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Für alle, die vielleicht verwirrt sind ob der scharfen Kritik an den Aussagen von #Streeck vor allem auch aus der behinderten Community: Man darf die Frage, ob es bei nem Hundertjährigen noch lohnt teure Medikamente zu verabreichen NICHT stellen. Das ist eine absolut unveräußerliche Grenze, die wir nicht überschreiten dürfen. Dahinter stecken Ideen wie: ab bzw. bis zu welcher Überlebenswahrscheinlichkeit darf/soll man helfen? Wie viel ist ein Menschenleben wert? Was ist noch "rentabel", was nicht mehr? Das geht gegen die grundlegende Menschenwürde. Es wiegt Menschenleben und Lebenszeit In Geld auf. Es stellt eine lächerliche, ausgedachte kapitalistische Logik von "was lohnt sich" über den Menschen selbst. Das ist entmenschlichend, das darf NIEMALS passieren. Weil es letztlich auch immer die Frage danach stellt, welches Leben lebenswert ist. Das ist Eugenik in Reinform.
#streeck

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Thinking about how it'd be possible to compress strings in the FreeBSD kernel. There are lots of strings that are rarely used, and also, they would compress very well. They are usually ASCII and have lots of similarities (e.g. starting with "%s :", or all the printf format specifications).

The difficulty is how to make it happen and have the decompression happen transparently with minimal overhead and impact.

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‼️Hay que acabar con la impunidad de #Israel.

Por eso denunciamos ante la Audiencia Nacional el asalto a la Flotilla de la Libertad y la detención ilegal de sus tripulación, además de las torturas que padecieron y otros delitos.

📺 @enriquesantiago

#PalestinaVencerá🇵🇸✊

#israel #PalestinaVencera @Enrique Santiago

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Ich war gerade mit Cookie in der Tierklinik beim Augenarzt, weil sie beim letzten Mal ja mit dem rechten Auge nichts gesehen hat...

Die Tierklinik hat uns jetzt an die tierärztliche Hochschule in Hannover überwiesen. Rechtes Auge blind, oberflächlich ist kein Grund erkennbar. Jetzt Ultraschall, ggf. MRT und Elektroretinogramm... Ich will lieber nicht wissen, was das kostet 😵‍💫

Nachtrag: Und natürlich hoffe ich am meisten, dass meine Maus nichts Schlimmes hat 🥺❤️

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Here's an excellent write-up summing up the state of #GameAccessibility in the last 5 years by Grant Stoner. To say it was a rollercoaster of emotions is an understatement. We had incredible innovation and progress in games like The Last of Us or Forza, but for all of those we also had many disappointments that either came tantalizingly close but weren't accessible to some groups of people like totally blind gamers, or just straight up didn't really offer any accessibility features but still got a lot of praise and awards. We also lost some very good people. The industry is also undergoing some difficult times with way too many layoffs. And yet, I'm optimistic we’ll still see some wonderful things in the future. If this year is anything to go by, even if there won't be as many accessible Tripple-A releases, we're also seeing a rise in accessibility mods becoming more frequent. Ultimately what sums up these last 5 years, and probably the future as well is the last paragraph Grant wrote: "

> How do you explain the past five years of accessibility? Both Xbox and PlayStation are fixtures within the disabled community. They uplift us, highlight our work, and give us opportunities to be better advocates. And in equal measure they frustrate us, casting us aside in perplexing moments of grief and frustration. If anything, these five years are a testament to disabled perseverance in an industry that still struggles to fully welcome us."

polygon.com/ps5-xbox-series-x-…


The PS5 and Series X era promised inclusion, but the reality is more complicated

As we mark five years of PS5 and Series X, it’s a fitting moment to examine the highs and lows of accessibility.
Grant Stoner (Polygon.com)
#gameaccessibility

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Wrt what I posted yesterday, I downloaded the GNOME OS live ISO, started it in a vm, and pressed alt+super+S. Orca started. So far, so good. But now I have to get through gnome-initial-setup, and I have to select a time zone, and, for the life of me, I can't figure out how to get a selection to stick so that the Next button is no longer grayed out. Fml.
Edit: I think I'm hitting gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-i…

Timezone selection page can not be accessible in the current UI layout (#226) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-initial-setup · GitLab

Because of how the timezone selection page works now - the selection is confirmed on the map widget or by automatic selection (which obviously does not work), it...
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RE: floss.social/@IzzyOnDroid/1155…

As it worked so well last time, may we ask you again? Some entries are still open, some new ones were added. And to help you find apps you might be interested in verifying, their names (or what they do) are/is now highlighted in bold letters.

