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One day at school, the teacher asked the children what their parents thought was beautiful.

She asked Sally, and Sally replied, "My Mom thinks that flowers are beautiful."

"Why is that," she asked?

"Because she says they smell really nice."

The teacher then called on Tommy, and Tommy replied, "My Dad thinks antique cars are beautiful."

"Why is that," she asked?

"Because, he says they are so old and still preserved in their original form."

Next she called on Little Johnny, and Johnny replied, "My Dad thinks pregnant women are."

"Why is that," she asked?

"Because, when my sister got pregnant, my Dad said 'beautiful just fucking beautiful!'"



The third-grade teacher was teaching English and repeated for her class:

"Mary had a little lamb,
whose fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went,
the lamb was sure to go."

She explained this was an example of poetry, but could be changed to prose by changing the last line from "the lamb was sure to go" to "the lamb went with
her."

A few days later, she asked for an example of poetry or prose. Johnny raised his hand and said,

"Mary had a little pig --
An scrawny little runt.
He stuck his nose in Mary's Clothes
And smelled her little . . ."

He stopped, turned to the teacher, and asked, "Do you want poetry or prose?"

"Prose!" the teacher said weakly.

So Johnny said, " . . . Asshole."



Our end-to-end encryption engine rPGP just got a big update, fully supporting OpenPGP "cryptorefresh" RFC9850 ... Many thanks to @hko and dignifiedquire for fearlessly pushing ahead in the security machine room ... Please give them a 💜 and also @NGIZero who funded it !
fosstodon.org/@hko/11319894759…


Track recording preview on Android. Missing features are coming soon, stay tuned: youtube.com/watch?v=O7vgffhLHw…

Thanks to everyone who supports and donates to keep the project alive!
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This was posted on a Google Pixel 3A (sargo) running postmarketOS with Phosh.

If I didn't choose to keep this device alive and useful with postmarketOS, it would have most likely ended up in a drawer somewhere, and then eventually a landfill somewhere.

As postmarketos.org states: "Let's keep our devices useful and safe untill they physically break!"

#PostMarketOS #MobileLinux #Linux



New release today: #rPGP version 0.14.0 ✨

(#OpenPGP implemented in pure #Rust, permissively licensed)

github.com/rpgp/rpgp/releases/…

This release brings rather complete support for the excellent new OpenPGP RFC 9580 (also known as "crypto refresh", or "v6")

RFC 9580 standardizes modern cryptographic mechanisms for OpenPGP: AEAD-based encryption, Argon2, and SHA2 fingerprints for the new OpenPGP v6 key format (v4 keys use SHA1).

Thanks @NGIZero for supporting this work!

#RustLang #PGP #GnuPG



Ok, so we have a budget for the #GNOME Foundation! It'll probably take a while (at least a month...) for us to be able to report on it. But at least the first part of the job (agreeing on what money to plan for, and how to spend it) is done, which is a partial success :)


Alright, I'm bored. Brainstorm.

It's 2045. We just retired in Canada. We have good assets.

Where do we retire to escape the heat? While still being close to a good airport?

We just decided against Montréal because gosh, it was hot at 21 C. Ireland and France seem to have easy enough visas. Did someone research this better than us?

in reply to Stéphanie Pageau

Montreal summers are as bad as Ottawa.... FYI.

EU visa aren't as easy as you think.




All I'm gonna say is, very cryptically I guess, your accessibility feedback matters. Sometimes it can really feel like it does not at a company, and that might be because they're working on a million other things, have a super small team, cannot slot it into the priority of their board and it gets lost in backlog, so much can happen after you send it in. If the company has set up a specific accessibility address for feedback though, there's more chance it won't get lost and be actioned on.


Oh no, we met a train. We have to wait until it passes us. Our train system is so garbage lol
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Dave Mac Farlane
Should have left by bicycle.


Ve 20:10 budou mít na CNN Prima News rozhovor s Milošem Zemanem

Beru to jako poplatek za spinkání u babičky
(Heč?)



