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It's almost time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day and I can finally share my thesis in an accessible format 🎉

Due to the mandatory template used, the thesis PDF is not accessible. So there was no way I was going to share it with the world. It took a year, but I managed to create a website with an #accessible #version of the 160-pages thesis on #AccessibilityOverlays, and some additional content!

You can find it here: overlays.dnikub.dev ✨

The printed version of the thesis titled "The impact of Web Accessibility Overlays on the Usability and User Experience for People with Permanent Visual Impairments", laying on a carpet next to two tiny disco balls.

The Impact of Web Accessibility Overlays | Master's Thesis by Daniela Kubesch

This thesis, published in 2024, investigates the impact of accessibility overlays on the usability and user experience (UX) for individuals with permanent visual impairments.
overlays.dnikub.dev
#accessible #version #AccessibilityOverlays
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Budsofstone

mature HBM is 6.5-7% lactose per Su Yeong, Yong Yi. “Components of human breast milk: from macronutrient to microbiome and microRNA.” CEP doi:10.3345/cep.2020.00059 while this is 6% fructose. I also hate america, its lack of healthly food options and recreational spaces. Along with Gerber for lots of reasons. But fear of sugar and fat phobia don't help. Simple carbohydrates from natural sources are good for you.

Components of human breast milk: from macronutrient to microbiome and microRNA - PMC

Human breast milk (HBM) is essential for the infant’s growth and development right after birth and is an irreplaceable source of nutrition for early human survival. Various infant formulas have many similarities to HBM in many components, but there .
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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A bit under a year ago, my friend Michael Sheppard and I released our first album. I'm super excited to present our second album, Toward Hope.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0xBJ5vL…
Apple Music: music.apple.com/au/album/towar…
YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK…

Toward Hope by Electronight Alchemy on Apple Music

Album · 2025 · 12 Songs
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As much as I admire the work of the LetsEncrypt team, making a policy change that effectively raises the cost of competitive and independent agency at the behest of a browser team that's at risk of being split off from their corporate sponsors specifically because of anticompetitive behavior in the domain of that agency... this might be technically justifiable, but it's not the right decision for an organization being run for the public's benefit.

letsencrypt.org/2025/05/14/end…


Ending TLS Client Authentication Certificate Support in 2026

Let’s Encrypt will no longer include the “TLS Client Authentication” Extended Key Usage (EKU) in our certificates beginning in 2026. Most users who use Let’s Encrypt to secure websites won’t be affected and won’t need to take any action.
letsencrypt.org

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In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we’re excited to invite you to share how JAWS has made a meaningful difference in your life. GAAD is a global movement that celebrates digital access and inclusion—and we want to shine a spotlight on the impact JAWS has had in your journey.

Your story can inspire others and raise awareness about the power of accessible technology: surveymonkey.com/r/insertjclub

#GAAD #JAWS

GAAD logo; Letters GAAD surrounded by a circle and keyboard image.

JAWS User Experience Questionnaire

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
www.surveymonkey.com
#GAAD #jaws

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Join us on Thursday, May 22 at Noon Eastern for a live webinar featuring the Amigo by Enhanced Vision. We will discuss Dynamic Contrast, Edge Effects, and how the Amigo can be your companion for healthy vision. ACVREP credits available during live webinar. Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Free Training Webinars by Vispero. Pictured on right; Amigo handheld video magnifier.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Amigo: Your Companion for Healthy Vision. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join us for a step-by-step webinar and dive into the Amigo portable video magnifier by Enhanced Vision. Learn how Amigo can be your companion for healthy vision and get answers to the most frequently asked questions.
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NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who helped keep the Apollo 13 astronauts alive using a combination of a spacesuit hose, sock, plastic bag, cue cards and duct tape, has died at age 95. Four hours after the explosion that tore through Apollo 13 in 1970, Smylie became concerned that the crew would suffocate due to the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the air. He and his team of 60 came up with a plan, tested it and explained to Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert how to build it during their emergency trip back to Earth. Smylie, who died in late April, received a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his service to the space program. Here's more from @Spacecom.

