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Meta cancelling professional factchecking in favor of community notes is causing worry in West Africa, where online disinfo has led to community violence and death: globalvoices.org/2025/02/21/th… - Great Global Voices coverage. (Also I love that we can toggle between original quotes and translation - great for me as a French language learner.)

The impact on the African continent of Meta scrapping its fact-checking program

The removal of fact-checking on Meta, the social media platform, will have a significant impact on the work of professionals committed to combating disinformation and false information.
Global Voices

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Here I am, sampling some Surge XT patches I've made in the past approximately eleven days. For each one, Eloquence announces the name, I play A above middle C (A440), play a little sample tune, then bang around on the keyboard. I'm using the on-screen keyboard since I don't have a real music keyboard hooked up. These aren't all perfect in terms of what their names claim them to be, but this thing is so fun to play with! The names of the patches I demo are:
Cheap Grandfather Clock
Federal Signal Thing
Filtered VL1 Thing
Muffled Piano Thing
NewTone Doorbell
NewTone LB55 Doorbell
Out of Tune VL1 Piano
Square Piano
Square Pops
Sustained Square
Vibe Thing
VL1 Thing

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One thing I don't like about #Signal is that it only supports one mobile device per account. I know they want to make it easy for the average user. But for someone who has two phones, it's very limiting.

That's why I prefer #Matrix. Adding another device and decrypting all existing messages doesn't even feel so clunky anymore.

#InstantMessaging #SignalApp #MatrixChat

#matrix #signal #signalapp #instantmessaging #matrixchat
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Petr Hercík

It's not like that, look at signal.org/blog/a-synchronized… I normally use 3 devices.

A Synchronized Start for Linked Devices

With Signal on Desktop and iPad, you can link your primary Android or iOS account with another device, letting you check and respond to messages in both places or conduct video meetings and calls from the comfort of a bigger screen.
Signal Messenger
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Tamas G

@cachondo what I also liked on Mac OS is that if you were in a folder of audio files, you could press right arrow to preview the next one. (same with images, I'd guess.) Not sure if this Windows one supports that as exactly, but my other concern would probably be memory footprint (depending on what it uses to run in background.) Neat idea, though. You bet MS will copy it for Windows 12 and just say it's a new OS feature that came out of Mac (which they won't admit.)
@Sean Randall
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Tamas G

@cachondo Can't believe the Assets button now on the release page for GitHub just reads, "button expanded Collapse." Whoever had that bright idea there. It's great though, at first I thought this will be just only through the Windows store, but good to know there's an entire GitHub page for it: github.com/QL-Win/QuickLook/ (perhaps someone will be able to get in touch with the developer for any accessibility concerns)

GitHub - QL-Win/QuickLook: Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows

Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows. Contribute to QL-Win/QuickLook development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
@Sean Randall
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Tamas G

@cachondo @alexchapman lol yeah, I think winget does that for visual symbol statuses (it also may be that it's changing to show progress visually, we just can't tell with screen readers.) Super happy with this now, once I messed around with the view radio button controls I am able to get arrowing to work to play sequential audio files in a folder, not sure why that fixed it. It throws me off that no window is shown for the quick look panel, though.
@Sean Randall @Alex the Christmas Chap🎄🎅
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Tamas G

ah darn. sadly, no right-arrowing through a file list to play them as you scroll one into view. Would be a nice addition to this, otherwise it's perfect. Looks like right now you have to pause what's playing (or stop it, I guess) and then hit space again to play that file. On Mac OS that's just a lot nicer when going through a large list.
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miki

@cachondo There's so much interesting stuff like this that you could do with a blind-first file explorer tool. Audio icons for file extensions, maybe even super quiet audio thumbnails, previews for audio and text, keyboard shortcuts to quickly check modification dates and file sizes etc. With a bit of musically-inspired design, you could probably even do some compact audio representation of file attributes.
@Sean Randall

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Been watching the latest podcast from The Linux Cast about Linux myths via the Pipeline app. Yeah, heard more than a few of those myths before, and all them were busted by the hosts. youtube.com/watch?v=rAQoCEn7d_… #TheLinuxCast #LinuxMyths #podcast

The Biggest Myths About Linux

The boys are back! This time we discuss the biggest myths about Linux.==== Special Thanks to Our Patrons! ====https://thelinuxcast.org/patrons/===== Follow ...
YouTube
#podcast #thelinuxcast #linuxmyths
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#Merz sagt, er "werde Politik für die Mehrheit der Bevölkerung machen, die gerade denke und 'alle Tassen im Schrank' habe".

