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Here's a collection of free-to-use short music for any kind of project imaginable. I've been working on this project for over 10 years on and off, and it's a labour of love.

Whether you're doing work for TV, Radio, Film, your next podcast, show reel, powerpoint presentation, youtube video or university assignment that requires something to intro or outro it, there should be something for you, and if not you directly, maybe someone you know.

This is not the final form. I add to it whenever I find inspiration to do so. Check back every so often as you may find more content was added when you weren't looking 🔇

Currently:
1210 items
766 MB download in mp3
over 9 hours of music.

Absolutely no AI was used (or harmed) in the making of this collection.

If you feel so inclined, please do boost for reach. Many thanks.
onj.me/shorts

Andre Louis - FreakyFwoof Shorts - AudioPlayer

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Been wanting to play with Jujutsu for a while, but its default log display with its console graphics and unicode glyphs is not as accessible as it could be.

Thankfully it's very configurable. I tweaked the default log templates to shorten change IDs to their minimal unique lengths, shortest 1, so changes can be identified by a single character in some cases. I also replaced the unicode graphics for the graph display with Graphviz so you see things like q -> py for commits with single parents or q -> {py, x} for children of merge commits with multiple parents. Now the log display looks like this, from jj's official repo with some empty changes I added to test:

q -> w nolan@thewordnerd.info 2025-12-09 09:00:18 5
(empty) New branch2
py -> w nolan@thewordnerd.info 2025-12-09 09:00:18 2
(empty) New branch1
@ w -> pt nolan@thewordnerd.info 2025-12-09 09:00:18 a88d
(empty) (no description set)
pt -> nwqx 45661989+xtqqczze@users.noreply.github.com 2025-12-08 18:58:53 main git_head() a88b
(immutable) docs: fix MD031 markdown lint

The jurry's still out as to whether I'll use this regularly--doesn't support LFS, submodules, or hooks yet--but I'm glad to have it. Been looking for things to post about on a relaunched blog so this may be the inaugural post.
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miki

I usually find it somewhat understandable, when I don't, I can usually figure out how to get what I want via some cursed revset query.

Worst case scenario, `jj help -k revsets | llm 'How do I...' does the job.

Your template is definitely something I could see myself using though. I thought about raising an issue with them and asking for a "screen reader mode" (this is really something terminals should do natively, but I've said that enough tinmes already).

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Employee of a client calls me, absolutely furious. She has just arrived at the office and her laptop will not connect to the wifi. Clearly this network is broken. I suggest a couple of tests, like checking whether the network shows up (it does not) and trying a cable connection (nothing happens). So I timidly suggest checking whether there is actually power in the office, since there is construction going on. Boom. No power. She then asks me where the switch is to turn it back on. I have no idea, of course. Their electrical system is not exactly my responsibility. She snaps at me, asks why they even pay me, and hangs up with enough force that I can almost feel it.

I grin, although slightly annoyed. Luckily the people who work with her are nothing like that.

Half an hour later she calls again, apologizing deeply for how she treated me. She tells me she had a very rough night and even shares the details. Nearly thirty minutes on the phone, venting. Out of respect I will not retell anything, but she really should have stayed home today. She deserved it. She just did not want to tell her managers because she feared they would think she only wanted a longer weekend after yesterday’s holiday.

But her managers are not fools, and they immediately sent her home to rest and take care of her loved ones.

Too often honest people like her pay the price for those who act sly or arrogant. It is not fair, but the smart ones can tell the difference. Not always, but quite often.

#Life #World #IT #Support #ITSupport #LifeSupport

#life #IT #support #world #itsupport #lifesupport

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I sell Libreboot, and Libreboot accessories.

minifree.org/product/libreboot…

FUN FACT: Today it's December 9th. I'm making sure that orders ship before December 15th where possible - any orders nearer then will likely ship between December 15-18th.

If you want yours before December 25th, best order before December 15th.

Libreboot (free software BIOS/UEFI replacement) pre-installed offering many security benefits, with Debian Linux. I'm Libreboot's lead developer and founder. Sales fund the project.


