I am here to announce that I have decreased #spam on my web contact form from 1 message every 15 minutes (for months straight) to 0 messages in the last week by adding a "I am a spam bot" radio button.
I am not joking.
No I am not using something like ReCaptcha, I literally just added a radio button to the list.
The world's richest man sparks speculation after changing his name and using a picture of Pepe the Frog.apple.news
🔴 Happy Public Domain Day!
Popeye, ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ ‘The Sound and the Fury’ and Thousands of Other Captivating Creations Are Finally Free for Everyone to Use
by Ellen Wexler at @Smithsonianmag
#PublicDomain #Tintin #FarewellToArms #Popeye
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On January 1, 2025, copyrights will expire for books, films, comic strips, musical compositions and other creative works from 1929, as well as sound recordings from 1924Ellen Wexler (Smithsonian Magazine)
A look at what I have in my Blind Tech Setup 2025. What hhave I stopped using, what have I added? Did I stick with the Mac?Tim Dixon (TIM DIXON)
Several iconic characters from 1929 are headed to the public domain this year, including the earliest versions of Popeye and Tintin.Emma Roth (The Verge)
In 2024, there were more than 40,000 CVEs published, up almost 40% from 2023.
My prediction is that 2025 will continue the growth.
On December 10, 2024, Google TTS, officially branded as Speech Recognition & Synthesis on the Play Store, rolled out its latest update:Amir Soleimani (Accessible Android)
#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 6 updated and 4 added apps:
* Fossify Paint: the 15th app in the Fossify collection 🛡️
* Memorize Your Classics: Memorize poems, songs, etc. 🛡️
* Habit-Maker: a reward-based habit tracker 🛡️
* Close Circuit: create a PAN surveillance system using WiFi IP Webcams 🛡️
RB status: 383 apps (31.1%)
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 
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This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
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apt.izzysoft.de/magisk had 1 #Magisk module added, now serving 125 modules altogether:
* DisableFPSLimit: turns VSync off to allow the maximum FPS your device can reach
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo
This is a repository of open-source Magisk modules run by IzzyOnDroid.IzzyOnDroid App Repo
Thank you for being a part of our journey. Here’s to another impactful year ahead! 🌟Editorial Staff (Accessible Android)
I have published the 2024 Security and Privacy Canary.
Motherfucking religious fanatical barbarians.
Religion kills and erases women.
"Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home"
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Buildings should not have windows looking into places where women could be sitting or standing, Taliban leader ordersMaya Oppenheim (The Independent)
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I conservatori critici nei confronti di Elon Musk accusano la piattaforma da lui gestita di censurarli, riporta la CNN .
L'attivista politica Laura Loomer ha scatenato un dibattito online all'interno della destra sui visti di lavoro noti come H-1B, che Musk sostiene. Loomer ora sostiene che il suo account è stato non verificato e demonetizzato, accusando Musk di essere una "frode della libertà di parola".
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Conservative activists claim X is censoring them for being critical of its owner, Elon Musk.Charles Rollet (TechCrunch)
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An update on the latest legal accessibility developments. Learn about the Wilkins v. Starbucks case and its impact on website accessibility.Ken Nakata (Converge Accessibility LLC)
These foods boast blood sugar-leveling macronutrients like fiber, protein, and healthy fats to keep sugar cravings to a minimum.Julie Upton (Eat This Not That)
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Microsoft Excel is often the first tool considered for working on spreadsheets like XLS, XLSX, or CSV. However, its lack of native support for ARM processors and Linux OS makes using Microsoft Excel on aRaspberryTips
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Mit den besten Wünschen für das neue Jahr habe ich für Euch die in den letzten 2 Monaten neu hinzugekommenen, die geänderten und die aus der Liste…DroidBlind
A Simplified Chinese #translation (zh_CN) is now available for #FeatherWiki thanks to the remarkable @redhossu! Thank you so much for your contribution!
Find the download on the Downloads page:
feather.wiki/?page=downloads
If you want to get your language added to Feather Wiki, you can also contribute a translation! Instructions can be found at feather.wiki/?page=translation
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We are very happy to announce the availability of the new stable release of Friendica “Interrupted Fern” 2024.12. In addition to several improvements and new features, this release contains the fix for the broken installation wizard.
The highlights of Friendica 2024.12 are
For details, please the CHANGELOG file in the repository.
