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If you're a Python developer, definitely make your voice heard here: pyfound.blogspot.com/2026/01/y…

I filled it out. I feel like it was briefer than previous years? And obviously there are a bunch of questions about genAI junk, which I suspect will end up showing up as very widely used, so I hope some of you skeptics will also fill it out and at least we might be legible as a meaningful minority


Your Python. Your Voice. Join the Python Developers Survey 2026!

This year marks the ninth iteration of the official Python Developers Survey. We intentionally launched the survey in January (later than ye...
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in reply to Uriel Fanelli

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ArcaneChat

> Is literally a server of your property.

buddy, what is wrong with your choice of words??? "proprietary" is used to mean that the source code of the server component is not available, of course every server out there has an owner and is "proprietary" according to your definition 🤦🤦🤦

> And the default onboarding points to your servers.

as said, this will change in the future, for now we do what is easier for users

> You had ONE job. One.

you just want to complain 👎

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Habt ihr es auch gesehen? Die Doku des ZDF über so genannte #Christfluencer und ihre Verbindungen nach extrem rechts? Falls nicht. Hier in der Mediathek:
zdf.de/video/reportagen/die-sp…

#Evangelikalismus und #Freikirchen sind teilweise anfällig für rechte Ambitionen in Richtung #AfD und US-Rechte.
Und die christlichen Kirchen, was unternehmen die dagegen? Ich nehme nichts wahr.

Influencer im Namen Gottes: Gibt es Verbindungen zur AfD? // ZDF-Doku über Christfluencer

Spurensuche im digitalen Glaubensraum: Was steckt hinter dem Content von Christfluencern wie Jasmin Friesen und Leonard Jäger?
ZDF
#afd #christfluencer #freikirchen #Evangelikalismus

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#BookReview They Came to Slay, the Queer Culture of DnD - by Thom James Carter

You may have guessed it, but I bought the book because it's purple, and who could resist a title like that? 💜

For anyone who's played #DnD for a while, like myself, there wasn't much new in the book. A little bit predictable. But a fun one to have in my collection regardless, and inspired me to experiment with characters of other genders in future TTRPG sessions.

#Bookstodon

a purple book with a sword the cover title: They came to slay - the queer culture of DnD author: Thom James Carter
#dnd #bookstodon #bookreview
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Well well well, if it isn't exactly what privacy nerds have been warning about forever! theregister.com/2026/01/27/ice…

ICE knocks on ad tech’s data door to see what it knows about you

: Agency looks to understand the extent of identifying information available to its masked agents
Thomas Claburn (The Register)

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RE: mastodon.social/@kottke/115979…

Wow, another one. An acquisition by Bending Spoons is really Il bacio della morte, to use the language of Bending Spoons' origin.

kottke.org

2026-01-29 16:06:02

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Vimeo was recently acquired by a private equity firm and you know what comes next: Vimeo Lays Off ‘Most’ of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes ‘the Entire Video Team’. gizmodo.com/vimeo-lays-off-mos…


Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team'

Employees reported major job cuts this week, just months after the video hosting site was bought by Bending Spoons.
Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)
in reply to ondrosik

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ondrosik

Huh, I managed it
- Open heaviocity portal and don't change focus
- ocr nvda+r
- finally I see here the whole screen where is the library and that install button
- then choose location button
- Now I selected the folder using standard windows dialog
- clicked next unlabelled button
Now it is downloading, NVDA is reporting progress.
I should definitelly read #NVDASR manual again to understand how to OCR whole screen.
#nvdasr

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Hello @RogueAmoeba I am trying to use Soundsource latest version and find it difficult to interact with the application entries in the table with VoiceOver. For example, I navigate to the "applications" table, then use up and down arrows to select the entry, then VO+interact with the entry. At this point when I try navigating through different parameters of the entry with VO+left and VO+right, my focus jumps out at some point. I am practically not able to get to effects, etc. (1/2)
@Rogue Amoeba

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"In a single call, #Tesla announced it’s killing the Model S and Model X, has no plans for new mass-market models, and is pivoting entirely to 'transportation as a service.' The company that revolutionized the auto industry is walking away from it, not because it failed, but because #ElonMusk got bored and found new toys."
electrek.co/2026/01/29/tesla-c…

Tesla is committing automotive suicide

Tesla's Q4 2025 earnings call made one thing painfully clear: the company is no longer interested in being an automaker.
Fred Lambert (Electrek)
#elonmusk #tesla

reshared this

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Also, I may have put myself in a situation where my Mastodon life and my work life collide in a way I never intended.

