How about a little fridge or no fridge poll thread? Feel free to boost and play along. I will name a thing and we will vote on where it should be kept. Fridge or no fridge.
I realise eggs will polarise nations. But let's give it a go....
#poll #PleaseBoost
Let's start with ketchup, tomato sauce.
Hey, you.
Yes, you.
You, specifically.
You deserve to take up space. To ask for help from your friends when your heart hurts. To share your joy at your triumphs at full volume. To live as the most authentic version of your self, no matter what other people think.
You deserve to be life-sized.
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KDE Plasma confuses me.
Is KOrganizer the groupware? Is Kontact?
I want a "calendar", a "tasks", and a "contacts" program. I know there's Kmail and also allegedly something else but I can't remember what it's called or if it's official.
I love you, Plasma, but this is still clear-as-mud to me.
(NOTE: this is not a request for app recommendations, it's a remark about ecosystems)
I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚
“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️
See what’s free to read on January 1 👇
standardebooks.org/blog/public…
Please boost 🙏
#StandardEbooks #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #Ebooks #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Python
CC @standardebooks
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From Jill’s flung flapjack to Nigel’s tragic fall, the Great Flood, Helen’s acquittal and a priceless cameo from Dame Judi, here’s an anniversary feast of epic Ambridge momentsFelicity Cloake (The Guardian)
Rok 2026 nabídne příležitostným pozorovatelům i zapáleným lovcům nebeských jevů zajímavou podívanou. Na obloze se vystřídají meteorické roje, dechberoucí planetární seskupení, noční svítící oblaka i vzácné zákryty.Šárka Nádeníčková (Aktuálně.cz)
Na západě Čech se opět zachvěla země. Podle aplikace SeisLok Geofyzikálního ústavu AV ČR měl zatím nejsilnější otřes sílu 3,03 magnituda, dosáhl tedy na třetí stupeň Richterovy stupnice. Otřesů se projevilo několik, doprovázelo je typické hučení.Petr Przeczek (Deník.cz)
New Accessible Book and Document Reading app to try. This was posted by the developer on an email list I am on. Please pass it on... Hello everybody,
I’d like to share my new iPhone and iPad app I’ve just released: Vox Libri.
App Store link:
apps.apple.com/us/app/vox-libr…
Vox Libri is built to help people read books and documents in a flexible, personalized, and fully accessible way. It is designed to work well with VoiceOver and braille displays, and to support different reading preferences: on-screen reading, braille reading, or high-quality text-to-speech.
The interface is available in English and Spanish, and you can use any device-supported language for voices.
Key features include:
• High-quality text-to-speech for natural read-aloud.
• A braille reading mode compatible with braille displays.
• A highly customizable reading screen (font, size, colors, spacing, themes).
• Support for common formats: TXT, PDF, DOCX, RTF, HTML, Markdown, and EPUB.
• Accessible navigation through chapters, headings, pages, bookmarks, and sections.
• Hands-free reading using headphone controls.
• On-device AI translation, summarization, and simplification when supported by the device.
I am working in versions for MacOS and WatchOS…
If you try Vox Libri, I would sincerely appreciate any feedback from BlindApple users—especially around accessibility, braille workflows, navigation, and overall reading comfort.
Thank you and regards
Jonathan Chacón
#New #Accessible #Book #Document #Reader #Blind
Download Vox libri by Jonatan Chacon Barbero on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Vox libri.App Store
A compilation of #AtariST computers tunes by Lotek Style, that Torsten ‘mOdmate’ Keltsch would have liked https://youtu.be/THrDkvzLi5A #atari #demoscene #chiptunesAtari Scene News (Mastodon)
It's the death day for MacUpdater. It was a great service, going to really miss it.
Going to have to switch to a terminal-based updater. Some combiantion of homebrew and topgrade, probably.
github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrad…
Upgrade all the things. Contribute to topgrade-rs/topgrade development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Happy New Year from HKC Radio!