Sag doch gleich "Deutschland, aber normal", wie es die Faschos sagen, mit denen Du regieren wirst, sobald die schwache Koalition bricht, die aus der heutigen Wahl entsteht.
spiegel.de/politik/spd-spitze-…


Umstrittener Wahlkampfauftritt: Merz schießt gegen links – SPD-Spitze wirft Unionskandidat Spaltung vor

Bei seinem letzten Auftritt vor der Wahl hat Unionskanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz die politische Konkurrenz als »grüne und linke Spinner« verunglimpft – und erntet dafür nun seinerseits harsche Kritik.
DER SPIEGEL
#merz

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Interview: "Federal workers are staging mass protests to Save Our Services"

“They’re trying to immiserate the working class, & they’re doing it through the federal workforce.

"It’s about gutting the services that create a safety net... because the more miserable we are, the easier it is for them to exploit us.

“The whole public sphere is at stake.”

~Chris Dols

democracynow.org/2025/2/20/dog…

#USPol #SaveOurServices #Trump #Musk #Oligarchy #GeneralStrikeNow #ResistFascism .


“Grand Theft Government”: Federal Workers Send SOS over Musk-Led Mass Firings, Service Cuts

Amid the indiscriminate dismantling of the federal government by the Trump administration’s Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, federal workers, thousands of whom could lose their jobs, are fighting back.
Democracy Now!
#Trump #uspol #musk #oligarchy #saveourservices #generalstrikenow #resistfascism

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Alina Habba, who is ostensibly a lawyer, claims on Fox & Friends that Trump "made the law" with his executive orders (executive orders are not laws -- only Congress can make laws)

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🔐 Vaultwarden – bezpečný správce hesel na OSCloud

🔹 Co to je?
Vaultwarden je open-source alternativa ke správci hesel Bitwarden. Umožňuje bezpečně ukládat, spravovat a sdílet hesla bez závislosti na komerčních službách. 🔑

🔹 Proč ho používat?
✅ End-to-end šifrování pro maximální bezpečnost 🔒
✅ Synchronizace hesel mezi zařízeními 📱💻

🚀 Více informací: docs.oscloud.cz/apps/vaultwarden/
#OSCloud #OpenSource #Privacy

#opensource #privacy #oscloud

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The Critical Role of Born-Accessible Content in Academic Publishing inclusivepublishing.org/blog/t…

The Critical Role of Born-Accessible Content in Academic Publishing  - Inclusive Publishing

Picture a doctoral student with low vision trying to make sense of a crucial research paper. The screen reader stumbles over poorly formatted equations. […]
Sarah Hilderley (Inclusive Publishing)

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I recieved some interesting news today about the Blind Geek Zone website that I closed last year. Apparently Sam Tupy was able to retrieve most of the audio files and pages from the site before it's demise. He's offered to put the site up so that others can get to everything once again and I plan on letting him do that. I'm very happy that someone was able to recover things as unfortunately I was not. Basically it's of only historical value but I thought it was very nice of him to contact me.
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🤯 OMG! Someone just posted on Reddit bragging how he fed 13 MILLION records to Gemini to clean up. What records? "mostly dead scrambled data institutions, college, student records, course materials, research datasets. Used Gemini for cleaning, deduping, and organizing. Super useful for universities, EdTech, and students handling large study resources." #FERPA #Privacy #HigherEd #EdTech #Google #Gemini reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/commen…
#gemini #google #privacy #edtech #highered #ferpa

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Here's something @jaybird110127 will probably appreciate.

I recorded the alarm of my vintage Sharp CT-661G talking alarm clock with an EM pickup coil, and noticed that it has substantial aliasing.
I put a high pass filter at 12 kHz on the audio, so that only the aliasing is audible, then ran it through a band shifter effect in Reaper a couple of times. The result is rather interesting.


