I’m a blind and gay romance writer that loves fiction podcasts, audiobooks, cookies, and cats! I follow more hashtags than people. Because I take frequent social media breaks, the best way to reach me quickly is via my website or email rather than here.
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Last Notes npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett If you use this font to protect your text from AI, it also blocks *me, a human* because I use a screen reader. I did try the demo. If you want me to remove your RSS feed, this is the best font to prevent blind people from reading your blog/words. That timer is an inaccessible solution. https://shieldfont.org/#hero #AI #LLM #Accessibility #A11y npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Woke up this morning to discover that, after an update, Microsoft no longer trusts me to edit my own files and folders on my own external hard drive. I was trying to update a portable application and the usual warning popped up that was asking me, was I sure I wanted to paste these files? And I better do it with administrative rights, even though I am the fucking administrator of this Gods damn PC, so I hit continue with administrative right. You do not have permission to edit these files. I am the fucking administrator, you dolts. I am not a casual user, endless screaming. Gods, I wish #Linux was... just better at screen reader accessibility overall, but just... *sigh* I am gonna be one of those seniors that movies love to mock where they know nothing of technology because I'll just stop doing new tech things. #Microsoft npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett This seems to have been blocked by #Patreon, but I've been looking for ways I can follow Patreon creators via RSS feed instead of email. I wrote to Patreon today, making the case that they could easily make RSS work for their model, even offering private RSS feeds for members, but we'll see. I wrote to higher ups and bypassed customer service. Shame they blocked this because I'd love to follow Patreon via RSS. https://github.com/nchlswhttkr/patreon-rss #RSS npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…77tp Right! I mean, you could link to the audiobook on Libro FM and that website is fantastic for consumers, but for developers, I imagine it’s a nightmare because they don’t have an official API. I think their website is some kind of CMS? I’m not really sure npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…77tp This brought to you by purchasing an e-book on Amazon because he authored doesn’t have a DRM free copy and I’m honestly getting account fatigue so I purchased on Amazon because it’s easiest rather than making an account at a random place I’ve never shocked at previously butIs there some technical way where royalties could be automated? And I would love it if a retailer would just say no to publishers wanting digital rights management on their titles or Geo restriction. I do really wonder if you could legitimately say no to Geo restriction and not getting in trouble? Or is it just about telling the publishers no. This is not gonna be Geo restricted npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I know a lot of developers are on my timeline, so let me give you a little bit of a secret. If you make a literal DRM free only bookstore retailer that only sells DRM free e-books, you would hit a gold mine without even trying to do so, and you must accept all genres. I know Smashwords exists, but there’s a reason why independent authors continue to publish work via Kindle. It’s easy. In fact, it’s so easy that even the upload process doesn’t need a lot of formatting involved. This is the key. Make it very easy to host e-books, and let authors set their prices and let publishers set their prices, and you would have a money making machine. Also, make it global. Even if publishers Geo restrict it. The design doesn’t have to be a torture either. Have an HTML page from the 90s that displays the book cover, the title, some buttons that do various things like choose a book format, E pub, PDF, about the book, about the author, reviews, and that’s it. It doesn’t need anything more than that. Anything more and it’s just a bloated waste of code #WebDev #Bookstodon npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Under capitalism, it's very normal to let children go hungry, let banks force people out of their homes, let sick people die for lack of access to healthcare. But the idea that billionaires could just be a little less rich is considered radical and unhinged. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett In my quest to get others to visit my website to see what I am up to instead of wondering why I am not posting or interacting on Facebook, I got this reply, which just made me sad. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett How Fanfiction is Literary Resistance https://sightlessscribbles.com/how-fanfiction-is-literary-resistance/ #Blog #Blogs #Blogging #IndieWeb #NoPaywall npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Hey #Grammar people, I see this all the time when reading published books. The ellipsis spaced out, like this. ". . ." npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…r70g Looks like an interesting channel! I tried to see if it was in podcast apps and could not find a native feed, so I turned the channel into an audio podcast with https://podtube.me/index.html npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Can we retire from the expression “the kids are okay?” Because I am at my morning coffee shop and I just met and hated a 20-year-old cis het white guy, Let’s call him Brad, that believes emotions are an inefficiency that only inhabits stupid people and I tripped the bastard with my cane because he was explaining the optimum way a woman should sit at her Linux laptop computer so LLM systems can't malfunction because of her “bigger than average breasts.” She bought me a drink after she saw me trip the bastard. We're exchanging anime shows we like. I'm telling her I'm new to anime and that I'm a Romance writer. