Jenn M-S
@jlms-qkw.bsky.social
SLC, UT. Left-leaning politics & leadership. Quilt, knit, read, cook, bake, cat mom. Adult kids. Empty nest enjoyer. She/Her ELCA Disability Justice, and more. Use #AltText see my pinned.
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Jenn M-S
@jlms-qkw.bsky.social
· Nov 18
If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong...
this thread is for you.
First: prompt questions to get you started.
this thread is for you.
First: prompt questions to get you started.
Alt text prompt Qs:
What would someone who can't see the image need to know about it in order to take part in the conversation? What is it about this image that made you choose it? What are the important details someone who could see the image would take away from it?
(Not for images of text.)
What would someone who can't see the image need to know about it in order to take part in the conversation? What is it about this image that made you choose it? What are the important details someone who could see the image would take away from it?
(Not for images of text.)
Miles to go before I sleep wow I screwed up today.
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Miles to go before I sleep wow I screwed up today.
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For Halloween, I wrote romance while watching horror. For Thanksgiving, I am writing horror while watching Pride and Prejudice.
Mixed signals. That's the way I roll.
Mixed signals. That's the way I roll.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
For Halloween, I wrote romance while watching horror. For Thanksgiving, I am writing horror while watching Pride and Prejudice.
Mixed signals. That's the way I roll.
Mixed signals. That's the way I roll.
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Have any news outlets that ran scathing front page headlines, op-eds and editorials about Biden pardoning Hunter admitted that they were wrong after we've seen Trump maliciously prosecute Comey, James, McIver etc?
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Have any news outlets that ran scathing front page headlines, op-eds and editorials about Biden pardoning Hunter admitted that they were wrong after we've seen Trump maliciously prosecute Comey, James, McIver etc?
@elimccann.bsky.social I saw you in the lobby!
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
@elimccann.bsky.social I saw you in the lobby!
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The convo about money and what someone's situation looks like from the outside is so important. As a single, full-time freelancer, my financial situation in a cost of living crisis is not great. I am honest about that; the constant grind is taxing and people should know what they might be facing.
If you have ever thought that my journalism or my first book were net positives for the world, understand that they probably would not exist if I did not have a spouse who paid the mortgage. If I'd been a solo earner/parent, I likely would have left criticism, journalism or book writing long ago.
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The convo about money and what someone's situation looks like from the outside is so important. As a single, full-time freelancer, my financial situation in a cost of living crisis is not great. I am honest about that; the constant grind is taxing and people should know what they might be facing.
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Reposting for reach. What are the best books on the topic?
I read a lot of primary sources, which is not time efficient, and which exposes me to a lot of horrible things that I can't unread. Do not recommend. What's a better way to read this stuff?
I read a lot of primary sources, which is not time efficient, and which exposes me to a lot of horrible things that I can't unread. Do not recommend. What's a better way to read this stuff?
This whole thread was interesting! Are there any books or other places you'd suggest I look to learn more about it?
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Reposting for reach. What are the best books on the topic?
I read a lot of primary sources, which is not time efficient, and which exposes me to a lot of horrible things that I can't unread. Do not recommend. What's a better way to read this stuff?
I read a lot of primary sources, which is not time efficient, and which exposes me to a lot of horrible things that I can't unread. Do not recommend. What's a better way to read this stuff?
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My food discourse take is that there will inevitably be somebody who is invested in those opinions but is ignorant around EDs, disability and access, food deserts, allergens, or autistic sensory needs…
And basically gets shirty with folks for describing their material realities.
And basically gets shirty with folks for describing their material realities.
My actual food discourse take is that the problem with low stakes Internet discourse like the food stuff isn’t the people with opinions, it’s the people who act like you kicked their dog if you say you don’t like something they do. Learn how to not take other people’s opinions personally.
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My food discourse take is that there will inevitably be somebody who is invested in those opinions but is ignorant around EDs, disability and access, food deserts, allergens, or autistic sensory needs…
And basically gets shirty with folks for describing their material realities.
And basically gets shirty with folks for describing their material realities.
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Anyway, it's been a suboptimal few days. Show me something to cheer me up, please.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Anyway, it's been a suboptimal few days. Show me something to cheer me up, please.
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Source: Gothamist
search.app/6hLYz
search.app/6hLYz
NYCHA bribery crackdown ends with convictions of all 70 workers charged
Federal prosecutors say employees took cash in exchange for no-bid repair contracts, affecting hundreds of public housing buildings across New York City.
search.app
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Source: Gothamist
search.app/6hLYz
search.app/6hLYz
@theswedishivy.bsky.social hey you.
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@theswedishivy.bsky.social hey you.
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First item @nateforutah.bsky.social mentions in this quote? Public lands. He’s a candidate after my heart.
