We've launched our annual fundraiser today! Thanks to our matchers, large and small for contributing to a $204,887 match challenge. Any donations or contributions you make until January 15th will be matched up to that amount. So help us out and spread the word!

sfconservancy.org/news/2024/no…

2024 Fundraiser launches with historic match challenge!

The 2024 Software Freedom Conservancy match fundraiser launches today with an historic $204,887 match total! That means for every dollar you donate before January 15th 2025, our generous individual matchers will donate the same, making your donation …

^{Software Freedom Conservancy}

“CrowdStrike Earnings: Cybersecurity Firm Posts Higher Revenue Amid Swing to Loss - WSJ”

wsj.com/business/earnings/crow…

So, I've long argued that all of software dev's dysfunctions can be traced to the fact that business outcomes do not depend on software quality, design, or reliability. As long as this dynamic continues the software we use will only get worse

Meet Andre Louis, a music producer and blind screen reader user who can be found playing jazz clubs in London, streaming his performance using Meta Glasses.

In our latest post in our series on disabled people’s experiences browsing the web, Andre tells us about his love of consistent design and dislike of accessibility overlays.

Read Andre’s story: tetralogical.com/blog/2024/11/…

Photo: Jonathan Bowcott

#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #ScreenReaders #WebAccessibility #SustainableAccessibility

Meet Andre: a music producer and blind screen reader user - TetraLogical

Meet Andre, a music producer and blind screen reader user who is not afraid to take his custom elsewhere if your site is not accessible.

^TetraLogical

I got a mention from @TetraLogical.

' Meet Andre Louis, a music producer and blind screen reader user who can be found playing jazz clubs in London while streaming his performance using his Meta Glasses. In our latest post in our series on disabled people’s experiences browsing the web, Andre tells us about his love of headings and consistent design, and his dislike of, wait for it...accessibility overlays. Read Andre’s story here:'
tetralogical.com/blog/2024/11/…

Meet Andre: a music producer and blind screen reader user - TetraLogical

Meet Andre, a music producer and blind screen reader user who is not afraid to take his custom elsewhere if your site is not accessible.

^TetraLogical

It's that time of the year, I am open for #audio mixing and mastering, as well as #restoration jobs on the Fediverse.
Even better, for the entire month of December, I will do it for completely #free, especially if it's meant to be a gift, or you are looking to preserve dear memories.

If you need professional quality, custom ear-tailored audio work that sounds good and translates nicely, no matter where you listen, get in touch and let's discuss your needs.

Please note: This is on a first come, first serve basis, depending on requests.

Auf dem Zentralfriedhof Wien.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Johann Strauss Vater (1804-1849)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Mögen sie in Frieden ruhen.

Did you catch our last "In-Process" blog? Lots of handy info in there from info on NVDA 2024.4.1, to our Contributor Documentation Survey and more info on our add-on compatibility process! Find it all here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Blog #News #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Newsletter

Picture 1: Trump launched a new Guitar line, and as any guitarist in the world could immediately see, this so-called “Trump guitar” was just a Gibson Les Paul guitar rebranded with Trump logos.

Picture 2: As expected, Gibson Guitars’ lawyers are now all over this.

That is right — a US President-Elect is trying to steal the intellectual property of one of the most famous US guitar brands.

#ThugLife

Source: guitarworld.com/gear/electric-…

Nuove fughe di notizie sulla tecnologia di sblocco dei telefoni della polizia

Secondo un report di 404 Media esamina le capacità di Graykey, uno strumento di hacking progettato per aiutare la polizia ad accedere ai dati sui dispositivi mobili. Documenti trapelati suggeriscono che Graykey può estrarre solo dati parziali da iPhone moderni e aggiornati (da iPhone 12 e successivi). I documenti non specificano cosa comporta l'estrazione "parziale", sebbene i report precedenti suggeriscano che ciò potrebbe includere metadati sui file, anziché il contenuto di tali file. I dispositivi più vecchi, come iPhone 11, sono apparentemente vulnerabili all'estrazione "completa".

freedom.press/digisec/blog/new…

@giornalismo

Apple Just Killed The 'GrayKey' iPhone Passcode Hack

Apple makes a major stride in iPhone security, locking out the GrayKey device that promised governments a way into modern iOS devices.

^{Thomas Brewster (Forbes)}

@RaccoonForFriendica version 0.3.1 has been released!

Here is a summary of the changes:
- feat: add profile recovery screen;
- fix: review inline content alternate text;
- fix: strip off HTML before editing posts;
- enhancement: improve timeline a11y;
- enhancement: add friendica.myportal.social to default instances;
- chore: add unit tests for content pagination and repositories;
- chore: dependency updates.

This is mostly a bugfix release dealing with the most annoying issues you reported (e.g. the lack of management for expired tokens, accessibility issues, post editing with markup). Plus, since I've been adding a lot of unit tests, some minor bugs (e.g. direct messages pagination) were resolved too.

I'll keep populating the backlog with what you report and I'll continue to add tests to increase coverage.

Remember to #livefasteattrash!

