Why do I refer to the bike as a "lamplighter"? In the old days lamp lighting was a job. A lamp lighter went around in the evening usually with a ladder and lit up each gas powered lamp post in turn.
Some of the people doing this job had specialist bikes made that were very tall. Then they could just cycle between each one, hold on (or lean) and light them without needing the ladder.
The design here is classic lamplighter bike style, albeit scaled down. A real lamplighter would be over 7 foot.
We’re excited to announce that Mastodon 4.4 is now generally available as an upgrade for all Mastodon servers. The update brings improvements to profiles, navigation, list management, media controls, server moderation notes, and more.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/07/…
Improved profile features, enhanced list management, refreshed navigation, and the initial part of our Quote Posts implementation. All of these and more, in our latest release.Mastodon Blog
Thunderbird 140 “Eclipse” is here! Our latest Extended Support Release (ESR) has improved visuals, including dark message mode, native OS notifications, a new Account Hub, and even more features to give you total control over your inbox and get on with your day.
Read about these and other changes and improvements, including experimental Exchange support, at our blog.
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/w…
Our future's so bright, we need ISO-approved shades. Find out what's shiny in our new Extended Security Release, Thunderbird 140 "Eclipse."Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
Another one of my posts. This one on the topic of AI tools as assistive technology, what's working, what isn't and why, all without the hype that too many people tend to lean into when discussing this technology:
When Independence Meets Uncertainty: My Journey with AI-Powered Vision
A blind user's candid assessment of the promises and pitfalls of current AI accessibility tools
open.substack.com/pub/kaylielf…
#AI #Accessibility #Substack #ComputerVision #AssistiveTechnology #Blog
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Purism Featured in Fortune- Secure Linux Phone Made in the USA electronics- No Surveillance, Data Mining, Targeted Ads, and No Clicking on "I Agree"
While Big Tech claims U.S. smartphone manufacturing is “impossible” or “too expensive,” Purism CEO Todd Weaver is proving otherwise.
In a recent Fortune feature, Weaver shares how Purism’s Liberty Phone—built near San Diego with U.S.-made electronics—delivers security.
Watch the interview at Purism:
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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
Provided to YouTube by Sintez RecordsТихие Песни · Машина ВремениКартонные Крылья Любви℗ Sintez RecordsReleased on: 1996-01-01Composer: А. КутиковLyricist: А...YouTube
I'm seriously getting old.
a Hall Pass used to be what you had when you weren't in class, but no.
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And u-haul was for shipping!
But, no.
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Yesterday someone started a comment with the sentence "Lowkey. "
Where can one buy modern brains, please?
There are so many problems with the idea of a Hall Pass for a celebrity.weblog.masukomi.org
short note: WCAG/ARIA – state of confusion
"If something a person does to a thing causes it to change then the change is reflected in the code"
IONOS: Zuverlässige SSL Zertifikate kaufen ✔ 256 Bit Verschlüsselung ✔ Günstiger Preis ✔ Geringe Kosten ✔ Innerhalb weniger Minuten eingerichtetwww.ionos.de
As web developers, we love a good animation, right? But let's be honest, sometimes we get caught up in the wow factor and forget that our websites exist for real people with diverse needs. One hidden hurdle for some users is motion sensitivity.Elizabeth Lola (freeCodeCamp.org)
Accessibility matters—see which cities are setting the standard for inclusive travel.CaLea Johnson (Mental Floss)
Nach den Geschehnissen in den USA sollten sich alle Email-Nutzer*innen darüber klar sein oder werden, wie gefährlich es ist, private Daten in die Hände von Tech-Riesen zu geben und Nutzer*innen von Google und Co. sollten über einen Wechsel nachdenken.
Hannovers Softwareschmiede Tuta ist in den letzten Jahren mit ihrer gelungenen Entwicklung für sichere und verschlüsselte Emails auf mehr als 10 Millionen Nutzer gewachsen.
Kostenloses Email-Account erstellen: tuta.com/de
Tuta garantiert, dass deine Daten privat bleiben, kostenlos und ohne Werbung. Die quantenresistente Verschlüsselung macht Tuta zur besten Lösung, um deine Privatsphäre zu schützen.Tuta
Ich bin sehr geneigt, von gmail wegzuwechseln, gerne zu tuta.
Fragen an den Schwarm:
Welche posi- bzw negativen Erfahrungen habt Ihr mit Tuta?
Wird tuta langfristig durchhalten? (10+ Jahre?)
Danke vorab.🤗
readdir related fixes that came to notice during development of this pull request: #17440GitHub
A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP...GitHub
Signal's "Delete for everyone" only works on messages sent in the last 24 hours.
Do you think that's great for preserving a consistent message history? Or do you think this is an unnecessary limitation where you can't take back what you said?
support.signal.org/hc/en-us/ar…
Poll: Messengers should let you delete messages...
