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Robert Reich
lobsterWot no kings? Except of course the obvious kings and Queens of a Little part of Canada... Oops Greenland... Sparta... Where are we again? The land of the free chains? 
Thanks Robert 
J. David Eisenberg“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. America, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. There is nothing, exept a tragic death wish, to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence of the pursuit of war.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
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#ProTip: if an image consists almost entirely of text, it’s easier to **just post the text** rather than use an inaccessible image without alt-text.
TheBison@jdeisenberg @rbreich Ppl aren't used to doing that. I know I've had trouble doing so from time to time lol. But yes, we do nd to try to put in the effort to do so far more often, so it'll become more easier to do
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️but it doesn't look as pretty
xs4me2
Aral Balkan@rbreich @JugglingWithEggs FFS, Robert, add some damn alt text to your images. You’ve been here ages and it’s not the first time you’re hearing this. It’s not progressive to ignore the needs of disabled people.
“A nation that continues year after
year to spend more money on military
defense than on programs of social
uplift is approaching spiritual death.
America, the richest and most
powerful nation in the world, can
well lead the way in this revolution
of values. There is nothing, except
a tragic death wish, to prevent us
from reordering our priorities, so
that the pursuit of peace will take
precedence over the pursuit of war.
– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Aaron
Andre Louis@hosford42 @aral @rbreich @JugglingWithEggs There are a few alt-text deniers, Aaron David is another. Makes my life very annoying as someone who relies on it for proper context.
Lilly Hunter@FreakyFwoof It's such a shame. I see the ALT text as an ENRICHMENT of the post, and I almost always read them as well as the rest of the post.
Eye
Merry Christmas@aral @rbreich @JugglingWithEggs
If the Toots is all Text what is the reason for adding Alt Text to the Toot, I just do not understand why if they cannot read the all Text they would be able to read the Alt Text?
Explain that to me please.
Urban CameraIt's not text, though, it's an image which a normal text reader cannot read.
Steve Holden@lyndamerry484 @aral @rbreich @JugglingWithEggs Think. For example, if you are blind, and rely on a screen reader, you simply have no way to access the text in graphics. You don't know any disabled people, then?
@lyndamerry484 @rbreich @JugglingWithEggs To someone who uses a screen reader (e.g., someone with low vision or someone who is blind, etc.), an image with text in it looks like this:
[image]
Alt text that describes the image and includes and text in it is read out by the screen reader so the person can experience it like you can using your eyes. So, instead of the above, which contains no information about the image, with alt text the image looks like this:
[description of image including any text in it]
Renaud Berthier@aral @lyndamerry484 @rbreich @JugglingWithEggs Moreover, some people are not fluent in English or in any other language the text in your image is (I'm French). It's easy to copy paste an alt text to get a translation, it's not to transcribe everything yourself.
Hawlucha@lyndamerry484 @aral @rbreich @JugglingWithEggs Screen readers look at any existing alt-text filled in manually, preferably before posting, and then read it out loud. They can't look at an image and see like sighted people can, so sighted people should put in what they see (for example, as if telling someone over the phone) in the alt-text field.
Screen readers don't see any alt-text in Robert's image because he hadn't put any on there before posting. So, in the case of Android's screen reader TalkBack, it gets read out loud as "No description".
We know there is something, but people who rely on screen readers can't know if there is no alt-text to be read out loud by the thing that they rely on.
@aral @rbreich @JugglingWithEggs One of the differences between masto and Twitter I like is that "over here" that kind of thing is taken more seriously.
Feyter@rbreich is this actually true? What shall "social uplift" be? Is Education, Healthcare and Public Transportation counted as such? I would.
Maybe there is a lot of misinformation but a quick search resulted that each of this points alone has a budget comparable with defense spending. Combined it's therefore much more than Military.
I see something around 13% of the federal budget goes into defense. Therefore the majority is not. So can you explain what this quote should actually be about?
Janne@janvenetor @rbreich many questions result from that as well. I highly doubt that this is a correct comparison. Germany bought F35 for 300 Mil. Each... But that's not the bare metal. It includes all the operational cost as well. Operating a school is also much more expensive than just the bricks.
We could talk about efficiency but that's a point for both so
Let's assume the cost are just that high. Should military capabilities be removed? Again most of the money goes not into military already
@janvenetor @rbreich agreed! But it's not easy for me to decide what the exact distribution should be.
Germany and all of western Europe decided to have less military capabilities and spent the money elsewhere instead. Ukraine even gave up it Nuclear Weapons... In retrospect maybe also not the best decisions.
That's the struggle of decisions making. It's always easier to point out mistakes afterwards.
Shannon KayThis quote is from a speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr in 1967, speaking out about the Vietnam War.
It's available in full here; https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm
@shannonkay ok thanks for making that clear. I don't know if this particular quote was more suitable during that time I'm sure it's appears just out of context here, but I still feel my remarks are valid today.
I mean cool quote... but what's the reason to post something like this. Is what this quote is saying actually true for the USA (or any Nato member at all)? Because it doesn't appear to be the case from my POV.
@feyter
I don't know the specifics of the budget off the top of my head, but earlier in the speech, MLK talks about how the "poverty program" had been started a few years earlier, but with the buildup of the Vietnam war, the program was "eviscerated".
We have seen cuts or attempted cuts in the USA recently, affecting Healthcare, National Parks, Libraries, Museums, Education, and other areas.
@shannonkay As described, I searched for the numbers of the three examples above and found each of this sectors had similar budgets as the military in the last years. Of course no individual program in any area will have a higher budget than all of defence spending combined.
Yes it would be nice if less money could be spent in defense, but I explained in other comments how I don't think it's an easy thing to decide what the exact numbers should be.
Rixt Lothein@rbreich
Approaching #spiritualdeath? That #nation, called #usa is already spiritually as dead as a doornail: #doge , #racism, #religiousintolerance , adoration of #wealthyElites , supporters of #genocide, #warmongerers, etc. Is there a way to restore #civilvalues ?
Approaching #spiritualdeath? That #nation, called #usa is already spiritually as dead as a doornail: #doge , #racism, #religiousintolerance , adoration of #wealthyElites , supporters of #genocide, #warmongerers, etc. Is there a way to restore #civilvalues ?
William Ryan@rbreich TheConservativeSUCKERS America