Kdybych náhodou nedorazil na sraz, jel jsem vyřizovat dědictví. Tak mě omluvte prosím :-)



housing request, evenings of October 3rd and October 5th, Berlin, please reboost

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If I were a teacher, I'd allow music during tests because I understand that for many, its a coping mechanism, and focussing for me is like trying to retain info through a leaking bucket.
in reply to Nick's world

I would have, if it weren't disallowed during nationals.
Providing my students their best environment for my own stuff is one thing, but they also need to learn to work in whatever environment they'll be tested in, even when it's not what they'd want.
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo agreed, even though I'm not a teacher. I also agree to using a locked exam account without spell check as well.
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo Fair enough. It's how I was tested, no music, no nothing, except extra time and a separate room.


I typed "worpdress" and I find that quite entertaining.
in reply to Hubert Figuière

Wouldn't that only be a problem if you didn't redirect to the actual site? Given that typo-squatters do that all the time, you'd displace one.


Byla jsem po týdnu za taťkem v hospici. Protože jsem pořád byla nachlazená.
Můžu vás poprosit o koťátka a štěňátka?
Hodně moc koťátek a štěňátek.



Člověk chce jít po práci na kratší běh a najde tohle. Tak jo, díky Wicku 😀😀
#wick
#wick


The percentage of Android vulnerabilities caused by memory safety issues has dropped from 76% in 2019 to only 24% in 2024, representing a massive decrease of over 68% in five years.

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…



Little late on my routine deep dive into GNOME Wallpapers. 47 has been pretty intense, even though the default changes are almost invisible.

blog.jimmac.eu/2024/wallpapers…

#gnome #design #llmfree #wallpaper #inkscape #blender #blender3d #pixaki #pixelart

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Mona 6.8 is now available on iPhone and iPad on App Store, including new features and optimizations for iOS and iPadOS 18. geo.itunes.apple.com/app/id165…

- The default app icon now has a new look when Dark Mode is on
- "Controls" for composing a post and opening a tab on the in-app tab bar
- You can customizes your "Controls" with a custom title, subtitle or icon
- New shortcut action for opening a tab on the in-app tab bar
- Varies shortcut actions can now be configured to use the "Default Account"

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in reply to Marco Zehe

@Marco Thank you for the info. I didn’t know this before. It appears that Apple changed some things. I will look into it.
in reply to Mona app

Thank you! Feel free to push to beta and ask for feedback, I have both the App Store and beta versions installed and can compare.




in reply to MiniMia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

-attributed to Frank Wilhoit

The billionares will get their country and shipping lanes. This isn't about religion. It's colonisation, Mars was a distraction. A base will be built.

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New essay: "Along came passkeys. A cool idea that quickly turned evil."

Why I think it's time to start using Passkeys, finally.

mkennedy.codes/posts/passkey-g…

in reply to Michael Kennedy

I'm not convinced by the part about magic links being user-hostile, misguided, and making you yearn for passwords. Magic links are still the most foolproof solution I know.
in reply to Matt Campbell

@matt That’s a fair opinion. But every time I use them I have to:

1. Wait 15 seconds for an email
2. Have access to my email
3. Worry whether they get lost in spam
4. Add friction
5. Make that destination (email or text) a single point of failure for full access to everything you own (though with resets it’s not too far from it)

See keepersecurity.com/blog/2024/0… “Are magic links secure?”

in reply to Matt Campbell

@matt I can attest to this user experience personally and anecdotally. The friction really bothers people.


Reading about world-systems theory, wherein the capitalist world is divided into core and periphery regions. The core has the higher-skilled, capital-intensive industries and the periphery is essentially a producer of raw materials in service to the core. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World-sy…)

It's reinforced by the work of folks like Walter Rodney (author of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa) and Frantz Fanon (author of The Wretched of the Earth).

It's also seems to be reproduced on the city/country scale.



GREAT change is approaching. NIST will standardise prohibition of requirement of composing passwords from various character styles, and requirement for periodic password changes. These are harmful and obsolete rules. Now they will be treated as a cybersecurity weakness pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-…


To my last boost. Please boost this for wide spread. This is an opportunity for #braille dice sets to enter the realm of #mainstream and mass manufacturing. I haven't been able to read of full set of #dice as a #TTRPG player in 20 years since I went #blind. It would be beautiful for something like this to be added to life and make me feel like I'm right up there with everyone else. Thank you!

