#Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb #Mastodon #Canada #CanPoli
This morning I got a response Letter (by email) from the Speakers Office of the House of Commons of Canada in response to the Open Letter* so many of you all signed back in June!
Here is Speaker Fergus’ letter in full. Reply with what you think we should do next to encourage MPs and Parliamentarians to ask for this!
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Dear Mr. Alemany:
Thank you for your letter and proposal concerning Open Social Web.
Many Members, their staff, members of the Press Gallery and Canadians use social networks as a primary tool for consuming news, sharing stories of interest or to comment on news or information. The House of Commons established a presence on social networks in 2017, with a consistent branding, to share information and, critically, to provide Members increased and mobile access to relevant parliamentary information so that they may share this information with their social media followers.
Although the creation of an Open Social Web would present a promising opportunity with several advantages for the House of Commons, as enumerated in your letter, it also brings numerous challenges and risks to the organization (e. g. extensive engagement from many stakeholders, adoption of specialized and secure infrastructure and the need for content moderation and curation).
To date, we have had no requests for this type of service from Members. This would be a substantial undertaking that would require direction and approval from the Board of Internal Economy (BOIE) before being considered for prioritization and implementation. Even if mandated to offer such a service, we would be unable to ensure its adoption and widespread use among parliamentarians.
Thank you for your interest, and please be assured of our continuous support for more open, secure, engaging and informative multi-channel experiences for our users.
Sincerely,
Hon. Greg-Fergus, P.C., M.P
*Open Letter: chrisalemany.ca/2024/05/31/ope…
cc: @Paulatics
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Hello everyone @Friendica Support !
I filed this issue on github and it has been pretty ignored. Of course I don't expect it to be taken into consideration, but I would like to know if I'm the only one who perceives this feature as a problem. I would also be curious to know if in your opinion the issue is easily solvable, or if it requires an unjustifiable effort?
For those who do not have a GitHub account, I report the text of the Issue here:
Good evening everyone.Introduction
Like most software in the Fediverse, Friendica accounts can also be "followed" through their RSS feed.
In this way, it is possible to use the string https://INSTANCENAME/feed/USERNAME/
For example, the account of the Friendica group "School" is
poliverso.org/feed/scuola/Is the feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Unfortunately, however, the feed of the Fediverse accounts publishes only the contents of that account and not, for example, those reshared.
This choice, although understandable for normal accounts, is much less understandable for Groups (the former Forums), since these groups do not publish (if not rarely) their own contents.
Describe the feature you'd like
The developers Lemmy have brilliantly solved the problem with their "Communities" (the Lemmy version of Activitypub groups) and today it is possible to follow the feed of the Lemmy communities through the string
https://ISTANZA/feeds/c/NOMEUTENTE.xml?sort=NewAnd in fact the feed of the "Fediverso" community is perfectly queryable by a feed reader
feddit.it/feeds/c/fediverso.xm…Even Lemmy displays a feed that presents all the posts published in the local communities (https://ISTANZA/feeds/local.xml?sort=New) and even all those of the federated "timeline" (ISTANZA/feeds/all.xml?sort=New).
I therefore wonder if it is not possible to make it so that at least the "Group" type accounts can display a feed that also includes shared content.
Describe alternatives you've considered
I can't think of any valid alternatives.
I tried in vain to follow a Friendica Group with a Lemmy account (basically I signed up to the "group" which obviously in Lemmy is seen as a "Community"): basically I wanted to use Lemmy to make him export the RSS feed...
Unfortunately, however, there are still problems that do not allow the contents of Friendica to be correctly synchronized in the community view of Lemmy.
"JAWS for Windows 3.11 is an older version of the JAWS screen reader. Specifically, JAWS for Windows 3.11 was released in the early 1990s. You would need to look for JAWS versions from that era, such as JAWS 2.0 or earlier, which were compatible with Windows 3.11.
If you have any more specific questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask!"
@jaybird110127 JAWS XP was released in 2001. It introduced several improvements over prior versions, including better support for Windows XP, enhanced performance, and new features that improved accessibility and usability for visually impaired users.
Key improvements included:
Enhanced Compatibility: Improved support for Windows XP, ensuring smoother operation and better integration with the operating system.
Performance Enhancements: Faster response times and more efficient processing, making the screen reader more responsive.
New Features: Introduction of new functionalities and commands that made navigation and interaction with applications more intuitive and user-friendly.
These enhancements made JAWS XP a significant upgrade, providing a more seamless and efficient experience for users.
Tor insists its #network is safe after German cops convict CSAM dark-web admin
Kind of boils down to opsec fail here. Using outdated software, which in this case didn’t properly secure Tor connections.
Timing attacks are still viable (especially with hostile nodes), but this reads as an #opsec fail to me.
Remember: a major part of anonymity is maintaining great opsec.
Obligatory: Tor is not “just for criminals,” despite one getting caught in this case (glad he did tbh). Regular people use Tor everyday.
#cybersecurity #security #privacy
theregister.com/2024/09/19/tor…
Tor insists its network is safe after German cops convict CSAM dark-web admin
Outdated software blamed for cracks in the armorIain Thomson (The Register)
I did this to test whether the field has a text length limit. It was shocking to me that those smart developers at FS did not code in a maxlength to the input, it's like, the least you could do to prevent large use of the API.
Answer, only one. It just told me that R and Shift+R can be used to navigate to the next/previous slider on the Web.
On the more amusing side, it was also perfectly happy to tell me that NVDA+N can be used to access the NVDA menu, and that I should quit JAWS and switch to NVDA first. A real shame we can't share the conversation...
I set up this server for myself and my friends, but i swear to god i'm literally the only one who posts here.
