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El Parlamento europeo se plantea rescatar de la quiebra con dinero público el fondo de pensiones voluntario de sus diputados
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El Parlamento europeo se plantea rescatar de la quiebra con dinero público el fondo de pensiones voluntario de sus diputados

El fondo de pensiones privado y gestionado desde Luxemburgo, al que pudieron unirse los eurodiputados entre 1991 y 2009, está abocado a la quiebra como muy tarde en 2025
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Beyond #Qatargate: the EU needs a compulsory register that targets all covert lobbying

Instead of a misguided 'foreign agents' law that will negatively target NGOs, the EU needs a robust compulsory transparency register that targets all covert #lobbying
corporateeurope.org/en/2023/04…


Beyond Qatargate: the EU needs a compulsory register that targets all covert lobbying

Instead of a misguided 'foreign agents' law that will negatively target NGOs, the EU needs to respond to the Qatargate scandal with a robust compulsory transparency register that targets all covert lobbying, with legally binding sanctions and enforce…
corporateeurope.org
#lobbying #Qatargate

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LibreOffice isn't just software – it's a whole community of people, working together to create something awesome! Find out what they did in April, and join them: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…
Community members at an event in Brazil

LibreOffice project and community recap: April 2023 - The Document Foundation Blog

Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… We started the month noting Microsoft’s plans to raise the prices of its office software in Germany – and other se…
Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)

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daniel:// stenberg://

@dionrhys ah thanks. I'm still polishing the exact formatting of the JSON: github.com/curl/curl-www/issue…

OSV spec · Issue #240 · curl/curl-www

Hey! I'm from the OSV (and OSS-Fuzz :) ) team. Really excited to see #237. It looks like the current export is not spec-compliant, and we'd like to help work together on making this more compliant ...
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@Dion Williams

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"It is strange and striking that climate change activists have not committed any acts of terrorism. After all, terrorism is for the individual by far the modern world’s most effective form of political action, and climate change is an issue about which people feel just as strongly about as, say, animal rights. This is especially noticeable when you bear in mind the ease of things like blowing up petrol stations, or vandalising SUVs. In cities, SUVs are loathed by everyone except the people who drive them; and in a city the size of London, a few dozen people could in a short space of time make the ownership of these cars effectively impossible, just by running keys down the side of them, at a cost to the owner of several thousand pounds a time. Say fifty people vandalizing four cars each and every night for a month: six thousand trashed SUVs in a month and [they] would soon be disappearing from our streets. So why don’t these things happen? Is it because the people who feel strongly about climate change are simply too nice, too educated, to do anything of the sort? (But terrorists are often highly educated.) Or is it that even the people who feel most strongly about climate change, on some level, can’t quite bring themselves to believe in it?"

-- "Fighting in a World on Fire"

Also called Lanchester's Paradox

Fighting in a World on Fire (2023, Verso Books, Verso)

Fighting in a World on Fire - BookWyrm

Social Reading and Reviewing
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"El 26 de abril de 2023 se anunció que se ponía en marcha en Francia, Alemania, España, Italia y Reino Unido un nuevo tipo de cookie para redes móviles. Esta tecnología llamada TrustPID ya no vive en nuestros navegadores: la "supercookie" depende totalmente de nuestros operadores telefónicos. Ha llegado de forma un tanto silenciosa y viene activada por defecto, lo que da que pensar de cara a las reglas del GDPR."
No quiero que me rastreen, ¿cómo se apaga eso?
mangelesbroullon.wordpress.com…

TrustPID, la «supercookie» de los operadores telefónicos

Los operadores telefónicos también quieren una parte del pastel de la publicidad segmentada, y han creado su propia cookie para ello.
Angeles' blog

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The King’s Coronation is to be broadcast with live accessible commentary and audio description. This type of accessible commentary is different to audio description. Whilst audio description has traditionally been pre-recorded and mixed into the main audio after filming, this accessible commentary will be transmitted live as the event happens. rnib.org.uk/news/the-kings-cor…

The King’s Coronation to be broadcast with live accessible commentary and audio description

The coronation of King Charles will be an occasion to bring the country together. The coronation of King Charles III will be broadcast with live accessible commentary on the red button on BBC1 and live audio description on ITV1 on Saturday 6th of May…
RNIB

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25 years ago, brave leaders made the impossible come true by signing the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement.

It not only ended 30 years of the Troubles, but also opened a new era of cooperation.

