Reposting this amazing mini-guide on how to write helpful alt text created by @Veron4ica (source: https://veroniiiica.com/how-to-write-alt-text-image-descriptions-visually-impaired/) and found via @karengregory (including Karen's original image description) so that I can pin it.

#AltText #ImageDescription #accessibility #a11y

Suggestion: Reach out to your local government, emergency service provider, and/or news org. Let them know that Twitter has ended public access to content and that Mastodon is a working alternative *today*. I did this on the weekend with my local emergency folks and this morning I got a reply back saying they had noticed the embedded Twitter feed on their webpage was broken.

They didn't realize Twitter had cut that service. Now, hopefully, they are considering their options including Mastodon.

📼 People say self-documenting code is not possible. This is not true. Not only is it possible but it is recommended, in all cases. Let me explain, in this video.

(warning: contains some flickering images)

https://briefs.video/videos/what-is-self-documenting-code/

I've been playing with the Mastodon API and have made @rubybot - they will run any Ruby you send them:

```
puts [
%w{🤖 👋 💥}.sample,
“Hi everyone, happy",
Time.now.strftime("%A!")
].join(" ")

{
“Version" => RUBY_VERSION,
"Platform" => RUBY_PLATFORM
}.each do |k, v|
puts "#{k}: #{v}"
end
```

RT @mikepmoffatt:

I don't think people realize how big #SouthernOntario's #population is. So here's a reference. #Toronto & the surrounding area have a population the size of Alberta & BC... combined.

Heading east, we can also incorporate Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

N. Ontario has a nearly identical population to Newfoundland + the territories. This works because #Ontario’s population (15.1) is almost exactly that to the rest of #Canada, excluding Quebec. #Maps #Geography