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An interview with my friend, Erich Manser who is a blind runner.
I think I was able to ask about aspects of his running career that he didn't discuss in other interviews or podcasts.
evengrounds.com/erich-manser-o…

Erich Manser on the Resilience and Logistics of Blind Running - Even Grounds

I would like to introduce you to my friend, and previous colleague from IBM, Erich Manser who is a competitive blind runner. Over the years I enjoyed hearing about his adventures, and when it comes to sports, I got much inspiration from him.
Tom (Even Grounds)
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Schabe

@jonathan859 #Alttext ist #komplex?!

Screenshot Tagesschauartikel "Ministerium will flexible Arbeitszeiten durchsetzen"

Darüber ausm HG überbelichtetes Bild mit Meer&Skiline hinter Fensterfront von der sich zentral perspektivisch eine lange Tafel mit Weingläsern in VG zieht; alles in harten Schatten unterbelichtet nur noch Konturen erkennbar; Person beugt sich beim Eindecken vornüber sodass Umriss (vermut. Zopf) und gerade Nase Batman ähneln.

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#AltText #komplex @Jonathan

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A warm thank you to our sponsors Element and Famedly for enabling us to set up Hackathon tomorrow, in Brussels! Can't make it? We will livestream the results at 17:00 CET!

Element is sponsoring the video stream, and the dinner, while Famedly sponsors the lunch and drinks. Thanks to them both we can keep our community fed and refreshed to tackle the important challenges ahead of them!

matrix.org/blog/2025/12/fosdem…


Find us at FOSDEM

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
Thib (matrix.org)
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The Matrix.org Foundation

@element provides secure, sovereign communication tools built on Matrix. Because of their commitment to open source and the commercial support Element provides, their solutions are widely deployed in the European public sector.

element.io


Element | Secure collaboration and messaging

Element is a Matrix-based end-to-end encrypted messenger and secure collaboration app. It’s decentralised for digital sovereign self-hosting, or through a hosting service such as Element Matrix Services.
element.io
@Element
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The Matrix.org Foundation

Famedly was the first approved TI Messenger. Built on Matrix, it enables faster and secure communication for healthcare professionals, with a delightful user experience.

famedly.de


Famedly » TI-Messenger im Gesundheitswesen

Famedly Messenger ► 100 % DSGVO-konform ✓ sichere & schnelle Kommunikation im Gesundheitswesen ✓ Jetzt informieren!
famedly.de

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And this. I asked it if it could put a heading above its responses:
Output
Yes, I've just set that up for you. I used the messages.responsePrefix configuration to automatically prepend ## Output\n\n to all of my future responses.
The Gateway is restarting now to apply that change. From now on, every message I send should lead with that H2 header.

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Digital Independence Day is coming up this Sunday - and we at Tuta are proud to be part of it!

Never heard about #DIDay? It comes from Germany 🇩🇪 🥨 but it's time to go global!

🎉➡️ tuta.com/blog/digital-independ…

DI.DAY poster: Cartoon of Jeff Bezos on a boat in a wedding suit with the text, 'Your data pays for weddings in Venice?'

For a free internet: Tuta Mail is a partner of Digital Independence Day | Tuta

Save Social, Tuta, and lots of other organizations are building a better web – and you can be part of the journey! The next Digital Independence Day is Sunday, February 1st.
Tuta
#diday

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Tonight's the night to remember - let's honour and celebrate the individuals and communities that re-defined open source in Europe!

Who will be taking home the Special Recognition Awards, and the prestigious Prize for Excellence in Open Source?

@Amandine @nightrose @bagder @astornc
#EOSA26 #EOSAcademy

#eosacademy #eosa26 @daniel:// stenberg:// @Amandine @Lydia Pintscher @Astor Nummelin Carlberg

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#XMPP Summit

Being an unconference, every participant will raise agenda points and then those will be prioritized by interest. The first topic is "XMPP 2.0".
xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-2…

Meet us at #FOSDEM 2026, too!

#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource

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XMPP Summit 28 | XMPP - The universal messaging standard

The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is exited to announce the 28th XMPP Summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium next year - just before FOSDEM 2026. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all …
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#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #federation #fosdem #chat #messaging #belgium #brussels

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From Politico, @bartgroothuis @barbarakathmann and me on how the Netherlands is about to see its national government service login infrastructure move to US spying/sanction regulation: politico.eu/article/netherland…

The Netherlands rethinks its US tech addiction

Dutch society is built on US digital services. That’s now seen as a glaring security issue.
Pieter Haeck (POLITICO)
@Bart Groothuis @Barbara Kathmann

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Save the date: Our FOSDEM social event takes place on Saturday 31st

1. Pizza🍕: pommodorobxl.be/fr
7.30-9.30pm

2. Drinks🍻 at garden bar: deliriumvillage.com/bar/floris…
9.30pm onwards

Pommodoro — Restaurant italien à Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Pommodoro est l’endroit idéal pour un lunch dans le centre de Bruxelles. Nous vous proposons de délicieuses spécialités italiennes: Pâtes, Pizza, Antipasti, Viandes, …
Pommodoro
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Ra (Freya) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩

many many many many many servers. actually if you're curious here's what it sounds like to boot up all the bastards at once. It's a delightful sound

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Ra (Freya) (it/its)𒀭𒈹𒍠𒊩

@FreakyFwoof used to need that here. then I built a server stack that puts out more BTUs than a big box of BTUs with a big sign out front saying "free BTUs, come take some". I measured a minimum 10 degrees C difference between my bedroom and my living room, the latter being where all the servers are and is at least 10 degrees warmer than the bedroom at all times, even in the middle of the night
@Andre Louis