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Love this thread! #BandCamp npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett If there's one modern slang I absolutely hate more than anything else in the world, it's this phrase. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Even though I really don’t quite understand web rings yet, and I am much more partial to directories, I thought others would like to see this. warp point: a gaming blog webring for the modern age https://www.warppoint.games/ #IndieWeb #Gaming #GameDev #WebRing npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett My Refrigerator Thinks I'm in a Cult https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/635a3d6c/my-refrigerator-thinks-i-m-in-a-cult npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…l0xh @nprofile…0dn2 I don’t know how long you have been on the internet but Fedi works better than Google because Fedi is not a SEO wearhouse npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I wrote to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to enable an RSS feed, or at least make it far easier to find. Seems endlessly strange to me that they do tech activism and won't enable their RSS feed or otherwise make it easier to find. I am *not* joining their mailing list. I only use email for communication. @nprofile…eexk #RSS npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett And yet, blind people will buy it anyway because we love Tech Bros for some reason npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Was unironically dubbed an internet genius today by people younger and older than me that were amazed that I could find things, research things, locate links and other information that their LM/agent could not locate/determine/find/comprehend. Gonna put basic research and comprehension skills in the special Skills section of my resume. Based on these soft skills alone, I am going to be overqualified for most jobs in the future. #GetFediHired #Skill #Skills npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Thought about reading The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow and just… didn't, because I don't have to. The synopsis gives me enough to where I don't need to read the book. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Yet another study shows that giving people no strings attached basic income doesn't make everyone crime junkies and boosts the economy. How many of these do people have to do before it sinks in? https://www.positive.news/economics/imagination-and-creation-are-products-of-time-and-space/ #Money #Economy #Economics npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett People say ninite is dead because of things such as Winget but I frankly use them all the time to install some must have things on a new PC https://ninite.com/ #Ninite npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett What I can't figure out is, what will happen to my .kdbx file. Can I just use something else with my .kdbx file? @nprofile…e46s npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett We're obsessed with the idea that poor people might take more than they need, npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…5dxw I really liked this video! I haven't checked yet, but is there a playlist of these tutorials? npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Again, The Web Is Being Made Accessible for AI, Not People | TechPolicy.Press https://techpolicy.press/the-web-is-being-made-accessible-for-ai-not-people #AI #LLM #Accessibility #A11y npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Aside from the fact that this is why I do not get along with most blind leaders, because they beleive accessibility is different from intersectionality, how come every sociological and privacy and non accessibility point disabled critics of LLM companies talk about are ignored? npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Not alone. I call desktop programs what they are, programs, and I call websites websites instead of apps. It pisses off the tech enthusiasts, but I can Github better than they can so, shrug. :) @nprofile…gt80 @nprofile…40t9 npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I am unsure! It just has this endless loop or checks fail. I have cookies enabled, but I do have the privacy setting enabled where social media embeds are blocked and honestly have no clue how I did that one but it's been really nice! @nprofile…vh37 npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett If someone online uses the term, “dark woke,” you should know they will most likely hold sexist and racist and even homophobic/transphobic/ableist/ oppressive views under the mask of financial liberation. Basically, they are class reductionists. Calling themselves dark woke is an attempt to make class reductionism cool online. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I have no clue if this maintains the accessibility of its predecessor but it appears to be an active fork of Enafore. Dome/Zocial: A beautifully refined fediverse client — built for the edges of the Mastodon ecosystem. - Zocial - Zeitfresser Gitea Server https://git.ztfr.eu/Dome/Zocial #Enafore #Pinafore #Mastodon #Fediverse npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I’m not sure what to call this phenomenon, but it’s very unique to non disabled or tech people. It’s kind of like a person sees that a curb doesn’t have a curb cut for a wheelchair, so rather than fixing the problem, they order a private jet to take the wheelchair user anywhere they want to go. Tyto - a voice-first email app built for blind and VI users. Many new updates! | AppleVis https://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-ipados/tyto-voice-first-email-app-built-blind-vi-users-many-new-updates https://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-ipados/tyto-voice-first-email-app-built-blind-vi-users-many-new-updates #Email #Disability npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Best summary of the last few days rsync goes AI slop, breaks your backups https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/03/rsync-goes-ai-slop-breaks-your-backups/ #RSync #AI #LLM npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Could I get an #Alt4Me for these? I asked them in a reply too npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Taking some time to clean up my IFTTT stuff, which is how I post by email. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Look, just fucking use Mastodon already https://giants-club.net/articles/just-use-mastodon/ #Fediverse npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Open source project contains hidden instruction for “AI” agents: delete my code – OSnews https://www.osnews.com/story/145130/open-source-project-contains-hidden-instruction-for-ai-agents-delete-my-code/ #OpenSource #AI #LLM npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Oh yep! I know of at least some of them! I'm fully blind so I can't spot all of those kinds of things, but I can get them to start thinking about it far more. If anything, I can point to stuff others have already said in the past and say something like can we revisit this and actually work on it? But also I'm encouraging them to reach out to more low vision users so that should help too! @nprofile…327n npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Had someone beg me to come back to a disability place I was an intern at years ago just out of college. They offered me a full time communications and media manager position. I ended my internship well, and I considered it. I just can't work in an office again. I like my fully remote work, so I told her no. But she tried to convince me for 20 minutes to come back and work there. I worked in the communications and PR department. I was helping with press releases, media communication, everything behind the scenes, which I like. I loved my bosses and fellow workers but holy fuck did I hate, hate, hate, waking up and going into the office. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I've been communicating with a person on the #Mastodon team about some #Accessibility stuff related to #AltText and I am loving their communication style. Confirms everything, so nothing is misunderstood, but not in a defensive way. I wish I could say more, but I am excited for the 5.0 release! I believe the team is shifting to a more community based approach which I really like. I've been here for many, many, many, years, and I am really loving this more intersectional development approach the team appears to be striving for. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett hah! Speaking of, I've always been a Star Wars person. Where should I start with Trek? And should I bother with the modern ones? @nprofile…lvgx npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett hah! I guess so! Or just friends and family! @nprofile…kl5p @nprofile…e46s @nprofile…lxlx @nprofile…redn npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Liked A Map of My Scars, Read by Your Fingertips? I need your financial support! https://sightlessscribbles.com/support/ @nprofile…3tw3 @nprofile…6kxh @nprofile…pveu @nprofile…7qh8 #MutualAid #Disability #DisabilityMutualAid #MutualAidRe… npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Ethics of Kagi https://khevans.com/2025/08/21/kagi-ethics.html #Kagi #Internet #Google npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I started keeping links and business address, names, and phone numbers, in text files and it's the best search engine ever if I wanna reference something. Find something new? You got me there, but yeah I don't get the gushing hype either @nprofile…e46s @nprofile…lxlx @nprofile…redn npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett My new rule. Probably not a logical one, but if *anything* has a CEO, it will fall to decay / Enshittification. This means places such as #BeeHiiv will go the same route as everything else, eventually. I fully believe in about a decade, BeeHiiv will fall the very same way Substack is falling now. This is why I love places such as Buttondown https://buttondown.com/refer/weirdwriter #Enshittification npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett So, I've got a masculine friend. No speech disability at all. Standard mid-western American accent whites feel comfortable around, and an accent you'd think these white dudes in tech would code for/train on, and this is how advanced dictation has become. Hi Robert, I hope you got a good sleeve last night, I was wondering if you wanted to get a coffin with me today? we could go to the spores and I can pipe the penny for you. Have a good day, custard! npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I really do wonder what these people will pivot to when tech quits caring about it? Sigh. AI is the future of accessibility - Karl Groves https://karlgroves.com/ai-is-the-future-of-accessibility/ #Accessibility #AI #LLM #A11y npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…eh70 @nprofile…lvgx I forget if I asked but is there an internet radio of your streams or a podcast of your