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...a ešte koľko ich je, dá te si colu alebo limonádu a hneď máte na stole tak zo šesť

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Agresívne ešte len začnú byť, vraví vedec o osách. Prichádzajú o zmysel života, čoskoro nebudú mať čo stratiť

Osy sa tento rok zdanlivo správajú inak. Viac práce kvôli nim majú hasiči, ktorí likvidujú väčšie množstvo hniezd než obvykle, aj záchranári, ktorí riešia veľa prípadov osieho bodnutia s alergickou reakciou.
Jiří Labanc (Denník N)

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People ask me why we don't support Apple products. Well, it's shit like this theverge.com/2024/8/9/24216181…

Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers in latest EU update

Apple will now allow developers in the EU to include links to outside purchases, as long as they pay two new fees that apply to purchases across “any” platform.
Emma Roth (The Verge)

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Ok, I have thoughts about Chrystul Kizer being sentenced to prison.

The monster she killed was a known sex trafficker of young black girls. He’d been arrested and released without bail by the same cops that arrested this girl. He brutalized and trafficked this child, and she killed him. (I have no problem with that, personally. )

Wisconsin has a 2008 law on the books that allows trafficking as a defense, and her lawyers chose to plead out instead of taking it to trial.

I’m not a lawyer, but from the outside, that sure as fuck looks like malpractice. Let’s find a way to free this kid.

#ChrystulKizer #Milwaukee #injustice

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Chrystul Kizer, charged with killing her suspected sex trafficker, receives 11 years in prison

A Milwaukee woman who confessed to killing a man she claimed sexually trafficked her was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday in Kenosha. Her case has garnered significant attention.
, Journal Sentinel (Journal Sentinel)
#chrystulkizer #Milwaukee #injustice

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Perhaps you have heard (or even believe) some or all of the elements of the following story about the past:

"Life in the past was crude and hard. People could not afford mercy or charity. People in primitive societies would leave the sick and weak behind to die, and even the ancient Greeks killed disabled infants through exposure."

I have frequently encountered this set of ideas, in various permutations. It shows up all over the internet in popular historical accounts:
"Infanticide was a disturbingly common act in the ancient world, but in Sparta this practice was organized and managed by the state. All Spartan infants were brought before a council of inspectors and examined for physical defects, and those who weren't up to standards were left to die...If a Spartan baby was judged to be unfit for its future duty as a soldier, it was most likely abandoned on a nearby hillside. Left alone, the child would either die of exposure or be rescued and adopted by strangers."

It is also quite wrong.

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8 Reasons It Wasn’t Easy Being Spartan

From fitness tests for infants to state-sponsored hazing, find out why these ancient Greek warriors had a rough go of it.
Evan Andrews (HISTORY)
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HeavenlyPossum

These were people who lived more than 2,000 years ago in the Iron Age. They did not have access to modern tools or artificial power. Everything they built, they built themselves, with their own hands, and occasionally some animal power. They were, by modern standards, unimaginably poor. And yet Sneed demonstrates that they devoted time, energy, and effort into caring for disabled infants and making buildings accessible to those who needed access.

In the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act wasn't signed into law until 1990. Despite the law, Americans with disabilities still routinely face discrimination and inaccessibility around the country, often because enforcement is lax and private firms can't be bothered to spend resources on compliance. *But they have no excuse.* The US is the richest state that is or ever was; it has access to unimaginably more resources than the Classical Greeks did thousands of years ago. If they could do it, modern societies like the US can do it.

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HeavenlyPossum

Archeologists have found evidence from around the world, in sites spanning tens of thousands of years, of people caring for the sick, the injured, and the disabled. A young man buried in what is now Vietnam who lived, paralyzed, with Klippel-Feil syndrome for about ten years. A Neanderthal man who survived grievous injuries, including a partial blinding and the loss of an arm, in what is now 45,000 years ago. A boy who lived to about 15 with spina bifida in what is now Florida, 7,500 years ago. On and on and on.

These were people who almost certainly required enormous levels of care. Many of them would have struggled to contribute to the sustenance of their communities. Many of them were not particularly mobile. And yet they survived, many of years, which could have only happened with the cooperation of multiple other people. These are ancient societies in which, we've been taught, life was "nasty, brutish, and short." Yet they diverted precious resources to the care of other people, many of whom could never materially reward their carers.

