Posted by jpluimers on 2025/04/07
A while ago, I wrote two threads (one in English and one in Dutch) about using the Twitter Alt-badge to make pictures in tweets more accessible.
The English one had the correct quote, but a wrong link which I corrected below (we want editable tweets!).
Two bots that I mention in reply-Tweets usually helps to rudimentary restore the text:
@get_altText @AltTextUtil OCR
in the first Tweet and to the reply that @AltTextUtil gives, I respond with another
@get_altText
Here are the two threads:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/03/17
This was fall 2022: [Wayback/Archive] Lists Memberships. Wondering what Twitter lists I am on by now.
Via: [Wayback/Archive] twopcharts_nl on Twitter: “Bij elk overzicht met lijstnamen, waarbij de meest recente lijsten boven en de oudste lijsten onder staan, van bekendere accounts, zie je de verharding van Twitter. Zo ook bij dit account van @BoswachterTim”
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/18
It’s almost
Goal of the current post amend the above posts with information so I can later write a bookmarklet or web-page with JavaScript that – from a x.com or twitter.com – tweet URL can get the JSON, then the images and/or videos in all sizes, then generate a web-page from it for Wayback Machine archival.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/23
Not my first BASIC (which was on calculators: The calculators that got me into programming (via: calculators : Algorithms for the masses – julian m bucknall)), but the first BASIC on a machine with a real keyboard was Applesoft BASIC on an Apple II:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/20
[Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on X: “RT @forrestbrazeal: Let me see if I have this straight: – Retweets are when you like something good – Likes are when you like something bad…”
Responses then talk about replying to a tweet or sharing it:
I so much love Forrest’s contributions on Twitter!
Start:
https://x.com/forrestbrazeal/status/1800918914148520314
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/03
Since archiving Tweets has become so much harder over time, and Threadreaderapp not having the complete thread either, here are some links for your enjoyment:
Then some direct links that stitch most of the thread together on Twitter itself:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/28
For my TODO list: [Wayback/Archive] twitter-to-bsky
Crosspost from Twitter/X to Bluesky and Mastodon
twitter-to-bsky – crosspost from Twitter/X to Bluesky and Mastodon directly in the web browser
twitter-to-bsky is a userscript written for Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey running in desktop web browsers (Chrome/Firefox/Edge).
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/07/27
Mentioned this on various social media already yesterday, as then suddenly – even for EU users, which is against their GDPR regulations – Twitter turned on data sharing with Grok AI of your Twitter data at x.com/settings/grok_settings (direct settings link) without given prior warning at all
I got this default setting despite living in The Netherlands and Twitter knowing that:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/07/11
Quoting in full from [Wayback/Archive] Nelson’s Weblog: tech / zero-width-space to demonstrate a zero-width-space problem with WordPress too.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2024/05/06
A while ago in 24 hours time, I bumped into both of these great illustrations about accomplishments that help strengthen your mental state.
Time to give the authors a boost:
An affectionate look at the emotions of work.
Head of Content and Comms at Humu, author and illustrator of Big Feelings and No Hard Feelings
Organizational Design + Development + Coaching. Author of NO HARD FEELINGS and BIG FEELINGS (4/26/22)
You can find more about their books and workshops at [Wayback/Archive] Liz + Mollie Feel Things.
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