"My family is fleeing the country.
We are not doing this in a panic; this is an orderly retreat from an unwinnable situation."
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My family is fleeing the country. We are not doing this in a panic; this is an orderly retreat from an unwinnable situation. We are slowly but surely packing up and emptying out our house.Anonymous (Dame Magazine)
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I know people hate AI for many reasons, and I do get it...
But... I'm trying to write a blog post where I share images with album covers, titles and other info, and I have to say...
The way the AI made the elaborate alt texts for the images, it saved me loads of spoons and energy and time and frustration...
If I had better hands, better concentration, less distraction, more spoons..
Sure, I would have tried to create the lists myself. But this... It helped me so much.
I'm not lazy, I have some (invincible) disabilities. But I will want my blogs to be inclusive/accessible to all... So, lately, I've been trying to make my posts "better" by adding more alt texts with my images.
And even though the AI helps a lot, it's still quite some work to get the text to the images and all that.... But, because the alt texts take less spoons, I can work on my blog better. So that's a win.
And hey, I still write my own blog texts 😉 although my usage of the English language, I guess I may seem as silly as a ChatGPT text at times. 😂
I know there are many downsides to AI. I don't need to discuss them... Hey I don't have the spoons for that! But I try to live economical, and I do know my footprint increases with AI. But when your disability is made less restricted when AI can help with complicated alt texts...
Please don't think badly of me for using it. I want my posts to be accessible to all that may be interested in them. And I hope that, by trying my best this way, that my posts become more open for everyone to enjoy (or to quickly skip, my topics won't be enjoyable by everyone I guess 😉).
Fankoos 🫶🏻 for not judging me. And I'll keep doing my best to make my images more inclusive to everyone.
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I'll share one of the images that I am using in my new blog, and I'll add the elaborate alt text AI made for me here, as it's too big for the text box with the image itself:
A screenshot of a music streaming application displaying the "Top aller tijden" (Top of all time) albums in the "Albums" category. The interface is dark-themed with a grid of album covers, their ranking, number of streams, and an average rating.
Top Albums List:
Room Service – 3,297 streams, 11.5 rating
Cover: Roxette's "Room Service" album featuring Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle in a red-toned design.
Have A Nice Day – 1,344 streams, 4.8 rating
Cover: Roxette's "Have A Nice Day" album, featuring a bright yellow and pink aesthetic with Marie smiling.
Mind Control – 1,319 streams, 4.4 rating
Cover: Mono Mind’s "Mind Control" with a futuristic band aesthetic.
Joyride 30th Anniversary – 1,167 streams, 4.34 rating
Cover: Roxette's "Joyride" album with Marie and Per in a retro aesthetic.
The Dark Delight – 1,089 streams, 4.3 rating
Cover: Dynazty's "The Dark Delight," featuring a dark and mystical theme.
Pearls of Passion – 1,293 streams
Cover: Roxette's debut album in black and white.
PG Roxette - Pop-Up Dynamo! – 1,181 streams, 3.92 rating
Cover: A minimalistic black-and-white design.
Charm School – 1,046 streams, 3.4 rating
Cover: A collage-style design for Roxette’s "Charm School."
Travelling – 947 streams, 3.27 rating
Cover: A red plane flying on Roxette’s "Travelling" album.
Good Karma – 959 streams, 2.98 rating
Cover: A colorful butterfly on Roxette's "Good Karma" album.
Crash! Boom! Bang! – 710 streams, 2.76 rating
Cover: A fiery design from Roxette's classic album.
Tourism 30th Anniversary – 711 streams, 2.75 rating
Cover: A tribute to Roxette’s iconic "Tourism" album.
PG Roxette - Pop-Up Dynamo! (Duplicate) – 785 streams, 2.67 rating
Cover: Same as entry #7.
Look Sharp! – 727 streams, 2.51 rating
Cover: Roxette’s famous newspaper-style album art.
Rarities – 562 streams, 2.19 rating
Cover: Roxette’s compilation album.
Firesign – 523 streams, 2.11 rating
Cover: A fiery-themed album.
