The view from Canada. Important reading for Americans who haven’t bothered to look at all the annexation rhetoric in one coherent timeline.
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A Canadian friend's perspective on US behavior since the Trump regime was installed: ---cut here--- One thing I've learned over the past few weeks, and it's been a bit of a sobering lesson, is that a lot of Americans I know don't actually know what…DEF CON Social
Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney ordered a review of Canada’s contract with the US’s Lockheed Martin Corp for 88 F-35 fighter jets, in response to tariffs and expansionist rhetoric from President Donald Trump.
The top choice is the Swedish-built Saab Gripen, who promised that assembly would take place in Canada and there would be a transfer of intellectual property, which would allow the aircraft to be maintained in Canada - unlike the F-35 that has to be maintained in the USA.
Photo shared by a colleague.
Seems risky, but I guess they’re the experts.
Building accessible web forms in Django
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A step by step reference to building accessible web forms in Django.Valentino Gagliardi's Blog
Just released 0.15.0 of `dj-angles` with 2 new template tags. 🚀
- `call`: evaluate functions directly from a #Django template
- `model`: make Django model queries directly from a Django template
📖 dj-angles.adamghill.com/
📦 pypi.org/project/dj-angles/
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Become an irreplaceable 10x developer in 30 seconds flat
Why learn actual skills when you can just look impressive instead?
Introducing rust-stakeholder - a CLI tool that generates absolutely meaningless but impressive-looking terminal output to convince everyone you're a coding genius without writing a single line of useful code.
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Generate impressive-looking terminal output to look busy when stakeholders walk by. - giacomo-b/rust-stakeholderGitHub
Another week. Another museum. This week the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm. I came here largely to see this one tool chest.
It's the Mästermyr toolchest. A 1000 year old chest filled with blacksmithing and woodworking tools. It's an incredibly important find. Beautifully preserved in the bog. The tools are wonderful. I'd seen pictures and read about these tools, but to see them up close. That hack saw is exquisite.
I wonder how the chest ended up discarded.
Even by Amazon standards, this is extraordinarily sleazy: from Mar 28, each Amazon Echo device will cease processing audio on-device and instead upload all the audio it captures to Amazon's cloud for processing, even if you have previously opted out of cloud-based processing:
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Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)
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Oh wow, seems like Godot accessibility is really coming along. github.com/godotengine/godot/p… has a bunch of updates, and for anyone willing to slog through the depths of audiogames.et, there's a whole tutorial on building simple accessible games at forum.audiogames.net/topic/559….
May have to give that another shot. As much as I love working with Bevy, my biggest blocker to finishing System Fault has been that there' not the usual game dev stuff for it yet, and something like building a character controller when you can't see the million little ways your character gets stuck on the environment is tricky AF. Being able to just plunk stuff down, attach sounds and physics, grab third-party assets,and start building is something I sorely miss.
Initial implementation of the AccessKit integration use C-API: All base (non-editor) controls except GraphEditor should work now. UI behavior without active screen reader should be unchanged. When ...GitHub
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From clear communication to assistive technology, here are 10 essential tips to make meetings more inclusive for blind participants.manager (Even Grounds)
Learn how 3D printing is reshaping accessibility for blind people, offering tactile solutions for education, technology, and everyday tasks.Tom (Even Grounds)
@Friendica Support Die folgende #Frage hatte ich schon einmal gestellt, sie aber irrtümlich wieder gelöscht:
Ich habe mir einen zusätzlichen #Circle eingerichtet, den ich nur als #Feedreader nutzen will. #Feeds, die dort landen, werden jedoch nicht in diesem Circle angezeigt, sondern unter "Alle Kontakte bzw. Kontakte". Was muss ich tun, um die Feeds nur in diesem neuen Circle anzuzueigen und den Rest unter "Alle Kontakte"?
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"Plus de 40% des français vivent avec un smartphone dysfonctionnel, majoritairement pour des raisons d’obsolescence logicielle."