Goodbye Google, Hello Privacy 👋
Discover how your Tuta Calendar compares to Google and others 👉 tuta.com/blog/private-calendar…
Ready for a Google Calendar alternative? Check out Tuta Calendar, Proton Calendar, and OurCal as private replacements to Big G.Tuta
python's built-in urllib module still doesn't support http2 (nor http3) in the year of 2025, luckily pycurl exists and supports modern standards
PycURL - Python interface to libcurl. Contribute to pycurl/pycurl development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Perhaps it's just me, but I do find it amusing that the GNU Readline 8.3 announcement, in July 2025, gives two FTP URLs as the primary way to obtain the software. I don't remember when I last fired up an FTP client, and my web browser has long since forgotten how to do it too.
Following the example of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which is moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice, the Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is doing the same.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
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Keeping tabs on #curl's memory use
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/08…
One of the harder things to look out for in a software project is slow or gradual decay over a long period of time. Like if we gradually make a library 1% slower or use 2% more memory every other month.daniel.haxx.se
TL;DR: Unless you have user testing results saying otherwise, maybe put a check-all checkbox outside the table.Adrian Roselli
NVDA 2025.2 Beta 2 is now available for testing! Changes in beta 2 include:
- Braille updates correctly when typing in Excel.
- Fixed a bug with the NLS eReader Zoomax driver.
- Fixed errors in object navigation with braille in XAML static text controls.
- Fixed root certificate issues in the Add-on Store.
- Updates to translations.
For full details and to download, please visit: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2b…
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Update #PreRelease #Beta
NVDA, the free and open source Screen Reader for Microsoft Windows - nvaccess/nvdaGitHub
Attached: 1 image 📷 8:46 PM #FediversalPIcturesbeige.party
Oh hey! Elements of Programming is now free because their publisher decided to stop printing them.
This is exciting and if you want to get an incredible introduction to type theory from first principles it's one of my more favorite texts on the subject. It does use C++ as it's reference language but you don't really need to know very much C++ in order to appreciate the text. IIRC it introduces what you need to know as it uses various features.
In the 80s and 90s, some desktop PCs included a "Turbo" button, but what it actually did was a little unclear. What was it for and why don't PCs have them now?Anthoni Oisin (SlashGear)
APH, HumanWare, Vispero, and the JAWS screen reader, are teaming up to break barriers with a new program for multi-line...Devon Price (American Printing House)
Apple Shifts iPhone Production to India—But Purism Has Been Leading the Way for Over a Decade
Amid rising U.S.-China tensions, Apple is fast-tracking its move to shift iPhone production to India, aiming for a full transition by 2026.
While Apple’s diversification marks an important shift for Big Tech, Purism has spent more than a decade building secure, privacy-respecting devices right here in the United States.
Learn more at Purism: puri.sm/posts/apple-moves-ipho…
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
There’s a GNOME hacker currently in an unsafe living situation. Unfortunately I can’t commit to hosting someone at my place, but can any of my friends out there provide a safe temporary living situation within the continental US?
Please contact @deobald (or reply privately here and I can connect you).
fantastic.earth/@deobald/11480…
this week’s @gnome foundation report is out:blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/07…
there’s a small appeal at the end for some help for a hacker who is currently in an unsafe situation in the usa. if you can help, please contact me.
2025-07-05 Foundation Update
## The Cat's Out Of The Bag Since some of you are bound to see this Reddit comment, and my reply, it's probably useful for me to address it in a more public forum, even if it violates my "No...Steven Deobald (The Everyone Environment)
To my fellow Monarch users.
in this video concerning the 1.3 firmware release of the Monarch, it mentions that the WingIt drawing iOS app is now available, just wondering if its only in the US iOS App Store as I can't locate it as yet down here in Australia?
share.synthesia.io/92e56c19-3a…
Watch the AI video "Monarch Version 1.3 Introduction" generated with Synthesia.synthesia.io
"I don’t know how to run a community forum in this future. I do not have the time or emotional energy to screen out regular attacks by Large Language Models, with the knowledge that making the wrong decision costs a real human being their connection to a niche community."
Shit. SHIT!
#Klimakatstrophe
Meldung von Met4Cast:
"We’re going to need a bigger scale..
The exceptional mediterranean heatwave continues with anomalies close to 8°C above average.
This is around 9 standard deviations above normal. 5 is considered an exceptional, once in a several thousand year event. This is EXTREME."
Wer's überprüfen will:
apps.socib.es/subregmed-indica…
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in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox • • •I've been wanting to switch to using one email client instead of several for a long time.
But the IMAP protocol is disturbing because if delete some messages from another place, then the main client will automatically delete the messages after synchronization. A mechanism similar to snapshots is needed.
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Unknown parent • • •@nicolaottomano You're so welcome, and thank YOU for being such a long-time Thunderbird user!
(Also, noticed you're on an Italian Mastodon server, so you might be interested in this AMA on the Italian Mozilla forums with our director of Desktop and Mobile apps!: forum.mozillaitalia.org/index.…)
"Ask Me Anything": il Direttore di Thunderbird risponde alle vostre domande
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