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What a great find: The #SurveillanceReport by @techlore & @thenewoil explains why Tutanota's new prices are a good decision, and that our current offer is "pretty darn cheap".

Check it out 👇 & Sign up now! 😎
invidious.privacydev.net/watch…

Tutanota Unveils Fresh New Plans - SR137

New Tutanota email plans, System76 computers once again disabling IntelME, a widespread and major MOVEIt issue, Apple WWDC updates, and more! WWDC 2023 Updates: https://youtu.
Surveillance Report | Invidious
#surveillancereport @The New Oil @Techlore

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AN INSIDE JOB!

It was Russia that blew up the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. New York Times journalists came to this conclusion after talking with experts

The base of the dam, 20 meters high and up to 40 meters wide, took on most of the load of the dam.

There was a technical tunnel inside the base, you can get into it from the engine room, which is under the control of the Russian side. The tunnel is marked on drawings seen by the New York Times.
#Ukraine️ #Russia

#Russia #Ukraine

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"Smartphones can be powerful tracking devices. But which apps we choose to use make a huge difference. AntennaPod offers a privacy-conscious solution for podcasts."
Great introduction to our app for your friends and family, if they care about their privacy but don't know where to start!
youtube.com/watch?v=FjMyyygVsy…

Most PRIVATE Podcast & Audiobook Apps!

In the digital age we've become used to being able to access music and podcasts wherever we go. But most audio apps collect a LOT of data about you. In this ...
YouTube
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AntennaPod

@marcelcosta We agree with the sentiment. But it's not our video, and it wouldn't be just (or even legal) to take it and copy it to our or some other PeerTube instance. Unfortunately, Naomi Brockwell isn't on the Fediverse yet. To support change in the meantime, you could upvote this Mastodon improvement: github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i… or use NewPipe.

Use youtube-nocookie.com by default for YouTube Embeds · Issue #12278 · mastodon/mastodon

Pitch YouTube provides an alternative https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ service that could be used to increase privacy and reduce cookie tracking while still using YouTube's official servers....
GitHub
@marcelcosta

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Hello everyone,
We have recently been made aware that our moderation has not been up to par. We apologize profusely for any inconvenience or harm this may have caused. We are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all users, and we are taking steps to improve our moderation practices and update our block lists.
As a small team of two developers, we are unable to moderate an instance of 300+ users on our own, while also supporting our users and developing TweeseCake. To address this, we are opening applications for new moderators. These roles will be voluntary for now.
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Writing my post about Vienna yesterday, I have completely forgotten that the #Warsaw underground have also made all of their announcements publicly available. Those are read by the late Tomasz Knapik, one of the most famous voice-over voices of the Polish movie scene. Explanation: before 1989, the available movies of the West were sparse in Poland and so it was cheaper to employ a voice-over i.e. one person reading all of the dialogue in Polish dubbed over the original audio track in whatever language a given movie came in. The tradition has stuck and now most of us wouldn't imagine it any other way. metro.waw.pl/strefa-pasazera/k… #Accessibility #Blind #PublicTransport

Komunikaty dźwiękowe – Metro Warszawskie

metro.waw.pl
#Accessibility #blind #publictransport #warsaw

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I decided to choose violence.

An essay on why the #TwitterMigration failed, some things to learn for the next time it's a possibility, and some thoughts on things that the #RedditMigration has done differently, especially with #Kbin.

blog.bloonface.com/2023/06/12/…
#fedimeta#meta#mastodon


Why did the #TwitterMigration fail?

I’ve been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey – I’m just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here, purists can bite me) for over a year now, a…
Café Lob-On
#Mastodon #meta #twittermigration #kbin #redditmigration #fedimeta
in reply to Bloonface

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modulux

Interesting article. I think some of it is true, some of it is exaggeration (I self-host and have no issues with the size of the cache, for example). But ultimately I am not fussed if the entire world doesn't want to use the fedi. Centralised services have other problems and points of failures that may be the 2% that doesn't work for me.

But, where's the stuff about Kbin you mentioned? I didn't find it in the article.

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"I asked a group of Helsinki officials what role information technology has played in their success reducing crashes in recent years. 'Zero,' replied Palomaki. 'We simply slowed down the cars.'"