After a quarter of a century of peace, we recently renewed our commitment to maintaining peace and prosperity with the Windsor Framework.

It will preserve peace by avoiding a hard border on the island, while also protecting the integrity of the EU’s Single Market.

➡️ europa.eu/!K8nW4f

Press corner

Highlights, press releases and speeches
European Commission - European Commission

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Add-on store is coming to NVDA:
According to Sean, an NVAccess developer, assuming no blocking issues are raised, the Add-on store should be merged to alpha by the end of next week.
Try build:
ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/…
This try build includes user documentation though the user guide is still under review.
PR 13985, for comments that should be addressed by NVAccess:
github.com/nvaccess/nvda/pull/…

Add-on store by feerrenrut · Pull Request #13985 · nvaccess/nvda

This is intended to act as a base for "stacked pull requests" to build up this feature until it is considered ready to merge into NVDA. Link to issue number: None Summary of the issue: Historically...
GitHub

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New blog post: Valgrind 3.21 is out
nnethercote.github.io/2023/05/…

In which I describe my contribution to the release, and some thoughts about the state of Valgrind development.

Valgrind 3.21 is out

Valgrind 3.21 was released last week. The release announcement has the full details of the changes.
Nicholas Nethercote

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This is a fascinating read. As a recent lover of game shows, i have heard a lot about Barbara Lowe. Looks like a lot of it was not true, very sad. I personally think Jeopardy should invite her back if she would be interested. theringer.com/tv/2023/5/2/2370…

The Enduring Mystery of Barbara Lowe and the Lost ‘Jeopardy!’ Episodes

In 1986, Barbara Lowe Vollick won five games of ‘Jeopardy!’ in a row. Her episodes were then taken out of circulation.
Claire McNear (The Ringer)

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@libreoffice

FYI
Pagebreak UI bug in vaersion 7.4 / 7.5?

I set document and application background to black (and text in green) for ease on my eyes, and a manual page break indicator looks like it should up to 7.0.4 which I use now (see screenshot).

When I upgraded to 7.4.5 (Devuan backports) and also tried 7.5 via flatpak, I noticed the small gap between the pages was no longer black around the dotted page break line but seemingly the standard application colour.

Very distracting for me.

Page break indicator on black document and application background as set in version 7.0.4.
@LibreOffice

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#LivingBlindfully Transcript: Living Blindfully episode 226, Voice Dream Reader has a nightmare week and ignites a subscription debate, how do E-Scooters disrupt your life, and do police sometimes fail to take crimes against blind people seriously? - livingblindfully.com/lb0226tra…

Transcript: Living Blindfully episode 226, Voice Dream Reader has a nightmare week and ignites a subscription debate, how do E-Scooters disrupt your life, and do police sometimes fail to take crimes against blind people seriously? – Living Blindfully

www.livingblindfully.com
#livingblindfully

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Mám tu nějaké rodiče? Mohl bych vás moc poprosit o vyplnění dotazníku pro mou milovanou ženu? Týká se přístupu rodičů k digitálním technologiím v rukách dětí.
Děkuji předem jak za vyplnění, tak za retweet/boost:
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Přístup rodičů k volnočasovému využívání digitálních technologií u svých dětí

Dobrý den, milí respondenti, právě se vám do rukou dostal tento dotazník, jehož téma je v poslední době velmi diskutované, a to jak kladně, tak negativně.
Google Docs
in reply to GNOME

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Cassidy James

🙌

For anyone interested in some of my recommendations:

• Jack of All Trades: Embracing Versatility in a World of Specialization

• Maintaining Healthy Upstream Relationships as a Small Team

• GNOME Design: State of the Union

• Reducing Power and Bandwidth Use in Apps to Keep Users Happy

• How to Make a Delightful App Listing

• A GTK Status Update

• State of the Shell

• Reaching New Users with GNOME

There are lots of great looking talks, but these are some I’m planning to attend!

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Is #Gmail killing independent email?

"Is it okay that Gmail has the power to decide whether a business is sending spam or not?"

Gmail has rigged the email game imo. It makes running a self-hosted email server hard, even after properly configuring DKIM, DMARC, and SPF.

#cybersecurity #privacy #technology

tutanota.com/blog/posts/gmail-…


Is Gmail killing independent email?

