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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 33m

I baked gluten free bread today, and it SLAPPED. Gonna make French toast with it tomorrow 🥰

A cross section showing the air buggies and crumb

Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 1d

Like... if I worked in brand governance at any of these companies, I'd be sending some emails. There are zero companies that would be okay with parts of their logo being obstructed or replaced by another logo, and half of them are rendered almost unrecognizable.

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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pretty sure this is an AI-generated logo. If you look at the other versions of it on their website, every single bird is slightly different (the feet, the head, the bag).

I mean, this sucks, no?

A screenshot of the Sackbird website that says "seek the sack" (horrible) followed by four images of a black bird with a bindle and a human arm. there are minor variations in the art - some birds have bigger heads, or more fingers, or flatter feet.

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 1d

Design is about so much more than pushing pixels around. As we see more people use AI to "help" them do things outside of their area of expertise, we're going to see more examples of why designers and artists are an important part of keeping a brand consistent and respectable.

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 1d

It certainly isn't a replacement for artists, because no matter how "good" AI can get at recreating a skyline in a specific style, it doesn't account for the fact that what it did to the social icons is not only against all of the respective brands' usage guidelines, it just looks tacky.

AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 1d

A rep for Sackbird Studios tells me the team's logo was hand drawn by a human artist.

Some elements of the website did use AI and were later touched up.

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 1d

If it was hanging out in my detached garage or somewhere in my yard, I wouldn't have bothered it. But I have three cats, so I don't want it anywhere near the inside of my house 😭

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 1d

I'm a strong independent woman who doesn't need a man until spiders are involved.

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 1d

Update: I put the vacuum outside overnight, hoping she'd crawl out and leave, but she's still in there, and still very pissed off. 😬 Maybe I should use my lunch break today to go buy some diatomaceous earth to vacuum up and hopefully kill her? I don't even know.

Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

There was a black widow in the corner of my living room, so I vacuumed it up, and she survived being sucked up, so now I have a very pissed off black widow in my Dyson 😭😭😭

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone say that their mom misheard the lyrics "Saved my heart from the fate of Ophelia" as "saved my heart from Darth Vader... Ophelia" and I can't unhear it now lol

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

I fear the day that Chris' shoes finally fall apart beyond super gluing them back together.

Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

I could tell it was figuring out where to get out, because it kept trying to crawl up to the opening, so I just put the while thing outside, and I'll hope that she crawls out and leaves 😭

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

My birthday is in 11 days. Does anyone want to buy me a new Dyson? Might need a new house.

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

There was a black widow in the corner of my living room, so I vacuumed it up, and she survived being sucked up, so now I have a very pissed off black widow in my Dyson 😭😭😭

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

I'm laughing so hard at this because after she talked about baking bread for 40 minutes on New Heights, I went out and bought a gluten-free cookbook so I could bake bread that my partner can eat, too.

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First time hearing Taylor’s The Fate of Ophelia:

YouTube video by CJ (The Fool)

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

YES! I think about podcasts a lot when writing alt text! I am entirely uninterested in what the hosts and guests look like or what shirt they're wearing, UNLESS that is relevant to the the conversation, and it would waste so much of my time if they described that when it's not relevant.

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

For example, if I post a selfie, it would be enough to tell people that know me "A selfie of me," but someone who can't see it wouldn't know that I currently have long dark blonde hair, blue eyes, and wear glasses with a thin rose-gold cat-eye rim.

Use your best judgement, but use Alt text!

Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

One caveat that I don't have a very good answer for is how detailed to get when describing a picture of 1-2 people, especially a selfie. In most cases, if you're describing it to someone who knows the subject, you'd just say "A picture of [the person]" but that leaves out context to strangers.

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

Another example I like to use is for this inside joke. The alt text doesn't have to explain the joke, or describe that there are other magnets and a photo on the fridge.

The alt text for this image is exactly what I would say if I were in the back seat of a car, explaining a post to the driver.

A floppy disk labeled "System Restore disk, do not erase" held on a refrigerator with a magnet.

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

And also, this example is so far and above what 90% of images need! It's the A+ in an AP English class example.

It's perfectly acceptable to imagine describing an image to someone who is driving a car, and can't look. "A capybara relaxing in water with a yuzu on its head" is still VERY GOOD.

Dan Johnson @coil.bsky.social · 2d

Irregular reminder that alt text on images is a valuable accessibility tool, and also lets your images show in search results or respect mute lists. For instance, I found the below image by searching "capybara alt text".

A brief guide on writing good alt text for images, which suggests including
1. Who or what
2. Their expression or emotion
3. A description of the image
4. Notable colors
5. Interesting features

The included example image and description: "A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara's head."

Dan's addition: saving the "interesting thing" for last is a bit like writing a joke - end with the memorable punchline!

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

I was skeptical about Joshua Tree, but ended up going last December, and it was so worth it. I really need to get back to Yosemite 😭 I live less than 3 hours from it, but I haven't been since I was a little kid.

(And agreed about hiking in LA, lol)

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 2d

I get really smug about living in California and having access to views that a lot of people wait their whole life to see once... But then I see pictures like these, and I feel like I've never actually seen beauty in nature 😳

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 3d

If he does Veto them in the next few days, I don't think he would ever be able to get me back into his biggest group of voters, which is "unenthusiastic, but willing to vote for him if the other option is a republican"

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 3d

That being said, I'm still worried that if he moves into the national stage, he would be far less progressive than he has been in a state where progressiveness is advantageous to a politician.

...And honestly, that might be exactly why he'll do well nationally. 🫠

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 3d

Do I want leadership that isn't afraid of gaining attention for doing the right thing for a vulnerable group? Unequivocally yes.

But in today's political climate, I would also silently nod and respect his decision to let them quietly become law without drawing attention to a vulnerable group.

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 3d

California is a a very progressive state where signing those bills won him points with the most amount of people.

At the national stage? Not so much. I'm not trying to defend a demon, but I do think that his plan here is to let them slide through and not gain attention on the national stage.

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Anna Funk @annafunk.bsky.social · 3d

This is encouraging.

Gavin Newsom is exactly what I expect a politician to be-- A servant to the will of the people. When he was limited to the scope of California, he actively signed more pro-trans legislation into law than any other governor that I can find (pls correct me if I'm wrong)

BUT 🧵

gincalesq.bsky.social @gincalesq.bsky.social · 3d

Also, under CA law, if he doesn’t veto them they become law. He doesn’t need to sign them for them to go into effect. Newsom is trash, but this article missed some important details.

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