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Almost two years since I had my piano tuned, so thought it was time to rectify that. Here I'm playing a little melodic thing I came up with on-the-spot.
The lid is open and the hammers are exposed.
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Playing my piano just after it's been freshly tuned

It's been almost two years since my piano was last tuned, so I thought it was time to rectify this.Thanks to the amazing Paul from 'To The Tune Of Pianos' fo...
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Who Says You Can’t Have Privacy and Security in an Operating System?

Meet PureOS — The OS That Respects You

Supported on Purism’s Librem 5 and Liberty Phone, PureOS gives you the power to break free from the eye of Big Tech.

✅ No targeted ads
✅ No trackers
✅ No foreign or domestic surveillance
✅ No addictive tech

Just freedom, transparency, security, and full control over your device—the way it should be.

Read more at Purism: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-a…


What Is PureOS? A Beginner’s Guide for iOS, Android, and Windows Users – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC

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"I did not come here seeking wealth or running from poverty. In fact, I had a stable life back in my country, Yemen. I had a job, a house, a car, and everything I needed to live with dignity. What forced me to leave was not economic hardship, but persecution & fear for my safety & the safety of my family.

We refugees are not here to take advantage of the system. We are here to rebuild our lives, to work & to contribute"
Asylum seeker in the Epping Hotel.

#AsylumSeekers

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‘Every human being deserves dignity’: asylum seeker in Essex hotel calls for understanding

Man housed at hotel targeted in protests writes letter urging people not to resort to harmful stereotypes
Ben Quinn (The Guardian)
#asylumseekers

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The Epstein scandal, long exploited by Trump and his allies to rally MAGA anger, is now backfiring as the public realizes it was a smokescreen for deeper abuses. As the GOP’s efforts to weaponize the case falter, the rage now turns on Trump for his failure to deliver. slate.com/news-and-p...

The Deep Irony of the Epstein ...


The Deep Irony of the Epstein Scandal Finally Coming Home to Roost

It’s tempting to dismiss the developments in the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files as the ultimate theater of schadenfreude.
Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)

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discord.gg/kyjfet2hpT

If people want to do something about the itch.io thing, a number of us engineers, artists, and community members are gathering together to plan for and build a real alternative that's genuinely resistant to this kind of censorship in a way centralized platforms with singular payment processor relationships simply can't be

Join us! We need all the help we can get.

Join the Conjured Ink Discord Server!

Check out the Conjured Ink community on Discord - hang out with 222 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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Kkti. 🙄🤦‍♂️

Aplikace pro Android se dočkala vlny kritiky po zjištění, že je v plánu použít Google Play Integrity API, které by vyžadovalo stáhnutí přímo z Google Play (a tudíž vyžadovalo účet u Google), ale také neumožňovalo použití alternativních operačních systémů typu LineageOS, GrapheneOS a dalších.


#EU #Regulace

Lupa.cz

Aplikace Evropské unie na ověřování věku má na Androidu být jen přes Google

Evropská unie pokračuje v implementaci aplikací na ověřování věku uživatelů v rámci regulací a zákonů Digital Services Act (DSA) a EU Digital Wallet…
Redakce (Internet Info, s.r.o.)
#EU #Regulace
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Ozzelot

Tak tomu skoro bývalo. Byli uživatelé obyčejných MT a uživatelé kapesních počítačů, co náhodou uměly telefonovat, ať na nich běžel Symbian, PalmOS, Windows Mobile nebo v drobné míře Linux. Pak si holt někdo řek, že všechno a všichni budou konvergovat, aniž by k tomu většina lidí měla řádný důvod, a nakonec... jsme tu.
@martin
@Martin Kostera
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Rory D.

"But Google Search was so goddamned magic – before they cynically destroyed it [...] The collapse of Google into a giant pile of shit is like giving every web user a traumatic brain injury."

I sometimes wonder if the reason many people are so amazed by AI is because they forgot how drop-dead good Google search used to be. And it's only been a few years since it was well and truly enshittified.

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Native Schannel TLS stack of #Windows was so unreliable it got axed from #curl:
* Never worked reliably under real‑world loads.
* Quirky, cumbersome API/architecture that broke integrations.
* Zero developer interest—nobody tested or maintained it.
* Pure maintenance drag with no real benefit.

