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The Dulon Von Paradis Project:
I’m honored to be the recipient of a Canada Counsel for the Arts Research and Development grant. Along with my colleague Michelle Coon, I’ll be travelling to Europe in March, 2026, to research the lives and work of Friedrich Dulon and Maria Theresia Von Paradis. They were contemporaries, classical musicians and composers who achieved renown in their lifetimes, who travelled to perform, worked hard at their art, and were both Blind. My interest is as a musician and storyteller. Michelle’s is as a music historian and flutist. As I think and plan ahead for our journey, I’m collecting my thoughts by writing them down, cause that’s what I do. I’m posting on Patreon. Check out my first post at this link. patreon.com/posts/dulon-von-bl…

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Amazon says it is rolling out a tougher approach to combat illegal sports streaming on Fire TV Stick devices, aiming to block apps that stream pirated content (Adam Leventhal/The Athletic)

nytimes.com/athletic/6776394/2…
techmeme.com/251112/p9#a251112…


Amazon steps up attempts to block illegal sports streaming via Fire TV Sticks

The U.S. company will block apps loaded onto all of its Fire Stick devices that are identified as providing pirated content
Adam Leventhal (The Athletic)

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🚨Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions!

Google will allow 'experienced users' to more easily install Android apps made by unverified developers.

More details 👇

🔗androidauthority.com/android-p…

Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions

Google has announced it is building a new way for 'experienced users' to install Android apps that haven't been verified.
Mishaal Rahman (Android Authority)

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The bug where after being on for 24-36 hours, the second hard drive on my #framework 16 laptop just...disappears...is getting really, really old. I thought it was temperature, so I started logging that. But nope. It's not an issue with the flash, because the data always comes back just fine, and there are no read errors or anything. It just gets tired after a day and decides to go for a nap. This is the problem with a fully repairable laptop: I installed it, so whatever's wrong, it's now my problem. I can't just go bother Del or whomever. It's running #Windows 11 because screen readers on Linux are still terrible, so anyone suggesting "install Linux" as the answer gets blocked. But I really don't think it's a Windows thing; it's not in device manager, or anywhere. Only fully powering down the machine and turning it back on again helps. A restart isn't enough. So it has to be a hardware thing!
#Windows #framework

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Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Plant Sticker. Come on guys, this is a family friendly platform. Either keep it in your pots or get a field already.
collabs.shop/eco6yk
A sticker of a succulent plant that says "cactus in the streets tender succulent in the sheets".

Cactus in the Streets Tender Succulent in the Streets Vinyl Sticker

Reads: "Cactus in the Streets Tender Succulent in the Streets". Theme: pun, punny quotes, plant lovers Our glossy finish protects stickers from harmful UV rays, so they will stay vibrant on laptops, water bottles, bikes, and more.
The Bullish Store

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Eminem sorta-discovering Ez Mil and bringin him on a track to drop this ridiculous tongue twister in tagalog is nuts

Rookie Gs actin' thuggish, you pawns to me, shut the fuck up
Annihilation's what we love, steady hittin', gettin' dubs
Just wait 'til we get the guns out
Kwarenta-singko na kalibre o nuwebe, 'kaw na bahala
Sa dinami-rami mong mali, utak mo lang may tama
Sa kitid mo mag-isip, pare, 'la ka man lang nabanat
Naglalim-laliman, ang sarap mong ilublob sa dagat
'Di kailangang magpatunay sa sinuman ang nakikinig
'Di masasalag ng sintido o ng iyong bibig
Picture this, I might be a hero to your little kid
Or a villain, either way, I'm the fuckin' head honcho

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feld

translation is roughly:

"45 caliber or 9, your choice
You have made a lot of mistakes (Out of all your misses) (You have lots of defects)
Your brain will take the hit (Only your brain took the hit) (Only your brain was correct - It's sarcastic because it also implies that even your brain has its flaws)
With your narrow thinking, you couldn’t even respond
Delving Depths/Feigning depth, I'd love to submerge you in the ocean
No need to prove anything to those who are listening
Won't be deflected by reason or your words (Your temple or mouth will not stop this)"