Minifree Ltd – Libreboot T480 with 4-core i5-8250u, Intel UHD 630 graphics, 32GB/64GB DDR4 RAM, Intel AX210 WiFi, 1TB/2TB NVMe SSD and Debian Linux

Minifree Ltd – Libreboot T480 with 4-core i5-8250u, Intel UHD 630 graphics, 32GB/64GB DDR4 RAM, Intel AX210 WiFi, 1TB/2TB NVMe SSD and Debian Linux

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🏆Bundespreis Ecodesign 2025

Yippie! Mit dem SHIFTphone 8 erhalten wir die höchste Auszeichnung für ökologisches Design.😍

shift.eco/bundespreis-ecodesig…

Die Jury würdigte unseren Beitrag zu echter Kreislaufwirtschaft – und ihr seid ein riesiger Teil davon. Gemeinsam verändern wir Technologie!💚

Fotocredit: Susanne Kühnapfel IDZ

#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #ecodesign #bundespreisecodesign


SHIFTphone 8 mit Bundespreis Ecodesign ausgzeichnet

Das SHIFTphone 8 ist mit dem Bundespreis Ecodesign ausgezeichnet wurden und gewinnt den Fokus Open Gold Award
Leon von Zepelin (SHIFT GmbH)
#ecodesign #shifthappens #shiftphone #shift #shiftphone8 #bundespreisecodesign

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Linkwarden má konečně oficiální mobilní aplikaci! 📱

✨ Co umí:
• Procházení a organizace odkazů (kolekce, tagy)
• Ukládání přes share sheet přímo z prohlížeče
• Offline čtení cachovaných článků
• Funguje s naší instancí link.oscloud.cz
• Podporuje iOS/Android telefony i tablety

📲 Stáhnout:
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/linkwarden/…
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det…

🔧 Nastavení:
1. Stáhni aplikaci
2. Při prvním spuštění zadej: link.oscloud.cz
3. Přihlaš se pomocí tokenu (návod brzy na Oscloud)
linkwarden.app/blog/releases/m…
#Linkwarden #OpenSource #SelfHosted #Oscloud


Linkwarden App - App Store

Download Linkwarden by Linkwarden on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Linkwarden.
App Store
#opensource #selfhosted #oscloud #linkwarden

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ICEBlock Creator Sues U.S. Government Over App’s Removal 404media.co/iceblock-creator-s…

ICEBlock Creator Sues U.S. Government Over App’s Removal

The Department of Justice demanded Apple remove ICEBlock, which reports sightings of ICE officials, from its App Store. Now the creator is suing, saying the demand violated his First Amendment rights.
Joseph Cox (404 Media)

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Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/…

The world needs social sovereignty

The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.
Mastodon Blog
#digitalsovereignty

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If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.

Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: commission.europa.eu/about/con…
#USA: usa.gov/elected-officials


Representations in Member States | European Commission

Commission representations perform various functions such as liaising with local authorities and media, organising official visits, and providing political information and analysis.
European Commission
#fediverse #hashtag #EU #USA #itstimetoabolishx

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⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

The #curl repo on GitHub surpassed 40K stars: github.com/curl/curl

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GitHub - curl/curl: A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, T

A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP...
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#curl

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I would like to propose SOSS: Sponsored Open Source Software.

If your company uses OSS, you sponsor the project $100/year.

Not per seat, or per team, just $100/year, all in.

- 30 developers using Ghostty? $100
- 300,000 engineers using tmux? $100, total

You audit the OSS you use (OSS tools for this would quickly emerge, $100, thank you). You set up a bunch of annual $100 sponsorships. Everyone wins.

This guarantees the longevity of that tiny piece of code propping up your bank.

#SOSS

#soss

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It's so depressing how orgs like #Mozilla squander volunteer goodwill for nothing. They'll never recover from this self-inflicted damage:

«Mozilla’s translation bot on Support Mozilla (that is currently overwriting user contributions is based on the closed source, copyright infringing LLM, Google Gemini. This is in spite of Mozilla claiming that they are at the forefront of open source AI, and belies their exhortations to choose to build open source AI and data sets»

quippd.com/writing/2025/12/08/…


Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla

TL;DR: Mozilla’s translation bot on Support Mozilla (that is currently overwriting user contributions is based on the closed source, copyright infringing LLM, Google Gemini.
Youssuff Quips
#mozilla

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RE: mathstodon.xyz/@antoinechamber…

Is the age of arXiv over? They've been making hostile-to-scientists changes for a while now, let me list a few:

+ (Here) Enforcing English submissions, when science is international and many cultures have traditions of serious work in their own language. By allowing auto-translation, they are advocating for *slop* over carefully written non-English work.

+ Moving to an enshittified cloud architecture and ending arXiv mirroring (something that many institutions were happy to contribute to).