#friendica #friendicadev #androidapp #androiddev #fediverseapp #raccoonforfriendica #kotlin #multiplatform #kmp #compose #cmp #opensource #procyonproject

someone asked how the highway north of town is. I have an app on my phone where I can literally see the snowsqualls blowing in off Lake Superior.

it's nice when something reminds you that technology _can_ actually be pretty good 😅

Remember that time an insane fascist was elected president and said he was going to put huge tariffs in Canada and then the Premiere of Quebec said he agreed with the insane fascist and bent over backwards to kneel down and kiss the ring?

(It was today.)

montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-pre…

Quebec Premier says Trump's immigration concerns 'are legitimate'

Premier François Legault said he agrees with Donald Trump on immigration, but fears the devastating impact of the 25 per cent tariffs announced by the president-elect on Quebec exports.

^Montreal

In two years, a 90-acre plot in Scotland has gone from a count of 35 bumblebees to over 4,000. They've also doubled their species diversity.

Rewilding and habitat restoration can work, and can work fast, especially for quickly breeding species.

#wildlife #rewilding #GoodNews

scotsman.com/hays-way/bumblebe…

Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in 'remarkable' Scotland rewilding project

‘The sound of traffic and a uniform sea of barley have been replaced by the most beautiful meadows, full of wildflowers, young saplings and the buzz of bees’

^{Katharine Hay (The Scotsman)}

Welcome to the RB family, Rsync for Tasker 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.n…

Rsync for Tasker provides Tasker plugin actions to allow running rsync over SSH.

Thanks to the joint efforts with its developer (mostly THEIR efforts!), we just now were able to make it RB

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid

„Rsync for Tasker“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

" #DECT & #Laser "

what #38c3 feels like:

Dank @c3isdn bin in so ner #Retro-Zeitschleife gefangen & muss den gesammten YT Kanal abschnorcheln

$VorfreudeCongress := MAX;

🔖 Bookmarked The Free Web - The History of the Web (thehistoryoftheweb.com/the-fre…)

> Put something on the web. And do it for free.

Jay Hoffmann shares his motivations for his labour of love newsletter. He does it because he’s in awe of the web and believes in an open web. He encourages everyone to take action to help the open and free web.

🔥 flamedfury.com/bookmarks/the-f…

#web #indieweb #smallweb #socialweb #openweb #freeweb

The Free Web - The History of the Web

There is something you can do to help the open web. Put yourself on it.

^{Jay (The History of the Web)}

"There's nothing special about Musk, Altman, or Zuckerberg. Accepting that requires you to also accept that the world itself is not one that rewards the remarkable, or the brilliant, or the truly incredible, but those who are able to take advantage of opportunities, which in turn leads to the horrible truth that those who often have the most opportunities are some of the most boring and privileged people alive."

-Ed Zitron, You Can't Make Friends With The Rockstars
wheresyoured.at/rockstars/

You Can't Make Friends With The Rockstars

You cannot make friends with the rock stars...if you're going to be a true journalist, you know, a rock journalist. First, you never get paid much, but you will get free records from the record company.

^{Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)}

We're looking for our second firmware/software engineer in Taiwan at @frameworkcomputer!
It will be my first local team mate 🥹

If you are or know someone who wants to help us build and maintain awesome laptops, get in touch~!

jobs.lever.co/framework/22d027…

Framework - Firmware/Software Engineer

We are looking for a Software/Firmware Engineer based in Taiwan to support software development across our product line. Our products are designed to be open and transparent, and that extends to how we think about firmware and software.

^{jobs.lever.co}

Welcome to today's world, where everything's made up and the words don't matter.

#microsoft

On November 25, 2024, the FCC’s Media Bureau released a Public Notice seeking comment on a petition to amend section 79.2(b)(2)(ii) of the Commission’s rules, known as the “Audible Crawl” rule. The rule currently requires broadcasters to provide an aural representation of visual, non-textual emergency information, such as radar maps or other graphics, on a secondary audio stream. The petition, filed by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), would amend the rule to state that the requirement is met if a station provides aurally-accessible textual crawls that convey emergency information duplicative of or equivalent to the visual, non-textual information.

The FCC also seeks comment on the petition’s request for an 18-month extension to NAB’s existing waiver of the Audible Crawl rule, which is currently set to expire on November 26, 2024.

Public Notice:
docs.fcc.gov/public/attachment…

NAB petition:
fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-fil….

Interested parties may file comments by accessing the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System at fcc.gov/ecfs/filings. All filings must reference MB Docket No. 12-107. People with disabilities who need assistance to file comments online may request assistance by email to FCC504@fcc.gov.

For additional information, contact Diana Sokolow, Media Bureau, Policy Division, at (202) 418-0588 or Diana.Sokolow@fcc.gov. Individuals who use videophones and are fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) may call the FCC’s ASL Consumer Support Line at (844) 432-2275 (videophone)

I've Reviewed 100s of PCs and These Are the Best Black Friday Laptop Deals
https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/ive-reviewed-100s-of-pcs-these-are-the-best-black-friday-2024-laptop-deals?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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