Notices by Pratik Patel (ppatel@mstdn.social)

@talksina @surf I've already provided a bunch of feedback. I'm glad that more than one person will be sending them ideas and suggestions. I hope things get better during the beta since this sounds like a good app.

@talksina @surf @fedicat I don't disagree. With Surf, I'm encouraged by the fact that the company has made it's previous app accessible.

Oh look, Netanyahu being himself again. This should not surprise anyone.

@dansup Oh I know. Unfortunately, I've learned that, just because a feature exists, does not mean that people will actively use it. There's something about photos and a platform dedicated to them, ... It's about a culture. While I'm not saying that people will ignore descriptions altogether, culture will matter as much as the toolset. So far, I've seen mixed results.

I'm happy to see PixelFed being adopted by many more people and how it will highlight the Fediverse. I also fear that the lovely lovely images posted here on Mastodon with descriptions will go away and will be segrigated to another platform or that people on PixelFed will not pay attention to photo descriptions as much as they do here on mastodon. I hope that people will remain as vigilent there about #acccessibility.

#PixelFed #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialMedia #a11y #photos #description

While I love my Nuphy keyboard, I'm annoyed that it doesn't have enough tactile indicators to distinguish various keys. They're neded because of the compact design. I wonder if there are stickers or dots I can buy. Any recommendations?

Ah wel. You know where your data is headed with this acquisition. This probably includes your internet data if you browse through TMobie's networks.
T-Mobile agrees to acquire Vistar Media, which focuses on programmatic digital out of home advertising, for $600M in cash; the deal is expected to close in Q1

How about being damned proactive?

DNC launches new rapid response social media ahead of Trump's return to office https://t.co/8SWvQeusYi

Hmm. Is Matt Mullenweg having some kind of midlife crisis or is he just like other Silicon Valley man chilldren?

The Good, The Bad, And The Stupid In Meta’s New Content Moderation Policies

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/08/the-good-the-bad-and-the-stupid-in-metas-new-content-moderation-policies/

@WarnerCrocker Ha. I just joked with someone about that.

@WarnerCrocker Soooooooooo excited! I can't wait for the initiation ceremony.

Hey people! I'm so Excited. I mean I can't believe this. I've been exclusivelly invited to join the iluminati. What do you think? Am I the luckiest man or what?

When your #news headline relies on knowing who Rasputin was, you know you're talking to a group of people who have at least a vague idea of who he was and all that implies. If you want more than the people who understand to read the article, you need to do better. In fact, the mesage you're trying to convey requires that you do better.

The New Rasputins

Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/trump-populist-conspiracism-autocracy-rfk-jr/681088/

If you want to know what's going on with Elon and the MAGA, here's a concise write up that Heather Cox Richardson did.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-27-2024?publication_id=20533&post_id=153706185&isFreemail=true&r=w33x

#USPol #USPolitics

two weeks of not thinking about work.

"Your body, my choice" == "My fist, your face."

What in the hells is corporate media smoking?

Have we reached peak #AI?

SocialAI, a new iOS app that looks like a microblogging social network, is filled with bots and lets users populate their network with up to 32 types of bots. Only bots and no humans.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/socialai-offers-a-twitter-like-diary-where-ai-bots-respond-to-your-posts/

#Tech

Facebook's useless #AI based photo descriptions have made it to Threads; and, because they have, #blind people have to suffer for it. People think that posting photos on Threads without alt text is ok because of the utterly useless auto-generated descriptions. I thought I was rid of it when I abandoned Facebook in 2017. Please ask your friends, followers, and acquaintances to describe #photos on Threads.

#accessibility #a11y