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Megabridges, Synapse cleaning, and a retreat. That and much more happened This Week In Matrix!

matrix.org/blog/2024/07/19/thi…



Illegal drug found in Diamond Shruumz candies linked to severe illnesses

New testing finds psilocin, related to psilocybin, in gummies purchased in 2023.

arstechnica.com/science/2024/0…




Thank you, Carrie, for letting people know about the BT Speak on your Carrie on Accessibility YouTube channel.
youtube.com/shorts/1kkRhG1N6a8…



UPDATE

:solidarity: 102% in DE! citizens-initiative.europa.eu/…

🇪🇺 Es gibt eine EU-Petition für eine europ. Vermögenssteuer, initiiert u.a. von Marlene Engelhorn und Thomas Piketty.

💸 Die Steuer wollen sehr viele Menschen, deswegen kann die Petition erfolgreich sein.

🔢 Österreich 20%, da fehlen noch 10.000.

👏 Belgien: 66%, Dänemark 88%

(Frankreich: 200% 😮 )

In vielen Staaten fehlt noch viel.

✍️ Schickt sie in alle Länder - und zeichnet mit!

tax-the-rich.eu/

#TaxTheRich

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in reply to Anne Roth

Hinweis: Es ist nicht etwa eine ordinäre Petition. Es ist eine förmliche "Europäische Bürgerinitiative" - ein Instrument, das in der EU eigens vorgesehen ist, um die EU-Kommission zu Vorlage und Einbringen eines entsprechenden Gesetzentwurfs zu zwingen. - Ich habe das natürlich schon unterschrieben!


"das Bundesverkehrsministerium plant eine massive Verschärfung der Regelungen für Fahrradanhänger. Demnach dürfen Fahrradanhänger zukünftig maximal 50 kg Gesamtmasse aufweisen, ansonsten brauchen sie ein eigenes Auflaufbremssystem. Zur Einschätzung: Bei einem Eigengewicht von 15 kg blieben nur 35 kg an Zuladung übrig, was man locker mit zwei älteren Kindern überschreiten würde. Von größeren Hunden, Gartentransporte usw. wollen wir gar nicht erst anfangen."

cargobikeforum.de/forum/index.…

in reply to Katja Diehl

Ich habe mal ein wenig gegoogelt. 50 kg wären 10 kg mehr als bisher für Fahrradanhänger ohne Bremsen empfohlen sind. Auch wäre das mehr, als die meisten Hersteller für ihre Fahrräder und e-Bike (40 oder 45 kg) ungebremst empfehlen.
in reply to Katja Diehl

Unabhängig vom Gewicht gibt es eine Max.Geschw. von 25 km/h, die gerade mit Kindern wegen Stößen nicht überschritten werden sollte.

survivalmesserguide.de/wie-sch…

Darüber hinaus empfiehlt der ADFC schon maximal 45 kg Zugladung.

adfc.de/artikel/lastenanhaenge…

Auch das zulässige Gesamtgewicht eines Fahrrades (oftmals um die 120 kg) setzt da Grenzen.

Dass ausgerechnet das Verkehrsministerium eine Begrenzung zur Sicherheit fordert und nicht etwa sichere Wege ist allerdings fragwürdig.



New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2024) bits.debian.org/2024/07/new-de…



in reply to Pavel Kout

@pavelkout Ta trasa měla 94 km, tak jsem ještě ten zbytek dorazil :-) Jen jsem zase blbec zapnul cyklistika uvnitř, naštestí jsem tam zapnul i trasu do navigace :-)


Starting now: on the #curl changelog page where it lists all changes ever done to all #curl releases ever done, it now also conveniently links to the "known vulnerabilities" for each released version.

curl.se/changes.html

#curl


Welcome martinevsky as #curl commit author 1287: github.com/curl/curl/pull/1423…
#curl



I'm happy to announce the release of diesel-async 0.5.

