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My pro meeting audio tip for #GNOME users: map an unused top-right corner keyboard key as global shortcut for (un)muting the microphone, then paper-sticker-label it.
Now no need to have the meeting browser tab focused (or to remember each conferencing app's shortcuts) to toggle your microphone input.

The recording indicator in the top-right of your screen in GNOME reflects that change, although a bit too subtly. Up for grabs for newcomers: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-s…

#meetings #videoconferencing

Screenshot of the GNOME Settings control center application's "Keyboard Shortcuts" dialog in the "Keyboard" panel, with my "Pause" key mapped to the "Microphone mute/unmute" action
Screenshot of GNOME Shell's top-right system status icons, with the Muted state microphone icon (while an application is still accessing the microphone)

Microphone recording muted status icon is hard to distinguish from unmuted status (#8077) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-shell · GitLab

Testing with GNOME Shell 47.1 on Fedora 41, and setting a global keyboard shortcut to mute/unmute the microphone, I noticed that it...
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About a year and a half ago, I bought a cheap rechargeable electric screw driver on Amazon, which I really don't like much, mostly because it's switch is one of those round ones near the shaft. Give me a trigger, or a rocker switch, or... just about anything else.

Anyway, I only just discovered last night that it has a button that beeps when pressed. I assume it's maybe a light. Can't se itt, don't know.

Two questions, though:
1. Why bother beeping at all?
2. Why is this beep so sad?


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Scientists have reached a stunning milestone by using artificial intelligence to invent a brand new material that is as strong as carbon steel but lighter than foam. Developed by teams at the University of Toronto and Caltech, this next-gen material was not found through trial and error, but entirely imagined by AI. The breakthrough offers a glimpse into a future where machine intelligence doesn't just enhance human ideas, it creates its own.

The research team trained their AI models on how different microstructures behave under extreme stress. Then, without human interference, the AI generated completely new lattice patterns optimized for maximum strength and minimal weight. Once 3D printed, these nanolattices were tested in the real world and outperformed anything previously known boasting up to five times the strength of titanium, yet remaining ultra lightweight. This solves a major challenge in material science: making something that’s both tough and flexible without being brittle.

Applications for this discovery are vast. Swapping out titanium in aircraft could save up to 80 liters of fuel per kilogram annually, according to the research. The material’s potential impact spans aerospace, automotive, architecture, and beyond. With production scaling on the horizon, this AI-designed innovation might redefine how we build the world around us, stronger, lighter, and smarter than ever before.
Sources: PMID 39846271, PMCID PMC11983246

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YouTube recommended this video to me the other day, and I absolutely love it, an orchestrion playing a Big Band music roll. It's incredible what these mechanical instruments can do! youtube.com/watch?v=h_Nd1Qo0YD…

15 Big Band Favorites played on a new O-roll orchestrion

Big Band music lovers - this one's for you!I was asked to post a video of the entire big band roll. I have to admit it's a great roll - the songs are beautif...
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NVDA 2025.2 Beta 4 is now available for testing!

Read more & Download at:
nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2b…

Changes in Beta 4:
- Fixed retrieving some text in object navigation / review cursor
- Added a warning before installing or updating NVDA on the controlled end of an NVDA Remote Access connection.
- Removed changes to trusted certificate handling which caused problems with NVDA Remote Access & some add-ons.
- Updates to translations.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #PreRelease #Beta #NewVersion #News #Update

NVDA logo and text in white on purple with fainter sunburst designs around edge

NV Access | NVDA 2025.2beta4 available for testing

www.nvaccess.org
#nvdasr #News #update #nvda #beta #newversion #prerelease

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Squish

How do you stop NVDA from saying "This Page Link" on pages all the time, even though the link it is saying that before announcing is on the same page? Example: I'm on a site called WatZatSong (song identification site I go on frequently). NVDA is saying "Link, link, link" before every link, as it should, but some links it says "This page link" before announcing the link, instead of just "link". It is really annoying and has actually led to me doing things I didn't want to quite a few times because the announcement has thrown me off. How do you stop that from happening? Or is there no way to stop it?

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We've made it even easier to get to YOUR official NVDA users email group. Just head to: nvaccess.org/nvda-users

If you haven't yet joined, come join us either on the web, or sign up directly by emailing nvda-users+subscribe@nvaccess.org

Join NV Access staff and the community, ask questions, share tips, and enjoy a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Community #User #Users #Friendly #Tips #Info #Information

Text "Official NVDA Users email group" above, and "nvaccess.org/nvda-users" below a screenshot of a browser address bar and the top part of the NVDA User's email group, with slight orange, purple and turquoise shades.

