I appreciate what you're trying to achieve: it's important. But if the goal is to bring people on board, slamming the door in their face isn’t the most inviting way. 😉
The goal, as I said, is to not have to see any more posts without alt text. If someone needs to be convinced that accessibility matters what have I gained by convincing them?
Maybe people lack your awareness. I'm sure I did when I started on social media. The majority doesn't lack awareness out of spite and for those, coaching works better than kicking. :)
Yes well coaching costs a lot of time and energy and muting does not. The effort I make in letting them know there's a problem is gift and kindness enough, take it or leave it. Those who do share my values will take the opportunity to self-educate and educate others. Those who don't will waste it.
You're hurting yourself, sorry.
I didn't know what alt text even was. Rude comments left me wondering why I was being told to alter my text? I would have loved someone asking nicely and telling me how and why to do it.
As it is, I sometimes forget. Thanks for the reminder.
I'm not though. You've been given the free gift of learning there is a problem, take it or leave it. I prefer an online experience where I'm surrounded by people who are already doing the work of inclusivity, not one where I'm constantly having to push others to do better. Those who share my values
In case you're still wondering: if you add an image, a small balloon shows in the top left corner. If you click it, you can add a description of the image. I sometimes use it as cheat for longer posts, as alt text has a 2000 char limit. So you can screenshot your long text and add it again as alt ;)
This is actually a bad example of alt text. The purpose is to give Blind people access to the same information as sighted people. The alt text here should include all of the text in the image.
As to why: visually impaired people can have posts read aloud, but not images. If you add alt text, that will be read out to them, so they may still get the gist of your post.
"They're like" significa "eles dizem", neste contexto. É um coloquialismo que pode se referir à fala de alguém ou à sua atitude e comportamento em geral.
Espero que faça sentido. Não falo português e estou usando o Google Tradutor.
The Lyme-Regis museum (located in Anning's former home) boasts about having been consulted to ensure the costume and other setting details were accurate (and has in their collection one of the dresses from the film)
If people would like to know more about Mary Anning, the brilliant palaeontologist pioneer, here’s a funny BBC podcast I hosted, with the comedian Sara Pascoe and the historian of 19th century science, Dr Michael Taylor
Most of those old "Society" clubs were nothing more than an excuse for men to get together and drink whiskey and makes boasts of their lives while under the guise of "academia." It was considered more socially acceptable for "men of stature" to be there than the pub (where the riff-raff hung out).
And to make bets! I am acquainted with the records of an elite medical dining club that laid a rather salacious wager concerning Florence Nightingale. (Actually these clubs might meet in pubs, but in a private room therein, away from the riffraff.)
There were some good names among them like Mantell, Cuvier, and Darwin, but keep in mind there's a reason we remember THOSE names and not the rest of them. Mantell alone did his best work before he was ever (reluctantly) inducted into the clubhouse.
Hard disagree. Learned Societies aren't merely glorified private members' clubs with some famous scientists who happened to be members. They basically invented the scientific journal and peer review process. They were (and still are) fundamental to scientific enquiry.
You're not disproving what I said. Buckland wrote the first formal description of an extinct species. We remember him for that. We remember individuals for their contributions. We don't remember the other 20 useless drunks who held a seat just because they could afford to buy a magnifying glass.
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This cartoon and the song in my head beside each other in perfect harmony
Still waiting for HER biopic...
I didn't know what alt text even was. Rude comments left me wondering why I was being told to alter my text? I would have loved someone asking nicely and telling me how and why to do it.
As it is, I sometimes forget. Thanks for the reminder.
Espero que faça sentido. Não falo português e estou usando o Google Tradutor.
Always happy to see she's getting recognition. Probably contributed more to paleontology than any single person.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonite_(film)
BRING ALL THE BOYS TO THE YARD
AND THEY'RE LIKE:
YOU STILL CAN'T
JOIN THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00212tq?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
It’s a wonderful statue too.
No #molesplaining needed.
I read Kate Beaton's memoir Ducks at #VancouverIslandRegionalLibrary. Hurray for libraries and Canadian books!
ICONIC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anning
Thanks for the reminder!
Thinking of all ground-breaking women in various fields:
Ada Lovelace, Mary Seacoal, Florence Nightingale to name
but three others.
strong spirits, perhaps money backing them, or supportive
husbands or male colleagues. They were also few and far
between because of the patriarchal societies of the times!
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