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Einige haben seit dem 39c3 nach unserem Schildergenerator für die taktilen Beschriftungen gefragt. Wir haben den unter editor.c3tactile.org/ weiterhin zur beliebigen Nutzung online. Er ist nicht ganz fehlerfrei, aber für grundlegende Beschilderung ausreichend.
Wir arbeiten daran auch den Code zu veröffentlichen, das wird aber noch ein bisschen dauern.
Eine ausgezeichnete, verfügbare Open Source Lösung ist der OpenSCAD Generator von @oskar_mbr unter codeberg.org/oskars/define-bes…
#accessibility #a11y

define-beschriftung

3D print lettering with Braille and profiled lettering; 3D-Druck-Beschriftung mit Braille- und Profilschrift [www.oskars.org](https://www.oskars.org)
Codeberg.org
#a11y #Accessibility @Oskar

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Twice Google Gemini tried to tell me that I was wrong regarding a tennis result from 2004 but I kept telling it it wasn’t correct and eventually, it got it right.

In the 2004 Australian Open men's doubles semi-finals, Bob and Mike Bryan did indeed defeat Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Björkman with a score of 6–1, 6–2.
Sometimes you just have to keep guiding the AI models particularly if you know that something is incorrect.
It's almost like you're teaching something.
This is where I can see a problem with these AI models because if you don't know that something is incorrect, you can go away with the wrong information.
I'm seeing this a lot with supposed history posts about events from the Second World War.

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Finally a functional NVDA add-on for the new WhatsApp Desktop.
WhatsApp Desktop Enhancer is a specialized accessibility bridge for the modern WhatsApp Desktop application (available from the Microsoft Store). It enhances navigation efficiency and fixes interaction issues caused by the application's underlying technology.
github.com/starkrush123/WhatsA…

GitHub - starkrush123/WhatsApp-Enhancer: Accessibility enhancements for new WhatsApp Desktop (WebView2)

Accessibility enhancements for new WhatsApp Desktop (WebView2) - starkrush123/WhatsApp-Enhancer
GitHub

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#XSF Announcement

The 28th #XMPP #Summit starts today at 09:00 am (UTC+1)!

If you come in person, reach out before (almost full). Else join remotely:
xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-2…

Meet us at #FOSDEM 2026, too!

#jabber #chat #opensource #messaging #federation #Brussels, #Belgium #opensource

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XMPP Summit 28 | XMPP - The universal messaging standard

The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) is exited to announce the 28th XMPP Summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium next year - just before FOSDEM 2026. The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all …
xmpp.org
#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #federation #fosdem #chat #messaging #belgium #xsf #brussels #summit

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I kinda wish every racist had to take a DNA test.

Mine is 98% predictable. Evenly split between Southwestern Norway and Northeastern Scotland. I’m a Viking.

BUT. A Viking who is also 2% South Asian. And I’ll bet a lot of these racists would find out they’re not as white as they thought.

Which might not change their politics but would probably annoy the fuck out of them. And result haha.

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uspol, spaceflight

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For iOS users. You know when you copy something from one app and want to paste it into another, an alert pops up asking if you want to allow it? This usually happens for me when I copy the last phrase spoken by Voiceover. You can go to the apps sestion of the settings app, find the app that keeps asking (VLC in my case) and there's a section about allowing paste, which you can set to Never, Ask, or Always.

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@MewProjects FastPlay: Even if speak track changes is unchecked, NVDA still speaks new track names as they appear in the title bar. Winamp doesn't. Does this mean there's some magical code in NVDA that can figure out that it's not supposed to speak title bar changes in Winamp because the user would find that annoying? Or is there an NVDA setting I'm missing? I like having the track name in the title bar, as I'm used to things working that way, but I don't want NVDA to speak it whenever it changes. Any thoughts? Thanks.
@Mew Projects

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Here's another song in support of the people of Minneapolis and in honor of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, this time from British singer Billy Bragg. Listen on YouTube here.

youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW2ZikGW…

#Miinneapolis #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #BillyBragg #Music


BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES

The murder of Alex Pretti was horrifically shocking, all the more so as we are still reeling from the images of the murder of Renee Good. That these crimes c...
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#music #reneegood #alexpretti #miinneapolis #billybragg

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NVSpeech Player with phoneme editor and NVDA Addon version 1.8. Those on the NVDA driver from yesterday can update it from the last button in the Speech Player settings panel, too.
This release adds a new Voice Profiles system to NV Speech Player packs. Voices are now defined in phonemes.yaml and can be selected at runtime, letting you ship multiple voice characters without maintaining multiple full phoneme tables.
• New YAML voice profiles
◦ Voices are defined in phonemes.yaml under voiceProfiles.
◦ Profiles are overlays: one base phoneme table, plus per-voice adjustments.
• New bundled voices
◦ Beth (female)
◦ bobby (child-esk)
• Voice selection everywhere
◦ The NVDA driver and phoneme editor can select a YAML-defined voice.
• Better debugging for pack authors
How voice profiles work (short version)
A voice profile can apply:
• class-based scaling (e.g., vowels vs. fricatives) for formants, bandwidths, gain/noise, and voice quality
• per-phoneme overrides for targeted fixes (absolute values that win for those specific fields)
• Existing packs remain compatible: voiceProfiles is optional.
• For low sample rates, keep an eye on harsh sibilants and overall gain — profiles include tools to roll off the top end and preserve headroom.
github.com/tgeczy/NVSpeechPlay…
github.com/tgeczy/NVSpeechPlay…

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Welcome to the Full Circle aviation museum. Walk this way and take a look at this interesting zeppelin. We’re not sure it ever flew, as it is constructed all of lead and, while it has a proper place for a gas bag and engines, we never found them.

Oh wait. The hamsters had a field day with this one…

Inside the showcase is the band Led Zeppelin!

Full Circle is on HKC Radio.

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