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Aira on Campus at the University of Bristol 🎓

Students, staff, and campus visitors who are blind or have low vision now receive complimentary access to Aira’s visual interpreting service while on campus. Whether navigating buildings, accessing learning environments, or completing digital tasks, Aira connects users to professional Visual Interpreters who provide real-time visual information — enhancing autonomy and inclusion.

🔗 Learn more about the University of Bristol's Access Options:

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Technology for learning and equipment loan

Technology can be used to support many areas of your learning including making resources easier to read and more accessible, or using software to compile ideas and information. Below are some tools that you can use to support your learning.
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In what would likely be a major scandal under any other administration, but feels a bit like a "well duh" moment after the first 100 days of the Trumpenreich's fascist rule, recent polling indicates that a majority of American voters now support impeaching President Trump a third time.

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Majority of US Voters Support Third Trump Impeachment: Poll

"Specifically, a polling memo published Friday by ASO Communications and Research Collaborative shows that just a few months into Trump's return to the White House, 52% of likely voters across the ideological spectrum somewhat or strongly support impeaching him—including 84% of Democrats, 55% of Independents, and even 20% of his fellow Republicans."

While I don't believe there's any amount of polling that will make the Trump regime surrender, and I remain doubtful a fascist GOP is likely to risk reprisal from Trump's hardcore nazi base in the party to impeach Der Leader, I still think it's pretty relevant that experiencing the reality of Trump's authoritarianism in action is driving a majority of Americans to desire his removal from office.

Much of Trump's presumed authority to install himself as a dictator comes from the regime's invocation of a popular mandate to transform America into a white ethnostate, as well as a complicit media's refusal to address a clear lack of that mandate while they focus on "will he or won't he" coverage of Trump's obviously fascist activities. As more and more evidence comes in that the regime's Christian Nationalist agenda is in fact not popular, and Americans do not believe Trump has the authority to enact it, it's going to become harder and harder for both the regime and collaborators in the mainstream establishment to keep pretending there might be a veneer of legality or popular support behind all the government's nazi bullshit.

In the end, I'm pretty sure there's no way to topple the Trump regime that doesn't involve putting millions of people in the street to actively disrupt the police state and make it impossible for the collaborator class to profit from all that fascism. By that same measure however, I don't think Americans are going to rise up and stop their fascist government until they're completely sure there are no easier options for ending Trump's reign of tyranny and they believe the majority of people in this country are ready to rise up with them. In my opinion, polls like this one help shatter the fascists' false projection of invincibility, and bring us closer to that uprising; and as such that makes these numbers a welcome sight for my exhausted eyes at least.

#Fascism #Trump #USPolitics #Impeachment #Polling #AntiTrumpProtests #GOP #RepublicanParty #AlGreen #ShriThanedar


Majority of US Voters Support Third Trump Impeachment: Poll

"It's up to Congress to do their job, defend the Constitution, and impeach and remove Donald Trump from office for his grave abuses of power," said Free Speech for People's campaign director.
jessica-corbett (Common Dreams)
#Trump #GOP #fascism #uspolitics #RepublicanParty #algreen #impeachment #polling #antitrumpprotests #shrithanedar
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where the fuck is Bill Gates? why isn’t he screaming about the #NIH and Kennedy’s evisceration of #HHS ?

where are Oprah, Jay-Z and BeyoncĂŠ, Lebron James, the Kardashians, all of them paper billionaires?

where is Mark Cuban? and how about the Democrats’ favorite billionaires, Michael Bloomberg and Howard Schulz?

where exactly are all the good billionaires fighting Trump’s destruction of the federal government and what semblance of democracy USA had?

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Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations

Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.
Sharyn Alfonsi (CBS News)
#hhs #nih

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Actually, elevating Karina Gould should be the second thing PM Carney does.

The first should be taking affirmative, high profile public steps to protect our information spaces from corporate America, like requiring all government social media accounts to post from the government's brand new Mastodon instance (allowing mirrors to other platforms).

Otherwise, if Zuck, Musk & others can do as they please with our communications, Carney won't be PM for very long.