Finland also investigates fatal car crashes similarly to how we investigate plane crashes.

From October 2022: bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

h/t @kdorse @robsonfletcher
#cycling #Finland #traffic


How Finland Put Traffic Crashes on Ice

The Nordic nation’s rate of vehicle fatalities is a fraction of the toll in the US, despite a harsh climate and ice-covered streets. Here’s how the Finns do traffic safety. 
David Zipper (Bloomberg)
#cycling #finland #traffic @Robson Fletcher @Kevin Dorse

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So, in addition to being biased against neurodivergent writers, "GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers" arxiv.org/abs/2304.02819v2.

Cool. Cool cool cool cool. Tight tight tight. Cool. 😑​


GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers

The rapid adoption of generative language models has brought about substantial advancements in digital communication, while simultaneously raising concerns regarding the potential misuse of AI-generated content.
arXiv.org

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Hey! We forgot to post about this earlier because LIFE keeps happening, but we updated our roadmap document:

github.com/superseriousbusines…

Check it out if you wanna get a feel for the order in which we'll likely implement things.

Also please note that just because something is not on the roadmap, doesn't mean we won't implement it! The things listed there are just the main things we wanna do (and are getting paid for by our NLnet grant), but we are always squeezing in little fixes + features here and there :)


gotosocial/ROADMAP.md at main · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Fast, fun, ActivityPub server, powered by Go. Contribute to superseriousbusiness/gotosocial development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub

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Cuando escuchaba esta canción cuando salió hace 20 años no me gustaba porque me parecía muy directa. Ahora ya la estimo mucho más.

youtube.com/watch?v=iYy6A1FHEL…


Los Prisioneros - Ultra derecha (videoclip 2003)

Escucha el álbum LOS PRISIONEROS en tu servicio de streaming favorito: https://links.altafonte.com/2xjzgz3Videoclip de “Ultra derecha”, primer single del álb...
YouTube

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so for #audiomo, day 18, I know I haven't posted a lot on the hashtag recently, but I found this while digging through some old files, Originally recorded with yours truly on the piano, 11/17/2015. I had to flac it to get it to upload, but have an instrumental of only hope by Mandy Moore. I've got a couple more in I'm gonna save for days 19 and 20. but enjoy. If I had the access and the room to setup, I'd probably play like this again.

#audiomo

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Back from vacation in Alsace having a look at late medieval and Early Modern art and architecture - basically a lot of demon butts and biomorphic stone work.
See: Gargoyles/groteques at Strasbourg cathedral. Most decoration was damaged during the French Revolution, these are restaurations from the 19th century. Beware possible historical antisemitism in the last image.
beasties
lion
look at the balls on this donkey XD
stylised mutton below several clothed figures. above a tiny naked beared figure with a pointy hat - Jews were depicted like that in medieval times.
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Currently reading genderdysphoria.fyi

Damn it hits hard to reread all of this stuff in a day instead of gathering the various bits and pieces of knowledge and insight over time as I did.

But it's good. And an accessible explanation for cis allies too.


That's Gender Dysphoria, FYI

A resource for those questioning their gender, already on a gender journey, or simply wanting to learn more about what it is to be transgender.
That's Gender Dysphoria, FYI
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IzzyOnDroid ✅

as a cis, I can confirm the second paragraph – and recommend everybody to read at least the intro and the first page (didn't get farther yet, needs to sink in first). Within about half an our I got a basic understanding of what I never even remotely grasped the years before. Far from being enough (that definitely takes more than half an hour) – but I have good non-cis friends helping me to understand better (thank you!).
Unknown parent

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modulux

En general, y siempre que sea posible, ir por artículo. Ofrecer, en su caso, una redacción nueva, y una breve--breve!--justificación. Evitar repetir alegaciones, obviamente. Y asegurarse de haber mirado bien el proyecto, por ejemplo no oponerse a que el proyecto deroga tal cosa cuando no lo hace.
Unknown parent

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modulux

Lo que es sustantivo depende de la dirección política y si hay voluntad de hacer cambios o no, pero los funcionarios también somos personas y si ya encontramos el trabajo medianamente hecho es más probable que apoyemos una modificación del texto, que si tenemos que meternos nosotros a redactar.

