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Adventures in @thunderbird add-on development.

Motivated by a thread I seen yesterday, I decided to create a #WebExtension that would display pkpass files as inline attachments.

I managed to get all the data from the pkpass files and process them, what is giving me trouble is actually getting a `document` that is not attached to a `window` to work with html2canvas.

Like how to screenshot a document which only exists in memory?

Any clue? anyone?

#webextension @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

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Oooh, a new use for my old brewing yeast, I could grow meat in the backyard 🤪

PHYS: "From pint to plate, scientists brew up a new way to grow meat... Yeast left over from brewing beer can be transformed into edible "scaffolds" for cultivated meat—sometimes known as lab-grown meat—which could offer a more sustainable, cost-effective alternative to current methods, according to a new study from UCL (University College London) researchers."

phys.org/news/2026-01-pint-pla…

#chickenlittle #labmeat

From pint to plate, scientists brew up a new way to grow meat

From pint to plate, scientists brew up a new way to grow meat

Yeast left over from brewing beer can be transformed into edible "scaffolds" for cultivated meat—sometimes known as lab-grown meat—which could offer a more sustainable, cost-effective alternative to current methods, according to a new study from UCL …
University College London (Phys.org)
#chickenlittle #labmeat
in reply to AI6YR Ben

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AI6YR Ben

"....SCUM-SKIMMING wasn’t hard to learn. You got up at dawn. You gulped a breakfast sliced not long ago from Chicken Little and washed it down with Coffiest. You put on your coveralls and took the cargo net up to your tier. In blazing noon from sunrise to sunset you walked your acres of shallow tanks crusted with algae. If you walked slowly, every thirty seconds or so you spotted a patch at maturity, bursting with yummy carbohy-drates. You skimmed the patch with your skimmer and slung it down the well, where it would be baled, or rocessed into glucose to feed Chicken Little, who would be sliced and packed to feed people from Baffinland to Little America. ..."

(Frederick Pohl, The Space Merchants)

#cultivatedmeat #chickenlittle #scifi #tormentnexus

SCUM-SKIMMING wasn’t hard to learn. You got up at dawn. You gulped a breakfast sliced not long ago from Chicken Little and washed it down with Coffiest. You put on your coveralls and took the cargo net up to your tier. In blazing noon from sunrise to sunset you walked your acres of shallow tanks crusted with algae. If you walked slowly, every thirty seconds or so you spotted a patch at maturity, bursting with yummy carbohy- drates. You skimmed the patch with your skimmer and slung it down the well, where it would be baled, or processed into glucose to feed Chicken Little, who would be sliced and packed to feed people from Baffinland to Little America. Every hour you could drink from your canteen and take a salt tablet. Every two hours you could take five minutes. At sunset you turned in your coveralls and went to dinner—more slices from Chicken
#scifi #chickenlittle #tormentnexus #cultivatedmeat
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I'm quite impressed how #EndeavourOS, despite not being _glamorous_ or hyped up as some of the rest in the list - is doing quite well at ~2.12% of the #Linux #Steam users. Not **that** far off from something like #Bazzite (~5.89%) and is higher even than #Fedora, #Manjaro, and #PopOS. EndeavourOS was the boat I chose when I decided to leave #Windows few years back, and it's still going strong. Despite #ArchLinux having a rep to 'break', my PC and all of my family members' have yet to go through such a thing lol. Its rep of being not user-friendly to noobs is also not that true seeing how a solution to a problem, if any, is often one search away from the incredibly documented Arch Wiki - better than relying on hundreds of conflicting information scattered through distros' forums. I'm perfectly aware everyone's experience is unique to their own, esp with something as fragmented as Linux, but I'd be remiss not to mention that while my EndeavourOS experience has been flawless, I've had broken/borked systems with 2 #Debian/#Ubuntu based distros (not gonna name, names), Manjaro (Arch based, though some might not agree), and even Bazzite (Fedora based). These were with #Intel/#AMD systems too that's supposedly 'ideal', at least 2 of my EndeavourOS systems meanwhile have #NVIDIA GPUs (i.e. 'not ideal'). These were a couple of years ago tho before reaching my 'final distro', EndeavourOS tho so things may have improved for these distros too. All in all, my point is, despite not being the glamorous, popular option... THANK YOU to the EndeavourOS team for clearly putting in a ton of work to ensure our (supposedly) broken-prone systems to keep running stably.
#linux #debian #Windows #manjaro #steam #ubuntu #archlinux #fedora #nvidia #endeavourOS #intel #amd #bazzite #popos
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I recently bought an iPhone SE 2022 and am switching back to IOS from Android. One of the things I liked about my Galaxy A15 is that it told me when my battery reached eighty percent and then stopped charging. My iPhone doesn't do this. I also don't have a regular charging schedule, since I use my phone more on some days than others, so the optomisation feature doesn't really help me. I want to charge my phone when the battery drops to twenty percent, or ten percent at the lowest and stop charging it at eighty percent, unless I really need the extra charge. I downloaded AllMyBatteries and set up notifications, but I often don't hear them and it's charged to a full 100% several times already. Can anyone please help me find a solution to this? I am a VoiceOver user and strictly use an external keyboard. I have both an Orbit Writer and a regular qwerty keyboard, so directions with either are fine. I know there is a way to create automated shortcuts, but the last time I tried it, it didn't really work for me. Is there a better program that I can download? Some of the features of AllMyBatteries aren't fully accessible.

