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Tactile Maps and Braille: Balancing Accessibility and Practicality evengrounds.com/tactile-maps-a…

Tactile Maps and Braille: Balancing Accessibility and Practicality - Even Grounds

Creating accessible maps for individuals with visual impairments is a complex process. When designing tactile maps, we need to carefully consider how to best integrate braille to convey information effectively without sacrificing practicality and eff…
Tom (Even Grounds)

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Apple Releases iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3; Bringing Changes to Apple Intelligence and Bug Fixes applevis.com/blog/apple-releas…

Apple Releases iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3; Bringing Changes to Apple Intelligence and Bug Fixes | AppleVis

Apple has today released iOS 18.3 and iPadOS 18.3 to the public; bringing changes to notification summaries on Apple Intelligence-capable devices and several bug fixes.
applevis.com

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Apple Releases watchOS 11.3; Bringing a Fix for VoiceOver Volume Issues and New Unity Rhythm Watch Face applevis.com/blog/apple-releas…

Apple Releases watchOS 11.3; Bringing a Fix for VoiceOver Volume Issues and New Unity Rhythm Watch Face | AppleVis

Apple has today released watchOS 11.3 to the public; bringing a fix to the volume issues introduced in iOS 11.2 and introducing a new Unity Rhythm watch face to honor Black history and culture in celebration of Black History Month in the U.S.
applevis.com

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Over at @LFLegal’s site:

“The Effect of Donald Trump’s DEI Executive Order on Accessibility; Guest article by civil rights and accessibility lawyer Eve Hill”
lflegal.com/2025/01/week-one-e…

#a11y #accessibility


The Effect of Donald Trump’s DEI Executive Order on Accessibility

Below I share a blog post written by Eve Hill, one of the best disability rights lawyers and digital accessibility legal specialists in the United States. (More about Eve at the end of this article.
Law Office of Lainey Feingold
#a11y #Accessibility @Lainey Feingold
in reply to Adrian Roselli, pH0

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Adrian Roselli, pH0

It’s a two-fer!

“Federal Digital Accessibility Disappearance on Trump Day One; Guest article by civil rights and accessibility lawyer Eve Hill”
lflegal.com/2025/01/week-one-d…

#a11y #accessibility


Federal Digital Accessibility Disappearance on Trump Day One

The first week of the new republican administration was frightening and disorienting for all of us who believe in civil and human rights, justice, equality, fairness and more.
Law Office of Lainey Feingold
#a11y #Accessibility

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Elon Musk, even more Nazi shit

Sensitive content

@FediThing
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Google Maps to show Gulf of America after government updates

cnbc.com/2025/01/27/google-map…

tl;dr, that how corporations abide to fascists. What's next?


Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates

In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
Jennifer Elias (CNBC)
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Rui Seabra

Always did, because large corporations don't get to be that way without the subtle effects of authoritarianism and money focus that fascist tendencies tend to carry.

It's a mistake to think this is anything new, and the previous government was also displaying *different* tendencies that fascists also tend to display.

Both need resistance.

If there is some exception to this, it's the proverbial one that proves the rule!

in reply to Hubert Figuière

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Weltzeitgeist

Lmao. Capitalism ist the most batshit insane psycho shit ever created. Fuck Google and every living soul who is a part of it, mfers!

Everybody working for Google is evil. Everybody working for Google is now a fascist fucking clown.

Google and every other Silicon Valley fucking compnay has to be destroyed and dismantled and we have to throw everybody involved in a dark cell for the rest of their miserable lifes.

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Many users prefer to use an RSS feed reader to stay up to date with the content on the websites they visit. But if you've enabled Cloudflare on your website, you're likely blocking these RSS users from accessing your website content without realizing it. openrss.org/blog/using-cloudfl… #RSS #CloudFlare #WebDev

Using Cloudflare on your website could be blocking RSS users

Cloudflare's security features could be blocking RSS feed users from accessing your website
Open RSS
#webdev #RSS #cloudflare

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In case you didn’t know: You can use ground flaxseed meal in baked goods as a substitute for eggs. A 1-pound package is the equivalent of 70 eggs and costs less than $5 US. 🐣

1 egg = 1 tablespoon flaxseed + 3 tablespoons warm water

#FrugalWisdom #EverydayThrift #eggs #vegetarian

A 1-pound package of Bob’s Red Mill Whole Ground Flaxseed Meal lying face-up on a table.
#vegetarian #eggs #frugalwisdom #everydaythrift
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I'm still getting my head around this Mastodon thing, (my last post was 2 years ago)...my millennial brain seems to only compute with Instagram and Facebook marketplace at best - but I'm keen to share my work here as it seems like a welcoming space.

