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Imagine that it's 1925 and I am a clever, experienced mechanical engineer. I look around at the "tech" world of the time and notice some disturbing things:

- the rising power of literally fascist CEOs like Henry Ford
- What began as an inefficient, quirky novelty toy for rich people, the automobile, has become "normal" and started to dominate public space
- rising levels of fossil pollution
- the rising monopoly power of Oil companies
- dangerous levels of stock-market speculation
- brutal exploitation of people and environmental destruction in mining and rubber producing (mostly colonial) regions
- the use of debt to get less wealthy consumers to buy cars
- scores of innocent pedestrians injured or killed by automobiles
- urban planning that increasingly favors more expensive cars over other users of the streets
- declining sense of importance of shared forms of transportation like trolleys and trains

As an engineer, I look at all those rising issues and then I say:

"What we need is an Open Source Model-T Ford with some slightly better safety features."

In retrospect, that would seem like a pretty inadequate response.

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Great. Two PDF forms I'm supposed to read and sign before a medical procedure are completely inaccessible - probably bad scans. Two OCR tools and ChatGPT either extract garbled text or report there is no text to be found. Time to find a sighted person to print this shit out, read all about everything, and fill things in by pen. It's 2025 for fuck sake! #blind #A11Y
#a11y #blind

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#Degoogled Maps? Yes, it's possible. 📍🗺️

The Big Tech does not need to track your every step 👉use a Google Maps alternative instead.

Find out which open source maps we'd recommend: tuta.com/blog/google-maps-alte…

#GoogleMaps

Google maps app icon next to the app icons of better alternatives: Organic Maps, OsmAnd, and CoMaps.

Google Maps alternative:Best open source maps in 2026 | Tuta

With a number of community driven, open source mapping projects, picking a Google Maps app alternative that comes with without ads or tracking has never been easier.
Tuta
#degoogled #googlemaps

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Considering migrating all my virtual machines to UTM on Mac OS some day. Sigh. Not sure why the bug with VMWare Fusion is back, where with VoiceOver, the machine will not start up. Of course this is a bug returned from the past, because it existed earlier on in the Mac OS 15 days. Then it got fixed, and life was happy again. Not so much anymore, after Mac OS 26, it has returned.
If you have started up a virtual machine with VoiceOver on, and then noticed the "start up" button become dimmed again and not move to "suspend" instead but back to pressable, you're experiencing that bug. The only option is, and I'm not kidding, is to press the button, turn VoiceOver off right after (at a split second) and hope that its presence didn't register within your VMWare App.
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Look y'all, I know there's a lot of news, world, political posts around. I've been asked, but the truth is that I won't ever boost or really post these, unless it is severe on a global impact. It's not that I want to bury my head in the sand or ignore it. Nor is it that I'm actively choosing to ignore it at all on the basis of privilege to a modern world.
I respect those who post such content, because it, along with my news sources, helps round me out of any echo chambers I may myself be stuck in a bit. For my own content though, I like to keep things tech related, around accessibility, disability (Blind/ deaf/ autism / ETC) or queer spaces, because those passions will always matter more than any crazy thing a president does or the divisions created, until those things do impact such areas. When that happens, we protest, prepare, make opinions loud. I'd gladly take part in community public activities that way. My goal on here though is to inform others and maybe contribute some useful things to the spaces I belong in, like web accessibility, while I am able to. So, that's that. Perhaps one of those posts I'll end up pinning to my profile for now so it is well known.

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As many of you probably know, for many years I've run an Email list for discussion of the DECtalk text to speech system in all of its various incarnations, making it sing, etc. I just completed the process of moving this list to Groups.IO including import of message archives. This is a Premium group so can support more than the 100 members available with free groups. If you're interested, the link is groups.io/g/dectalk or you can send an Email to dectalk+subscribe@groups.io to subscribe.

dectalk groups.io Group

This list is intended for discussion of hardware and software versions of the DECtalk text to speech system originally developed by Dennis Klatt and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation.
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#Introduction

Hi, I'm Mary (they/them)! I'm an interdisciplinary Environmental Science undergrad and webmaster who wants to work as a science communicator.

Science, writing, and community are my passions. I want to make scientific information accessible to non-scientific folks.

I'm not sure what I'll post about yet. Perhaps some natural photography, highlights on environmental projects/products/groups, and comments on the world around me.

This is my second instance.

