The latest Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest is out! You can read about:

* our experience at FOSDEM
* First Time User Experience in Account Hub
* next steps for the Global Message Database
* improvements to In-App Notifications
* and more!

#Thunderbird #Development #OpenSource

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/02/t…

Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest - January 2025 - The Thunderbird Blog

Conversations at FOSDEM and updates on Exchange, Web Services, Account Hub, the Global Messaging Database, and in-app notifications.

^{Toby Pilling (The Thunderbird Blog)}

🚨🚨🚨 Apple to backdoor encryption? Round 2 - and this time the UK is trying to get your data.

Let's fight back against any attempt to #backdoor #encryption! 💪 🔒

More info ➡️ tuta.com/blog/uk-demands-apple…

Poll result: Who loves Elon in government?

On the question of who wants "Musk to have less influence over government spending & operations," nearly half of respondants said yes.

However, "nearly three-quarters of Republicans surveyed said Musk & DOGE should have 'a lot' or 'some' influence."

motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

#DOGE #Musk #Trump #USPol #PollResult #CapturedState .

I gave a #presentation about #Mastodon last sundy at @flordi

As promised, here are the slideshows:
pietervdvn.github.io/

(Yes, I know, it is hosted by github - working on setting up my own webspace)

Today's Web Design Update: groups.google.com/a/d.umn.edu/…

Subscribe info: d.umn.edu/itss/training/online…

Featuring @accessaces, @SteveFaulkner, @netzartist, @aardrian, @mgifford, @a11ytalks, @j9t, @yatil, @frontenddogma, @TPGi, @mgifford, @darin, @jaredwhite, @rauschma, @tylersticka, @cloudfour, @cferdinandi, and more.

Shopify gives Ana Poilievre marketing space in its offices to promote women starting home businesses with Shopify and then Pierre boosts Shopify on X after Shopify slags off on Trudeau and posts supports for Trump's tariffs. #cdnpoli
And this is Canada's largest/2nd largest company?

Kanye West sells swastika shirts on Ottawa-based Shopify after Super Bowl ad
nationalpost.com/news/world/ka…

Kanye West sells swastika shirts on Ottawa-based Shopify after Super Bowl ad

Ye had shared posts in recent days praising Hitler on the social media. Last year, Shopify removed a rule banning 'hateful content' on its site

^{Bloomberg News (National Post)}

GNOME nemá české překladatele

Posledních minimálně 15 let byly překlady GNOME do češtiny ve výborném stavu. U každého vydání jsem jen hlásil, že je vše přeložené, poslední roky to platilo i pro drtivou většinu dokumentace. Poslední rok se to ale začalo zadrhávat. Přispěvatelé, kteří to dlouhé roky táhli, odešli a není nikdo, kdo by to po nich převzal. Proto jsme se rozhodli jít s pravdou ven: GNOME momentálně nemá české překladatele a pokud se toho neujme někdo nový, překlady začnou postupně upadat.

#Gnome #l10n #Linux #openSource

blog.eischmann.cz/2025/02/11/g…
(reakce na tento příspěvek se může zobrazit jako komentář pod článkem)

GNOME nemá české překladatele

^{Sesivany's blog}

200 executive orders. someone onhere described it as a Denial Of Service Attack on the rule of law.

that’s because American Fascists have been peddling their dreams of a “unitary executive”,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_…

which is nothing but gringo speak for Vladimir Putin’s DICTATORSHIP OF LAW:

“Imagine a prison,”[…] “You cannot live in prison with the laws of a free life—you have to live with the laws of the prison. We in Russia all live in one big prison.”

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🆕 blog! “A small contribution to curl”

The venerable curl is one of the most fundamental pieces of code in the modern world. A seemingly simply utility - it enables other programs to interact with URls - it runs on millions of cars, is inside nearly every TV, used by billions of people, and is even in use on Mars.

And, as of last week, features a small contribution by…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/02/a-sma…
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#curl #documentation #OpenSource

A small contribution to curl

The venerable curl is one of the most fundamental pieces of code in the modern world. A seemingly simply utility - it enables other programs to interact with URls - it runs on millions of cars, is inside nearly every TV, used by billions of people, a…

^{Terence Eden’s Blog}

Breakthrough as Oxford scientists achieve teleportation with quantum supercomputer | The Independent

independent.co.uk/news/science…

Breakthrough as Oxford scientists achieve teleportation with quantum supercomputer

Breakthrough brings quantum computing closer to large-scale practical use

^{Anthony Cuthbertson (The Independent)}

Fuck it. Ik post een foto van #sneeuw in #Gent.

