But did you know, that 'pypandoc' actually have 2 packages on PyPI?
The regular 'pypandoc' package that people typically install. And then it also has 'pypandoc_binary' which comes with a version of pandoc packaged - so you can get started right away.
pypandoc_binary, for the first month, just surpassed 1.000.000 downloads in the last 30 days.
That's amazing news. That means, that the total pypandoc project has been downloaded over 4.500.000 times over the last month.
thanks for letting us know this exists. I use Pandoc for some internal stuff at work, but I've never thought of looking for a Python package for it, I just call it via Python's subprocess module.
The Trump administration is set to oversee the largest mass resignation in US history on Tuesday, with more than 100,000 federal workers set to formally quit as part of the latest wave of its deferred resignation program.
With Congress facing a deadline of Tuesday to authorize more funding or spark a government shutdown, the White House has also ordered federal agencies to draw up plans for large-scale firings of workers if the partisan fight fails to yield a deal.
Workers preparing to leave government as part of the resignation program – one of several pillars of Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce – have described how months of “fear and intimidation” left them feeling like they had no choice but to depart.
“Federal workers stay for the mission. When that mission is taken away, when they’re scapegoated, when their job security is uncertain, and when their tiny semblance of work-life balance is stripped away, they leave,” a longtime employee at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) told the Guardian. “That’s why I left.”
The total resignation program is set to cost $14.8bn, with 200,000 workers paid their full salary and benefits while on administrative leave for up to eight months, according to a Senate Democrats’ report in July.
Trump officials argue this outlay is worth it. The Office of Personnel Management claimed the one-time costs lower longer-term spending by the federal government. It also criticized job protections of federal civil servants, claiming the government should have a “modern, at-will employment framework like most employers”.
Federal employees who took the deferred resignation offer requested to speak anonymously in hopes of returning to the federal government in the future and to protect future job prospects.
They are entering a lagging job market as the unemployment rate in August 2025 ticked up to 4.3%, the highest since 2021, and only 22,000 jobs were added amid disruptions and uncertainty caused by Trump’s tariffs.
“It’s a huge grieving process,” said a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee who took the deferred resignation offer.
“Myself and many others that I know really hoped that we would finish our careers with the government. We felt very tied, especially in the VA, to the mission.
“Many of us thought we could do better for our clients, for our veterans outside of the VA, and a lot of us were so burnt out from the six months before the deferred resignation that it was actually a mental health decision for many as well.”
Russell Vought, Trump’s head of the Office of Management and Budget, said of federal workers last October: “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down … We want to put them in trauma.”
“This is exactly what happened,” the USDA worker said. “I was scared to go to work. Scared that the next day would be the day I would get fired, or barred from future service, scared I would wait too long to leave and not find a job, and just living everyday like a raw nerve.”
“Purging the federal government of dedicated career federal employees will have vast, unintended consequences that will cause chaos for the Americans who depend on a functioning federal government,” said AFGE president Everett Kelley in February.
“This offer should not be viewed as voluntary.
“Between the flurry of anti-worker executive orders and policies, it is clear that the Trump administration’s goal is to turn the federal government into a toxic environment where workers cannot stay even if they want to.” theguardian.com/us-news/2025/s…
Hey Stephen, just a note to say your alttext isn't all that helpful to someone using a screen reader. Simply saying "projector by pool" without giving any context as to what said projector is displaying doesn't really give a blind user much more info than if you hadn't described it at all. Just a note for the future, and thanks for adding alttext in the first place.
i greatly appreciate the transparency of roberth and ericson on stating their ongoing commitment to ensuring there's fascists in the #nixos community, stunting the ability of the moderation team to be effective and burning out moderators. i hope the results are borne out in election results and community trust of them.
absolutely nothing has been learned in the last year and a half, but i genuinely appreciate them going out and straight up admitting to being the problem. likely tomberek is also part of the fascist enabling contingent (close to the other two, previous behaviour, known views).
the ongoing meddling of the SC in moderation affairs has been a big reason why I've not put a single volunteer commit in nixpkgs in the last year. i only fix stuff i need for my job. i know several people who also hold this view.
