I know it’s just a social media post, but I stand with my colleagues and the students at America’s HBCUs.
It’s a short hop from radical anti-intellectualism to outright racism, and we’ve experienced these headwinds before.
But the work to build America’s pluralist democracy will not be halted by this kind of cowardice.
The state of #InstantMessaging in 2025: I have one virtual workspace dedicated solely to #IM clients. They occupy 820 MB of memory, which is actually an improvement since the last time I checked.
But I still miss the days when all I needed was #Pidgin.
@mcepl yeah, I know: social.vivaldi.net/@sesivany/1…
Plus Signal has no web client and Matrix and Telegram don't have web clients of the same quality. Just with Slack there is feature and quality parity.
@usul yeah, a lot of people around me do it this way and it makes sense because you only have one web engine running and it saves memory, but I'm an old school desktop guy and if something has a desktop client I prefer it to web clients.
Já vím, můj ideální svět by samozřejmě vypadal více takhle, ale většina purple-{něco moderního} buď neexistuje nebo saje.
xkcd.com/1782/ se nám nějak vzdaluje.
The results of a 2 day hackathon (1 hour of demos!), an official Matrix server for the European Commission, and the Trust & Safety Working Group in Motion.
That and much more happened This Week In Matrix
matrix.org/blog/2025/09/12/thi…
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsThib (matrix.org)
Very cool. I hope this means that the @EUCommission will be setting an example.
ec.social-network.europa.eu/@E…
Attached: 1 image We have made Microsoft’s commitments on Teams legally binding under EU antitrust rules. Microsoft will unbundle Teams at lower prices, boost interoperability and data portability.European Commission on Mastodon
While we're talking about Albert Einstein and how people have tried to erase his 20+ year civil rights protest work from history:
The FBI didn't like MLK jr. They called him "the most dangerous negro." Because he was influential, brought people together, and was vocally against anti-Black racism.
The FBI file on MLK Jr was 240,000 pages long. They accused him of being a communist spy, because he said things like, "racism is bad," and "too much wealth inequality is bad for society."
The FBI had a file on Malcolm X too. 9,000 pages long. Same reason.
The FBI had a surveillance file on Albert Einstein too. 1,400 pages.🤷🏿♂️
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When Einstein was in NJ teaching at Princeton, a racist person wouldn't let Black Opera Singer Marian Anderson stay in their hotel. So Einstein said, "Stay with me."
Paul Robeson and other Black civil rights leaders wrote a letter condemning lynching. Einstein hand delivered it to President Truman.
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The FBI had 240,000 pages of surveillance reports on MLK Jr.
9,000 pages on Malcolm X.
1,400 pages on Albert Einstein.
Yes, they considered MLK Jr to be much more dangerous than Malcolm X. They literally called him "The Most Dangerous Negro."
Because what they fear most is the end of racism.
If you're curious, no Einstein and Paul Robeson were not successful in getting that anti-lynching legislation passed.
There have been at least 200 attempts to get that anti-lynching legislation passed in US history.
The US did eventually pass anti-lynching legislation... in 2022. 🤦🏿♂️
CBS is still reporting this, WSJ is pushing back now lol
You can't fit that shit on a bullet casing. It's not a tank shell lmao
These past two days have been incredibly hard for me.Taylor Arndt (Taylor’s Substack)
In light of the recent NPM compromise, I wanted to warn others who might receive similar messages. Immediately after publishing a new version of https://crates.io/crates/zerofs, I received the foll...GitHub
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Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.blog.rust-lang.org
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Friday.
The time is fast approaching when our living room will become a total and utter chaotic mess. The builder has confirmed a start date for the chimney removal.
I've just booked a Bulky waste collection from the council: one of our 2 sofas is in no condition to continue living, so they're taking it away next Friday.
It amused me greatly that I am now on step 6 of a 5-step process, with an accompanying progress bar at 120%. Obviously whoever designed the web interface didn't account for the thank you page post-booking.
Gotta love a fencepost problem.
Card provider was really slow, too. Made the flow feel like something from the 90's.
Nicely done, MHDC good to see our money being spent well.
I can't grumble really, they're very good as local authorities go.
with regards me telling y'all our local council were good at what they do, I got a phone call pretty much immediately after booking my bulky waste collection on Friday.
