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Good morning all. How is everyone doing?
It's a little after 6 a.m. here. It's 18 degrees outside, with a wind chill of 5 below zero. We are definitely not used to this kind of cold. My poor mom had to step outside for a minute, and she said it actually hurt.
I just had breakfast. Scrambled eggs with cheese and toast, as one of the soft foods I can tolerate. Most of my nutrition right now comes from medical food shakes. Now I'm back in bed playing Evolve Incremental. I might rest for a bit, since I'm feeling tired and have a mild headache.
We have a very full house today. Four dogs and 24 cats, with most of them indoors because of the cold. My mom is doing a lot of refereeing between cats, keeping them out of trouble, and watching for the ones who like to pee in the house.

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So, yesterday sucked.

I've had a toothache that comes and goes for the last little while. It reached new excruciating levels last night, and I essentially became nonfunctional for all intents and purposes. Finally got some sleep, and feel a little better this morning.
So, today, I get to see what my options are for dealing with this while outside of network.

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@fosdem is less then a week ahead! And this year, we will have a #stand there presenting our #opensource #secure #router - we are bringing #OmniaNG! This time we are joining forces with other opensource projects by #CZNIC. For example #Bird ;-) Looking forward to all the discussions we will have in #Brussels! See you there!
#opensource #brussels #bird #secure #router #cznic #omniang #stand @FOSDEM

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RE: tldr.nettime.org/@pankegallery…

Tomorrow at @pankegallery!

Reverse Contradictionary – Dictionary of New Worlds by @Vuk Ćosić · @iocose · Vladan Joler: book launch event as part of Vorspiel 2026

📍 panke.gallery, Tuesday, 27 January 2026, 7 PM (Gerichtstr. 23, Hof 5, 13347 Berlin)

Welcome!


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@panke.gallery @Vuk Ćosić @IOCOSE

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Man hat ja häufig das Problem, dass man sich große Vermögen schlecht vorstellen kann. Hier ein Versuch, das zu umgehen.

Wenn eine Pflegekraft Vollzeit arbeiten würde, bräuchte sie 971.428 und ein halbes Jahr, um das Vermögen zu erwirtschaften, das die BMW-Erb*Innen Klatten und Quandt heute besitzen.

Das ist dreimal die Zeit, die der Homo sapiens existiert oder die Hälfte der Zeit seit der Erfindung des Faustkeils.

#taxtherich
#Pflege

Quellen im Thread

#taxtherich #pflege
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skaphle

Ich finde auch Folgendes anschaulich:

Stell dir vor, jemand gibt dir jede Sekunde einen Euro. Eins, zwei, drei, vier, fünf... Nach einer Stunde sind das 3600€, ein guter Monatslohn.

Für eine Million Euro brauchst du damit etwa 12 Tage.

Für eine Milliarde brauchst du etwa 32 Jahre.

Um bei heutigen Multimilliardär*innen anzukommen:

Für 50 Milliarden (Klatten, Quandt) brauchst du etwa 1500 Jahre.

Für 200 Milliarden (Musk, Bezos) brauchst du etwa 6000 Jahre.

#taxtherich #eattherich #überreiche #ausbeutung #kapitalismus

#eattherich #taxtherich #uberreiche #ausbeutung #kapitalismus
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Wir laden zum Matrix Stammtisch in der @ro7 ein!

Wir bieten dir Unterstützung und Hilfestellungen rund um das Thema #Matrix. Egal ob technische Unterstützung, Serversuche oder generelle Fragen zu Messengern, komm gern vorbei!

Wann? 27. Januar, 19:00 Uhr
Wo? #Ro7, Rothenburger Str. 7, #Dresden
Link? dresden.datenpunks.de/events/m…

Eine in grün gefärbte Katze auf einem in Graustufen gefärbten Stuhl, die ihr Gesicht in einem Kissen vergräbt. Davor in zusammen gewürfelten Buchstaben zu lesen: Matrix-Stammtisch. Aus dem Schriftzug kommt eine ebenfalls in grün gefärbte Hand mit Schraubenschlüssel.

Veranstaltungen - DPD

dresden.datenpunks.de
#matrix #dresden #ro7 @Piratenbüro Dresden

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Kyle Rittenhouse walked up to police carrying an assault weapon during protests in Kenosha, then killed people, and Conservatives called him a hero.

Alex Pretti filmed officers during a protest, kept his handgun holstered, was wrestled to the ground, had his weapon taken away, and then was shot dead, and Conservatives are calling him a terrorist.

1/8

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Contributions of governments to #OpenSource are often unsustainable - fragmented, short term subsidies, feature work or new things. Nothing shifting billions of tax money from Big Tech to open source!

