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Black Friday is the perfect day to support independent news sites and journalists with clicks and/or cash. 💰

Here are some who are active in the fediverse. Tell us in the comments if there are any we've missed.

404 Meda, @404mediaco

Bolts, @bolts

Brian Krebs, @briankrebs

Brian Merchant, @brianmerchant

Casey Newton, @caseynewton

Cory Doctorow, @pluralistic


Joan Westenberg , @Daojoan

Gareth Halfacree, @ghalfacree


GBH News, @gbhnews

Kim Zetter, @kimzetter


Knowable Magazine @KnowableMag

LWN.net, @lwn

Molly White, @molly0xfff


ProPublica, @ProPublica

Rest of World, @restofworld

San Francisco Public Press, @SFPublicPress

Steve Herman, @w7voa

The Texas Observer, @TexasObserver

The Continent, @thecontinent

The Conversation, @TheConversationUS

The New York Review of Books, @nybooks

The Transmitter, @thetransmitter

The Tyee, @thetyee

The Xylom, @thexylom


The Tucson Sentinel, @TucsonSentinel

Tim Mak/The Counteroffensive, @timkmak

#Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #News #BlackFriday #Media #Journalism #FollowFriday

#News #journalism #followfriday #media #blackfriday #Newstodon #newstodonfriday @Cory Doctorow @Casey Newton @Gareth Halfacree @Molly White @Tucson Sentinel @BrianKrebs @ProPublica @Texas Observer @gbhnews @Kim Zetter @The Conversation U.S. @Rest of World @Tim Mak @Steve Herman @BoltsMag.org @The New York Review of Books @Brian Merchant @The Tyee @The Xylom @Knowable Magazine @JA Westenberg @The Continent @SFPublicPress @404 Media @The Transmitter @LWN.net
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Just went down the rabbit hole of Japanese train departure melodies, where most stations got unique tunes to announce when a train is leaving, often themed around the area they were in. And then I went down the much sadder rabbit hole of finding out this year JR East, one of the companies running the network has started phasing them out for standardised, line-specific and more generic melodies, maybe due to equipment changes (because now the driver is responsible for pressing the button to play them which is now located in the cab instead of outside where it used to be pressed by a conductor), maybe due to expiring copyrights, or some people claim due to people getting in the way pointing their selphiesticked phones to record them. Apparently minimalism doesn't extend to just visual logos anymore. :( Anyway here's a good video in English that explains the concept. The whole channel is worth a sub if you love to also hear about things like the Wilhelm scream and its lesser-known brother or the origins of the Playstation startup sound. youtube.com/watch?v=-KxQIEhsFQ…

The fascinating world of Japanese train melodies

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Un señor en su casa descubre que una empresa llamada Pinturas Rosell se ha llevado 3,4 millones en 1.182 contratos menores de Ayuso.

Funcionarios. Oposición política. Interventores. Observatorios de lucha contra la corrupción. Tribunal de cuentas. Fiscalía de Madriz. Medios de comunicación.

Todos cobrando al final de cada mes por buscar y denunciar corrupción.
Y un tío con un portátil y un par de tardes libres hace mejor su trabajo.

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Pregunta seria.
Todos sabemos qué marca la tradición editorial. Textos justificados, letra con serifa, separación silábica, evitar líneas vírgenes y huérfanas, etc.
Cuando he escrito mis trabajos y mis apuntes para clase he respetado esa tradición.
Sin embargo, yo soy profesor de lengua, no editor de textos. Y cada vez que leo algo específico sobre accesibilidad, lo que leo es que evite todo eso. Al final atiendo a alumnado de muy diversa índole y me interesa que mis materiales propios sean adecuados para todos.
Las tipografías sin serifas son más fáciles de leer. Los textos, justificados a la izquierda. Nada de separación silábica.
No he leído ningún informe técnico o divulgación científica al respecto (tampoco he buscado mucho), pero este es un tema que me sorprende bastante. ¿Estoy en lo correcto? ¿Conocéis bibliografía específica sobre el tema?

