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In July of 2019, NOAA broke. It seems that for some reason, they briefly lost their TTS license, and as a result, demo messages were all over the weather forecasts in several states for a few hours. Here's a recording of this from station KEC-63 in Southfield, MI.

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🚪El director adjunto de Sareb pasa a trabajar para Blackstone en un nuevo escándalo de puertas giratorias.

Álvaro Areal, director adjunto de la Sareb durante nueve años, pasa de trabajar en la entidad pública a hacerlo para este fondo de inversión favorecido por las últimas decisiones del banco malo.
elsaltodiario.com/sareb/alvaro…


El director adjunto de Sareb pasa a trabajar para Blackstone en un nuevo escándalo de puertas giratorias

www.elsaltodiario.com

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More strange Mastodon reporting. This time from @thurrott, who claims "I’ve been using Mastodon since December, but the interaction there is almost non-existent compared to Twitter."

Dude, you follow 22 people. Try following more people. The "non-existent" interaction is *up to you*.

I've found WAY MORE interactions and engagement here than I ever had on Twitter. Plus fewer death threats.

thurrott.com/cloud/social/2790…


Mastodon Continues to Lose Users - Thurrott.com

Usage of Mastodon has dwindled over the past two months, with monthly active users plummeting to less than 1.4 million after hitting a peak of 2.5 million in December.
Paul Thurrott (Thurrott.com)
@Paul Thurrott

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So interesting how this happens. We have a #blind character in this game, a blind accessibility consultant was consulted to get the #representation right .... but the blind can't play the game they're supposedly properly represented in because it's not #accessible to them. Curious how that meeting went :)
From birdsite:
It is done. Here is my post on Hogwarts Legacy. For those interested, please read. This is the best I can offer everyone. Thank you again all. brandoncole.net/?p=547

Hogwarts Legacy is Not My Legacy – BrandonCole.Net

www.brandoncole.net
#accessible #blind #representation

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Been working on a few improvements to the #pixelfedApp!

Some highlights:
✨ Captions preserve newlines
✨ Fixed caption mentions
✨ Caption urls are now rendered and open in-app or in browser
✨ Improved interactions (liked by & shared by)
✨ Comments w/media
✨ Improved comment threading
✨ Improved bio rendering
✨ More relevant search results
✨ Fixed search bar to support pasting
✨ Tap Home to scroll to top of feed
✨ Long press avatar to switch accounts

And more! Shipping soon 🚀

Pixelfed mobile app remote post with improved rendering
Pixelfed mobile app remote post comments with image comment support
Pixelfed mobile app remote profile bio with proper rendering
Pixelfed mobile app search with improved results
#pixelfedapp

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“What influences your content?”

From “Podcasting 2.0: it's all about Interoperability” #fosdem
(How Podcasting 2.0 will save the Open Internet)
Full video here: 👉️ fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event…

FOSDEM 2023 - Podcasting 2.0: it's all about Interoperability

fosdem.org
#fosdem

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This presentation on everything happening with @matrix is seriously mind-blowing. They're doing some absolutely phenomenal development work, and I have a feeling that the server / client experience is about to get way, way better.

invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=e…

#Matrix

Matrix 2.0 — How we're making Matrix go voom!

NOTE: we'll update the FOSDEM 2023 playlist as we gather all the talks. Stay tuned for more Matrix content. This video was recorded during FOSDEM 2023, and can also be found here: https://fosdem.
Matrixdotorg | Invidious
#matrix @The Matrix.org Foundation

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Studie: In China gekaufte Android-Smartphones telefonieren häufiger nach Hause
heise.de/news/Studie-In-China-…

#privacy


Studie: In China gekaufte Android-Smartphones telefonieren häufiger nach Hause

Auf China-Handys vorinstallierte Apps übermitteln mehr gesammelte Daten als üblich, sogar ohne Einwilligung oder Benachrichtigung. Das zeigt eine Studie.
Frank Schräer (heise online)
#privacy

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Do you use RSS? Would you like some tips to help get the most out of RSS? Check out the post we just boosted with some great info!

Want something to add to your RSS reader of choice? Why not try our In-Process blog? It comes out fortnightly and is full of tips and tricks about NVDA - and it has a handy "Subscribe via RSS" link at the top! nvaccess.org/category/in-proce…


In-Process – NV Access

NV Access
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NV Access

@weirdwriter Robert, thanks again for all these! Just a quick question while I think of it - those programs you noted had accessibility issues - have you reached out to the developers? Particularly Microsoft for NewsFlow - I've found that Microsoft have been quite responsive lately in looking at accessibility issues, so I'd be happy to raise it as well if you can share with me a bit more about the issues? (maybe email me, info@nvaccess.org if it's easier) ^Quentin.
@Robert Kingett backup
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Noelia Ruiz Martínez

Thanks Quentin, this is the nature of add-ons also in other programs like web browsers. I originally created this add-on in 2012 or so, and now it'has community contributions including useful suggestions. I'm maintaining it. The repo to open issues and see the source code is available at
github.com/nvdaes/readFeeds