space.com/space-exploration/ap…

#Space #Science #NASA #Engineering #SpaceTravel #EdSmylie #InMemoriam #RIP


NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95

Smylie, with his team, found the "way to make 'this' fit into the hole for 'this,' using nothing but 'that.'"
Robert Z. Pearlman (Space)
#engineering #science #space #nasa #rip #spacetravel #edsmylie #inmemoriam @Space.com

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What is my stance on the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses? It's good, helpful, and a more affordable assistive technology device than what's currently available... but it has it's challenges... I have never thought of connecting it to WhatsApp and using ChatGPT with it! Thanks Tim Dixon for sharing lots of insights! ⬇️
timdixon.net/blog/2025/04/blin…

#Accessibility #Meta #A11y


Blind Meta Ray Ban Review 2025 - TIM DIXON

A Blind Meta Ray Ban Review 2025 covering new AI features, WhatsApp bots, and how they support the blind and low vision community.
Tim Dixon (TIM DIXON)
#a11y #Accessibility #meta

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🚀 Voyager 1 isn’t done yet — not even close 🧠🔧📡

NASA just pulled off another miracle save:
🛰️ The spacecraft’s primary roll thrusters, offline since 2004, were believed permanently dead
🧯 With backup thrusters at risk of failure, JPL engineers gambled on a high-stakes heater reset
🔥 If wrong, it could’ve caused a small onboard explosion
📡 If right, it would restore control — 15.6 billion miles from Earth

They were right. The thrusters fired. Voyager 1 can still hold its course.

This wasn’t a reboot. It was old-school problem-solving, deep systems knowledge, and the audacity to trust an idea that might just work.

The most distant human object is still flying — because a team believed it could.

#Voyager1 #NASA #Space #Engineering #Resilience #DeepSpace
theregister.com/2025/05/15/voy…


NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix

: Failure could've triggered a small explosion
Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)
#engineering #space #nasa #resilience #voyager1 #deepspace

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coming up at the top of the hour, it's the hawaiian connection with me keao at theglobalvoice.info you can listen here at theglobalvoice.info:8000/broad…

Welcome to The Global Voice - The Global Voice

The Global Voice brings together an international team of broadcasters, producers and radio journalists to present for you a wide range of entertaining and informative programs.
The Global Voice

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th May 2025

Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.


(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

BlueMonday1984

2025-05-04 23:00:08

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025


Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.


(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)


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Welcome to the RB family, QRServ 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/dev.u…

QRServ takes any selected file on your device and makes it available through its own HTTP server at an unused port number. The selected file can then be downloaded via web browser on another device or software that allows file downloads over HTTP from QR codes.

This was made possible thanks to the efforts by its author – and thanks to his SteamDeck running our RB framework :awesome:

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid #SteamDeck

„QRServ“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Transfer files with ease over a network.
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#SteamDeck #reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid

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I thought 7€ on this kit would be a good splurge because I've been meaning to sew my own handbags and this way, I naïvely assumed, there would be a ready-made set of tools and clear instructions. but the instructions are wordless and I'm already stumped. unlike the zipper pictured mine has these little tails that make it jut out from the trim band, should I fold them? cut them out? sew them as is? am I supposed to sew the head or the tail of the zipper? does it make a difference? aah
An instruction pamphlet whose photos are slightly different from the provided materials, utterly throwing me off.
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Federico Mena Quintero

youtube.com/watch?v=TW9t0HTK_7… - a BIG channel, lots of good tips. I like the focus on neatness.

youtube.com/watch?v=wbD9cVZsEy… - the zipper-in-a-slit technique.

youtube.com/watch?v=iEzXDxZDV6… - many pieces, reinforcing the end of a zipper.


Sew an easy cosmetics bag

FREE PATTERN HERE - http://so-sew-easy.com/easy-cosmetics-bag-pattern/ How to make and sew an easy cosmetics bag for your make up and toiletries. Free sewi...
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#curl build updates: curl-for-win Windows builds are now signed with cosign. Download page now includes links to these and to GPG signatures. The latest build uses zlib-ng instead of classic zlib as an experiment. curl.se/windows
Daily builds (also for Linux and macOS) are also signed now with GPG and cosign: github.com/curl/curl-for-win/a…

daily · Workflow runs · curl/curl-for-win

Reproducible, static, curl binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows - daily · Workflow runs · curl/curl-for-win
GitHub
#curl

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Over the last 10 minutes more than 1,000 EU citizen more supported the call for an EU wide ban on conversion practices targeted LGBTQ+ persons.

