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Tired of your weather app violating your privacy, e.g. by instantly collecting your location data?

Worried because it has tracking software included?

You may try out the privacy-friendly #TinyWeatherForecastGermany , available at #fdroid :fdroid: :
f-droid.org/packages/de.kaffee…

This is a #floss #android #weather #app using precise and detailed #opendata from the #dwd (Deutscher Wetterdienst).

Supports #forecasts for over 5000 places worldwide, a rain radar and weather warnings for Germany.


Tiny Weather Forecast Germany | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Weather forecast based on open data from the Deutscher Wetterdienst.
f-droid.org
#android #app #fdroid #floss #opendata #TinyWeatherForecastGermany #forecasts #dwd #weather

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So, the European Union has set up its own Mastodon instance, EU Voice, as an official channel/platform for all its many institutions - what a great initiative social.network.europa.eu/about
#TwitterMigration #europe #Diplomacy #Transparency

EU Voice

EU Voice is the official ActivityPub microblogging platform of the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (EUIs).
Mastodon hosted on social.network.europa.eu
#europe #twittermigration #transparency #diplomacy

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The new desktop release 1.34 is rolling out!

Thanks to everyone who helped to make this happen and to everyone who helped with testing.

direct download is already available.
flathub, website download link and the other stores will follow soon.

Track release progress: github.com/deltachat/deltachat…
direct download:
download.delta.chat/desktop/v1…

#deltachat #deltachat_desktop

What's new in 1.34.0? ⚡️ Smooth rendering. Much snappier scrolling. The new version is easy on your patience and is the result of a refactoring that took ore than a year (for our tech-savvy friends: we are now using JSON-RPC under the hood and threw away lots of old, annoying code :) 🧹 Clear chat history 🔍 Search for messages in chat ⏬ jump down button 🤗 Friendlier contact lists: ordered by last seen and contacts seen within 10 minutes are marked by a dot 🟢 🎛️ Tray icon is now enabled by default 🔔 when receiving multiple notifications at once, they will be grouped into one single notification 😀 right click to add sticker to the sticker selector ✨ Many smaller bug fixes and general improvements

Release Progress 1.34 · Issue #3026 · deltachat/deltachat-desktop

website flathub github release (https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/releases/tag/v1.34.0) downloadable files also on github Mac store (https://apps.apple.com/app/delta-chat-desktop/id146...
GitHub
#deltachat #deltachat_desktop
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Anyone out there good with the internal workings of Mac OS and bash? I am looking for someone who is willing to help with audiogame-manager development, specifically making things work as much as possible on the Mac.

I really don’t know much about them, and it sucks that Mac users are getting second rate support when they run into problems. My tech support for the Mac starts and ends with, “follow the wiki.”


Storm Dragon / audiogame-manager · GitLab

Installer and launcher for Windows based audio games under wine for Linux.
GitLab

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In case you missed it, Mastodon now lets you edit posts 🥳

You can edit any post you've made, and it will send a notification to people who have already interacted with it to prevent any hijinks or shenanigans. It also lets people see the previous versions.

You can access it through some third party apps and your server's website. The iPhone/iPad app Toot! has it for example.

(The official app doesn't yet support it, so it's another good reason to check out third party apps.)

Screenshot of Mastodon post viewed through the website interface with Edit button highlighted.
Unknown parent

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AnthonyJK-Admin

@blindscribe @andyw I am not at all opposed to having the power to edit toots, and the feature that allows the original toot to be displayed does allow a decent degree of protection against bad actors. And, it just so happens that the option was introduced at the MuskyBird site (prior to Muskrat's takeover/putsch), but only for paid subscribers of the Twitter Blue service. That Masto has now retained that service in its core product is a definite benefit.
@Robert Kingett updates

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I hit 3000 plays on my Bandcamp

Makes me happy that folks have given my beats a chance

Even if you've listened once and thought "man, this shit is wack", thank you 🙏🏾

bluemarvelmusic.com

#blacktwitter #blackmastodon #blackfedi #music #hiphop #beats #beatmaker #musicproduction #musicproducer #bandcamp

A graph displaying the total number of listens for my beats on Bandcamp have reached 3000. My shit john blazing in the streets.
#music #bandcamp #musicproduction #BlackTwitter #blackmastodon #BlackFedi #hiphop #musicproducer #beatmaker #beats

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Interesting article from Jonathan Bailey of Plagiarism Today on copyright issues to consider if you're considering establishing your own Mastodon instance--probably the last thing most people would think about (but it shouldn't be) #WriterBeware #WritingCommunity #Mastodon plagiarismtoday.com/2022/11/22…

The Copyright Challenge with Mastodon

As most people already know, Twitter has had a very tumultuous few weeks. Since Elon Musk purchased the company and made himself CEO, the company has been the subject of a massive layoff, an exodus of
Jonathan Bailey (Plagiarism Today)
#Mastodon #writingcommunity #writerbeware

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blockchain averted

how it started

how it’s going

#LibreOffice

blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…

LibreOffice and blockchain: What cool things are possible? Posted in LibreOffice, Technology By Mike Saunders On November 15, 2022
Update 18 November: Based on the majority of feedback, we will not continue the discussion or explore this topic any further, as it is rather clear that the LibreOffice community is not interested. Thanks to everyone who let us know what they think.