A word about content today. The Digital Domain Online Radio Show will air its annual New Year's Day special tonight at 7 PM EST. It does feature some Christmas leftovers, which is why our Christmas replays are running still. For those who simply do not wish to Christmas anymore, @nick really sympathizes.
The replays will quietly end during the show and regular automation will resume.
Clarifying a couple things about Chinese New Year
Them: Can you confirm you have no more than 15 personal electronic devices in your carry on?
Me: (excitedly infodumping) Well, it really depends what you consider to be a device. Many of these computers themselves contain multiple smaller computers. Consider these microSD cards (waves a small anti-static bag around), each of which has a tiny ARM processor - designed by a trans person from the BBC Micro team, if I might go off at a tangent for a moment. Or the battery controller chip on the LiPo pouch protection circuit, which significantly reduces the probability of a thermal excursion. And let's face it, nobody wants a spicy pillow in their lap at 30,000 feet-
Them: Just say yes. (Pleadingly) Just yes. That's all I'm asking. I'm begging you.
Today in 1983, 43 years ago: The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
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This year at #39C3, it felt that the congres was bursting at the seams. Nearly all of the assemblies I know complained about having less room and less tables then requested. The infrastructure review posted numbers e.g. about ~20% more DECT-phone calls, more internet usage then ever, ....
And, by chance, I consulted the wikipedia page about CCC:de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Co… , which also lists the (approximate) number of visitors: 16K this year and only 14.5K last year. Time to go to #leipzig again?
Problem is, orga doesn't scale appropriately. Leipzig was too big and throwing more people at the problem (provided there are enough volunteers in the first place) leads to huge amounts of more communication and planning, before it even starts yielding anything else.
Unfortunately, growth isn't everything.
Thinking back to last year I remembered the us-east-1 outage, how it affected Signal and how some of the users freaked out that they have to rely on US hyperscalers.
Wouldn't it be useful if @signalapp (and maybe similar providers) published their infra requirements with little crosses and ticks, so alternative providers could aim for "good enough for Signal" service levels?
Related articles by @bert_hubert :
berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-…
We have extensive discussions about our enormous dependence on American clouds, but what exactly are we talking about? And is Europe equally dependent on all types of cloud? This article is aimed at policy makers, but it may also provide some clarity…Bert Hubert's writings
I've got one word for average internet users in 2026:
yunohost ( @yunohost )
Let me also say: domain names are cheap, and for less than $5 USD/mo, @Tutanota helped me create privacy-focused email addresses on my custom domain with a step-by-step guide
let Google & Apple & Microsoft read ads while you get real mail elsewhere
Today, Bulgaria adopts the euro as its official currency. 💶
A new currency, a stronger bond with Europe.
Travel, work, and business will become easier and more connected.
With Schengen now fully in place, this means more freedom, more opportunities, and a shared future.
Progress is not a dream. It is a choice. And Bulgaria has chosen it.
Let's keep moving forward together. 🇪🇺🇧🇬
Welcome to Bulgaria.
But why the official communicate is only in english ?
ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc…
On 1 January 2026, Bulgaria will adopt the euro as its currency, marking an important milestone for the country, for the history of the euro, and for the EU as a whole.European Commission - European Commission
Just a reminder that you really should #BoycottFigma.
The fact they slurp all your designs into their slop machines by default, and you have to go opt-out if you don't like them stealing your creative work…**all in a product which literally exists to aid creators**…makes me nauseous.
There are other design apps you can use! Really, there are!
DI-Day im #c3d2
Der @c3d2 lädt zu mehr digitaler Unabhängigkeit ein und wir kommen mit vorbei.
Ihr habt Fragen zu freien Messengern wie #Matrix oder #XMPP, #Linux, dem #Fediverse oder anderen #OpenSource-Themen? Dann kommt gern am Sonntag den 4. Januar ab 14:00 Uhr in die Räume des c3d2, Riesaer Str. 32, #Dresden.
#DIDay #DIDayHelpdesk #DIDAySprechstunde
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This stuff is normal over here.