#CdnPoli
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DC Deejay 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@dcdeejay@mastodon.online)

One of the first things I hope PM Carney does is find a way to elevate Karina Gould. #CdnPoli https://www.thespec.com/politics/federal-elections/who-won-burlington/article_a3828803-204e-5dcb-9ec6-38ea544a2dcc.html
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The fact that the Conservatives increased their vote share and seats—while offering almost nothing of substance to the vast majority of Canadians thanks to deep pockets & microtargeted influence campaigns—should be alarming to all, and cannot go unchecked between now and the next election.

Just ask any non-millionaire Conservative voter to explain their vote without mentioning Trudeau, and requiring them to specify their new tax rate if they mention tax cuts.

#CdnPoli

#cdnpoli

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Finished planning for the upcoming bike trip, thanks to @bikerouter - works nicely also for Japan!
Doing this for the third year now. The planning with bikerouter improved. Distributing the routes to the 2 Android phone I'll use also works, via #syncthing, and then loading in OSMand.

Single routes of 130/31/44/117km.

Annoyingly, the company provided iphone which I'll use as backup: due to missing syncthing on ios, I'm like a cave man attaching the routes to a mail which I open on the phone..

a planned route on https://brouter.de/brouter-web/
#syncthing @bikerouter.de
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Christian Horn

I would not want to plan longer routes on the small mobile or tablet screen, and I need to share the routes between devices, the web interface is really great for that.
I also need to fine tune the settings: using my daily work commute to calibrate, I learned that I need to set "bikerpower" to 45 so the overall trip time fits me.
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Saw a trailer for Kneecap in local news. Looks fun! I'll need subtitles for the entire movie, though. 😁

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KNEECAP | Official Trailer (2024)

Written & Directed By: Rich PeppiattStarring: Naoise Ó Cairealláin “Móglaí Bap”, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh “Mo Chara”, JJ Ó Dochartaigh “Dj Provaí”, Josie Walker, F...
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My contribution to #AILiteracyDay is to suggest that you pre-order my forthcoming book (THE AI CON; w/ @alex We help you spot and deconstruct the hype, to better empower you to refuse janky, exploitative systems. Reviews & pre-order links at

thecon.ai


THE AI CON - How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want
THE AI CON
#ailiteracyday @Alex Hanna

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EFF advocates for privacy and free speech online for everyone. That's why we're celebrating equity and accessibility with our new braille sticker: shop.eff.org/products/lady-jus…
Tactile graphic sticker depicts figure of Lady Justice with fiery hair and flowing garment below armor, holding a sword and scales, with braille reading ‘Justice’ in white, and ‘EFF’ in red. The figure’s body, legs, arms, hair, and objects are raised, showing the outlines tactually so you can show off and feel the design.
Tactile graphic sticker depicts figure of Lady Justice with fiery hair and flowing garment below armor, holding a sword and scales, with braille reading ‘Justice’ in white, and ‘EFF’ in red. The figure’s body, legs, arms, hair, and objects are raised, showing the outlines tactually so you can show off and feel the design.
Tactile graphic sticker depicts figure of Lady Justice with fiery hair and flowing garment below armor, holding a sword and scales, with braille reading ‘Justice’ in white, and ‘EFF’ in red. The figure’s body, legs, arms, hair, and objects are raised, showing the outlines tactually so you can show off and feel the design.

Lady Justice Braille Sticker

This 3x6 embossed tactile braille sticker is a celebration of equity and accessibility, because justice should be for everyone. At EFF, we’re working toward a future where that principle holds true in every space, including the digital world.
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Able to Play, a game repository that helps you find games that match your accessibility needs, just launched!

abletoplay.com

For gamedevs/game requests: Here's some info on how to make a game available on there:
help.abletoplay.com/docs/how-c…

It's still a young platform, so please give them lots of feedback to help improve it!

@games

#Games #Gaming #GameDev #AbleToPlay #Accessibility #A11Y


How can I request a game be available on AbleToPlay?