This is largely because the reaction to "I spoke to blind people and this is what they said" is being treated like either a revolutionary stroke of genius or a heretical breach of protocol, depending on who I speak to.

in reply to Brett Sheffield (he/him)

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T_X

that now makes me wonder why this ticket was closed without any comment: gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-…
If it were possible to do cross-instance forks and PRs then I'd be all-in for #Gitlab.

implement cross-instance fork (#423228) · Issues · GitLab.org / GitLab · GitLab

Problem to solve This task comes after the implementation of ActivityPub for social features, implementing cross-instance search, implementing visualizing cross-instance projects,...
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#gitlab
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David Culley

FYI: GitLab happily collaborates with ICE.

Here's what GitLab's CEO, Sid Sijbrandij, himself committed:
gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitl…

> vetting customers is time consuming and potentially distracting.

GitLab employees are forbidden to discuss politics at work or raise concerns about GitLab's customers.

Even when it's perfectly clear that a customer is evil, they want to "do business with customers with values that are incompatible with our own values".

They "welcome everyone […] to be customers of GitLab" as they "do not currently exclude anyone from being a customer based on moral/value grounds."

Here's a news article:

theregister.co.uk/2019/10/16/g…


Blood money is fine with us, says GitLab: Vetting non-evil customers is 'time consuming, potentially distracting'

Code-hosting biz also bans staff from talking politics at work
Thomas Claburn (The Register)

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I just (re-)discovered the Playdate play.date/ and it looks really cool but also really expensive. Is there way to buy a used one easily in France/Europe?

#playdate #gaming


Playdate. Order now!

It’s yellow. It fits in your pocket. There’s a crank. It comes with 24 free games to get you started. Say hi to Playdate from Panic.
play.date
#gaming #playdate

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Just learned about FediSky, a project by @msonnberger that adds an ActivityPub instance sidecar to a PDS.

Think Bridgy Fed except hosted by the PDS owner or Wafrn except reversed.

Still in early dev, but keeping an eye on this space 👀

github.com/bluesky-social/atpr…


Interoperability with Mastodon/ActivityPub · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #1716

What are the current plans from BlueSky (the company) for interoperability with Mastodon/ActivityPub? We currently have two emerging alternatives to X that deserve to be taken seriously: the fedive...
GitHub
@msonnberger

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talking about cisgender men on fedi (and the internet as a whole)

This is gonna sound like a call out post, and... No, it really isn't. I'm not calling out anyone in particular. I've just seen it one too many times. The straw, the camel's back, yadiyada.

My cis dudes. I love you. I really do. But I'm tired of you going under women's post expressing their grievances about men, to explain how ashamed you are of other men. It's... It's tiring. Like, it's really fucking tiring. Because you don't realize that every time we make such a post there is at least one or two of you. Every time.

We don't care about you being not like the other guys. Yes, sure, are one of the good ones, whatever. Good boy and all that. But when you do this, not only do you not contribute anything to the discussion, you're actually adding to the problem. It's adding emotional labour to the women trying to explain themselves when really you should just stay quiet and listen.

Give a like. Boost the post, even. But you don't need to say anything, not to us. Call out other men in the responses that are probably trying to argue and ending up exactly proving her point. Do better, instead of saying that you already are.

#fedi #men #women

#fedi #women #men

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Vimeo was recently acquired by a private equity firm and you know what comes next: Vimeo Lays Off ‘Most’ of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes ‘the Entire Video Team’. gizmodo.com/vimeo-lays-off-mos…

Vimeo Lays Off 'Most' of Its Staff, Allegedly Includes 'the Entire Video Team'

Employees reported major job cuts this week, just months after the video hosting site was bought by Bending Spoons.
Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)

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Native Instruments statement on continued support for customers and partners - their first official statement since insolvency revelations.

cdm.link/ni-insolvency-stateme…

Native Instruments logo

Native Instruments statement on continued support for customers and partners - CDM Create Digital Music

Native Instruments has posted an official statement from CEO Nick Williams, reassuring customers and partners that support for NI products will continue through the restructuring.
Peter Kirn (CDM Create Digital Music)
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