The public sector should work with existing communities that have managed a sustainable financial model. Commit to deploy these & shift real procurement money!

Debate me at #FOSDEM - between 12:55 and 13:40 on tis. Get involved!

fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track…


FOSDEM 2026 - Collaboration and content management

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#opensource #fosdem

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I had to check my carry-on bag as there was no room for it on the flight from YOW->YUL->BRU.

My carry-on didn't make the transition in Montreal & I got an email confirming that it should arrive tomorrow.

I'm now caught in a loop.

I can't seem to either "Report your delayed bag" or contact someone at #AirCanada to have it delivered..

I keep getting "Unable to locate delayed baggage file with provided information."

But were using the information they provided in the email about my luggage.

#aircanada

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Just tried #FastPlay. Wow, just wow! I'd like some more enhancements, but it seems to be very, very decent. At least, for a nitpicky guy like me who basically doesn't like anything except for Winamp and 1by1, FastPlay is definitely a thing to keep. Thanks so much @Bri! And special kudos for not using Python this time 😜
As every C++-based solution it's painful to build, but it's native which is a huge plus for me.
#fastplay @Bri🥰

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Today I would like to introduce you to another audio player for Windows. As I understand it, the developer originally wrote this for his own use but has decided to share it. I am very glad that is the case.
The player is called FastPlay, so if you've been paying attention as to what is going on, you will know that this comes from the same developer as the social media client Fast-SM, which many of us are now using. That tells us two things: the app is going to be excellent and suggestions are very much considered.

This is a very small, lightweight, audio player. That means it is designed to be a small file size to download. That is important. I downloaded an app recently which contained approximately 5000 files comprising 500 MB which was absolutely crazy for the job at hand. This is just over 2 MB in size.
In order to describe some of its features, I can do no better than quote from the Readme file.
Fastplay is a very lightweight, simple, yet powerful and flexible media player for Windows. It is designed to be accessible, minimalistic, yet powerful, all at the same time. It is also very small, and fast and responsive.
Note! Fastplay is not designed to be a replacement for a complete media player. Rather, it's designed to be a small, lightweight media player that you can either use seriously or for fun! It has a vast list of effects including an EQ, reverb, echo, tempo/pitch, stereo width, and more, which you can adjust in realtime. End of quote.
I think that may have been the case when that statement was written, but it has evolved into including some very nice options indeed, such as:
Completely configurable Global hotkeys.
The ability to have the screen-reader speak events through keystrokes, such as elapsed time, remaining time etc, Control+Shift+E and Control+Shift+R.
Load all files in folder when pressing Enter.
You are able to set default file types. All of these are achieved through the Options dialog and there is an extraordinary amount of configuration in there.
Bookmarking of playback position in files.
A Radio menu currently allowing you to add stations if you have the URL. Searching for stations using various sources is also available. RadioBrowser is a very good starting point.
The ability to record the output from stations. This is a nice one. Some of us have used Tapin Radio for this previously. But the accessibility of that over the years has been somewhat questionable. Of course FastPlay is completely accessible. Not only that, but you can schedule recordings too.
It is possible to search for (and subscribe to) podcasts using Apple's iTunes directory. The vast majority of podcasts can be found there. The facility to add specific URL's pointing to podcast feeds can also be added.
There are many more features which you can explore and customise through the options, activated with Control+Comma.
End of Part 1.

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Brian Hartgen

FastPlay Part 2.
If you do not wish to have the track title and artist displayed in the window title, this can be disabled, again in Options. However, you can press numbers 1 through to 0, above the letter keys, to cause the screen-reader to recite playing characteristics. For example when listening to an internet stream, press number 1 for the song title and artist. Add the Shift key to any of those numbers to display the information in an edit field for checking spelling or copying to the clipboard.

One interesting concept is the Virtual Sliders. You can configure which options appear as part of the sliders through Options, Effects.
The concept is that you press the left and right bracket keys to move between the effects, then use up and down arrow keys to adjust the focused effect.
For example, if Tempo was enabled, a good option to adjust for listening to talking books or podcasts, you would select this with right bracket and adjust with the up and down arrow keys.

This app has only been available for a few days but like Fast-SM shows an enormous amount of promise. If you've been using other players and experienced navigational difficulties especially, it is worth serious consideration. Take a look at Options, Control+Comma, as a starting point because there is so much configuration you can do. I've already extensively customised it myself.
You can obtain FastPlay at:
github.com/masonasons/FastPlay…

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miki

@bebop All of these consider the freedom of the individual to be far more important than any consequences for society in general.