#accessibility #battery #blind #IOS #iPhone #technology #Voiceover

#Accessibility #blind #technology #ios #iphone #voiceover #battery

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It’s kind of hard to believe that it’s been five years. I remember deciding to have a nap instead of watching the vote certification. Then I was awakened by a friend calling, and the first words out of their mouth was “they’re storming the Capitol.” That day is stamped into my memory as indelibly as 9/11. Every year we are told, ad nauseam, to #NeverForget 9/11. Conversely, we are being told, in many sometimes imperceptible ways, to forget January 6. And, dammit, it’s working. Not for me, though. I sure as hell remember. And I’ll #NeverForget #Jan6
#Jan6 #neverforget

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#shokz OpenFit Pro:
No word about latency, other than it's using Bluetooth 6.1. AI noise reduction and call clarity. 24-to-50 hour battery life means they are most definitely not keeping the device awake, so very likely no good for screen-reader use.
shokz.com/products/openfit-pro…

Shop Shokz Openfit Pro - Best Open Earbuds Perfect for Gym

New! Shop Shokz OpenFit Pro best open ear earbuds with noise reduction for workout and gym. Experience the most comfortable noise reduction earbuds with Shokz OpenSound™. IP55 water resistant, 50H power, and quick charge.
Shokz
#shokz

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‼️ $100/430 ‼️ • URGENT: in need of rent for february, due by january 26th, only $330 to go! plz donate or boost, thanx for yr help! :boost_requested:

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#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #transcrowdfund #disabilitymutualaid #blackmutualaid #blackcrowdfund #disabledcrowdfund #bipoccrowdfund #helpfolkslive2026 #rentemergency
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“Accessibility is often treated as something that can be counted, graded, or “passed.” But accessibility is not a single outcome. It’s not a feature, and it’s not a binary state. Binary answers may feel simpler, cheaper, and easier to communicate, but they rarely deliver the outcomes teams are actually trying to achieve.”

annaecook.com/writing/2026/1/5…


Designing accessibility for real use, not dashboards

This piece explores why accessibility and design so often break down when success is measured before it’s clearly defined.
Anna E. Cook (she/her) (Anna E. Cook)

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If you're running Windows and still using WinImage for handling basic floppy disk images, it is time to retire it. It served us well, but there is now a replacement called DiskImageTool that is superior in every conceivable way and is completely free and open source.

The latest version adds a small drag & drop feature I requested, and it's just the final touch that makes it a perfect replacement for me.

github.com/Digitoxin1/DiskImag…

#retrocomputing #emulation

A screenshot of DiskImageTool's main interface. An "IMD" image of King's Quest is open. On the left we see a panel of basic disk information and some metadata extracted from the boot sector. On the right we see the contents of the FAT filesystem. Files can be dropped into the right pane to add them to the image.

GitHub - Digitoxin1/DiskImageTool: A powerful floppy disk image manager with built-in bitstream analysis and optional Greaseweazle and Kryoflux integration

A powerful floppy disk image manager with built-in bitstream analysis and optional Greaseweazle and Kryoflux integration - Digitoxin1/DiskImageTool
GitHub
#retrocomputing #emulation
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Today I'm feeling incredibly grateful not to be in pain.
My hand is still swollen for some reason unknown to me, and I still want to have a doctor look it over, but, yesterday, I probably would have described the pain as maybe a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10, although I wouldn't claim to be any good at self-reporting these things.
Reminds me not to take things for granted.

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Linux desktop voice control has a gap. Talon costs money. Other tools are X11-only or cloud-dependent.

