If you've not been paying attention, you will no longer be receiving emails from Let's Encrypt telling you a certificate is expiring: Expiration Notification Service Has Ended

letsencrypt.org/2025/06/26/exp…

Here is a cool video of a 747 pilot getting to do a once in a lifetime experience, that being actually getting the chance to ride with the blue Angels! youtu.be/cg2HHgMvzNo?si=2gbTyW…

Sources: the US DHS, in partnership with DOGE, has built the first-ever searchable national citizenship data system, pulling from SSA and immigration databases (NPR)

npr.org/2025/06/29/nx-s1-54096…
techmeme.com/250629/p27#a25062…

Source: Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon's US site after noticing third-party merchants were selling games in the US at prices below Nintendo's rates (Matt Day/Bloomberg)

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
techmeme.com/250630/p11#a25063…

Have you ever wished that you could download and listen to your favorite podcasts on your BT Speak? Have you wished that you could download your favorite NFB Newsline content every morning for offline reading. As of today, you can.
We are pleased to be able to offer you these features, along with being able to set reminders for your appointments, in this latest free update for your BT Speak.
Read all of the details at
blazietech.com/july-2025-updat…
DG
#BTSpeak #blind

With the clarity of hindsight, it's fine to say Honda would obviously nail a reusable rocket test

But, I don't think anyone outside the company actually expected this. Honda has a history of venturing out to experimental work E.G. robotics, but this is totally new

arstechnica.com/science/2025/0…

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How accessible is web browsing on Amazon Fire TV?

In this video, @patrick_h_lauke, Principal Accessibility Specialist, takes a dive into some of the built-in accessibility features of the Fire TV platform.

For many users with disabilities, web content is just one part of a wider digital experience that includes apps, streaming services, and devices that aren’t traditionally associated with web accessibility.

Watch the video at: youtube.com/watch?v=ZfsT9voErV…

And here's another archive of various DOS screen reader demos,, manuals and other vintage blindness software.
Note: My antimalware program, MalwareBytes, flagged this site as having malicious activity. I am fairly certain that this was a false positive but it is still wise to scan anything that you download.
ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/mirror/ftp.i…
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Gajim 2.3 has been released 🥳

A fresh new look for Gajim arrived! 😎
With this release Gajim introduces Adwaita, a library providing styles, nicely designed user interface elements, animations and more. Many dialogs, including Preferences and Plugin management have been redesigned.

This release is available on Windows again - finally!

Thank you for all your contributions! ❤️

Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim

#gajim #xmpp #chat

gajim.org/posts/2025-06-29-gaj…

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And here's an archive of various DOS screen reader demos,, manuals and other vintage software.
Note: My antimalware program, MalwareBytes, flagged this site as having malicious activity. I am fairly certain that this was a false positive but it is still wise to scan anything that you download.
ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/mirror/ftp.i…

I was once told I was being dramatic, when I explained that an animation was making me nauseous. Expect: I’m not the only one.
Motion and pseudomotion in digital interfaces can trigger nausea, vertigo, migraines, and even seizures for users with vestibular disorders, migraines, epilepsy, and other neurological conditions.

buttondown.com/access-ability/…

one of the more astounding things I've learned from Jon is that rail nerds and rail advocates love trains more than the rail industry loves trains.
gruene.social/@jon/11477181237…

A couple of versions ago I introduced a setting in #Conversations_im to hide the avatars next to message bubbles.

I'm personally not a big fan of the look, but it does bring it closer to what Signal and Google Messages are doing.

The next version will split that out into two settings: One that controls the avatar on received messages and one on sent messages. (Indicating what account is being used.) Hiding only the latter is a decent compromise for those who use the app with a single account.

Please join us for our monthly webinar scheduled for Tuesday, July 1 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. We’ll be introducing a new feature which will be included
in the next BT Speak update. You will also have a chance to ask questions and provide feedback to the team at Blazie Technologies.
Below is the Zoom meeting link.
us02web.zoom.us/j/81033758140?…

Meeting ID: 810 3375 8140
Passcode: 024541

One tap mobile
+13017158592,,81033758140#,,,,*024541# US (Washington DC)

Dial by your location
• +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)

Meeting ID: 810 3375 8140
Passcode: 024541

Find your local number:
us02web.zoom.us/u/kdw2FlsDDS

I have taken to looking for Copilot AI in GitHub responses before filing issues. If it’s there, I don’t file. Feeling a bit validated here:
hails.org/@hailey/114752144098…

(limited alt to come, but if you want more ask OP…)


Sent a pull request to Audacity fixing a crash bug I'd been running into frequently. The cause was an out-of-bounds memmove. Classic C++ areas.

