Over the weekend I got Pi-hole up and running (first time user), and it sure is eye-opening seeing what your devices are up to.
The screenshot that's all red, for example, is my Samsung smart TV, which is constantly talking to Netflix (and other domains, even when using my PC and not interacting with the "smart hub".) I haven't opened the Netflix app in at least two weeks.
The other one all in green (allowed for now), is my Echo Dot with Alexa. That thing is talking to Amazon constantly...
Beckett: All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Evolution works through natural selection. Human processes work through intentional correction.
Both are transiterative.
Dear #39c3,
since Day 2 on CCCongress i am missing three of these definitively not an IED contraptions, designed to make music and deployed on the towel holders in three toilets, clearly marked with my DECT number and my nickname. If you took them and repurposed them for other shenanigans, i would love to have them back. As of now, i am out roughly 160 euros for replacements and that hurts.
雌雄揃って行動してることが多いように思うけど、まだ番になってない子なのかなぁ？
#misskey写真部 #photography #birdphotography #birds #野鳥
Samsung screen reader users may have noticed that the TalkBack experience on One UI 7 and 8 can be frustrating when navigating recent apps. On the Recent AppsJohn Dyer (Accessible Android)
#fedikirche
Online-Barcamp 2026 von GOTTDIGITAL: Diskutiere digitale Themen für die christliche Community, bring deine Ideen ein und vernetze dich interaktiv online.Michael Zettl (gott.digital)
I'm approaching this story from the starting assumption that accessibility overlays are a problem. So I'm not going to spend time on arguments for orJoe Dolson (Joe Dolson Web Accessibility)
Pagination is a common feature across many websites, from news archives and product listings to blogs and search results.Karl Groves (AFixt)
My niece comes to the U.S. most years from Europe to visit her grandfather.
This year she was stopped at the airport, taken into an interrogation room, accused of being a prostitute, had her phone taken and scanned, and released.
You know, in case you were wondering why tourism to the U.S. is down.
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extreme coping because of gpg.fail and @soatok's blog post lol 
Don't believe those who loudly claim email can not avoid metadata! They are ignorant of our continuous works on minimizing metadata:DONE:
- no phone number other identifying data needed
- no cleartext "Subject"
- no cleartext "To"
- randomized "Date"
- no IP addresses
- group/avatar/attachment/etc metadata only contained in encrypted message partsUpcoming:
- servers to never see cryptographic ID metadata
- remove "threading" and auxilliary headers
- experiment with Sealed Sender
So a popular type of subtitle format is called "Advanced SubStation" file, or (I'm not making this up) an ASS file.
Because this word is also a mild English profanity, naturally it's almost impossible to search the web for implementation details.
"Does YouTube take ASS subtitles" doesn't yield a good result. As such, I have a hard time using it.
Remember kids, names matter. Naming your project something funny isn't always a great way to speed adoption. Even when it kicks ass!
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🚨 NEW VIDEO: The Windows Exodus Has Begun.
2025 was the breaking point. Forced hardware retirement and intrusive AI have sparked a mass migration to GNU/Linux. In this video, I explore:
📈 The data behind the 3.20% Steam high.
🇪🇺 How the EU is saving millions by ditching Microsoft.
🛡️ Why 2026 is the year of Digital Sovereignty.
Stop fighting your OS. Start owning it.
