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U.S. firm involved in Quebec's digital health records is sued by Texas

> A U.S. software engineering firm that’s responsible for Santé Québec’s two pilot projects involving digital health records is being sued by the state of Texas [...] and is maintaining a monopoly that has proved costly to taxpayers.

> Santé Québec, however, is standing by Wisconsin-based Epic Systems despite cost overruns for its projects of nearly $135 million to date.

montrealgazette.com/news/local…

#qcpoli


U.S. firm involved in Quebec's digital health records faces major lawsuit in Texas

The lawsuit alleges Wisconsin-based Epic Systems restricts parental access to children's medical files and is maintaining a monopoly.
Aaron Derfel, Montreal Gazette (Montreal Gazette)
#qcpoli
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Ja, "klicken Sie nicht auf unbekannte Links" – auch nicht auf solche, die mit "Scanne jetzt" beschriftet sind.

Das Zeug kommt hier täglich vorbei. Der Link führt zu einer Domain, der man also getrost unterstellen kann, mit Malware infiziert zu sein. Möchte jemand raten, welche das ist? Eine vage Idee haben einige jetzt bestimmt schon, also kann ich auch "Butter bei die Fische" geben:

storage.googleapis.com

Jupp. Deren Betreiber ständig meint, wir wären befallen 🤦‍♂️ Keywords: Fegen, Tür, eigene

Screenshot einer Scam-Mail. Fun fact: der Text sagt, ich soll nicht auf unbekannte Links klicken – was ich aber mit dem Button täte

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Gajim 2.4.3 has been released! 🎉

This release brings some important bugfixes.

Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!

Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim

#gajim #xmpp #chat

gajim.org/posts/2026-01-21-gaj…


Gajim 2.4.3

Improvements and Fixed Issues An error which prevents adding new contacts has been fixed Issues with creating new accounts have been fixed Feedback box on error reports is shown again Have a look at the changelog for a complete list.
gajim.org
#xmpp #chat #gajim

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RE: chaos.social/@SylvieLorxu/1159…

Also don't miss:

* at around 10:10 a full minute on IzzyOnDroid (though more the client written by Sunil)
* short mentions at around 08:54 (our "Get it on" badge) and 14:03 (in context of Obtainium).

I was just a bit confused of what the narrator meant when saying "app store" (hint: not the store, but always the client app) 🙈

And as Sylvia writes: our download stats are now included with both, #NeoStore and #Droidify – and of course with stats.izzyondroid.org/ :awesome:

Page Redirection

stats.izzyondroid.org

Sylvia

2026-01-22 17:40:00

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Oh hey, didn't expect our new #IzzyOnDroid download stats to be covered by people this quickly. Guess people really love it!

youtube.com/watch?v=VR-MEwPDw4…

4:48 - 5:40

Seems this video was made just before #Droidify launched 0.6.8 with download counts, so it calls download stats as #NeoStore-exclusive, but oh well, still cool :)



Top 12 App Stores that are Better than Google Play Store

12 of the Best Alternative App Stores to the Play Store! Enjoy!______________________________________­ PATREON▣ HowToPersonalize - https://www.patreon.com/ho...
YouTube

#neostore #Droidify

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FOSDEM 2026 (Brussels): Sun Feb 1, 09:35 CET, UB5.230 (my last talk)

Accessible Sovereignty: Why the Four Freedoms Depend on Inclusion (Community devroom)

Thesis: the Four Freedoms are not real if people with disabilities cannot use the tools, study them, share them, and improve them in practice. Accessibility is the operational layer that makes software freedom exercisable.

Event: fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…

#FOSDEM #Accessibility #FOSS #Community


FOSDEM 2026 - Accessible Sovereignty: Why the Four Freedoms Depend on Inclusion

fosdem.org
#Accessibility #foss #fosdem #community

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FOSDEM 2026 (Brussels): I am speaking (again) Sat Jan 31, 16:05 CET in K.3.401.