In the case of the FSF / EFF, it's the freedom to run an entirely custom software stack on any device of the user's choosing. This is something relatively few people care about, just as relatively few people care about concealed carry. However, locking devices down is important for scam prevention and to prevent "evil maid" attacks, and most people want that a lot more.

@Beb0p
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ludman1

The last menu "Invite to server" what exactly should be (I have no spare phone to test)?

Is there something in common with the Great Invitations recently added by @zeank to Ejabberd?

Because the generated xmpp URI by this menu looks similar like if I create invite from the command line.

Also, my IBR are disabled and no one can send great invites except me from the command line.
So in my configuration this menu should not work (as I expected)?

@link2xt

@PositivDenken 🤯 @l
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Daniel Gultsch

Yes, the 'Invite to server' triggers the "Great Invitations" aka Easy Invites. Prosody and Snikket have that and since recently ejabberd as well.

This is exactly for small, family and friends deployments that don’t have open registrations.

I’m not exactly sure how the access control looks like on ejabberd. Maybe only the admin can trigger easy invites. I guess theoretically there are also deployments possible where all users could trigger them.

@zeank can probably tell you more.

@PositivDenken 🤯

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RE: mastodon.social/@Tutanota/1159…

* Email: @Tutanota (as of last week)
* Search: NoAI.DuckDuckGo.com
* Password Manager/Auth: @bitwarden
* Browser: @Waterfox
* Doc Editor: @ONLYOFFICE
* Storage: @nextcloud
* Maps: @openstreetmap

I need to get a proper YT proxy front-end going (I might install my own Invidious, but we'll see)
I am slowly switching EU-based services where possible, but it's not a requirement.

#noxp

Tuta

2026-01-25 13:20:25

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#NewYearResolution2026: Never let people tell you it's impossible to deGoogle your life. 💪

➡️ Find out the names to the icons: tuta.com/blog/degoogle-list

Google app icons crossed out with lots of alternatives listed

Top list to deGoogle with best private alternatives | 2025 | Tuta

2025 is the year to deGoogle! In this guide, we take a look at the best private Google alternatives so that you can say hello to privacy!
Tuta

#noxp @ONLYOFFICE @Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 @OpenStreetMap @Tuta @Bitwarden @Waterfox

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oh my. 5 hours of debugging and updating and trial and error later, and I discover that the version of libvips fwoof.space's server was using was somehow not built with png support among other things. Needless to say, videos and images (both uploading and viewing) now work again, after months. If an image or video doesn't play for you, give it time. I have a task running in the background that's grabbing 93551 remote images/videos and is going to take the next 5 hours, but after that we should be good!

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Шульман выдает базу

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Екатерина Шульман. Был ли авторитарный разворот заложен в Конституции 1993? / Лекция №5

Почему Конституция 1993 года оказалась удобной для построения «вертикали власти» — и была ли траектория к авторитаризму заложена в её тексте? На примерах Ек...
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Roman

И еще одно интересно. "Традиционные ценности" там хорошо описаны. Это в целом странное явление. В области техники примитивизм очевидно невыгоден, экскаватор лучше лопаты. Примитивизм же в области социальных конструкций люди почему-то ценят и провозглашают, являясь своеобразными социальными луддитами. Хотя провести параллель не сложно.
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Roman

Да, в смысле примитивизма, именно примитивность анархизма или прочих измов для меня всегда является первым признаком того, что это не лучшее решение сложных социальных проблем. Решение должно быть осмысленно сложным, это один из признаков его зрелости и работоспособности, хоть и туманный.
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Mae

not sure if intentional but the article title from pressmind.org had all of it's polish utf-8 characters replaced with "?"

PressMind Labs: AI, technologie i przyszłość cyfrowego świata

Odkrywaj świat sztucznej inteligencji i nowych technologii. PressMind Labs to magazyn o AI, innowacjach i ideach, które tworzą cyfrową przyszłość.
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Lets talk batteries for a moment. I kinda like that everything got built-in batteries that can be charged via USB (preferably USB-C) nowadays, but then again, batteries die and most of them cannot be replaced easily. I thus do like to have battery-powered devices with rechargeable batteries that can easily be replaced whenever necessary. However, just a few of the battery types do have rechargeable options. 1/X
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Toni Barth

I currently require the following kinds of batteries in my flat:

AA, AAA, LR44, 4LR44, CR2032, 9V block, CR2025.

Of those, only AA, AAA and the 9V blocks got rechargeable options. I do get that batteries got different sizes and voltages, depending on what is required, but I feel like we could have been able to just decide on fewer battery types and size options. That is all.

Oh and, just give me replaceable and rechargeable batteries in devices, and I won't have to buy batteries anymore. Thx.

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