This is the same as just passing -y

I’ve seen people make positive posts about Alt text like this one, and I’ve seen people comment with #alttext4you or whatever, but the main toxic thing I’ve seen on Mastodon is the jerks that lash out against the person giving them free alt text :(

Alt text is one of the nicest parts of fediverse culture to me. I really liked learning about why it’s there and how easy it is to do, even if you’re not that bothered you can be open to other people adding it for you.

It makes me sad to see people lash out about it or joke about Alt Text culture on Bluesky.

But I guess it must be based on a kernel of truth that some people were toxic about it or else why would there be a backlash? IDK.

Is that why it’s a meme to say something like

• I am a real rapper and I’m here to say

Because the freestyle battle rapper already though of things that rhymed with “say” and it might be “gay” perhaps

Personally, I’m dealing with “the best privacy practice is one you’ll actually use” because I used to journal but I don’t have the energy any more.

All my journals have been ephemeral so I haven’t felt the need for a backup.

You could do the thing where you have an air gapped laptop with an encrypted drive that

1. automatically wipes if you disconnect from power (just don’t use it during power outages?)
2. has some sort of dead-man’s switch so that it deletes if you don’t prevent it every day: this is the failsafe for if someone knows about 1) and raids your house and you don’t unplug it in the moment, but it’s probably not good enough.

IDK that’s a tough threat model.

Maybe the best thing would be to delete your journal after you write it.

Can I steal this quote and pretend I came up with it?

We need 404 to investigate the fediverse chick spammer. But without making the situation worse somehow

How do they hijack your own link? Is OpenTable a Google product?

Is it a corporation, or will it be blamed on just the mistake of an AI, or something else? I don’t trust society’s track record for holding corporations accountable.

That hasn’t stopped various humans from saying this on the Internet for a long time

My primary care doctor resigned in Jan 2025 because it was too depressing being on screens all the time…

It’s not the right tool for their job but still a good tool for the laws they were trying to break…

I’d argue that the original is clearer and more fun than these, but style is subjective.

Not personally but microcenter does have that 30 day return period so you could buy something name brand from them and then return it if it doesn’t cut it.

It indicates a pause, and a separation of the two objects in the sentence. It is a subtly different sentence than “Have I been Pwned owner Pwned”, and is clearer with greater emphasis on what happened.

If you build it they will come

The mediverse is a thing now? Like people log onto it? I thought it was just a failed concept.

I can relate to this, when I met my lab partner in my first university chemistry class he seemed like a normal likeable bro. Only later did I discover that he was the school’s most notorious racist troll on the school’s social media.

I used to live like that but once I had a data plan I never went back… It’s addictive.

I think you might be right that they are mistaking it. I’ll edit it to make it more clear.

We hard disagree on that last point. Some people can’t move for various reasons.

I grew up without a phone, so I get the benefits of learning to be independent. I also got myself a Google voice number at a young age so I wouldn’t be left out of friend groups because of not having a phone. It really is ostracizing, and back then it wasn’t as bad as it is today.

I also think the safety concerns are way overblown and what some parents really want is to know their kids’ locations at all times and be able to talk to them at all times. I’m not a parent so I can’t judge, but that’s not how I grew up, and I’m not sure it’s good for kids or parents to be that connected.