I'm posting this because I think it's valuable for people to understand the reason people act like i do about nixpkgs, but otherwise the NixOS project is not my circus, not my monkeys. I'm not going to stress about it, it doesn't represent me anymore, not that it ever really did.
like a wildly abusive ex that left me traumatized, i can't fix her (the NixOS project governance) so i need to disengage and hold my boundaries.
p.s. please do not go harass them. i do not mean to lend any legitimacy to the SC election process producing any outcome that's good for the community, however if you think it is useful to vote them out, be my guest.
The Mormon church just argued in SCOTUS that trans people are not afforded equal protection under the law. This isn't even "separate but equal". This is "you do not have rights".
Tchán si pustil Superdebetu, já jsem tam uviděl tu “panebožetojepíča” Konečnou a rozhodl jsem se dát raději přednost knížce. Odvoleno mám, tak proč si ničit večer. Dobrou plantážníci!
BTW, slyšet komunistickou kurvu básnit o referendu, to je ale úplný vrchol lidského odpadu …
Příjemné nedělní odpoledne s dixileandem na svatováclavské slavnosti. Tak to má být. aktuální nahrávku nemám, tak alespoň poslední vystoupení v hudební kavárně: facebook.com/61552852773492/vi…
Beeindruckend finde ich den lebendigen und vielfältigen Austausch in den #Matrix Räumen von @librechurch@kirche.social auf synod.im Von Fragen und Ideen zu digital souveränen Tools, die auf dem Marktplatz diskutiert werden bis zu Erfahrungen und Herausforderungen immer kleiner werdender christlicher Gemeinden im Raum Glauben teilen.
@aral @joynewacc Dear all, I am still trapped in northern Gaza and do not have enough money to evacuate to the south. The bombing is approaching, and the army is very close to us, with danger surrounding us from all sides. I urgently need $1,500 to secure transportation and escape to a safer area. Any help from you now could save my life. Please, don’t leave me alone. gofund.me/4d8ba4f7 #gazacity #palestine #GazaWar #helpgaza #helping
Je vais partager les cagnottes de mes ami-es gazaoui-es, parce qu’ils ont bien besoin de soutien. Certain-es sont sur le Fediverse, mais pas tout le monde. Tout le monde a été vérifié, soit directement par moi, soit par Molly Shah, soit par Aral Balkan, soit par Radio Watermelon.
Si quelqu’un est sur le Fediverse mais pas taggé, dites moi et j’édite mes toots.
Je commence par la cagnotte de mon cher ami Mohammed Shobair, 22 ans, de Gaza Ville, qui est sur ce réseau : @mohshbair. Il raconte sa vie quotidienne, c’est très touchant. Il nourrit les 8 personnes de sa famille avec cette cagnotte : ses parents, ses frères Atiya et Abdulrahman, sa sœur Rasha, qui est enceinte, le mari de celle-ci Shadi, et leur fils Khamis, 4 ans. Leur vie est très difficile entre le mal-logement et le manque de nourriture.
My name is Thomas and I live in France and in the UK. I'm hosting Mohammed's campaign because Palestinians cannot host their own campaigns. If you've got any questions or if you'd like any proofs, I'm happy to provide you with these.
Ensuite voici la cagnotte de mon ami Mohammed Salem. Mohammed a 19 ans, il rêve de devenir médecin, malheureusement la guerre l’a empêché de terminer le lycée (études secondaires). Je sais que les Palestiniens s’organisent depuis quelques semaines pour permettre aux lycéens de passer leurs examens en ligne, je lui souhaite beaucoup de courage. En attendant il a du mal à nourrir sa famille.
Maintenant la cagnotte de Motaz. Motaz est architecte, ses compétences seront très utiles lorsqu’il s’agira de reconstruire la vie des Gazaouis. Motaz est mariée à Marrah, architecte elle aussi et designer, et ensemble ils ont une fille, Miela. La perte de poids de Motaz à cause de la faim est vraiment spectaculaire. Il est très courageux, j’aimerais qu’il n’ait pas à être aussi courageux.