The Catalyst – 667 streams, 2.08 rating
Cover: Amaranthe’s futuristic, blue-toned album.
PG Roxette - Pop-Up Dynamo! (Another Duplicate) – 620 streams, 2.08 rating
Cover: Repeating album from previous rankings.
The World According to Gessle – 562 streams, 2.05 rating
Cover: Per Gessle’s solo work.
Crash! Boom! Bang! (Duplicate) – 580 streams, 2.04 rating
Cover: Same as entry #11.
Joyride (Original 2001 Edition) – 369 streams, 1.39 rating
Cover: Roxette’s original "Joyride" artwork.
Universum – 315 streams, 1.35 rating
Cover: A sci-fi-themed album.
Divisive – 366 streams, 1.34 rating
Cover: Disturbed's intense, fiery album.
Look Sharp! (Duplicate) – 336 streams, 1.32 rating
Cover: Same as entry #14.
Don't Bore Us - Get to the Chorus! – 289 streams, 1.32 rating
Cover: Roxette’s greatest hits compilation.
The green highlight under "Albums" indicates that this tab is selected. The layout is structured, and the user interface includes options for sorting by "Nummers" (Songs), "Artiesten" (Artists), and "Genres." The share icon is visible in the top right corner.
Ep 23: Nintendo and Accessibility? We're Surprised Too! - Ctrl, Alt, Access
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Not something I anticipated, but we have a lot of positive words to say about Nintendo this week.00:00 - Intro01:12 - Atomfall07:00 - South of Midnight23:05 ...YouTube
Apple today released iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1, minor updates to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating systems that came out last September. iOS...Juli Clover (MacRumors.com)
Aira on Campus at the University of Bristol 🎓
Students, staff, and campus visitors who are blind or have low vision now receive complimentary access to Aira’s visual interpreting service while on campus. Whether navigating buildings, accessing learning environments, or completing digital tasks, Aira connects users to professional Visual Interpreters who provide real-time visual information — enhancing autonomy and inclusion.
🔗 Learn more about the University of Bristol's Access Options:
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Technology can be used to support many areas of your learning including making resources easier to read and more accessible, or using software to compile ideas and information. Below are some tools that you can use to support your learning.www.bristol.ac.uk
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that 20%-30% of code inside the company's repositories is "written by software," meaning AI.Maxwell Zeff (TechCrunch)
In what would likely be a major scandal under any other administration, but feels a bit like a "well duh" moment after the first 100 days of the Trumpenreich's fascist rule, recent polling indicates that a majority of American voters now support impeaching President Trump a third time.
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Majority of US Voters Support Third Trump Impeachment: Poll
"Specifically, a polling memo published Friday by ASO Communications and Research Collaborative shows that just a few months into Trump's return to the White House, 52% of likely voters across the ideological spectrum somewhat or strongly support impeaching him—including 84% of Democrats, 55% of Independents, and even 20% of his fellow Republicans."
While I don't believe there's any amount of polling that will make the Trump regime surrender, and I remain doubtful a fascist GOP is likely to risk reprisal from Trump's hardcore nazi base in the party to impeach Der Leader, I still think it's pretty relevant that experiencing the reality of Trump's authoritarianism in action is driving a majority of Americans to desire his removal from office.
Much of Trump's presumed authority to install himself as a dictator comes from the regime's invocation of a popular mandate to transform America into a white ethnostate, as well as a complicit media's refusal to address a clear lack of that mandate while they focus on "will he or won't he" coverage of Trump's obviously fascist activities. As more and more evidence comes in that the regime's Christian Nationalist agenda is in fact not popular, and Americans do not believe Trump has the authority to enact it, it's going to become harder and harder for both the regime and collaborators in the mainstream establishment to keep pretending there might be a veneer of legality or popular support behind all the government's nazi bullshit.
In the end, I'm pretty sure there's no way to topple the Trump regime that doesn't involve putting millions of people in the street to actively disrupt the police state and make it impossible for the collaborator class to profit from all that fascism. By that same measure however, I don't think Americans are going to rise up and stop their fascist government until they're completely sure there are no easier options for ending Trump's reign of tyranny and they believe the majority of people in this country are ready to rise up with them. In my opinion, polls like this one help shatter the fascists' false projection of invincibility, and bring us closer to that uprising; and as such that makes these numbers a welcome sight for my exhausted eyes at least.
