There seems to be a lot of posts today with images that have no alt text associated. Alt Text is captioning images to make them inclusive for people with visual disabilities or those on very restricted bandwidth. There's a number of guides how to alt text your images (& memes) but you don't need to overthink it - just a few words to describe what the image is. There are a few bots that can help you with this. Someone will hopefully reply to this grumpy toot with links to guides and the alt text bot addresses. There are a number of mastadonians - and I'm one - who won't routinely boost image posts without alt text. #alttext #images #alttextbot

Disabled assistance cards provided by East Midlands Railway. Arrived in the post today. Free at https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/form/talk-passenger-assistance-cards Edit: it seems they now also offer wristbands including an #autistic awareness one How much use they'll be remains to be seen! #disabled #disability #railway #TrainTravel #railways

I've been attacking the allotment shed. Ive removed the door and one wall so I've now got a shelter rather than a secure shed. I will be using storage crates to keep essentials in eventually. In the meantime here's a few photos of my progress. (The alt text is minimal because I find it hard to describe these, and I'm exhausted!) #allotment

If I wake in the night and can't get back to sleep I'll sometimes put a boring podcast on. It's often a #philosophy podcast as they're generally too deep for my tiny brane and make me fall into dreamland, but last night one grabbed my attention and I didn't get back to sleep until after it had finished. It was an explanation of #existentialism on the 'Philosophize This' podcast. The presenter (Stephen West)has an irritatingly engaging way of simply explaining complex ideas - and I *think* I might understand the basics of this subject now. The 'Philosophy Bites' & 'Philosophy 247' podcasts are very good toe-in-the-water listening which do usually work for me. Unfortunately 'Overthink' goes down the usual podcast route of sounding like a toddler's party in a zoo. #sleep #podcast #podcasts