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All Library Grants Previously Canceled by Federal Agency Restored - I Love Libraries ilovelibraries.org/article/all…

All Library Grants Previously Canceled by Federal Agency Restored - I Love Libraries

Following a decision in federal court, the Institute of Museum and Library Services announced it had reinstated all of the grants it had previously terminated.
Chase Ollis (I Love Libraries)

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More than a year has passed since my last update on Lollypop. I’ve finally updated the code so it now builds with the latest gtk-rs, but I’m still uncertain about the current UI direction.

I’d really appreciate your feedback:

- Should I keep the navigation stack as it is in the current version of Lollypop?

- Is the new sidebar layout working for you?

- What do you currently dislike in Lollypop’s interface or behavior?

- What do you enjoy and think should stay?

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Screenshot of Lollypop2 current state

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The replies in this thread are so heartwarming. I love seeing that @gnome solves real people’s problems in their everyday life.

I love that it’s more than a project for computer enthusiasts. It has a massive positive impact on people’s lives.

floss.social/@gnome/1156568410…

GNOME

2025-12-03 17:35:41

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Since we’re gonna be around all day to read, respond, and boost stuff on the fediverse… what are YOUR favorite things about GNOME? 👀

#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux


@GNOME
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RE: floss.social/@gnome/1156504884…

Tak jsem se také přidal. Zrušil jsem předplatné dvou streamovacích služeb, které stejně skoro vůbec nevyužívám, a místo toho jsem se skamarádil s GNOME.

#Friendsofgnome #GNOME

GNOME

2025-12-02 14:40:08

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We’re launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME. And we need your help!

blogs.gnome.org/foundation/202…

This week we’ll also be sharing and celebrating accomplishments of GNOME over the past year here on the fediverse; be sure to follow #FriendsOfGNOME!

Finally, if you’re already a Friend of GNOME or join this month, please join us in posting with #FriendsOfGNOME as well so that we can thank you. 😊

#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #GivingTuesday



Join Friends of GNOME

This post was contributed by the Fundraising Committee from the GNOME Foundation. This week we are launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME...
mariamaj (GNOME Foundation)

#gnome #friendsofgnome

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Is it cool that Linus Torvalds uses Fedora Linux? Yes!

But the really cool thing is to use the Linux distro that works best for you. :)

Having Linux get covered on LTT is such a big win for the open source community as more techies realize there is another way!

➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbN…

But it is pretty neat tho what Linus uses 😎

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource


Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds

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#linux #opensource #fedora

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PLEASE Stop using Spotify. Use literally anything but Spotify.

Sensitive content

#spotify #SpotifyWrapped
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Zoom has recently announced the LiveTrak L12 Next, an upgraded version of their 12-channel digital mixer and recorder.

No, it doesn't talk like all the new Zoom recorders do, and, to be fair, I wouldn't want it to unless it doesn't interrupt audio in progress, which is currently the case with the Essential and Studio devices, and could be routed to specific outputs. You obviously wouldn't want accessibility stuff going out over your PA during a live gig or whatever, but having a fully accessible digital console straight out of the box sure would be neat.

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The conventional wisdom says that if you want to sell software the Mac is the best platform because Mac users would be willing to pay a premium for a well-designed application. Linux would be the worst platform because most Linux would rather tolerate a poorly designed free application than pay for a well designed app.

Is this true?

  • I use Linux and I have paid for applications. (63%, 12 votes)
  • I use Linux and I would pay for a “good” app. (21%, 4 votes)
  • I use Linux and I would never pay for an app. (15%, 3 votes)
19 voters. Poll end: 3 weeks ago

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Working on the OS 8.1 release post. This is generally my outline so far:

# Following through on OS 8 release goals
* Secure Session. Privacy and Consent
* New Dock, Multitasking
* Inclusive Design

# Addressing Feedback
* 1,100+ issues fixed. 72% bugs, 18% features, 10% tasks tech debt etc
* Visual updates. New icons. Blur
* Features that don’t fit elsewhere

# Improving Support for Your Devices
* Kernel updates
* HiDPI and Multimonitor
* Touchscreen
* Misc other hardware stuff like bluetooth

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Here’s a couple of new free iOS apps using AI to assist us blind folks with navigating.

