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Captioning increases accessibility.

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Here’s a very nice post with the basics on writing descriptions.

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Here’s a Google doc with template descriptions for many different memes (created by @orange-airplanes​ and @pathos-logical​).

Here’s an ask about why people write image descriptions even when there is alt text for the images.

Here’s a link to the People’s Accessibilty Discord server, where you can request image/video/audio description and get help with your own!

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A majority of posts will be captioned in English. English is not my native language, and while I consider myself fluent, I’m bound to make mistakes, so please feel free to (politely) point them out.

Posts in other languages will be tagged with that language in both English and the language (so a post in German would be tagged #german and #deutsch, for example).

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Feel free to @ me or send me posts you would like captioned via DM or ask. Depending on how busy I am with work, I should be able to get it done pretty quickly.

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I am an adult.

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I will also tag anything you ask me to, just let me know.

Here’s a link to my tags page!

[mintytrifecta]

[image description: the bugs bunny in a tuxedo "I wish all (blank) a very pleasant (blank)" meme edited to say "I wish all of my Jewish followers a very pleasant rosh hashanah". In front of Bugs there is a jar of honey, a stack of apples and pomegranates. In front of bug's mouth there is a shofar.]

[sapphling]

very telling how many people use "go to therapy"/"seek mental health care" to mean "never make me have to see you or the thing you said again." wonder if this implies anything about the cultural role of psychiatric medicine

[futchlingg]

Psychiatry is not just intertwined with carceral systems or culturally tainted by them, it is continuous with the carceral system, full-stop. They have psychiatrists in every prison. Psychiatrists send people to prison. I have experience in the field of "Medicaid waiver" systems that provide extensive support to people who would have previously been sent to an asylum, and these people are surveilled by psychiatry and incarcerated at such high rates.

The "de-institutionalization" wave of the 70s and 80s, where the US shut down asylems, was supposed to be replaced by community care, but those systems were not funded. They are always stretched to the breaking point. Prisons are where the mad and disabled are housed so you do not have to look at them. It's atrocious and it is a nightmare.

See here. These are the same populations. Psychiatry is a prison system. I love my psychiatric drugs, they help me daily, but fuck, I am so goddamn careful what I tell them, and I am a quite literal professional at navigating healthcare. It has only gotten scarier with loud public calls in American politics to re-institutionalize homeless people and incarcerate more drug users. Please never think a psychiatrist is your friend.

[futchlingg]

If you are white and cis and don't have a visible disability and no criminal record, and you fall under the labels of depressed or anxious or even maybe bipolar, you will almost certainly be fine. But if you are not white, and you are angry at the way the world is, or if you have been caught up in the horrible machine of the injustice system, if you don't like that mood stabilizers make you feel like shit and detract from quality of life, it is so, so fucking easy to end up with "homicidal ideation" or "treatment non-compliant" or "aggressive" on your chart. That will follow you forever. It will be held against you for forever.

[gothhabiba]

[ID: Line graph titled "Out of sight... Americans held in: Per 100,000 adults. "Mental hospital" decreases from 600 to nearly 0 over the years 1934-2001; "Prison" increases from 150 to 600 over the same years. End ID]

[artbylittlebug]

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[Art description: A green anthropomorphic dog sits at a table with a massive bowl of ramen. The scene is surrounded by colourful star shapes and a light blue border with more stars and hearts. Text on the image says: ‘Good moments are not traps; they are nourishment. I am allowed to experience joy without guilt or bracing for it to end.’ In the lower right is the artist’s watermark, @ ArtByLittleBug. \End description]

[gaywitchybitch]

For any Black Trans/LGBT+ who needs some help!! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

[sharkcloset]

THATS MY BESTIE!! Ery is amazing and i can 100% vouch for them/their services! They were a long time user on here before the fucking cops (tumblr admin) nuked their account in the Black blogger purge. Definitely reach out to Ery if you need help!!

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[Image description: Tweet thread by unmedicated hottie @ erykaHOnMain that says: ‘if you are a Black trans woman seeking HRT or other treatment in the US and your doctor isn’t listening to you, i will help write letters to your providers for you at no cost. this offer does not expire. @ erikaHOnMain on twitter / eryLovesErybody on IG [heart exclamation point emoji] please RT for visibility.’ Attached to this Tweet is a Discord screenshot of a conversation between two redacted users. The first says, ‘My doctor and her colleague ok’d the hormone only route! Again tysm for your work and helping me convince them!!!’ The second replies, ‘Good!!! Congratulations!!’ The first responds, ‘I’ll name a tiddie after u [keysmash].’

