This account generally contains thoughts in my own words, and reposted content in the original posters’ own words. I avoid simple slogans, chants, and pithy statements about current events without further elaboration. Examples include “Support X”, “boost if you believe Y, keep scrolling if you don’t”, and “down with Z”. I’ll also make an effort to move away from idioms that serve as thought-terminating clichés.
I’ll make exceptions for jokes, or for slogans alongside original thoughts or links.
The line between simple slogans on social media and thought-terminating clichés is too blurry in my mind for me to amplify on my own account. I feel that the dynamics on here are different from in-person protests, and we don’t need to resort to easily-filtered/ignored repetitive chants to get people to understand what we’re trying to say. This is more of a personal gut feeling than a strongly-held belief, and I don’t look down on the use of slogans; I just don’t see myself boosting them. I’m happy to boost more nuanced, personal, or substantive posts that lend themselves less to repetition.
Over the past week, the Singapore government issued the Transformative Justice Collective two correction directions under the anti-"fake news" law, accusing us of spreading falsehoods with regard to recent executions. But their "corrections" actually *confirm* what TJC reported, which was that death row prisoners had been issued execution notices even while they were party to ongoing legal proceedings.
Please join us for a special presentation as BITS welcomes Aira’s Jeanine Stanley and Everett Bacon, as they share news about the exciting new features that are now available in the Aira Explorer app and online through the Aira website. Learn about Access AI, Smart Glasses and more.
When: Wednesday August 14, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET. (5:00 PM PT). where: BITS Community Zoom Room. To learn more visit: bits-acb.org And to join us visit: joinbits.org
One of the larger changes I’ve encountered in the Mac OS 15 betas is not immediately obvious unless you know to hunt for it. The VoiceOver Commanders item within VoiceOver Settings has been replace…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ExtremeTech: The family of a French mariner who died on the imploded Titan submersible last year has sued Titan's maker, OceanGate Expeditions, for more than $50 million.
It is not uncommon for someone to message, call, email, or carrier pigeon me to ask if something is accessible. They almost invariably want a “yes” or “no.
For NVDA Users: New Add-on Release: ReferenceStyler - Now Available in the Add-on Store: Manage and Insert References in Various Citation Styles groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/75…
From the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library: What you Need to Know to Explore Web Accessibility Testing: Wednesday, August 14, 7:00 PM Eastern Time groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/75…
A sonification is the use of sound to convey data, like a cartoon character dropping something on their foot, or an astronomical event mapped to sound. In this 27 min audio described documentary, get introduced to astronomy through sound, fantastic for blind folk, totally cool for anyone! youtube.com/watch?v=GxWwlwvcQD…
NASA is famous for beautiful space images, but did you know you can listen to them? Go behind the scenes with the team that creates “sonifications,” translat...
From bsky: "Hey everyone, Consumer Reports wants to hear how software obsolescence has affected you. We're gathering stories as part of a future push to get companies to disclose their plans to support a product before you buy it. Share your story here:
A former Apple engineer discusses their Google culture shock experience:
> My director wore an Apple Watch and had an iPhone ... my VP too. Nobody was expected to eat the dog food and so few did. This was crazy to me coming from Apple ... several internal sites would ask you to file [a bug report] on why you switched to chrome [if you used chrome]. So many crazy issues I saw and reported didn’t actually matter to many high ranking members of the pixel team because they didn’t use the devices
It's been a busy year, and our platform and developer community-building efforts are paying off. Let's take a look at what we've been up to over the last six months, and measure its effect.
Heads up, Apple users! Apparently, starting in November, using the iOS Patreon app means that 30% of the money you're trying to send to an artist (like me) would go to Apple instead. Just use Patreon through your browser, I assure you, you don't need the app!
First of all, this is monopolistic behavior and needs to be stopped by regulators.
Secondly, this is exactly the problem that I and many others warned about years ago. WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE AN APP? What is wrong with the web as it was originally designed? Don’t use the freaking app! Don’t install it! Use the website!
Apple should take one-third of your bank savings when you use the bank app. I feel like that's the next extension to increase profits and they might as well get there now.
Did you know that 'Salsa', the name of our GitLab development platform was chosen at a restaurant in Hamburg? Written prominently on the menu the connection between sauce/source was realized. #debianmicronews.debian.org/2024/1723… #debian
For those who are interested in alternative ways to use a Linux interface, there are things even lighter than desktop environments, called window managers. There's one called I3, and @storm has made an accessibility plugin forit, which also adds other cool stuff like the ability to control audio playback and such. It's called I38.
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My Pixel Watch sucks and it's not because the screen isn't big or bright enough. The implementation of notifications is awful. It's actually faster and easier in many cases to whip out my phone to see a notification than to see it on the watch.
Why? Because notifications are not shown by default. The watch vibrates but nothing is there on the screen but the watch face. To trigger a notification to actually show, you need to rotate your wrist down (if it is up) and then up again (impossible if you are carrying something). Then you have to wait for it to recognize the gesture. Then you have to wait for a fade animation to an intermediate screen that shows half of the information about the notification. Then you have to wait for a fade animation to the final screen that actually shows the notification text. And if you lower your wrist at all during or after this process, the notification disappears instantly and won't come back without the use of both hands to activate the touchscreen or crown. And in many cases the information shown is useless, like "so-and-so sent a picture." Show me the goddamn picture then!
It boggles the mind that anyone could think this is a good experience to ship at all, let alone for three generations! Especially when Pebble had it right 10 years ago. You show the notification on the screen first, then you vibrate the watch, then you leave the notification there for at least 30 seconds so it can ...](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/580847 "modeless 1 hour ago | next [–]
My Pixel Watch sucks and it's not because the screen isn't big or bright enough. The implementation of notifications is awful. It's actually faster and easier in many cases to whip out my phone to see a notification than to see it on the watch.
Why? Because notifications are not shown by default. The watch vibrates but nothing is there on the screen but the watch face. To trigger a notification to actually show, you need to rotate your wrist down (if it is up) and then up again (impossible if you are carrying something). Then you have to wait for it to recognize the gesture. Then you have to wait for a fade animation to an intermediate screen that shows half of the information about the notification. Then you have to wait for a fade animation to the final screen that actually shows the notification text. And if you lower your wrist at all during or after this process, the notification disappears instantly and won't come back without the use of both hands to activate the touchscreen or crown. And in many cases the information shown is useless, like \"so-and-so sent a picture.\" Show me the goddamn picture then!
It boggles the mind that anyone could think this is a good experience to ship at all, let alone for three generations! Especially when Pebble had it right 10 years ago. You show the notification on the screen first, then you vibrate the watch, then you leave the notification there for at least 30 seconds so it can ...")
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