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Re: last boost by @TheQuinbox about the new release of easymark (github.com/trypsynth/easymark): This is a small success story for Rust and the growing ecosystem of libraries and tools around it, especially @raph's pulldown-cmark Markdown parser library, the native-dialog and webbrowser libraries, and the dist tool (opensource.axo.dev/cargo-dist/) for releasing cross-platform CLI utilities with easy CI integration.

GitHub - trypsynth/easymark: Lightweight Markdown rendering utility for Windows.

Lightweight Markdown rendering utility for Windows. - trypsynth/easymark
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Remember: when you run #curl shipped by Apple with the --cacert flag it won't behave like #curl does everywhere else. As I wrote about last year. I think they're doing it wrong. They think its fine.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/03/08…


the Apple curl security incident 12604

tldr: Apple thinks it is fine. I do not. On December 28 2023, bugreport 12604 was filed in the curl issue tracker. We get a lot issues filed most days so this fact alone was hardly anything out of the ordinary.
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Zum #Frauentag möchte ich ein Video mit Euch teilen, das mir mein Mann heute morgen zeigte, mit einem sehr berührenden Text von Slamerin Jule Weber (ab Min 1:10). Enjoy (v.a. auch die #Männer, dieses Stück ist für Euch!). #iwd #iwd2025 #frauentag2025 ❤️✊❤️

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Als es möglich war zu schweigen | Jule Weber | Poetry Slam TV

➥Tickets für Best of Poetry Slam Day @ Elbphilharmonie: https://bit.ly/49nHND2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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#frauentag #manner #iwd #iwd2025 #frauentag2025

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Chcete si na mapě zobrazit všechny výskyty nějakého objektu (knihobudky, bankomaty, pítka, veřejná ohniště...)? Snadno to jde například s @MapComplete (mapcomplete.org/). Chybějící objekty můžete i doplňovat, podobně jako přes @streetcomplete.

#mapa #OSM #MapComplete #StreetComplete

MapComplete - zobrazení knihobudek

MapComplete - editable, thematic maps with OpenStreetMap

MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.
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#OSM #MapComplete #streetcomplete #mapa @StreetComplete News & Support @MapComplete

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« #uBlockOrigin n'est pas un adblocker »…

➜ C’est un outil de sécurité indispensable.

Je souscris à la virgule près à tout ce qui est écrit dans ce billet de @Eldeberen Tellement vrai !
(Lisez-le, c'est pas long du tout).

Et je suis tellement dépité de voir à quel points la majorité des gens (enfin, en France, environ les ⅔ des internautes) s'en fichent royalement.

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Capture d'écran d'un passage du texte. La capture montre le passage suivant : « La conséquence est que bloquer la publicité est maintenant une mesure de sécurité incontournable. Installez un adblocker performant, et installez-le pour vos collègues. Ce n'est plus qu'une question de confort, de vie privée ou d'écologie. C'est une putain de question de sécurité. »
Capture d'écran d'une partie du texte. Cette capture montre le passage suivant : « Alors oui ça me gonfle. Ça me gonfle que le Web soit pourri à ce point par la pub. Ça me gonfle de passer des heures à analyser des dizaines de PC parce que france-cadastre a affiché un putain de message "pour visualisez votre PDF installez cette merde". Alors bloque la pub. Et passe le bloqueur à tes voisin·es. »

uBlock Origin n'est pas un adblocker — MiddleEarth

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Available in the Debian experimental repository, can be used easily with:
$ podman run debian:experimental /bin/bash -c 'apt install --update -t experimental -y curl && curl --version'

If you use docker:
$ docker run debian:experimental /bin/bash -c 'apt install --update -t experimental -y curl && curl --version'

Or by enabling the experimental repository and installing it in your machine, if you use Debian.

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Hi everyone,

An early In-Process this time, since we're heading off to CSUN this weekend! So this time around;
- CSUN 2025
- Update on NVDA 2025.1
- Harun: Fast and Local in Türkiye
- Thanks to Airbnb
- New donor badge
- Speech and Braille viewers

Read now at nvaccess.org/post/in-process-8…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #News #Blog #Newsletter #AirbnbCommunityFund #CSUNATC2025


In-Process 8th March 2025

Hi everyone, and welcome to an early In-Process! We’re busy packing and getting ready for CSUN next week so we wanted to put out In-Process this week to keep you going until we’re back from the USA…
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#blog #nvdasr #News #newsletter #nvda #csunatc2025 #airbnbcommunityfund
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Timothy Wynn

I obviously am not the definitive voice, but I am more on the side of 2025 being represented in the description since when 2026 rolls around, users may not know what year, exactly, is on the badge whereas anyone with vision (or OCR abilities) can see that without second guessing. Again, it is just my opinion, and I am just one user among many, with just as diverse opinions on the matter.
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James Scholes

@twynn Not sure what makes for a definitive voice but if it helps, I've attended and delivered quite a few alt text trainings.

