Spam from the account zdx1h15j3j at misskey.favskey.online.
And now just got one from m.n1l.dev.
Looks like a new wave of open-signup spam.
Stuff like this is why I have always been saying that Android is great for those who either never go out and always have sighted family at hand, and those who can't afford anything else. This person knows their tech, and yet this still happens. procrastodon.net/@simon/113395…
Powered on my Galaxy S20 to test a website. Realized the test called for Chrome and I was still using Samsung Internet. Installed Chrome. Chrome caused Google's Talkback to stop repeatedly. Android eventually killed Talkback. Neither my Talkback shortcut nor my Prudence shortcut are working. I couldn't navigate the phone with a physical keyboard. There's no message on the screen about why the Talkback shortcut isn't working--it just isn't. My laptop's ADB key got removed or expired. So, I have a brick. Not an important brick, but still a brick. Or, I can call Aira and get them to painfully walk me through the process of finding the exact controls on screen while I enter my passcode (which I can actually do quite reliably), open settings, walk the lonely road to accessibility, find the thing I can't quite remember the name of because I'm using Google Talkback, turn it on and hope it doesn't crash again.
I can go back to Samsung Talkback, but it makes the phone feel half a decade slower. So I either need to tame Google's Talkback or give it to someone sighted, because I won't inflict this bullshit on anyone else.
If you are a person anywhere on the autism spectrum, you may experience "Justice Sensitivity" and if you're like me, you may find it difficult to understand how so many people don't and how this could possibly be the norm.
#autismSpectrum #JusticeSensitivity
verywellmind.com/what-to-know-…
Justice Sensitivity Is Plaguing Autistic & ADHD Individuals—Here's What to Know
Justice sensitivity is a trait common in autistic and ADHD individuals. Learn how justice sensitivity impacts autistic individuals and how to care for yourself.Amy Marschall, PsyD (Verywell Mind)
@tardis I haven't experienced that so much, but sometimes when I am mentally tired or sleep deprived, certainly. I suspect I'm sort of just barely on the spectrum though, and my experiences are not representative of the vast sea of possibilities with neurodivergence.
The upside, of course, is being able to focus on incredibly complex, difficult problems that scare other people away. We're wired up differently, not wrongly.
I can go back to Samsung Talkback, but it makes the phone feel half a decade slower. So I either need to tame Google's Talkback or give it to someone sighted, because I won't inflict this bullshit on anyone else.
Este sábado se cumplieron 30 años del cocido en el que se plantó la idea del movimiento cultural gallego conocido como bravú.
Así que para mi #MusicMonday de este lunes haré un especial dedicado a la música con la que los gallegos crecimos en nuestra infancia y adolesciencia durante los 90.
Empezando, cómo no podía ser de otra forma, con la Oda ó futbolín de Os diplomáticos de Monte-Alto: youtu.be/G_2s-RFtEv4
I asked where people who encounter problems voting (e.g. right wing intimidation) can get help. Commenters responded with great suggestions:
mastodon.social/deck/@dangillm…
Many thanks to you all!
Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor@mastodon.social)
Can anyone point me to resources on how to report trouble -- e.g. right-wing intimidation -- at polling places?Mastodon
zastanawiałam się, czy wrzucać dodatkowo u siebie, jako osobnego toota, skoro już krąży po sieci, temat kontrowersyjny, a ja cierpię na chroniczny niedobór doby ;)
ale w sumie mogę zapuścić linka i dodatkowo otagować:
Czy polska szkoła musi być uzależniona od Big Techów?
techspresso.cafe/2024/10/28/cz…
#edukacja #szkoła #wychowanie #dzieci #nauczyciele #rodzicielstwo #eSzkola #cyfryzacja #edziennik #microsoft #komercjalizacja #bigtech
Czy polska szkoła musi być uzależniona od Big Techów? - TECHSPRESSO.CAFE
Czy polska szkoła musi być uzależniona od Big Techów? Państwo promuje zagraniczne korporacje w polskich szkołach. Osoby szanujące prywatność sprowadza do "roszczeniowych dziwaków". My wszyscy natomiast to finansujemy z naszych podatków.Joanna Cisowska (TECHSPRESSO.CAFE)
So proud to announce this 😁😁😁 - today, journalists from three media organizations – Follow the Money, EUobserver and Investigate Europe – are launching a new newsletter to expose the lack of transparency within the European Union.
We call it the Secrecy Tracker. Why we are doing this now?
The European Commission tends to treat transparency like a decoration – nice to look at, but not for actual use.
Under President von der Leyen, things have gotten worse.
"Okta has revealed that its system had a vulnerability that allowed people to log into an account without having to provide the correct password. Okta bypassed password authentication if the account had a username that had 52 or more characters. Further, its system had to detect a "stored cache key" of a previous successful authentication, which means the account's owner had to have previous history of logging in using that browser"
engadget.com/apps/okta-vulnera…
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"...We've had daylight saving time for longer than eight months at a time before, and it wasn't a big hit.