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EL SANTO NIÑO DE LA GUARDIA

Durante la segunda mitad del sXIV, en la localidad de La Guardia (Toledo), un niño fue cruelmente torturado y asesinado siguiendo un ritual mágico en el que un grupo de judíos y criptojudíos buscaban difundir una epidemia de cólera.

O, al menos, eso es lo que a día de hoy sigue afirmando parte de la Iglesia, como vemos en este artículo publicado en 2015 y cargado, todavía hoy, de propaganda antisemita y de un absoluto desprecio por la evidencia histórica.

oracionyliturgia.archimadrid.o…

Se conservan algunos de los documentos de este juicio, gracias a los cuales algunos historiadores tan poco sospechosos de rojeras como Luis Suárez Fernández (director de universidades durante la dictadura) han reconstruido coherentemente lo que realmente debió suceder.

En 1489 varios judeoconversos son detenidos por la Inquisición bajo la acusación de haber vuelto a sus viejas creencias judías. Al principio no hay nada más que esta acusación, pero bajo tortura, aparece el relato sobre un niño.

Los distintos acusados, bajo tortura, empiezan a lanzarse acusaciones unos a otros, incluyendo también a un par de judíos de la zona. Inmiscuyéndose los unos a los otros en la terrible historia de un niño raptado y torturado como blasfemo reflejo de la muerte de Jesucristo.

La única historia no obtenida bajo tortura la dio un judío que, enfermo y creyendo estar cerca de la muerte, pidió que le asistiera un rabino. Un monje se disfrazó de rabino y consiguió engañarle, consiguiendo, según él, una declaración que posteriormente el judío negaría.

Lo más curioso de esta historia es que no existe niño. De hecho, el niño no tiene ni nombre (la tradición posterior le adjudica el nombre de Cristóbal o el de Juan). No existen padres, los padres de los que se habla también son inventados. No hubo, por supuesto, cadáver.

Las distintas declaraciones están repletas de contradicciones importantes. Los acusadores tuvieron que crear un complicado relato en el que el niño fue transportado de un lado a otro (sin que nadie les viera) para explicar que cada uno hablara de sitios distintos.

Las mismas fechas son contradictorias, más allá de que todos decían que había sucedido en semana santa, según uno hacía cuatro años de aquello, según otro quince, según otro, once...

Los acusados fueron ajusticiados en 1491. La historia fue publicitada con gran eficacia por toda Castilla.

Unos meses después, la Reina Isabel firmaba la expulsión de los judíos. Sin duda, el caso del falso niño de La Guardia tendría su influencia en esta decisión.


El Santo Niño de La Guardia, mártir († 1489)

Nuestra Señora de la Fuencisla. Santos: Alberto de Jerusalén, Atanasio, Baldovino, Sergio, confesores; Irene, Aurelia, Neomisia, matronas; Arnolfo, Solemnio, Lupo, Cástor, Anacario, Anatalon, obispos; Antila, Bardomiano, Eucarpo, Herculano, Niño de L…
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Kuffovci nie sú pomätenci ale prepnutý magory, teda je to asi to isté ale to moje pomenovanie je výstižnejšie.

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Newsfilter: Pomätenci vo vláde už začali rušiť predstavenia národného divadla

1. Už rušia predstavenie v divadle. 2. Čo urobí Hlas? Nič. 3. Pospíšil sa nemá za čo hanbiť, Šatan áno.
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Peter Hanecak

Ak je mojim zaujmom mat tu kludny a dobry zivot, tak sa musim primarne snazit a slusne a funkcne riesenia. A teda preto ten "lepsi vykon OCTK".

Lebo sa samozrejme da napr. aj "brat spravodlivost do vlastnych ruk", ale to by v pripade ludi typu Kuffa rychlo vyeskalovalo:

- on mi zrusi divadlo
- ja mu zrusim omsu
- on prise zrusit mna
- ak sa mu podari zrusit mna, niekto dalsi skusi zrusit jeho
- …

vysledok: obcianska vojna

A prave any sme sa vyhli vojnam, mame zakony a OCTK.

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Storm Dragon pushed changes to the master branch of the linux-game-manager project Massive rewrite of how speaking with TTS is handled. This should open up compatibility with pretty much every wad out there as far as TTS is concerned. There may be unwanted speech until everything is ironed out.