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Is the ice breaking? Keep on the fire!

androidauthority.com/android-p…

(the article lacks the source for "today Google announced", so I take it with a pinch of skeptic – but there's hope this is true 😉 )


Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions

Google has announced it is building a new way for 'experienced users' to install Android apps that haven't been verified.
Mishaal Rahman (Android Authority)

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This is just a general reminder as a rule of thumb: in general, please be extremely nice to IT support. It is actually astonishing to me how often people in a variety of different environments will just constantly be mean, abusive and uncooperative with people in support roles even when they're the ones asking for help.
Someone has to keep things running, and they are probably dramatically underfunded (with management constantly considering contracting out and layoffs)

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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

Wir waren noch nicht in der Lage, diese und andere Funktionen zu erforschen, da wir mit Projekten wie dem Hinzufügen von Exchange-Unterstützung, der Arbeit an der Kalender-Benutzeroberfläche und unserer neuen Datenbank beschäftigt waren. Aber der beste Ort, um Unterstützung für die Entwicklung dieser Funktion zu zeigen (und alle Updates zu verfolgen), ist dieser Vorschlag auf Mozilla Connect: connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/s…

Support VJOURNAL in Thunderbird

 # already has a great support for VTODO VCALENDAR and contacts. What is missing though is support for VJOURNAL entries. Journals are close to calendar entries.
connect.mozilla.org
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Tamas G

I'm definitely sorry for all your struggles, and really empathize with the feeling. Dev work is never easy, but man is it rewarding when you get it right, and that's probably why I spring for it. I have very little C++ knowledge, get me into Mutexes and race conditions and I get lost quite easily. I can read the code and know what it does, but for sure my stomping ground is Python and JS / web. I'm also super busy work to the extent that, quite frankly, I just don't want to touch a computer once I'm done or look at code in my spare time, because all day every day I'm asked to do that for audits, customer tickets, pull requests, ETC, and I have zero motivation for code at the end of my day or weekends. That's just the truth, man. Full-time work will suck the soul out of you like that. Hopefully over time someone else will jump along, but until then, you've got two very powerful things on your side:
Patience, and tools. The first will help you use the second, and for tools, I encourage trying others, even free tears of Gemini or GPT 5 can be good. It does limit how much you can send it, but for these critical questions, jumping out to another AI for clarification is not a bad idea. I know with your determination we'll get there, afterall, your decades-push helped us get here today, too.
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According to Valve, they managed to run pretty much all x86 games (so far) on their new ARM-based PCs thanks to this FOSS project:

github.com/FEX-Emu/FEX

This runs together with Proton to seamlessly transcode Windows x86 games for Steam OS on ARM. FOSS is THAT cool!

#foss #valve


GitHub - FEX-Emu/FEX: A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux

A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux - FEX-Emu/FEX
GitHub
#foss #valve

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So about the #Mona app. Given that version 7 is going to be a massive app rewrite and refactoring, I have many issues. The first is the paying. This app is a huge rewrite. All that time and effort? That deserves money. Where I put my foot down is you making a whole new app to get around all of the people, including me, that paid for lifetime subscription. That seems wildly underhanded to me. And you’re releasing it as a new app? Rather than a app upgrade? To make sure that we’re kind of forced to pay for the new app? Hard no from me. I read every single reply in that thread. There is a test flight link. Even though it is in beta, it is relying way too heavily on LLM’s for me to want to try it. I read in the thread that choosing a post language is no longer an option, and that the app relies on an LLM to guess what that language is. Even in a beta, that clearly signals what you started developing direction wise and I’m just not interested. I keep thinking about the question I asked the developer long before Mastodon had it’s moment. The developer told me no Mastodon app would be made. Fine. But this looks like cash cow development to fund whatever LLM you stuck in the app. I’m not happy. The accessibility of the app is unmatched, especially for VoiceOver users, but I fund honest, even agressive, donation requests. I will happily pay a subscription to support development but not like this. Is there another app with as much care and VoiceOver love? #Fediverse #Mastodon #Accessibility #A11y
#a11y #Accessibility #fediverse #Mastodon #mona
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