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Random Cat Every Hour<p>Via <a href="https://thecatapi.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">thecatapi.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://social.goose.rodeo/tags/Bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bot</span></a> <a href="https://social.goose.rodeo/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.goose.rodeo/tags/Catstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catstodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.goose.rodeo/tags/Cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cat</span></a> <a href="https://social.goose.rodeo/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
Micr0byte<h1>📣 Announcing Altbot 2.0: The Privacy &amp; Green Update 🔒💚</h1><p><strong>Exciting news!</strong> After months of development, <strong>Altbot 2.0</strong> is officially launching with major improvements to privacy, efficiency, and description quality.</p><h2>What's new in Altbot 2.0:</h2><ul><li><strong>100% local AI processing</strong> for true privacy - unlike Google Gemini which saves data for training, Altbot 2.0 retains <strong>ZERO</strong> information about you or your images using the powerful <strong>Ovis2:8B</strong> model running on my custom AltTron server equipped with an A5500 GPU and expansion capacity for two additional GPUs</li><li><strong>Full GDPR compliance</strong> with clear informed consent - I've implemented comprehensive privacy measures including transparent data handling policies, user rights protection, and minimal data collection practices that exceed GDPR requirements</li><li><strong>Better quality descriptions</strong> across all 11 supported languages thanks to a newly developed translation layer specifically optimized for local LLM models</li><li><strong>Significantly more energy efficient</strong> with a new feature that shows you exactly how much energy was used for each request! This efficiency comes from using a server-grade GPU optimized for lower power consumption, and 36% of the energy consumed is from clean sources mainly nuclear power (thanks to being based in Georgia)</li></ul><p>The only data Altbot 2.0 records:</p><ul><li>That a request happened</li><li>How long it took to complete</li><li>What type of media it was (image, video, or audio)</li><li>What language was used</li></ul><p><strong>No images, no content, no personal data saved - ever.</strong></p><p>For those who don't know, Altbot has been helping make the Fediverse more accessible by automatically generating alt-text descriptions for images. The project has grown beyond anything I imagined, now serving thousands of users across the network.</p><h2>Support Altbot's Future 💝</h2><p>To bring these privacy and efficiency improvements to life, I had to invest in a more powerful server than initially planned. The server costs exceeded my budget by around $900, which I've covered out of pocket. <em>Who woulda thought that competing with a $1.98 trillion dystopian mega corporation would be expensive? Shocking, I know.</em></p><p><strong>I've set up a Ko-fi fundraising goal</strong> to help recover these costs and support ongoing development: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/micr0byte" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ko-fi.com/micr0byte</a></p><p>Your contributions will help ensure Altbot remains:</p><ul><li>Free for everyone</li><li>Continuously improved</li><li>Sustainably maintained</li></ul><p>Even small donations make a huge difference and motivate me to keep enhancing accessibility across the Fediverse!</p> <p>This milestone represents a commitment to ensuring accessibility doesn't come at the cost of privacy or environmental impact. I'm incredibly proud of what we've built together.</p><p>As Altbot continues to grow, I'm open to sharing more about this journey with anyone interested in accessibility, ethical AI, or Fediverse projects. </p><p>For press inquiries: inquiries@micr0.dev</p><p>Feel free to boost or reach out!</p><p><a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/EthicalAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthicalAI</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/tags/Altbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altbot</span></a></p>
Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️<p>I'm surprised the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> proponents aren't screaming about this. It seems a lot more important. I didn't even realize that this was a problem for screen readers. I don't do this now, but I won't in the future now that I know about it. <a href="https://gts.authorhelp.uk/@office/statuses/01JP0EFX76SBGGM4SVGQQN05P2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gts.authorhelp.uk/@office/stat</span><span class="invisible">uses/01JP0EFX76SBGGM4SVGQQN05P2</span></a></p>
AmbivalenaSnow-like, not Snow White!<br> <br> <br> Read <a href="https://pixelfed.global/discover/tags/AltText?src=hash" title="#AltText" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltText</a> for image description.