So #Microsoft again shipped a built‑in that nobody uses, and projects ditch it entirely in favor of better third‑party alternatives.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/29…


Carving out msh3

I hope that by now most readers of my blog have understood that curl, and libcurl specifically, is an architecture with a transfer core with a set of different backends plugged in. Backends powered by different third party libraries.
daniel.haxx.se
#Windows #microsoft #curl

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Hi to all #history readers and lovers. I am developing a daily history puzzle with all of my heart. You have to guess a year with the help of 4 historical events. Afterwards you get interesting links to these events.

I would be glad if you check it out. It is called #PastPuzzle - Thank you! :)

pastpuzzle.de/

past puzzle

Errate mithilfe von 4 historischen Ereignissen das gesuchte Jahr. Ein von Wordle und Geschichten aus der Geschichte inspiriertes Spiel.
www.pastpuzzle.de
#history #pastpuzzle
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Tom Seidel

@pvagner There is one puzzle a day. If you become a supporter you can play multiple puzzles a day.

You can find more about this here: pastpuzzle.de/#/support

I saw that you are relying on a screen reader. In case you find pitfalls, just message me about it. I try my best, but at the moment I can barely navigate with a screen reader, haha.

past puzzle

Errate mithilfe von 4 historischen Ereignissen das gesuchte Jahr. Ein von Wordle und Geschichten aus der Geschichte inspiriertes Spiel.
www.pastpuzzle.de
@Peter Vágner

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The opposite of AI slop reports is a detailed, well written and qualified report that takes many hours of mind-wrestling until we know what to do about it.

Like this: hackerone.com/reports/3261310


curl disclosed on HackerOne: OpenSSL HTTP/3 bogus CURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR

## Summary: `curl_easy_getinfo` `CURLINFO_TLS_SSL_PTR` appears to return invalid `SSL` connection pointer for OpenSSL HTTP/3 connections. Using this `SSL` connection results in a crash, and...
HackerOne

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Please boost for reach, for any OnePlus users or staff:

I wrote a review of my OnePlus 13 on OnePlus' community site. If you're a member there, please like it to show support for the accessibility issues I brought up. I'd really like to get these fixed, since this is a powerful phone that's got Google's TalkBack, not Samsung's moldy fork, and is great overall, besides the accessibility issues. I'd love to be able to recommend this phone as an all-around great phone for blind people.

@accessibleandroid

community.oneplus.com/thread/1… [A review of the OnePlus 13, from a blind person's perspective]

#android #OnePlus #OnePlus13 #blind #accessibility #Braille


OnePlus Community

Introducing our new OnePlus Community experience, with a completely revamped structure, built from the ground-up.
community.oneplus.com
#Accessibility #android #blind #braille #oneplus #oneplus13 @Accessible Android

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*баян
Не трогай людей после пятидесяти. Серьезно. Это не просто поколение – это отдельная форма выживания. Крепкие, как недельный хлеб, и быстрые, как бабушкины тапочки, летящие в твою сторону с точностью бумеранга. К пяти годам они уже читали настроение матери по звуку кастрюли на плите. В семь – имели ключ на шнурке и инструкцию:
«Обед в холодильнике, разогрей, но не спали». В девять – варили борщ без рецепта, в десять – знали, как закрутить кран и убежать от соседского пса с ведром на голове. С утра до ночи на улице.
Без телефонов. Вместо вай-фая – точный маршрут: турник, река, и домой в темноте с коленями, похожими на карту боевых действий.
И однажды выжили.
Колени латали слюной и листом подорожника. А как болело – то слышали: «Не оторвалось – значит, не болит». Ели хлеб с сахаром, пили воду из садового шланга – с таким микробиомом, которому позавидовал бы любой йогурт. Аллергии не было. А если и имели – то молчали.
Знают пятнадцать способов выведения пятен от травы, смазки, крови, болота и чернил – потому что надо было прийти домой «чистым». И это еще не всё. Они прошли через:
– транзисторное радио,
– черно-белый телевизор,
– проигрыватель для винил,
– магнитофоны с катушками и кассетами,
– CD-диски и дискмены,
а теперь – держат тысячи песен в кармане… и скучают по треску кассеты, перемотанной карандашом. А получив водительское удостоверение, ехали на жигулях через всю страну – без гостиниц, кондиционера и GPS. Только дорожный атлас, где вся страна – на нескольких страницах. И доезжали. Без Google Translate. С улыбкой. И бутербродом с яйцом в багажнике. Это последнее поколение, помнящее мир без интернета, без связи, без постоянной тревоги за заряд батареи. Они знают разницу между стационарным телефоном и висевшим на шнуре в коридоре. У них были тетради с рецептами, а не приложения. А о днях рождения помнили сами. Или... не приходили. Это люди, которые:
– ремонтируют все изоляционной лентой, скрепкой и плоскогубцами,
— имели один канал по телевизору — и не скучали,
– знали, что «листать» – это не лента, а телефонный справочник,
– и верили: если не берешь трубку – значит, жив, перезвонишь. Они – другие. У них эмоциональный асбест, иммунитет из эпохи дефицита и рефлексы, отточенные на турнике. Последние настоящие ниндзя обыденности. Не трогай пятидесятилетнего. Он видел больше, прожил глубже и имеет в кармане мятные конфеты старше твоего ребенка. Он пережил детство без автокресла, без шлема и без солнцезащитного крема. Школу – без ноутбука. Молодость – без скролинга. И не ищет ответов у Google – потому что имеет инстинкт.
И несмотря на все – у него больше воспоминаний, чем у тебя – фотографий в облаке. #баян
#баян
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𝖏𝖆𝖊[Ø]™