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If you’re already supporting GNOME—whether as a long-time donor or a brand new friend—share a post this week with #FriendsOfGNOME to tell the world why! We love to hear, respond to, and boost your stories.

If you’re not supporting GNOME yet, now is your chance: head to donate.gnome.org to join, and help us reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME by the end of the year.

#GNOME #GivingTuesday

#gnome #GivingTuesday #friendsofgnome

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Unix - BSD developers : this code should run and be maintained as long as computers exist.

Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work

Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract.

Enterprise grade B2B software : this code should run till the end of the demonstration to that big customer.

Vibe coding : You are perfectly right. The code doesn’t run. Try this one. You are right, it deleted your hard disk, I’m sorry.

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There seems to be some excitement about Code Factory bringing Eloquence back to Android as a 64-bit app. As someone who doesn't use Android and doesn't have any particular love for Eloquence, I'm out of the loop. I thought everyone hated Code Factory for how they've handled voice demos and existing Eloquence customers in the past? Do I have that wrong, or is this such a big deal that all will be forgiven? No judgement either way. I'm just not sure what the deal is.
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Tamas G

it's one of those things where I think they're the only stewarts of the Eloquence engine left alive out there, so people accept it. I'm not that excited, if I can get the beta I get the beta, but the sub fee is where I'm out on it. With how little I use Android phones, mainly for testing at work, it's so so not worthwhile. I also doubt it's true 64-bit. Unless they're in such close partnership with Cerence that they get that decompiled, there ain't no way, I'm thinking more like a wrapper library that's translating calls directly inside the process, sort of like what chinese phones are doing to get around the lack of aArch32 on modern ARM chips.
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Winter blue tardis

Noo, this is no good. Depression sucks indeed. I'm sorry you feel that way, and I do understand depression way too well. I hope the day gets better for you, we can't have you depressed all day now, can we? Here to be a listener if you need to talk to someone, and I'm pretty sure others are here as well: you will get through this, I know it. ,
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🌱🏴‍🅰️🏳️‍⚧️🐧📎 Ambiyelp

It doesn't have quantum resistant encryption, SimpleX and Signal do, SimpleX is also decentralised with multi-profile, no private data for registration and available on linux android windows and macos

Quantum resistance is important now because of an attack vector called Store Now Decrypt Later >
youtube.com/watch?v=-UrdExQW0c…


What makes quantum computers SO powerful?

A quantum computer in the next decade could crack the encryption our society relies on using Shor's Algorithm. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to st...
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> Quantum resistance is important now because of an attack vector called Store Now Decrypt Later

that would apply in a centralized server with access to all messages, but with #DeltaChat you can use a trusted server or your own server and then the attacker can't "store now" because communication between you and your delta chat server is already encrypted with quantum-resistant encryption

#deltachat @🌱🏴‍🅰️🏳️‍⚧️🐧📎 Ambiyelp
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@ambiguous_yelp

> SimpleX is also decentralised with multi-profile

but it doesn't have proper multi-device support besides the UI is pretty bad, not user friendly, not on the level of mainstream apps like #WhatsApp or #Telegram, see this #SimpleX screenshot for example

#whatsapp #telegram #simplex @🌱🏴‍🅰️🏳️‍⚧️🐧📎 Ambiyelp
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🌱🏴‍🅰️🏳️‍⚧️🐧📎 Ambiyelp

Custom backgrounds are far from an essential feature and anyway its not like the main messages are unreadable, this is easily fixed anyway I doubt it will be like that for much longer

Multi device support is a harder problem, but simplex still tackles it better than protocols with similar threat models like briar messenger or cwtch messenger for which there is essentially no multi device support, (and with briar not even a migration feature not sure abotu cwtch yet)

You alluded to simplex's Linked Mobiles feature have you tried it? it is surprisingly easy to use you just scan a qr code and after at most a couple of seconds you can use the same profile on a different device