The thread continues: ‘i do offer services to all trans/lgbt people at large. i always work with people’s budgets and give free labor when i can afford to, so please don’t let cost be a factor in reaching out to me if you need help!’ / ‘this is acceptable to cross-post to other platforms!’ End description]

[chillyfeetsteak]

from this article, which is well worth the read, if only for the fun of seeing zuck get dunked on

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[Text transcription: The AI being hyped right now is not AI at all. It’s really important that we all acknowledge this, that the world is selling itself a multi-billion-dollar lemon: predictive text engines that have nothing intelligent about them. They’re giant sorting machines, which is why they’re so good at identifying patterns in scientific research, and could genuinely advance medicine in wonderful ways. But what they cannot do is think, and as such, it’s a collective mass-delusion that these systems have any use in our day-to-day lives beyond plagiarism. \End transcription]

[strike-another-match]

my reading addon is waiting approval for firefox and chrome im so nervous. please approve my addon i think it could help at least one other person as much as it's helped me...

[strike-another-match]

day 2 of no addon approval. come on all it does is style <p> elements... the humble styler...

[strike-another-match]

ITS APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's an accessibility tool i made for myself because i needed it, which basically lets you focus on one sentence at a time as you read large blocks of texts (books, articles, etc.). it offers different highlight styles, some of which use gradients to help guide your eyes from the start of the sentence until the end. you can move forward and back pressing the buttons or using ALT + left and right arrow keys if you use it and you find it helpful please tell me about it so i can have the motivation to keep improving it. i love knowing people use my tools

https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/sentence-stepper/

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sentence-stepper/cfiappnihemjkaaepefjfofagcobikek

[wistoreal]

[ID. Two gifs of the accessibility tool in action. They highlight one sentence at a time for ease of readability.

The first gif shows the tool cycling down the paragraphs, from sentence to sentence, in a thick yellow highlight.

The second gif shows the different highlight styles such as; a thick yellow, a thinner yellow, no highlight at all, a gradient highlight, blocky tri-color highlight by line, and colored text by line. End ID.]

[a-captions-blog]

Gaza fundraisers from my inbox

Mohammed Al-batish (link) (GazaVetters #676)

Ahmed Mazen Hammad (link) (vetting)

Manal ALBanna (link) (GazaVetters #438)

Salah Alshareef (link) (GazaVetters #48)

Amany Ayyad (link) (GazaVetters #284)

Ahmed Totah (link) (GazaVetters #275)

Shada Kassab (link) (vetting)

Khaled Jehad (link) (vetting)

Musab Eldirawy (link) (vetting)

Hamood family (link) (GazaVetters #609)

Nasr abo daher (link) (GazaVetters #586)

[aurorepeuffier]

During my move, I broke a clay pot. I decided to engrave frames on it.

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[Gif descriptions: Gifs showing the frames on pieces of the pot. These are described below.

1. An anthropomorphic mouse wearing a cape runs forward while carrying two tall tufts of grass.

2. The same frames shown outdoors under a plant.

3. The same frames shown outdoors next to wood, with the clay pieces moved in each frame so that the mouse appears to be carrying the grass from right to left.

4. A photo of the four frames.

5. Closeup of a frame with the mouse holding the grass high above its head. \End ID]

[reddwoods]

they went off with this

[islesaviours]

@ruffboijuliaburnsides basedball

[ruffboi-mags]

hot damn they really did go off with this

[quailfence]

[Video description/transcript: A few baseballs are shown in a cubbyhole. A hand grabs one of the baseballs and takes it over to a metal table. They then begin taking out the stitching of the baseball. White text appears on screen, saying "Thread does more than hold a baseball together. Each small stitch can impact its journey through the air. For baseball's LGBTQ+ fans, players, and communities, small milestones can make a big impact too." The hand then takes a spool of progress pride-colored thread, threads a needle with it, and begins restitching the baseball using the pride thread. Text: "From LGBTQ+ players in the minor leagues and LGBTQ+ executives in front offices, to every pride night and parade crew, every action pulls our communities closer together. And that's more important than ever. Because there is work to do. We've yet to see an out, LGBTQ+ player on a big league roster. But that day will come. And when everyone can be who they are, and love who they love, out loud, everyone wins." The hand finishes stitching and cuts the thread. They then run a finger along the new stitches. Text: "Happy Pride from the Seattle Mariners." The hand sets the ball back on the table, amongst the old stitching. Text: "Mariners.com/pride". A rainbow-colored version of the Mariners logo appears. Fade to black. End video description.]