#Fascism #Trump #USPolitics #Impeachment #Polling #AntiTrumpProtests #GOP #RepublicanParty #AlGreen #ShriThanedar
"It's up to Congress to do their job, defend the Constitution, and impeach and remove Donald Trump from office for his grave abuses of power," said Free Speech for People's campaign director.jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)
Uli Behringer of Behringer sits down with Mitch and others to discuss his upbringing, creating Behringer, and his journey along the way. Shop Behringer’s wi...YouTube
where the fuck is Bill Gates? why isn’t he screaming about the #NIH and Kennedy’s evisceration of #HHS ?
where are Oprah, Jay-Z and Beyoncé, Lebron James, the Kardashians, all of them paper billionaires?
where is Mark Cuban? and how about the Democrats’ favorite billionaires, Michael Bloomberg and Howard Schulz?
where exactly are all the good billionaires fighting Trump’s destruction of the federal government and what semblance of democracy USA had?
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Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.Sharyn Alfonsi (CBS News)
Provided to YouTube by NettwerkI'm Scared · Rosie DarlingRoomful Of People℗ Not Your Darling LLC under exclusive license to Nettwerk Music Group Inc.Released...YouTube
Privacy Cell 1.11 has been released.
Actually, elevating Karina Gould should be the second thing PM Carney does.
The first should be taking affirmative, high profile public steps to protect our information spaces from corporate America, like requiring all government social media accounts to post from the government's brand new Mastodon instance (allowing mirrors to other platforms).
Otherwise, if Zuck, Musk & others can do as they please with our communications, Carney won't be PM for very long.
#CdnPoli
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One of the first things I hope PM Carney does is find a way to elevate Karina Gould. #CdnPoli https://www.thespec.com/politics/federal-elections/who-won-burlington/article_a3828803-204e-5dcb-9ec6-38ea544a2dcc.htmlMastodon
The fact that the Conservatives increased their vote share and seats—while offering almost nothing of substance to the vast majority of Canadians thanks to deep pockets & microtargeted influence campaigns—should be alarming to all, and cannot go unchecked between now and the next election.
Just ask any non-millionaire Conservative voter to explain their vote without mentioning Trudeau, and requiring them to specify their new tax rate if they mention tax cuts.
Finished planning for the upcoming bike trip, thanks to @bikerouter - works nicely also for Japan!
Doing this for the third year now. The planning with bikerouter improved. Distributing the routes to the 2 Android phone I'll use also works, via #syncthing, and then loading in OSMand.
Single routes of 130/31/44/117km.
Annoyingly, the company provided iphone which I'll use as backup: due to missing syncthing on ios, I'm like a cave man attaching the routes to a mail which I open on the phone..
Saw a trailer for Kneecap in local news. Looks fun! I'll need subtitles for the entire movie, though. 😁
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Written & Directed By: Rich PeppiattStarring: Naoise Ó Cairealláin “Móglaí Bap”, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh “Mo Chara”, JJ Ó Dochartaigh “Dj Provaí”, Josie Walker, F...YouTube
My contribution to #AILiteracyDay is to suggest that you pre-order my forthcoming book (THE AI CON; w/ @alex We help you spot and deconstruct the hype, to better empower you to refuse janky, exploitative systems. Reviews & pre-order links at
How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We WantTHE AI CON
This 3x6 embossed tactile braille sticker is a celebration of equity and accessibility, because justice should be for everyone. At EFF, we’re working toward a future where that principle holds true in every space, including the digital world.EFF
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Able to Play, a game repository that helps you find games that match your accessibility needs, just launched!
For gamedevs/game requests: Here's some info on how to make a game available on there:
help.abletoplay.com/docs/how-c…
It's still a young platform, so please give them lots of feedback to help improve it!
