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Texas has purged about 500K eligible voters from voter rolls

Nebraska potentially changing its Electoral count to winner take all so they all go Red

Georgia is requiring 5-6M votes be counted by hand

Red states have closed more than 10,000 polling locations in Black/Latino neighborhoods

This is how Republicans are organizing to steal the election

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Went to the bike shop for brake pads, talked to my repairman for a bit, explained polygon rasterization in simple terms to him, he gave me free brake pads. It was a good day.

Nice find by my friend @s3phy visiting me, who is giving me this genuine branded #Lodge no.5 #castiron pan found in a trashcan on the street on his way back from the supermarket today 🧐

Top-tier guest AAA+ would host again 👌

#upcycling #garbagefinds

A Lodge no.5 cast iron pan, made in the USA, with some rust on it
#upcycling #lodge #castiron #garbagefinds @s3phy

Bike dividers that don't physically block cars and trucks are just municipal "thoughts and prayers".

Vas a una tienda de zapatos y cosillas de senderismo que es chiquita, independiente, linda.

No tienen de tu talla.

😢

c'mon

Российская Федерация — светское государство. Религиозные объединения отделены от государства. Обеспечивается светский характер образования в государственных и муниципальных образовательных организациях.

Знаете, что это за экстремистский текст?

Re last: I remember times when #SamsungTTS was an awful, I mean, really horrible piece of… software. And recently I had to launch TalkBack on my beloved wife's Samsung Galaxy A35. It is not an evolution, it's a revolution: English, French, and Russian voices sound so much better!
#samsungtts
in reply to André Polykanine

Haily Merry
Haily Merry
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I mean, it's still really not great. It sounds kind of offputtingly happy.

I wish there was Samsung TTS for Sapi5, but like that's ever going to happen!

Why Katy Perry's comeback has gone so wrong bbc.com/culture/article/202409…

Things I didn't have on my cyberpunk dystopia bingo card: restarting Three Mile Island to power Microsoft AI

cnbc.com/2024/09/20/constellat…

The Mastodon canary token story continues.

The token has been pretty much dormant for the last few months (except for hits from Google), but now we have a new player in the game. The ByteDance spider, ByteDance being the company behind TikTok.

in reply to Mikołaj Hołysz

Mikołaj Hołysz
Mikołaj Hołysz
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So, if you're curious where your Mastodon data eventually ends up, even if you're on an anti-scraping instance and have your accounts set to disallow scraping, the answer now seems to be "China."

Secret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheating

Tiny device installed inside TI-84 enables Wi-Fi Internet, access to AI chatbot.

arstechnica.com/information-te…

A need to be important is usually painted so negatively, but I think we forget that there are other reasons for wanting to be important, that have nothing to do with wanting power over others. Sometimes we want to be important to some person or cause, simply so we belong to something that's greater than ourselves. This isn't always bad if channeled correctly, and can connect us to a greater sense of purpose. Feeling like you have a place in the grand scheme of things can be a powerful motivator

Gajim 1.9.4 has been released 🎉

This release integrates XMPP Providers (@xmpp_providers), supports Hats and brings many improvements and bug fixes. Thank you for all your contributions!

If you like to support Gajim with a donation, feel free to visit liberapay.com/Gajim

#xmpp #gajim #chat

gajim.org/post/2024-09-19-gaji…

Logos of Gajim and XMPP Providers
#xmpp #chat #gajim @XMPP Providers

Nicoco reshared this.

Not replying when your whole body is itching with a strong desire to send something really sarcastic back. *that* is the restraint that builds character.

At least that's what I tell myself.

in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

SpaceLifeForm
SpaceLifeForm
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Sometimes, it is important. The OP may learn something and build their own character.

Big Tech's vast surveillance exposed by FTC. Protect your privacy with Purism's ethical tech. #PrivacyMatters #Purism
puri.sm/posts/ftc-highlights-v…
#purism #privacymatters

Congrats Danielle!

Thanks for an awesome presentation at #matrixconf on the power of Element Server Suite.

For more information about ESS visit element.io/server-suite

Danielle presenting behind a lectern at The Matrix Conference
#matrixconf

"A topic dear to my heart: there is no functional URL/URI standard today."

I wrote on the #HTTPbis mailing list:

lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/i…

#httpbis
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

Joshua J. Drake
Joshua J. Drake
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where there's a will, there's a way. I think @_mattata also wants to see ble represented somehow. Perhaps the RFC should just point to the WHATWG?
@remy🐀

This week we released GNOME 47 “Denver”! 🥳

To find out more, and to see what else happened this week, you should check out the latest issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME!

👉 thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/…

#GNOME #TWIG

GNOME 47 "Denver" banner
#gnome #ThisWeekInGNOME #twig
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Fascinating presentation at #matrixconf from Jan Kohnert at gematik.