“We Need to Support Authors Better to Deliver Accessible Content”
Track: Collaboration & Content Management 

Thesis: Many accessibility errors are introduced when documents are authored.

Audits just record the damage.

fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…

#FOSDEM #Accessibility #ATAG #WCAGEM #FOSS


FOSDEM 2026 - We Need to Support Authors Better to Deliver Accessible Content

fosdem.org
#Accessibility #foss #fosdem #atag #wcagem

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This bizarre, hurried cut-and-paste Bluesky clone called "W" (wsocial.eu) says it will fill this huge gap in Europe where no social media platforms exist.

Meanwhile... umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/f…

The wsocial map shows the world with social media platforms from USA, Russia, and China, and a circle highlighting the lack of platforms in Europe
The StartHereSocial map shows Europe festooned with Fediverse services

Fediverse Near Me

A curated selection of well-moderated Open Social providers that are are open for registration and serving specific countries, regions or cities. [[https://jaz.co.uk/projects/mastodon-near-me/|Project Home/Message me]] [[https://jaz.co.
uMap
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I am speaking with Maurice Hendriks at #FOSDEM:

“Procurement Is the Biggest Form of Fundraising for FLOSS”
Track: Funding the FOSS Ecosystem 

Thesis: donations are optional and fragile. Procurement is structural. If public buyers require open deliverables and upstream work, they create durable funding for maintenance and security.

Event: fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event… 
“Public Money, Public Code” context: publiccode.eu/en/ 

#FOSDEM #FOSS #OpenSource #Procurement #PublicMoneyPublicCode


Public Money, Public Code

Public Money, Public Code - A campaign for releasing publicly financed software as Free Software
publiccode.eu
#foss #opensource #fosdem #publicmoneypubliccode #procurement

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I spent several minutes trying to figure out why the second port of my Roland SC-88ST Pro wasn't responding.
I checked Device Manager, turned it off and on several times, checked every setting in my MIDI player....... only to realize the problem was that I'd connected the MIDI cables backwards, plugging the output cable into the input port.
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Next week in Brussels, I'm speaking at Drupal4Gov EU as part of #EUOpenSourceWeek

The #WAD, the #EAA & #Drupal. Now what?

The June 2025 deadline has passed. The risk now is false confidence & operational debt.

10:35am, Jan 29, 2026

drupal4gov.eu/

#Drupal4Gov #OpenSource #FOSS #Accessibility #EAA


Digital Europe - Powered by Drupal

Join us for a day of knowledge sharing and networking in Brussels
drupal4gov.eu
#Accessibility #foss #opensource #drupal #eaa #euopensourceweek #wad #drupal4gov

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What do multiplayer text games actually look like in 2026? 🤔

This updated guide highlights 10 long-running Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs) you can still play today, along with 3 additional games that opened more recently.

It also covers #accessibility features, web clients, and a beginner-friendly walkthrough for anyone curious about getting started.

medium.com/@the_andruid/multi-…

#TextGames #RetroGames #VirtualWorlds #MUDs

text-based MMOs??
#Accessibility #virtualworlds #retrogames #muds #textgames
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Oh hey, didn't expect our new #IzzyOnDroid download stats to be covered by people this quickly. Guess people really love it!

youtube.com/watch?v=VR-MEwPDw4…

4:48 - 5:40

Seems this video was made just before #Droidify launched 0.6.8 with download counts, so it calls download stats as #NeoStore-exclusive, but oh well, still cool :)


Top 12 App Stores that are Better than Google Play Store

12 of the Best Alternative App Stores to the Play Store! Enjoy!______________________________________­ PATREON▣ HowToPersonalize - https://www.patreon.com/ho...
YouTube
#neostore #Droidify #izzyondroid

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Hi all, this is my first post on #fosstodon !

