Nikolai Kapustin, String Quartet No. 1. youtube.com/watch?v=RU1TKzWbTd…

Check out the fugue in the last movement!

[Nikolai Kapustin] String Quartet No.1 Op.88 (Score-Video)

This Quartet has 4 movements:00:05 - I. Allegro07:28 - II. Larghetto13:11 - III. Allegretto16:41 - IV. Fuga: AnimatoPerformers:Alexander Chernov, violinValdi...

^YouTube

Could not have possibly predicted where this post goes

reddit.com/r/SexToys/s/olrCho1…

Defending Jan. 6 Rioters, Investigating Democrats: How Ed Martin Is Weaponizing the DOJ for Trump
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Since becoming interim U.S. attorney, Ed Martin has launched controversial investigations, rushed to defend Elon Musk’s DOGE and vowed to change how his office prosecutes crime in D.C. These are some of his most contentious actions.
propublica.org/article/who-is-…

#News #DC #Jan6 #Law #DOJ #Trump #DOGE #Musk

Who Is Ed Martin, Trump’s Pick for D.C. U.S. Attorney?

As interim U.S. attorney in D.C., Martin has fired career prosecutors, dropped Capitol riot cases and launched sweeping probes into Trump’s political enemies.

^ProPublica

In 2021 I was interviewed, by my then employer CrowdStrike, on my experience as a trans person, coming out, acceptance at work, and some book recommendations.

It has since been removed from their website but I think it’s important to keep these kind of stories alive: moiety.me/embracing-who-you-ar…

#queer #transgender

Embracing Who You Are - Zoë Bijl.

In 2021 I was interviewed on my experience as a trans person, coming out, acceptance at work, and some book recommendations.

^moiety.me

for a bit of compiler hilarity, see the first comment by nikic

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Interested in getting a "curl dashboard" for your project as well?

github.com/curl/stats/pull/16

Reading a 1584 treatise on the horrors of #Python monkey patching and duck typing.

> [...], the pestilent practices of Pythonists, [...]

Nothing announces the $279 CMF Phone 2 Pro, with a 6.77" 120Hz AMOLED display and three rear cameras, including a 50MP telephoto lens, plus three new earbuds (Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET)

zdnet.com/article/this-280-and…
techmeme.com/250428/p21#a25042…

This $280 Android phone just set a new standard for budget handsets - and it looks great

The CMF Phone 2 Pro adds a new 50MP telephoto camera and brings Essential Key from the Nothing Phone 3a series to a $279 price point.

^{Prakhar Khanna (ZDNET)}

Huge respect 🫡

#opensource

Meson 1.8.0 is finally out. The way options can be set and unset has been completely reworked. This is probably the biggest refactoring ever in Meson. It took me on the order of 1.5 years to get it done.

So ... enjoy overriding options per-subproject from the command line but also expect regressions I guess?

mesonbuild.com/Release-notes-f…

Welcome to the RB family, LinkGuardian 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/dev.e…

LinkGuardian is an Android client for Linkwarden, helping you to manage your link collection. Thanks to joint efforts with its developer, @elbullazul, the app is now RB

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid

„LinkGuardian“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Android client for Linkwarden built with Jetpack Compose

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

I wrote a book on Linux Memory Management, published by @nostarch - it's a comprehensive 1300 page exploration of Linux 6.0's memory management code, depth-first, diving into the code and REALLY explaining how things work.

The idea is to avoid hand waving as much as possible and literally explore what the kernel _actually_ does.

It's full of diagrams and careful explanations of logic including a ton of stuff you just can't find anywhere else.

It's currently available in its entirety in draft form via early access when you pre-order.

It's available at nostarch.com/linux-memory-mana…

:)

#linux #kernel #mm

Seuls 3 % des utilisateurs et utilisatrices soutiennent @thunderbird ! Aidez à garder Thunderbird en vie, soutenez un client e-mail sécurisé, confidentiel, libre et gratuit 📩 🌍 thunderbird.net/fr/donate/

#thunderbird

The question is not really who will buy #TSLA, but whether or not anyone will. The real question is whether or not #Tesla has anything fundamentally valuable in the long term that can be bought.

Tesla doesn't really seem to have any technology assets. I can see that maybe their battery manufacturing operations might hold value, assuming anything we have been told about the company is actually true, and we can't be sure, because Tesla's CEO is a liar. But the cars?

cleantechnica.com/2025/03/10/w…

Who Will Buy Tesla When It Goes Bankrupt? - CleanTechnica

As the value of Tesla shares collapse, we have to ask, are we witnessing the end of a company we once admired?

^{Steve Hanley (CleanTechnica)}

Yesterday at the #PlayStation concert, a young, blind man sat next to me.

We got talking and it turns out he is an accessibility consultant for companies, including video game developers and has worked with Sony on God of War and other products!

He goes by his handle: Sightless Kombat.

He is entirely #blind from birth, but loves video games so is passionate about accessibility in the sector.

I told him to come join Mastodon as I think it’s the friendliest social network for visual impairments, he said he was thinking of joining but wasn’t sure which instance was good. I’m not sure if there is one that’s dedicated to visual impairment? I just told him to join mstdn.games 😅

Anyway, here’s his YouTube & Twitch channels, and website if you’re interested in seeing what he has to offer. The dude has platinumed God of War Ragnarok on its hardest difficulty, what a legend!