🔴 Full Video: youtube.com/watch?v=dLzdTgCXyR…
#TerminalTilt #WindowsExodus #Windows10 #Windows11 #Microsoft #WindowsEOL #Recall #Copilot #DigitalSovereignty #Privacy #DigitalPrivacy #NoAI #HumanMade #DeGoogle #EthicalTech #Autonomy #DataSovereignty #AntiSpyware #Telemetry #SurveillanceCapitalism #RightToPrivacy #Encryption #SoftwareFreedom #ExitWindows #Migration #LinuxGaming #GamingOnLinux #SteamDeck #Valve #Proton #Bazzite #SteamOS #HandheldGaming #PCGaming #ROGAlly #LegionGo #GamingCommunity #SteamHardwareSurvey #EWaste #Sustainability #RightToRepair #PlannedObsolescence #CircularEconomy #GreenTech #SaveThePC #Hardware #Environment #EUtech #PublicMoneyPublicCode #OpenStandards #SchleswigHolstein #GermanyTech #GovernmentIT #DigitalRights #Linux #GNUlinux #Debian #Trixie #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #LibreOffice #Thunderbird #Nextcloud #SelfHosted #HomeLab #CLI #CommandLine #Terminal #Bash #FishShell #Dotfiles #SysAdmin #QueerTech #TransInTech #DisabledInTech #Accessibility #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBT #HumanContent #ContentCreator #SmallYouTuber #SmallStreamer #YouTube #IndieCreator #SupportIndependent #LinuxUser #Tech #TechNews #OperatingSystems
For decades, “The Year of the Linux Desktop” was treated as a tech world punchline. But as we enter 2026, the data shows the laughter has stopped. Between th...YouTube
Are you asking for proof of my disability? That is a deeply personal and invasive question. I do not share the specifics of my medical history or my personal assistive setup to qualify my lived experience or my work. Accessibility is a broad field, and my use of the tag stands on the standards I maintain for my content and the economic accessibility I advocate for.
You are gatekeeping a hashtag (which is silly) because you believe I am not disabled enough. That is wrong. I will not be replying to you again.
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoetonsky.me
Getting very grumpy with people ghosting me over several #Accessibility fails I gave feedback for over the last month or so.
Emailed Winchester Christmas Market organisers because despite the event being listed as fully accessible, there was no way for a wheelchair user to actually approach 95% of the stalls there because they were up a step. Got an auto-mail stating the inbox was regularly monitored and they aim to respond to everything within 1-2 business days. No response. 3 weeks and waiting.
Emailed Showcase cinema because of poor quality viewing despite paying extra for fancy seats, the wheelchair accessible ones were right at the front and the image was warped and weird and the audio was atrocious. Plus one of the seats was broken and wouldn't recline.
One response from a manager asking if the staff member we'd spoken to about the broken seat offered us anything (they didn't), no response since. 2 weeks and waiting.
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FediKirche gibt dir einen Einstieg in das Geschehen, rund um den Hashtag #FediKirchefedikirche.de
I’ve been playing around with the multitrack processing in @auphonic and it is both incredibly awesome and incredibly frustrating at the same time.
It’s. So. Close… to being a complete workflow.
Hey Guys, gals, people and pets, Satya Nadella is getting tired of people calling AI Slop output AI Slop. If everyone can stop that's be great as it is upsetting Microslops share holders.
Don't start calling Microslop Microslop or use the #microslop tag as it might burst the AI bubble and then Microslop might have to take SlopPilot out of Windows. As you know, that would be terrible.
windowscentral.com/artificial-…
#microslop #microsoft #copilot #sloppilot #AI #genAI #AISlop #AIBubble
feels very relatable. I have half of my migration script done so I got the data at least local but since I want to either build my own custom forge software or cgit+mailinglist (less preferred option) its stuck. Wither on building the software or on me setting up all the lists in mailman...
(I don't want forgejo mainly because it 2 times self destructed on me to a point of impossible to recover. So I gave up on it for now. Codeberg I dont want since I dont want to land in another forge out of my control. I may set up codeberg mirrors for my more recent projects though)
rustls is definitely much better, and aws-lc-rs is likely a good idea
but i'm frustated at how poor the experience is for windows users
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“Billionaires will leave if you tax them”:
1. No they won’t
2. They leave even when you don’t tax them
3. Things get better for most people when they leave
4. They say this so you won’t tax them
Learn using BigBlueButton, the trusted open-source web conferencing solution that enables seamless virtual collaboration and online learning experiences.bbb.metalab.at
Good morning everyone. :)
I hope you all have a wonderful Monday.
