Marc Madness @marcmadness@librem.one

In case you missed it, here's last week's comic illustrating the history of #Twitter in four panels:

the CEO of Flickr, who is now active here at @d0n, is wondering if #Flickr should implement #ActivityPub and become part of the #fediverse!

https://twitter.com/donmacaskill/status/1594945727255699457 #FediNews

If you're like me, then you were really happy to learn about Mastodon's enthusiastic support for image descriptions, and you were really eager to join in.

Then you went to actually write something and realized you have no idea how to present visual information in a way that is helpful/enjoyable to those who are #VisuallyImpaired or #Blind.

I found this guide really informative: https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-write-an-image-description-2f30d3bf5546

Of course, I'd also love to hear any additional tips y'all might have!

#Accessibility

Artemis I – Flight Day Eight Update: Unexpected Loss of Communication with Orion is Restored https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/23/artemis-i-flight-day-eight-update-unexpected-loss-of-communication-with-orion-is-restored/

Oh dear. I've just been informed that collecting the names of every person on the planet for my naughty and nice lists is, and I quote, “a significant and wholly irresponsible breach of #GDPR “.
I'm going to hand out about 8 billion consent forms soon. If you could all get them back to me ASAP that would be appreciated.

Doing a bit of an experiment. Boost if you agree!

Trans rights are human rights.

Black lives matter.

No human is illegal.

Love is love.

Her body is her choice.

Science is real.

Kindness is everything.

Artemis I – Flight Day Seven: Orion to Test Search Acquire and Track Mode, Exit Lunar Sphere of Influence https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/22/artemis-i-flight-day-seven-orion-to-test-search-acquire-and-track-mode-exit-lunar-sphere-of-influence/

Start reading where it says "I was an intern at spacex years ago"

https://www.tumblr.com/numberonecatwinner/701567544684855296/elon-wyd

Here's a thing I just had a reasonable amount of fun drawing live on stream.
#MaxHeadroomDay #MaxHeadroom #DigitalPainting #MastoArt

On November 22nd, 1987, at approximately 9:00 PM, Chicago's WGN-TV was hijacked briefly by an unknown figure wearing a rubber Max Headroom mask. The intrusion lasted only a few seconds before being cut off by engineers at WGN-TV.

at 11:00 PM, viewers of Chicago's PBS affiliate, WTTW-TV, were settling down to watch the Doctor Who serial, Horror of Fang Rock.

And then, minutes to the story, and out of nowhere, came Max Headroom once again... and the most infamous signal hijacking and trolling incident to ever hit the airwaves.

For approximately 90 seconds, "Max" made comments about Chuck Swirsky, calling him a "fricking liberal", holding up a Pepsi can and tossing it while saying "Catch the Wave" (Max Headroom was a Coca-Cola spokesperson), making comments about dirty gloves, humming the Clutch Cargo theme and quipping "I still see the X!" (the last line of the last Clutch Cargo episode, not the oft-misheard "I stole CBS!"), complaining about his "piles" while making loud farting noises, and towards the end of the broadcast, being spanked by a French maid with a fly swatter. The transmission was finally cut off after that, dropping viewers back to the Doctor commenting "As far as I can tell, a massive electrical shock. He died instantly."

To this day, no one knows who "Max" was, where they came from, or for what reason they did it. It's still one of the most mysterious occurrences, and still has that air of mystique to this day. And honestly, let "Max" stay anonymous. It's a lot better and a lot cooler that way!

#MaxHeadroomDay #HackThePlanet #HijackTheAirwaves #ChicagoTV

This is the greatest thing I've ever done

Journalists interested in sharing news with nonfollowers across timelines and instances could start rigorously using a simple hashtag like #news when sharing their work, with additional topic tags when warranted. #breakingnews for urgency. You can set up Mastodon to show you specific hashtags (or ignore them if this is not your thing).

Dear Heathrow,

please consider eating farts

Sincerely
E. Birds

If you say “F* Elon” it spells something Trump soon will be.
Coincidence?

For the last 12 years the Jåhkågaska Sami community has been defending its grazing lands by resisting this iron-ore mine. By doing so they have been safeguarding what keeps us all safe: biodiverse forests, intact carbon stock, clean water and air.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/greta-thunbergs-charity-donates-to-sami-campaign?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco

It’s good to see engagement and use growing here. It would be healthy to have a social platform free of the billionaire oligopoly and the corporate ad folks, don’t you think?

Artemis I – Flight Day Six: Orion Performs Lunar Flyby, Closest Outbound Approach https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/21/artemis-i-flight-day-six-orion-performs-lunar-flyby-closest-outbound-approach/

This feels appropriate for the second thing I've ever posted to mastodon.

I find myself not very excited to share things lately, but need to get over the Twitter-depression hump and get back in there. Here's a butt orange from my backyard.