From February 1942 until September 1945, the U.S. took on what became known as "War Time," when Congress voted to make daylight saving time year-round during the war in an effort to conserve fuel. " "...Sunrises that could be as late as 9:30 a.m. "
usatoday.com/story/news/nation…
Could daylight saving time ever be permanent? Where it stands in the states
Americans really don't like changing their clocks twice a year. But should daylight saving time become permanent? Many states say yes., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
"...Microsoft has exposed a complex network of compromised devices that Chinese hackers are using to launch highly evasive password spray attacks against Microsoft Azure customers. "
techspot.com/news/105414-tp-li…
Hacked TP-Link routers at center of massive botnet used to attack Azure customers
Microsoft has exposed a complex network of compromised devices that Chinese hackers are using to launch highly evasive password spray attacks against Microsoft Azure customers. This network,...Skye Jacobs (TechSpot)
"...The winner of the showdown was actually RC Cola, or Royal Crown Cola.
RC Cola is one of the oldest soda brands still on the market, and was first started back in 1905. " thedailymeal.com/1697791/best-…
Believe It Or Not, The Best Cola Brand We've Tasted Isn't Coke Or Pepsi
During a Daily Meal product test we rated RC Cola in the number one spot due to its impressive carbonation and not overly sweet flavor profile.Jessica Fleming-Montoya (The Daily Meal)
It’s Teens’ New Favorite Word. It’s Everywhere. Maybe You Should Start Using It Too.
Teens are taking slang from the screen to the schoolyard. It’s reshaping the way that they connect with each other and the world.Steffi Cao (Slate)
United States government mulling a potential merger between Intel and AMD
The United States Commerce Department is figuring out ways to keep Intel afloat after it posted $16.3 billion in losses this quarter. One of the options includes a merger with market rivals such as AMD and Marvell.Anil Ganti (Notebookcheck)
I had no idea that North Carolina allows spouses to share a voting booth. Both must consent to that, but of course an abused (or otherwise scared or intimidated) spouse isn't going to complain.
ncnewsline.com/2024/10/25/alam…
h/t @MissGayle @Burnt_Veggies @cafechatnoir
#uspol #voting #NorthCarolina
Alamance County voters raise concerns about spouses sharing polling booths • NC Newsline
Some Alamance County voters at the polls were shocked to see spouses sharing voting booths — though the practice is legal in North Carolina.Brandon Kingdollar (NC Newsline)
As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access.
A thread, with links:
Chirag Shah and I wrote about this in two academic papers:
2022: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3498366…
2024: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3649468
We also have an op-ed from Dec 2022:
iai.tv/articles/all-knowing-ma…
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All-knowing machines are a fantasy | Emily M. Bender and Chriag Shah
The idea of an all-knowing computer program comes from science fiction and should stay there. Despite the seductive fluency of ChatGPT and other language models, they remain unsuitable as sources of knowledge.IAI TV - Changing how the world thinks
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Christmas Music Starts Early Across The Country
The holiday season has begun en masse across the country with a larger number of stations than in the pastLance Venta (Radioinsight.com)
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Hi all, it's me, An Old. Quick election reminders:
- If you are in line before the polls officially close, STAY IN LINE. You are entitled to cast your vote.
- DO NOT TRUST calls/texts/posts/TikToks from now until Weds. Deepfakes will be rampant.
Classic scams:
"your voting location has moved"
"your group votes on Weds" <- old Jim Crow shit
"have your payment ready" <- poll taxes are illegal
Vote! No later than Tuesday, even by mail! Demand a provisional ballot if anything goes wrong!
#USPol
Polish Radio Station Uses A.I. to Interview Dead Nobel Laureate nytimes.com/2024/11/03/world/e…
*sigh* submitted an issue asking for some accessibility work to be done to a software package and the response was "there's no audience for this, someone who actually uses a screen reader should submit this request". I am definitely not the person to reply to this and have no idea how to do so in a reasonable manner.
Welcome to the RB family, Innertune 🥳
apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.m…
InnerTune is a fork of InnerTune – a Material 3 YouTube Music client for Android.
Thanks to Malopieds (the author of this fork) for making this possible 
#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid
„InnerTune“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
A fork of InnerTune, a Material 3 YouTube Music client for AndroidIzzyOnDroid App Repo
Andre Louis
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The deDRM plugin for Calibre still works for me: github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools
You will need to download a copy of the file encrypted for a specific Kindle device, and then provide the plugin with the device's serial number.
E-books downloaded to Kindle for PC can no longer be deDRMed, but this is likely to be resolved.
GitHub - noDRM/DeDRM_tools: DeDRM tools for ebooks
GitHubMikołaj Hołysz
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Well, it used to be possible to download a book to the Kindle for PC and decrypt it using Calibre. But it's an ongoing race between Amazon and DRM plugin devs, and Amazon is currently in the lead.