NVDA Screen Reader Discussion - Google Groups

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#friendly #screenreader #nvdasr #community #nvda #tips #info #Information #Users #user
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@DavidGoldfield Yes this is an alias for the Google Group: groups.google.com/a/nvaccess.o…

I must admit I'm still finding my way around Google Groups features (We've had groups on Google Groups for years, such as our API announcement list, but as that was a smaller, announce only list, these questions hadn't come up). I know there are several "digest" modes (digest is 1 email per day for every 25 message & archive is 1 for every 150 messages). Not sure if you can get just the first in each topic.

Sign in - Google Accounts

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Jubilee Nazi has raised almost $25k. There’s always money for hate mediaite.com/media/tv/self-pro…

I’m trying to raise just $6,300 this month to make software that reduces ewaste, empowers disabled folks, protects your privacy, and always asks for your consent

github.com/sponsors/elementary


Self-Proclaimed Fascist Raises $24K After Claiming He Was Fired Over Intense Mehdi Hasan Debate

A man who openly identified as a “fascist” during a debate Mehdi Hasan has raised over $18K after claiming he was fired for expressing his political beliefs.
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Please get the word out and spread these articles widely: 404 Media is publishing its ICE coverage in Spanish -- no signups, no paywall.

404media.co/were-publishing-ou…

#ICE #immigration #uspol


We're Publishing Our ICE Reporting In Spanish

From ICE's facial recognition app to its Palantir contract, we've translated a spread of our ICE articles into Spanish and made them freely available.
Joseph Cox (404 Media)
#uspol #immigration #ice

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Hmm. Character navigation via left/right arrow keys in edit boxes with NVDA, e.g., Windows 10's Notepad, seems noticeably faster if a screen is present, even if it's something like [Virtual Display Driver][1]. Is there a valid reason behind that, @NVAccess, or am I falsely conflating a coincidence?

[1]: github.com/VirtualDrivers/Virt…


GitHub - VirtualDrivers/Virtual-Display-Driver: Add virtual monitors to your windows 10/11 device! Works with VR, OBS, Sunshine, and/or any desktop sharing software.

Add virtual monitors to your windows 10/11 device! Works with VR, OBS, Sunshine, and/or any desktop sharing software. - VirtualDrivers/Virtual-Display-Driver
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Well now I can't seem to reproduce it anymore, or not to the point where I actually notice. Ugh. I could have sworn that Settings didn't have any display resolution when my lid is closed, but looking now, it actually shows as 1920 × 1080. Never mind, then. And while I have no idea what Notepad generation it is, it's the one where the menu bar still exists. @x0 @jcsteh
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Mastodon parle français aussi, je suppose.
Alors, se trouve-t-il ici un(e) collegue pour moi ?
Nous cherchons un(e) alternant(e) pour un poste technicien(ne) support #informatique. A #Strasbourg centre, présentiel.

Si / quand j'aurai mon mot à dire sur le recrutement, j’aimerais avoir un(e) collègue débrouillard, proactif(ve) et avec la tête sur les épaules. Après, s’il y a une vraie volonté, c’est un poste qui offre de réelles opportunités d'apprentissage et des projets divers. Ce n'est pas du hotline et pas que du support, mais faut quand même d'être capable de communiquer. (Je parle par l'expérience. Le poste pourrait éventuellement convenir à une alternance niveau bac+2, mais comme dit, l’envie de bosser, de découvrir et d’évoluer...)

Alors, que faut-il connaître ? AD, les bases des produits Microsoft (serveurs, O365) (oh oui...), qq connaissances des réseaux, une idée de Powershell pourrait être utile. Pas complètement étranger(e) aux systèmes Unix/Linux.

Cyclistes bienvenues, Au boulot à vélo, on le prend très sérieusement. :meow_giggle:

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#alternance #alternant #jerecrute

#jerecrute #strasbourg #informatique #alternance #alternant
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I respect a principled stand.

“Public Broadcasting, the FCC, and Why I Turned Down the FCC Chairman’s Award for Advancement in Accessibility (by Larry Goldberg)”
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#accessibility


Attacks on Public Broadcasting Lead US Accessibility Champion to Reject Prestigious Award

Lainey's Introduction As the republican attacks on rights, benefits and democracy continue in the United States, resistance takes many forms.
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A Behind the Scenes Look at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts. I loved the part about all the stuff the artists leave behind: “Chappell Roan’s wig is actually sitting on Cypress Hill’s skull.” kottke.org/25/07/a-behind-the-…

A Behind the Scenes Look at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts

Follow Architectural Digest as they head behind the scenes at the offices of NPR Music to see how the now-iconic Tiny Desk Conce
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In what may be a Canadian first, a human rights tribunal has affirmed the right of an immunocompromised person to seek workplace accommodations.

