I am a mixed-race (white, asian) working-class person from the bay area.
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I have friends who are very good at math, with job titles like "Professor of Economics" and "Data Scientist," that genuinely believed that poor Black people were shoplifting their way into driving drug stores in San Francisco bankrupt.🤦🏿♂️
I had to point out how drug stores actually make money (the pharmacy/prescriptions), and how they really get customers (foot traffic), and how their own quarterly reports even before the pandemic, showed huge over saturation of drug stores in San Francisco.
Belatedly posted a fav albums of 2022 list
https://cohost.org/kukkurovaca/post/568067-my-2022-in-music-par
* Part 1 [https://cohost.org/kukkurovaca/post/560994-my-2022-in-music-pa] * Part 2 [https://cohost.org/kukkurovaca/post/574942-my-2022-in-music-p] * Part 3 [https://cohost.org/kukkurovaca/post/568067-my-2022-in-music-par] Oops, I put this together a while ago and then completely forgot to post it. Also, the reason I forgot about it is that I was also going to do a bunch of additional catch-up listening but I'm declaring semi-bankruptcy on that. (I still intend to listen to it all eventually.) ANYWAY, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, HERE'S MY FAVORITE ALBUMS THAT CAME OUT IN 2022: TitleArtistGenresBandcampTonguesTanya Tagaqalternative, experimentalhttps://tanyatagaq.bandcamp.com/album/tongues [https://tanyatagaq.bandcamp.com/album/tongues]LimbsKeeley Forsythalternative, experimental, singer-songwriterhttps://keeleyforsyth.bandcamp.com/album/limbs [https://keeleyforsyth.bandcamp.com/album/limbs]AethipoesBilly Woodship-hop, rap, underground hip hophttps://billywoods.bandcamp.com/album/aethiopes [https://billywoods.bandcamp.com/album/aethiopes]Hyper-Dimensional Expansion BeamThe Comet is Comingjazz, psychedelic rock, space rock, nu jazz, funk rockEthesisClarice Jensenexperimental, contemporary classicalhttps://claricejensen.bandcamp.com/album/esthesis [https://claricejensen.bandcamp.com/album/esthesis]I Get Along Without You Very WellEllen Arkbro and Johan Gradenexperimental, avant-garde, chamber pop, drone, jazz, minimalisthttps://ellenarkbro.bandcamp.com/album/i-get-along-without-you-very-well [https://ellenarkbro.bandcamp.com/album/i-get-along-without-you-very-well]Jazz CodesMoor Motherexperimental, afro-futurism, avant-garde, free jazz, noisehttps://moormother.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-codes [https://moormother.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-codes]Bis datThe Eternal Chordclassical, electronic, experimentalhttps://theeternalchord.bandcamp.com/album/bis-dat [https://theeternalchord.bandcamp.com/album/bis-dat]Devotional"The Lord † Petra Haden"metal, drone, experimental rockhttps://thelordsl.bandcamp.com/album/devotional [https://thelordsl.bandcamp.com/album/devotional]Taking NotesTemp.electronic, dance, experimental, minimalhttps://tempchicago.bandcamp.com/album/taking-notes [https://tempchicago.bandcamp.com/album/taking-notes]Chimaera IColin Stetsonexperimental, indie, jazz, drone, neo-classicalhttps://colinstetson.bandcamp.com/album/chim-ra-i [https://colinstetson.bandcamp.com/album/chim-ra-i]For AeonsMiłosz Kędraambient, avant-garde, experimental, electronica, improvisationhttps://cichenagrania.bandcamp.com/album/for-aeons [https://cichenagrania.bandcamp.com/album/for-aeons]Forget Your Own FaceBlack Dressesalternative, electronic, industrial, noise pop , pop punk, metal, post-punkhttps://blackdresses.bandcamp.com/album/forget-your-own-face [https://blackdresses.bandcamp.com/album/forget-your-own-face]SAPOkay Kayaalternativehttps://okaykaya.bandcamp.com/album/sap [https://okaykaya.bandcamp.com/album/sap]
In a couple of different places on Mastodon this week I’ve seen people saying something to the effect of “what does visible alt text matter, it’s for screen readers.”
Here are just a few scenarios why people might want to view alt text visually:
1. “I made the post and I want to double check the alt text I wrote.”
2. “I did not make the post but I want to learn how other people write alt text so I can write better descriptions.”
3. “I’m having trouble making sense of the image but I think a written description would help.”
4. “My vision is enough to read text at my preferred font size but not in a tiny screenshot with jpeg compression.”
5. “This is what works best for me because of reasons I don’t want to get into.”
Accessibility is for everyone. Try not to make assumptions.
friend pointed out that this calls back to vampire lore where vampires are forced to count things, but you make them count their mistakes instead of seeds you throw on the ground or similar
I hadnt realized!! kjsda
Hi, this is huge.
@chadloder is an independent journalist who reports on the far right.
They cracked the story about how the massive anti-trans harassment account LibsofTikTok is run by a Jan 6 insurrectionist.
Violent far right harasser Andy Ngo begged Elon for this ban.
https://twitter.com/AdrianRiskin/status/1610720345308434435?t=tznsAGTUrSpy5kt0Vlw3qg&s=19
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