1/

#introduction
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RE: social.heise.de/@macandi/11585…

Schade, dass Castro nicht Teil des Testfelds war. Den finde ich nämlich mit am übersichtlichsten. Und er bietet nämlich das Springen zwischen Kapiteln.

Mac & i (@macandi@social.heise.de)

heise+ | Podcatcher: 10 Podcast-Apps für Apple-Geräte im Test Ob News, True Crime oder Comedy – Podcasts begleiten uns überall. Wir haben uns die wichtigen Clients für iPhone, iPad und Apple Watch angesehen. https://www.heise.
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SuspiciousDuck

to je pravda ale vraj sú tie procesy/technológia zdokumentované a ready na presťahovanie, lenže okupácia.. ja nevím. Nie je to logický sled udalostí ale očakávaný. Vyhodia tie továrne do vzduchu?

Čo ja viem to je moja konšpirácia.

edit: osobne neverím že medvedík pu sa o to za svoj život nepokúsi alebo jeho priami nasledovník. Otázka nie je či ale kedy.

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One coworker -- who I'll call Xavier -- does everything through LLMs. He's the kind of developer that managers who have never been programmers adore: 3000 lines of code per day.

I just realized that Xavier cannot read code, even code that he submits for review. He "understands" code by running it against test files and seeing whether results are reasonable. He can only say what the code does, not what causes it to behave in a way.

But that has several problems. An obvious first issue is that if a problem doesn't show up in the test file, then it will never be fixed. A less obvious issue is that his code is brittle and it generalizes very poorly.

Because Xavier doesn't read code, he has a very tough time imagining "What might go wrong?" And because he relies on the LLM, he misses very broad solutions, like using well-established libraries that solve dozens of problems at once.

Programmers who dive deep are still very, very useful.

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De QR code van onze Colruyt Xtra kaart die ik in #catima had werkte niet meer aan de kassa.
En inderdaad, als ik ze vergelijk met de code in de xtra app dan is ze verschillend.

No problemo dacht ik, even opnieuw instellen.

Maar de content die ik scan van de xtra app QR code is dezelfde als ik in catima had, en als ik met een andere tool een QR code genereer met wat ik scan ziet die er ook anders uit, dus het ligt niet aan catima.

enige verschil: origineel 15% error, copy 7%

WTF?

#catima

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#curl 8.18.0 has been released. This release fixes 2 medium and 4 low level vulnerabilities:
- CVE-2025-13034: No QUIC certificate pinning with GnuTLS curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-13034.ht…
- CVE-2025-14017: broken TLS options for threaded LDAPS curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-14017.ht…
- CVE-2025-14524: bearer token leak on cross-protocol redirect curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-14524.ht…
- CVE-2025-14819: OpenSSL partial chain store policy bypass curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-14819.ht…
- CVE-2025-15079: libssh global knownhost override curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15079.ht…
- CVE-2025-15224: libssh key passphrase bypass without agent set curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-15224.ht…

I discovered the last 2 vulnerabilities.

Download curl 8.18.0 from curl.se/download.html

#vulnerabilityresearch #vulnerability #cybersecurity #infosec

curl - No QUIC certificate pinning with GnuTLS - CVE-2025-13034

curl.se
#infosec #cybersecurity #vulnerability #curl #vulnerabilityresearch
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Marco Zehe

@FrauNaja Die Verkehrsbehörde hat gestern das Streuen mit Salz auf Geh- und Nebenwegen bis 21.01. wieder erlaubt, so zu lesen im Newsletter "Elbvertiefung" der zeit Hamburg von heute. Ich kann nur sagen, dass mein Hund, den ich zwischen 2002 und 2011 hatte, gerade in den Anfangsjahren definitiv im Winter desöfteren Probleme mit rissigen Ballen wegen Salz hatte. Und ja, manche Eigentümer vergessen anscheinend, dass sie auch eine Räumpflicht der Gehwege vor ihren Gebäuden haben.
@Frau Naja

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Nos dice @santoral que hoy está de santo una forma de consumir drogas.

Santoral: Santo principal del día 7 de enero:
- San Raimundo de Peñafort

Otros santos:
- San Alderico
- Beato Ambrosio Fernández
- San Canuto Lavard
- San Ciro
- San Crispino Obispo
- San José Tuân
- San Luciano Mártir
- Beata María Teresa Haze
- Beato Mateo Guimerá
- San Polieuto
- San Tilón
- San Valentín obispo de Retia
- San Valentiniano

@Santoral

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#dobréRáno přátelé #fediverse ☀️
Včera první jízda na Zwiftu přes Apple TV. Ať si o Applu myslí kdo chce co chce, ale propojení zařízení mají fakt zvládnuté skvěle.

