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I bought the Rabbit R1 — even though it’s not for me
As a blind tech user, I knew the R1 wouldn’t be accessible.
But I bought it anyway. Why?
Because if we aren’t testing and speaking up, accessibility won’t improve. Inclusion starts with showing up.
In my latest blog post, I explain why blind voices are essential in AI—and what I hope comes from this.
📖 Read:
open.substack.com/pub/taylorar…
#RabbitR1 #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI #Inclusion #FediTech #DisabilityJustice

Why I Bought the Rabbit R1 (Even Though It's Not Accessible)?

When the Rabbit R1 was first announced, it generated a lot of buzz—this tiny, stylish device promised to reinvent personal computing with the help of artificial intelligence.
Taylor Arndt (Taylor’s Substack)
#Accessibility #AI #DisabilityJustice #inclusion #blindtech #rabbitr1 #feditech
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Tuta

@cch We offer 15 email alias addresses. You can read more about them here: tuta.com/blog/secure-email-ali…

Email aliases: What is an alias and how does it improve online security? | Tuta

Learn how additional email addresses can increase your security, protect your identity, and significantly reduce spam issues. Plus: Get multiple aliases with Tuta Mail today!
Tuta
@Pau Cabrera
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Seirdy

The BlueSky post had the original untranslated alt-text of the poem. Pasting it below:

Title: Yesterday

Yesterday,
All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
Now my database has gone away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
There's not half the files there used to be, And there's a milestone hanging over me The system crashed so suddenly.
I pushed something wrong
What it was I could not say.
Now all my data's gone and Ilong for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.
Yesterday,
The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
I knew my data was all here to stay, Now I believe in yesterday.

Credit: Geza Giedke

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After heartbleed in 2014, there were a lot of calls to abandon OpenSSL and support alternative libraries because it had written itself into a corner full of holes. I didn’t anticipate that 11 years later, there’d be a call to abandon OpenSSL because it’s written itself into a corner of running at 1% the performance of those very same alternative libraries haproxy.com/blog/state-of-ssl-…

The State of SSL Stacks

[HAProxy Technologies] The SSL landscape has shifted dramatically. In this paper, we examine OpenSSL 3.x, BoringSSL, LibreSSL, WolfSSL, and AWS-LC with HAProxy.
Willy Tarreau (HAProxy Technologies)

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Hi everyone on #Fosstodon and the #Fediverse. 👋

I've posted a statement on our hub about the events of the past weeks and how we intend on doing better:

hub.fosstodon.org/fosstodon-co…

Tldr: Sorry about what happened, Fosstodon is committed to being a safe and inclusive space, and we're taking measures to ensure this won't happen again.

Please let me know what you think!

Fosstodon Community Statement

Official statement on cleaning house, owning past mistakes, reaffirming support for marginalized folks and fair treatment for everyone.
hub.fosstodon.org
#fediverse #fosstodon

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I guess it’s a good thing that the genocide in Ukraine has devalued your currency so much that 800,000 rubles isn’t actually that much money.

> By the ruling of the magistrate of judicial district No. 422 of the Tagansky district of Moscow, companies Threema GmbH and Pagebites Inc have been fined 1 million rubles each, and Gultsch & Weiss GbR has been fined 800 thousand rubles.

🇷🇺 interfax.ru/russia/1024302
🇬🇧 translate.kagi.com/translate/i…


Три иностранные IT-компании оштрафованы за неисполнение законодательства РФ

Мировой суд Таганского района Москвы оштрафовал три иностранные IT-компании за неисполнение российского законодательства, сообщили во вторник в пресс-службе суда.
Interfax.ru

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«Любой, кто думает, что Путин остановится после территориальных уступок, просто глуп» — Байден дал (theins.ru/news/281137) Би-би-си первое интервью после отставки
Экс-президент США Джо Байден дал первое интервью с тех пор, как в январе покинул Белый дом. В беседе с Би-би-си он сравнил попытки администрации Трампа заставить Киев пойти на территориальные уступки с политикой «умиротворения», которую правительство Великобритании в 1930-х годах вело по отношению к Гитлеру.
По словам Байдена, Владимир Путин считает всю Украину частью России, так что «любой, кто думает, что он остановится», если получит часть территории в рамках мирного соглашения, «просто глуп».
«Я просто не понимаю, почему люди думают, что если мы позволим диктатору, бандиту, думать, что он может забрать значительные участки земли, которые ему не принадлежат, то это его удовлетворит», — добавил политик.
Экс-президент рассказал также, что обеспокоен состоянием отношений между США и Европой и что разрушение этих отношений «изменит современную историю мира».
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«Любой, кто думает, что Путин остановится после территориальных уступок, просто глуп» — Байден дал Би-би-си...

Бывший президент США Джо Байден дал первое интервью с тех пор, как в январе покинул Белый дом
The Insider
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daniel:// stenberg://

The Register gets the amount completely wrong, as we have paid over 86,000 USD in bug-bounties since 2019.

It's just not that visible on #curl's hackerone page since the payouts are manged by the Internet Bug Bounty since several years.

Update: I sent them a correction and they already updated the article!

#curl
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❤️ - Trumps Bildungsministerin Linda McMahon erklärte am Montag in einem Brief, die Bundesregierung werde Harvard keine neuen Zuschüsse gewähren, da die Hochschule gegen Bundesrecht verstoße und „ihre gesetzlichen Pflichten, ethischen und treuhänderischen Aufgaben, Transparenzpflichten und jeglichen Anschein akademischer Strenge“ vernachlässige.

Harvard reagierte, überprüfte den Brief auf Rechtschreibfehler und Zeichensetzung und veröffentlichte ihn anschließend in den sozialen Medien:

☑️ ☑️ ☑️

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This year's #LibreOffice Conference will take place in Budapest from 4 - 6 September, and the Call for Papers is now open: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
Photo of bridge in Budapest

LibreOffice Conference Budapest 2025 Call for Papers - The Document Foundation Blog

Join us in Budapest and tell us what you’re doing with LibreOffice! The Document Foundation invites all members and contributors to submit talks, presentations and workshops for this year’s LibreOffice conference in Budapest at ELTE’s Faculty of Info…
Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
#foss #opensource #libreoffice

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Five years ago I got the chance to write "A book for my library is a book about my library". A #curl #book #review

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2020/05/07…


Review: curl programming

Title: Curl ProgrammingAuthor: Dan GookinISBN: 9781704523286Weight: 181 grams A book for my library is a book about my library! Not long ago I discovered that someone had written this book about curl and that someone wasn't me! (I believe this is a f…
daniel.haxx.se
#book #Review #curl

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This is a gruelling summary of all the things wrong with OpenSSL haproxy.com/blog/state-of-ssl-… I've mostly watched this whole thing from the sidelines, but was also affected noting that private key parsing suddenly became 70 times slower. I think they've now improved it to "only" be 10-20 times slower, and there does not seem any effort to work on it any more.

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New research shows glitter that makes its way into the sea is actively disrupting a crystal-forming process known as biomineralisation, which affects how marine life such as sea urchins, corals and oysters form their shells and skeletons. This mineral formation also contributes to how the ocean helps regulate Earth’s climate by moving carbon through the planet. So the consequences could be far from pretty.
#Glitter #Environment #Oceans #Biodiversity #ClimateEmergency

theconversation.com/glitters-s…


Glitter’s sparkle hides a darker side – it can change the chemistry of our oceans

New research shows microplastics in glitter can disrupt how marine life builds its shells and reefs.
The Conversation
#environment #climateemergency #biodiversity #glitter #oceans

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Can WCAG be applied to mobile? Well, sort of… it maps quite well, as long as you carefully assess how each criterion works in the mobile context.

That's what the W3C's Mobile Accessibility Task Force has done, with a group of experts. We've just published our first public working draft of WCAG2Mobile: w3.org/TR/wcag2mobile/

Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile)

This document describes how Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 [WCAG22] principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied to mobile applications, including native mobile apps, mobile web apps and hybrid apps using web component…
www.w3.org
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RIP Skype (2025)

Died a slow agonising death from years of neglect after being acquired by Microsoft.

Skype joins a growing list of messaging software that has died in the care of Microsoft.

• V-Chat (died 1995)
• Comic Chat (laid to rest 1999)
• Netmeeting (met demise 2007)
• Windows Messenger (croaked 2008)
• Meeting Space (expired 2009)
• Office Live Meeting (passed 2011)
• MSN Messenger (gave up ghost 2012)
• Qik (kicked bucket 2016)

*not a complete list.

Skype.
You will be remembered.
In a nostalgic kind of way.
For a while at least.

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📢 Aktualizace Mastodon instancí!
Všechny naše Mastodon instance byly aktualizovány na verzi v4.3.8 ✅

🔹 mamutovo.cz
🔹 mastodon.arch-linux.cz
🔹 zpravobot.news
🔧 Pokud narazíte na jakékoli problémy, dejte nám vědět.
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r…


Release v4.3.8 · mastodon/mastodon

Changelog Security Update dependencies Check scheme on account, profile, and media URLs (GHSA-x2rc-v5wx-g3m5) Added Add warning for REDIS_NAMESPACE deprecation at startup (#34581 by @ClearlyClai...
GitHub

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Is...is there a Slack integration?

github.com/hotheadhacker/no-as…


GitHub - hotheadhacker/no-as-a-service: No-as-a-Service (NaaS) is a simple API that returns a random rejection reason. Use it when you need a realistic excuse, a fun “no,” or want to simulate being turned down in style.