It introduces support for the SQLite backend via a new SyncWrapperConnection type and it provides support for the new diesel Instrumentation interface. Checkout the full release block for more details:

blog.weiznich.de/blog/diesel-a…

#rust #rustlang




GUADEC Track 2 talks will start in a few minutes. Watch the livestream here: youtube.com/live/vMf3cOtcPtI?f…
#GUADEC2024


The GUADEC welcome and opening starts in 10 mins in Track 1. Watch the livestream here: youtube.com/live/jS7NzYqxH3o?f…
#GUADEC2024


Purpose-built or off-the-shelf? Our new post explores the critical choice between custom smartphones and COTS devices for government use. Learn how Purism's Liberty Phone offers a secure, made-in-USA solution that bridges both worlds. Read more: puri.sm/posts/purpose-built-sm…
#PureOS #LibertyPhone #Purism


A five-year-old bug which terribly affects NVDA's ability to interact with Windows 10/11's language switcher via ALT+SHIFT or Windows+Space. I get the point about bug priorities, but doesn't something as pestering and duplicable as this one deserve to be fixed more quickly? After many years of tolerating this and with more multilingual passages that I should handle daily, I'm seriously about to throw in the towel and switch to JAWS. Please check the last 3 comments: github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…
@NVAccess
in reply to Amir

I'll see if I can get some movement on this one - in fact I actually can't repro it myself, so it appears it may not affect EVERYONE, you can definitely reproduce it without any add-ons running, correct? There looks like some good info in the issue itself which should help.
in reply to NV Access

Thanks! Sure, it can also be duplicated with no add-ons enabled, too.
in reply to Amir

tbh but everything than switching to jaws. NVDA is open source and just so amazing, but yes if I look at the issues which are open for ages I have to wonder sometimes.
in reply to Jonathan

@jonathan859 Compared to other projects which either don't have a public issue tracker, or automatically close issues after say six months as stale - so yes it looks like there are a lot of issues, but maybe that is just a more accurate indication than for some other projects :)
in reply to Jonathan

@jonathan859 Honestly it's not that JAWS is perfect - it also has its own issues. However, basic stuff like ALT+SHIFT to alter languages there works flawlessly, MS Office support is better with more hotkeys to access various areas, and it doesn't suffer from NVDA's verbosity for going into and out of nested HTML elements. JAWS also handles language support more gracefully so, unlike NVDA, if you enable TTS language-switching for a profile, it won't apply it to other voice profiles. And with JAWS, unlike NVDA, if you press ALT+SHIFT to alter the typing language, the TTS language will also be altered.
in reply to Amir

@jonathan859 Amir, quite a bit to unpack there - so firstly if you could make sure there are issues for all of those - I did want to ask about hotkeys in Microsoft Office - what hotkeys are missing with NVDA? One of the most common comparisons we get with Jaws is "Office support is better" but no-one can ever expan on exactly what is missing?
in reply to NV Access

Fair enough, and I do get your point. Hopefully I should be able to write about it in detail in a few days. I'll share it with you.


Fossil-Energie-Lobbyisten bezahlten offenbar Geld an einen Verein für exklusiven Zugang als „Ehrengäste“ zu nicht öffentlichen Hinterzimmertreffen mit Verkehrsminister Wissing.

Und wir dachten, Klimaaktivisten bräuchten Trecker und Misthaufen, um Gehör zu finden. Dabei braucht es einfach nur genug KOHLE fürs "visiting with Wissing".

Es ist wirklich eine Schande, wie unser aller Lebensgrundlage von sogenannten Verantwortungsträgern verhökert wird.

zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/deu…



As I understand the BSOD today became more popular than ever, truly becoming mainstream and reported about all over the news. Of course, in systemd we are ahead of the curve, as usual, and if you too want to experience your very own BSOD we have your back. Enjoy:

freedesktop.org/software/syste…

Finally no need to feel left out again, just because you use Linux! 💖💘💝


in reply to BrianKrebs

This is fitting. The top topic on Xitter right now is of course the global Crowdstrike/Windows clusterfuck. But the AI summary of the discussion is hilarious, b/c it summarizes a bunch of sarcastic posts and makes it sound like a positive (or at least can-do) story.