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🌱🏴‍🅰️🏳️‍⚧️🐧📎 Ambiyelp

It has gotten a lot more usable in the past 2y, the UI used to be a lot harder to navigate and you couldnt even trust it to reliably send messages its definitely a growing userbase amongst hardcore privacy enthusiasts and I expect it to get more polished

Also I don't think you give people enough credit I've got a lot of my friends both online and irl to message me there and no one has complained about the UI before obv you know your mom but I suppose it comes down to how much she cares abotu privacy and anonymity, imo motivation matters more than making tech solutions more pallatable to people who realistically dont care about the same things we do, but privacy and anonymity is a pillar of democracy and a last line of defence against fascism so everyone should care about it if they understood

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@piero nah you're good, I'm just agitated that nobody seems to see how terrible this experience is.

I'd be happy if simply disabling the wlan0 interface worked, but it doesn't. It wipes /etc/resolv.conf but leaves wlan0 as the default route interface which makes no sense because the interface is down and ue0 is up on the same network.

(sorry this reply got stuck in draft state)

@Piotr Smyrak

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Most presenters lose a significant amount of their audience 10 seconds into their lecture, because they play it safe. Not this one. The question is, what is real #music and is AI ruining it?
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Is AI Ruining Music? | Dustin Ballard | TED

What makes music “real” — is it the instruments, the voice, the creator’s intention or something else entirely? Dustin Ballard, the creative force behind the...
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Des rayons vidés : le magasin U Express rue du 22 novembre conteste une interdiction de vente d’alcool.
Remarque :
Depuis qu'il n'en vend plus, la rue est tranquille. Les alcooliques sont allés devant un autre magasin plus loin. #strasbourg
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Strasbourg. Des rayons vidés : le magasin U Express conteste une interdiction de vente d’alcool

Sous le coup d’un arrêté préfectoral, le supermarché U Express de la Grand’rue à Strasbourg a dû retirer toutes les boissons alcoolisées de ses rayons.
Geneviève Lecointre (Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace)
#strasbourg

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I'm mad the Bitcoin price is going back up because the bank has been making it hell for me to buy lots of Bitcoin this last week.

They cancelled a wire transfer I scheduled because I didn't answer their phone calls. Said it was the first time I've done a wire transfer and needed to speak to me first.

But that's not true. I did a huge wire transfer in 2021. They should know this.

And then they're throttling my ACH transfers, even to another bank where they verified I own that account.

I hate banks. They are not your friend. They never will be. Long live crypto.

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If you're reasonably wealthy or poor enough, healthcare costs are not a concern. Be poor. Have a baby. Never see a bill. Thanks Medicaid!

Be middle class. Have a baby. Your finances are now fucked hard.

This guy is right that they're taxing it out of existence... FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.

Poor people will still have babies and not think twice about it. The hospital is not going to turn away a mother, deny her prenatal care, make her have her baby in the streets -- yet. Once that starts happening people will really start caring I think. But for now, poor people often get some of the best healthcare in the country. But only if they're a specific kind of poor and in rather narrow circumstances.

The healthcare market is taxing reproduction out of existence.

aaronstannard.com/40k-baby/


Why Am I Paying $40,000 for the Birth of My Child?

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Network inclined folks: I’m having a weird issue: only connections to Microsoft domains are degraded for me, other domains work fast and fine.

But I can’t even ping Microsoft on ipv4 and ipv6 works but it is slow.

Where could the issue be? Traceroute gets to msn.net before timing out?

As you can imagine this is particularly causing me hardship because of where I work

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> As a result, Claude will ignore the contents of your CLAUDE.md if it decides that it is not relevant to its current task. The more information you have in the file that's not universally applicable to the tasks you have it working on, the more likely it is that Claude will ignore your instructions in the file.

Great, LLMs have the attention span of Gen Z.

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Learn about Claude Code, Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal and helps you turn ideas into code faster than ever before.
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