If the badge visually says 2025, the alt text also needs to convey 2025 otherwise it's not a full visual description.

For example, if someone was using an outdated badge and the alt text didn't mention the specific year, a blind user wouldn't pick up on that. @NVAccess

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I've just released Easymark v1.1.0, supporting many new Markdown features, and also making it cross-platform! There are ARM64 and x86-64 Windows, ARM and Intel macOS, and ARM and x86-64 Linux versions. github.com/trypsynth/easymark/…

Release v1.1.0 · trypsynth/easymark

Download easymark 1.1.0 File Platform Checksum easymark-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz Apple Silicon macOS checksum easymark-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz Intel macOS checksum easymark-aarch64...
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Branden Spikes is one of Musk’s most trusted IT executives, working with him at Zip2, PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and now X/Twitter. He has been involved in Musk’s government-backed digital initiatives.

Spikes's ex-wife, Natalia Haldeman (née Libina), is a Russian national involved in Russian-American nonprofit networks. Before Spikes, she was married to Musk’s cousin, Reeve Haldeman.

According to cybersecurity researcher Brian Krebs:

Branden and Natalia’s names are on the registration records for orangetearoom[.]com, home of the tax-exempt California Russian Association. The group collaborated with the Russian Orthodox Church, which is widely believed to serve as an intelligence apparatus.

Spikes has attended events with Ivan Y. Podvalov, a board member of the pro-Kremlin lobbying group Congress of Russian Americans.

Natalia Haldeman’s mother was pictured with Maye Musk, Elon Musk’s mother, in 2022.

Spikes is allegedly involved in DOGE without appearing on official paperwork.

Sam Corcos, a new recruit in Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), was seen at the IRS demanding taxpayer and vendor data to investigate fraud.

Corcos pushed for an “omnibus” data-sharing agreement that would allow agencies to cross-reference taxpayer data—potentially granting unauthorized access.

A new DOGE official, Sam Corcos, arrives at IRS headquarters and demands detailed taxpayer and vendor information. DOGE presses IRS lawyers to authorize an agreement that would allow agencies to cross-reference taxpayer data to search for fraud.

Sam’s wife, Varvara Russkova, worked for GVA Capital, a VC firm later revealed to be a conduit for Suleyman Kerimov, a sanctioned Russian oligarch who held a 1% stake in SpaceX.

GVA funneled $28 million of Kerimov’s money into U.S. tech investments before U.S. Treasury blocked his assets in 2018. Kerimov attended a Kremlin meeting with Putin and other oligarchs to discuss sanctions circumvention.

Edward Coristine, grandson of an executed KGB double agent, now holds a powerful position within DOGE.

Given his past cybersecurity failures (let go for leaking confidential information) and Russian market ties, his access to federal systems raises national security risks.

These cases expose a catastrophic failure of vetting—individuals with clear red flags are embedded at the highest levels of federal IT infrastructure. Attempts to limit DOGE’s access to sensitive data have failed.

In the worst case, adversaries could gain access to classified data—locations, health records, and FAA systems. No hypotheticals are needed. This demands urgent scrutiny.

For those who recognize real Russian influence, the patterns are unmistakable: NGOs as soft power tools, strategic marriages to U.S. citizens groomed for influence, cultural exchange networks as infiltration points. It’s all here.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration dismantled safeguards against foreign influence:

• Disbanded the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force

• Weakened anti-money laundering laws, easing foreign shell company operations

• Shut down the DOJ’s Kleptocracy Task Force, halting investigations into foreign corruption

These moves don’t just leave the door open—they invite adversaries in and assure them they won’t be prosecuted. The question is, why.


New DOGE Staffer Sam Corcos Has Ties to Sanctioned Russian Oligarch

Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud.
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#Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of #Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate. In email obtained by TPM, #WhiteHouse claims that Trump can appoint whoever he wants – absent #congress #ruleoflaw #legislative branch #judiciary #executive Say it out loud - #constitutionalcrisis #FreeAmerica #democracy is dying in full view of the American people. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exc…

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate 

The Trump White House has taken its attempt to seize direct control over the entire executive branch to a new level and laid out a startling legal rationale for…
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#Trump #democracy #congress #ruleoflaw #executive #whitehouse #legislative #judiciary #constitutionalcrisis #freeamerica

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Best password managers 2025: Protect your online accounts pcworld.com/article/407092/bes…

Best password managers 2025: Protect your online accounts

The best password is one you probably can't easily remember—that's why a password manager is so crucial to your online security. We review LastPass, Dashlane, Keeper, NordPass, and others to find the best one for managing passwords.
Michael Ansaldo (PCWorld)

