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ICYMI, I have a new article out on the uprising in Bangladesh and what it could mean for millions of garment workers now that the ruling party (the party of the factory owners) is thoroughly discredited and deeply unpopular.

tansyhoskins.org/bangladesh-pr




I have raised far more money from VCs than most founders ever get to, and I can say definitively: the vast majority of businesses shouldn’t take VC money. It’s often not a fit for innovation, for caring for workers, for having a sustainable business. And the VCs who shape the market are largely irresponsible or destructive. VC should be a tiny fraction of how businesses start — certainly not the default,

RE: threads.net/@martinsfp/post/C-




"If you’re looking for a search engine with a "strict no tracking privacy policy" we’d recommend Mojeek from the United Kingdom, which is a crawler-based search engine with its own index." - @Tutanota

what a list!!! 👏

tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-goo


@Tuta


The web can be dangerous with stalking, identity theft & other cyber threats.

Check our post on how to remove your personal information from the web. 👇
tuta.com/blog/how-to-remove-in


Stay safe out there! 🔒

#removeinformationonline #dataprotection #privacy #privacymatters

in reply to Tuta

any tips on email proxies? I'd love to have a unique email address for every application I use, but having a full emailaddress per application is a lot to manage, even though that might be possible having my own domain. I'd love a blog post about this topic in the future đŸ„°


Discover true digital freedom with Librem 11. Our secure, privacy-focused tablet empowers you to reclaim control of your data. Powered by PureOS, it's the ethical choice for the modern world. #Librem11 #DigitalPrivacy
puri.sm/products/librem-11/


My new trail running shoes have “Just do it” in braille on the sole. It will be useful if any blind acquaintances ever want to read the soles of my trail running shoes, I guess?
#accessibility


Tento vĂ­kend by som chcel zarobiĆ„ na hodinky a splniĆ„ 1/3 cieÄŸu, nie je to nereĂĄlne.

datart.sk/inteligentne-hodinky




đŸ–€ A Tribute to Patti Yasutake

Trek Central’s Tom McAuley reflects back on the life & career of Patti Yasutake, and her memorable role as TNG’s ‘Nurse Ogawa’ and the impression she left on #StarTrek fans.

🚀LINK: trekcentral.net/tribute-star-t




I hate to be all "I know your job better than you do" when it comes to municipal politics, but....come onnnnn 😂

Hwy 17E doesn't even meet design standards for 100 km/h let alone 110
#thesoo
sootoday.com/local-news/these-




Hmm. Just been shopping and when I got home my eagle eyes thought there seemed to be a discrepancy between the old and the new orange juice cartons. Careful scrutiny of the packaging reveals that, yes, yes there is. #Tropicana now selling you 50ml less in a carton than just a week or so ago #Shrinkflation




There are parts in the #Cricut Maker 3 that cannot be accessed without breaking plastic (red box) - like these screws (blue arrow) on the lid.

The iFixit article is not correct because it’s glued - it cannot just gently be pried off.

I am never purchasing a Cricut again. This is extremely anti-repair. #RightToRepair #enshittification

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Mozilla really needs to reconsider this whole AI generated alt text endeavor.


20 Jahre OpenStreetMap: Auf Augenhöhe mit Google Maps und Apple Maps

Als OpenStreetMap gegrĂŒndet wurde, kannte es nur eine Handvoll Aktivisten. Mittlerweile ist der Globus fast abgedeckt und OSM nicht nur in Krisen nĂŒtzlich.

heise.de/hintergrund/20-Jahre-


#Internet #Kartendienste #OpenSource #Openstreetmap #news



HistorickĂĄ zajĂ­mavost, kterĂĄ se vĂĄĆŸe k tomuto dni.

Dne 8.8. 1969 policie zastavila na 15 minut v londĂœnskĂ© Abbey Road dopravu, aby mohl Ian Macmillan nafotit Beatles na pƙechodu pro chodce kvĆŻli nĂĄvrhu obalu jejich desky.

Existuje ơest fotek a slavná je ta pátá. Ta, kde vơichni shodně doơlápli.



Fuksovo čekĂĄnĂ­ je u konce, dominantnĂ­ kanoista si z PaĆ™Ă­ĆŸe odveze vysněnĂ© zlato
Zdroj: sport.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/
 #loh2024


Apparently the Return key (above the right Shift key) was originally designed to create new lines, and the Enter key (on the numeric keypad) to execute commands or submit data, similar to clicking "OK" on a dialog box. retrocomputing.stackexchange.c



The 7 deadliest Windows sins: Don’t break your PC! pcworld.com/article/2415644/th



Unlock the hidden menu on your TV with this secret button combo pcworld.com/article/2420976/un


Khronos reshared this.



FCC Approves “Missing and Endangered” Alert Code radioworld.com/news-and-busine



‘In Tune with Success’ – replay or read the summary now soundwithoutsight.org/in-tune-




Literally the *only* story I'm going to share about the goddamn Olympics:

U.S. Rugby player Ariana Ramsey found out athletes get free healthcare in the Olympic Village and immediately booked a bunch of appointments for routine services many Americans living under our dystopian private healthcare regime simply can't afford:

si.com/olympics/american-athle


"Like, what?” she said in a post on TikTok describing her new discovery: The Olympic Village offers free healthcare.