První zapnutí Apple TV?
Chceš nastavit pomocí iPhonu — prostě ho přiložíš a nic dalšího neřešíš.

Pak už jen nainstalovat Zwift, přihlášení řešené přes iPhone, hesla pohodlně z Bitwardenu, žádné ťukání na dálkovém ovladači.

Apple TV jsem chtěl hlavně kvůli aplikaci Zwift pro chytrý trenažér.
Na Android TV Zwift není. Zrcadlení z Androidu do TV sice jde, ale obraz se seká nebo úplně zamrzne.
Zkoušel jsem i USB-C → HDMI kabel, jenže ten telefon vysaje hned baterku.Fairphone to ještě jakž takž zvládne — dvě hodiny dá.S Pixelem bych byl rád za hodinu.
Výsledek?
Za pět minut od zapnutí jsem seděl na kole. 🚴‍♂️
#zwift

#fediverse #dobrerano #zwift

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No i chuj - nadal nie mogę wejść w powiadomienia. Tym samym jakiekolwiek pisanie mija się z celem, bo ani nie wiem czy do kogokolwiek dotrę (wygląda jakbym wszyscy nagle mnie wyciszyli), ani nie wiem, czy ktokolwiek zobaczy, że coś komentuję - więc po co komentować. Ewentualnych odniesień tutaj - też nie zobaczę, bo musiałbym siedzieć i śledzić jakieś reakcje. Tyle czasu (ani potrzeby) to ja nie mam. Ponieważ nie wiem co nie działa i jak sobie z tym poradzić - mam to w dupie, poczekam aż się naprawi. Albo pójdę na inną instancję, serwer czy jak to się tam nazywa.
O ile będę umiał oczywiście:)

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This is in relation to that warning I received this morning. To make a long story short, it seems that some people have been offended by some of my posts, and rather than just blocking me or unfollowing me and moving on, they reported me. At no time did I personally insult anyone, promote violence or illegal activities, threaten anyone, etc. I respect the administrators for letting me know about this, and said that I wouldn't post such things in the future. They have every right to do what they did, or even to ban me, since it is their instance and I agreed to follow their rules. I must make that very clear.

However, I am seeking a less restrictive environment. I honestly didn't think I needed one, since most of my posts are about animals, science, technology, etc. But if I can't share an opinion, even a strongly-worded one, without receiving a warning just because some people were offended, this is probably not a great match for me. It's worth noting that I constantly see posts (from other instances) full of obscenities, negative opinions about politicians, the rich, corporations and their heads, users of various operating systems, etc.

Anyway, I would prefer to stay on Mastodon because it's fully accessible, and I would like an instance with a large number of characters (this one is 16,000). If it helps, I am not a gamer, programmer, activist, don't follow politics, etc. I certainly don't want to join a place full of hate, but I do want to join one where I am free to be myself. For now, enjoy the completely wholesome posts with no more personal opinions about anything except opera, though I'll probably limit those too, in case I don't like a given singer.

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Georgiana Brummell

@FreakyFwoof At first, I thought it would be fine, since the person who runs this also runs Friendica, where I have another account. But rule 1 gives ample opportunity for people to say they're offended by harmless jokes, my views on the singular they, etc. Obviously, I do not target people or deliberately insult them. But considering what happened here, I don't want more trouble. Only two posts were shown, but others were reported, and I'm not sure what they were. Maybe, something like "modern people give me a headache", "why does that need a content warning", or "many people today dress badly". I have no idea. These are just guesses. But they are also simply opinions.
@Andre Louis

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> leave Twitter to get away from the unaccountable content moderation team

> Mastodon wants you to not see posts without content moderators checking first

We did it everyone we finally achieved feature parity with the best microblogging platform, and this time people volunteer to make it worse instead!
RT: mastodon.social/users/staff/st…

Mastodon.social Staff (@staff@mastodon.social)

We plan to disable the "live feeds" of the local and federated timelines on mastodon.social within in the next couple of weeks. They are already disabled on mastodon.online.
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Monal 6.4.17 (Build 1072, PR #1541) released.