Disability advocates are praising the decision, saying it broadens the concept of accessible workplaces.

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Human Rights Tribunal Affirms Immunocompromised Worker's Right to Seek Workplace Accommodations

Disability advocates praise the BC decision as broadening the concept of accessible workplaces
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Godspeed Ozzy Osbourne, may you rest in peace! I grew up listening to your songs. The world is less cool now that you're not around. Say hi to Randy and Lemmy.

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Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath Planet Caravan(C) 1970 Warner Brothers Music-words and music by Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, and Bill Ward-LyricsWe sailed through...
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Zitat aus dem Tuta-Blog: „#Tuta hingegen stach durch seine Bescheidenheit und seinen Fokus auf echten Datenschutz hervor. Es hat nicht nur darüber geredet, sondern diesen auch gelebt. Das ist es, was mich überzeugt hat.“

Ich möchte mir diese drei Sätze zu eigen machen 😀

tuta.com/de/blog/tuta-user-int…

@Tutanota


Ihre Stimme, unser Antrieb: Vorstellung von Tuta-Nutzern aus aller Welt. | Tuta

Tolga Yenici war früher ein normaler Nutzer von Tech-Produkten, aber jetzt ist er auf dem Weg, sich für private, quelloffene Tools wie Tuta Mail zu entscheiden. Wir haben uns mit ihm zusammengesetzt, um herauszufinden, warum.
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To celebrate 30 years of JAWS, we're launching a new training series highlighting notable features available in JAWS.

In our first session, we cover Quick Navigation Keys; what they are, how to use them, and how they make browsing the web more efficient with JAWS.

Listen to or watch the training here:
freedomscientific.com/webinars…

#JAWS #JAWS30 #FreedomScientificTraining

Opening slide for webinar, white text on blue background; Use JAWS Quick Navigation Keys to Navigate Web Pages. Presented by: Rachel and Elizabeth. Text along bottom, white text on black background; JAWS 30: New Training Series.

Use JAWS Quick Navigation Keys to Navigate Web Pages – Freedom Scientific

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#jaws #freedomscientifictraining #jaws30

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@cachondo Thank you for being a long time JAWS user. We wanted to create a training series to celebrate features that had a huge impact at the time of their release. This training series is also designed to help ones who are new to using JAWS, some of whom were not even born yet in 2002, learn about all the features available in JAWS. Maybe you know someone new to using a screen reader that may benefit from this training?
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wanna give a huge shout-out to Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky for gifting us some absolutely stunning colour photographs from Russia in the 1910s.

YEAH YOU READ THAT RIGHT. he took three photographs of each subject, through coloured filters, and then projected the images again through the filters and superimposed them.

and thus, we have colour photography of early 20th century Russia. and it's beautiful.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_P…

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#History #Photography

an Armenian woman posing in a dark red skirt, a white shirt, and a blue jacket, wearing a multi-coloured hat, on a hillside against a backdrop of trees. her hands are clasped in front of her stomach.
a landscape photograph of Trinity Monastery in Tyumen from 1912. the walls are white, and the domes and spires are green, perhaps made of weathered copper?
Mr. Prokudin-Gorsky himself sat in a rail handcar with four other men on the Murmansk railroad. the other men are wearing some kind of uniform, while Mr. Prokudin-Gorsky wears a suit. the sky is blue and the weather looks fair.
an elderly, bearded man in a formal uniform standing on a raft holding a long punting pole. the raft floats on a river but its chained to the bank. the man's coat is long and grey, buttoned on the right side with a green belt. in this one you can see the effects of taking three separate photographs to composite them; while most things in frame are static and thus line up perfectly, the river is in constant movement, and so the water is separated into clouds of all three colours and looks somewhat oily.

Russian chemist and photographer (1863–1944)

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#history #photography

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NEW Change, Technically just dropped where we go all in on Star Wars: Andor and the Psychology of Resistance ! 🤩

changetechnically.fyi/2396236/…

@analog_ashley and I LOVED Andor, and I'm psyched to be sitting on a Comic-Con panel about it this very week -- if you're at Comic-Con you can catch our panel about Andor and Resistance on July 24th at noon and if not, you can dive deep into the psychology of dissenters and coalitions with this episode!


Andor and the psychology of resistance - Change, Technically

SHOW NOTES Dominic Packer’s Normative Conflict Model of Dissent is described in this paper as well as his other work: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088868307309606 Cat also mentions Mina Cikara’s work on coalitional cognition....
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