C’est l’un des enseignements d’une étude qu'on a menée avec Médiamétrie, Télécom Paris et l’Université de Toulouse.
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On a demandé à 1000 français combien vivent avec un smartphone dysfonctionnel, quels étaient leurs problèmes, et dans quelle mesure ceux-ci influençaient le renouvellement de leur téléphone.
Voici ce qu'on a découvert ⬇️
In 2019, Iceland became one of the first countries to approve a four-day workweek. Here's how things have been going for them.
2021: "Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success""
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2024: "Iceland’s economy is outperforming most European peers after the nationwide introduction of a shorter working week with no loss in pay."
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2025: "The effects of the shorter workweek in Iceland have extended far beyond the office."
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#news #labor #WorkersRights #FourDayWorkWeek #work #iceland
In 2019, Iceland made headlines by becoming one of the first countries to officially approve a four-day workweek. But rather than passing a blanket law,Sarah Jensen (WECB)
Rendering form fields as group in Django
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A welcome addition in Django 5.0, the concept of field groups makes a lot easier to customize the layout of our Django forms.Valentino Gagliardi's Blog
Další skvělá aplikace na OScloud! 🚀
🔹 MiroTalk je open-source platforma pro videokonference, která běží přímo v prohlížeči díky technologii WebRTC.
✅ Bez instalace, bez pluginů – stačí otevřít odkaz a jste ve videohovoru.
🔒 Soukromé & bezpečné – ideální pro rychlá online setkání, porady nebo hovory s přáteli.
Vyzkoušejte MiroTalk na talk.oscloud.cz a začněte ihned pořádat videohovory! 🎥💬
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#OScloud #MiroTalk #Videokonference #WebRTC
MiroTalk calling provides real-time HD quality and latency simply not available with traditional technology.MiroTalk
Konference #Installfest bude v Praze na Karlově náměstí celý tento víkend.
🎟️ Vstupy se otevírají v 09:00!
📍 Mapy a info: installfest.cz/if25
🚑 Kontakt na zdravotníka: +420 228 229 869
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Konference pro začátečníky i odborníky o Linuxu, open-source a o všem, co s tím souvisí.installfest.cz
From 2021
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
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ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.ProPublica
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The Beatles If They Were a 1940s Female Vocal Harmony Group - PART 2 | The Beetle Sisters
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00:14 All You Need is Love03:18 Here Comes The Sun05:37 Twist and Shout08:25 Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds12:04 A Day in the Life14:50 Across The Universe17:...YouTube
There was SO much technology at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference and I'll be going live tonight (March 14th) at 8PM EST to share some of what I thought was the coolest stuff there!
Though I did not attend CSUN, I did my best to follow the news online! Come join me as I share what I saw and heard. Also, let me know what you know! 😊Major...YouTube
Skip intro/replay link: 0:47. This is a music video of the song "Mathematical Pi" by Ken Ferrier and Antoni Chan. You can find out more and download it here:...YouTube
Peter David, co-creator of Spider-Man 2099, the TV show Space Cases, and characters Strong Guy, Professor Hulk, Random, Cyber, Sin Eater, The Pantheon, Maestro, Madman, Linda Danvers, Talos The Untamed and writer of TV shows, comic books, video games…Rich Johnston (Bleeding Cool News)
My brother-in-law is Peter David, writer of stuff. (Seriously, that's what it says on his business card.) He's written #comics (he's best known for his 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk), movie and TV novelizations (some of his #StarTrek novels are very popular in Trek fandom), television episodes (such as #Babylon5) and movies, original novels...all kinds of, well, stuff.
I bring this up because he's been dealing with severe health issues for three years and counting and is starting to make progress in recovery just in time for Medicaid to yank his coverage. As you may know, in America, medical expenses without some kind of insurance coverage are prohibitive.