- Removed christmas special again
- Added Estonian and Telugu translations
- Fixed random black video feed on video calls
- Make it harder for spammers to mention everybody: ignore mentions if more than 5 participants are mentioned per message
- Properly display Visitor role in Channels
- Add "Request Voice" button to contact details of moderated Channels

#Monal #ios #macos #xmpp #im #chat #messaging

#xmpp #ios #chat #MACOS #monal #messaging #im

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After my assembly #39c3 talk on the topic, here’s a more in-depth analysis on the #security of data and metadata in #XMPP : blog.mathieui.net/xmpp-and-met…

I’m sure I missed a lot of things, but since the only reference on the topic is the - now defunct - infosec handbook website with the "admin in the middle" article, I guess that could be useful to somebody.

XMPP and metadata

blog.mathieui.net
#xmpp #security #39c3

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Krásné dobré ráno mastodoňané! 🙋‍♀️🐶🐈
Stále -13. Dobře, kromě pyžama a zimní bundy jsem si vzala ještě šálu. Baldín to vzal tryskem a Artur se sápal na vchodové dveře s hlasitým nadáváním. Dneska v práci končím o chvilku dřív a s pár lidmi jedeme za bývalým majitelem a zakladatelem firmy. Bylo mu devadesát. Narodil se ve stejný den jako já, jen jiný rok. Úžasný pán. Už je jako věchýteček, ale hlavu má jasnou a čistou. V podstatě všechno, čím firma disponuje a co má, je jeho práce. Těšíme se za ním všichni.
Vy si taky najděte důvod k radosti pro tento den. Bude se vám lépe vstávat. 😊
#dobre_rano
#dobréRáno
#dobre_rano #dobrerano

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If anyone's looking for a fun illustration project or an opportunity to get into the GNOME artwork style: Crosswords needs some illustrations for the "How to Play" instructions :)

gitlab.gnome.org/jrb/crossword…

Example from Sudoku:

#gnome #icons #illustrations

Screenshot of Sudoku, with the "How to Play" dialog in the foreground. The dialog consists of a slideshow with tips, the current page has an illustration of some rows, a scissor and ruler. and a green/blue background. Below the illustration there's the text "Rows and Columns: Each row and column must contain unique numbers without duplicates".

Add artwork for the hints dialog (#361) · Issues · Jonathan Blandford / Crosswords · GitLab

Currently, the hints dialog has no artwork, just the main icon repeated on each page. It would be good to get better artwork for this. Sudoku has some...
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#gnome #illustrations #icons
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On the topic of bad takes against Flatpak, my personal favorite is "Flatpak is bad because it works badly with my NVIDIA GPU's drivers"

Consider the following: NVIDIA GPU's (proprietary) drivers work badly on Linux

Under no circumstances should volunteers in the FOSS community ever be placed in a position that forces them to bend over large corporations, even if it hurts the user experience. Besides, the ones who are actually hurting users is the corporations by making it hard for everyone.

This is also true with Fedora's hostility towards proprietary drivers. This kind of hostility should be encouraged. As a community, we should collectively shame entities that push proprietary garbage as a dependency on Linux, so long it doesn't harm security.
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2025-12-31 17:26:11

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"I will never use Flatpaks because I have to type `flatpak run com.example.Application`. It's insane Flatpak developers don't change it!"

Except you can add `/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin` to your $PATH. This way, you can type `com.example.Application` in your terminal, dmenu, everywhere. Also if you aren't using completions and insist on doing everything in the terminal, you have bigger problems.

Shout out to the Evil Skeleton (@TheEvilSkeleton) , who blogged about this 3 years ago. tesk.page/2022/09/28/what-not-…

GNOME Calculator launched using the fish shell.

What Not to Recommend to Flatpak Users

Whenever I browse through the web, I find many “tips and tricks” from various blog writers, YouTubers and others who recommend users to take steps that either they aren’t supposed to, or have better alternatives.
TheEvilSkeleton

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Hakan Bayındır

@bugaevc
I'll kindly disagree with you here. Considering both AMD and Intel can write drivers which doesn't infringe on any patents and doesn't expose any of their secret sauce (AMD Catalyst and AMDGPU are completely different codebases), NVIDIA is the only one who acts like this and creates a special firmware to cripple their cards so open drivers can't enable the whole GPU.

NVIDIA revised hardware to be able to lock them down further while AMD changed hardware to unlock it.

@Sergey Bugaev
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