Germany’s healthcare industry is developing the Matrix-based TI-Messenger standard. An excellent example of interoperable secure communications.

#TIMessenger #TIM

Jan presenting from behind a lectern at The Matrix Conference
#matrixconf #tim #timessenger

Rosåhaj would like to talk to you about [matrix] :rosahaj_love: ! #MatrixConf
Rosåhaj on the speaker desk of the matrix conference in Berlin next to a ThinkPad.
#matrixconf

Let's say someone's running down the street, waving a machete left and right. A pedestrian doesn't manage to jump aside and gets killed. Do we call that murder?

So why, when someone is speeding in a few ton iron coffin and killing someone, we are talking of "unfortunate accident"?

#FuckCars

#fuckcars
in reply to mgorny-nyan (he) 🙀🚂🐧

André Polykanine
André Polykanine
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Nobody talks about cyclists in this context though. A speeding car like this is really either an accident or the driver is a dickhead which happens not too often. However, bikes and scooters speeding on pedestrian zones — all the time. they are just freaking dangerous for pedestrians, and nobody cares, because it's "healthy" and "green". As a person hit by a cyclist (fortunately without consequences), I compare *them* to that guy waving his machete.
in reply to André Polykanine

Daarin
Daarin
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@menelion
A) Whataboutism
B) Strawman (nobody cares...)
C) You were hit by the bike, which you yourself say is the equivalent of the machete swinging, and there were no consequences. Yet you belittle the dangers of cars (accident or douchebag)
@André Polykanine

Máme 400 registrací na #LinuxDays a další přibývají. Sejdeme se už za tři týdny v Praze!
linuxdays.cz/2024/
#linuxdays

Uvažoval jsem, že bych pokaždé, když někdo hodí lístek do urny, pustil fanfáru nebo potlesk. #volby #zápiskyzkomise
#volby #zapiskyzkomise
in reply to Richard

Archos
Archos
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To je taková slabota ta účast?
in reply to Archos

Marián Kyral
Marián Kyral
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@archos
No je to smutné. Přitom kraje taky mají dost pravomocí.
@Archos
in reply to Marián Kyral

𝖆𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖔𝖐 🇨🇿🇪🇺
𝖆𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖔𝖐 🇨🇿🇪🇺
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My chodíme s manželkou ke každým volbám a teď teprv po strašně dlouhé době premiéra, kdy oba musíme vynechat, protože nás dostal nějaký virový parchant (čili marodíme). Kdyby už politici pohnuli s tou digitalizací, bylo by to hned jednodušší, dalo by se hlasovat z domova (mohlo by to jít třeba i z datové schránky).
@mkyral
@archos @rholas
@Archos @Marián Kyral @Richard
in reply to Marián Kyral

Lukáš Jelínek
Lukáš Jelínek
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@mkyral @archos Mají jich fakt hodně. Lidi by si měli uvědomit, že kraje například:
1. Spravují silnice II. a III. třídy (tedy největší část silniční sítě mimo místních komunikací)
2. Objednávají autobusovou dopravu, spěšné a osobní vlaky
3. Zřizují a spravují skoro všechny střední školy a část základních
4. Zřizují a spravují významnou část nemocnic a zařízení sociální péče
5. Zřizují a spravují významnou část kulturních zařízení
6. Rozdělují dotace jak z krajského rozpočtu, tak částečně i od státu a z EU
@Archos @Marián Kyral
in reply to Archos

Richard
Richard
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@archos Docela dost. Třeba mezi 20.00 a 22.00 jsme měli tři voliče, z toho jedna je člen komise a jeden její manžel, tj. přesně jednoho člověka z ulice. Ne, že by to jindy byl takhle večer úplný fičák, ale dnes to byl extrém. Doufám, že se mýlím, ale vypadá to minimálně u nás na hodně nízkou účast.
@Archos
in reply to Archos

Marek Demčák
Marek Demčák
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@archos většinou když jdu volit, bývá nátřask, fronta, … Mívám pocit, že bude rekordní volební účast, ale nakonec je třeba jen mírně nadprůměrná.

Dneska bylo poprvé u voleb na Praze 3 úplně mrtvo. Tipuju, že i 20% účast bude nakonec úspěch. I kandidáti byli před volbama naprosto neviditelní - žádné plakáty, meetingy, jen 1 leták do schránky.

@Archos

LinkedIn is "TikTok" for middle aged people.

You know how older people are always scared of TikTok messing up young people's minds with disinformation and bullshit, of influencers getting kids to do dumb shit for their profit? That's exactly what LinkedIn does for middle aged people: A constant stream of weird influencers selling absolute garbage to people who are unsure about what their job means and what they care about.

swag swag swag

kwak kwak kwak

finally figured out why @mozilla's rejection of the #fediverse is bothering me so much: i had no idea mozilla.social was open to the public. i thought it was only for their employees.
support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/m…

so am even angrier because this "experiment" was bullshit.

if i, one of the most eager early adopters of tech on the planet didn't get that mozilla.social was open to everyone, then it's their fault millions didn't flock to the platform.