No-as-a-Service (NaaS) is a simple API that returns a random rejection reason. Use it when you need a realistic excuse, a fun “no,” or want to simulate being turned down in style. - hotheadhacker/n...
GitHub

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How did I vote in the federal election on the weekend? The simple answer? I didn't. Why? Because blind people in Australia still can't vote without a middle man. someone between us and our ballots, filling them in for us.

🗳️ Blind and vision impaired Australians still can’t vote independently — and that’s not just unfair, it’s undemocratic.
We deserve to vote privately, safely, and with dignity.
It’s time for real, accessible options — braille ballots, secure phone voting, equal rights.
✍️ I started a petition to demand change.
Please sign it. Share it. Help us be heard.
👇 change.org/p/let-us-vote-indep…


Let Us Vote Independently - A Petition for Blind and Vision Impaired Australians.

jade kelly (Change.org)

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vsz

Not performance but security related; here's a CVE from 2019 that remains unfixed. OpenSSL finally acked it in 2024 as "feature request", with no plans to fix: github.com/openssl/openssl/iss… It affects Windows. Forks fixed it throughout the years.

Windows, world-writable config path (re: CVE-2019-5443) · Issue #24528 · openssl/openssl

This is a long time problem, and opening a new Issue to give it some visibility and place to discuss. OpenSSL loads its config (openssl.cnf) from a disk location baked into the binary at build time...
GitHub

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Keynote Announcement: Dr. Richard Stallman

libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/…

On Wednesday, May 28th at 19:30, Dr. Richard Stallman will deliver a keynote on Free/Libre Software and Freedom in the Digital Society at Libre Graphics Meeting.

See the details in the linked announcement regarding admission to the talk.

I also included a personal note on the decision, as I received mixed feedback.

--Lasse

#LibreGraphicsMeeting #LGM25NBG

Keynote Announcement: Dr. Richard Stallman - Libre Graphics Meeting 2025 – RE:imagination, Nuremberg, Germany

libregraphicsmeeting.org
#libregraphicsmeeting #lgm25nbg
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Matt Wilcox

@graphicore @halla @celesteh @federicomena @doctormo More practically and usefully: Why put yourself in the situation of “picking a side” on a clearly controversial issue, where multiple orgs have seen enough to officially cut ties, when there are surely many other people who could enjoy a spotlight and benefit the actual topic - without the risk? Why choose to do this? Pragmatically, does the move make sense?
@Federico Mena Quintero @Charles ☭ is now tooting from queer.party @Lasse Fister @Martin Owens @Halla Rempt
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Alexandre Oliva

standing up to bullies and against the injustice they promote through violence nearly always makes sense. that they choose violence to force others to join their character assassination campaigns is already a red flag that you don't wish to be on their side. that they demand swift submission, to deny people a chance to look into the facts, is more evidence that their violent tactics are not means to promote justice. now, of course, being a victim of their violence says nothing about you or anything who stood on their path is innocent; only looking into the facts can accomplish that. which is why they have to stop you so forcefully from seeking facts, isolating their victim and anyone else who defies their violence. it's really ugly, and it takes courage to stand up to them. but for anyone who cares about justice and against censorship and violence, standing up to them is the only move that makes any sense

(there are also plenty people tied up in false beliefs about the victims, induced by violence; whether they're mere victims of falsehoods or accomplices to the campaign of violence hinges on how they respond when called out for the violence they're participating in)

CC: @graphicore@post.lurk.org @lgm@post.lurk.org @halla@kde.social @celesteh@lgbt.io @federicomena@mstdn.mx @doctormo@floss.social

@Federico Mena Quintero @Libre Graphics Meeting @Charles ☭ is now tooting from queer.party @Lasse Fister @Martin Owens @Halla Rempt

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 13 updated (ugh, and 13 RB) and 2 added (also RB) apps:

* Screen Lock: quickly toggle the screen on or off with a single tap
* Pulse: redirect outgoing calls to Signal/Telegram/Threema if available

Current RB status: 587 apps (44.8%) covered and RB.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

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
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid
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Mircea Kitsune

#Meta couldn't respect our privacy even if it wanted: The politicians will start crying that it needs to spy on us in the name of safety, if we complain they make up bizarre stories about threats to children caused by the internet till they get their way. Corrupt corporations are a huge issue but secondary, the primary problem it all stems from is government and authority being out of control.
#meta
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Mircea Kitsune

#Meta couldn't respect our privacy even if it wanted: The government will start crying that it needs to spy on us in the name of safety, if we complain they make up bizarre stories about threats to children caused by the internet till they get their way. Corrupt corporations are a huge issue but secondary, the primary problem it all stems from is politicians and authority being out of control.
#meta
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