GitHub - nvdaes/readFeeds

Contribute to nvdaes/readFeeds development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub

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I typically discover the best and most interesting content via my RSS reader, not social media. @clive wrote an excellent article on why you should be using an RSS reader and how to get the most from it.

clivethompson.medium.com/how-i…

#RSS #Learning


How I Use RSS To “Rewild” My Attention - Clive Thompson - Medium

I’ve written a bunch about “rewilding your attention” — or, spending more time reading and viewing culture that isn’t going viral on social-media feeds.
Clive Thompson (Medium)
#RSS #learning @Clive Thompson

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Dobrému phishingu podlehne 40 % uživatelů, aneb zápisky z BSS 2023
root.cz/clanky/dobremu-phishin…

Dobrému phishingu podlehne 40 % uživatelů, aneb zápisky z BSS 2023

V pražských dejvicích se konal další ročník Semináře o bezpečnosti sítí a služeb. Mluvilo se především o aktuálních bezpečnostních hrozbách, pořádku v síti i v inventáři a trénování odolnosti proti phishingu.
Petr Krčmář (Internet Info, s.r.o.)

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Only one *MAKING* money is Galen Weston... not the farmers that raise the animals, plant/grow/harvest the crops, not the people transporting the animals, or the crops... just Galen Weston.

But, please, continue to try to justify gouging Canadians. thestar.com/business/2023/02/0… #cdnpoli


Loblaws fights back on Twitter as social media storm erupts over soaring Canadian food prices

Public relations experts wonder if company’s sometimes ‘defensive tone’ responding to angry consumers is a good idea
Ghada Alsharif (Toronto Star)
#cdnpoli

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Fediblock recommendation, anti-Blackness, mention of police violence

#Fediblock

Block @ TootUncommon @ mstdn.party for anti-Blackness

Specifically jumping into conversations about anti-Blackness saying that Black people should stop talking about it because other people exist.

Also arguing that racism is not a factor in police violence against Black people because it happens to white people too.
mstdn.party/@TootUncommon/1097…

A really disgusting reply to someone discussing anti-Blackness:

Toot Uncommons replies: "Settle down. Other people exist too."
#FediBlock
in reply to Ember

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Ember

Fediblock, anti-Blackness, denial of racist police violence

I made a #Fediblock post about this account several days ago, along with tagging the admin of mstdn.party but this account is still up and continually denying the racism of police violence.

TootUncommon @ mstdn.party keeps replying to posts about racist policing by going "what about white people?" And saying that police violence against white people happens just as often but isn't talked about.

I don't know if mstdn.party is effectively unmoderated or just condones this racist nonsense, but I suggest a fediblock of the instance to protect users from racist harassment.

To give context for the screenshots, they appear to be arguing that police murdering Black people is not racist because Black people commit more crimes, as if that data isn't also indicative of racism.

1 day ago TootUncommon replied to @twitterreject saying "I said the problem right up front and you demonstrated it just now. The issues Isn't Race. Not of the victims. Not of the cops. Race is a red herring that the media are being paid to push to keep everyone (you) thinking that's the real issue, and NOBODY is putting forward any serious talk about police reform. Argue about race all you want. That's what the cops want you to do. A person's race never changes, so That issue is guaranteed to always distract you from police reform."
Another reply from TootUncommon "Well, have you looked at crime statistics to see who's committing the crimes in your area? I mean you spoke to one cop in one city. Check the crime stats where you live and tally those against who gets killed by the police. That should give you a much more accurate picture than trying to average national stats"
#FediBlock

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An evening after day 1 of #SOOCon23 and I'm back in the hotel playing with #wikidata.

Updating the SOOCON item wikidata.org/wiki/Q116052052 adding my pic etc

Adding significant figures such as Amanda CEO wikidata.org/wiki/Q116726293

And creating a query for 3D printers 'cos someone asked me what can WD do in this area: w.wiki/6K6r

Fun times! :)


State of Open Conference 2023

conference dedicated to open technology
www.wikidata.org
#wikidata #soocon23

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Welp the Twitter app is definitely going to start heading down the shitter because the head of product engineering for the app has left the building. twitterisgoinggreat.com/#more-…

Twitter is Going Great!

Twitter is Going Great is a project inspired by Web3 is Going Just Great to track the latest examples of how Twitter is actively falling to pieces thanks to its current owner Elon Musk (with special guests Jack Dorsey and the Saudi Arabian royal fami…
twitterisgoinggreat.com

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Dino 0.4 is released! 🎊️

Dino now supports message reactions and replies. Furthermore, we switched to GTK4 and libadwaita. #dino #xmpp

Release blog post: dino.im/blog/2023/02/dino-0.4-…

Dino 0.4 Release - Dino. Communicating happiness.

A privacy-friendly messaging app for the desktop. It uses the XMPP protocol and provides a clean UI with modern features.
dino.im
#xmpp #dino

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