Let me present:
- i am an IT expert
- i was an European Digital Expert
- i co funded PC Soft in 1984
- i am retired now

What make my day:
- taking portraits
- hearing music
- install a new app on my mini server
- learning innovative technologies
- giving advices to startups

2026 on #fosstodon !

Screenshot of my dashboard for my mini server

dashboard
#fosstodon

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Even I ran in to some trouble installing #FastSM. Following Windows conventions, I first tried copying the files to Program Files and running from there, but got a script exception error. Moving the FastSM folder to the root of my c: drive solved everything. For now it may be a good idea to document the manual installation process somewhere, ideally before downloading.
#fastsm
in reply to Darrell Hilliker 👨‍🦯♾️📡

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André Polykanine

I'm pretty sure it's Windows fault, not FastSM. Nowadays Windows highly discourages from installing programs from Zip archives into Program Files, as far as I know. You need elevation, admin rights and so on. Probably if you tried "Run as Administrator", it would have worked. but many programs nowadays install themselves to other locations such as %LocalAppData%/Programs.

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AI Term of the Day: HALLUCINATION

When AI confidently makes up facts that aren't true.

Ask ChatGPT about a fake book title. It might describe the plot, author, and reviews for a book that doesn't exist.

Always fact-check important info. AI can be wrong with a straight face.

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIForBeginners #AILiteracy

#artificialintelligence #aiforbeginners #ailiteracy

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Hab heute meinen persönlichen DIDAY gestartet und mich von allen Apple Diensten verabschiedet (hatte das fette One Abo). Nur die 2 TB iCloud behalte ich. Bin jetzt tatsächlich nach ganz langer Zeit wieder bei Spotify gelandet. Mein Sohn hat das Familienabo spendiert, weil ohne Premium geht das gar nicht.
Als Nächstes geht’s noch Google an den Kragen, allerdings werden YouTube und Gemini erstmal bleiben. Meine Mailkonten sind mittlerweile zu @mailbox_org umgezogen, bin da erstmal glücklich.
Der zukünftig größte Brocken wird aber der Umzug der 1.3 TB Daten die in der iCloud liegen und zusätzlich noch 600 Gb die im Google Drive geparkt sind. Dafür muss ich bestimmt Urlaub nehmen und ordentliches Gras besorgen um ruhig zu bleiben. 😂🤣🙃

#diday #google #apple

#apple #google #diday @mailbox
in reply to René

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Toni Barth

Generell bin ich ein Freund davon, den Big Tech Diensten den Kampf anzusagen - nur ist Spotify einer davon. Ja, nicht amerikanisch, aber für Künstler teilweise noch schädlicher als Apple. Die Preispolitik der letzten Jahre führt nur zu noch dickeren Geldbeuteln bei Spotify selbst, und einem größeren Loch in deinem Konto. Ob das im Sinne des DIDAY ist wage ich etwas zu bezweifeln. Der Rest, Daumen hoch.

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Today's crazy idea:

I've always wanted to play Elite, the old procedurally-generated spaceflight sim for the BBC Micro. It, of course, is not and will never be accessible.

However the source code is available, very small, and highly annotated. There's a whole nerdy website with bunches and bunches of details, right down to guesses on and commentaries about the relative sizes of celestial objects, ships, etc.

Tempted to hand all of that to an LLM and have it try modernizing the game in Godot, adding audio cues, speech feedback, and whatever else would be needed to make it accessible.

May not be fully faithful to the original, least of all because of 3-D audio, but I almost don't care if it captures the feel.

We'll see if I actually do this, but now the bug is lodged in my brain.

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I just received the following email from Vispero

From: marketing@vispero.com <marketingus@vispero.com>

We’re excited to share an upcoming update designed to make choosing Vispero assistive technology even easier 😊

Based on your feedback, we heard that some of our existing product names created confusion during the buying process. To help simplify decisions and better reflect how our products are used today, we’re updating the names of several offerings—while keeping everything you know and trust exactly the same.