Still walking the entire repo, app by app, so the list might grow a bit more. And every little hint you can give, is valuable and helping us. So thanks to all who did – plus in advance to those who will! 🤗

#IzzyOnDroid #serviceToot :boost_love:

IzzyOnDroid ✅

2025-11-09 13:02:33

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Dear #IzzyOnDroid community, we need your help for keeping our repo as useful as possible. No tech knowledge needed for this one, so anybody who's got an #Android device and some spare time can jump in here:

codeberg.org/IzzyOnDroid/Every…

Are you using any of those apps, or would be willing to install one (or more) of them to see if they are still useful? Please then report there, or here to this #serviceToot – so we can get that issue solved 🙏

Thank you all in advance!

:boost_love:



metadata reorg subtask: deciding about miscellaneous dormant apps

This is a spin-off from #10 where I'd like some input from the team, concerning how to handle the following unmaintained apps: * [x] [`com.projects.musicplayer`](https://apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.projects.
Codeberg.org

#serviceToot #izzyondroid

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@AccessOn I have just listened to the reading of the letter sent by the NFB to Vispero.
I would like to highly congratulate Mr Riccobono, not only for communicating the serious concerns of blind people worldwide regarding Vispero, but also for what I consider to be one of the most excellent pieces of communication I have ever listened to. I am completely behind the NFB's stance which has been taken and I agree with every word.
@Access On

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GrapheneOS Based On AOSP QPR1 Initial Port Completed
Yesterday (2025-11-11), the most recent major quarterly release of Android (Android 16 QPR1) was pushed to the Android Open Source Project after being delayed since 2025-09-03. We've completed our initial port of all our changes to it and are building an experimental release now.

GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social)

GrapheneOS (GrapheneOS Mastodon)
#grapheneos
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Joe Brockmeier (jzb)

Like I said a few weeks ago -- petitioning Google, Apple, or any BigCo to "please, please, please let us get what we want" instead of what benefits the BigCos first is a losing strategy.

Their interests are simply too divergent from ours. The bigger they get, the less incentive they have to do what users consider the right thing, and the harder it is to have any leverage with them as a customer.

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Google cancels plans to require Android application certification outside of the Play Store

Only a few months ago, Google announced it was going to require that all Android applications - even those installed outside of the Play Store - had to be verified. This led to a massive backlash, and it seems our protests and complaints have had effect:

osnews.com/story/143786/google…

#Android

Google cancels plans to require Android application certification outside of the Play Store – OSnews

www.osnews.com
#android

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Dnes jsem se dozvěděl, že v minulém roce nám EU směrnicí 2024/1438 vrátila "jahodovou marmeládu":

> Členské státy však mohou s ohledem na výrazy běžně používané spotřebiteli povolit, aby se na jejich území používal výraz ‚marmeláda‘ pro název výrobku ‚džem‘, s výjimkou džemu z citrusových plodů.

A MÉDIA O TOM MLČÍ! 😀

eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten…

L_202401438CS.000101.fmx.xml

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Friend: How many domains do you have registered?
Me: Don't ask.
Friend: Come on. What's the big secret between friends?
Me: Hmm, maybe 100. IDK.
Friend: Oh, I see. And what do you do with them? Do you have apps or websites?
Me: Oh yeah, I have 4 websites and 2 apps.
Friend: You must be making lots of money, then? Are you loaded?
Me: Zero paying users. It's the cost of being an 'idea person' & mu way of dealing unresolved issues in my life.
Friend: Yeah, right.
Me: 😭😭😭

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Okay, super weird, unanticipated episode in which, as a Blind person, I sift through old photos using AI, and post some on social media because I can't sleep. This gem is from a visit to Rome we took around 10 years ago. Luckily we were with sighted friends because the vending machine was stuck on the outside of a wall directly onto the sidewalk at a height where our canes would have gone right under it. Gosh, the things you can buy in vending machines, I had no idea!
AI, A man is using a large vending machine with a bright, circular display that has the Durex brand visible on it. The vending machine is on the side of a street or closed shop. The man is holding a white cane, and a woman standing behind him is also holding a white cane, indicating they may be visually impaired. The scene is dimly lit, with the vending machine illuminated in contrast to the dark surroundings.