#BourgoyenOssemeersen

GNOME Has No Czech Translators

For at least the last 15 years, the translations of GNOME into Czech have been in excellent condition. With each release, I would only report that everything was translated, and for the last few years, this was also true the vast majority of the documentation. However, last year things started to falter. Contributors who had been carrying this for many years left, and there is no one to take over after them. Therefore, we have decided to admit it publicly: GNOME currently has no Czech translators, and unless someone new takes over, the translations will gradually decline.

Personally, I started working on GNOME translations in 2008 when I began translating my favorite groupware client – Evolution. At that time, the leadership of the translation team was taken over by Petr Kovář, who was later joined by Marek Černocký who maintained the translations for many years and did an enormous amount of work. Thanks to him, GNOME was almost 100% translated into Czech, including the documentation. However, both have completely withdrawn from the translations. For a while, they were replaced by Vojtěch Perník and Daniel Rusek, but the former has also left, and Dan has now come to the conclusion that he can no longer carry on the translations alone.

I suggested to Dan that instead of trying to appeal to those who the GNOME translations have relied on for nearly two decades—who have already contributed a lot and are probably facing some form of burnout or have simply moved on to something else after so many years—it would be better to reach out to the broader community to see if there is someone from a new generation who would be willing and energetic enough to take over the translations. Just as we did nearly two decades ago.

It may turn out that an essential part of this process will be that the GNOME translations into Czech will decline for some time.Because the same people have been doing the job for so many years, the community has gotten used to taking excellent translations for granted. But it is not. Someone has to do the work. As more and more English terms appear in the GNOME interface, perhaps dissatisfaction will motivate someone to do something about it. After all, that was the motivation for the previous generation to get involved.

If someone like that comes forward, Dan and I are willing to help them with training and gradually hand over the project. We may both continue to contribute in a limited capacity, but the project needs someone new, ideally not just one person, but several, because carrying it alone is a path to burnout. Interested parties can contact us in the mailing list of the Czech translation team at diskuze-l10n-cz@lists.openalt.org.

#gnome #l10n #translations

APOD from 2025-02-11

The Spider and the Fly

In the constellation Auriga, emission nebulas IC 417 (Spider) and NGC 1931 (Fly), both about 10,000 light-years away, house young star clusters. The deep image from Berkshire UK reveals these cosmic clouds with the Fly spanning 10 light-years.

HD image at apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250211.ht… #astronomy #nebula #universe

Stop using #Google, cubs. Transition looks harder than it really is because we are creatures of habit, but there are better pastures beyond.

I myself have a @Tutanota subscription and use it for #email, calendar, and contacts (all three things you get on the email app). Very happy with how it works and how the contacts integrate with iPhone.

Check out these European alternatives ✨

european-alternatives.eu/categ…

#tech #EuropeanAlternatives mamot.fr/@Khrys/11398203069218…

1/3 „Čo k tomu ešte dodať. Vyvarujme sa harlekýnov, ktorí čakajú na príležitosť, aby mohli vypustiť džina skazy z fľaše. Vyvarujme sa ľudí, ktorí sa nás snažia spracovať, namotať, hrotiť a tlakovať naše emócie pre svoje chamtivé ciele.“

#LyrikH: Názov Skladby (feat. #DanoHeriban)

1. web.archive.org/web/2021051720…
2. lyrikh1.bandcamp.com/track/n-z…
3. youtu.be/28pSrCyQt9w

Musk will OpenAI kaufen - und erntet Spott

Techmilliardär Musk will zusammen mit Investoren OpenAI kaufen - für fast 100 Milliarden Dollar. OpenAI-Chef Altman, ein Musk-Erzfeind, reagiert mit Spott. Auch der Verwaltungsrat sage Nein. Von. R. Spiegelhauer.

➡️ tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unter…

#OpenAI #ElonMusk #AI #KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz

Musk will OpenAI kaufen - und erntet Spott

^{Reinhard Spiegelhauer (tagesschau.de)}