Ahri Enby :nb_verified:<p>I felt I am engaged in adding alt text to every image upon taking advice from <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@deilann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@deilann@tech.lgbt</a>. <a href="https://transfem.social/tags/alttext" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alttext</a></p>
🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)<p>Remastered one of my favorite old NSFW photos and added new alt-text.</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/PixelFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PixelFed</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AlicePics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlicePics</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFW</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AccessibilityIsHotAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessibilityIsHotAF</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p>My workspace. You get that I'm an author, right? More in the <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/altText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>altText</span></a>. </p><p>At <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mindly.social/@floofpaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>floofpaldi</span></a></span> because they posted theirs multiple times, so I can, too. <br>😛😋<br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Author</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSMarsNeededWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSMarsNeededWomen</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSRelucantMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSRelucantMoon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSReluctanceStory</span></a></p>
JotaLuis<p>Hola, si lees esto y eres de l@s que publican imágenes, no te olvides de añadirle un texto explicativo <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alttext</span></a> .</p><p>No tiene que ser extenso, de hecho no es recomendable. Solo la idea principal que muestra la imagen.</p><p>No te imaginas cuanta gente te lo agradecerá: desde el incapacitado hasta los que la calidad de conexión no les ayuda.</p><p>Excluir, no.<br>Incluir, sí.</p><p>¡Piensa en los demás!</p>
Mark :flag_pan:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@alice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alice</span></a></span> Leaving aside, for the moment, that you look adorable, can we all just take a minute and appreciate the world class <a href="https://toot.lgbt/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)<p>"Alice and the Slightly Translucent T-shirt"</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/PixelFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PixelFed</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AlicePics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlicePics</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSFW</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AccessibilityIsHotAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessibilityIsHotAF</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
Random Cat Every Hour<p>Via <a href="https://thecatapi.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">thecatapi.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://social.goose.rodeo/tags/Bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bot</span></a> <a href="https://social.goose.rodeo/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.goose.rodeo/tags/Catstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catstodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.goose.rodeo/tags/Cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cat</span></a> <a href="https://social.goose.rodeo/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
Snippety Snap (she/her)<p>My accommodations while on vacation do not have wifi, and my cell signal is crap, but y'all's alt text is winning the day. </p><p>I can't see your images due to reception deficiencies, but your alt text conveys the message. Bravo, and thank you!</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/AltTextHelpsEveryone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltTextHelpsEveryone</span></a></p>
Reuben :tinoflag:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@cookiesinheaven" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cookiesinheaven</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Alt4You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alt4You</span></a> <br>A big billboard on the side of a road.<br>It reads: "They want you so worried about men transitioning to women that you won't notice the USA transitioning to the USSR."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
Kyle Memoir 🍉<p>Any act of repair a gratifying gesture of refusal and subversion these days. A poke in the eye to corporate waste and consumer lassitude.</p><p>Feeling like renegade heating engineer Harry Tuttle (Robert De Niro) of ‘Brazil’ right now, having decided: eff no, not into landfill—not yet.</p><p>And how fitting: while finishing up, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> heard on CBC radio discussing DCA &amp; right-to-repair.</p><p>details in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alttext</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stratford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stratford</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/corydoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corydoctorow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coffee</span></a></p>
🦅 🪿RKeller Photography🏳️‍🌈<p>Favorite photo from Chicago a few yrs ago. Had recently purchased a Nikon 40mm macro lens which is also an excellent street lens. This trip I decided to restrict myself to the the 40mm only. It was a great challenge and I learned a lot👍.</p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/PhotoHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoHour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Macrohour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macrohour</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
Paul Kater<p>Retoot for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@Blanco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Blanco</span></a></span></p><p>"Self explanatory."</p><p>with <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
Plague Island Resistance<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.eu/@FascistCentre" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FascistCentre</span></a></span> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a><br>"WHAT SCARES ME MOST IS NOT THE FACT THAT THE MEDIA IS LYING, ITS THE FACT THAT MOST OF YOU BELIEVE THEM"</p>
Diotima<p>Reminder: If you're marginalizing ppl bc they're not using alt text, you're being <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/abelist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abelist</span></a>.</p><p>Some ppl who are neurodivergent in a way that makes alt text impossible. You telling them to "just try harder" or excluding then is no diff than telling blind ppl to "look harder" or paraplegics to "just walk.</p><p>Stop valuing ppl with <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> traits as less important than ppl with physical challenges. Haven't we marginalized <a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a> enough?</p><p>If you didn't know, now you know. </p><p><a href="https://gamerstavern.online/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p>
AmbivalenaReturn to Sender<br> <br> <br> Two self-portraits - the photos are cropped along the edges of the picture frame. <br> <br> <br> Read <a href="https://pixelfed.global/discover/tags/AltText?src=hash" title="#AltText" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltText</a> for image descriptions.
David P<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@Lana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lana</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a></p><p>First image:</p><p>Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social 19h </p><p>When Hitler started ranting about the Jews from streetcorners in the 1920s, he was part </p><p>of a long history of European anti-Semitism. </p><p>But where in the world did this massive anti-trans campaign come from? | feel like it was invented out of whole cloth in the last five years. </p><p>@ Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net 22h </p><p>| need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence. </p><p>This is a campaign of eradication. </p><p>www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna... </p><p>NBC NEWS WATCH </p><p>OUT POLITICS AND POLICY </p><p>Texas bill would make identifying as transgender a felony punishable by jail </p><p>The bill, while unlikely to pass, highlights the increasing </p><p>extremism of legislation targeting trans people, especially in Texas, in recent years. </p><p>Second image:</p><p>Raids and book burnings </p><p>Nazi Party members at the Opernplatz </p><p>book burning in Berlin On 6 May 1933, while Hirschfeld was in Ascona, Switzerland, the Deutsche Studentenschaft made an organised attack on the Institute of Sex Research, A brass band accompanied them as they arrived in the morning. After breaking into the building, the students destroyed much of what was inside, and looted tens of thousands of items — including works by authors who had been blacklisted in Nazi Germany. Following this, the leader of the students gave a speech before the institute, and the students sang Horst-Wessel-Lied Members of the Sturmabteilung (SA) appeared later in the day to continue looting the institute. </p><p>Four days later, the institute's remaining library and archives were publicly hauled out and burned in the streets of the Opernplatz by members of SA alongside the students. A bronze bust of Hirschfeld, taken from the institute, was placed on top of the bonfire. One estimate says that between 12,000 to 20,000 books and journals, and even larger number of images and sex subjects, were destroyed. Another estimate says that about 25,000 books were destroyed.</p>