/10.1…

#TheoreticalEcology
#EcologicalModelling
#EcologicalNetworks

I'd like you to know some numbers.

340.
That's the number of brand new billionaires we made in 2025. Roughly one a day and more than any other year.

9 million.
That's the number of people who died of hunger in 2025. Over 24,000 every single day for an entire year.

40 billion.
That's the number of dollars it would cost to end world hunger. Not to alleviate it. Not to lessen it. To eradicate it.

11.
That's the percentage tax we would have needed to impose on ONLY new wealth on ONLY billionaires in ONLY 2025 in order to eradicate world hunger. Eleven percent. That's all. Compared to the vast coffers of wealth they've already accumulated that's a rounding error.

Eat the rich. Tax them now.

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als es um die chatkontrolle ging, konnte nicht genug getrommelt werden. Hier geht es um viel mehr. An fehlenden Accounts kann es nicht liegen, dass die 30000 immer noch nicht voll sind. Mitzeichnung ist auch ohne deutschen Wohnsitz möglich. Keine Führung eigener Register zur Erfassung von trans* und nichtbinärer Personen epetitionen.bundestag.de/petit…
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2025 had ups and downs, but I loved my 2025 at #IzzyOnDroid.

Our team has grown with several new members and we launched izzyondroid.org/, our new web home!

We even got our first grant ever (thanks, @nlnet!), allowing us to bring download statistics to IzzyOnDroid and integrate it directly into #NeoStore (and soon #Droidify), improve the #ReproducibleBuild system and more.

I'm grateful to the team for giving me a space where I feel able to make a difference ❤️

Here is to 2026! 🎉

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