~stormdragon2976/linux-game-manager - Installer and launcher for accessible to the blind games that run natively in Linux. - 2MB codes git

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🛠️ Maintenance Planned August 21, 2024 9:00-11:00 PM EDT/1:00-3:00 AM UTC

In preparation for the new release, Bitwarden will be undergoing server and web maintenance from 9-11 PM EDT/1-3 AM UTC.

More Information on the Bitwarden Status Page →
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Maintenance Window

## Release information In preparation for the new release, Bitwarden will be undergoing server and web maintenance from 9-11 PM EDT/2-4 AM UTC.
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Who knew that the global human extinction ushered in by Skynet was caused by merely turning it on for the first time and watching it consume all the water and natural resources?

It didn't even need to get to that self-aware stage, or have enough reason to determine that "humans are a virus", or even ramp up the production of autonomous H/K drones and Terminators.

It just had to be powered on.

See: techradar.com/pro/water-consum…


AI push from US tech giants leads to skyrocketing water consumption figures

Millions of gallons being consumed each month in water-scarce areas
Ellen Jennings-Trace (TechRadar pro)

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A Remote Control for Your Phone: The Hable One Keyboard eastersealstech.com/2024/08/13…

A Remote Control for Your Phone: The Hable One Keyboard

Typing on a smartphone is second nature to many of us. But for people who are visually challenged, it can be frustrating and even seem impossible. While virtual keyboards can be helpful, many are l…
Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads

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Global Policies and Subsidies for Electronic Assistive Devices: A Comprehensive Guide Across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. zoomax.com/low-vision-informat…

Global Assistive Device Subsidies and Policies | U.S., Canada, U.K. Guide

Discover financial assistance programs for electronic assistive devices in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Learn about subsidies, eligibility, and application processes for visual impairments.
ZOOMAX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED

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My personal opinion: this European Accessibility Act is going to face a lot of similar obstacles as other similar “acts” that have been introduced in other countries, for example, USA. Reason? Written primarily by lawyers and non-technologists, too many “but”’s and apologies on behalf of small-size businesses, etc. Example: a business that generates 2 min mln Euros per year is excused from being accessible? Say what? In 2024? digitala11y.com/introduction-t…

Introduction to European Accessibility Act and Compliance • DigitalA11Y

The hot topic across accessibility industry and digital businesses across the world is the European Accessibility act (EAA). In this post we are going to
Team DigitalA11Y (DigitalA11Y)
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Are you #blind or #VisuallyImpaired? Are you a sucker for retro hardware and/or software? Do you hate to see icons of the past slip into the land of the forgotten? Consider joining my BVTC (Blind Vintage Tech Community) mailing list! groups.io/g/bvtc

bvtc groups.io Group

Are you blind/visually impaired? Are you a sucker for retro hardware and/or software? Do you hate to see icons of the past slip into the land of the forgotten? This is the group for you! This group aims to unite sightless nostalgia freaks and retroph…
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#blind #visuallyimpaired
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For any #Blind folks interested in watching the Democratic National Convention this week, here's a YouTube stream that includes #AudioDescription: youtube.com/live/ySzrZCmbsbw?s…

[Audio Description] Democratic National Convention: Day 1

Tune in on Monday, August 19 from 6:30 PM - 11 PM ET for the first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention as Democrats gather in Chicago to rally b...
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#blind #AudioDescription

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Here's a very rough demo of a bit of old technology from 1989 or so, at least that's when we got ours. Almost certainly headed for a landfill soon, as we're moving and not taking it with us. The Xerox Kurzweil Personal Reader model 7315, a print reading machine for the blind. The system we had with the electronics unit and automatic scanner cost $10,000 in 1989. This or a machine very similar was demonstrated on an episode of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.

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The Call for Papers for Linux App Summit is open until August 21! linuxappsummit.org//cfp/ (dates there are incorrect, you can still submit talk proposals)

Call for proposals

The Linux App Summit (LAS) is designed to accelerate the growth of the Linux application ecosystem by bringing together everyone involved in creating a great Linux application user experience.
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simon.old

I really wonder how this was done. It sounds like maybe someone used one of those iOS auto-rap apps and played Eloquence through a speaker? The instrumental comes from an old song by Nicki (not Vicki) Minaj. youtu.be/pSFyrrhKj1Q?si=kTK38Y…

Nicki Minaj - Your Love (Official Video)

REMASTERED IN HD!Official Music Video for Your Love performed by Nicki Minaj. Follow Nicki Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickiminajTwitter: https://tw...
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