Among many pieces of evidence about inequity cited in the latest report from Oxfam on extreme wealth & inequality is this:
Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely be holding a political office than 'ordinary' people...
yup, we are living in a system ruled by and working for the 3,000 billionaires in the world!
#inequality #politics #poverty
for more see:
This is one of the coldest nights ever. Living in open area between the damaged walls makes the situation worser
I'm just thinking about how this suffering might end? We literally suffer in every single detail in our life. In the food, water, shelter, education, health. Literally everything!
Every morning we just think of how we'll end the day peacefully. We don't have big dreams. We just need a normal life
If you would like to help my family please donate and share
chuffed.org/project/121561-urgβ¦
"Iβm tired, Mama. Iβm thinking of the hours that I'll spend tomorrow in the water line." β says 9 year old Ahmed to his mother before going to sleep.Chuffed
Tusky 32 with support for displaying quotes is in beta π₯³
To try out beta version:
- get the app from our repo EDIT sorry, it's not there yet: codeberg.org/tusky/Tusky/releaβ¦
- or enroll into Beta via Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/detβ¦
- via F-Droid (eventually) gush.taks.garden/note/372daacaβ¦
### New features and other improvements - Timelines (everything that displays posts) has been completely rewritten with Jetpack Compose https://codeberg.org/tusky/Tusky/issues/5272 - Support for displaying quote posts https://codeberg.Codeberg.org
In this episode Shawn dives into the world of Minecraft with coβhosts Kaia, Russell, and Clement to explore how a game that seems ultra-visual can actually be surprisingly accessible (and even educational) for blind and low vision players.limitlessbb.podbean.com
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The princess left a note behind, explaining why she ran away.
"She disagrees with what she was taught," the queen said.
"Embroidery and such?" chuckled the king. "Classic."
"It's not needle-work she objects to. She likes that. She rejects the nobility of the nobility, and our right to rule."
Curious about using Googleβs NotebookLM with JAWS? This archived webinar shows how to use your own documents to get summaries, outlines, and answers, all in a keyboard-friendly way. Learn how to create a notebook, add sources, ask questions, filter results, and build reports.
Access the archive here: freedomscientific.com/webinarsβ¦
#JAWS #FreedomScientificTraining #AITraining
Right - I need to move my email away from GMail.
I need recommendations for services, and I donβt necessarily mind paying for good service. Iβd preferably like to be able to use my own domain.
Sonic Onslaught Returns now! Charlotte Wessles, plus the new Beyond The Black album, and more! Join @nick and Christel!
How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy
2. Click β―
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to Bluesky
You may need to copy-paste @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
No year-end judging of your music or video habits here. Just what Thunderbird donors, contributors, and team members made possible in 2025!Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
I never applied for an amateur radio license because I didn't like the idea of appearing on an official list of "skilled" people. Until now that was a theoretical fear. One I wasn't even sure if it was warranted or just me being overly cautious.
In Belarus things escalated quickly. Radio amateurs - usually recognized as men of goodwill - have been declared enemies of the state and publicly shamed and indicted for high treason.
"You can't see the eyes of the demon, until him come callin'."
All shot using real figures, lighting, smoke and miniature sets. I digitally illustrated the lights on the gun for added effect.
#predator #miniatures #scifi #photography #visualart #actionfigurephotography #miniaturephotography #creativephotography #photographicartwork #toyphotography #movies #cinematography #cinema
Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.Benj Edwards (Ars Technica)
We may have to stop selling our CBD products in November because Republicans and the booze lobby snuck a hemp ban into the law last year.
So let's have some fun until then.
milkbarn.farm/pages/loophole
Our farm may have to stop selling our hemp products in November, a casualty in a war between booze sellers and delta-9 drink companies that we werenβt even in.Milk Barn Farm
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The City of Burlington is taking a woman to court for unpaid fines after letting her garden grow wild. Similar cases have cropped up elsewhere, to the detriment of the environmentElaine Anselmi (The Narwhal)
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@delta Where should I report errors like this (I cannot send a message to a group)?
Final-Recipient: rfc822; *****@nine.testrun.org
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Remote-MTA: dns; nine.testrun.org
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 500 Invalid addreess in MAIL FROM
Not only the message does not get through (it used to previously), but there is a strange typo in "addreess"
I've noticed there seems to be two main types of Linux distributions:
1) Aside from security updates this is going to take a LONG time to get new packages. Updated version of Wine or MESA drivers? See you in six months!
2) EVERY package the second it releases! Hope you don't mind KDE breaking something every couple of months!
I'm wondering if there's any distributions that are similar to the second one but on like a one-month delay, to filter out problematic updates?
Bill C-15 would allow corporations to be exempt from most Canadian laws
policyalternatives.ca/news-resβ¦
All you need is to bribe one minister.
Buried on page 300 of the governmentβs omnibus budget implementation bill is an extremely troubling clause regarding corporate power in Canadaβone that allows all cabinet ministers to exempt any individual or corporation from any federal Canadian lawβ¦Silas Xuereb (CCPA)
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"Code is a liability (not an asset). Tech bosses don't understand this. They think AI is great because it produces 10,000 times more code than a programmer, but that just means it's producing 10,000 times more liabilities.
#Code is a #liability. Codeβs capabilities are #assets. The goal of a tech shop is to have code whose capabilities generate more revenue than the costs associated with keeping that code running.
β¦that's the thing: any nontrivial code has to interact with the outside world, and the outside world isn't static, it's dynamic. The outside world busts through the assumptions made by software authors all the time and every time it does, the software needs to be fixed." @pluralistic
pca.st/episode/ff6c7462-2117-4β¦
Listen to your favorite podcasts online, in your browser. Discover the world's most powerful podcast player.Pocket Casts
Google introduced watch speaker playback with Wear OS 5.1, and the latest update to Pocket Casts adds support.Abner Li (9to5Google)
Everyone who hasn't already read the Twin Cities rapid response analysis should now:
crimethinc.com/2026/01/15/rapiβ¦
The rapid response networks people organize to defend their communities have undergone a whirlwind evolution to keep up with ever-shifting ICE tactics.CrimethInc.
Sonic onslaught makes its 2026 return! @nick and Christel are back with their usual mix of good vibes and great metal, featuring their reaction to the latest song from Charlotte Wessels and the obsession.
2 PM EST, 20:00 CET.
A tokenizer, text cleaner, and phonemizer for many human languages. - rhasspy/gruutGitHub
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in reply to Zach Bennoui • • •i tried to think of an analogy
maybe like if you opened apps using physical buttons, each one designed a certain way. you get used to the feel of it. the shape, texture, etc. maybe even enjoy it aesthetically
then it is randomly changed. it is disconcerting. some people struggle more with that change
but also, maybe the new button feels 'off' in some way. you don't like the texture, or it has a shape you just don't enjoy as much
i don't know if that helps but best i could think of