in reply to George Takei ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ––๐Ÿฝ

While I agree, it's becoming pretty clear to me that the Dems don't have any kind of plan, and the GOP will not do anything to stop him. I hope I'm wrong, I really want this to be over quickly, but honestly I don't know how we're gonna make that happen. Please tell me I'm overreacting, I really hope I am.

Every Erasmus+ experience is a step closer to a more united Europe.

Erasmus+ has received the European Integration Award from the Cercle dโ€™Economia.

This recognition marks over 35 years of building a more united and inclusive Europe through education, training, and youth exchange.

Thank you to the millions who have helped make Erasmus+ a symbol of cooperation and shared European values!

I'm trying to get back into longer form writing. Today I am advocating for a cross organizational effort to have a consistent donation framework.

#flathub #gnome #kde

ypsidanger.com/rethinking-donaโ€ฆ

The Liberty Phone delivers uncompromising security for government communications- No Surveillance.

Link to Video: puri.sm/posts/the-liberty-phonโ€ฆ

#LibertyPhone #MadeInUSA #SupplyChainSecurity #OpenSource #PureOS #EndToEndEncryption #HardwareSecurity #GOTSSolution #CyberSecurity

GNOME is Sponsoring an Outreachy Internship Project for GNOME Crosswords!

We are excited to announce that the GNOME Foundation is sponsoring an Outreachy internship project for the June 2025 to August 2025 internship round!

Outreachy provides internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry where they are living.

The intern will work with mentors Jonathan Blandford, Federico Mena Quintero, and Tanmay Patil on the project Add Wordlist Scoring to the GNOME Crosswords Editor.

The internโ€™s blog will soon be added to Planet GNOME, where you can follow their project updates and learn more about them. Stay tuned!

feborg.es/gnome-outreachy-juneโ€ฆ

Private clinics are selling Canadians' health data: study

ctvnews.ca/health/article/privโ€ฆ

If only there was a privacy bill.... (one has been worked on for as long as the Bell bill was... guess which one was rammed through?)

#Retoure!

Beim Versuch, diesen #WLAN #Router manuell zu konfigurieren scheitere ich am #App #Zwang aber mehr noch an den fragwรผrdigen #Daten #Nutzungsbedingungen, die ich dafรผr akzeptieren mรผsste.

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Ich finde ja, Kunden sollten darรผber vorher deutlich aufgeklรคrt werden.

It has now been officially decided by the ICAO that the Russian Federation is responsible for the downing of flight MH17 , All 298 passengers died. Many from the Netherlands. We will not forget.
#mh17 #russia #putin #icao #netherlands #geopolitics @geopolitics
rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuwโ€ฆ

Woohoo! So far, we have 62 people pledging 269 hours towards improving accessibility in WordPress this Thursday for Global Accessibility Awareness Day! ๐Ÿ™Œ Join us in spending a day working on accessibility issues in WordPress core, plugins, or on your own website!

equalizedigital.com/gaad2025/ #WordPress #GAAD #GAAD2025 #accessibility #a11y

I am not a contributor on Wikipedia yet, but if someone finds the time, Crimea has been removed from Ukraine's oblasts in the table here, which I find completely nuts.

Is the Kremlin actively trying to erase Ukrainian history one Wikipedia edit at a time?

UPDATE: This has now been fixed. Thank you!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_โ€ฆ

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New on Substack: my first newsletter is live.
In this issue:
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A preview of the Perspective Voices app
โ€ข
Waymo accessibility challenges in Austin
โ€ข
Updates on Rabbit R1 and Notion accessibility
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Paid tiers now open
Read it here:
open.substack.com/pub/taylorarโ€ฆ
#Accessibility #BlindTech #AI #Waymo #Notion #Substack #TechForGood

Finally got to build this. Quick UI toggles to see all possible permutations of a post.

Previously was trying out Storybook.js but it's a bit too much for my needs (too many files, too many clicks).

CSS view transitions are pretty cool. More permutations need to be added later. And it's fun building this.

#PhanpySocialDev

Are you new to Windows 11? Want tips for navigating it with JAWS? Join us Thursday, May 15 at Noon ET for a live webinar. #FreedomScientifictraining
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registโ€ฆ
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I could use some #FediHelp .

As my long-running readers are probably aware, I schedule a _lot_ of posts in advance. I use @bufferapp for this, and I am largely satisfied with this, except for one thing:

They have a fixed character limit of 500 for posts, and thus I cannot make use of the full 10,000 characters of my instance.