[Image description: A Tweet by the Stalle Mariners (@/Mariners) that reads "Baseball is for everyone (rainbow flag emoji) (trans flag emoji)". End description.]

Do NOT delete my description if you reblog from me, it is for accessibility. If you do I WILL block you

@a-captions-blog @doctorwhoisadhd

[iclimbtreestofeelalive]

do you ever see something and just. get hit with the most visceral and distilled emotions over the nature of humanity

[iclimbtreestofeelalive]

this note was inside the only copy of the qur'an we have in my school's library. this man, one year out from 9/11, one of the worst times to be muslim in america to date, decided to donate a copy of the qur'an to a school library in hopes that it would make people understand each other better and stop hating each other. doesn't that reach into your chest and twist?? doesn't that make your heart ache? is humanity doomed if someone can do something so small and meaningful and kind while experiencing some of the worst hatred the world has to offer?

[souplover13]

image: handwritten note.

"In the name of the Lord, most merciful.

I am honored to donate this Holy book to [redacted] High School library to promote peace and understanding.

Go in Peace

Solomon [redacted]

Jan, 29, 02"

end ID

[quailfence]

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[puddox]

I see the original post going around every so often and it saddens me a little that it's never accompanied by this thread explaining why it's completely understandable how a child would arrive at these spellings in accordance with english phonetics

[sevens-for-dawn]

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[Image descriptions: 1. Tweet by Sal Perez @ Sal_Perez4 that says, “Bro I had to be the dumbest preschooler out there [emoji with flat mouth].” Attached is a photo showing six shapes and Sal’s labels for them. The triangle is labelled “chriego.” The square is labelled, “SgR.” The circle is labelled, “Srko.” The diamond is labelled, “Dimn.” The star is labelled, “sDr.” The rectangle is labelled, “Ritigo.”

The rest of the images are a Tweet thread by David J. Peterson [verified] @ Dedalvs that says:

This is unbelievably awesome! It tells you a lot about what sounds as English speaker thinks are important, and how they interpret their spelling system. [Link to Sal’s orginal Tweet].

For example, not the spelling of “triangle.” Many people actually have a “ch” sound here, even if they fail to acknowledge it.

Also, English aspirated voiceless consonants outside of certain narrow circumstances. One of them is after the consonant [s]. Note the spelling of “square.” It’s no accident that it’s a “g”! Basically of the two options, the child decided “g” better represented [k] than “k”.

And that, by the way, is pretty much right!

Also, it’s consistent! Note the spelling of “star” with a “d”. Exact same thing! Usually a “t” at the beginning of a word is [tʰ]. After [s] it’s [t]. Often at the beginning of a word “d” sounds more like [t] than [d] (this is true!), so it makes total sense that it’s “SDR” here.

Also notice the places where there are no vowels. It’s where the consonant is either syllabic (as in “diamond”), or where the post-vocalic rhotic colors the vowel making it sound more like [ɹ] than the vowel itself.

Also you see regular replacement of word-final dark l with [o]—something many English speakers do regularly in conversation that is never written. (Note this is an actual sound change in Trigedasleng on #The100.)

And finally, kids regularly change [ŋɡ] into [ɡ]. Not a surprise at all to see the dropped “n” in rectangle and triangle.

(In that tonic position. TRI-ang-gle. Basically the coda is being looked off. Kind of like saying “pitcher” for “picture”.)

OH! And my favorite bit! Notice in “triangle” there’s an “e” not an “a”. Why? Because “a” is for [æ], and heads up, phonologists: [start caps] we don’t have that vowel before velar nasals anymore! Deal with it! [end caps]

Oh hey, and how about “rekt” becoming [ɹajt], huh? Check out the acoustic effect of that [k] slinging palatal! That’s a sound change that’s happened dozens of times in many different languages. Can’t ignore acoustics!