Ensuite la cagnotte de mon ami Sakher @Sakhergaza13. Lui et sa fiancée Reem @reem_osama forment un couple adorable. C’était l’anniversaire de Reem il y a quelques jours. Sakher et Reem vivent mal la situation actuelle, psychologiquement c’est très dur, ils ont besoin de soutien.
Adeeb Salem a 17 ans, c’est le cousin de Mohammed dont j’ai parlé quelques toots plus tôt. Lui aussi rêve d’étudier la médecine. J’ai pu les appeler en visio tous les deux à l’occasion d’une marche pour la Palestine. Ça leur a beaucoup plu de voir ça 😊 Je n’ai pas de nouvelles depuis plusieurs jours, j’espère qu’il va bien.
Abdullah @AbdullahSaleh a 20 ans. Avant la guerre, il étudiait dans une école d’agronomie, son rêve était de devenir vétérinaire. Son père et son grand frère viennent de mourir d’une mort horrible, maintenant c’est lui qui doit s’occuper de ses petits frères et sœur, dont un est paralysé. C’est l’horreur, il a vraiment besoin d’aide.
Comme moi, mon ami Mahmood est ingénieur logiciel (mais il est bien meilleur développeur que moi haha). Il a 3 enfants. Sa vie dans la bande de Gaza est très difficile. Il provoque régulièrement des débats intéressants et il raconte des choses bien sur son compte, n’hésitez pas à le suivre : @MahmoudGaza.
In 2016, after Trump had announced his candidacy, David Fahrenthold of the Washington Post decided to investigate Trump’s “charity,” the Trump Foundation, and immediately discovered that the whole thing was a giant fraud.
Trump had spent years soliciting donations from people, promising to donate that money to actual charities, and then spending that money on whatever he wanted instead. The lawsuit that eventually dissolved the foundation and banned Trump and his kids from running a charity in New York State called it “a shocking pattern of illegality.”
I want to emphasize that Fahrenthold undertook the most cursory of investigations and immediately discovered that the Trump Foundation was a giant grift, theft on the scale of tens of millions of dollars, out in the open for decades.
⏳A Final Call from Gaza ⏳ We are at our most dangerous stage. Roads are closing, safety is fading, and time is running out. ✦ We urgently need your support for the basics: shelter, food, medicine, and a safe place for children. ⏳ This is our last call: If you can help, please donate via gofund.me/334c7485 If not, sharing this appeal or tagging someone who can may save a life. 💔 In Gaza we live on hope and your prayers with your support, we can make it through another day. #gaza #palestine
Hey man, I can't even begin to say how sorry I am for what is happening to you and the people of Gaza. My family is following the work closely and it's frankly insane how long this has been aloud to go on. I will see if I can donate, and get others to do so as well. Stay strong my friend, I promise you things will get better.
The world is waking up to the catastrophe, and I really can't see it being allowed to go on for much longer. That of course doesn't undo the horrific actions taken by the Israeli government, but I hope we can save as many people as possible and somehow begin to re-build.
@ZBennoui Thank you so much, my friend 🙏 Your words mean a lot to me in these dark times. Knowing that you and your family are following, supporting, and spreading awareness gives us strength to keep going. Every bit of help counts, whether through donations or simply sharing our story. I truly hope, as you said, that this nightmare will end soon and that we will have the chance to rebuild our lives with dignity. Grateful always for your solidarity ❤️
I had a follow request from someone who calls themself a "Proud American" I DM'd back and asked what they are proud of and I am now blocked. A Sunday mystery.
💻 📱 🤖 Bots exist on social media. It's often difficult to know if we are simply having a disagreement with a real person or a bot so here's an article what might help us Spot a Bot.
ABC reported that in #Maine, the task of feeding people is getting harder because there are fewer volunteers and food supplies are getting scarce. #BasicIncome kills two birds with one stone. Many people would be more than happy to volunteer if they had the time. And UBI eases the strain on food pantries since more people can buy their own. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ma…
Over 200 of us have come together as Women Against the Far Right in Scotland and written an open letter rejecting the far right’s racist lies about “protecting” women and girls. news.stv.tv/politics/nicola-st…
I think we should treat people who get scammed and come out and talk about it like heroes. And this is important: no matter how "obvious" the scam might seem in retrospect or from the outside of the community it prey'd on.