I had 'Somehow managed' to book a collection on a day of the week they don't collect. Nobody's ever done it before. 'Friday's are absolutely not an option in the calendar on the booking page'.
The issue is, of course, accessibility-related. The input type of a date that has native keyboard accessibility and the selectable calendar of dates they want you to choose (with a mouse, naturally), hold only the most tenuous of connections, and only one of them seems to be working in the reality they expect.
Hey ho.
There's an active phishing campaign happening against crates.io. rustfoundation.dev is not the foundation's or the project's domain. We're looking at our options for takedowns.
bsky.app/profile/burntsushi.ne…
github.com/rust-lang/crates.io…
In light of the recent NPM compromise, I wanted to warn others who might receive similar messages. Immediately after publishing a new version of https://crates.io/crates/zerofs, I received the foll...GitHub
Would it be a Matrix event without one of our State of The Union keynotes?
Don't miss your chance to come at the Matrix Conference and listen to our Guardian Matthew paint the picture of the Matrix landscape!
Come along to see the latest and greatest progress in the Matrix world! From huge government deployments to the latest innovations, hang out with your peers to share the best learning, insights, projects and tips!conference.matrix.org
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Schonmal von den #LUKI's gehört?
Sympatische Leute!
Sie treffen sich dieses WE im #Linux #Hotel
#LUKI25
Eindrücke vom verg. Jahr gibt's hier:
luki.org/2025/01/software-tech…
Wie wird es dieses Jahr @luki@kirche.social ?
Es ist eine illustre Gesellschaft, die sich am Abend des 20. September 2024 auf Schloss Herborn versammelt Nach und nach gewährt man an der Pforte Einlass: Einem konsequenten Softwareentwickler, der die Firma verlässt, weil man von FOSS in die Abhäng…LUKi e.V.
From now on, translate.mapcomplete.org supports logging in with #OpenStreetMap (with the source code repository as intermediate step).
This means one less account to manage!
Thanks to all the translators for providing translations. And of course, feel free to join the #translation effort to get #MapComplete into your language.
We're building smart glasses with accessibility at its core.Designed to make lives easier for people who rely on assistive tech.Pre-order the Ally Solos Glas...YouTube
Čo všetko sa stalo cez leto sme zhrnuli v prvom dieli novej sezóny, takže si pripravte popcorn, prípadne aj tabletku pod jazyk a môžeme ísť na to.Aktuality.sk
I'm still miffed the ADA URL parser people keep their biased and misleading performance comparison against curl on their front page.
Their parser is not 10 times faster than curl and yet their main graph makes it look like that.
WHATWG Compliant URL parser written with focus on compliance, performance and security across multiple platforms and languages.Ada URL
They don't seem to show the version of curl, at least I couldn't see it on that page.
But this brings up a more general point that I've thought about before: ideally benchmarks between implementations should be done by independent parties, or at least peer-reviewed by all parties, but that's quite rare. I've been wanting to have something like that for my backup implementation work, from time to time.
🚨 EN DIRECT : Les 10 ans d’Hypra 🚨
Venez célébrer avec nous ce moment unique ce vendredi entre 20H15 et 21H15 🎉
👉 Regardez le live ici : youtube.com/watch?v=6kyj9xHvKO… #Hypra #Live #Anniversaire
Made with Restream Studio. Livestream on 30+ platforms at once via https://restream.ioVous ne pouvez pas être présent à notre soirée anniversaire le 12 septe...YouTube
No! Not Nova Launcher!! Plus OnePlus's camera breakup and the latest hardware from Samsung and the Material 3 Expressive arrival in Android 16 QPR1 and much more in our latest episode. #android
androidfaithful.com/episode/wh…
It's a drama filled week in the world of Android from the fall of the beloved Nova Launcher to OnePlus's camera break up along with new hardware from Samsung.Ron Richards (Android Faithful)
We're trying to enjoy a quieter week in the world of Android but man, the drama doesn't stop and neither does the rollout of new devices. Luckily Huyen Tue D...YouTube
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i really need to go tap the "stop offering solutions before understanding what it means that most maintainers are hobbyists" once again.
"We can pay them a speaking fee for a zoom call". Sure. When in my schedule.
Just. Sighs
yeah. Plus it eats into the time. Just.
People feel so clever when they ignore the perspective of the other side
omg the "if maintainers were more professional and created corporate ways for us to pay them we would" shits me to tears.
