diff --git a/media/media.json b/media/media.json
index 9cb8399..fcb0099 100644
--- a/media/media.json
+++ b/media/media.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     "type": "image",
     "width": 720,
     "height": 1280,
-    "alt": "A black cat sitting in a box peacefully.",
-    "purpose": "To have a cute cat who looks over blog.ari.lt!",
+    "alt": "A black cat sitting in a box peacefully",
+    "purpose": "To have a cute cat who looks over blog.ari.lt",
     "title": "Tina in a box (2019-2020, I think)",
     "license": "CC-BY-SA",
     "credit": "Ari Archer",
diff --git a/scripts/blog.py b/scripts/blog.py
index c510b9e..4b86525 100755
--- a/scripts/blog.py
+++ b/scripts/blog.py
@@ -1788,20 +1788,19 @@ def media(config: dict[str, typing.Any]) -> int:
                 "type": "image",
                 "width": width,
                 "height": height,
-                "alt": iinput("alt text"),
             }
     elif mime.startswith("audio/"):
         shutil.copy(path, fpath)
 
         MEDIA_INDEX[hash_hex] = {
             "type": "audio",
-            "alt": iinput("alt text"),
         }
     else:
         return err(f"unsupported MIME: {mime!r}")
 
     MEDIA_INDEX[hash_hex].update(
         {
+            "alt": iinput("alt text").strip("."),
             "purpose": purpose,
             "title": title,
             "license": license,