Which means it is currently on track to reach the required 1 million signatures before the deadline.

Please continue the great work getting people to sign the initiative!

Edit: We pushed past the one million signatures at approx. 16:00 CET on May 16th.

mstdn.social/@nerdd/1145179017…

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/…


European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
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I so agree! Thanks for posting this! macaw.social/@sommer/114518673…

Sommer Panage

2025-05-16 17:24:47

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I meant to re-post this for #GAAD!

This article by @dadederk is a great reminder of many truths about doing #accessibility work: focus on systems, not short term goals, be persistent and resilient, and work w/ a network/community however you can!

smashingmagazine.com/2025/04/f…



Fostering An Accessibility Culture — Smashing Magazine

While there’s no definitive playbook for building an accessibility culture, Dani shares lessons from his experience in shaping it through habits rather than mandates.
Smashing Magazine

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I wonder if #curl could follow the wonderful example from the #Radicle project on how to properly support #Tor onion service endpoints.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/16…

#TorProject #libcurl #HumanRights


Leeks and leaks

On the completely impossible situation of blocking the Tor .onion TLD to avoid leaks, but at the same time not block it to make users able to do what they want.
daniel.haxx.se
#Tor #HumanRights #curl #libcurl #radicle #torproject
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Shawn Webb

@bagder Essentially, #curl commit 0ae0abbe72514a75c10bfc4108d9f254f594c086 broke updating #HardenedBSD packages for certain users who use HardenedBSD behind a fully Tor-ified network (a network that uses transparent Tor proxying).

Those users were unable to update their HardenedBSD systems since the package manager uses libcurl behind-the-scenes. Some of these users live in malicious environments (malicious to human life), with actively-exploited applications.

So, this prohibition had a real negative impact, putting our users in harm's way.

If curl had a way to bypass the prohibition, we would've been able to keep our users safe.

This is why I mention #Radicle: they, too, do not support the .onion TLD by default, but can be configured to provide that support.

Radicle has three options:

  1. Default: No support, .onion domain lookups will fail.
  2. SOCKS support where .onion lookups succeed.
  3. Explicit transparent proxying support, so .onion lookups succeed

curl is missing that third option.

#curl #hardenedbsd #radicle @daniel:// stenberg://

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Salt Typhoon cyberattacks exposed major flaws in U.S. telecom networks.

Unencrypted SMS, voice, even MFA = compromised.

At Purism, we build secure tech: Isolated baseband radios Post-Quantum Crypto Secure Apps Private LTE

Link: puri.sm/posts/why-the-salt-typ…


Why the Salt Typhoon Hacks Make Our Public Networks Vulnerable – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC

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Also totally forgot to talk about this yesterday.
As a part of global accessibility awareness day, we put out a new update for the Be My Eyes app for Windows that is completely rebuild from the ground up. Along with giving us a better base to build amazing new features for desktop in the near future, this new app also fixes a lot of the accessibility issues that people have reported over the last 1.5 or so years.
In addition Chat History is now also available on Desktop, so you can start a conversation from mobile and continue it on desktop (and vice versa).

#a11y #bemyeyes #gaad #globalaccessibilityawarenessday
#blind #bme #tech
#disability #assistivetech

#a11y #blind #tech #Disability #GAAD #bemyeyes #assistivetech #globalaccessibilityawarenessday #bme

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Geeky stuff aside, let's enjoy the hottest friday party ever. @Marek Macko is on air again with his awesome show called #playgroundLive. #dance, #trance, a bit of #hardStyle, #eurodance, #90s and other party genres in an incredible live mix performance lasting a few hours spiced up with some random chat messages of fellow listeners and friends.
#Dance #trance #hardstyle #eurodance #90s #playgroundLive @Marek Macko

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Physicists at Cornell University figured out how to chop onions without crying and the results are FASCINATING.

tl;dr chopping quickly with a blunt knife releases larger onion juice droplets at higher velocities resulting in more contact with your eyes and thus, more tears. Slower slicing with a sharp knife = less tears.

arxiv.org/html/2505.06016v1

Droplet Outbursts from Onion Cutting

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