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Newswire: Tek Talk meeting of 3/10/25 at 8pm Eastern welcomes the TTJ Instructor Team including Matt Vollbrecht, Kliph Miller, and Sarah Potok to discuss the free courses they offer to help the visually impaired use Apple devices groups.io/g/tech-vi/message/87…

Newswire: Tek Talk meeting of 3/10/25 at 8pm Eastern welcomes the TTJ Instructor Team including Matt Vollbrecht, Kliph Miller, and Sarah Potok to discuss the free courses they offer to help the visually impaired use Apple devices

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Question for any #blind people who do video recording or streaming: How accessible is OBS Studio (obsproject.com/) with screen readers on the three major desktop platforms? I've never tried it.

Open Broadcaster Software | OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.
obsproject.com
#blind

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Toni Barth

I find it to be very accessible on Windows, obviously things like aligning visual sources on screen is a thing that is most likely not going to work reliable any time soon except with AI help anyway, you'd need sighted help for that, but everything else works just fine. Mac is a totally different story though, I just know one person who's happy with it on Mac with VoiceOver, everyone else who I know didn't manage to get it going reliably.
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Pitermach

@ToniBarth It's getting better on Mac, but there are still some things that are kind of annoying to do which can be attributed to QT Accessibility being sub par compared to Windows or Linux even though it's improved somewhat. The biggest issue with it on Mac is pop up menus, like the one you get when you go to add a source or opening the context menu for one can only be navigated with the VO trackpad commander. If you try to arrow through it or use the VO keys it kicks you out, so unless you have a macbook or an external trackpad it's nearly impossible to set up. Also, the record button has to be pressed with space or enter, because doing a vo-space will mark it as checked but not actually start recording which I guess is some accessibility press not being interpreted properly by the app. If you keep that in mind it's pretty comparable to the Windows version and I successfully used it to make screen recordings.
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**Юрий Петрович Щекочихин: Аналитическая Справка**
**Основная информация**
**Дата рождения:** 9 июня 1950 г.
**Дата смерти:** 3 июля 2003 г.
**Профессия:** журналист, писатель, политический деятель
**Основные направления деятельности:** расследовательская журналистика, борьба с коррупцией, защита прав человека
**Журналистская деятельность**
Юрий Щекочихин – один из ведущих расследовательских журналистов России конца XX – начала XXI века. Специализировался на разоблачении коррупции, влиянии криминала на власть и нарушениях прав человека.
**Ключевые темы расследований:**
Коррупция в силовых структурах и госаппарате РФ
Связи криминала с российской политикой
Чеченские войны и военные преступления
Взрывы жилых домов в России в 1999 году
Щекочихин был одним из немногих журналистов, кто открыто расследовал возможную причастность **ФСБ** к терактам в Москве и Волгодонске в 1999 году.
**Издания, в которых работал:**
**Литературная газета**
**Новая газета** – работал там вплоть до своей смерти
**Политическая деятельность**
С 1995 года – **депутат Государственной Думы РФ**, член фракции **«Яблоко»**, входил в **Комитет по безопасности**. Занимался расследованиями коррупции в силовых структурах и спецслужбах России.
**Обстоятельства смерти**
В **июне 2003 года** внезапно заболел и **умер через 12 дней** в больнице.
Официальная версия – **аллергическая реакция неизвестного происхождения**.
Симптоматика указывает на **возможное отравление радиоактивными или токсичными веществами**.
**Медицинские документы и результаты вскрытия засекречены**.
Родные и коллеги считают, что Щекочихин был отравлен из-за его расследований **коррупции и взрывов домов в 1999 году**.
**Выводы**
Юрий Щекочихин был одной из ключевых фигур расследовательской журналистики России. Его **внезапная и подозрительная смерть остаётся нераскрытой**, а его работы до сих пор важны для понимания российской политической системы.
**Библиография**
**Щекочихин, Ю.** (2002). *«Работорговцы из КГБ»*. Москва: Новая газета.
**Литвиненко, А., & Фельштинский, Ю.** (2007). *«ФСБ взрывает Россию»*. Нью-Йорк: Encounter Books.
**Архив «Новой газеты»** (1996–2003). Материалы расследований Юрия Щекочихина.
**Политковская, А.** (2004). *«Россия Путина»*. Нью-Йорк: Harvill Press.
**Хэштеги**
#ЮрийЩекочихин #Журналистика #Коррупция #Россия #ФСБ #НоваяГазета #СвободаСлова #HumanRights #Теракты1999 #ПолитическоеУбийство

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Юрий Щекочихин про ФСБ, интервью 1997 года