+ Subjecting scientific papers to a buggy and mostly non-working LaTeX->HTML conversion process that leads readers to click the HTML version, which is in nearly all cases of mathematical papers totally broken and full of errors. (It seems that they are now doing a better job of skipping this for papers where there is no hope, to be fair.) Let me be clear: translating LaTeX to HTML will always be a non-starter, even if you have a billion-LOC Perl program that claims to do it. You cannot translate a programming language to a markup language, period.

+ Subjecting established academics (e.g. associate professors) to outrageous submission-holds, requiring us to get endorsed by our own students, etc...

The only thing missing is “arXiv AI” — which I am sure is coming soon, as it seems the “AI Transformation” comes for all public goods...

Combine this with the shaky funding situation in the US, I am thinking it would be good to imagine a future without arXiv. And I am not talking about an arXiv replacement...

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The new @arXiv policy is to impose an English version for all papers. They acknowledge: “We realize that many arXiv submitters may not have access to professional translation services; non-English paper versions that use automated translation are ac…
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Because age verification is really just there to:

- suppress queer information
- restrict abortion access
- gatekeep sexual education
- slurp up more personal data for marketing

"But think of the children!"

Maybe we should think about the corporations that prey on their attention-spans and self-esteem instead.

Sign stuff here:
stoponlineidchecks.org

Info on how to help here:
docs.fightforthefuture.org/s/6…

#CallToAction #Activism #InternetSafety


ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET

Fight for the Future
#activism #internetsafety #calltoaction

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Today in Email Hegemony.

Here are the 2025 top ten domains from orders placed on the @dnalounge store. Remember this the next time someone uses email as an example of a federation success story.

73.0% gmail.com
8.5% yahoo.com
7.1% icloud.com
2.6% hotmail.com
0.7% outlook.com
0.6% aol.com
0.5% comcast.net
0.5% me.com
0.4% sbcglobal.net
0.3% live.com
5.8% everything else

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jwz: Today in Email Hegemony

Here are the 2025 top ten domains from orders placed on the DNA Lounge store. Remember this the next time someone uses email as an example of a federation success story. 73.0% gmail.com. 8.5% yahoo.com. 7.1% icloud.com. 2.6% hotmail.com. 0.
jwz.org
@DNA Lounge
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»Jürgen Resch, Bundesgeschäftsführer der DUH, verlangt mehr konsequente Kontrollen, Bußgelder und sofortiges Abschleppen der Falschparker: „Solange die Städte ihrer Aufgabe nicht nachkommen, rufen wir alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger auf, Verstöße zu dokumentieren und zur Anzeige zu bringen.“«

Quelle: rnd.de/wirtschaft/illegales-ge…


Illegales Gehweg-Parken bleibt Problem: VCD fordert Kommunen zum Handeln auf

Der Verkehrsclub VCD hat deutschlandweit dazu aufgerufen, zugeparkte Gehwege zu melden. Das Ergebnis zeigt: Vier von fünf Autos parken dort illegal.
Andrea Barthélémy (RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland)

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Addressing Linux’s Missing PKI Infrastructure

"we’re starting the development of upki: a universal PKI tool. This project initially aims to close the revocation gap through the combination of a new system utility and eventual library support for common TLS/SSL libraries such as OpenSSL, GnuTLS and rustls"

discourse.ubuntu.com/t/address…


Addressing Linux's Missing PKI Infrastructure

Earlier this year, LWN featured an excellent article titled “Linux’s missing CRL infrastructure”. The article highlighted a number of key issues surrounding traditional Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), but critically noted how even the available meas…
Ubuntu Community Hub

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Today's Web Design Update: groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/…

Featuring @michaelharshbarger, @aardrian, @SteveFaulkner, @deconspray, @mgifford , @sarajw, @matuzo, @j9t, @mehm8128, @Jayhoffmann, @Meyerweb, @bkardell, @adactio, @slightlyoff, and more.

Subscribe info: d.umn.edu/itss/training/online…

#Accessibility #A11y #WebDesign

Web Design References: Webdev Newsletter

Web Design References: News and info about web design and development. The site advocates accessibility, usability, web standards and many related topics.
www.d.umn.edu
#a11y #Accessibility #webdesign @Adrian Roselli, pH0 @bkardell @Mike Gifford, CPWA @Alex Russell @Jeremy Keith @Eric A. Meyer @Steve Faulkner @Manuel Matuzović @Jens Oliver Meiert 🇺🇳 🇵🇸 @Sara Joy @Jay Hoffmann @deconspray @Michael Harshbarger @mehm8128
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Dec 7 had the earliest sunset of the year, even though the shortest day is on Dec 21.

