Folks having a rough day today, please enjoy this pic I got yesterday of my neighbor’s dog, Hazel, who is tiny and adorable and squeaks and weighs approximately 1.2 puffles (a unit of Floof Metrics), and loses every last scrap of her composure when she sees me coming, which is honestly the best reason to make friends with dogs, I tell you.

While we are waiting for the recordings from #fossnorth to show up, you can browse the slides from my talk "What comes after world domination?" that I did Monday morning.

slideshare.net/slideshow/what-…

What these slides don't show, is how my laptop died in the middle of my presentation so I had to reboot to get back into the game and continue... maybe not my greatest moment.

Hacking Accessible Pedestrian Signals is Not a Joke: It’s a Civil Rights Violation Audible signals are a critical safety tool for Blind pedestrians and advocacy is why we have them lflegal.com/2025/04/aps-hack/

When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky's Lossy Timelines

jazco.dev/2025/02/19/imperfect…

"We believe the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by attempting to shut down our operations simply because they disagreed with our independent journalism. They saw our reporting as not aligned with their political agenda." - VOA's Patsy Widakuswara, lead plaintiff in one of the lawsuits filed against USAGM's Kari Lake. foreignpress.org/foreign-corre…

The W3C β€œAccessibility of machine learning and generative AI” draft doc continues to get updates, which is good.
w3c.github.io/ai-accessibility…

So far the 3 issues I filed (disambiguate β€˜AI’, replace overlays section, discuss sustainability) have no action β€” but it is early and those were recent.
github.com/w3c/ai-accessibilit…

AARP, Amazon, Google, and Walmart Support Launch of New Initiative to Combat Elder Fraud press.aarp.org/2025-04-16-AARP…

Sources: the Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' free Direct File tax program, after IRS staff were told in mid-March to stop working on it (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)

apnews.com/article/irs-direct-…
techmeme.com/250416/p44#a25041…

Yesterday, the P’urhΓ©pecha municipality of CherΓ‘n, MichoacΓ‘n, celebrated 14 years of autonomy. It began on April 15, 2011, when a group of women blocked cartel-linked illegal loggers from removing trees from the community. This act sparked a mass uprising that saw the community reclaim its territory, establishing barricades, 179 permanent bonfires, a form of autonomous government rooted in P’urhΓ©pecha forms of communal organization, and expelling the cartels, police, and political parties.

If you want to know more about CherΓ‘n, might I suggest "The Bonfires of Autonomy," a piece I wrote for the anthology edited by @cbmilstein, "Deciding for Ourselves: The Promise of Direct Democracy:" akpress.org/deciding-for-ourse…

desinformemonos.org/celebra-ch…

#Mexico #MichoacΓ‘n #Indigenous #autonomy

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 15 updated and 2 added apps:

+ AstraCrypt: hide and encrypt your files with modern security standards πŸ›‘οΈ
+ Mint: a lightweight Misskey Android client (in early development state) πŸ›‘οΈ

3 apps have been removed as they were reported broken:

- Kuroba
- Tappic
- moVirt

1 app moved to a new packageId 1 month ago, so the old one was removed today:

* Dharmik

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

Whistleblower reveals evidence on how Elon Musk's DOGE team extracted 10 GB of sensitive data about American citizens from a government agency, and then deleted accounts and logs to cover their tracks.

Then, when the whistleblower tried to report the data breach, he received a threatening letter containing pictures taken from a drone watching him walking his dog.

npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-53558…

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digitalcourage.de/db-tracking

DB #SchnΓΌffelNavigator

Die Bahn-App β€ž#DBNavigator” ist voll mit #Trackern, die uns ΓΌberwachen. #Digitalcourage klagt dagegen. Denn wir wollen Bahn fahren – nicht Daten liefern.

Gemeinsam haben wir Ende April die Bahn dazu aufgefordert, die MΓ€ngel zu entfernen. DafΓΌr hatten wir der #DB eine Frist von zwei Monaten eingerΓ€umt. Doch die Bahn hat in ihrer Antwort klargemacht, dass sie nicht vorhat, etwas Wesentliches zu Γ€ndern. Am 20. Oktober 2022 haben wir deshalb unsere Klage eingereicht. Die Bahn hat mittlerweile ihre Klageerwiderung eingereicht, auf die wir geantwortet haben. Der nΓ€chste Schritt bei unserer Klage wird die Verhandlung sein, ein Termin wurde noch nicht bekannt gegeben.

Hier unsere ganze Klageschrift lesen.

The trajectory of E2E-encryption is about de-platforming: There shall be no central machines that can control the edges/peers, and the social groups and virtual centers they freely form.

Our #deltachat R&D around #chatmail relays and #webxdc apps all aim to realize such a "zero-platforms" fully E2E-encrypted interaction model. However, this is *not* just about cryptographic cleverness. Rather it is about usable anti-authoritarian designs, as explicitly stated in January delta.chat/en/2025-01-23-webxd…

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in reply to kurtz

agreed. We are aware of the importance of voice calls and there are various background efforts around designing and realizing them. If there are developer experienced folks out there who want to help, DM us. Or someone with a bunch of money. We have experts in our community which we can't contract because of a lack of money, and so they rather work in corporate environments for the time being.

As I announced earlier today @RezzaBuh and I are going on an #evtrip. Goal: pick up an Audi Q4 e-tron 35 I've purchased in Bavaria. We're staying in an B&B near the border over night. We use an EV on the way there, too. The only charging stop is in 311km. Once we get there, the car should have 19% of battery left.

(if you don't want to follow this thread, just mute #evtrip)

in reply to JiΕ™Γ­ Eischmann

We arrived at the supercharger in Pilsen with 24% of battery left. We were speeding 130km/h where we could and the average consumption was still 17.4 kWh/100km. Now we need to charge it for 10 minutes to reach Rozvadov, but we'll probably stay a bit longer to have extra energy for tomorrow.