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The city of Vienna is doing this right! On their official website, under the section dedicated to audible traffic lights and other accessibility features for blind and partially sighted pedestrians, not only are the implemented solutions described in a great detail, but you can also listen to samples of how the lights will sound when they're red and green. An mp3 download of the samples is offered as well. It's cool that somebody thought it a good idea to include the sounds that an #Accessibility solution makes. I feel prepared now! wien.gv.at/verkehr/ampeln/sign… ##Austria #Wien #Blind

Ampeln f

Ampeln mit Zusatzeinrichtungen f
ktv_gtischberger
#Accessibility #blind #austria #wien

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I just realized this year marks 20 years since I created #roffit. The tool I still today use to convert man pages to html... github.com/bagder/roffit (on the web sites for curl, c-ares, libssh2 and more)

GitHub - bagder/roffit: converts nroff man pages to HTML

converts nroff man pages to HTML. Contribute to bagder/roffit development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
#roffit

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Hello! I would like to invite everyone to join the #Accessible #Apple community on Discord. This server is dedicated to current and future #blind and/or #VisuallyImpaired users of #iPhone, #Mac, #Apple Watch and other #Apple products who would like to get the most out of their devices. If that's something you are interested in, give us a shot!!
discord.gg/vfKyEBmXNb
Now to some FAQ that I guess will be asked over and over.
Q: There's only one administrator and that's you.
A: Yeah, but there's no point as there's literally noone else there, yet.
Q: Where are the rules?
A: They are not existent yet. Just please be a human.
Q: What's the point if there's AppleVis?
A: AppleVis was, and still is a great resource if it comes to stuff like APp directories, curated list of resources, podcasts ETC, however the forum features are suboptimal, especially for mobile usage. I have spoken to many people who are newcomers to the #Apple ecosystem and using the AppleVis website turned out to be harder than using their shiny new device itself.

Please keep in mind that the server is in a test stage, many things can happen, including channel deletions/additions, moderation appointments or server deletion in case there's no real interest. If you have any suggestions how could I improve it or if you would like to help me moderate, please reach out.
I kindly ask everyone to boost it to gauge interest. #accessibility #a11y #blind


Join the Accessible Apple Discord Server!

Check out the Accessible Apple community on Discord - hang out with 1 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
Discord
#a11y #Accessibility #accessible #apple #blind #iphone #mac #visuallyimpaired
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in reply to Arkadiusz Świętnicki 🇨🇳 I HAVE MOVED

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JerrDansel

forgive me if this is a stupid question, as I am unfamiliar with discord. (In fact, I had to Google it just now to find out what the platform is about.) That said, my question is, what are the advantages of a community over there, rather than just using hashtags to “organize“ conversations here? For what it’s worth, I am totally not interested in the voice capabilities of discord, if that’s what has people excited about it (which I get it, it it’s just not for me.)

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Being a moderator on reddit is a value exchange where the company gets free labor and the user gets the clout/privilege of managing a community.

Reddit is betting the moderators get more value out of this deal and many subreddits reopening validates that bet.

businessinsider.com/reddit-pla…


Reddit plans to boot protesting moderators over inactivity

"Pressuring people is not our goal. We're communicating expectations and how things work," Reddit spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt told Insider.
Grace Eliza Goodwin (Insider)

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There's a lot to like about LinuxKit (github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit), at least in theory. It builds a complete bootable system image mostly out of OCI (Docker-compatible) container images. It has a minimal init (not systemd, but not SysV or BSD either). Seems to give a lot of control over the startup and shutdown process. But, I don't like putting the whole userland in a RAM disk (initrd). For at least one application that I may package in a VM image later, that would probably be a non-starter.

GitHub - linuxkit/linuxkit: A toolkit for building secure, portable and lean operating systems for containers

A toolkit for building secure, portable and lean operating systems for containers - GitHub - linuxkit/linuxkit: A toolkit for building secure, portable and lean operating systems for containers
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New app submitted to the Accessible apps directory by Kaitlynn Beston: Microsoft To do. Microsoft To Do is a free to-do list app with a ton of useful features. There are no ads and no subscription erisilebilirandroid.com/app/mi…

Microsoft To Do - Accessible Android

Microsoft To Do is a free to-do list app with a ton of useful features. There are no ads and no subscription.
Erişilebilir Android
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