streams? Partially because I’m really getting into Internet radio again, like, the love a brother radio, and things like that, and I love podcasts, but I generally listen to fiction podcast so I’m trying to diversify from fiction podcast npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Had a blind person tell me today, offline, that they actually hope LLMs eliminate the need to go to websites because that would mean he would never have to fight an inaccessible website again, and I'm just sad forever now. #AI #LLM #WebDev #Accessibility npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Fedora Project Leader says he doesn’t care about the reputational damage from Fedora embracing “AI” – OSnews https://www.osnews.com/story/144894/fedora-project-leader-says-he-doesnt-care-about-the-reputational-damage-from-fedora-embracing-ai/ #AI #LLM #Linux npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…hcyt @nprofile…lvgx @nprofile…4zr8 I believe Brandon Cole did it fantastic work in this area, proving that if you can talk to the right people inside of the corporation, things can happen. It took him years and years of networking, going to events, it was hard work. I agree that more needs to be done. I think that classes in college should incorporate accessibility and usability into their curriculum and syllabi . I think this needs to happen across multiple industries from programming, to web design, to video game design npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Friend: seriously, you should use your journalism background to get the inside scoop on the rich, it could be fantastic for your research! npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Can smarter #WebDev people explain why this page is so, so, so, slow on iOS, even with JavaScript disabled? I rarely encounter this on other websites. When I visit this page on iOS running VoiceOver, VoiceOver is extremely sluggish, to the point where it takes almost 30 seconds for a navigational swipe to register. I have no other tabs or no other apps open. https://audiodrama.directory/tag/narrated/ npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett It's super hard! I have people/friends that I don't wanna lose, but no matter how hard I try, see link at end, they just. Will. Not. Leave. Facebook. They won't email, and this is also a constant problem even to this day https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/6552/ @nprofile…mnlu npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett So because some audiobook groups I am in told me they will *never* leave Facebook, I wanna ask here. What audiobook blogs can I add to my RSS reader? Share yours! Even if you do reviews. I'd love to know about it. #Blog #Blogs #Blogging #Audible #Audiobooks #Audiobook #RSS npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Is there a Fedi service that aggregate all the links posted from my followers into one RSS feed that I can subscribe to for the times that I don’t log onto the Fediverse? I did find mastodon to RSS but that uses an algorithm to only show the links that are most clicked, and I want a service that shares every link that my followers post even if no one clicks on it. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I hear this every day. I’m tired npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Why Comment Sections suck - re:I want to comment on your blog post | Kami's Corner https://kami.bearblog.dev/why-comment-sections-suck-rei-want-to-comment-on-your-blog-post/ #Blog #Blogging npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Reading this again, I can't help but sigh. Just because you don't know how to obtain what you think is "useless" information, that doesn't mean this is useless. Can it get tedius? Yeah, but the point is, this author doesn't know how to understand or use the information given to him. A *LOT* can be told from *how* someone describes themselves, as an example. But thousands of blind people *love* ignoring intersectionality too. You can't erase racism or transphobia or any other intersections because you can't see something. To be a bit more tacky, it's not my fault you don't understand how to utalize the information given. https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm22/bm2201/bm220107.htm #Blind #Disability #Intersectionality npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Oh look, #Enshittification starts for GitLab. Is there a Wiki or a blog that tracks these kinds of things? I'd legit love to keep one for reference https://about.gitlab.com/blog/gitlab-act-2/ #Git #GitLab npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I know blind people that don't describe their images on Facebook. I know blind people, actually, the majority of blind people, that *love* cloud based LLMs and can't stand any critique of the shitty people behind the tool, let alone the companies. I know blind people that argue against having audio description and against accessibility because we should be fully independent. Sighted people must understand that in the blind community especially, there's a *LOT* of blind people and even otherwise disabled people that *hate* all this “PC nonsense” PC is political correctness, but they're arguing against their own interests. It happens in my own gay community too, so instead of listening to blind people that hate other blind people, why not listen to a collective of blind people/other disabled people working to better local or digital environments. I honestly didn't like the article when it came out, and I certainly don't like this quote being used to argue *against* access/accessibility. https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/29496#issuecomment-4429977820 #Accessibility #AltText #A11y #Disability #Blind #Mastodon #Fediverse npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett *sigh* I honestly didn't like the article when it was printed, because it reminds me of typical blind people that don't care about other's justice, or needs, only their own, and use it to subtly say that, actually, this alt text thing is PC nonsense! https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/29496#issuecomment-4429977820 #AltText #Disability #Blind #Mastodon #Fediverse npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…trzz @nprofile…9pr4 Where should I start as an introduction to her? I was thinking about YellowFace npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I haven’t read her books closely, or even at all, but After looking into this controversy, I’m convinced there is no such thing as bad press. Wait until people realize that Israel citizens are different from government. This might rock you, but there have been Israeli people in prison for protesting the genocide their government is doing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCg7rIBdn1g&si=ktXd2mALVthYh83x #Bookstodon @nprofile…9pr4 npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Still going strong! Loving this way of offline digital communication, to be honest. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…qtty Oh do you read via Kindle, on the app? As yuck as Amazon is, I was told that basically you can change fonts etc in almost all books, but I dunno for sure! npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Honestly been reading a lot of Public Domain books lately. Anyone know where I can find some modern Creative Commons books? I mainly get them from Gutenberg because I don't understand Standard EBooks. Gutenberg formats are fine for me, sighted people seem to *love* Standard EBooks. https://www.gutenberg.org/ #Books #Bookstodon npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I know many sighted people, 20/20 vision, that buy large print books like this. Publishers are missing a market https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kennedy-ryan/score/9781538782750/ #Publishing #Accessibility #A11y npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett If you liked The Gift Horse's Mouth is Full of Terrible Braille follow the podcast via https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co #RSS #Podcast #Podcasts npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…xkhm @nprofile…ugpy He deleted the post according to my client so got a link or an archive? npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett New post: We Need Diverse Disability Fiction https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/we-need-diverse-disability-fiction/ npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Waving at the first quote, the right technical solutions? Oh we all know what the real solutions are, but politicians would rather blame users that don't give them money. In my country, for example, big tech funds my politicians a lot! I can't speak to other countries but I hate this timeline. Can we go back to 2005 but keep the advancements we made in queer acceptance? https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/age-restrictions-on-the-web-and-user-privacy-and-safety/ #Internet #Privacy npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett *Sigh* I just don't even know what to say these days. This is how tired I am. Absolutely zero energy to reply. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett The Gift Horse's Mouth is Full of Terrible Braille https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/episode/c8450d38/the-gift-horse-s-mouth-is-full-of-terrible-braille npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett This bullshit is almost worse than LLM slop. I never liked the guy, even though I’m an atheist/agnostic/non-religious, but this is a level of irony that I can’t comprehend. He’s treating an algorithm, the LLM, as if it were a kind of God. Is AI the next phase of evolution? - UnHerd https://archive.is/2026.04.30-032350/https://unherd.com/2026/04/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/?edition=us https://archive.is/6RdK9 #AI #LLM npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Can I get an #Alt4Me for this? Feel free to tag me in replies to him npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett hah! It started because I was like, aw fuck, I'm 100 unread emails deep and I don't wanna make another email address, so here's a flash drive! I was worried the cookies would ruin the flash drive because for a while he'd just stick the cookies in the same bag as the flash drive and then when I explained crumbs could get in the flash drive now he puts cookies in a smaller bag @nprofile…g5cv npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I am currently living a real life romance trope, I just can’t find what this trope is. For weeks now, my neighbor and I have been exchanging text files on a flash drive rather than emails, because our inboxes are flooded and a lot of people have asked us, why not just exchange email addresses, but there is something revolutionary anticipatory about receiving a knock on my door, a flash drive tucked into a bag, with some kind of fruit, shampoo, or cookie or something the other might need. What really makes my heart swoon is these aren’t short letters either, they’re lengthy! Of course we talk to each other and we see each other often around the complex, but we don’t have enough time to converse the way we write to each other. #PenPal #PenPals npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett When can we bully CEOs? But also, fantastic reporting! 