• Ev Fedorenko

I thought I saw you walking down the street today. I smiled and you smiled back, weirdo

RE: https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/115661242856067969

61% AltText, mstdn.social? Not great not terrible. But we can and should do better!

Alt Text Health Check » 🌐 2025-12-04
@AltTextHealthCheck@mastodon.social

Results from tracking 33,381 images across 1,564 instances from the mastodon.social federated timeline.

Then filtering down to the top 1000 instances by active user from instances.social who had posted at least 32 images (1.5x the average).

Alt...

beige.party - 93% mastodon.scot - 91% tech.lgbt - 86% mastodon.nz - 85% mastodon.art - 77% aus.social - 77% dice.camp - 76% chaos.social - 71% meow.social - 69% mamot.fr - 67% hachyderm.io - 66% c.im - 65% mastodon.ie - 61% norden.social - 61% mstdn.ca - 59% mastodon.gamedev.place - 59% troet.cafe - 57% piaille.fr - 53% infosec.exchange - 50% kolektiva.social - 50% techhub.social - 48% fosstodon.org - 48% mastodon.uno - 46% mastodonapp.uk - 44% zug.network - 44% sfba.social - 43% famichiki.jp - 43% mastodon.online - 41% social.tchncs.de - 40% ohai.social - 34% masto.es - 33% mas.to - 31% universeodon.com - 30% mstdn.social - 29% mastodon.nu - 29% mastodon.social - 26% mastodon.nl - 26% masto.ai - 23% g0v.social - 23% mastodon.world - 21% newsie.social - 19% fedibird.com - 18% kinkycats.org - 18% planet.moe - 17% mastodont.cat - 14% mast.lat - 2% o3o.ca - 2% m.cmx.im - 2% kpop.social - 2% wxw.moe - 0%

#snac2 #fediverse #frugalfediverse

Wish #Codeberg wasn't so inaccessible to screen reader users. I hate Microsoft, GitHub, and all the AI slop that comes along with it, but I can actually navigate by repositories using standard screen reader navigation keys on GitHub, headings in the readme don't announce the name of the repository before the text every single time, etc. I will say though, major props to Codeberg for making an accessible CAPTCHA. Codeberg is a fork of Forgejo, and it is open source, so yes, I could technically go modify it. But that's not really what I want to do. I just want a git platform I can use. It seems like GitHub is still that, for now. Hopefully not for long though.

(It's a surprisingly warm autumn)

Edit: and a pair of pink gloves! lmao

Quoted posts are now shown.

Added metadata to remote users in the people page (contributed by dandelions).

Fixed memory leak (contributed by dandelions).

Fixed user matching (contributed by rakoo).

Rendering visibility conditionally, with lesser reach if needed (contributed by byte).

Added a button next to a follow notification to follow back.

Fixed typo in man page (contributed by spky).

Updated Czech and German translations (contributed by pmjv and zen).

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

#snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

https://openjdk.org/jeps/504

I was reading a blog post just now, when I noticed a discrete little box containing a disclaimer that the post had been written with the assistance of an #LLM

Whilst I appreciate the honesty, it's a bit like putting a disclaimer on the menu that you've pissed in the soup. I still regret having eaten it.

I don't want your #AI slop in my brain thanks.

It's a blog post. I want to see your little tics and typos and idiosyncracies - this is a conversation between humans. Leave out the robot.

🧕🤖🧔

I've seen a few posts today about "Migrating X from GitHub to Codeberg", so I think that I should also share my testimony.

Nothing worth a separate blog post -- I've typed the repository URL, clicked 'import' and everything just worked.

Big thanks to @Codeberg !

I fucking hate dealing with bugs and spending hours tracing issues :(

Last month, 18 people ordered print books from my store instead of going to the Bezosbeast.

Writers, set up your own stores. It's worth it. #writing

If you see something, say something! Call them out and make sure they hear you!

- "Hey! I like your shoes!"
- "Thank you for opening that jar for me!"
- "I'm glad you're here!"
- "Do you need a hug??"
- "The world is better because I know you're in it!"
- "Your hair looks great!"
- "Daamn! Have you been working out?"
- "I hope you have a lovely day!"

You never know which act of kindness will make all the difference to someone, so take every opportunity to be kind. Your kind words today may be why they're still around tomorrow.

Also, it's a great way to make friends.

#PSA #PracticeKindness #KindnessIsPunkAF

Me: “Use your words.”
Me: *crushed to death by dictionaries*

شما یادتون نمی‌آد. #ویندوز ۸ قرار بود ۱۲۸بیتی باشه و گنو/لینوکس رو برای همیشه تموم کنه!

I am long beyond tired of machines, instead of functional controls, have "touch sensitive" bullshit. It is over 20 years since they became fashionable and it is time that the credulous masses recognise that buttons remain the superior technology.

A machine should do what it is told when I press the button. I should not have to find its fucking g spot

Things to do this weekend besides shopping:

- manage your mind goblins
- nap for 1,000 years
- investigate Pi until you get to the weird stuff
- investigate pie
- read a book out loud in the forest. it may seem like no creatures are listening, but they are, and they appreciate it

We watched a frog documentary last night. Truly ribbeting.

if you’re going to try, go all the
way. this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and
maybe your mind.

you will be alone with the
gods
and the nights will flame with
fire.

- Charles Bukowski

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/ten-kinds-of-happiness

The #Fediverse can focus on praising what is good while also criticising what is bad. That's what makes us special, in my opinion. Other "social" networks use algorithms to hide the praise because only negativity brings traffic and ad click money. We are different. We can promote the good without risking being shadow-banned. Use that power. At least once a day. Deal? It takes some time to leave that pavlovian reflex of negativity behind. But at least try and you will enjoy the results :)

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