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It appears that comments stopped federating to other instances again sometime yesterday morning (January 5th, before 8AM EST). I can verify that the issue is affecting outgoing comments to multiple different instances (incl. lemmy.ml & lemmy.world) and that it remains ongoing as of the time of writing (e.g.: compare this remote post vs. SDF's copy, my comment is missing). I'll do the honors and ping @SDF@lemmy.sdf.org here and now so you guys don't have to.

In the meantime, since we're all marooned here anyway: how's everyone's weekend been going so far? Any exciting plans?

Why YSK: If you want to make Lemmy a more accessible place for all, you need to know how to add labels (aka: "alt text") to embedded images

As many of you are already aware, you can embed images in comments using the following markdown: ![](https://example.com/image.jpg).

That works, but the image will be left unlabeled which leaves screenreader users out of the conversation. This may seem like a theoretical problem, but it's not -- Lemmy already has an active blind community: https://rblind.com/

So, here's what you can do to add labels when embedding images:

![Earth viewed from the Moon](https://example.com/image.jpg)

That's it! Any text within the [] becomes "alt text", which is what screenreaders use for describing images. It's a small thing, but it makes a world of difference.

Remember: Reddit took something from many of us here. For some, it was a mobile app. For others, it was the ability to operate their own communities. Comment with solidarity; use alt-text.

Kicking this community off with a classic: Tom Scott's increasingly unhinged rant about the absurdity of computer timezones!

New video just dropped on the official channel. 10+ minutes of Brandon talking about the inspirations that led to the Mistborn series!

RIP /r/cremposting

Long live /c/remposting

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I thought I'd share one of my favorite newish parts of ServiceNow: the GlideQuery class! It's a modern replacement to the GlideRecord class for use in ServiceNow backend scripting based upon Functional Programming principles.

GlideQuery is IMO much easier to work with in many common use-cases, though many situations still where GlideRecord remains the superior choice. Nevertheless, I think you'll enjoy using GlideQuery if you spend any considerable amount of time scripting on the platform!

Hello Mr. Times, please cancel goodbye

Thanks for showing up! There's not much going on here yet, so why don't we all introduce ourselves? Y'know, network a bit...