@newsguyusa #ALT4you Written on Sen. Wyden's official letterhead: "Dear Director Ratcliffe, I write to alert you to a classified letter I sent you earlier today in which I express deep concerns about CIA activities. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Sincerely, Ron Wyden."
The CIA is up to something and Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who is the longest serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, doesn’t like it but can’t tell us about it.
@newsguyusa #ALT4you Written on Sen. Wyden's official letterhead: "Dear Director Ratcliffe, I write to alert you to a classified letter I sent you earlier today in which I express deep concerns about CIA activities. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Sincerely, Ron Wyden."
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As much as it pains to me to share a meme with poor grammar or punctuation... I must.
@estherschindler "Hey, who turned out the lights?"
Saguaro shadows look like Vashta Narada populations
Stay out of the shadows!
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Somewhat distant saguaro with the sun up in the sky behind the cactus' tall trunk. The saguaro has arms growing out on both sides
In the foreground is the saguaro's shadow starting with a base, then 3 different shadows coming from it
Text on image: Arizona Cactus see[s] its shadow... Another 6 weeks of Awesomeness
“The assumption that
what currently exists
must necessarily exist
is the acid that corrodes
all visionary thinking.”
- Murray Bookchin
Thank you, President Obama. Amplifying your message, and a link to these resources in the comments.
@georgetakei alt-text
Post from President Obama elsewhere: "In Minneapolis and many other communities
across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefuly protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking t get involved, here are some ways to help:"
In follow up George links to:
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/476621/how-to-help-minnesota-protests-ice-volunteer-donate
Meta blocks links to ICE List across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Mark Zuckerberg's social media platforms are assisting the Trump administration.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/meta-blocks-links-to-ice-list-across-facebook-instagram-and-threads/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#ALT4you Photo of a suited Zuckerberg laughing along to something Trump is captured saying. They're sitting at a table, which has a bunch of glasses with water. The background shows a wall with white and black colors. Both persons are sitting in front of small microphones on the table.
Mental health is important and it’s hard. Anxiety and depression are natural reactions to the world.
Sensitivity isn’t weakness. It just means you pay attention.
People who think “sex” only means a penis in a vagina deserve pity. (They don’t deserve better sex, just pity).
Everyone’s who interesting reinvented themselves after their world fell apart. Just like you did.
#Alt4You (3 of 4)
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@estherschindler alttext
Can't keep the exact formatting, but will retain the line breaks. It's a multi-part toot due to character limits. Quote opens and closes with 4 dashes
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For Alex Jeffrey Pretti
Murdered by I.C.C January 24, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
We wake with
no words, just woe
& wound. Our own country shoot
ing us in the back is not just brutal
ity; it's jarring betrayal; not enforcement,
but execution. A message: Love your people & you
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@georgetakei alttext
JD Vance said, "If we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives."
"1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC" as response from Chris Meloni on another service
George posted, "Excellent. No notes."
#FriendsOfEpstein #JDVance #PamBondi #KashPatel #JeffreyEpstein #GhislaineMaxwell
They owe her, and all of us, an apology.
@georgetakei alt-text
Post showing a couple newsblurbs
NewsWire from today "US troops assigned to the 4th infantry division out of Fort Carson have also been put on prepare to deploy orders for Minnesota" from The Atlantic
The Hill headline from October 2024, "Opinion - Kamala's newest lie: Trump will send the army after you" from Derek Hunter
See follow up boost on Derek
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti
"We are heartbroken but also very angry.
Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.
(Continued next post)
@sheislaurence
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#ALT4you:
On a snow-covered bridge, several musicians have set up their drum kits along the railing and are playing in rhythm. They are bundled up warmly, as it appears to be very cold. In the background, several multi-story buildings can be seen against a blue sky. In the foreground, passersby walk by, filming with their cell phones, or have stopped to watch.
You might think it is meaningless. For me, that's pure #hope, the demonstration that the human spirit cannot be crushed and always moves towards #creativity and #community.
#drummers against #ICE in #Minneapolis , by minus 25⁰c.
Via Jillian Ray (Music).
@sheislaurence
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#ALT4you:
On a snow-covered bridge, several musicians have set up their drum kits along the railing and are playing in rhythm. They are bundled up warmly, as it appears to be very cold. In the background, several multi-story buildings can be seen against a blue sky. In the foreground, passersby walk by, filming with their cell phones, or have stopped to watch.
Robert Reich posted to Bluesky,
“Know that what Trump is doing to Minneapolis is the template for what he wants to bring to your hometown next.
Minnesota's general strike should be our template for how we respond nationally.
This is what solidarity looks like.”
Below is a picture of a large number of people in cold weather garments, carrying signs, down S 6th St in Minneapolis. A large banner reads,
“THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO STOP ICE TERROR!”
How cool something is vs. your age
by Matt Surelee @mattsurelee
@infobeautiful the alt is missing a lot of information (has it been generated by an AI ?), I'd update it that way :
Infographic titled 'HOW COOL IT IS vs YOUR AGE', with a horizontal axis going from 0 to 100 (the age) and an unlabeled coolness vertical axis with no scale.
Skateboarding is represented by a skating half pipe : very cool until 20 years old, it drops significantly until 50, then rises again to be very cool at 80.
Living alone is very uncool at a young age, very cool from 20 to mid-thirties, then drops again until it reaches 0 after 60.
Complaining about young people is a straight ascending 45° line : very uncool at a young age, very cool at 100.
Juuling is a straight horizontal line at the bottom of the chart : it is never cool.
Being good at patty cake is very cool until 10 then drops abruptly.
Being told that you look older is very cool from 0 to 15, then drops quickly.
Celebrating your birthday is very cool until 20, then drops to 0. It is cool again at 30, 40, and 50, very cool at 69, then the coolness rises exponentially the more we're close to 100.
Get loads of boosts on Fedi with this one weird trick!
Alt-text your images!
RE: https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/115938918687807377
I avoid boosting toots with images without alt-text. I do sometimes reply with an alt-text and then boost, when I have the spoons and the toot seems important enough.
As somebody mentioned in replies to the quoted toot, the #Alt4you / #Alt4Me hashtags are there to help, too! 
@georgetakei #AltText #Alt4You Me (George Takei) dressed in a white turtleneck sweater, making the Vulcan Salute (the "Live Long and Prosper" hand sign, like some may call it). On my neck, a chain with a silver pendent in the shape of an hand doing the aforementioned salute.
Leonard Nimoy was more than a colleague—he was a friend, an ally, and my political soulmate. Leonard played a half-human, half-Vulcan officer—a being caught between two worlds. Yet in his own life, he was perhaps the most profoundly human person I have ever known. When Star Trek became an animated series, the studio hired only a few of us to reprise our roles, excluding Nichelle Nichols and myself. Leonard looked at that decision and simply said, "No."
@georgetakei #AltText #Alt4You Me (George Takei) dressed in a white turtleneck sweater, making the Vulcan Salute (the "Live Long and Prosper" hand sign, like some may call it). On my neck, a chain with a silver pendent in the shape of an hand doing the aforementioned salute.
Mood
@estherschindler alt-text
Cartoon in 60s or 70s comic book style.
A woman looks out a house window at a silhouetted city skyline with thought bubble, "What a stupid time to be alive."