'We've Been A Little Bit Too Romantic About The Idea That We Should Have Employees And Give People Long-term Job Security' Is An Extraordinary Thing For A Video Games CEO To Say On Record https://aftermath.site/video-game-job-security/ #Capitalism npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett I'm still in a mood, so, sorry! I'm picking at low hanging fruit, but I just can't let this article go. I can't wrap my head around someone hating the word, "toot" but maybe I am actually a child at heart and like it. Moreover, if he thinks this is scary, just wait until he learns how Pleroma and Misskey, email and XMPP work. The third party app scare really makes me giggle, though. https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive #Fediverse #Mastodon npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Related to the Blender announcement. Claude for Creative Work \ Anthropic https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-creative-work #AI #Blender #LLM npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Can we please bully tech people now? npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett This is a cheap shot, but I am in a mood, so let's all point and laugh at these predictions about Mastodon not surviving being wrong, because I'm in a mood. If you have a blog post poking fun at this, share the link with me. https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive #Fediverse #Mastodon npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…4f2g Added your RSS feed! npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Since #Peertube fixed their media RSS feed, I can follow Peertube channels in my favorite podcast app again. I know Booktube doesn’t really exist over here yet, so what are your favorite Lets Play and Linux channels? #Gaming #Linux #LetsPlay npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…wxdx @nprofile…3a0m Can nonfiction be solar punk? npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Right? Where do you get your charging cords at? I looked on Amazon but can't quite tell which ones will last. Got any links to recommendations? Amazon links are fine @nprofile…8u4h npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Keeping my iPhone SE 3 until I am forced to upgrade. Got a battery replacement planned for tomorrow and it honestly is nice not to drop $1,500 every year. I just pay about $60 and I have a working phone for years to come. Finding chargers is becoming harder and harder though. #Apple npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett If any of my #France #Accessibility people have weight here, make sure they require #Disability support because to a lot of the open source community, disability access is a feature, not a right. These corporations software are more disability friendly France ditches Microsoft for Linux to achieve digital sovereignty – and it's not the only one! | Tuta https://tuta.com/blog/countries-ditching-microsoft-choosing-linux-digital-sovereignty #OpenSource #Linux npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett How to Spot AI Audiobooks on Libby | Lifehacker https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-spot-ai-audiobooks-on-libby #Libby #LibbyApp npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Posting via email so I hope the paragraph breaks happen. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…hcex Right? I can almost excuse it for, as you said, multiple media things, but if you do all kinds of fiction writing and nothing else, then uh, why not just say my novels or my short stories or my novellas. As you said, I can excuse it if it's about multiple media types, like if you make games and movies and books and visual art and plays and all kinds of media types. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett Honestly working to banish the word, content, from my vocabulary. It does feel excessively strange now to read "my content" in a statement or something. Now I'd love to know what/who started this trend because it makes statements almost incomprehensible. I had someone say, "my content," offline and I couldn't resist. I replied, "which content? Your tap dancing elephant riding classes?" and I forced them to actually say what they mean, but I see artists all the time say, my content, in media statements and it bugs me now. npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…d4fq Buffer is a social media scheduling service. It’s great for sharing things when I’m asleep, or if I am away from the computer. it really helps those of my followers that are in different time zones. I normally am awake when they are sleeping, so I use Buffer to share my blog links when I’m sleeping npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett @nprofile…d4fq Yay! I’m glad Buffer got around to it before next year! The Drafty Writer’s group is still happening by the way and the power of community cannot be overstated! npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett recently posted The Colonization of Confidence. https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/ #Blogging #Blog #NoPaywall npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett My sighted friends are listening to movies on their jogs and stuff. YAY #AudioDescription npub1qmm80eujtltwymfws2w8v92krpw827hcgen92xv6d80q8r4hhgus0t5gzf Robert Kingett So #Netlify sent out an email that says that their privacy policy has been updated and they don’t train #AI with your thing and they don’t sell your data but I don’t beleive them at all. Privacy Policy | Netlify https://www.netlify.com/privacy/ https://www.netlify.com/privacy/?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--6xiJwvwbU5liwPLYQKj-OMfMl6trXS3LNo3bUkPsltjmlhqmXvH1E5cAB0YRSZS11xhvAWnLfs0Q1fSDbT_o_WqkOcg&_hsmi=414977966&utm_content=414977966&utm_source=hs_email