Friendica is a decentralised communications platform, you can use to host your own social media server that integrates with independent social networking platforms (like the Fediverse or Diaspora*) but also some commercial ones like Tumblr and BlueSky.
If you are updating from an older version than the 2023.12 release, please first update your Friendica instance to that version as it contained some breaking changes.
Ensure that the last backup of your Friendica installation was done recently.
Updating from the git repositories should only involve a pull from the Friendica core repository and addons repository, regardless of the branch (stable or develop) you are using. Remember to update the dependencies with composer as well. So, assuming that you are on the stable branch, the commands to update your installation to the 2024.12 release would be
cd friendica
git pull
bin/composer.phar install --no-dev
cd addon
git pull
If you want to use a different branch than the stable one, you need to fetch and checkout the branch before your perform the git pull.
Pulling in the dependencies with composer will show some deprecation warning, we will be working on that in the upcoming release.
Due to unforseen changes in the CI not possible at the moment.
The database update should be applied automatically, but sometimes it gets stuck. If you encounter this, please initiate the DB update manually from the command line by running the script
bin/console dbstructure update
from the base of your Friendica installation. If the output contains any error message, please let us know using the channels mentioned below.
Please note, that some of the changes to the database structure will take some time to be applied, depending on the size of your Friendica database this update might run for days.
At the time of writing this, none with 2024.12
But the development branch is currently rather unstable and should be used with caution as the development diverged far (for Friendica terms) from the now stable branch. We will let our very valued ALPHA testers when the dev team things that the development branch is stable enough again.
If you want to contribute to the project, you don’t need to have coding experience. There are a number of tasks listed in the issue tracker with the label “Junior Jobs” we think are good for new contributors. But you are by no means limited to these – if you find a solution to a problem (even a new one) please make a pull request at github or let us know in the development forum.
Contribution to Friendica is also not limited to coding. Any contribution to the documentation, the translation or advertisement materials is welcome or reporting a problem. You don’t need to deal with Git(Hub) or Transifex if you don’t like to. Just get in touch with us and we will get the materials to the appropriate places.
Thanks everyone who helped making this release possible, and especially to all the new contributors to Friendica, and have fun!
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@RaccoonForFriendica version 0.4.0-beta05 available for testing!
This is mainly a maintenance/bugfix release with no brand new features, just:
- chore(l10n): translation updates;
- fix(10n): format specifier used in hashtag list;
- chore(qa): add more unit tests;
- chore: add mentions of new contributors.
I'm setting up the process to be able to distribute the app on Google Play too. If you are willing to help, we need a minimum number of people to participate in the closed testing program for two weeks before releasing to production. To enroll, first join this group with the same email address you are going to use on Google Play, then download the app using this invitation link.
Any help is highly appreciated! #livefasteatrash
#procyonproject #raccoonforfriendica #fediverseapp #friendica #friendicadev #mobileapp #mobiledev #kotlin #kmp #compose #opensource #foss #sideproject
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Buoni propositi: quali nuovi social del fediverso proverete nel 2025?
- Twitter -> mastodon.uno
- Facebook -> Poliverso.org
- Reddit -> diggita.com
- Medium -> noblogo.org
- Eventbrite -> mobilizon.it
- yoututbe -> peertube.uno
- Instagram -> pixelfed.uno
- twitch -> nostream.mastodon.uno
- GoodReads -> bookwyrm.it
- Spreaker -> Castopod.it
- Soundcloud -> Funkwhale.it
We ended 2024 with fewer commit authors in the #curl project during the year than we had the last few years.
I think we should take this as a challenge to top 188 in 2025.
@kkarhan @torproject
Looks like the changes in the world force curl to adapt, but the nice thing is curl has a stable API and CLI, which means the disruption doesn't propagate further.
No matter how much the world changes, you can still use the latest curl the same way you used an older version of curl. And I think that's valuable.
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it's still unmanagable on the receiving end for most users...
and I heard it's starting to also get unmanagable for the organizations that specialize in assessing those vulns
Mihugo
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •As someone in the trenches just trying to keep systems running unless the CVE allows a bad person access without already having some sort of access, it is just noise. It will get patched as part of routine hopefully monthly patching. Not the best but it's reality.
IaC is slow to adopt to do daily patching.
Stefan Eissing
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