Anyway, the only thing the child here was guilty of is believing our spelling system can be used to spell things how they’re actually pronounced. It can’t, because (a) we refuse to change it, and (b) we believe all spellings must be consistent. Neither of these need be true.

But yeah, this is why we need to hang onto to these things. Linguists can use spellings like these as evidence of how things are pronounced and how sounds change over time!

Can’t do that with adults who “know better” (and, of course, barely ever write by hand anymore and have spellcheck. Lol).

But yeah, stuff like this lights my brain on fire. It’s because its consistent! There’s logic here! Man, this made my night!

So yeah, @ Sal_Perez4, if you did that in preschool, you were a preschool genius—and THANK your parents for saving that! It is [caps] awesome! [end caps] \End ID]

[switchkick]

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[Image descriptions: 1. Graffiti art of the Claims Adjuster with text that says, “Delay Deny Depose.” 2. A wide shot of the art, which is on the side of a shipping container on a train. The full piece has the text “Killin fuckin CEOs,” and the Claims Adjuster’s gun is aimed at the K. \End ID]

[lostloves]

get to know me: [6/10] animated films ♡ Spirited Away (2001)

Once you've met someone, you never really forget them. It just takes a while for your memories to return.

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[Gif descriptions: Eight gifts showing scenes from Spirited Away. These are described below.

1. Chihiro runs along the watery train tracks.

2. The house on the water obscured by fog.

3. Wide view of Chihiro riding Haku in the sky, with the sun gleaming behind them and a single cloud floating in the foreground.

4. Chihiro hugging Haku’s head.

5. The baby-turned-mouse falling through the sky and reaching out towards bubbles passing by.

6. Closer shot of Chihiro riding Haku through the cloudy sky.

7. Chihiro’s face in river water.

8. The kanji characters for Chihiro’s name detaching themselves from the water and floating away. \End ID]

[Caption plain text: get to know me: [6/10] animated films ♡ Spirited Away (2001)

Once you've met someone, you never really forget them. It just takes a while for your memories to return. \End PT]

[victusinveritas]

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[Image descriptions: 1. Tweet by @ alimilne that says: I recently saw a TikTok where a woman asked ‘girlies: what are some things you can do to be more whimsical. I love knowing about cute little habits.’ / And I’ve never loved a comment section more. Some of my faves:

2. Tweet by @ The Bloggess that says: “A friend made me joyous taxidermied raccoons out of roadkill and I create happy scenes of them on adventures using American Doll props (to the continued bafflement of my cats and husband).” Attached are two photos of the raccoons on a child-sized pink scooter. Their mouths are open and their forepaws are up so that they look excited. In the second photo, an orange cat sniffs one of the raccoons.

3. Comment by Grace that says: “I wear matching pajamas every time I change my sheets so I can have what I call fancy sleep.”

4. Comment by Kaitlyn Hunt that says: “I hold ‘office hours’ every Tuesday at a local coffee shop, which means I sit on the couch and order drinks for 4-5 hours while various friends and acquaintances visit me to yap abt books and gossip.”

5. Comment by rene.egg that says: “if I want to have negative thoughts about myself I have to think them in a cockney accent”

6. Comment by LeaTurnerHolt that says: “I call my do do list my TA DA list and do jazz hands as I tick things off.”

7. Comment by LawlessMcGee that says: “I wash dishes by candlelight, listening to Medieval tavern music, and pretend I’m a tavern wench.”

8. Comment by UnabashedLyerin that says: “I teach the dog how to do things either to make them more interesting for me (‘Let me show you how to start a load of laundry’) or just to make him feel included (‘Do you remember how to make coffee, or should I walk you through it again?’ I know it’s hard to remember since you can’t practice without thumbs.’)

9. Comment by CandyMandingo that says: “When I leave the house I always tell my dog ‘no parties while I’m gone!’ And then laugh so he knows he’s 100% allowed to throw parties if he wants.”