This is the first science post of 2026, and hopefully I will be able to do more this year.
The Holidays were great and very awesome.
Always remember, you matter and to always be kind.
Today we are gonna be talking about The Integrated Circuit.
An integrated circuit (IC) is a miniature electronic circuit in which thousands to billions of electronic components such as transistors, resistors, capacitors, and diodes-are fabricated onto a single small piece of semiconductor material, usually silicon. Instead of building circuits with separate components, an IC combines them into a single, compact, and efficient unit. Because everything is built onto a single chip, ICs are smaller, faster, more reliable, and more energy-efficient than circuits made from discrete components.
OSKAR ist ein Open-Source-Projekt, das Hilfsmittel für blinde Menschen gemeinsam entwickelt und frei zugänglich macht. Baupläne, Software und Anleitungen stehen offen zur Verfügung und können angepasst und weiterentwickelt werden.Sightviews
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Don't believe those who loudly claim email can not avoid metadata! They are ignorant of our continuous works on minimizing metadata:
DONE:
- no phone number other identifying data needed
- no cleartext "Subject"
- no cleartext "To"
- randomized "Date"
- no IP addresses
- group/avatar/attachment/etc metadata only contained in encrypted message parts
Upcoming:
- servers to never see cryptographic ID metadata
- remove "threading" and auxilliary headers
- experiment with Sealed Sender
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Chatmail Rust Core library, used by Android/iOS/desktop chatmail apps, bindings and bots 📧 - chatmail/coreGitHub
thoughts from an anti-spam professional:
If the unencrypted Date header is more than a few hours off, it is likely to be blocked as spam. Randomly skewing it by up to 1800 seconds in either direction should be safe. Changing the time zone to grossly mismatch the geoIP is probably unwise, though +0000 is fine.
I suspect you're trying to make your headers super generic with all the important and identifiable aspects (and metadata) in the encrypted body. That's a good move, just be careful about spam filters.
heheh, aattelin suojata nextcloud-tiedostojaon salasanalla. ei mitään turhan monimutkaista, kun tää ei ole mikään topsecret-juttu, lähinnä sloppaajien estämiseksi.
valitsin salasanaksi FuckUSA. nextcloud ilmoittaa, että salasana on miljoonan yleisimmän joukossa, valitse joku vaikeampi :D
The Indonesian discourse over dogs is really disgusting and despicable. They’re willing to haramize an entire species just because the saliva is haram. They’re willing to ignore hadiths and surahs saying dogs are friends and guardians, and tales about heavenly rewards for feeding starving dogs, all just because they can’t be fucked to use water and soap.
The Quran actually advised Muslims to consume meat from an animal caught by dogs trained to hunt because it’s meant for consumption. And yet people have gone out of their way to pretend the verse didn’t mention dogs when it specifically does.
Well, the numbers are in: 72% of all electricity in the EU in 2025 came from low carbon sources.
67% if you want to exclude biofuels, which "low carbon" credentials are disputable.
Source: lowcarbonpower.org/region/EU
EU's electricity mix includes 23% Nuclear, 18% Wind and 16% Gas. Low-carbon generation peaked in 2024.lowcarbonpower.org
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Apple's Liquid Glass is the all-time greatest advertisement for Apple's accessibility settings.
When was the last time you went out for a few hours, without any device?
a worthwhile read about sitting alone somewhere without any connected devices candost.blog/the-unbearable-jo…
Since 10 years, i am also doing this weird thing where my mobile is mostly offline, only using WIFI here and there, but i am going to more often leave devices completely at home. It's really crazy how much this once normal situation is like a super-big deal these days.
Hunting timeless insights into humans and software and helping others on the way.candost.blog
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in reply to Jason Evangelho 🐧🎒 • • •Coincidentally I wrote a blog post about AdGuard Home (Pi-hole alternative) yesterday: blog.eischmann.cz/2026/01/04/a… (in Czech, but GT works well on it)
I've also noticed how much the Netflix apps call home. Glad it's blocked now.
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