LibreOffice and blockchain: What cool things are possible? - The Document Foundation Blog

As you’re no doubt aware, LibreOffice is free and open source software, which means that anyone can delve into the code behind it, study how it works, and adapt it for their needs.
Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
#libreoffice
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The gods of Silicon Valley are falling to earth. So are their warped visions for society

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…


The gods of Silicon Valley are falling to earth. So are their warped visions for society

Tech titans like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried have been feted for their wealth, but see the world in ways that also merit scrutiny , says Moya Lothian McLean
Moya Lothian-McLean (The Guardian)

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@changeling @blindscribe

Hey, I read fedi.tips/mastodon-and-fediver… as I was looking for someone to write to about the fact that hashtags on Mastodon default to *remove* camel case if you select the drop-down reference when typing a hashtag.

New here and wondering if I can lend my voice to a related discussion or reach out to someone to promote camel case hashtags as a default.

#Accessibility


Mastodon and Fediverse Accessibility Tips | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tips
#Accessibility @Robert Kingett updates @Changeling
Unknown parent

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lee

Interesting threads. Closed with notes that the issue has been addressed. Does that mean the particular server I’m on has not yet been updated?

I do see this commit is only from November 4, 2022: github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…

(Apologies if I’m asking obvious questions. Not up to speed on how the servers operate.)


Fix featured tags not saving preferred casing by Gargron · Pull Request #19732 · mastodon/mastodon

Fix #18184
GitHub

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I don’t want to boost inaccessible images that don’t have a caption. But I don’t use a screen reader, so it’s been hard to know. Only the MetaText app shows text captions. Or so I thought.

I just accidentally discovered that if you click-and-hold on an image in desktop-Mastodon, you can see if there’s a caption. Requires an active extra step, but at least it’s there.

Sharing in case I’m not the only one who didn’t know this.

#AltText

Screenshot of my desktop Mastodon. I’ve hold-clicked on an image (a nice photo of two teeny mushrooms). A smaller version of same image and the ‘Share / Add to photos / Copy’ menu have popped up. I’ve ringed the top of the menu where I can now see the caption the original poster has included.
#AltText

Andre Louis reshared this.

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CSS Tricks post on custom scrollbars with no consideration of Firefox nor accessibility:
css-tricks.com/classy-and-cool…

I wrote some baseline rules for scrollbar usability in 2019:
adrianroselli.com/2019/01/base…

I left a comment with WCAG links (it awaits approval).


Classy and Cool Custom CSS Scrollbars: A Showcase | CSS-Tricks

In this article we will be diving into the world of scrollbars. I know, it doesn’t sound too glamorous, but trust me, a well-designed page goes hand-in-hand
Saleh Mubashar (CSS-Tricks)

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Ich bearbeite gerade Fragen, die an Digitalcourage geschickt worden sind. Dabei bin ich mal wieder auf unsere hübsche (und kluge) Sicherheitstheater-Kampagne gestoßen. Sie entlarvt Überwachung als das was es ist: Gefährlicher Dauer-Wahlkampf mit unlauteren Mitteln. Eben: Sicherheitstheater: digitalcourage.de/sicherheitst…

Schluss mit dem Sicherheitstheater | Digitalcourage

Was uns als „Sicherheit“ verkauft wird, ist Repression, die uns bedroht. Dies geschieht auf Kosten der Sicherheit, um die sich real immer weniger
digitalcourage.de

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Hello Fedifriends, I need your help!

I've created a bot - @openbenches - which posts every time a new bench is uploaded to our website.

But, to test it, I need people to upload photos!

So, if you're out for a walk this Sunday, please snap a geotagged photo of any memorial benches you find, and upload them to openbenches.org/

Thanks!


OpenBenches.org

- Welcome to OpenBenches
openbenches.org
@OpenBenches.org
in reply to Mike Gifford, CPWA

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Mike Gifford, CPWA

I'm looking for latt/long for ncc-ccn.gc.ca/business/park-be… & ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/city-ma…

But really I suspect you want me to visit these places and take photos or something neat like that.