Time for fighters, not for folders.
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
www.ksl.com/article/5141...
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
First item @nateforutah.bsky.social mentions in this quote? Public lands. He’s a candidate after my heart.
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getting yelled at for not putting a big enough spoiler warning on art of something that was published nearly 30 years ago 🫠 like I simply think that if a book is nearly as old as I am, it's out of Big Giant Slide To Spoiler Warn territory
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
getting yelled at for not putting a big enough spoiler warning on art of something that was published nearly 30 years ago 🫠 like I simply think that if a book is nearly as old as I am, it's out of Big Giant Slide To Spoiler Warn territory
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Atrevete (Dare to Go for It!)
Nydia Velázquez... initiated one of the most successful Latino empowerment programs in the nation’s history - "Atrevete" (Dare to Go for It!), encouraging voting in the Latino community.
centroca.hunter.cuny.edu/Detail/objec...
Nydia Velázquez... initiated one of the most successful Latino empowerment programs in the nation’s history - "Atrevete" (Dare to Go for It!), encouraging voting in the Latino community.
centroca.hunter.cuny.edu/Detail/objec...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Atrevete (Dare to Go for It!)
Nydia Velázquez... initiated one of the most successful Latino empowerment programs in the nation’s history - "Atrevete" (Dare to Go for It!), encouraging voting in the Latino community.
centroca.hunter.cuny.edu/Detail/objec...
Nydia Velázquez... initiated one of the most successful Latino empowerment programs in the nation’s history - "Atrevete" (Dare to Go for It!), encouraging voting in the Latino community.
centroca.hunter.cuny.edu/Detail/objec...
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So much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible.
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
This Year, Remember To Thank The Unseen Guests At Our Thanksgiving Table
Thank you for feeding us.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
So much of Thanksgiving happens long before any of us sit down at the table. Long before the turkey hits the oven or the pie is sliced, immigrant farmworkers and meatpacking workers have already put in the labor that makes these traditions possible.
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
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Some of the greatest hits by the Utah GOP, all in one article:
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Some of the greatest hits by the Utah GOP, all in one article:
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
1. Baseless fearmongering about Utah turning into California
2. A disdain for voters being able to choose for themselves.
Classic
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what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
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hope dies last, I believe in weird brick reddit man
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
hope dies last, I believe in weird brick reddit man
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Yeah but the president is white.
A mayoral candidate saying maybe the city should cover the cost of bus rides gets the full socialism panic treatment before he even tries it.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
A sitting president taking billions of dollars worth of shares in private companies gets “I must say, a tad unusual” after it’s been going for nearly a year.
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Yeah but the president is white.
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“Illegal Immigrants” is by far the best selling slogan of all time.
Sold, to the suckers and losers at the high price of American unity.
Brought to you by every single rich MF, hysterically laughing all the way to the bank.
At you.
You easily manipulated schmuck.
Sold, to the suckers and losers at the high price of American unity.
Brought to you by every single rich MF, hysterically laughing all the way to the bank.
At you.
You easily manipulated schmuck.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Illegal Immigrants” is by far the best selling slogan of all time.
Sold, to the suckers and losers at the high price of American unity.
Brought to you by every single rich MF, hysterically laughing all the way to the bank.
At you.
You easily manipulated schmuck.
Sold, to the suckers and losers at the high price of American unity.
Brought to you by every single rich MF, hysterically laughing all the way to the bank.
At you.
You easily manipulated schmuck.
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Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
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here are all my correct thanksgiving food opinions:
-the best turkey is not as good as the worst ham
-not liking pumpkin pie is anti-indigenous
-the walmart patti labelle sweet potato pie is way better than it deserves to be
- mac and cheese should be made from a roux
-the best turkey is not as good as the worst ham
-not liking pumpkin pie is anti-indigenous
-the walmart patti labelle sweet potato pie is way better than it deserves to be
- mac and cheese should be made from a roux
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
here are all my correct thanksgiving food opinions:
-the best turkey is not as good as the worst ham
-not liking pumpkin pie is anti-indigenous
-the walmart patti labelle sweet potato pie is way better than it deserves to be
- mac and cheese should be made from a roux
-the best turkey is not as good as the worst ham
-not liking pumpkin pie is anti-indigenous
-the walmart patti labelle sweet potato pie is way better than it deserves to be
- mac and cheese should be made from a roux
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for ever sing this
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
for ever sing this
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This. Plenty of people would prefer that women be our only social safety net.
Look, women no longer do shit for free is actually at the root of a lot of social disruption. The question is whether you think the solution is women going back to being unpaid and unprotected by their own labor.
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This. Plenty of people would prefer that women be our only social safety net.