Baby octopus
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What's alt text? Why is it important on Bluesky? How do I write it? Where am I? What's going on?
Alt text 101 for Bluesky | Digital Philosophy by Manning Krull
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If I've liked your hilarious meme or beautiful picture but not reposted it, it might be because you didn't include alt text
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Frasier just said “I don’t see why not” and if I’m honest I’m a little worried that the next fifteen minutes of footage will demonstrate _exactly_ why not.
December 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Frasier just said “I don’t see why not” and if I’m honest I’m a little worried that the next fifteen minutes of footage will demonstrate _exactly_ why not.
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"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
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I AM GRAVELY DISAPPOINTED. AGAIN YOU HAVE MADE ME UNLEASH MY DOGS OF WAR.
September 3, 2023 at 12:43 AM
I AM GRAVELY DISAPPOINTED. AGAIN YOU HAVE MADE ME UNLEASH MY DOGS OF WAR.
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We'll make 2 Twitters. One of them is going to be where all the Nazis and incels are - we'll call it X and it'll be worse than 4chan. One of them will be where all the FBPE guys who liked Owen Smith are - we'll call it bluesky, it'll be worse than the Guardian comments section.
June 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We'll make 2 Twitters. One of them is going to be where all the Nazis and incels are - we'll call it X and it'll be worse than 4chan. One of them will be where all the FBPE guys who liked Owen Smith are - we'll call it bluesky, it'll be worse than the Guardian comments section.
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
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If Starmer and McSweeney think they can just rehash old anti-Corbyn lines against the Greens, then Labour will lose. Badly.
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If Starmer and McSweeney think they can just rehash old anti-Corbyn lines against the Greens, then Labour will lose. Badly.
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The problem for Starmer is that the Greens are a damn sight shrewder than the Corbynites in emphasising the need to develop a post-American European military alliance, which is a more realistic appreciation of current political trends in the US than a lot of Labour and Conservative thinking
FWIW, the NATO line worked on Corbyn which is why I suspect that Starmer thinks that it will work on Polanski.
Ahh a low-salience issue and then a vote for Bart is a vote for anarchy. You can see the political geniuses behind the present disaster at work.
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The problem for Starmer is that the Greens are a damn sight shrewder than the Corbynites in emphasising the need to develop a post-American European military alliance, which is a more realistic appreciation of current political trends in the US than a lot of Labour and Conservative thinking
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There are certain pools whose drowned spirits sing of weakened sunlight, weed-dressed bones. Sing of mud embrace, decay's alchemy. At the threshold of their banks the witch may sing back of those things she wishes transformed in their waters. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There are certain pools whose drowned spirits sing of weakened sunlight, weed-dressed bones. Sing of mud embrace, decay's alchemy. At the threshold of their banks the witch may sing back of those things she wishes transformed in their waters. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky
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Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
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This feels appropriate tbh
Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer
YouTube video by cassetteboy
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This feels appropriate tbh
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if you don't hate trans ppl...
if hearing foreign languages being spoken doesn't make you paranoid or anxious...
if you think 'i do not want to be pregnant' is reason enough for an abortion...
if you think disabled ppl should be supported financially...
keir starmer thinks you are 'nuts'.
if hearing foreign languages being spoken doesn't make you paranoid or anxious...
if you think 'i do not want to be pregnant' is reason enough for an abortion...
if you think disabled ppl should be supported financially...
keir starmer thinks you are 'nuts'.
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
if you don't hate trans ppl...
if hearing foreign languages being spoken doesn't make you paranoid or anxious...
if you think 'i do not want to be pregnant' is reason enough for an abortion...
if you think disabled ppl should be supported financially...
keir starmer thinks you are 'nuts'.
if hearing foreign languages being spoken doesn't make you paranoid or anxious...
if you think 'i do not want to be pregnant' is reason enough for an abortion...
if you think disabled ppl should be supported financially...
keir starmer thinks you are 'nuts'.
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it's so funny that Games Workshop went in twenty years from a company that made games you got beaten up in middle school for enjoying to now being the 67th most valuable company in the United Kingdom
incredible victory for kids who spent ages 11+ with a crust of super glue on their fingertips
incredible victory for kids who spent ages 11+ with a crust of super glue on their fingertips
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
it's so funny that Games Workshop went in twenty years from a company that made games you got beaten up in middle school for enjoying to now being the 67th most valuable company in the United Kingdom
incredible victory for kids who spent ages 11+ with a crust of super glue on their fingertips
incredible victory for kids who spent ages 11+ with a crust of super glue on their fingertips
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Alt text advent, day seven. It's... art.
A huge thank you to our besties at The National Gallery for sharing their beautiful wintery paintings with us - and their gorgeous alt text.
Read the gallery's in-depth description in all its festive glory, here: https://bit.ly/34m4KVH
A huge thank you to our besties at The National Gallery for sharing their beautiful wintery paintings with us - and their gorgeous alt text.