This is bad, since most of my scheduled posts are German folk tales exceeding this character limit, and thus I am forced to use screenshots instead of plain texts - which is terrible from an #accessibility point of view (yes, there are readers that can identify the text, but I'd rather use plain text in the first place). So I am looking for alternatives. Here are my requirements:

- It must have a web interface I can use on my desktop PC - I grew up with proper screens and keyboards, and while I _can_ use a smart phone or tablet for complex stuff, I do not find the experience enjoyable.
- It must have a calendar view instead of being a simple, scrollable list - I often schedule posts weeks in advance, and I want to be able to keep track of what is scheduled.
- It must make full use of the character limits of each instance.
- It must allow for scheduling threads - quite a few of the tales I am posting exceed the 10,000 character limit.
- It must work with #Mastodon . While I am aware that other #Fediverse systems (such as #Friendica ) have scheduling options of their own, switching to an entirely different system is a drastic step that I only want to explore when all other options have been exhausted.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

"A tale of a trailing dot" celebrates three years. The *evil* trailing dot.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/05/12โ€ฆ

BELGIUM JUST HIT THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD! :3333

That's five member states hitting their threshold!

Need two more to hit the minimum requirement AND 1mil signatures!

It's gonna be close, but it's not over till its over!

Deadline is 17-5-2025

EU Citizens' Initiative to ban "conversion therapy" of queer people:

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/โ€ฆ

#eu #queer #europe #lgbt #lgbtq #gay #lesbian #trans #enby #conversiontherapyban #conversiontherapy

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In the bottom left corner of Germany, we are staging a cross-community gathering called "DIFF" during June 7-17th. See our invitation video and blog post. It's probably the best opportunity so far to become part of what is happening behind the scenes ;)

delta.chat/en/2025-05-12-diff-โ€ฆ

In 2024, #LibreOffice's Quality Assurance community helped to resolve reported issues with the software and keep it strong: blog.documentfoundation.org/blโ€ฆ #OpenSource #freesoftware #qa

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Who says you canโ€™t have #privacy and #security in an OS?

Meet PureOS โ€” the #Linux OS that respects you.

โœ…No ads
โœ…No trackers
โœ…No #surveillance
โœ…No terms of service traps

Run it on Purismโ€™s Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.

Link - What is #PureOS?: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-aโ€ฆ

New book available for pre-order:
Inclusive Design for Accessibility: A Practical Guide to Digital Accessibility, UX, and Inclusive Web & App Design
packtpub.com/en-us/product/incโ€ฆ
#books #book #a11y #accessibility #ux #webdesign #UIDesign

IRELAND, FRANCE, FINLAND AND SPAIN HAVE MET THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD!

LETS FRIGGIN GO!

BAN CONVERSION THERAPY PLS

And tell your friends, especially in other EU countries!

There is STILL time!!!

Deadline 17-5-2025

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/โ€ฆ

#eu #conversiontherapyban #conversiontherapy #lgbt #lgbtq #trans #TransRights #gay #lesbian #queer #Europe

help us wordsmith the #curl AI guidelines here: github.com/curl/curl/pull/1732โ€ฆ
#curl

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Most ransomware attacks start with an email.

Learn on #AntiRansomwareDay how to protect yourself on #Android & #iOS ๐Ÿ’ช

โžก๏ธ tuta.com/blog/how-to-protect-aโ€ฆ

On May 27th at 18h CEST, Iโ€™ll participate on a (streamed) panel on the #CyberResilienceAct for maintainers of Free and Open Source Software, with @ag_dubs, @bagder and moderators @tobie and @senficon.
Info at maintainermonth.github.com/schโ€ฆ
in reply to Maarten Aertsen

That was the #CRA panel w/ @bagder @tobie @senficon

The audience questions were pretty good, I hope our answers were useful to someone.

Thereโ€™s a recording here m.youtube.com/watch?v=DLxZdU8kโ€ฆ

Otherwise, head over to the orcwg.org FAQ to contribute/ask or wait for the @EUCommission to publish their guidance, which Iโ€™ll surely post about once it is published.

Fondry des Chiens.

Nicknamed the Grand #Canyon of the Ardennes (fear not, it is much, much smaller!) the #fondrydeschiens is a natural formed sinkhole in #Nismes, #Belgium on the border with France.

It is a little marvel of #nature and well worth a detour. Late spring and summer you will find lots of orchids in the pastures nearby. The place is protected as a natural reserve.

If you decide to go there, try to avoid the weekends and holidays since it tends to get crowded.

#travel #traveltip #naturephotography #landscape #rocks #landscapephotography #belgie #belgique #thisisbelgium #pentax #pentaxk1 #editedincaptureone

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