So I built EasySpeak.

youtube.com/watch?v=dl5m2Zo1oI…

github.com/ctsdownloads/easysp…

- Free and open source (GPL-3.0)
- Fully local — no cloud, no accounts
- Wayland-native
- "Hey Jarvis, open downloads"

Built for RSI, accessibility, or anyone who wants to talk to their computer.

#Linux #OpenSource #Accessibility #VoiceControl #GNOME #Wayland #a11y


GitHub - ctsdownloads/easyspeak: Voice control for Linux desktops. Fully local, no cloud, Wayland-native.

Voice control for Linux desktops. Fully local, no cloud, Wayland-native. - ctsdownloads/easyspeak
GitHub
#a11y #Accessibility #linux #opensource #gnome #Wayland #voicecontrol

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question for people- for the accessible description of an emoji, would you expect it to say the skin tones?

for instance, "women holding hands" vs "women holding hands: light skin tone, medium-light skin tone"

personally the latter feels very verbose, but i'd love to get thoughts!

#mastodon #mastodev #a11y #accessibility #screenreader

#a11y #Accessibility #Mastodon #screenreader #mastodev
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To all you creatives out there with very understandable fears about AI...create. Get creating! Don't stop! Your creations matter. The corporations running AI who want to optimise us out of existence want us to believe our creations don't matter any more, that they can't compete. they want that hopelessness. Once you start creating, feeling it, that noise dials down. Keep on keeping on!

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Hello my friends 👋 are you still thinking of us?

I know that you might get tired of my words, but we are still suffering and the situation is very bad. We didn't receive any donations for three days. Please donate and share to help my family overcome this tough time

chuffed.org/project/121561-urg…


Urgent help for Ahmed's family

"I’m tired, Mama. I’m thinking of the hours that I'll spend tomorrow in the water line." – says 9 year old Ahmed to his mother before going to sleep.
Chuffed
in reply to Dmytri

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jeremiah

With the dialogic path, you've effectively captured something that I've been thinking about. I regularly find myself revisiting the capacities of these new AI systems. I find myself always landing on a mixture of disappointed and impressed. The impressed part is outweighed by my disappointment.

But, for example, the chat interface to OCR is pretty useful. I wanted a serial number off of an access point the other day. I snapped a picture and sent it to my desktop.

I looked at it, and I had the "I wonder" thought, and I asked for the serial number AND MAC address. The system faithfully ignored the other information and presented what I asked for. I double-checked, and everything was accurate. That was legitimately cool.

What I don't like is that I don't have a lot of control or insight over these things. Ideally, I would be able to evaluate and plug and play these with a combination of models and deterministic plugins. Starting with a canvas and building my ideal user agent from the ground up. I don't want this to be folded into a web browser because I think having them as discrete tools is useful and adds a layer of cognitive protection.

I have found a few desktop applications that sort of gesture towards this, but I'm not seeing anything that feels good in the way my IDE or web browser feel good.

Admittedly, the knowledge of how these systems operate currently sort of saps any good feeling one might have away.

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Linux at CES 2026: Tux is alive and well in IoT, cars, and AI zdnet.com/article/linux-at-ces… via @ZDNet & @sjvn

#Linux won't make the #CES headlines, but under the hood, most of the latest and greatest consumer tech depends on it.


Linux at CES 2026: Tux is alive and well in IoT, cars, and AI

Linux and open source aren't making headlines at CES 2026, but they're working behind the scenes in embedded, automotive, and edge AI.
Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)
#linux #ces @sjvn @ZDNET

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*Reads #RSSFeed and laughs.*

Boeing does not deserve sympathy and their attempts to make it other people's fault is wrong. #AllTheCoffee
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Boeing Sued for $10 Million by Captain of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 - Business Insider

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Boeing sued for $10 million by captain of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282

A lawsuit from the captain of the Alaska Airlines flight that lost a panel in midair in 2024 says Boeing tried to "scapegoat" the pilots.
Pete Syme (Business Insider)
#rssfeed #allthecoffee

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More Americans with disabilities are now eligible for ABLE accounts.

If your blindness or qualifying condition began before age 46, this could open new doors for saving and financial independence — without risking benefits.

Read more: 🔗 pennyforward.com/more-people-a…


More People Are Now Eligible for ABLE Accounts. Here’s Why That Matters - Penny Forward

ABLE account eligibility expanded in 2026, allowing millions more people with disabilities, including blindness or low vision, to build wealth safely.
Andrea Locsin (Penny Forward)
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