Too funny: In 2010 McAffe caused a global IT meltdown due to a faulty update. CTO at this time was George Kurtz. Now he is CEO of #crowdstrike

zdnet.com/article/defective-mc…

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@popey Great newsletter! I really like Alacritty, but with my low vision I absolutely NEED font ligatures:
in reply to Matt Campbell

@matt

Everyone's disability is different. I am constantly struggling to make fonts large enough that I can actually discern / read them while fitting enough on the screen to do the thing I need.

Trying to visually disambiguate a 1-2 pixel wide line among a SEA of swimming characters is an INCREDIBLE struggle for me.

In addition to being blind in one eye and low vision in the other, I have astigmus, so my eye literally jumps around uncontrollably.

This is why accessibility is SO challenging.

in reply to Feoh

Yeah, I wasn't denying that it's a legitimate problem.


Installing our powerful audio routing tool Loopback is easier than ever - no floppy disks required! Get started routing audio around your Mac in under a minute.

Learn all about it here: weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2024/06…



Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Have you tried turning it off and on again again?
Have you tried turning it off and on again again again?
...


Have you ever thought how much of your personal data is stored online? 😳

Read the Tuta Team's best tips for protecting your #digitalidentity today! 🔐

👇👇👇

tuta.com/blog/how-to-protect-d…



Whoop whoop, I have great news: There's a new update for emotes.cc! :neobot_floof_cute:

From now on, you can view a leaderboard of instances with the most emotes! Simply enter your instance and find out how many emotes it has. With a bit of luck, your instance could make it into the Top 15 list :neobot_heart_cyan:

emotes.cc/emote-viewer





No notes, it's perfect.

theverge.com/2024/7/19/2420173…




TetraLogical Director @SteveFaulkner has just released a helpful guide on how WCAG 2.2 applies to native apps, especially with the new European Accessibility Act.

This guide is perfect for ensuring your apps are accessible and can provide a better user experience for everyone.

Read about it now on the TetraLogical blog: tetralogical.com/blog/2024/07/…



Hallo zusammen! 👋

Wir haben einen Bericht über die Barriere-Freiheit in Sachsen-Anhalt veröffentlicht. 📰

Der Bericht ist in Leichter Sprache. 📝

Viele Menschen haben uns erzählt, was es für Probleme gibt. 🚧

Zum Beispiel: Treppen, schlechte Straßen und keine barrierefreien Toiletten. 🚽

correctiv.org/barrierefreiheit…



We think our project's journey from nearly dead to thriving is an awesome story with lessons for any OSS project. Watch @ryanleesipes tell that story in today's #GUADEC keynote at 21:45 UTC/ 15:45 Mountain. @gnome is streaming their talks (thank you!), and you can catch his talk here: youtube.com/live/jS7NzYqxH3o?f…

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community

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Maybe rather than trying to shove AI and ads in every portion of Windows Microsoft should focus on not letting their cybersecurity partners take down computers and networks all over the world.

#fail #crowdstrike #microsoft

in reply to Brian Sletten

@pixelate I fuck Ai in general. People started to get dumber and more lazier because of it. I se it everydayin a way like: oh! gemini or chat gpt or blah blah blah will solve my problem instantly. They use it as such, without learning new skills themselves.


I’m talking today about parental controls and digital wellbeing, first locally in Berlin and then remotely in Denver, events.gnome.org/event/209/con…

#GUADEC #BerlinMiniGuadec

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Today I will be talking at #GUADEC about Gameeky, one of my coolest projects to date 😁

events.gnome.org/event/209/con…

Watch it live here youtube.com/live/vMf3cOtcPtI

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Opening event of not so small mini-GUADEC in Berlin
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