I would just like to say that these signs in the DFW airport bathrooms are peak social engineering, and I do hope Dan Patrick enjoys all the phone calls from people upset about the government photographing their hairy bits.

#egv #texas #fightback #transrightsarehumanrights #socialengineering #trollingtheGOP

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…

🚨🚨🚨 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…

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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 .

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

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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…

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…
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No idea why you would want to do it, but do you want to annoy an Orca user using Firefox? Make him visit docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/graphql… and watch him cry. In Firefox, there's a pretty high chance that the visit will actually exhaust the a11y bus bytes quota, so all clients (including the screen reader) will be kicked out. In Chrome, it did not happen, but any sophisticated navigation (by heading, etc.) did not work either. This outcome is not certain, but very likely.

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I mean... Seriously, fsck gitlab. I always have, and probably always will, hate this awful platform regarding it's less than stellar accessibility. No matter which OS you use, the minute you need a screen reader, you're in trouble.

It's gotten to a point that if a project use gitlab in any shape or form, I don't bother reporting issues and contributing. I don't have the spoons to deal with this anymore.

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…

#curl #documentation #OpenSource

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

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NVDA Alpha 35286 finally adds leading silence detection and removal logic. The changelog says:
"The silence at the beginning of speech will now be trimmed when using OneCore voices, SAPI5 voices, and some third-party voice add-ons to improve their responsiveness."
Though not mentioned in the changelog, it also affects eSpeak NG.
NVDA 2025.1 is shaping up to be a huge release.
github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issue…
@NVAccess
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@jcsteh @asael Thanks everyone for all the great feedback on this (note that GitHub is the best place for feedback, but we won't ignore feedback here if we see it (noting that in some cases - such as this - NV Access may not be the author of a PR - so do keep reporting things on GitHub - in any case, this one is being worked on, so do keep on the lookout for improvements in future builds. Thanks again!

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

Amy Wilson Turning Sight Loss into a Vision for Safety & Positivity boldblindbeauty.com/amy-wilson…

I wrote about volunteering with local disaster response: lifeofaudrey.com/2025/02/10/po…

Previously:

Learning from the disasters we already experience lifeofaudrey.com/2025/01/09/di…

Staying safe during civil unrest lifeofaudrey.com/2025/01/18/ci…

Why you need a radio lifeofaudrey.com/2025/02/07/yo…

Changing my grocery habits lifeofaudrey.com/2025/02/09/gr…

If you haven't dipped your toes into Next Gen Access, here's a taste of what Season 1 had to offer! We talk about innovations in NVDA, VoiceOver, JAWS, ZoomText, Fusion, and More! We have an assortment of amazing Panelist including Steven Scott, Shaun Preece, Shelly Brisbin, Robin Christopherson , Carrie Morales , Sam Seavey , and many more talented people! Listen to this highlights of our first season. pinecast.com/listen/c89a824d-5… #a11y
#a11y

Five Former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy Is Under Siege. “[We’re writing] this piece because we are alarmed about the risks of arbitrary & capricious political control of federal payments, which would be unlawful & corrosive to our democracy.” nytimes.com/2025/02/10/opinion…