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Leopards Eating People's Faces Company eats faces, more at 4
Facebook has targeted politicians around the world - including the former UK chancellor, George Osborne - promising investments and incentives while seeking to pressure them into lobbying on Facebook’s behalf against data privacy legislation, an explosive new leak of internal Facebook documents has revealed.
Sigh.
Dreamwidth entry URL:Alt-text tips you probably don't know
I happened on a couple of articles about writing better image alt-text on my reading page, so I'd like to share the links and list some of the things I didn't know and you might not, either.
Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide (via
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