I make things - mostly freehand machine embroidery pieces. I'm fascinated by lichen-like forms - nature's ability to hold and transform is humbling in these current times.

#LichenSubscribe #TextileArt #Embroidery #FreehandMachineEmbroidery #contemporaryembroidery #Fungi #Lichen #Mosstodon #Nature #Textile #FibreArt

Lichen-like thread sculptures.
#nature #embroidery #lichen #Mosstodon #lichensubscribe #fungi #fibreart #textileart #freehandmachineembroidery #contemporaryembroidery #textile
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What a fantastic quote:

> We’re not becoming 10x developers with AI.
>
> We’re becoming 10x dependent on AI. There’s a difference.
>
> Every time we let AI solve a problem we could’ve solved ourselves, we’re trading long-term understanding for short-term productivity. We’re optimizing for today’s commit at the cost of tomorrow’s ability.

source: nmn.gl/blog/ai-illiterate-prog…

AI is Creating a Generation of Illiterate Programmers

A couple of days ago, Cursor went down during the ChatGPT outage. I stared at my terminal facing those red error messages that I hate to see. An AWS error glared back at me. I didn’t want to figure it out without AI’s help.
N’s Blog

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Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)

“After 12 years of coding, I’d somehow become worse at my own craft”

Bingo. And that's why the #ProCraft movement needs to fight this dangerous technology with everything we've got.

(Alas I can't agree with the author when they say this: “I’m not suggesting we abandon AI tools—that ship has sailed.” Personally, I'm waiting for the ship to sink right into the ocean.)

#procraft
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I've received 5 VC offers "to chat" regarding Pixelfed in the past few days.

Not for sale.

Pixelfed belongs to the people.

I'd rather be broke and true to my beliefs, than sell out.

That's why I'm organizing a Kickstarter to fund the ethical development of Pixelfed, Loops and more.

It's time that someone stood up to them, instead of joining them.

Are you with me?

kickstarter.com/projects/pixel…

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So, after JAWS, NVDA is also kissing goodbye to SAPI 4 TTS engines, in 2026.
The support for Microsoft Speech API version 4 synthesizers is planned for removal in NVDA 2026.1. Any remaining users of SAPI4 speech synthesizers are encouraged to choose a more modern speech synthesizer.
github.com/nvaccess/nvda/pull/…
@NVAccess

Fix SAPI 4 driver by SaschaCowley · Pull Request #17599 · nvaccess/nvda

Link to issue number: Fixes #17516 Summary of the issue: After the move to exclusively Windows core audio APIs, the SAPI4 driver stopped working. Description of user facing changes The SAPI4 driver...
GitHub
@NV Access

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gexgd0419

Good news for SAPI 4 users! Now SAPI 4 support is no longer planned for removal in NVDA 2026.1, and all warning messages has been removed. Also, now SAPI 4 voices use WASAPI as well, meaning that features such as audio ducking and leading silence trimming can now work with SAPI 4 voices. Check the newest alpha version alpha-35416, and please report issues you find on GitHub!

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@Friendica Support Why is it (bug or feature ;-) ) that I frequently have a difference in the number of comments indicated by the symbol and the text version:


Screenshot of a Friendica post. The speech bubble symbol show 46 comments, but the expand text tells "show 116" comments. This is encircled in red. Likewise, the double arrow symbol indicates 2 shares will the text in accordance also reads "2 Menschen teilen dies erneut. This is encircled in green.

The bubble symbol tells me 46 comments, but the expand text "116 comments". I would expect the same numbers here just like it is the case for reshared count?

