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Springy Owlbear

Oct 27

@rbreich hey, Robert? Or whoever manages your account?

Could you please use Alt Text? Always, but especially when it's an image of text?

@cocaine_owlbear @rbreich

It's getting kind of hard to accept that this man of the people not only continues to make this mistake, but that his operation consistently ignores all requests to stop doing so.

@Professor_Stevens @cocaine_owlbear @rbreich He's not engaging here at all, just auto-posting to Mastodon for reach. And yes, WHY does this have to be posted as images and not just as text? It's so wasteful and almost inaccessible by design.

Yeah, I have wondered about that too. Does posting text as an image give it more gravitas, or something? But, regardless, he hasn't been engaging here, has he? I love what he has to say, but it might be time to put other things first.

Shall we each send him a note saying if he doesn't start using alt text here in 30 days, we'll stop following him?

@Professor_Stevens @cocaine_owlbear @rbreich He won't read that, because he isn't really here :)

Well, someone is posting his material here for him. If it's for reach (and I can't imagine that's not at least one reason), whoever that is probably watches the numbers. If they go down, maybe that will get their attention.

And, fact is, these little snippets of his wisdom haven't really taught me anything new in a long time. I like them, but I don't gain much from them.

@Professor_Stevens @cocaine_owlbear @rbreich I bet it's automated

It could be. But numbers are still numbers.

We could also go direct and contact him via his bsky account or any of several other ways.

Or, frankly, we could just move on to some other matter of importance. Life's too short sometimes, eh?

@Professor_Stevens @cocaine_owlbear @rbreich I'm going to mute him - I've tried messaging that account a few times before, never got a reply. It's not worth it.

You know, I think I will too. Or just unfollow. But, yeah, he's not playing by his own rules. Kind of a shame to be drawing that conclusion. Our side is supposed to be better than that.

Thanks for helping me sort that out in my mind.

Dr. Sobek Oct 27

@cocaine_owlbear @rbreich I second that, especially since you should have easy access to the source text to copy paste it !

der.hans Oct 27

@rbreich alt-text

Robert Reich posted elsewhere:

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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't - and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
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#alttext #alt4you

Jupiter Rowland Oct 27

@der.hans @Robert Reich is nothing but a fully automated, unsupervised Twitter bot. Robert Reich set up his Mastodon account during the big Mastodon hype of November, 2022, because Mastodon seemed to be the place to be. He only joined to a) keep his Twitter followers who have moved to Mastodon and b) get even more followers.

He has not logged into Mastodon ever since. He will never see your comments.

#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Mastodon #Bot

Netzgemeinde/Hubzilla

der.hans Oct 28

@jupiter_rowland yeah, that's why I stopped boosting his posts

It's like if I were quoting from somewhere else, but with an easier link to the source I saw

It would be better if Robert would actually post and participate here

I think what he's doing is better than depending on a bridge back to a Nazi bar that will track us

https://esgnews.com/new-york-to-fine-fossil-fuel-giants-75-billion-under-new-climate-law/

Kevin Russell Oct 27

@rbreich

Here's another great reminder.

New York State sent a bill to oil companires, an invoice, to pay for climate damage in New York State so far, of $75,000,000,000. Seventy five billion dollars.

You dont have to be flooded out, or set fire to and just let them.

#climate #statesRights

New York to Fine Fossil Fuel Giants $75 Billion Under New Climate Law

New York state has enacted a groundbreaking climate law to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in the climate crisis.

ESG News

Thumptastic3 Oct 27

@rbreich So happy I live here.

Dave Wise Oct 27

@rbreich For now, positive change will mostly happen at the state level. At the federal level, we have to consider stalemate to be a win.

Alys Oct 27

@rbreich
Why does the "Co-founder of Inequality Media" never use alt text that would make images accessible to people who can't read text from them? Even after being frequently asked to?

An understanding of any kind of inequality should make it easier to understand that other inequalities exist in our society. Posting text for textual content is an easy way to help reduce the inequality face by people with visual impairments.