One person occasionally boosts. Another raaaarely replies, but I feel kinda like a spammer every time i look at the "Local" feed and it's just "me me me". :/
“It was May 8th 2020 for the third time, and Ryan had already caused two traffic accidents.”
Ryan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his life whenever he dies. Arriving in New Rome, the glitzy capital of sin of a rebuilding Europe, he finds the city torn between mega-corporations, sponsored heroes, superpowered criminals, and true monsters. It's a time of chaos, where potions can grant the power to rule the world and dangers lurk everywhere.
Ryan only sees different routes; and from Hero to Villain, he has to try them all. Only then will he achieve his perfect ending... no matter how many loops it takes.
Couldn't make it to the #matrixConf but you don't want to miss out on the talks? We've got your back!
Head to 2024.matrix.org/watch and watch the talks in real time, starting at 10:00 CEST tomorrow
is there a good guide for setting up the microservices needed to use the "rooms" on the wider network? synapse single threaded i can't join most of the channels on, say, matrix.org; it's just too slow.
The guides made my eyes glaze over, and i'm a systems architecture person. send help 
Si escriben en #español y viven en #EstadosUnidos o #Canadá, esta convocatoria les puede interesar.
¡Anímense!
Primer #PremioInternacional de #LiteraturaEnEspañol en Estados Unidos y Canadá, de #LiteralMagazine: literalmagazine.com/primer-pre…
#literatura #escritoras #escritores #libros #cuento #novela #poesía #concursos #ConcursosLiterarios #PremiosLiterarios #castellano #literaverso #USA #writers #LiteraryAwards #LiteraryContests #WritingContests #WritersOfMastodon
All the books I've read about business management, professional development, and so on, could be summarized in 10 pages or so.
There are some great books out there with incredibly insightful and useful concepts, but holy shit if they like to bubble up those concepts into never ending meandering and useless anecdotes.
"You could improve your workflow with these 4 concepts, but first, let me tell you about the time a seagull pooped on my ice cream and the lesson I learned from eating shit"
Man, if Mozilla had spent any real time in the last decade making embedding/using Gecko feasible for anything except Firefox, there'd be so many Gecko-based browsers right now.
My entire journey with developing Gecko stuff and working for Mozilla started because embedding was possible (though difficult).
It's sad to see Mozilla management continue to just not learn anything at all. Misfire after misfire. But they're more important now than ever :(
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Rant: I think a new interview question is in order for us.
"We have a programatically enforced code formatting standard we've been consistently using for years. Without seeing the output, will you want us to revisit it?"
If they answer anything other than "no," they fail.
I am SICK AND F'ING TIRED of developers fighting over code formatting. No one agrees on one single way.
Our way is both conventional and consistent. Deal with it.
Adwaita is really pretty freaking great. It makes designing responsive apps just… easy?? Here’s an update to Butler, my Home Assistant app, for GNOME 47 and Adwaita 1.6.
Update coming soon to Flathub!
#GNOME #Adwaita #Flatpak #Flathub #HomeAssistant #Linux #OpenSource
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GNOME reshared this.
The latest update to Butler for GNOME 47 is out! Designed for GNOME, works anywhere you can get Flatpak.
@fahrradkoeln
events.fedibikes.social/@koeln
Frage ans Publikum:
Ist DAS 2024 noch zeitgemäß?
"#SheTransformsIT – gemeinsam für ein innovatives, souveränes
Digitaldeutschland
Frauen für Digitalisierung zu gewinnen, ist eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe. Die Veranstaltung der Initiative #SheTransformsIT ...
Denn nur durch verstärkte Interdisziplinarität und die Zusammenarbeit aller können wir das bis lang ungenutzte weibliche Potenzial für Digitalisierung heben."
Fehlt es uns wirklich "nur" an Frauen - oder an echtem Mut zu Diversität?
Es fehlt nicht an Mut zur Diversität! Es fehlt an Mut ohne "Mauern" im Kopf zu denken.
Gelder für Initiativen werden von Leuten vergeben die nicht nur "Mauern" he, she, it im Kopf haben.
In der IT geht es um Expertise. Solange Menschen mit IT-Expert verniedlichend als Nerds bezeichnet werden ändert sich nichts. Hier sind viele Mauern einzureißen.
U.a.
@bkastl und @Lilith zeigen, daß Frauen eine gute Expertise haben.
Viele Nerds (he, she, it) werden nicht ernst genommen!
I changed my company postal address on my VPS provider’s website. This sent a confirmation email to me. Which sent my auto-reply about being on sick leave back to them. Which created a support ticket. Which created confusion in their system about why I created a support ticket.I got a reply to that ticket that would appear to be AI-generated. The automated reply-tool couldn’t figure out what my question was. 😅
So many bots are going to be just arguing with each other in perpetuity.
#Redrum #TheShining #esplendor #StephenKing #Bookworm #Bookstodon
A project analyzing human language usage by scraping the web is shutting down because "generative AI has polluted the data." It's going to become much harder to analyze human use of language with the rise of AI-generated stuff being everywhere.
Fellow white Pagans,
‘Cultural appropriation’ is not a bad word. It’s not an insult. As a white-guy Wiccan in the early aughts, I have been accused of it myself, so I know how it feels. It feels like an attack, and the immediate human response is usually, “Don't tell me what to do!”
But a huge part of spirituality is growing as a person, and religious practice changes as we change and grow. We leave behind things that don't work and tweak the new to fit us. If your practice hasn't changed one bit in 20 years, you're doing it wrong.
Neopaganism is still brand new, and there will be growing pains. We are still creating it as we speak. So it is vital that we listen. Listen to marginalized groups, listen to other living traditions, listen to the people whose cultures are being twisted.
We can be better than the old white men of history, we can be better than colonizers, we don't need to copy what other traditions are doing, we’re making our own.
aaron
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