We prioritize games based on both the volume of requests for a particular game, and the order we receive the request in. If you'd like to request a game be made available on AbleToPlay, please let us know on Discord!
Arman (AbleToPlay)
#a11y #Accessibility #gaming #gamedev #games #abletoplay @Games
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Just tested out the latest version of a very nifty little tool that helps us to browse our presets in Komplete Kontrol. It works really well on my system, is fully accessible and features a simple to use interface.
Why not try it out?
Windows:
nightly.link/Timtam/kk-browser…
Mac OS:
nightly.link/Timtam/kk-browser…
Thanks to @ToniBarth for making it.
@Toni Barth

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Are you a sound effects enthusiast, just like me? Do you like sounds of really high quality and maybe even want to save some money on said sounds?
SoundMorph, one of my most favourite SFX creators, currently got a deal on their webpage, buy one of their libraries and get a second one for free. Just follow my link, put two in your cart, tada! Plus, my link will also save you some cash on the one library you have to pay for.
soundmorph.com?bg_ref=0RGG7Ffu…

Premium Sound Effects Libraries & Sound Design Software

SoundMorph is the leading creator of state-of-the-art sound libraries and software, with a focus on computer-based audio production for sound designers and musicians.
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Toni Barth

I do understand if you don't want to spend some money right now though, don't worry, SoundMorph got a surprise for you anyway. Follow this link to grab a pack of 100 free sounds, free to download, royalty-free to use. Enjoy: soundmorphs.wetransfer.com/dow…

100 Free SoundMorph Sounds.zip

1 file sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the world
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Da ist er wieder 🤩!

Sitzt in diesem Blumenkübel mit einer Haselnuss und einer Walnuss und hat jetzt ein Projekt: Wie zum Hörnchen knackt man sie? 🥹😍.

#balkonhörnchen #eichhörnchen #squirrel #squirrelcontent wandzeitung.xyz/@pixelgraphix/…

Ein kleines rotes EichhÜrnchen sitzt in einem Blumenkßbel, der an der Balkonbalustrade hängt.

pixelgraphix (@pixelgraphix@wandzeitung.xyz)

Attached: 1 image Apropos Wandel ... Die nächste Etappe steht an – mehr Selbstständigkeit für die Kleinen! Alfi macht nach seiner Pause den ersten Ausflug in den Hof.
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#squirrel #balkonhornchen #eichhornchen #squirrelcontent

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I’m continuing to accidentally become a Godot to Flathub pipeline expert, stumbling through GitHub Actions on the way. Chaining all of this stuff together is actually pretty fun and powerful. :D

If you have a free¹ Godot game you want help getting onto the biggest Linux app store, let me know! I wrote a blog post² but could probably update it with what else I’ve learned.

¹Free because Flathub doesn’t support payments… yet

²cassidyjames.com/blog/publish-…

#GodotEngine #Flatpak #Flathub #LinuxGaming


Publish Your Godot Engine Game to Flathub

Reach millions of users on the Linux app store with Flatpak
Cassidy James Blaede
#Flatpak #godotengine #flathub #linuxgaming
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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated and 1 added apps:

* Choona: a guitar tuner with support for custom tunings 🛡️

And Schnappszahl with out RB Status: 580 apps (44.4%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid

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HEADLINE: "White House blasts ‘hostile’ Amazon over tariff cost report; retailer scraps idea"

ALT HEADLINE: "White House angry that Amazon would provide clear information to customers. In response, Amazon promises to hide the truth on behalf of the dictator."

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Trump complained to Bezos before Amazon said it scrapped idea to display tariff cost

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has cozied up to President Donald Trump since the Republican won a second White House term.
Kevin Breuninger (CNBC)

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75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction

By Sam Weller

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Ray Bradbury at PG:
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#books #literature #sciencefiction

Ray Bradbury. Bradbury is captured in mid-speech or thought, leaning slightly forward toward what appears to be a microphone. The strong side-light highlights his aquiline nose, high cheekbone, and neatly combed hair, while his trademark horn-rimmed glasses rest firmly on his face. He wears a dark jacket and collared shirt; the lapel and collar peek out just enough to suggest formal, mid-century attire. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ray_Bradbury#/media/File:Ray_Douglas_Bradbury.jpg

75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction

“I recall Midwestern summer nights, standing on my grandparents’ hushed lawn,” Ray Bradbury told me in 2010, “and looking up at the sky at the confetti field of stars. There were millions of suns o…
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nulll

I knew that landmark tags have implicit role, as stated by mdn, am I missing something?

"The <header> element has an identical meaning to the site-wide banner landmark role"

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do…


: The Header element - HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN

The
HTML element represents introductory content, typically a group of introductory or navigational aids. It may contain some heading elements but also a logo, a search form, an author name, and other elements.
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If you join the GNOME GitLab instance and you want to create or fork a project, you'll see an error that says:
"Limit has been reached You cannot create projects in your personal namespace. Contact your GitLab administrator."