The United States, of course, does not. So in the days following her victory, Ramsey made appointments with the Village gynecologist, dentist and ophthalmologist. According to the Paris 2024 organizing committee, the Village also offers cardiology, orthopedics, physiotherapy, psychology, podiatry and, of course, sports medicine—all at no cost to the athletes. (Paralympic athletes will also have access to dermatology.)"

The best part of the story is that Ramsey not only convinced a bunch of other U.S. Athletes to take advantage of the program, but after realizing how beneficial having access to free healthcare is, she's decided to become an advocate for Universal Healthcare in America.

On a personal level and as someone who has spent time in multiple countries that offer free healthcare to their citizens, I honestly cannot stress how much it improves not only health outcomes, but also quality of life for labor class people; from increasing your lifespan, to freeing workers from dependence on bad employers just to keep their health insurance, this is one social policy that has ripples throughout almost every aspect of the lives of everyday people. And it says a LOT about the priorities of the American ruling class that they'd do almost anything to keep you from having access to universal healthcare.

#UniversalHealthcare #USPol #Capitalism #Olympics

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in reply to AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

thanks the French tax payers for that. Even them don’t get it for free.
in reply to Hubert FiguiĂšre

@hub
1) No. Olympics care is not supported by tax payers (it could anyway)
2) Free medical care is the rule in France. A public insurance pays part of it, optional insurance pays the other part, 3) The optional insurance is free for poor people. People in special situations get charity services (by state), for example undeclared migrants.
4) Still not perfect.


Chrome Manifest v3 may drive me back to Firefox. Quite a list of benign extensions that are being disabled, basically anything that changes the UI for all pages. The "Find alternative" button here gives terrible suggestions and seems biased towards Google's business partner AdBlock Plus
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A $30 million lesson in what can happen if you don’t involve users in software updates, when you rush to market, and when the platform on which you rely doesn’t allow users to self-service by rolling back to a working version.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0


Good job, Sonos! How much more will it cost to buy back trust?

#UX

#UX

reshared this



MusĂ­m se BartoĆĄe zastat

... Měl jsem svĂ©ho času na počítači zdrojĂĄky strĂĄnek DopravnĂ­ho podniku hlavnĂ­ho města Prahy. Pracoval jsem na IČO na chatě v zahrĂĄdkáƙskĂ© kolonii - ano, takhle se vyvĂ­jel software pro stĂĄt. ...

blisty.cz/art/120551-musim-se-






BDTI Skills Studio offers free courses for public administrations and engaged citizens to develop their #DataSkills.

In Introduction to #Statistics you will learn how to collect, analyse and interpret data.

Base decisions on evidence and register now 👉 europa.eu/!QFnD6r




What happens when you can’t find your cows herd in a thousand acres ranch? 🐄

Meet Zachary, our first “Can You Top This?” contest winner! 🎉

youtu.be/UT1-zrgl8zI

#CanYouTopThis



If you are using Mastodon on a computer, you can optionally use it entirely through your keyboard using "hotkeys". There is a complete list of these keyboard shortcuts here:

âžĄïž fedi.tips/using-mastodon-throu


You can see this list at any time by pressing Shift + ? (or just ? on some keyboard layouts).

Some of the shortcuts only work with the advanced multicolumn mode (more info about it: fedi.tips/how-to-activate-mast
) but most shortcuts work with single column mode too.

#FediTips #Mastodon #Keyboards

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This Ars Technica article discusses just how much the rushed release of the new Sonos app will hurt their revenue, but I'm particularly impressed that their first example of its failures was "accessibility features", and that text links straight to @JonathanMosen’s blog post. I'm trying, but I just can't make myself feel too bad for them. And they still have to show they can actually get back on track.

Sonos’ $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates | Ars Technica arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0


in reply to simon.old

I don't feel bad for them one little bit. Not only did they fail to do things properly, they doubled down and actively chose to ignore early user feedback. That failure is entirely on them and it was entirely preventable.
in reply to Jamie Teh

Still, as you say, the more important thing is where they go from here. To be fair to them, they've at least recognised the failure and are apparently putting other things on hold in order to resolve it.
in reply to Jamie Teh

@jcsteh yeah I recall the word brave, or something similar being used in response to feedback that this was going to be a problem. I hope they feel exceptionally good about their choices now


If apples are the betas of the fruit world, does that make #durian the alpha or the omega?

(Question by @geraineon, more context here: federatedfandom.net/@villainou
)

#omegaverse

  • Alpha! (47%, 9 votes)
  • Omega! (31%, 6 votes)
  • A secret third thing I will explain below! (21%, 4 votes)
19 voters. Poll end: 3 months ago



Laut Abfallwirtschaft kommt es tĂ€glich bundesweit zu 30 BrĂ€nden aufgrund von Lithium-Ionen-Batterien, die im HausmĂŒll entsorgt werden. In jedem 2. Fall rĂŒckt die Feuerwehr an. Zahlen steigen wegen der Verbreitung von Einweg-E-Zigaretten. ⁊â€Ș@regierungbw‏⁩ und #NRW fordern vom Bund, Einweg-E-Zigaretten zu verbieten sowie eine Pfandpflicht fĂŒr lithiumhaltige Batterien und Akkus zu prĂŒfen
swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuertt





Transformer HD: A Powerful Solution at School and Work enhancedvision.com/low-vision-



GyroGloveℱ Aims to Provide Hand Tremor Relief eastersealstech.com/2024/08/07

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