Методы чекистов не меняются, только более в омерзительной форме проявл...
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#HumanRights #россия #ЮрийЩекочихин #журналистика #коррупция #фсб #новаягазета #свободаслова #Теракты1999 #ПолитическоеУбийство
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**Список отравленных значимых персон с 1917 по 2025 год в России и за рубежом**
**Советский период (1917–1991)**
**Лев Троцкий** (1940) – убийство в Мексике, возможно, использован яд (хотя основным оружием был ледоруб).
**Максим Горький** (1936) – официально от пневмонии, возможное отравление по приказу Сталина.
**Алексей Риков, Николай Бухарин** (1938) – официально расстреляны, но возможны пытки с использованием ядов перед казнью.
**Андрей Жданов** (1948) – смерть от инфаркта, но существовали подозрения об отравлении.
**Николай Вавилов** (1943) – официально умер от истощения в тюрьме, но есть гипотеза об отравлении.
**Соломон Михоэлс** (1948) – ликвидирован по приказу Сталина, официально погиб в "несчастном случае".
**Сергей Королёв** (1966) – официальная версия – неудачная операция, возможны следы отравления.
**Юрий Андропов** (1984) – возможное искусственное ускорение смерти (версия о политическом устранении).
**Постсоветский период (1991–2025)**
**Анатолий Собчак** (2000) – официальная версия – сердечный приступ, возможное отравление.
**Юрий Щекочихин** (2003) – официально – "аллергия", но симптомы указывали на отравление.
**Александр Литвиненко** (2006) – полоний-210, Лондон.
**Виктор Ющенко** (2004) – диоксин, Украина (выжил).
**Анна Политковская** (2004) – была отравлена за несколько лет до убийства.
**Станислав Маркелов, Анастасия Бабурова** (2009) – застрелены, но ранее были случаи попыток отравления.
**Борис Немцов** (2015) – застрелен, но ранее заявлял об угрозах отравления.
**Пётр Верзилов** (2018) – отравление неизвестным веществом.
**Алексей Навальный** (2020) – "Новичок", Омск/Берлин.
**Владимир Кара-Мурза** (2015, 2017) – дважды отравлен неизвестным веществом.
**Дмитрий Быков** (2019) – возможное отравление "Новичком".
**Александр Перепиличный** (2012) – якобы отравлен редким растительным ядом (ГШХ-45), Великобритания.
**Николай Глушков** (2018) – странная смерть в Лондоне, следы возможного отравления.
**Сергей и Юлия Скрипали** (2018) – "Новичок", Солсбери.
**Роман Доброхотов** (2021) – возможная попытка отравления.
**Дмитрий Ковтун, Вячеслав Данилов** (2022) – причастные к делу Литвиненко, погибли при странных обстоятельствах.
**Геннадий Гудков** (2023) – подозрение на медленное отравление.
🔹 **Тенденция**: от "классических" методов (неизвестные яды, замаскированные под естественную смерть) до явных актов применения боевых отравляющих веществ ("Новичок", полоний).
💬 **Этот список не окончательный. История продолжается.**

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Matt Campbell

I remember reading in some release notes for an update of GS/OS (the native operating system for the Apple IIGS) in the early 90s that they changed some error dialogs to have a "Continue" button rather than "OK", in acknowledgement that errors generally aren't OK. Since the Apple IIGS GUi was more or less a port of the Macintosh Toolbox, I wonder if classic Mac OS ever did the same thing. I wasn't enough of a classic Mac user to know.

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We’re on our way to #CSUNATC2025 ! Next week join us from the premier event for assistive technology.We can’t wait to explore the latest innovations that make tech more accessible for all. Stay tuned for updates, interviews, and insights from the conference!
#Accessibility #AssistiveTech #CSUN2024 #InclusiveTech #DoubleTap
#Accessibility #doubletap #assistivetech #inclusivetech #csun2024 #csunatc2025

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The downside of our project approach was that we often got experts being very dismissive on re-using email and #OpenPGP ... and there still is some opposition which often subsides when actually trying #deltachat and #chatmail, looking at security audits and our strong usable security focus.

There may also be surprising upsides. The UK "Online Safety Bill" which attacks end-to-end encryption integrity seems to not apply for ... e-mail. Because everyone knows, e-mail is unencrypted, right? :)

screenshot of page 7 of https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/enacted CHAPTER 7Interpretation of Part 3 55“Regulated user-generated content”, “user-generated content”, “news publisher content” (1)This section applies for the purposes of this Part. (2)“Regulated user-generated content”, in relation to a regulated user-to-user service, means user-generated content, except— (a)emails, (b)SMS messages, (c)MMS messages, (d)one-to-one live aural communications (see subsection (5)), (e)comments and reviews on provider content (see subsection (6)), (f)identifying content that accompanies content within any of paragraphs (a) to (e), and (g)news publisher content (see subsection (8)).
#openpgp #deltachat #chatmail
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