Colin
@wos.bsky.social
Technology with heart. Learning with practice. Photography, words, appreciation. Seattle -> Vancouver -> Victoria, BC.
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Whatever your feelings are on artificial intelligence, A.I. has nothing to do with the purpose of the alt attribute or alt text. To suggest that people deliberately write misleading alt text in order to "stick it to A.I." is going to hurt the humans who rely on it to access the web.
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Whatever your feelings are on artificial intelligence, A.I. has nothing to do with the purpose of the alt attribute or alt text. To suggest that people deliberately write misleading alt text in order to "stick it to A.I." is going to hurt the humans who rely on it to access the web.
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Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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One of the tragedies of growing up is it's apparently no longer "socially acceptable" to carry around a cool rock & show it to people you meet.
So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them.
Let's talk about scholar's stones.
So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them.
Let's talk about scholar's stones.
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One of the tragedies of growing up is it's apparently no longer "socially acceptable" to carry around a cool rock & show it to people you meet.
So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them.
Let's talk about scholar's stones.
So I have to respect the Chinese, Korean & Japanese for having a tradition of finding cool rocks & displaying them.
Let's talk about scholar's stones.
I keep some flower photos around for nights like this
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I keep some flower photos around for nights like this
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This is so much better
In this Japanese folktale a bamboo cutter finds a tiny girl in a glowing bamboo plant and takes her home where he and his wife raise her as their own. It turns out she actually came from the moon & eventually she has to leave her earthly parents to return home.
🎨Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
#MythologyMonday
🎨Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
#MythologyMonday
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is so much better
Last weekend, before the rain started falling again, @sashabdoodle.bsky.social and her social media manager went for a walk
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Last weekend, before the rain started falling again, @sashabdoodle.bsky.social and her social media manager went for a walk
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The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.
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I loved this XKCD map and wanted to see a version for Canada and well, here we are
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I loved this XKCD map and wanted to see a version for Canada and well, here we are
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A joy of a sight for #ThrowbackThursday - A ghost gable 👻 - caught like a fly in amber at Wirksworth in Derbyshire
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A joy of a sight for #ThrowbackThursday - A ghost gable 👻 - caught like a fly in amber at Wirksworth in Derbyshire
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Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its landmark report. Everyone should read it. @tyolsen.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
The Definitive History of Canada’s Residential School Shame | The Tyee
Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its landmark report. Everyone should read it.
thetyee.ca
September 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its landmark report. Everyone should read it. @tyolsen.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
Cute little calf at a creamery on Vancouver Island
August 31, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Cute little calf at a creamery on Vancouver Island
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Your regular reminder that University of Victoria, Canada, hosts the world’s largest Trans+ archives and they are all digital and online, and free for access worldwide.
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.uvic.ca/transgendera...
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.uvic.ca/transgendera...
Transgender Archives - University of Victoria
The Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries is committed to the preservation of the history of pioneering activists, community leaders, and researchers who have contributed to the...
www.uvic.ca
August 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Your regular reminder that University of Victoria, Canada, hosts the world’s largest Trans+ archives and they are all digital and online, and free for access worldwide.
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.uvic.ca/transgendera...
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.uvic.ca/transgendera...
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It's going to be raining on Friday, Vancouver. No sunny beach day for you, but HEY guess what? It doesn't rain inside Rogers Arena (I don't think)!
GO BUY YOUR TICKETS.
www.wnbacanadagame.com
GO BUY YOUR TICKETS.
www.wnbacanadagame.com
WNBA Canada Game 2025
Experience history on August 15, 2025, as the first WNBA regular-season game in Canada takes place at Rogers Arena, Vancouver! Catch the Atlanta Dream vs. Seattle Storm in this groundbreaking event!
www.wnbacanadagame.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's going to be raining on Friday, Vancouver. No sunny beach day for you, but HEY guess what? It doesn't rain inside Rogers Arena (I don't think)!
GO BUY YOUR TICKETS.
www.wnbacanadagame.com
GO BUY YOUR TICKETS.
www.wnbacanadagame.com
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Folks, give @victoria.ca a follow on this platform.
Our comms team is facing the reality of going from 40,000 X followers to 978 Bluesky followers. We’re doing the right thing by ditching the toxic platform, but we need those followers back.
bsky.app/profile/vict...
Our comms team is facing the reality of going from 40,000 X followers to 978 Bluesky followers. We’re doing the right thing by ditching the toxic platform, but we need those followers back.
bsky.app/profile/vict...
bsky.app
August 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Folks, give @victoria.ca a follow on this platform.
Our comms team is facing the reality of going from 40,000 X followers to 978 Bluesky followers. We’re doing the right thing by ditching the toxic platform, but we need those followers back.
bsky.app/profile/vict...
Our comms team is facing the reality of going from 40,000 X followers to 978 Bluesky followers. We’re doing the right thing by ditching the toxic platform, but we need those followers back.
bsky.app/profile/vict...
How my feed feels some days
July 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
How my feed feels some days
We get some low tides now and again
July 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We get some low tides now and again
My cat thinks he should be indoor / outdoor. My cat is wrong, but I took this shot in case I need it for a MISSING poster
July 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My cat thinks he should be indoor / outdoor. My cat is wrong, but I took this shot in case I need it for a MISSING poster
Gotta keep motoring onward
July 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Gotta keep motoring onward
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you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing