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What do you get when you let (overwhelmingly white, overwhelmingly male) able-bodied developers build an operating system?

Well, you get an insightful display of structural #ableism.

As a developer, I feel ashamed about this state of affairs, reading the excellent blog series by @fireborn . We can do better, and we deeply need to.

dragonscave.space/@fireborn/11…

#Linux #Accessibility #a11y #FLOSS

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2025-05-10 10:56:42

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The state of Linux accessibility in 2025. This started out as a rant but became a series. Please feel free to leave feedback, comments, and subscribe via rss or email for more stuff as I release it. fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn

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#a11y #Accessibility #linux #floss #ableism @aaron
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Florian Berger (privat)

I think it's very telling that from all corners of the Fediverse, #FLOSS developers come screaming "I do it for free in my spare time, I can release whatever I want, and you can change it if you don't like it!"

As if that was the point.

I you release it as a broken hobby project, fine. Just don't call it a "fully functional" or "community driven" audio editor / encryption utility / mail server / file explorer / chat client if it's completely unusable to a reasonable part of the audience who just happens to be blind, or otherwise impaired.

#Accessibility #a11y

#a11y #Accessibility #floss

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"UN Gives the Encrypted Open-Source Office Suite CryptPad a Try"

👉 fossforce.com/2025/04/un-drops…

"The open-source project recently picked up some unexpected recognition from the United Nations, when the organization chose to use CryptPad to collect endorsements for its Open Source Principles. Here’s what you need to know about the open-source project that’s on the rise."

👋 To test Cryptpad: cryptpad.fr

cc @CryptPad


UN Gives the Encrypted Open-Source Office Suite CryptPad a Try - FOSS Force

The United Nations became the latest large organization to embrace CryptPad when it used it to replace Google Forms.
Larry Cafiero (FOSS Force)
@CryptPad

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Similar to iOS lockdown mode, Android 16's Advanced Protection feature is misguided. It adds security features exclusive to it which require using all of the other features. This prevents people using new security features if they need to avoid 1 feature.

security.googleblog.com/2025/0…


Advanced Protection: Google’s Strongest Security for Mobile Devices

Posted by Il-Sung Lee, Group Product Manager, Android Security Protecting users who need heightened security has been a long-standing com...
Google Online Security Blog
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The Evil Chocolate Cookie

@darkyen @fireborn @J3317 right? It’s basic things like this that lead me to not recommending products. Now that I’m a little bit older and know what I’m doing, I recommend against anybody buying a vintage iPhone because those wouldn’t talk to you on set up either. If you wanna buy it just to collect it, don’t use it. it won’t talk to you.
@aaron @Jan Polák @Joshua

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Taking a break from reality to watch high-speed film launches of the Space Shuttle.

Stepping back in time to a world when NASA was sending humans into space using a lot less computing power than your new TV.

It's a very calming video, watching thousands of pounds of fuel ignited as the shuttle and it's boosters slowly rise into the sky. 45mins of rockets on fire.

Very special.

fedi.video/w/d86a66bd-84c0-4f3…

@fedivideo
@FediThing

#NASA #SpaceShuttle #ShuttleLaunch #RocketScience

Discovery leaving the launch pad
#nasa #spaceshuttle #shuttlelaunch #RocketScience @Fedi.Video on PeerTube @FediThing
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Mexican Navy tall ship #Cuauhtémoc collided with #BrooklynBridge a few hours ago:
edition.cnn.com/2025/05/17/us/…

Based on videos:
nbcmiami.com/news/national-int…

…it looks like the ship went under the bridge and then hit the shoreline here:
osm.org/go/Zct8EqDG?m=&relatio…

Which means it was going *up river* when it hit the bridge.

That doesn't make sense, it was supposed to be leaving #NYC.

The videos also show it was going backwards. My guess would be loss of control?

#Sailing


Relation: ‪City of New York‬ (‪175905‬)

OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
OpenStreetMap
#nyc #sailing #Cuauhtemoc #brooklynbridge

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"Only humans can do this because we're special" and other lies we tell ourselves

With a large enough dataset and a well trained model, all we need is compute and ridiculous amount of tokens and yes, it will be able to create and maintain subtext through a novel-length story.
RT: wandering.shop/users/JulietEMc…

Juliet E McKenna (@JulietEMcKenna@wandering.shop)

Bringing this from writer Joseph Malik over from Bluesky. I think it's spot on. "Subtext separates a novel from a novel-length story. Subtext is the part that AI can't--and never will--generate. It can't read for subtext.
The Wandering Shop
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Emil Jacobs - Collectifission

Meanwhile, I want AI to do stuff I DON'T want (humans) to do. Common house chores? Yes please. Dangerous jobs, like mining deep underground? Yes please. Dumb and repetitive tasks, like factory conveyor belts? Yes please. Tasks that require incredible precision, like brain surgery? Yes please.

Let humans do the wondering, the exploring, the art. Let us tell the stories, the culture, like we have done for hundreds of thousands of years.

Fat change under capitalism.

@JulietEMcKenna

@Juliet E McKenna
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feld

@collectifission I agree, but obviously generating artistic works is cheap and easy in comparison whereas solving the other tasks requires interaction with the physical world and other humans which is risky. Physical harm to a human or property carries a lot of liability, so unless they are shielded from it there's not a lot of incentive to invest in this area.
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Sigh. It's possible to remotely, physically locate any O2 mobile customer at any time over the internet with a trivial method using their mobile phone number, due to O2's poor implementation of 4G Calling which, by design, gives away the Cell ID.

mastdatabase.co.uk/blog/2025/0…

O2 VoLTE: locating any customer with a phone call

Privacy is dead: For multiple months, any O2 customer has had their location exposed to call initiators without their knowledge.
Daniel Williams (Mast Database)

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This was recorded from inside, listening through an open window. The sparrows were providing a lovely backup to this robin’s incredible solo trills. #birds #birdRecordings #birding #birdsong #houseSparrow #AmericanRobin

#birds #birding #birdrecordings #birdsong #housesparrow #americanrobin
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PBS & NPR Amends Bylaws to Limit Trumps Oversight Of Public Radio & Public TV cordcuttersnews.com/pbs-npr-am…

PBS & NPR Amends Bylaws to Limit Trumps Oversight Of Public Radio & Public TV | Cord Cutters News

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the steward of federal funding for public media outlets like NPR and PBS, has revised its bylaws to strengthen protections for its board of directors.
Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)

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"Privacy watchdog Noyb sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta Wednesday, threatening to pursue a potentially billion-dollar class action to block Meta's AI training, which starts soon in the European Union."

Read more here 👇
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…


Meta is making users who opted out of AI training opt out again, watchdog says

EU users have less than two weeks to opt out of Meta’s AI training.
Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)

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OK, I admit I am still skeptical. And probably will be until I get to attend one of these shows myself. Do you really believe the choirs in this video are not edited or somehow enhanced post-production? youtube.com/watch?v=RpCNaICb1F…

The INGENUITY of Jacob Collier's Audience Choir

Over the past few years Jacob Collier has been experimenting with what he calls the 'Audience Choir', where he uses his audiences like an instrument, conduct...
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Všem, co tvoří videa pro #VHSky bych chtěl poděkovat. Obzvlášť těm, co nahrávají pravidelně.

Já vim lidi, že nemáte tisíce shlédnutí, jako na #YouTube, nikdo vám nikdy za nic nezaplatí (naopak část vás spíš platí, aby nějaký VHSky byly :)) a je nás tam málo, ale když se podíváte, tak dneska už to neni poloprázdná stránka s ničím.

Jsou tam recepty, zvířátka, IT věci, přednášky i filmy a to všechno jen díky vám všem.

Teď bych ale měl žádost/prosbičku/apel na vás. Chtěl bych, aby tenhle post měl co nejvíc přesdílení a komentářů, aby o projektu vědělo co nejvíc lidí a třeba někoho dalšího napadne, že to jeho háčkování, 3Dtisky, výlety, politalky nebo třeba jiný varianty broukpytlingu můžou bejt pro někoho zajímavý a natočí je. Nebo někdo, kdo o VHSkách ještě neví začne pravidelně sledovat :)

Zároveň chci požádat o diskuzi o tom, co vám tam chybí, přebývá nebo co by šlo vylepšit. Chtěl bych vědět, proč tam jste (anebo ještě nejste :) ) a jestli třeba neznáte nějaký zajímavý účty, co ještě nemirrorujem.

Pojďme si ten náš #PeerTube doladit tak, aby si každej něco našel.

(A ještě jednou díky všem!)

#peertube #youtube #vhsky
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