Turns out, you have to add an SSH key to make it work.

forum.gitlab.com/t/i-cant-crea…

#GNOME #GitLab #FOSS

I can't create or fork any projects (free account)

yes, you are correct. It is happening on gitlab.gnome.org but not on gitlab.com (I can create a project there) thank you for the clue, I will ask on the gnome forum. Much appreciated!
GitLab Forum
#foss #gnome #gitlab
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For any folks still out there using the #Rockbox firmware, I recently discovered the Hifi Walker H2 which is both officially supported, and more importantly, still being manufactured and sold. Flashing takes a bit of patience if you're #blind, but it can be done.

amazon.com/HIFI-WALKER-H2-Reso…

Amazon.com

www.amazon.com
#blind #rockbox
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For all of you radio hobbyists /geeks, listen up! Yeah, I'm talking to you! So lately I've been messing with this thing called FM DX Webserver. It is actually a website of list of servers you can connect to and listen to mostly FM radio, yes, analog FM radio. It is not a webSDR receiver, although it is like one in a nutshell. It also has RDS support. It's based off of an open source project on GitHub. You can host a server remotely than anybody can control the receiver and listen.
github.com/NoobishSVK/fm-dx-we…
this open source repository is for those that want to start a server. The radios that are compatible are the radios that have the TEF chips like the 6686 chip, and above. I know people like @douglas2005 who has the Codosen DX 286 like I do, but I'm not sure if you could actually host a server with that radio even though it has the TEF6686 chip, it probably has to be more of an advanced radio. Anyway, once you host the server you can share it to servers.fmdx.org, or if you don't want, you could just give whoever you want the link to be able to access the remote server. If you wanna access the list of servers available, here's the link for that.
servers.fmdx.org/
for screen reader users, when you go to the site, click on the receiver list button. Then you'll see a whole list of servers. You can navigate those by headings. When you find one, you can click on it and read all the info about it, and if you want to connect to it just hit connect, and it'll take you to the website where that server is hosted. To play audio you can hit the play/pause button. I noticed that there has been some audio issues playing on iOS devices, I'm not sure if it has anything to do with Apple's strict audio settings for the browser. But I can get audio to play on my PC just fine. To navigate frequencies just go to the spin box and go hit left or right arrow, or just type in a frequency, for example, 89.500. Some servers also have AM but mostly the servers you'll see are FM. I'll be definitely using this over the upcoming weeks, as spring has sprung, and summer will soon be upon us, and the FM band opens up a lot. But it's also cool to hear stuff from other places, it's like if I ran a server from where I am in Ohio, you could hear some Ohio stuff.

GitHub - NoobishSVK/fm-dx-webserver: FM-DX Webserver is a cross-platform web server designed for FM DXers who want to control their radio receivers through a web interface.

FM-DX Webserver is a cross-platform web server designed for FM DXers who want to control their radio receivers through a web interface. - NoobishSVK/fm-dx-webserver
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“Some cochlear implant users who can’t afford to keep up with compulsory technology upgrades are now losing their hearing.”

sapiens.org/culture/planned-ob…

Congratulations, capitalism, you’re doing amazing, sweetie.

Via @villares

#capitalism #theCrueltyIsThePoint #humanRights #humanity


When Planned Obsolescence Meets Cochlear Implants – SAPIENS

Emily Sekine (SAPIENS)
#HumanRights #capitalism #humanity #TheCrueltyIsThePoint @Alexandre B A Villares 🐍

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De-Google your life and regain #privacy - ie. with @Tutanota :
mastodon.social/@Tutanota/1143…

Tuta

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We ❤️ #opensource - as much as we dislike #Google

Break free from Big Tech tracking, go secure! 💪 🔒

👉 tuta.com/blog/open-source-emai…

#foss #fdroid #android #email #calendar

we love open source. 100% Google free.

Tuta Mail is available on F-Droid so you can break free from Big Tech tracking | Tuta

We're here to stop surveillance by corporations like Google and Apple. That's why we replaced Google's FCM with our own notification system and keep Apple Notification Data at a minimum. Learn here why this is important.
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