What’s changing
Over the coming weeks, you’ll begin to see these product name updates:
• Professional Edition → Work Edition
• Home Edition → Access Edition
• Home Annual Edition → Personal Edition
What’s not changing
Nothing about the products themselves is changing. The software, features, pricing, licensing, and support you rely on will remain exactly the same—only the names are being updated.

When you’ll see it
Customers and dealers will start to notice the new names appearing gradually across materials, systems, and communications between now and the end of February.

What’s coming in the February 11th release
We’re excited to share a preview of upcoming enhancements across JAWS, Fusion, and ZoomText—all designed to help customers stay productive, work more efficiently, and collaborate with confidence as technology continues to evolve.
Here’s a quick look at what’s coming and why it matters:
• Stay productive as apps evolve – As WhatsApp rolls out major updates, JAWS and Fusion are keeping customers confidently connected, reducing disruption and ensuring continued access to critical conversations.
• Work faster with less effort – Enhanced Split Braille support in Outlook lets users scan email lists and previews more efficiently, helping you manage inboxes with greater speed and independence.
• Share and collaborate with confidence – New ZoomText screen-sharing controls give customers the flexibility to present clearly or collaborate effectively, improving communication in meetings, trainings, and remote work.
These updates reflect our ongoing commitment to delivering accessible solutions that keep pace with modern workflows and real-world customer needs. More details will be shared as these enhancements become available.

If you have any questions or need support during this transition, your Vispero representative is always happy to help. Thank you for your continued partnership and for helping us improve the Vispero experience.

Warm regards,
The Vispero Team

Vispero. All rights reserved., 17757 US 19 North, Suite 200, Clearwater, FL 33764, USA, (877) 775-9474

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This is a great piece on how SpaceX's rockets and their Starlink satelites put passenger planes at risk. It's yet another example on why #SpaceX is cancer and needs to die already.

propublica.org/article/spacex-…

#satelites #planes #rockets


“We’re Too Close to the Debris”

The FAA predicted Elon Musk’s Starship would cause “minor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to protect passengers and avoid burning debris.
lucas.waldron@propublica.org (ProPublica)
#spacex #planes #satelites #rockets
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Americký prezident ve švýcarském Davosu vystoupil před světovými byznysovými i politickými lídry. V hodinovém projevu ale při několika příležitostech poměrně laxně pracoval s fakty.

Přinášíme ověření jeho klíčových výroků 👇 irozhlas.cz/zpravy-svet/gronsk…


Grónsko, války a větrné turbíny. Šest Trumpových nepravd z hodinového projevu v Davosu

Přinášíme výběr ověřených výroků z projevu amerického prezidenta v Davosu. Trump například chválil své úspěchy na domácí půdě a mylně naznačil, že USA v minulosti vlastnily Grónsko.
Vojtěch Dvořáček (iROZHLAS.cz)

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RE: mamot.fr/@ploum/11593879477897…

I agree with this wholeheartedly. We shouldn't create European versions of Google, Amazon or Microsoft, oligopols that benefit from vendor lock-in. Instead, we should have a commons based on open-source technology and standards, which can then be used to develop solutions for customers. And let the competition flourish. In my opinion, that is in our European DNA.

ploum (@ploum@mamot.fr)

Why there’s no European Google? And why it is a good thing! My answer to the European Commission "call for evidence on Open Source." https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html #geminiprotocol link: gemini://ploum.
ploum (Mamot - Le Mastodon de La Quadrature du Net)

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I don't send many emails anymore. I receive emails but I don't send many. Even at work, most of our communication is done via other means. But I do generate at least one email a day to send to a group of external testers. I don't send this from a traditional mail client. Instead it is a shell script that gathers some information and opens a text editor to add further comments. After that the file is sent with #cURL, via smtp. That means that curl is my main mail client (at least for sending). 🤔
#curl
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