YouTube: youtube.com/@sightlesskombat?s…

Twitch: twitch.tv/sightlesskombat

Website: sightlesskombat.com/

#disability #disabled #Accessibility

SightlessKombat - Twitch

I'm an award-winning, multi-credited accessibility consultant and gamer without sight from the UK. If you ever thought "how can someone with no sight play a videogame?", you've come to the right place for answers! Relax, say hi and see just how I enj…

^Twitch

Gestern wollte er das IFG abschaffen, heute wird Philipp Amthor Staatssekretär im Digitalministerium – das ist, als würde man jemandem, der den Feuerlöscher abschaffen will, das Kommando über die Feuerwehr geben.

Im Übrigen kennt sich Amthor mit Digitalisierung ja bestens aus: Er war neben seinem Bundestagsmandat auch beim windigen KI-Startup Augustus Intelligence beschäftigt, für das er sein Bundestagsbriefpapier nutzte. Das Startup ist inzwischen pleite...

A trans kid is a blessing.

instagram.com/p/DIt3uXOOB6s/?i…

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 13 updated and 2 added apps:

* Nearby Settings: Modify compatible app settings on nearby devices 🛡️
* Geotag video camera:
Camera with a map and coordinates overlay 🛡️

RB status: 578 apps (44.3%)

1 #Magisk module has been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

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

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}

🔐 Take Back Control of Your Privacy, Security, & Data Sovereignty with the Librem 5

Phone Supported by PureOS!

Key Features:

PureOS (Non-Android Linux)

Supports Private, Secure App
Ecosystem

No Surveillance/Data Mining! Reclaim Your

Privacy at: puri.sm/products/librem-5/

One of the cool traditions that I appreciate very much in Canadian elections is how we tone things down on Election Day.

1) Most people stop talking partisan politics -- It's the day to vote, debate is over. That's why you won't see me posting partisan stuff today (US Presidential Interference aside).

2) In general, it's considered impolite to ask people who they vote for. Even when door knocking for a party on the doorstep, the question is not “will you be voting for us”, it is “may I ask who you might vote for”, and very often the answer is, “no, you may not ask”, and that's OK and everyone moves on.

People respect other's right to make their own decision.

Take care all. Please vote. Have a wonderful day and celebrate our wonderful country and democracy.

You might have seen a post being shared around saying Canada has opened up its suicide hotline to American citizens with Trump threatening a shutdown of ours in the US.

The number it links to is the Trans Helpline. This is likely a right wing attempt to try to flood and overwhelm the hotline and hurt trans people.

Please be careful and check on this before you share them. And if you see an account for a Jeras Ikehorn which seems to be bridged here from Bluesky, know this is the second time in several weeks they have blatantly shared misinformation that harms trans people.

#Trans #USPol #Fediblock

Tak si to dáme ještě jednou!
O2 už od minulého čtvrtka znovu blokuje několik našich domén jejich službou vtipně nazvanou "O2 Security" kterou zákazníkům automaticky zapíná.

Řešíme jak se bránit formální cestou - stížností na ČTÚ a předžalobní výzvou - do té doby ale oceníme vaší pomoc.

Co pomůže? Kontaktovat O2 a dožadovat se odblokování.

A taky pomoc se zviditelněním problému, tak aby ho začalo O2 seriózně řešit. Nejspíš totiž nebudeme jediní koho bezdůvodně blokují.

If you need high quality #SoundEffects to enhance your #Media #Creations, get in touch. My microphone is never far away and always happy to be of service. Here's a #FieldRecording compilation showing the kind of SFX I already have ready to go.

I'd love to help so get in touch.

#Creatives #GameAudio #GameDevs #ContentCreators #SoundDesign #StudentFilm #FilmMaking #PostProduction #youtubers #IndieGameDev

Nothing just launched the CMF Phone 2 Pro with a 50MP main camera, 50MP telephoto camera, and 8MP ultra wide camera.

Like last year's model, you can swap the back cover but this time you can also attach their fisheye/macro lenses. Unlike last year's, the 2 Pro supports NFC!

Elsewhere it has a 6.77" FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED, a MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Pro chip, and a 5000mAh battery with 33W charging speed. Oh and its design certainly stands out, as usual.

This is explicitly genocidal rhetoric.

If you don't think that transphobia is as serious of a threat as any other form of discrimination facing any other group, outside of a literal war zone, you're just transphobic.

I don't know what else to say.

Zero tolerance for anybody who tells you that transphobia isn't that serious of a problem.

web.archive.org/web/2025042716…

Take THAT.

“Britain & European Union are set to sign a formal declaration committing to “free and open trade” in defiance of #Trump ’s #tariffs agenda.

A leaked draft promises “new strategic partnership” between London & Brussels based on “maintaining global economic stability & our mutual commitment to free & open trade.” #TrumpTax
politico.eu/article/uk-eu-defy…

UK and EU to defy Trump with ‘free and open trade’ declaration

The draft U.K.-EU agreement is one of several being drawn up ahead of a May 19 summit.

^{Camille Gijs (POLITICO)}