The more I look at scams the more I think this is major factor in how they keep going and keep coming back.
“MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, ally of Trump, defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 pres election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.”
Mike Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge ruled.
Stará čistírna odpadních vod v Praze - Bubenči byla postavena v letech 1901 – 1906 jako poslední článek stokové sítě v Praze. Sloužila až do roku 1967.
Whenever you see someone recommend Cloudflare or something else that decrypts and re-encrypts TLS for something, esp. for something related to open social media or media storage etc., reply with this picture from the Snowden leaks
Add a setting please. It would be the best of both worlds. Thanks for caring for accessibility, each developer like you is important and makes us happier!
Cuando mandan la alerta no les preocupa la población, sino la reputación. Y también el descargo de responsabilidades. Quedó claro el año pasado. Pero oye, mientras la manden, si vale para prevenir una desgracia, bien mandada está.
The first stable release of dav_push 🚀 with day-1 support for Nextcloud 32 🥳.
What's Changed
Removed support for Nextcloud versions < 31.0.3 (newer versions of 31 are still supported)
Added suppor...
Did you get enough input on how to solve the performance issues with pushing updates to many users, yet? If not, I have implementation ideas and would generally recommend to use a similar approach (or even reuse the existing solution?) as the Nextcloud Assistant is using, i.e. service workers that consume a task queue.
Let me know if there are still open questions and you'd like to chat about it (I can't promise the capacity to implement anything myself, though).
Mozilla is introducing Google Lens-powered visual search to Firefox desktop, enabling users to right-click images for contextual searches in an opt-in feature that prioritizes privacy. This partnership aims to boost engagement amid AI-driven browser innovations, though it raises questions about Google dependency and competitive dynamics.
If you have *first hand experience* of improving the diversity of a governance board of (currently all men) volunteers, I'd love to hear how you went about it, or resources which helped you, please.
What did you find helped make the role more attractive to a wider range of applicants to join?
(This is in the context of a Free software project, but broader contexts are welcome.)
Not specifically in this context, but I have experience in various diversity programmes. One thing to highlight:
When you frame the problem as ‘we need more women’ (or more people of a particular ethnicity, or sexual orientation, or whatever) then this immediately devalues people in the group that you are trying to target. We did a lot of work at Microsoft to try to stop senior leadership boasting at all-hands meetings that they’d hired more women, because women in the audience immediately thought ‘was I hired just because I’m a woman?’ And then thought ‘do my colleagues think I was hired because I am a woman?’ Which then immediately undermines them in their job.
Not having women in leadership positions is not the problem, it is a trailing indicator of the problem. The root problems are likely to be things like:
You are recruiting from places women avoid, or which favour men.
You are recruiting via your networks, where women are underrepresented.
You are encouraging an in-group culture that makes everyone not in that group feel excluded and this disproportionately affects women (you will also be losing other people for the same reason).
You are organising things at times that are inconvenient for people with carer responsibilities, which disproportionately affects women.
You are looking for people who have a lot of free time and this systematically excludes a load of people (you can’t fix this as a volunteer project, but you can push for government equity initiatives).
Remember: your goal is to find the best people. The fact that roughly 52% of the population are self-deselecting before you even get to evaluate them on relevant metrics is a significant indicator that you are failing at this. Keep that framing in mind.
I've been thinking about how this hacker News comment applies to the way we feel about tech, regardless of our positions on broader political issues: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4539... I'm politically a progressive, but prone to being a tech reactionary. But I know the past wasn't all better.
do you think the code block could use slightly more separation from the rest of the post? I.e. a slightly shaded background for the whole block for example?
(I find it sometimes hard to parse where a code block begins and ends when its embedded in a longer post which might also contain inline code.)
@Bubu yes I think, but for now I'm trying to fix what's broken in the current version. Fancy styling will come as well, but later otherwise I'll never be finished 😅
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