Orinav - apps.apple.com/gb/app/orinav/i…
Navis - apps.apple.com/gb/app/navis/id…

We are going to try these out. Let us know if you try them too and what you think.


Navis App - App Store

Download Navis by TouchPulse Technologies on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Navis.
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Well that pisses me off. I had a VM I booted up on a test VLAN, but I couldn't ping the VM.

Connect to VM console, can't ping the gateway/firewall.

WTF is going on?

Check switch, check firewall, everything is good; my config has not been tampered with.

Fire up a FreeBSD jail on the same VLAN, it gets DHCP and works.

Go back to VM console and ping the gateway, it works.

Now I can access the HTTP server on that test VM

WHATTTTTTTTTTT

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A short tale from way back when I worked at Apple: My team had a lot of lunchtime meetings and they usually got pizza to feed us lunch while we worked. There were two of us on the team who were vegetarian, so they'd order six or eight pizzas for the team and all of them would have meat except for the one meatless pizza they had for just the two of us. But everyone likes vegetarian pizza, so people would get in line, take what looked good which included the veggie pizza, and by the time I got to the veggie pizza it would be gone and I'd have no lunch (and the other vegetarian had the same problem, of course). They tried to get the non-vegetarian people to stop eating the veggie pizza, then tried to hide it so only we veggies could get it, but nothing worked. So I suggested they order four kinds of vegetarian pizzas and a couple pizzas with meat, and that worked out great and there was much rejoicing.

This is a post about gatekeeping disability accommodations.

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The following bug fix is now in the latest version of Slack for iOS.

• Apple VoiceOver was not able to select buttons anywhere in Slack outside of threads. Like your favorite cardigan, buttons and threads will, at times,
be in need of repair. Here's a cozy thought: This bug has been all sewn up and tied off.
apps.apple.com/us/app/slack/id…


Slack App - App Store

Download Slack by Slack Technologies, Inc. on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Slack.
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Five years ago Twitter was still just Twitter, and on this particular day in 2020 I was locked out *again* from my account. Fun times.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2020/12/03…

This incident was later explained to me as a user error by Twitter admins! Some details here: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2020/12/15…


Twitter lockout, again

Status: 00:27 in the morning of December 4 my account was restored again. No words or explanations on how it happened - yet.
daniel.haxx.se

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I've seen a few people put content warnings on their "looking for work" posts.

I recommend you DON'T do this. Not everyone who comes across your post will bother to expand it. Worse, content warnings prevent your post from appearing in Trending lists, limiting your reach.

I'm not sure what purpose a CW would even serve here—if someone finds the fact that you're looking for work offensive or traumatizing, that's a them problem, not a you problem.

#FediHired #GetFediHired #FediTips

#FediTips #fedihired #getfedihired

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NVDA has the addition of magnification on their roadmap. I feel like that should be a separate project. Still under NV Access, still sharing some of the code base, and made to work with NVDA, but separate. I don't need and can't use magnification, so I don't love the idea of the download getting bigger to house those features and the startup slowing down as NVDA does visual things that are of no use to me. Am I wrong? No really, I'm asking. nvaccess.org/post/nvda-roadmap…

NV Access | NVDA Roadmap

www.nvaccess.org

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Zach Bennoui

@Scott @prism Yeah I see why some might think it shouldn't be included by default, but there's a very easy solution for this. Have a prompt at the start of screen, asking if you need magnification, if so, download whatever relevant modules are needed and go from there. Does not have to be complicated, and everyone gets what they want. Personally I don't really have much of a problem with it being built-in as long as screen reader performance is still good.
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Alex Hall

@ZBennoui @Scott @prism Think of it like changing how easy it is to feel the lines on tactile graphics. Have you ever felt an image with thin lines, all close together and jumbled? It was hard to track the lines, the image didn't make sense, and it was easy to lose track of what was going on because the lines were too thin or faint. Now give that same tactile image proper lines and more room to breathe. It's much easier to feel.
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Dean Martineau

@ZBennoui @Scott @prism It also gives ability to allow for different forms of low vision. Do you do best with dark text on light background, or the reverse? It allows the user to focus on the part of the screen where the action is, maybe magnify it more or change other attributes. People with normal vision make adjustments automatically, but in that continuum where vision is deteriorating, until the point where it isn't helpful any more, magnification software fills in. this from a totally blind guy.
@Scott @Zach Bennoui @Drew Mochak
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