Read the gallery's in-depth description in all its festive glory, here: https://bit.ly/34m4KVH
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Alt text advent, day seven. It's... art.
A huge thank you to our besties at The National Gallery for sharing their beautiful wintery paintings with us - and their gorgeous alt text.
Read the gallery's in-depth description in all its festive glory, here: https://bit.ly/34m4KVH
A huge thank you to our besties at The National Gallery for sharing their beautiful wintery paintings with us - and their gorgeous alt text.
Read the gallery's in-depth description in all its festive glory, here: https://bit.ly/34m4KVH
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Half of Labour’s policies are just “work or die“ and the other half are “just die“ cause you don’t deserve to be part of our society
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Half of Labour’s policies are just “work or die“ and the other half are “just die“ cause you don’t deserve to be part of our society
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Yesterday I was greeted by the cutest House Finch you ever did see.
I will eventually be well enough to get out among the wilds again, to bring you more beautiful birbs.
#Birds🪶 #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography📸 #Ontario🇨🇦
I will eventually be well enough to get out among the wilds again, to bring you more beautiful birbs.
#Birds🪶 #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography📸 #Ontario🇨🇦
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Yesterday I was greeted by the cutest House Finch you ever did see.
I will eventually be well enough to get out among the wilds again, to bring you more beautiful birbs.
#Birds🪶 #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography📸 #Ontario🇨🇦
I will eventually be well enough to get out among the wilds again, to bring you more beautiful birbs.
#Birds🪶 #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography📸 #Ontario🇨🇦
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“We’re cracking down on family reunion”.
Can they even hear themselves?
Have they tried saying it this stuff out loud?
Did they not go “Jesus Christ, I sound like a fucking comic book villain.”
Can they even hear themselves?
Have they tried saying it this stuff out loud?
Did they not go “Jesus Christ, I sound like a fucking comic book villain.”
The Government says these reforms are “for councils”, but councils themselves are warning they will cause real harm.
Southwark Council’s leader has said the Government’s new asylum plans are “deeply concerning” — increasing homelessness, traumatising children, and separating families.
Southwark Council’s leader has said the Government’s new asylum plans are “deeply concerning” — increasing homelessness, traumatising children, and separating families.
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“We’re cracking down on family reunion”.
Can they even hear themselves?
Have they tried saying it this stuff out loud?
Did they not go “Jesus Christ, I sound like a fucking comic book villain.”
Can they even hear themselves?
Have they tried saying it this stuff out loud?
Did they not go “Jesus Christ, I sound like a fucking comic book villain.”
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smdh the uk stops at nothing when it comes to persecuting trans women
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
smdh the uk stops at nothing when it comes to persecuting trans women
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Very sad to hear Martin Parr has died. I felt honoured to welcome him into my home just a couple of months ago. A great artist and a true gent.
December 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Very sad to hear Martin Parr has died. I felt honoured to welcome him into my home just a couple of months ago. A great artist and a true gent.
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It's fucked up that the new generation of Furries have to get converted by copaganda instead of a slick ass criminal.
December 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It's fucked up that the new generation of Furries have to get converted by copaganda instead of a slick ass criminal.
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Bluesky wrapped but it's how many times you let embarrassment change you for the better
BlueSky Wrapped but it's how many times someone with words like "blue wave" and "resist" in their bio told you to enjoy the camps
Bluesky Wrapped and it's how many times your own joke was explained to you
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Bluesky wrapped but it's how many times you let embarrassment change you for the better
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By the way, at least half the time someone proposes a ban on dual citizenship in the US or UK, if you scratch the surface it’s antisemitism
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
By the way, at least half the time someone proposes a ban on dual citizenship in the US or UK, if you scratch the surface it’s antisemitism
Did Starmer get the observer confused with the daily mail or is this just how all centrists think nowadays?
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Did Starmer get the observer confused with the daily mail or is this just how all centrists think nowadays?
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"So somebody could sell drugs outside my children's school, but if you're a landlord it should be unlawful."
So landlords SHOULD be able to sell drugs outside Starmer's kid's school. Got it.
So landlords SHOULD be able to sell drugs outside Starmer's kid's school. Got it.
December 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"So somebody could sell drugs outside my children's school, but if you're a landlord it should be unlawful."
So landlords SHOULD be able to sell drugs outside Starmer's kid's school. Got it.
So landlords SHOULD be able to sell drugs outside Starmer's kid's school. Got it.
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me and my mutuals showing up in the replies when a big account says we should license cyclists
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
me and my mutuals showing up in the replies when a big account says we should license cyclists
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Ban it completely in the EU.
The real question this raises is: why are the EU institutions still active on X at all? www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...
X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer.”…
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ban it completely in the EU.