Anyway I got a fucking copilot review on my PR which left two comments, both completely wrong, one of which suggesting I reintroduce the out of bounds memory access. I'm furious!


Alas I've just ordered a WIFI enabled, AI washing machine; and the copyright doesn't even include CURL; I thought the 5 year warranty would enable be to ask @bagder for advice on getting my clothes cleaner.
Still, it seems to have everything else, NuttX and contiki low power OSs (neither of which I've come across), Uboot, wpa_supplicant, cJSON, FatFS
(They've had fun misprocessing the GPL text as html or something)

opensource.samsung.com/opensou…

in reply to rooktallon

@rooktallon I think that the contents of all of these archives of vintage blindness software, manuals, periodicals, etc., should definitely be uploaded to the @internetarchive just as someone did with Playback. I'm willing to assist with this but I won't have time in the next few weeks. If anyone has the time to do it, please feel free.

Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month

*This* is the story

#BBC #Glastonbury #StopGenocide #Palestine #Gaza #StopTheGenocide

theintercept.com/2025/06/27/is…

L'un de mes artists favoris de tous les époques et peuples.
« Captain, don't you leave me,
Clear away in the morning,
There's no one here that needs me,
Oh, bring her round. » #Mastobada
youtube.com/watch?v=tT-HSu7SpH…

Purism- CNN Report

In a recent CNN report, skepticism surrounds the Trump Organization’s claim that its new “T1” smartphone is “Made in the USA.”

Experts, including Todd Weaver, CEO of Purism, challenged the claim, citing striking similarities between the T1 and a low-cost Chinese phone, the Revvl 7 Pro 5G, made by Wingtech, a Chinese manufacturer.

Weaver emphasized the logistical and technical difficulty of building a phone in the U.S.

Learn more at Purism:
puri.sm/posts/cnn-report-puris…

#Mastobada "capitaine"

Michel Tonnerre – Quinze marins

🎶 C'est Bill, le second du corsaire,
Le capitaine Flint en colère
Qu'est revenu du royaume des morts
Pour hanter la cache au trésor.

Quinze marins sur le bahut du mort
Yop là ho ! une bouteille de rhum
À boire et le diable avait réglé leur sort
Yop là ho ! une bouteille de rhum 🎶

youtu.be/hZCiMezDvMY

in reply to Ash_Crow

#Mastobada "capitaine"

Tri Yann – Le bal des morts-vivants

🎶 Tel un épouvantail entre un vieux capitaine
Croulant sous les médailles, de ferraille sonnant

"J'ai perdu chair et peau, mes yeux dans les tempêtes
Je n'ai plus que mes os, broyés par l'océan" 🎶

youtube.com/watch?v=6fhxZv8vrS…

Wszedł w życie European Accessibility Act. No i ciekawe jak to będzie. Podobnie jak z klauzulami niedozwolonymi pewnie pojawią się spryciarze szantażujący małe sklepy, bo nie wstawiły alta.

A co z dużymi? Co z Allegro, które jak wynika z artykułu ma duże problemy z dostępnością i na razie ich nie rozwiązuje?

subiektywnieofinansach.pl/pan-…

#dostępność

in reply to Robert Drózd

Z tego co rozumiem, w przeciwieństwie do Amerykańskiego ADA, coś takiego (niestety) w Europie nie ma sensu.

W USA to osoba niepełnosprawna wytacza proces, który może odwołać po osiągnięciu porozumienia z oskarżonym, tzw. settlement. Z racji, że w Amerykańskim systemie prawnym nie pokrywamy opłat za obsługę prawną strony przeciwnej, niezależnie od wyniku procesu, często bardziej opłaca się zapłacić trollowi, nawet jeżeli troll nie ma racji i sprawa jest do wygrania.

Tutaj takie "trollowanie" ma zdecydowanie mniej sensu. Każda sprawa musi i tak przejść przez urzędy, a osoba trollująca ma zdecydowanie mniej możliwości pójścia na ugodę. Spodziewam się też, że ewentualne kary (zwłaszcza te dla trolla) będą w rzeczywistości zdecydowanie mniejsze, co zniechęci do takich praktyk.

IMO ten Amerykański system wcale nie jest taki zły jak go malują, ale to już insza inszość.

I know why c: is the first Windows drive letter, but I had no idea about most of the rest of this. Mounting into folders? Hard links? I never knew Windows could do any of this. youtube.com/watch?v=7Rbw953DXg…