This is because solar noon does not occur at clock time 12:00 p.m. Because of orbital eccentricity and axis inclination, it occurs earlier or later according to the Equation of Time.

E.g., for Philadelphia –
Dec 7: Sunrise 7:09 – Sunset 4:35 (9:26h), Solar noon 11:52
Dec 21: 7:18 – 4:38 (9:20h), 6m shorter, Solar noon 11:58, shifted by 6m
Sunset Dec 21 = 4:38 = 4:35 – 0:03 + 0:06
🌅
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation…

Graph showing how many minutes the clock is ahead (+) or behind (−) the apparent sun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_time https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/philadelphia

apparent solar time minus mean solar time

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Remember the AIxCC competition? After lots of research and triaging, the conclusion has landed: not a single *real* problem was found in #curl.

My previous write-up on the rather lame injected problems they found:

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10/22…


AIxCC curl details

At the AIxCC competition at DEF CON 33 earlier this year, teams competed against each other to find vulnerabilities in provided Open Source projects by using (their own) AI powered tools.
daniel.haxx.se
#curl

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Will you be there? #bruxconference2026 #fosdem #fosdem26

Brux Conference 2026 - Rebuilding Europe's Sovereignty

bruxconference2026.com/?

Brux Conference 2026 - Rebuilding Europe's Sovereignty

After “The Perfect Storm” (last year’s theme), it is now time to REBUILD Europe - January 28th 2026, Steigenberger Wiltcher’s Hotel, Brussels.
Brux Conference 2026
#fosdem #fosdem26 #bruxconference2026

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Je o mně známo, že bytostně nesnáším lháře, křiváky, komunisty, StBáky a vůbec jakékoliv šmejdy.
A dnes se podruhé v mém dosavadním životě stává premiérem tohoto státu jedna z nejodpornějších postav podnikání a politiky. Spolu s dalšími přisluhovači a mafiány povede také jednu z nejhorších polistopadových vlád.
Když jsem se koncem roku 1989 na chvíli jako mladý "revolucionář" zapojil do demokratizačního procesu v naší okresní vesnici, neměl jsem tenkrát samozřejmě tušení, že za plus třicet let se do různých pozic politiky opět dostanou lidé bez morálky.

Inu, skutečná demokracie jest křehká květina. Pečovat o ni se musí v pravdě a lásce. Doufejme tedy, že těch pár let strádání přežije a v mezičase vyrostou nové mladé výhonky, které do politiky vrátí slušnost, poctivost a řád.

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Tak Babiš už je premiér. Tuším, že až dnes cestou domů překročím státní hranice, bude v ČR všechno krásné a svěží. Hned na první benzínce poteče nafta proudem a šťastní důchodci na mě budou mávat šťanglí uheráku. Cesta do Německa bude ucpaná ‚migranty‘ a svítit se bude všude klidně i přes den — elektřina přece bude tak levná.

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Deutsche Bahn zwingt mich, mein Login-Passwort zu ändern: Es hat 24 Zeichen, ist zufällig, beinhaltet Groß-/Kleinbuchstaben und Zahlen und hat eine Entropie über 110 Bit. Aber weil kein Sonderzeichen drin ist, gilt es als unsicher. Sicherheitsrichtlinien von 2005 lassen grüßen. 🙄

/kuk

#bahn #db #security #sicherheit #passwort #fail

#security #fail #sicherheit #bahn #db #passwort
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Uwe Brinkhoff

Im single user modus hilft nur eine Internetrecherche zum Tastatur-Layout auf einem anderen Gerät oder wie in alten Zeiten ein in Blick in das Handbuch mit den Tastatur-Layouts.
Glücklich wer dies im Regal stehen hat. 😀 IBM hat dies als Handbuch bei OS/2 Warp 4 mitgeliefert für die damals gebräuchlichen 101 bzw. 102 Tasten. Daraus die wichtigste Seite:
Drei Tastatur-Abbildungen: USA (103) USA (Dvorak) (103d) USA (International) (103i)
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Oh, Warp 4 – those were the days! (we're getting old, yeah…) Meine letzte war allerdings 4.5.2 🙈

Sagen wir mal so: "not everything that is _doable_ is also _feasible_ 😉 Nicht jeder hat so ein Buch im Regal – und nicht immer ist ein "Zweitcomputer" zur Hand (ja ja, Smartphone etc) – aber ehrlich, warum sich das Leben unnötig schwer machen? Dafür haben wir doch Politiker & Gouvernance 🙊 💨

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