#Games #Gaming #GameDev #AbleToPlay #Accessibility #A11Y
We prioritize games based on both the volume of requests for a particular game, and the order we receive the request in. If you'd like to request a game be made available on AbleToPlay, please let us know on Discord!Arman (AbleToPlay)
SoundMorph is the leading creator of state-of-the-art sound libraries and software, with a focus on computer-based audio production for sound designers and musicians.SoundMorph
1 file sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the worldsoundmorphs.wetransfer.com
Da ist er wieder 🤩!
Sitzt in diesem Blumenkübel mit einer Haselnuss und einer Walnuss und hat jetzt ein Projekt: Wie zum Hörnchen knackt man sie? 🥹😍.
#balkonhörnchen #eichhörnchen #squirrel #squirrelcontent wandzeitung.xyz/@pixelgraphix/…
Attached: 1 image Apropos Wandel ... Die nächste Etappe steht an – mehr Selbstständigkeit für die Kleinen! Alfi macht nach seiner Pause den ersten Ausflug in den Hof.wandzeitung.xyz
I’m continuing to accidentally become a Godot to Flathub pipeline expert, stumbling through GitHub Actions on the way. Chaining all of this stuff together is actually pretty fun and powerful. :D
If you have a free¹ Godot game you want help getting onto the biggest Linux app store, let me know! I wrote a blog post² but could probably update it with what else I’ve learned.
¹Free because Flathub doesn’t support payments… yet
²cassidyjames.com/blog/publish-…
#GodotEngine #Flatpak #Flathub #LinuxGaming
Reach millions of users on the Linux app store with FlatpakCassidy James Blaede
#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated and 1 added apps:
* Choona: a guitar tuner with support for custom tunings 🛡️
And Schnappszahl with out RB Status: 580 apps (44.4%)
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 
This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
Premier of Alberta is still talking shite... cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/da…
#NOTALEADER #NOTPARTOFTEAMCANADA #MAGAMAPLEMORON #cdnpoli #polcan #elxn45
HEADLINE: "White House blasts ‘hostile’ Amazon over tariff cost report; retailer scraps idea"
ALT HEADLINE: "White House angry that Amazon would provide clear information to customers. In response, Amazon promises to hide the truth on behalf of the dictator."
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has cozied up to President Donald Trump since the Republican won a second White House term.Kevin Breuninger (CNBC)
Amazon said Tuesday it considered displaying import charges on items sold via its site for ultradiscount items, but that the plan "was never approved and not going to happen."Annie Palmer (CNBC)
75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction
By Sam Weller
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Ray Bradbury at PG:
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#books #literature #sciencefiction
“I recall Midwestern summer nights, standing on my grandparents’ hushed lawn,” Ray Bradbury told me in 2010, “and looking up at the sky at the confetti field of stars. There were millions of suns o…Literary Hub
Using ARIA Landmarks for Better Navigation
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#A11y
In today’s digital world, accessibility is more than just a buzzword—it’s an essential part of creating an inclusive web.Michael Beck (AFixt)
I knew that landmark tags have implicit role, as stated by mdn, am I missing something?
"The <header> element has an identical meaning to the site-wide banner landmark role"
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TheMDN Web DocsHTML element represents introductory content, typically a group of introductory or navigational aids. It may contain some heading elements but also a logo, a search form, an author name, and other elements.
If you join the GNOME GitLab instance and you want to create or fork a project, you'll see an error that says:
"Limit has been reached You cannot create projects in your personal namespace. Contact your GitLab administrator."
Turns out, you have to add an SSH key to make it work.
forum.gitlab.com/t/i-cant-crea…
yes, you are correct. It is happening on gitlab.gnome.org but not on gitlab.com (I can create a project there) thank you for the clue, I will ask on the gnome forum. Much appreciated!GitLab Forum
This page provides a high-level overview of how to submit code changes to projects that are hosted on gitlab.gnome.org. Prerequisites: To propose changes to a module hosted on GNOME’s GitLab instan...GNOME Project Handbook
did you know?
`#[serde(default = "some_func")` is a remnant of some old Rust limitations.
Now we can do:
`#[facet(default = some_func())]` (or just have any expression in there!)
Zach Bennoui
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