@Jayson Smith

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I dunno what it is, but something about Dreamy Train makes it the perfect #cozy#audiogame. I wish it had an #English dub or official English translation from #Japanese, though Google Translate works fine. Yes, it's simple (you can play the entire thing with three buttons), but...I dunno. Something about driving my train through a continent obviously based on Japan with a vaguely Cute Japanese woman giving me instructions in a language I don't speak is really Zen. Transport World Simulator and Tube Sim just stress me out. But Dreamy Train has just enough to keep my attention, without getting my adrenaline up, and enough content not to feel too repetitive or grindy. mm-galabo.com/dreamytrain/#a11y

視覚障害者向けトレインシミュレータ『Dreamy Train〜ドリーミートレイン〜』　公式サイト

視覚障害者向けトレインシミュレータ『Dreamy Train〜ドリーミートレイン〜』(ドリトレ)　公式サイト
mm-galabo.com
#a11y #english #AudioGame #japanese #cozy

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So, @micahflee has a great piece about how authors should leave Substack because it is "brologarchy garbage" and more expensive than alternative Ghost.

micahflee.com/2025/02/not-only…

And, got to wondering if authors knew how many potential subscribers they were losing by publishing on the much hated platform.

Here are the results of yesterday's poll on the subject. 81% of 472 people said they would never subscribe to someone's #Substack even if they really wanted to subscribe to their newsletter.

If you see a newsletter that you would like to subscribe to, BUT it is on "brologarchy garbage" Substack do you: 2% Subscribe anyway 17% Subscribe regretfully if really good 81% Never Substack aaa Refresh - 472 people - Closed

Not only is Substack right-wing broligarchy garbage, it's way more expensive than Ghost

A lot of us know by now that Substack has a Nazi problem. It not only profits from fascist voices, it actively promotes their work and recruits them.
Micah Lee
#substack @Micah Lee
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For #marchintosh and #globaltalk , I am running a RealAudio and RealVideo server. If you wanna remember and experience what streaming in the 90s was like, head on over to 68kradio.ddns.net ! The site has been tested on MacWeb 2.0 and NetScape 2.0, and yes, you can listen on a 68k Mac! A PowerPC is recommended for the best experience.

Streaming like it's 1995! [MODEM NOISES]

RealAudio live and on-demand
68kradio.ddns.net
#MARCHintosh #globaltalk
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A feature of the Apple ecosystem I don't think I could give up is universal clipboard. I frequently need to copy an image from my computer to my ipad for notes or a bit of text from my phone to my computer. It just works and it solves a real problem with using multiple devices these days. support.apple.com/en-lamr/1024…

Use Universal Clipboard to copy and paste between your Apple devices - Apple Support

With Universal Clipboard, you can copy content such as text, images, photos, and videos on one Apple device, then paste the content on another Apple device.
Apple Support
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victor tsaran

@ZBennoui Lucky you! I yet have to see it working when I need it too. Gave up on those "universal" features quite a while ago. Airdrop is probably the only thing that works reliably for me. Hand-off would be cool but it's more frequently an obstacle than help. I may just be an unlucky one!
@Zach Bennoui

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Their phony “statistics” aren’t just an attempt to justify DOGE’s destruction of the government. Trump and Musk’s goal is even more duplicitous and shady.

Trump and Musk Keep Spouting Bogus Numbers to Hide Their Real Agenda
newrepublic.com/article/191667…

#ImpeachDonaldTrump #DonaldKrasnov #StopTrumpNow #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol


Trump and Musk Keep Spouting Bogus Numbers to Hide Their Real Agenda

The New Republic
#uspol #TrumpDidThis #republicansdidthis #republicansownthis #gopkakistocracy #gopweirdos #norepublicanseveragain #stoptrumpnow #impeachdonaldtrump #donaldkrasnov

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x64 editions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 don't have native audio in VMWare; you need a special driver for it. A 2006 forum thread linked to a drivers and tools page on the VMWare site which, of corse, doesn't work anymore since Customer Connect and the move to Broadcom. So I checked the wayback machine, and not only was the drivers and tools page up there, I was also able to download the audio driver and slipstream it into my Windows XP x64 ISO using NLite! Archives are precious things, people! Cherish them with all your heart; they might just disappear in an instant.

