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Remembering Jon Pertwee, the brilliant Third Doctor, on his birthday. The 3rd Doctor's stories and his time with UNIT was one of my favourite eras of classic WHO! #DoctorWho
Jon Pertwee as the third Doctor
#doctorwho

The Call for Presentations for NLNOG Day 2024 has opened. Please visit nlnog.net/cfp to read all about it.

NLNOG Day 2024

Schedule, talks and talk submissions for NLNOG Day 2024
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I will never tire of reading this headline. All rich people should be forced to do this.
Millionaire who made himself homeless and broke on purpose to prove he could make $1MILLION in 12 months for YouTube clicks QUITS his bizarre social experiment over health concerns By James Gordon For Dailymail.com

Looks like France dodged a bullet.

All major French outlets are showing early projections of a victory for the left-wing alliance, New Popular Front (NFP).

France's far-right National Rally (RN) has failed to win a majority in the parliamentary elections.

Voter turnout was the highest in decades at 67.1%, and official results are expected early Monday.

NFP and Macron's Ensemble alliance are expected to form a coalition govt.

bbc.com/news/live/ck7gydwgvy8t
nbcnews.com/news/world/france-…
#France
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Exit poll results

France’s left-wing parties projected to finish first in parliamentary elections, keep far right at bay

A tense alliance between France’s centrist and leftist parties has kept the far-right National Rally party at bay, according to exit polls, with Prime Minister Gabriel Attal set to resign.
Freddie Clayton (NBC News)
#france
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A bug in recent changes made to Google's apksigner breaks signature copying with apksigcopier, which is needed to make Reproducible Builds work for Android APKs.

Analysis with available workarounds:

github.com/obfusk/apksigcopier…

Bug report with my proposed fix:

issuetracker.google.com/issues…

Please consider adding a +1 to the bug report if you have a Google account :)

#ReproducibleBuilds


GitHub - obfusk/apksigcopier: apksigcopier - copy/extract/patch android apk signatures & compare apks

apksigcopier - copy/extract/patch android apk signatures & compare apks - obfusk/apksigcopier
GitHub
#reproduciblebuilds

nikto tu nie je
This entry was edited (4 months ago)

Something that's very weird to me is how the media narratives around elections in many countries often emphasize victories by the right and downplay victories by the left. Like the narrative in English media leading up to this result was *all* about the surge in the right and RN's inevitability, and *not* the left coalition being built on the fly, even though— if these results bear out— the left coalition was both more significant and ultimately *more successful*.
mastodon.social/@JoshuaHolland…

Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Looks like the left coalition held together and #France dodged a fascist bullet. Some rare good news, although the trend remains troubling. #FrenchElection
Mastodon

vďaka tomu že sa odsťahoval spolubývajúci vidím na druhú stranu :kekw:

The left has... won?!!!!
in reply to Niléane

Niléane
Niléane
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Nobody knows what is going to happen now, but one thing is certain: this changes *everything*

🎉

in reply to Niléane

Niléane
Niléane
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You have no idea how relieved I feel right now. This is incredible. Today, the far right doesn't get to form a government *and* Macron suffers an immense defeat.

This is a good day.

In case anyone doesn't yet know about this, this appears to be a project to basically rework and modernize the entire concept of the LambdaMOO server in Rust, and add a bunch of modern features. github.com/rdaum/moor

GitHub - rdaum/moor: A system for building shared, programmable, online spaces. Compatible with LambdaMOO.

A system for building shared, programmable, online spaces. Compatible with LambdaMOO. - rdaum/moor
GitHub

Research reveals the most and least accessible apps across popular categories attoday.co.uk/research-reveals…

Research reveals the most and least accessible apps across popular categories - AT Today - Assistive Technology

New research from Warbox has revealed the most and least accessible apps across popular categories like dating, health, and social networking
Sarah Sarsby (AT Today - Assistive Technology)

Monday Tech Tip: Eschenbach Video Magnifier eastersealstech.com/2024/07/01…

Monday Tech Tip: Eschenbach Video Magnifier - Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads

During the 2024 ATIA Conference, Tim Gels from Eschenbach showed us Eschenbach Video Magnifier. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/8Ce3CO7hPPE Click here to learn more about Eschenbach video magnifiers.
Nikol Prieto (Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads)

Orbit Writer custom case review from turtle back applevis.com/reviews/orbit-wri…

Orbit Writer custom case review from turtle back | AppleVis

This case is designed so you don’t have to remove the writer for any reason other than if you had to send the unit in for repairs the top compartment is made of a stretchable material that will fit a charging cable.
applevis.com

A Validation of the Work We’re Doing: An Insider’s Perspective on the ICEB Conference aph.org/a-validation-of-the-wo…

A Validation of the Work We’re Doing: An Insider’s Perspective on the ICEB Conference

May 30th marked the end of the Eighth General Assembly of the International Council on English Braille (ICEB) held in...
Caitlin Stewart-Wilcox (American Printing House)

youtu.be/r2QF1QjBPLU

Vízum do pekla

Provided to YouTube by OpusVízum do pekla · Jaroslav FilipTen co hrával s Dezom℗ 1987 OPUS a.s.Composer: Jaroslav FilipLyricist: Richard MüllerAuto-generated...
YouTube