Now they want to put the administrative burden of funding open source onto the maintainers instead of working that out for themselves.
We did it: DE 🇩🇪 LU 🇱🇺 & SK 🇸🇰 just decided to oppose Chat Control! 🥳
Thanks everyone for your help and keep fighting the good fight. 🫶
Chat Control will not get a majority - at least not today.
More on why it is the most criticized law of all times: tuta.com/blog/chat-control-cri…
The EU Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse, first published in May 2022, has become the "most criticized law of all time". Here's how to stop it now!Tuta
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"Closing Medley (Live at San Quentin, 1969)" by Johnny CashListen to Johnny Cash: https://JohnnyCash.lnk.to/listenYDSubscribe to the official Johnny Cash You...YouTube
Tohle byste si také měli přečíst, proto to odemykám 🔑 — HN — Ruské útočné drony? Starejte se o cenu rohlíků! České volby se stávají variací na scénu z Čapkovy Války s mloky (Petr Honzejk).
Takže běžte k volbám a volte kohokoliv smysluplného — kromě obou koalic Jednotného Ruska (té komunistické i fašistické).
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Ve slavné závěrečné scéně z Čapkova románu Válka s mloky se pan Povondra doptává syna na břehu Vltavy, jestli je něco nového. „Ani ne, jen v novinách píší, že mloci jsou už u Drážďan,“ odpovídá syn.Petr Honzejk (Economia, a.s.)
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Mastodon's bizarre overly complex quote post implementation is so bogus there should be an organized campaign against it called Quote Control
RT: mastodon.social/users/Mastodon…
Today, we’re ready to show you the upcoming quote posts feature in more detail. We’ve put together a blog post with examples of how quote posts will work on Mastodon, ahead of early access on our own servers next week 💬 Full launch to come, in Mastodon v4.5blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/…
Introducing quote posts
Over the years, we’ve learned just how essential quoting is to many of you. Here's a deep dive on how quote posts will work on Mastodon.Mastodon Blog
How is this different from Rebecca Black's Friday. but Romanian
David Guetta, OneRepublic 『I Don't Wanna Wait』
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For #Somerville, Massachusetts residents, the DSA voting guide has some useful information for the current election: docs.google.com/document/d/1H5…
#elections #MAPoli #MAPol #USPol
Somerville Preliminary Election 2025 Somerville Voter Guide by Boston DSA Somerville has a preliminary election on September 16 and a municipal election on November 4. The registration deadline to vote in the prelims is FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.Google Docs
A lawyer is suing Meta after Facebook banned his page for “impersonating” Mark Zuckerberg, even though it’s his real name.Kevin Okemwa (Windows Central)
So for Blind Android users, Google has released their AI Edge Galerry app. Can anyone confirm that it isn't accessible with TalkBack?
play.google.com/store/apps/det…
#accessibility #blind #google #android
Explore, Experience, and Evaluate the Future of On-Device Generative AIplay.google.com
Les lecteurs d’écran restituent-ils par défaut les textes en gras et en italique ?
Selon les tests menés par @juliemoynat, la réponse est non. C'est le style CSS qui est restitué et non la présence d'une balise (strong, em, b ou i).
Un paramétrage spécifique et complexe du lecteur d'écran est possible, mais la restitution peut être lourde.
Depuis fort fort longtemps, de nombreuses personnes relaient l’idée selon laquelle les lecteurs d’écran liraient plus fort les textes balisés via l’élément HTML strong, ou encore liraient différemment ou restitueraient la sémantique des éléments stro…Julie Moynat (La Lutine du Web)
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- Feedback loop with language binding developers
- No more automatic conversion inside the introspection layer
Rough seas ahead for PyGObject?
bindings will paper over any change when it comes to objects; for the rest: the API will change when it needs to change, just like it happens for every major new version. Some things may even get more Pythonic out of the box.
I don't think you have to worry about anything at the moment: this is an in-progress experiment, and we haven't even started working on GTK5, let alone GTK6. Plus, as I said: language bindings developers are engaged in this effort.
If you want to report bugs for the Renga #xmpp client, you can now log in to the bugtracker using your Jabber address. No need to create an account anymore!
If you want to see how it's done, see pulkomandy.tk/gerrit/plugins/g…
If you want to try it, go to pulkomandy.tk/projects/renga (and please do not create fake bug reports)
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