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   Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 05:09:47 JST Church of Jeff

   This 1961 photo is called “The Mob”, and was shot by professional cat photographer Walter Chandoha. Originally a WW II combat photographer, his signature style was filming cats at their eye level. He collected nearly 100,000 cat photographs and it’s pretty cool that someone made a career out of this.
   #catsofmastodon

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     Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 07:49:48 JST Church of Jeff

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     • Nazani

     @michaelvcooper1 @Nazani -- https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski/111654702867640367

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     Alopece (michaelvcooper1@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 07:49:49 JST Alopece

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     • Nazani

     @Nazani @jeffowski Sameowrai

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     Nazani (nazani@universeodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 07:49:50 JST Nazani

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     @jeffowski
     Seven Samurai.

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     Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 02:49:47 JST Church of Jeff

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     • Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

     @nyrath -- See the Alt-Text I placed on the photo?
     Me too.

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     Winchell Chung ⚛🚀 (nyrath@spacey.space)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 02:49:48 JST Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

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     @jeffowski

     This photo makes me hear the title sequence of "West Side Story". With snapping fingers.

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     Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 04:41:14 JST Church of Jeff

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     • Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

     @nyrath -- "Walter Chandoha photo of a group of cats glaring and moving as a group (reminds me of West Side Story how they are lined up behind the leader)."

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     Winchell Chung ⚛🚀 (nyrath@spacey.space)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 04:41:15 JST Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

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     Ah, I clicked the alt-text, and it just gave me the web address of the image

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     Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 06:14:00 JST Church of Jeff

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     • Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

     @nyrath -- Hovering over the photo in a web-browser on my PC shows the mouse pointer turn into a magnifying glass with a '+' symbol and up pops the alt-text.
     When I try to take a screenshot, the alt-text bubble goes away so I cannot "show" you how it looks on my end. Hopefully my description helps.

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     Winchell Chung ⚛🚀 (nyrath@spacey.space)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 06:14:01 JST Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

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     I didn't see "(reminds me of West Side Story how they are lined up behind the leader)"

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     Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 06:20:07 JST Church of Jeff

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     @swordplay @nyrath -- No... It is a limitation of the graphics file formats as well.
     This is why I don't believe it is beneficial to berate Mastodon users about alt-text and how it IS beneficial to do #alt4you and simply add it as a comment. HELP instead of COMPLAIN.
     The comment on the post will also give it a notice from the algorithm which is used to populate the local and federated timelines.
     In fact, from my experiments, adding an #alt4you comment is BETTER than giving it a boost.

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     rhetorical answers (swordplay@tooters.org)'s status on Friday, 29-Dec-2023 06:20:08 JST rhetorical answers

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     • Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

     @jeffowski @nyrath

     In the browser, I wish there were a way to copy the alt-text. Or is there and I just haven't figured it out?

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     Peter Weilnböck (peter@weilnboeck.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2023 07:03:54 JST Peter Weilnböck

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     Have you heard about Iwago Mitsuaki and Oki Masayuki?
     Both are Japanese cat photographers, and there even is a short documentary about the first one: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/3004939/