New Integration: Free Remote Incident Manager aira.io/new-integration-free-r…

New Integration: Free Remote Incident Manager - Aira

Aira is announcing a new integration with Pneuma Solutions’ Remote Incident Manager. Use is free for Explorers when calling Aira, and can streamline online tasks.
Hannah Griffin (Aira)

Spotlighting Some Accessibility Misconceptions Among Android App Developers accessibleandroid.com/spotligh…

Spotlighting Some Accessibility Misconceptions Among Android App Developers - Accessible Android

A screen reader-friendly app is a description we use for an application that can be used by blind people because their screen reader can identify its buttons
Kareen Kiwan (Accessible Android)

my bank account: uhhh you should definitely get a job now
my unemployable brain: hypercard for playdate
Freeform board with screenshots of the HyperCard File, Edit, and Go menus the left, the audio recorder below that, and the tool palette on the right. In the middle is a crude sketch of a PlayDate handheld annotated with various dimensions

:neocat_science: 📝
A tumblr post. The first post: "culture is so obsessed with the idea of lone geniuses that it doesn't really appreciate that most of the progress of science (and likely every other discipline) occurs collaboratively, in baby steps, and usually through a lot of very tedious, utterly unsexy, work. The second post, a screenshot of tags on another post: "lotta progress also comes from people doing research and going 'well I dunno what this could be used for. But it works'", "and then someone else is like 'oh that's what I need to do this specific thing'", "and then another person looks at that thing and goes 'that's what I need to do this specific thing'" The third post: "This is what's so faulty with our short sighted coverage of scientific discoveries. You hear politicians question why we spend money on science studying insect wings and then decades later that research gets used by NASA for the most efficient way to fold/unfold solar panels on spacecraft. All of science is connected and useful because it enhances our understanding of the universe"

niečo rebrandujú ale prostě nič neurobia

“I disagree with the Supreme Court’s rulings for the most basic reason of all — they do not square with the text of the document the justices are supposed to interpret, and that means they’re granting the presidency a degree of autonomy and impunity that’s contrary to the structure and spirit of American government. In both Trump cases, the liberal minority was more originalist than the conservative majority. This time, it was the conservatives who created a living constitution.”

nytimes.com/2024/07/07/opinion…

@FreakyFwoof what are your thoughts on

[Arsinoe de Blassenville](fanfiction.net/u/352534/Arsino…)

@Andre Louis
in reply to Andre Louis

simon.old
simon.old
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@jscholes Thankfully there are thriving Harry Potter communities on Reddit (and presumably other places, but I'm there most often), and even in the main Books/Audible/Audiobooks subreddits, people get downvoted heavily for weighing in on a discussion about Harry Potter with nothing but Rowling hate. I think it's possible and worthwhile to have a polite discussion about the things she says (which I don't agree with, by the way), but keep her separate from her work and certainly keep her separate from discussions about fanfiction, where plenty of authors actually make a point of creating an AU that makes up for some of the ways the original series falls short.
@James Scholes
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Sean Randall
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@simon @jscholes Probably a good job Roald Dahl died when he did, given the way things have gone for him lately. People can separate work from author when they aren't here still saying stuff, I guess.
@simon.old @James Scholes

“If the bees disappear off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”

#SaveTheBees #ActOnClimate #HumanRights #Technology #ClimateEmergency #Climate #nature #GreenDisability #biodiversity

#technology #HumanRights #nature #climateemergency #climate #biodiversity #savethebees #actonclimate #greendisability

For any enthusiasts of legacy assistive tech, it seems the first source code of the Talks Screen Reader for Nokia 9110 Communicator has been published by one of the original devs. Unbelievable to think that it all started off as a bunch of prerecorded messages supplemented by the ability to spell anything it doesn't have ready letter by letter and plugging in external synthesizers and Braille displays via the serial port:
github.com/mgroeber9110/talx91…
#Accessibility #Blind #RetroTech #ScreenReader

GitHub - mgroeber9110/talx9110: TALX screen reader for the Nokia 9110 smartphone

TALX screen reader for the Nokia 9110 smartphone. Contribute to mgroeber9110/talx9110 development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
#Accessibility #blind #screenreader #retrotech
in reply to Paweł Masarczyk

Drew Mochak
Drew Mochak
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The LG “screenreader” for webOS is just prerecorded TTS prompts AFAIK.
in reply to Drew Mochak

Mikołaj Hołysz
Mikołaj Hołysz
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@drew That would explain why Netflix is completely inaccessible on those devices, then.

Though I think I remember it reading channel names, so perhaps not?

@Drew Mochak
in reply to Paweł Masarczyk

Hamish Mackenzie
Hamish Mackenzie
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@jcsteh Wow, good memories :-) that communicator was the first thing I ever bought on eBay and I spent the entire week crapping myself thinking I've been ripped off to the tune of many many dollars :-)
@Jamie Teh

E-commerce platform Shopify denies it suffered a data breach after a threat actor began selling customer data they claim was stolen from the company's network.