same here. as i age my desire to just quietly live life and not make ripples increases. im happy with computers, doggo/cattos/music. funny-absurd is amazing. its like so out there you can't help but chuckle. i made a shirt that says "my other computer is a.." it has a picture of usb thumb drive with whataborgor-like logo and a detective emoji. makes me laugh because its ridiculous. :-)

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Unboxing the Orbit Player tomorrow night starting at 7:30 PM Eastern. I will also have an audio stream for those who dislike YouTube. youtube.com/live/IIZk1ZdIzJA?f…

Orbit Player Unboxing for July 29, 2025

We're checking out the Orbit Reader from orbit research. https://www.orbitresearch.com/product/orbit-player-global-version/Enjoy the stream? Here's how you c...
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⚠️ SCAM WARNING ⚠️

We’re getting blasted by a bot-driven barrage of accounts requesting Palestine aid.

These are the avatars being used, and account names look like this:

Mahmoud│⟪Hear Our Cries⟫
Mahmoud│⟪Feed Our Hunger⟫
Mahmoud│⟪Dry Our Tears⟫

The person in the photo may be real, but the accounts are not. They use signature spam methods.

Report, block, and DO NOT give money. Many already have. This is theft from real Palestinians.

#Scam #Spam #Alert #Mastodon #Palestine #Gaza

Collage of four avatars, each showing the same person of Middle-Eastern ethnicity. Three are selfies: one in a refugee camp with a tent behind him, and two holding small children. The fourth shows him inside holding a baby.
#Mastodon #palestine #scam #spam #alert #Gaza

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Bill C-2 lets Canadian cops demand users' info without a warrant—and it paves the way for that info to go to U.S. government agencies. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/cana…

Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance

The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Pitermach

There's a CPU I'm way too familiar with thanks to Smoorez on YouTube, it's all over cheep chinese clones of iPhones and such. Guess they went for it because it was cheep to purchase and the performance is probably enough for a book reading device. But now you got me curious, I remember seeing from one demo you could select Google as an alternative text to speech, would the software pick up on other engines you install? Like the one you're probably thinking of but also on a more local note RHVoice.
in reply to App Manager

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App Manager

- In debloater page, sort by app label (or app name) rather than package name
- Fixed freezing an app with “Remember for this app” turned on
- Fixed selecting texts in the list items due to framework bugs
- Fixed setting app ops in custom ROMs with MIUI properties injected
- Fixed updating profile modification status when an application is deleted from the list
- Handled common colors and cursor movements in terminal output.
in reply to App Manager

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App Manager

App Manager releases are now reproducible! Thanks @IzzyOnDroid for the help!

From v4.0.5, you can also find App Manager on the IzzyOnDroid repo: apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/a…

You can also find the last 7 AM Debug builds in this repo: github.com/MuntashirAkon/AMIns…


„App Manager“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

A fully-featured package manager for android.
IzzyOnDroid Repo Browser
@IzzyOnDroid ✅

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated and 2 added apps:

* Nothing K: a digital vault for storing your passwords using symmetric cryptography 🛡️
* App Manager: an app manager combining
the features of App_packages Info, ClassyShark3xodus, Activity Launcher, Watt, and more 🛡️

apt.izzysoft.de/magisk got a new #Magisk module:

* Nohello: a Zygisk module to hide root

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 #magisk #izzyondroid
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