Notices by Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social), page 4

This is not the news I wanted to hear going into 2024.
https://www.voanews.com/a/magnitude-7-6-earthquake-strikes-japan-tsunami-warning-issued/7419928.html

#Japan #earthquake #tsunami

Tennessee looking silly as I caught him mid-cleaning in a pose for both #ToeBeansTuesday and #TongueOutTuesday. Sorry it's a bit blurry, but he was in motion!

#CatsOfMastodon

Somewhere in this tree there's a white-crowned sparrow, or so Merlin tells me based on its song. Vertical photo. #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #garden

#FollowFriday

I’ve always supported numerous media outlets, but as I get disillusioned with some mainstream media I increasingly appreciate (and send $ to) alternative efforts, including:

The new & impressive @404mediaco, which includes reporting from @josephcox & @jasonkoebler

@TexasObserver

@MLNow for San Francisco folks

@gbhnews for news of #Boston & beyond — and because they have a cool Mastodon presence

This Week in Security newsletter from @zackwhittaker (NOT on Substack, thankfully)

#news #Texas #sfba

It seems like almost every day I read about some climate-related protest; I hope this activism will make a difference. Here's a protest from today: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/23/climate-activists-private-jet-fair-greenpeace-stay-grounded-extinction-rebellion

h/t @pvonhellermannn @dsacer @simon_brooke

#ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency

@feditips @sindarina Thanks for checking! Oddly enough, it just started working overnight, after days of *not* working. I didn't change anything in my settings, either. So who knows?

@sindarina Yeah, I've puzzled over this for days, tried a couple things, and no luck. It's not a big deal — it involves about 4 posts/day — but it's frustrating that I can't figure out why it's not working.

@Leisureguy A lot of people are composing using apps, and each app handles this differently. I use Toot! and when I add images I'm prompted with this: "Tap on the images to give them descriptions and set focal points for cropping." That seems pretty good to me.

I hadn't realized just how much of the online #blind community had migrated from Twitter to Mastodon. That gives added oomph to the need to use #AltText on our images (as well as CamelCase on hashtags).

https://openletter.earth/an-open-letter-to-organisations-engaging-with-the-online-blind-community-twitter-has-abandoned-us-many-of-us-have-abandoned-twitter-join-us-on-mastodon-8ead4746

h/t @JonathanMosen #accessability #a11y

Just lost power a few minutes ago. Went around unplugging things I wouldn’t want to get hit with a power surge whenever it comes back. (My computer is on a surge protector but not everything is. And I’d prefer the surge protector not get hit, either, so it will last longer.) #wind #today

Project for #today: Make big progress in cleaning up my #Dropbox so I can delete the app.

- Delete the old stuff that's no longer useful.
- Move useful PDFs to Files on my iPhone if I might want access to them when I'm out and about; otherwise, just ensure they are on my Mac somewhere.
- Move some simple text to Notes, perhaps with an update.