Mozilla Social FAQ | Firefox Help

Mozilla.social will shut down on Dec 17, 2024. Download your data and migrate before then.
support.mozilla.org
#fediverse @Mozilla
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Want to use a cheap eSIM plan but don't have an eSIM compatible phone?

Try an eSIM adapter! These nifty cards are basically removable eUICCs that you can provision eSIM profiles onto.

The one I'm recommending uses an open source app to manage profiles. The app in question is OpenEUICC, a fully open-souce LPAd implementation for Android. Other eSIM adapters use proprietary, closed source apps and require account sign-ups.

More details can be found in this article: androidauthority.com/esim-adap…

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#Gnome 47 landed to #ArchLinux :gnome: ❤️ :archlinux:

Oh no, #nvidia driver bug brakes #vulkan graphical acceleration and many apps using it wont start. Once again nvidia driver pushes me to look for workarounds... 😡

bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.ph…

#gnome #archlinux #nvidia #vulkan
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in reply to Štěpán Škorpil

Štěpán Škorpil
Štěpán Škorpil
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People say, linux is for power users. You have to constantly tweak your system...
Not really, unless you buy a shitty nvidia gpu.

Capitalism is stupid.
Two images, one above the other. On top is a photo of a single-serving package of pears in a plastic container. Label on the package says: "Pears grown in Argentina. Packed in Thailand." Below this is a map of the world, with arrows showing the long long long journey of pears from Argentina to Thailand and then back across the Pacific Ocean to the United States, where the single-serving package above was purchased.

No yes Levar Burton meme. The No Levar is labelled "America the last 45 years" and says "Despite the many benefits, domestic nuclear power is to risky" The Yes Levar is labelled "America now" and says "Rich people want more computers that can't do basic math. Time to go nucular again."

The Hungarian presidency in the Council of the EU has proposed another text for the #ChatControl file. It is to be discussed by the law enforcement working party in Council on Monday (23 September).
Experts widely criticise Chat Control e.g. for attacking #E2EE, IT-security and violating (European) fundamental rights.
The #GlobalEncryptionCoalition now warns that the Hungarian proposal fails to resolve the problems of the regulation and calls on governments to reject it:
globalencryption.org/2024/09/g…
#chatcontrol #e2ee #globalencryptioncoalition
in reply to Freedom not Fear

Freedom not Fear
Freedom not Fear
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Meeting notes, leaked to and published by @netzpolitik_feed (German), show that the Council's own legal service warns that the new proposal by Hungary does not solve the previously criticised incompatibility of the #ChatControl file with European law.
netzpolitik.org/2024/interne-d…
#chatcontrol @netzpolitik.org

New presidency, same unacceptable #CSAR proposal: The 🇭🇺 Presidency still seeks to impose a system of mandatory scanning of online communications with intrusive technologies that undermine security and threaten fundamental rights.

With the Global Encryption Coalition, we call for the continued protection of our privacy & strong encryption 👇

globalencryption.org/2024/09/g…

#CSAR

🇩🇪Die Global Encryption Coalition warnt: Die aktuelle Vorlage zur #Chatkontrolle wird die Verbreitung illegalen Materials nicht stoppen, sondern erhebliche Sicherheitsrisiken für alle Bürger, Unternehmen und Regierungen nach sich ziehen. globalencryption.org/2024/09/g…
#Chatkontrolle
in reply to Patrick Breyer

Patrick Breyer
Patrick Breyer
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🇬🇧The Global Encryption Coalition warns: The latest #ChatControl text will not solve the problem of the online spread of child sexual abuse material, but will introduce significant security risks for all citizens, companies, and governments. globalencryption.org/2024/09/g…
#chatcontrol

Ja sa veziem mám to v páke.

Tri ukrajinečky, zákazníčky, také príjemné... jedna sa prišla zoznámiť, možno ešte príde.

I38
Hunter Jozwiak pushed changes to the master branch of the I38 project Rename script.
in reply to Billy

Billy
Billy
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re: I38
Thanks @sektor for the work on I38. There were actually 4 patches, but the script that reports them only picked up the last one. To see whatelse changed, use git log.
@Hunter Jozwiak

For Windows users that are doing encrypted backups of their old iPhones--I'm headed to the Apple Store to get my new phone, and don't trust iCloud implicitly--the Apple Devices app on Windows is a great alternative to using iTunes. Apple folded all of the iPhone syncing and backing up stuff into a nice little UWP app on the Windows Store and the accessibility is phenomenal. Imagine all of the iTunes sections relevant to device management, copied and pasted into their own not-laggy interface.

I38
Storm Dragon pushed changes to the master branch of the I38 project Added path to ps5 contoller to game controller battery script.
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