A friend has set up a GoFundMe to help pay for these medical expenses. If you can spare a few bucks, please donate. Thank you.
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Hi, friends. I'm restarting a fundraiser for Peter David and his family. Peter's health issues continue… Graham Murphy needs your support for Help Peter Davidgofundme.com
Learning Blind Tech Episode 23 ChatGPT, Leasey and Braille Sense 6
This episode will cover some basics on creating an API key through openai and using ChatGPT with Leasey and the Braille Sense 6.
wow, Adwaita 1.7.0 has a new adaptive preview, so you can see how your apps will look on phones. Now that's some #LinuxMobile goodness :D
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sometimes i make stuff just to cheer myself up... if it cheers anybody else up 👍
(❤️ to Bruce Cockburn for this amazing song)
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Called it. Wrote this back in Sept. 2024, about a clever Windows Powershell phishing scam that was targeting developers at the time. It uses a fake CAPTCHA that asks visitors to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware. Everyone said, bah, devs will never fall for this. Maybe, I said, but your average user would for sure.
Judging from the number of recent media reports, it appears this one is pretty widespread at the moment.
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Many GitHub users this week received a novel phishing email warning of critical security holes in their code. Those who clicked the link for details were asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that…krebsonsecurity.com
The mRNA technology behind coronavirus vaccines is now being used to create bespoke vaccines for cancer patients.
"Cancer vaccines weren’t a proper field of research before the pandemic. There was nothing. Apart from one exception, pretty much every clinical trial had failed. With the pandemic, however, we proved that mRNA vaccines were possible.
mRNA cancer vaccines work by giving the body instructions to make a harmless piece of a cancer-related protein. This trains the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells carrying that protein. Think of it like a training manual for security guards. The vaccine gives the immune system a guide on what cancer looks like, so it knows exactly who to watch for and remove.
Going from mRNA Covid vaccines to mRNA cancer vaccines is straightforward: same fridges, same protocol, same drug, just a different patient.
In the current trials, we do a biopsy of the patient, sequence the tissue, send it to the pharmaceutical company, and they design a personalized vaccine that’s bespoke to that patient’s cancer. That vaccine is not suitable for anyone else. It’s like science fiction.
The UK was ready. We had fridges and we had world-class manufacturing and research facilities. During the pandemic, we had proven we could open and deliver clinical trials fast. Also, the UK had established a genomic global lead with Genomics England and the 100,000 Genome Project. All doctors and nurses in this country are trained in genomics.
So the UK government signed two partnerships: one with BioNTech to provide 10,000 patients with access to personalized cancer treatments by 2030, and a 10-year investment with Moderna in an innovation and technology center with capacity to produce up to 250 million vaccines. The stars were aligned.
For many years, we believed that research is inherently slow. It used to take 20 years to get a drug to market. Most cancer patients, unfortunately, will succumb by the time a drug gets to market. We showed the world that it could be done in a year if you modernize your process, run parts of the process in parallel, and use digital tools.
We have a trial to stop skin cancer coming back after you cut it out. It’s now completed. We over-recruited again, just like every single one of the trials that we ran, and the trial finished one year ahead of schedule. That’s completely unheard of in cancer trials because they normally run over-long.
What will happen now is that, over the next six to 12 months, we will monitor the people in the trial and work out if there’s a difference between the people who took the cancer vaccine and the ones who didn’t. We’re hoping to have results by the end of the year or beginning of 2026. If it’s successful, we will have invented the first approved personalized mRNA vaccine, within only five years of the first licensed mRNA vaccine for Covid. That’s pretty impressive."
- Dr. Lennard Lee, UK National Health Service oncologist and medical director at the Ellison Institute of Technology in Oxford
'Brutal' or 'iconic'? How a giant puddle in a Tim Hortons lot became Hamilton legend 'Lake Timmicaca'
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Makes for good photo opportunity.
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Amazon is ending the option to not send Echo voice recordings to the cloud
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy (The Verge)