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

Having privacy and freedom is a great feeling! How do you protect yourself online? 🔒
Homer Simpson disappearing into a bush with the text title 'That feeling when you open a Tuta Mail account'

What's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand? Dr. Holly Witteman That $35 that scientific journals charge you to read a paper goes 100% to the publisher, 0% to the authors. If you just email us to ask for our papers, we are allowed to send them to you for free, and we will be genuinely delighted to do sò.
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Mikołaj Hołysz
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Are you also allowed to send the LaTeX source?

As a screen reader user, those are far more readable to me than the PDFs. Fortunately most papers in my field are on arxiv now, and that site lets you download LaTeX with no questions asked.

@Tusky FYI there is something wrong with the propagation of status between toots and boosts of the toot. As you can see interactions with the boost propagate to the toot, however, it doesn't work the other way around
@Tusky

Ja navrhujem Viedeň. Výborná dostupnosť, veľa Slovákov to tam pozná (najmä tých z Kittsee), pre cudzincov menšia hanba a navyše vláda ušetrí peniaze, keďže stanicu nebude potrebné ani stavať, keďže tam už dávno novú stanicu majú.

bratislava.sme.sk/c/23349915/b…


Nová bratislavská hlavná stanica bude možno v Stupave. Asi nie do roku 2030

Hlavnú stanicu v Bratislave nebudú rozširovať ani rozsiahlo opravovať. Memorandum medzi mestom a bývalým ministrom dopravy súčasný minister Jozef Ráž zrušil.
Marek Moravčík (SME.sk)

Keď zabudnete vystúpiť, ešte stále môžete robiť kardio... fuj do piči ~4km behu na trati som už dlho nepraktikoval. Kape zo mňa ako z krhly. :kekw:

Person in data center pretending to eat yellow cables from a big pile like spaghetti. In the background there are visible racks that use yellow cables

You can now get three kinds of #PureOS subscription from @purism!

Each of them:

- Helps maintaining releases and bug fixes
- Helps pushing code to other projects

Free and Open Source Software (#FOSS) developers also need an #income!

Consider subscribing if you want to advance #Linux #privacy friendly computing or if you are using #MobileLinux.

shop.puri.sm/?s=pureos+subscri…

#opensource #phone #librem5 #pinephone #chatty #mobian #linux

Search Results for “pureos subscription” – Purism

shop.puri.sm
#linux #foss #pinephone #opensource #privacy #mobian #librem5 #pureos #phone #MobileLinux #chatty #income @Purism
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Jan Vlug
Jan Vlug
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Because Purism upstreamed a lot, of which all distributions can benefit. Think of #posh and #chatty.
#chatty #posh
in reply to Jan Vlug

caleb 🌈
caleb 🌈
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so you're saying people should give Purism - a for-profit company - money, because they did the bare minimum of hiring open source devs and letting them keep their work in the open?

I can't tell you where your purism subscription will go, but anyone can tell you exactly where you money goes if you donate to a project like postmarketOS directly instead... And to be frank, I'd argue that you get much better bang for your buck when it comes to progressing the Mobile Linux ecosystem.

opencollective.com/postmarketo…


postmarketOS - Open Collective

A real Linux distribution for phones
opencollective.com

TIL if you’re using Wayland gnome you can use an iPad Pro as a second display
Had to enable the extended desktop feature via the terminal emulator, but it works great!
:D
#linux #debian #gnome
Coffee table with an iPad and laptop in it showing my gnome desktop on both displays
#linux #debian #gnome
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Thanks to @slomo the #gstreamer gtk4-paintable-sink just got support for video rotations. This is nice for video apps, making playback of video recorded on phones (portrait mode) more easy or faster (avoiding a copy compared to using a dedicated gst videoflip element).

The change is even better for Snapshot, the #gnome camera app: it uses the sink for its viewfinder and avoiding additional copies here has quite an impact on #mobilelinux devices.

gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstream…

#gtk #rustlang


gtk4: Add support for rotations / flipping (!1590) · Merge requests · GStreamer / gst-plugins-rs · GitLab

Fixes #284
GitLab
#gnome #gtk #RustLang #MobileLinux #gstreamer @Sebastian Dröge 🍵

Toto bude akože do kedy stáť?
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

Daniel Tóth 🦄
Daniel Tóth 🦄
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Minimálne do 2030.

mstdn.social/@danieltoth/11272…

Daniel Tóth 🦄 (@danieltoth@mstdn.social)

Ja navrhujem Viedeň. Výborná dostupnosť, veľa Slovákov to tam pozná (najmä tých z Kittsee), pre cudzincov menšia hanba a navyše vláda ušetrí peniaze, keďže stanicu nebude potrebné ani stavať, keďže tam už dávno novú stanicu majú.
Mastodon 🐘

Waymo’s Robotaxi Rollout is a Landmark Moment for Driverless Cars

bloomberg.com/news/newsletters…

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

www.bloomberg.com

Kavea.
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