10. Comment by Caitlincc7 that says, “Oooooh I love these! I’ll add one: Whenever I buy something online and it asks ‘is this a gift?’ I write a little gift message to myself, usually along the lines of ‘you are awesome and you deserve these little treats.’” \End ID]

[mortimermcmirestinks]

herpetological guide

[daylightsavingcrime]

[Image description: five very simply drawn creatures, each with a labelled head and body and a helpful categorisation:

lizard head, lizard body: that's a lizard

snake head, snake body: snake detected

frog head, frog body: a frog, for sure

lizard head, snake body: oops! be careful! not a snake! that's a legless lizard

frog head, lizard body: now I know what you're thinking. but no. not a lizard. salamander time

End ID]

[taikeero-lecoredier]

CHAT CONTROL TO BE VOTED ON THIS THURSDAY

Original tweet

I know americans are busy with fighting KOSA but I urge you to please help us by spreading the word about this, I can't say this enough, if chat control passes, citizen's private messages will be scanned via artifical intelligence,and they must comply,otherwise theyre not allwoed to send pictures,videos,or links anymore. We have a discord server made to organize against it,with emails scripts you can use when contacting your meps : https://discord.com/invite/e7FYdYnMkS

Find your meps and tell them to vote no on this :

Home | MEPs | European Parliament

Search for a Member per geographical map of the European Union

[sugarycakes]

hii, sorry if im being a bit spammy but this has been brought back again.

if you want to fight this, then go to this site:

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.

look for your country and contact your MEPs, especially contact those who are undecided

[striving-artist]

Holy what the fuck EU

[directactionforhope]

The EU still wants to scan all your chats – and the rules could come into force by October 2025

Chat Control is back on the lawmakers' table

Unfortunately, this is legit. Via Tech Radar, August 1, 2025. More details:

Denmark has reintroduced the disputed child sexual abuse (CSAM) scanning bill on the first day of its EU Presidency

The so-called Chat Control proposal could be adopted as early as October 14, 2025

The proposal has been failing to attract the needed majority since May 2022

Denmark kicked off its EU Presidency on July 1, 2025, and, among its first actions, lawmakers swiftly reintroduced the controversial child sexual abuse (CSAM) scanning bill to the top of the agenda.

Having been deemed by critics as Chat Control, the bill aims to introduce new obligations for all messaging services operating in Europe to scan users' chats, even if they're encrypted.

The proposal, however, has been failing to attract the needed majority since May 2022, with Poland's Presidency being the last to give up on such a plan.

Denmark is a strong supporter of Chat Control. Now, the new rules could be adopted as early as October 14, 2025, if the Danish Presidency manages to find a middle ground among the countries' members.

Crucially, according to the latest data leaked by the former MEP for the German Pirate Party, Patrick Breyer, many countries that said no to Chat Control in 2024 are now undecided, "even though the 2025 plan is even more extreme," he added.

[anarchist-creature]

Original tweet

For fellow germans: CHAT CONTROL? WIE WÄRS MIT NEIN. Eine Anleitung auf deutsch

I also want to mention that the server op linked is still very much active (and yes the invite link in op's post still works)

[hatreds-og-imagedescriptions]

[ID1: tweet by Patrick Breyer #JoinMastodon @echo_pbreyer:

"🇬🇧Orban insists: First public vote on #ChatControl scheduled for Thursday! consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/jh... +++ Silence no more: Which countries will support destroying the privacy of correspondence and secure #encryption? +++ Criticism from Austria and Slovenia: parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXVII..."

Attached image shows an EU map with the caption "Help stop #ChatControl! / Is your government opposing it yet?" Green is labelled "Opposing / neutral", blue is "undecided", and red is "in favour". The only green countries (opposing) are Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Poland, Czechia, Austria, and Slovenia; every other EU country is red (in favor).

ID2: caption next to a logo of a lock inside a gear says "Join the "Protect European Internet" Discord Server !".

ID3: another post by @echo_pbreyer:

"🇬🇧🚨Leak: Many countries that said NO to #ChatControl in 2024 are now undecided—even though the 2025 plan is even more extreme!

🗳 The vote is THIS October.

👉 Tell your government to #StopChatControl!

Act now: chatcontrol.eu"

Attached image is the same as the previous EU map, except now previously green (opposing) countries that are now blue (undecided) are Finland, Estonia, Luxembourg, Germany, Czechia, and Slovenia. Previously red (in favor) countries that are now blue are Belgium, Romania, and Greece. Everything else is unchanged. End of ID.]