For those who want the driver, it is now up on my site at seedy.cc/files/vmaudio-5.10.0.…

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I was pleased to sit down with Pam MacNeill of the Disability Disruptor’s Podcast for a New Zealand exit interview of sorts, discussing the serious problems that plague disability services, leadership and activism in New Zealand.
It was also a delight as always to discuss these issues with @graemeinnes, a fearless and tireless leader who continues to do impactful work, including with the United Blind Leaders group in Australia.
The issues we cover, including the necessity for blind people to control our own destinies and lead the agencies that provide services to us, are of vital importance. castro.fm/episode/uml6GE

Disability Disrupters: In conversation with Graeme Innes and Jonathan Mosen (1h2m)

Read transcriptGraeme Innes Graeme Innes AM is a lawyer, author, and company director. He is the Chancellor of Central Queensland University, a member of the board of the National Disability Insurance Agency, and a member of the board of the State In…
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@Graeme Innes
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Kevan

Hey this is random, but I know you might have something to do with the NFB. What happened to their online store they used to have before 2020? I did order a folding cane from them once, but now apparently the only way to get a good carbon fiber cane from them is to call or email and hope for a reply. This is a far cry from the actual online shoppable marketplace they had in 2019, I'd expect them to take less than 6 years to put a new online market up. If I was the web master, I'd not have gotten rid of the old one. nfb.org/programs-services/inde…

Independence Market | National Federation of the Blind

The National Federation of the Blind's Independence Market is an extensive store that offers hundreds of products and
nfb.org

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Please boost and spread the word.
European alternatives for popular services from the USA. This page is far from perfect or complete but just an illustration that there are alternatives.
european-alternatives.eu/alter…

This is also an interesting page with alternatives,
privacyguides.org/en/tools/

#EU #digitalservices #ICT #IT


European alternatives for popular services | European Alternatives

We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
European Alternatives
#IT #EU #digitalservices #ict
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The fact that github even gives forks a main branch with the same UI affordances as the upstream by default seems like a design mistake but as long as they keep doing that, you should know that you should avoid using it. hynek.me/articles/pull-request…

Don’t Start Pull Requests from Your Main Branch

When contributing to other users’ repositories, always start a new branch in your fork.
Hynek Schlawack

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Have you always wanted your own TeamTalk server, but you just don't have the money or the knowledge to host one yourself? TT Fire-Up is a new service from Seediffusion G4p offering hosting and administration help for the blind community's favourite conferencing platform free of charge. seediffusion.cc/tt.html

TT Fire-Up, free and easy TeamTalk server hosting from Seediffusion G4p!

seediffusion.cc

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Love this thing. Have the odd thing that won't upgrade with it, but most of my software is kept updated with this thing. github.com/marticliment/UniGet…
Mostly ok for accessibility, but parts of it needs work.

GitHub - marticliment/UniGetUI: UniGetUI: The Graphical Interface for your package managers. Could be terribly described as a package manager manager to manage your package managers

UniGetUI: The Graphical Interface for your package managers. Could be terribly described as a package manager manager to manage your package managers - marticliment/UniGetUI
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"Let's move somewhere else!" - I see this often these days in my time line.

As a German living in Japan, let me share the factors important to on deciding where I want to live, and how #Japan and Germany are doing.

How do other countries fare by these criteria?

blog.fluxcoil.net/posts/2025/0…

Matsuyama dogo onsen, Japan. Symbol of Japans combination of culture/tradition and Technology.

Living in Japan: How does it compare to Germany?

blog.fluxcoil.net
#japan
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🚀 We finally released the very first version of the FOSS Public Alert Server. Version 0.1.0 includes the most essential features and is a good step toward the first stable release.

Checkout the release note here: invent.kde.org/webapps/foss-pu….

The latest version is always running at: alerts.kde.org

Thanks again to @nlnet for funding this project.

#foss #fpas #release


version 0.1.0 · Wiki · Web applications / FOSS Public Alert Server · GitLab

Open source server that allows desktop applications to receive near real-time push notifications about emergency alerts worldwide.
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#foss #release #fpas @NLnet
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