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V roce 2018, to je ta první fotka, jsem navštěvovala na University of Washington v Seattlu kurz African Literatures. Moje dosavadní čtenářská zkušenost s africkými autory nebyla rozsáhlá, chtěla jsem se něco dozvědět. Tohle jsem říkala, když se nás ptali, co si od kurzu slibujeme, a pak že doma studuju překladatelství a že kdybych tady objevila něco zajímavýho, třeba se mi to jednou podaří zprostředkovat českým čtenářům. Jakože někdy v daleké budoucnosti. Mokrej sen.

Zajímavýho jsem toho teda objevila spoustu: Chimamandu Ngozi Adichie (samozřejmě), Tayeba Saliha, Ferdinanda Oyona a taky NoViolet Bulawayo, zimbabwskou spisovatelku, jejíž styl mi byl milej, jen co jsem rozečetla její debut. We Need New Names je román o emigraci a vykořenění, ale i o vystřízlivění z představ o domovině. Jazyk je tam skoro postava, hutná síla hýbající s osudy imigrantů, kteří v angličtině zaujímají nejrůznější strategie sebevyjádření ve snaze nějak přežít. NoViolet má dar imitace a ironie, takže kromě toho, že se jí daří ilustrovat takový to bolestný rozplývání člověka, co se postupně vzdává svých autentických výrazových prostředků, je to zároveň fakt sranda číst.

V roce 2022 vydala NoViolet svůj další román, Glory, a já šla hned po něm. Na rozdíl od její první knihy je o návratech: na celospolečenské úrovni o cyklických návratech Zimbabwe do stále stejných politických pořádků, na osobní úrovni o návratu jedné ženy domů, k mámě, a o konfrontaci s genocidou poznamenanou minulostí její rodiny. NoViolet celou problematiku nahlíží orwellovskou, farmazvířáckou optikou, a dojem absurdity dotahuje zase jazykem, protože to prostě umí. Mluvící jména, slovní hříčky, parodie, idiolekty, veršovánky. Překladatelská žeň.

Tak jsem ji přeložila. Ti, kdo se doopravdy vyznají, vědí, že vyšla před pár týdny v Odeonu a mám z ní hroznou radost. Čtěte, máte-li náladu na soudružská jednání, náboženská vytržení, jedno či dvě hoře oře a návrat Destiny k sobě samé. Měli byste se smát a měli byste brečet a všichni bychom si pak měli někde sednout a probrat to, protože o čem by to pak asi jinak celý bylo.

Děkuju Jindřichu Jůzlovi za vstřícnost, Anežce Dudkové za přepečlivou, bystrou a vtipnou redakci jako vždycky a Danulce za všechny chvíle, kdy mě nechala na Slavných časech pracovat! ❤️

#kniha #preklad #odeon #slavnecasy #novioletbulawayo

#preklad #kniha #odeon #slavnecasy #novioletbulawayo

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LibreOffice 25.8.3 is now available! All users are recommended to update, to get the latest bugfixes and compatibility improvements: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #openSource #freesoftware
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Announcement of LibreOffice 25.8.3 - The Document Foundation Blog

Berlin, 13 November 2025 – LibreOffice 25.8.3, the third minor release of the free, volunteer-supported office suite for personal productivity in office environments, for Windows, MacOS and Linux, is now available at www.libreoffice.org/download.
Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
#FreeSoftware #foss #opensource

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🦀 I've improved the implementation behind all the string formatting macros in Rust: println!(), panic!(), format!(), write!(), log::info!(), and so on. (That is, everything based on format_args!().) They will compile a bit faster, use a bit less memory while compiling, result in smaller binaries, and produce more efficient code! 🎉

'Hello world' compiles 3% faster and a few bigger projects like Ripgrep and Cargo compile 1.5% to 2% faster. And those binaries are roughly 2% smaller. 🎊

This change will be available in Rust Nightly tomorrow, and should ship as part of Rust 1.93.0 in January.

#rustlang

The source of the standard Rust Hello World program with the generated assembly before and after the change. The before version has 11 instructions and stores 56 bytes on the stack. The after version has 3 instructions and stores no data on the stack.
#RustLang

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