I first thought my instance would not know the other comments, but since the higher number is the total amount of actual comments which are SHOWN, this theory seems wrong :-)

@Friendica Support

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Here It Is, the Worst Slack Bug
"...Without thinking too much of it, you accept an odd prompt that asks, “Do you want to include the entire chat history?”
Because yes, you think, of course it should include the chat history of the group DM you’ve been chatting in for ages. Who has time for this? There is business to conduct! Essential facts to convey! But the answer here is no, you do not want to do that. Because if you do, you will have ported your entire DM history with the first person you selected for the chat into the group DM...."
wired.com/story/slack-bug-shar…

Here It Is, the Worst Slack Bug

A glitch in Slack makes it possible to accidentally send your entire DM history with one person to other coworkers. Ask me how I know.
Andrew Couts (WIRED)

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migrating from #WhatsApp to another centralized platform is not a real solution, that's why we are here in the #Fediverse and not in #BlueSky

Migrate from #WhatsApp to #DeltaChat and other decentralized alternatives, break free out of the silos once and for all and stop feeding billionaires/CEO incubators

#ArcaneChat #XMPP #Matrix #SimpleX #Session #decentralization #encryption

#xmpp #matrix #fediverse #whatsapp #encryption #decentralization #session #bluesky #deltachat #simplex #arcanechat
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Google has released the source code for PebbleOS, the operating system behind the now dead Pebble smartwatch.

This will bring more life to older Pebble watches and perhaps new watches powered by it in the future. Credit where credit is due I guess.

rebble.io/2025/01/27/the-futur…

#smartwatch #opensource #os #operatingsystem

Rebble · The future of Rebble

Today we’re excited to announce several developments which will affect the future of Rebble. Let’s get straight into it, starting with the big one…🎉 Google O...
rebble.io
#opensource #os #smartwatch #operatingsystem

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What's interesting about algorithms?

The challenge of doing X with as few resources as possible (memory, etc).

What do OpenAI + friends do? The opposite.

"Lets assume we have unlimited resources & try to build a god."

No wonder they're losing their shit with the DeepSeek thing.

Addendum: whether DeepSeek or OpenAI, there's no such thing as AGI & attempting to build it results in harm: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/….

Don't make this into a "US vs China US has to win on AGI" thing please 🙄

The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence

The stated goal of many organizations in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), an imagined system with more intelligence than anything we have ever seen.
firstmonday.org

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🚨 #PSA my Lovely #Crafting Peeps!

(This includes you if you have ever so much as reattached a broken-off handle to a coffee mug!)

Have found A Useful Site (if you need it) & Lovely Rabbit Hole (if you don't):

A website of recommendations for gluing This To That (#fabric to #leather, #ceramic to #vinyl, #styrofoam to #rubber, etc.), plus a trivia page & funny FAQs.

Also available en français

Enjoy! 😊

thistothat.com/index.shtml

#Crafts #Glue #Reference #Wood #Metal #Plastic #Glass #Adhesive


This to That

How to glue this to that
www.thistothat.com
#crafts #psa #ceramic #vinyl #metal #reference #rubber #wood #crafting #plastic #fabric #leather #styrofoam #glue #glass #adhesive
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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 11 updated (9 RB) and 1 added apps:

* SimpleTune: a Material 3 YouTube Music Client

apt.izzysoft.de/magisk had 4 #Magisk modules updated.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

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
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #magisk #izzyondroid

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I totally missed the new @mixxx 2.5.0 release in december, I'm so happy mappings can have their own settings now instead of fiddling inside code file, and I've added the new settings UI to my Pioneer DDJ SX2 Mapping ! As well as a new setting. Not perfect, but it works and I can always iterate on it!

github.com/Krafting/Mixxx-Pion…

Thank you the Mixxx team for your amazing work ! :)

#djing #dj #mixxx #pioneer #DDJ #PioneerDDJ #DDJSX2


GitHub - Krafting/Mixxx-Pioneer-DDJ-SX2: Pioneer DDJ-SX2 MIDI Mapping for Mixxx.

Pioneer DDJ-SX2 MIDI Mapping for Mixxx. . Contribute to Krafting/Mixxx-Pioneer-DDJ-SX2 development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
#dj #Mixxx #djing #pioneer #ddj #pioneerddj #ddjsx2 @Mixxx DJ Software
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