Just going to add the link directly here as well.

itch.io/b/2623/ttrpgs-for-acce…

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in reply to Baethyn

Hey everyone! 🎲✨

I’m super excited to share that they hit their goal for the TTRPGs for Accessible Gaming Charity Bundle! Because of your amazing support, DOTS RPG Project can now team up with Die Hard Dice to create awesome braille dice for the visually impaired and blind community.

This is such a big win for making tabletop gaming more inclusive, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m really looking forward to snagging a set of these dice myself! I'm not in anyway involved other than a supporter but you have no idea how long I've been waiting for this.

This is just my personal huge thanks to everyone who chipped in and helped spread the word. You all rock! 🌟🙌

itch.io/b/2623/ttrpgs-for-acce…

#AccessibleGaming #blind #BrailleDice #DOTSRPG #DieHardDice #TTRPG #ThankYou



Predám prázdno v srdci.
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"Mimochodom, Robert Fico začal účet za obžerstvo dvanástich rokov vlád Smeru a tri roky gamblerstva Igora Matoviča vyčísľovať aj v slovenských korunách, čo neznie dobre. Jeho volič si nevie predstaviť ani miliardu, nieto tridsať, nedá sa to vyložiť na stolík v keši, sú to iba dve čísla, ktoré znamenajú veľa a veľa veľa. Dúfajme, že vodca nezačal trénovať predstavivosť svojho voliča na niečo, čo nám dnes pripadá nepredstaviteľné."

via @Petr90

mastodonczech.cz/@Petr90/11319…

1/2

in reply to Peter Hanecak

p.s.: Ak by sme tvorili kroniku vladnutia v SR cisto iba pridavanim slov a hesiel (za dnes napr. "nalepky na pocitaci"), aj tak by sme produkovali "tony textu" pricom vyrazy typu "blahobyt", "stastie", "nadej", "spravodlivost" ci "uzitocny pocin" by sme tam hladali marne.




I don’t usually post The Onion because normally, 80% of the joke is in the headline. This one is working extra hard: theonion.com/amazon-update-say…
in reply to Tim Bray

I ordered something once, 2 weeks later it had been delayed 3 times. And cancelling the ~$800 order was hard. It works, but when it doesn't it's a nightmare.

Narrator: it was a third-party seller.




люди на самокатах, я не пытаюсь вас сейчас оскорбить, нет, это просто порыв эмоций, не более, не обижайтесььна меня за то, что я скажу ниже, всем мир, любовь, сосиски, меня чуть не сбили уже 3 раза за 15 минут
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САМОКАТЧИКИ КАК ЖЕ ВЫ МЕНЯ ЗАЕБАЛИ БЛЯТЬ

Я ИЗ-ЗА ВАС В НИНДЗЯ НАХУЙ УЖЕ ИГРАЮ УВОРАЧИВАЯСЬ ОТ ВАС ВЫ ПРОСТО БЛЯТЬ МЕНЯ ЗАЕБАЛИ

НУ ВОН ЖЕ ДОРОЖКА БЛЯТЬ ДЛЯ ВЕЛОСИПЕДОВ САМОКАТОВ И ПРОЧЕЙ НЕЧИСТИ, КАКОГО ХУЯ ВЫ ХУЯРИТЕ ПО ТРАТУАРУ ПОЗАДИ МЕНЯ, УЕБАНЫ? У ВАС БЛЯТЬ СОВЕСТЬ ЕСТЬ? МОЗГ БЛЯТЬ ЕСТЬ? У ВАС БЛЯТЬ СВОЯ ОТДЕЛЬНАЯ ДОРОЖКА ЕСТЬ, КАКОГО ХУЯ ВЫ БЛЯТЬ ПО ПЕШЕХОДНОЙ ГОНИТЕ, СВОЛОЧИ?

in reply to mnnwvn [21+]

Можно я вас обниму, пожалуйста? Я иногда думаю, что я такой один.
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André Polykanine
О, отлично, давай на «ты». Велосипедисты меня бесят тоже капец как, просто невероятно! Им тут тоже закон не писан, номеров нет, прав нет, штрафов нет, они всегда правы!


Hey, y'all,

I still haven't been able to get a full time job, and my savings are depleted. I could use some help with rent and suchlike.

Of course, if you have need for someone with Linux experience, I'm your girl.

gofund.me/d767d9bc
#mutualaid
#MutualAidRequest