zkrisher

@zkrisher@dizl.de

Assistive Tech Teacher, He, Him.

I enjoy: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Science & Skepticism, Aviation & History, Low Vision Photography.

Profile photo: My calico kitten's face in soft natural light as she relaxes on her cat tower.

Header Photo: A landscape of, tilled fields and beyond them rows of trees, in soft hazy morning light. As a C-130 Hercules transport plain takes off in the distance.

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the_etrain, to random
@the_etrain@beige.party avatar

I'm never quite sure "what's going on" or "how I got here".

zkrisher,

@the_etrain It’s all down to that time you took a left at Albuquerque.

Free_Press, to news
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Israel Using Phosphorus!

Human Rights Watch said that it “verified videos taken in Lebanon and Gaza on October 10 and 11, 2023, respectively, showing multiple airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus over the Gaza City port and two rural locations along the Israel-Lebanon border.
#AureFreePress #News #Israel #gaza #Hamas

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/hrw-confirms-israel-is-using-white-phosphorus-in-gaza/

zkrisher,

@Free_Press You mean american smoke artillery shells?

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zkrisher,

@rabbit_fighter @bookstodon It’s fantasy but Terry Pratchett

zkrisher,

@rabbit_fighter @bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f2f491e0-8d5d-4a5d-a3c9-7d4ed9a6e1c1

zkrisher,

@rabbit_fighter @bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/548bdb70-5a10-40fe-8440-33697febcec9

zkrisher,

@rabbit_fighter @bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7118a8d8-7d26-49d2-a0b8-ecdd3ebf55c4

zkrisher,

@rabbit_fighter @bookstodon https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a942bc06-faab-4c6c-84ec-45ba2f3a0aa4

rebeccawatson, to random
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An update to my previous story of two "honesty" researchers whose studies used fraudulent data: one of them has a new TV show on NBC & the other one is suing the data analysts who caught her.
https://skepchick.org/2023/09/one-disgraced-scientist-gets-an-nbc-show-another-becomes-a-libel-bully/

zkrisher,

@rebeccawatson Noe wgphat do I do with my signed copy of Predictably Irrational?

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zkrisher,

@CindySue @mmiasma @bookstodon A short one, Ogers by Adrian Tchaikovsky https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4b3d8800-5ebe-4ab0-9dfd-b60b9b57c01a

simon, to random

Goodreads kinda sucks now. I know this is old news, but every once in a while I use it and find some new thing. I was browsing through my feed on iOS and realized that none of the profiles showed last names, usernames, birthdays, interests, or any other identifying details, so if someone had a reasonably common name there's no easy way for me to tell who they are. So because I was curious, I tried to repeat this on the website. In order to log in, I had to press the signup button, then press the "Already a member? sign in here" button, then press the "sign in with email" button. I later learned that there's a "Sign In" button on the homepage, but it wasn't there by the time I looked up the book. Other than being as cluttered as always, the website is fine, and it actually shows useful information about my friend list. I verified that a single profile showed lots of information on web and nothing but book-related info on iOS. Even if the website is usable, I'm pretty done with the whole thing at this point. I haven't updated mine for years and eventually just wiped it, because it was completely out of sync with anything I've actually read. I haven't really seen anything meaningful happen with it for a decade, other than the discontinued API and one major accessibility issue being fixed on iOS after 3 years of reporting it. It feels like we get all the drawbacks of an Amazon-owned service without any of the benefits. Try asking Alexa what the goodreads rating of a book is, for instance. But you can be sure they're collecting all that sweet user data and doing something with it.

zkrisher,

@simon Try the StoryGraph. They emphasize their recommendation engine. https://app.thestorygraph.com/

sotneStatue, (edited ) to random
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Everyone, I have an idea:

We should create a global holiday:

Backup Day. Everyone gets a day off to stay at home and make sure that all important files are backed up. At the end of the day you have a family dinner and share a scary data loss story to scare the kids

Edit: as some have pointed out, there already is a Backup Day! It is March 31st so I expect no less then a large celebration on @fosstodon next year. Happy Backup day everyone! :omya_aws:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Backup_Day

zkrisher,

@sotneStatue @exmaahal How about on the date when the library of Alexandria burnt

fsnk, to accessibility

I saw a post a few days ago about how annoying emoji use can be for people using screen readers, and I've been low key thinking about it since

I'd like to make sure the emoji on our instance are named in a way that's accessible and posts from our server provide a good experience

Anyone with experience in accessibility or using screen readers, I'd appreciate your input on best practices (if you have the time) :blobcathearthug:

zkrisher,

@fsnk I’m a screen reader user short descriptions are better as emojis are sprinkled throughout text and long descriptions interrupt the flow. They are also often groupt and take a long time to get through. Emojis are meant to convey a meaning and thats what we need to know. The exact deatails are less important.

zkrisher,

@BonKH @fsnk

Note that when I recommended brevity in alt-text I was referring specifically to emojis. They are prolific and appear again and again, so a long description will get tiresome.

When a single image is used to illustrate a post it is important to describe it in more detail. You do not have to describe every detail on the book cover, just the ones that are important to convey the meaning or feeling the cover is intended to convey.

zkrisher,

@BonKH @fsnk

Sadly I do not know of a ready database of cover descriptions.

Perhaps this IPTC protocol will help carry descriptions across different platforms and create a database of already described images.

https://www.scribelytribe.com/post/one-giant-leap-for-accessibility-meet-the-new-photo-metadata-standards

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zkrisher,

@bookstadon https://www.audible.com/series/Wayward-Children-Audiobooks/B072KJ9RMV

zkrisher,

@bookstadon https://www.audible.com/series/Murderbot-Diaries-Audiobooks/B07CJMTVQC

zkrisher,

@bookstadon https://www.audible.com/author/T-Kingfisher/B00LBKVU3E

zkrisher, to accessibility

@accessibleandroid

I'm looking for a TalkBack accessible international online radio app for android.

I have an African student, she has been using a website but they changed their design and the player is no longer accessible.

I need a free app because she doesn't have a credit card. Hopefully without full screen popup adds.

#accessibility #Android #BlindAndroidUsers #AccessibleAndroid

zkrisher,

@accessibleandroid

Thank you very much, vRadio has the stations she loves.

At first I got full screen adds. But I found that I can change it to banners in settings.

This is great because she is not adept at using the phone and the full screen adds confuse her.

zkrisher, to bookstadon

Sarah Gailey's The Echo Wife, is also on sale on Audible.

It's a powerful book about cloning, abusive relationships, free will, chauvinism, humanity and inhumanity. With an unsympathetic viewpoint character as part if it's charm.

https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Echo-Wife-Audiobook/1250755131?ref=a_ep_off-th_c10_lProduct_3_19&pf_rd_p=a4ea8abe-c2d6-4adf-bc35-b52860133213&pf_rd_r=GKGZY12MRN3A8G97GC0E&pageLoadId=M8uIWhv209ixq2Si&creativeId=8d8a9d15-c5c1-4080-b2e5-caecc10ad197

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