What we in the open world are messing up in trying to compete with big tech
berthub.eu/articles/posts/what-the-open-world-must-do-better
Our societies and governments now largely run on American proprietary big-tech platforms. Many of us want to decrease this dependency, or even end it altogether. Everyone in the open tech scene is full of good intentions and we all want to improve things,…
I'll show this slide on Thursday when I talk #curl in Stockholm
meetup.com/openinfra-user-grou…
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Thanks @masonasons for the tip that yt-dlp can download from RSS feeds. Here's the command I came up with to download all available podcast items from a feed in chronological order (oldest first) to nicely numbered files with the title and date.
yt-dlp --no-abort-on-error --color "no_color" --download-archive ".download_history" --windows-filenames --embed-metadata --embed-chapters --playlist-items "::-1" --output "%(n_entries+1-playlist_index)02d %(title)s (%(upload_date>%B %d %Y)s).%(ext)s" --format bestaudio "example.com/rss"
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TikTok is introducing new accessibility features that make it easier for people with visual impairments to see text and use screen readers on the platform.Jess Weatherbed (The Verge)
What do you get when you let (overwhelmingly white, overwhelmingly male) able-bodied developers build an operating system?
Well, you get an insightful display of structural #ableism.
As a developer, I feel ashamed about this state of affairs, reading the excellent blog series by @fireborn . We can do better, and we deeply need to.
dragonscave.space/@fireborn/11…
#Linux #Accessibility #a11y #FLOSS
The state of Linux accessibility in 2025. This started out as a rant but became a series. Please feel free to leave feedback, comments, and subscribe via rss or email for more stuff as I release it. fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…
I think it's very telling that from all corners of the Fediverse, #FLOSS developers come screaming "I do it for free in my spare time, I can release whatever I want, and you can change it if you don't like it!"
As if that was the point.
I you release it as a broken hobby project, fine. Just don't call it a "fully functional" or "community driven" audio editor / encryption utility / mail server / file explorer / chat client if it's completely unusable to a reasonable part of the audience who just happens to be blind, or otherwise impaired.
hacker news discussions on my two latest blog posts:
"UN Gives the Encrypted Open-Source Office Suite CryptPad a Try"
👉 fossforce.com/2025/04/un-drops…
"The open-source project recently picked up some unexpected recognition from the United Nations, when the organization chose to use CryptPad to collect endorsements for its Open Source Principles. Here’s what you need to know about the open-source project that’s on the rise."
👋 To test Cryptpad: cryptpad.fr
cc @CryptPad
The United Nations became the latest large organization to embrace CryptPad when it used it to replace Google Forms.Larry Cafiero (FOSS Force)
#YuvalRaphael shares her story of survival with poise and courage. Nova Music Festival Massacre Survivor - JIJ October 7 Survivors ProjectUnveiling hidden in...YouTube
Similar to iOS lockdown mode, Android 16's Advanced Protection feature is misguided. It adds security features exclusive to it which require using all of the other features. This prevents people using new security features if they need to avoid 1 feature.
security.googleblog.com/2025/0…
Posted by Il-Sung Lee, Group Product Manager, Android Security Protecting users who need heightened security has been a long-standing com...Google Online Security Blog
God is asleep, post #9front in random places.
lulu.com/shop/stanley-lieber/9…
9front is a fork of the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system. This publication is a print edition of the 9front Dash 1 manual. It is very likely outdated.Lulu
Taking a break from reality to watch high-speed film launches of the Space Shuttle.
Stepping back in time to a world when NASA was sending humans into space using a lot less computing power than your new TV.
It's a very calming video, watching thousands of pounds of fuel ignited as the shuttle and it's boosters slowly rise into the sky. 45mins of rockets on fire.
Very special.
fedi.video/w/d86a66bd-84c0-4f3…
#NASA #SpaceShuttle #ShuttleLaunch #RocketScience
Mexican Navy tall ship #Cuauhtémoc collided with #BrooklynBridge a few hours ago:
edition.cnn.com/2025/05/17/us/…
Based on videos:
nbcmiami.com/news/national-int…
…it looks like the ship went under the bridge and then hit the shoreline here:
osm.org/go/Zct8EqDG?m=&relatio…
Which means it was going *up river* when it hit the bridge.
That doesn't make sense, it was supposed to be leaving #NYC.
The videos also show it was going backwards. My guess would be loss of control?
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.OpenStreetMap
"Only humans can do this because we're special" and other lies we tell ourselves
With a large enough dataset and a well trained model, all we need is compute and ridiculous amount of tokens and yes, it will be able to create and maintain subtext through a novel-length story.
RT: wandering.shop/users/JulietEMc…
Bringing this from writer Joseph Malik over from Bluesky. I think it's spot on. "Subtext separates a novel from a novel-length story. Subtext is the part that AI can't--and never will--generate. It can't read for subtext.The Wandering Shop
Meanwhile, I want AI to do stuff I DON'T want (humans) to do. Common house chores? Yes please. Dangerous jobs, like mining deep underground? Yes please. Dumb and repetitive tasks, like factory conveyor belts? Yes please. Tasks that require incredible precision, like brain surgery? Yes please.
Let humans do the wondering, the exploring, the art. Let us tell the stories, the culture, like we have done for hundreds of thousands of years.
Fat change under capitalism.
Sigh. It's possible to remotely, physically locate any O2 mobile customer at any time over the internet with a trivial method using their mobile phone number, due to O2's poor implementation of 4G Calling which, by design, gives away the Cell ID.
mastdatabase.co.uk/blog/2025/0…
Privacy is dead: For multiple months, any O2 customer has had their location exposed to call initiators without their knowledge.Daniel Williams (Mast Database)
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tieto párky? ahh to vám musím povedať tiež, kupujem si raňajky do práce a celkom nabitý týpek si ich kupuje, si hovorím tieto som ešte nevidel. naposledy nakupujem v potravinách #za_rohom a helemese, neviem uvidíme 
edit: majú deväťdesiatštyri percent mäsa, to znie dobre
edit1: také iné, čo ja viem neboli zlé
Customers say these six burger chains charge too much for what you get—some meals now cost over $20.Ferozan Mast (Eat This Not That)
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the steward of federal funding for public media outlets like NPR and PBS, has revised its bylaws to strengthen protections for its board of directors.Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)
ReMarkable review, two months in does it work? Does it help with focus and clarity? Spoiler - Yes it really does.Content Team (Blind Ambition)
This guide will teach you the extreme basics of using the Mac including turning it on. Locating keys on the built in keyboard including a description of what's Touch ID.applevis.com
for iOS and iPadOS 18.5 Intro VoiceOver is Apple's screen reader, which can be found across all Apple platforms, from iPhones, iPads, Macs, iPods, etc.applevis.com
2025 has been a big year so far at Aira! We have welcomed many new Access Partners, expanding the reach of our on-demand interpreting services.Hannah Griffin (Aira)
"Privacy watchdog Noyb sent a cease-and-desist letter to Meta Wednesday, threatening to pursue a potentially billion-dollar class action to block Meta's AI training, which starts soon in the European Union."
Read more here 👇
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
EU users have less than two weeks to opt out of Meta’s AI training.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Over the past few years Jacob Collier has been experimenting with what he calls the 'Audience Choir', where he uses his audiences like an instrument, conduct...YouTube
TIL that the Internet was apparently made in Switzerland 🤔
I guess somebody should fix this Wikipedia page then.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_…
#webisnotinternet #esc
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