#Ottawa #Benches #OpenBenches #OpenData #NCC #Canada


Park Bench Dedication in Canada’s Capital Region

Celebrate a loved one with a personalized bench plaque in one of the most beautiful parks in Ottawa–Gatineau.
National Capital Commission
#canada #opendata #ottawa #benches #openbenches #ncc

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Vítězné snímky soutěže Weather Photographer of the Year 2022
epochtimes.cz/2022/11/23/vitez…

Vítězné snímky soutěže Weather Photographer of the Year 2022 – záběry proměn počasí oslavují tajemné nálady přírody

Letošní ročník fotografické soutěže Weather Photographer of the Year přináší úžasné snímky počasí zachycené v té správné, jedinečné chvíli. Potěšte i vy své oko záběry kouzelných okamžiků, které dokáže vykouzlit pouze Matka Příroda.
Epoch Times ČR
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I put together a basic proof of concept for using existing #Mastodon installations as SSO for #Matrix, using #Synapse. Here's what the authentication and authorization flow for that looks like!

While Mastodon doesn't support #OpenlD Connect, OIDC is just OpenlD on top of OAuth2.0. If your app allows configuring all URLS for your ldP you can use nearly any OAuth2.0 provider.

Avatars currently aren't supported via this (| added one) but can be! Working on a patch for Synapse!

#matrix #Mastodon #synapse #OpenlD

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#GoodMorning adventurers!!

Today's toot is late as yesterday, but for good reasons!
My #Sunday is all about making my partner happy, so I started early in the #kitchen preparing dough for #pizza. For this evening, we will feast! 🍕 🍕 🍕

This is the "puntata". In two hours "staglio" and then "appretto" for other 6 hours.
I'll explain the concepts (poorly, I'm not a professional chef) in a following toot.

How are you doing this fine #sunday adventurers?

Have a photo of "puntata"!

#cooking #cooking101

Dough in its initial phase
#cooking #kitchen #sunday #goodmorning #pizza #cooking101

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Tip pro Drupalisty. Pokud budete z nějakého důvodu potřebovat rozběhnout starý Drupal 6 na PHP 7.4, pak vám toto pomůže: github.com/d6lts/drupal Ale samozřejmě to už neřeší jednotlivé moduly.

GitHub - d6lts/drupal: Fork of Drupal core for Drupal 6 LTS support.

Fork of Drupal core for Drupal 6 LTS support. Contribute to d6lts/drupal development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub

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Up until very recently, it was easier to imagine the end of the internet than it was to imagine the end of the tech giants. The problems of living under a system dominated by unaccountable, vast corporations seemed inescapable. But growth has stagnated for these centralized platforms, and Twitter is in the midst of an ugly meltdown. It won’t be the last service to disintegrate into a thrashing mess.

SOURCE: eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/fedi…


The Fediverse Could Be Awesome (If We Don’t Screw It Up)

This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on what the fediverse is, security and privacy on Mastodon, and more are on the way. You can follow EFF on Mastodon here.Something remarkable is happening.
Electronic Frontier Foundation

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The midterm elections led to divided federal gov't, but at the state level, they unblocked all sorts of exciting climate & energy action. Dig into the details: volts.wtf/p/what-the-midterm-e…

What the midterm elections mean for climate & energy

To help walk through the midterm election results, I contacted energy analyst Whitney Stanco. We hash through the Congressional results and then dive into the states, paying special attention to the four states where Democrats have new trifectas and …
David Roberts (Volts)

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Here's how to follow my list of 'scientists who do climate' here:
1. follow the list on Twitter
2. use fedifinder.glitch.me (be sure to select only the list) to find all scientists with Mastodon accounts in their twitter profiles (currently there are 248)
3. Click to follow them.

Find Fediverse accounts of your Twitter followings

Extract the fediverse handles and urls of your Twitter followings.
fedifinder.glitch.me

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Could not acces .well-known/host-meta
Hello @Friendica Support after pulling from dev at 27th November, I receive this message on the admin page, complaining about the system has no access to .well-known/host-meta with indicate a severe misconfiguration. What has changed? :-)
@Friendica Support
in reply to Marek Bachmann

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Marek Bachmann

Here is the error from log corresponding to this message:


2022-11-30T17:30:14Z index [ERROR]: Uncaught Exception Error: "Class 'phpseclib3\Crypt\RSA' not found" at /home/friendica/live/src/Protocol/Salmon.php line 248 {"exception":"Error: Class 'phpseclib3\\Crypt\\RSA' not found in /home/friendica/live/src/Protocol/Salmon.php:248
Stack trace:
#0 /home/friendica/live/src/Module/WellKnown/HostMeta.php(96): Friendica\\Protocol\\Salmon::salmonKey()
#1 /home/friendica/live/src/BaseModule.php(238): Friendica\\Module\\WellKnown\\HostMeta->rawContent()\n#2 /home/friendica/live/src/App.php(739): Friendica\\BaseModule->run()
#3 /home/friendica/live/index.php(44): Friendica\\App->runFrontend()
#4 {main}"} - {"file":null,"line":null,"function":null,"uid":"14c663","process_id":568081}
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