The downside is that the supercharger in Pilsen is on a hotel parking lot 7km off the highway with no services around, just the hotel.
#evtrip

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in reply to JiΕ™Γ­ Eischmann

And we've arrived to Svata Katerina, the last settlement before the border. Here the day ends for us. There will definitely be more fun tomorrow. We will have to deal with the German authorities and none of us speaks German. And E-tron 35 has a considerably shorter range than today's car and I won't use the built-in navigation, so the trip back home will be a bit of an adventure. #evtrip
in reply to JiΕ™Γ­ Eischmann

Now the drill is:
1) go to the insurance company to get temporary insurance (€89, done),
2) go to the transport authority to re-register the car and get transport plates,
3) go back to the insurance place to get the plates physically done.
4) go back to the authority to stamp the plates.

Fortunately the insurance company is just next door.
#evtrip

in reply to JiΕ™Γ­ Eischmann

The infotainment was a bit of a letdown. We couldn't quite get Android Auto working. Not sure if it isn't included in the package or what. Setting up MyAudi was also quite confusing. I'll have to look into it once I have time home. For this trip I'm using Sygic for EV navigation.
Charging power at the supercharger was only 35 kW. Not sure if it was because the battery was at 60% or there is some compatibility issue.
Next stop: Ionity Beroun, 170km
#evtrip
in reply to JiΕ™Γ­ Eischmann

Arrived to Ionity Beroun, another 170 km, the battery down from 80 to 20%, let's get back to 80% and continue. The biggest problem at the moment are several traffic jams along the way.

Ioinity started charging 105 kW which is close to the car maximum. Also the biggest price: 21 CZK (€0.8)/kWh if you don't have a plan. This ride will be more expensive than with gasoline. #evtrip

in reply to JamesHeather

@JamesHeather To je. S touto cenou a prΕ―mΔ›rnou spotΕ™ebou na dΓ‘lnici vychΓ‘zΓ­ 100 km na 310 Kč. U benzΓ­nu by mΔ› to samΓ© stΓ‘lo cca 250 Kč. Je to ale cena extrΓ©mnΓ­, kdy človΔ›k dojede k vΓ½konnΓ© nabΓ­ječce bez pΕ™edchozΓ­ registrace. S nΓ­ je ta cena nΔ›kde na 12 Kč. Doma ze sΓ­tΔ› človΔ›k nabΓ­jΓ­ za 5 Kč a u elektΕ™iny ze solΓ‘rΕ― mΔ› vychΓ‘zΓ­ kWh v nΓ‘kladech uΕ‘lΓ© pΕ™Γ­leΕΎitosti 1,25 Kč. PočítΓ‘m, ΕΎe z 95 % budeme nabΓ­jet doma, takΕΎe prΕ―mΔ›rnΓ‘ cena pro nΓ‘s bude hluboko pod 100 Kč na 100 km.
in reply to JiΕ™Γ­ Eischmann

our goal was to spend as much battery as possible to have time for breakfast. German autobahns are great when you have such a goal πŸ˜‰. On the other hand we had a lot of time to get to the destination on time. Hence from almost fastest car (overtaking police car driving 160 kmh would cause me a lot of troubles at home) to still not the slowest. Even thought there was no limit, almost everyone drove the same at around 115 kmh.
in reply to JiΕ™Γ­ Eischmann

we would have reached Rozvadov without charging. I set charge at destination to 30 % at destination. So ten minutes wasn't to reach but to reach with 30 %. And the consumption is surprisingly nice. This is my first drive with the (semi)new Model Y (with less than around 700 km driven - registered only on Monday) and it's about 15 percent more efficient than my old Model Y. However, it's on beautiful but inefficient 20" Induction wheels.

A strong Europe rolls on at high speed.

Efficient EU train services offer clean and smart alternatives to travel.

This is why we want to bridge gaps in the EU's rail network with a new high-speed rail plan.

Tomorrow, we'll kick-start new discussions with stakeholders to improve infrastructure, passenger services, and the rail industry.

We're also working on single digital booking and ticketing rules to make travelling easier.

Ready to hop on?

More: europa.eu/!nvqbGc

#EU

#EU

PrΓ‘vΔ› jsem se vrΓ‘til od Ε™eznΓ­ka!
Koupil jsem jehněčí hΕ™bet a ΕΎebra. To zase bude... πŸ™ˆπŸ€€
#zasezerou
(Ano, rozhodl jsem se utlouct vΓ‘s kvalitou.)
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🌍 RIPE 90 is happening 12–16 May in Lisbon, Portugal (and online)! Whether you're a network operator, researcher, or Internet enthusiast, this is where the community comes together to share, shape policy, and connect: ripe90.ripe.net/

#Conversations_im has the ability to fetch outage status information from an independent server and display that in case the regular #XMPP server can not be reached.

This is powered by XEP-0455 (xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0455.h…).
TLDR: Server gives client a URL to a JSON file during normal connects, client will hold on to that URL and fetch the JSON file in case server is unreachable.

Anonymous France leaked 18 GB with the following statement:

In defense of Ukraine Anonymous has released 10TB of leaked data on all businesses operating in Russia, all Kremlin assets in the West, pro-Russian officials, Donald Trump, and more.


mediafire.com/file/9prdor8m7a1…

P.S. this leaks marks a significant qualitative difference to #Wikileaks which has over the last decade not only leaked anything harming #Russia but even actually amplified Russian fakes, such as the MH17 conspiracies

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For anyone interested in retro PC emulation, I just started a discussion regarding the possibility of adding DECtalk PC emulation to 86Box. github.com/86Box/86Box/discuss…
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