People report that self-hosted emails always end up in Gmail spam. Is there anything Google can do about it?
Tutanota
#privacy #technology #GMail #cybersecurity

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On last night's Oxide and Friends @kissane joined @bcantrill and me to discuss her terrific blog post "Blue Skies Over Mastodon". We were also fortunate to be joined by @timbray and @steveklabnik.

Bluesky has been... fun! Whereas our experience on Mastodon has been more... earnest.

We touched on a key topic of safety--a key reason for the exodus from Twitter--and the approaches Bluesky and Mastodon are taking.

Thanks again to Erin, Tim, Steve, and everyone in chat youtu.be/bcMiWZ2Er2g


Oxide and Friends 5/1/2023 -- Blue Skies Over Mastodon (with Erin Kissane and Tim Bray)

Erin's blog post: https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodonContext: https://mastodon.social/@bcantrill/110294376181348879Notes: https://github.com/oxi...
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@steveklabnik @Bryan Cantrill @Erin Kissane @Tim Bray

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The #EarnItAct is one of the worst #surveillance bills out there. We've killed it twice, let's do so again! 💀

We've joined 130+ orgs to stop EARN IT from being passed as law.

You can help by signing the petition. Do so now!!! 👉 tutanota.com/blog/posts/earn-i…

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Der #EarnItAct ist eines der schlimmsten #Überwachungsgesetze.

Wir haben uns 130+ Orgs angeschlossen, um zu verhindern, dass EARN IT verabschiedet wird.

Hilf uns & unterzeichne die Petition! 👉 tutanota.com/blog/posts/earn-i….

#StopEarnItAct


The EARN IT bill is back. We've killed it twice, let's do it again! 💀💀💀

EARN IT bill is aiming at scanning our messages and photos, but opposition is HUGE.
Tutanota
#surveillance #EarnItAct #uberwachungsgesetze #StopEARNITAct

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Ministr zahraničí ČR si vybral pro komentář o Ukrajině titul Washington Examiner, který se soustředí na republikánské a konzervativní čtenáře. Vyzval k odvaze při podpoře Kyjeva a nutnosti navrátit Ukrajině ilegálně anektovaný Krym a další Ruskem okupovaná území. washingtonexaminer.com/opinion…

Ukraine must take back Crimea to stop Russia’s sick imperialistic dreams

There are an extraordinary number of myths associated with the extraordinarily beautiful Crimean Peninsula. Many of these myths are believed not only by the general public, but also by journalists and international relations experts.
Jan Lipavský (Washington Examiner)

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Když tady byla řeč o kávě, tak jsem tu ještě myslím neukazoval svůj setup. Když se na to tak zpětně dívám, tak bych domácí espresso určitě nedoporučoval někomu, kdo nechce mít nový koníček a není připravený utopit v nové vášni během následujících let spoustu peněz 🙂 Pokud si chcete doma dělat dobrý kafe, tak je lepší volbou filtr nebo jiná alternativní příprava kávy.
Kávovar: Rancilio Silvia (modifikovaná PID verze od českého Buna Café)
Mlýnek: DF64
#coffee
Rancilio Silvia, kávovar, coffee machine, DF64
#coffee

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We are excited to announce that Fakespot will be joining the Mozilla family. Together we will expand Fakespot’s capabilities and continue to innovate new ways to create a better online shopping experience for people, one where they can feel safe and confident they are purchasing the best, most trustworthy products. Firefox is committed to making people’s lives better online and we know Fakespot’s expertise will help us deliver an even better ecommerce experience. blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/fa…

Fakespot Joins Mozilla, Enhancing Trustworthy Shopping on Firefox

Fakespot will continue to work across all major web browsers and mobile devices, and the Mozilla team will be investing in continuing to enhance the Fakespot experience for its many, dedicated users.
Steve Teixeira (The Mozilla Blog)
in reply to Aaron A. Reed

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Mikołaj Hołysz

Will the finished book be available in ebook form? I’m a blind person with an interest in the field, using screen-readers to interact with technology, and physical books aren’t accessible to me for obvious reasons. I noticed you mentioned “shipping copies” somewhere in your Substack, to which I have been subscribed for quite some time, and that’s why I’m concerned.

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Una cosa que no recordaba de las clases de Historia era que los ingleses desembarcaron en Cádiz en 1625, y que nada mas llegar se pillaron tal cogorza que se tuvieron que retirar, y los españoles se cargaron a 1000 que se habían quedado borrachos sin pegar ni un solo tiro.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A1d…

Wikipedia capture: "When Cecil landed his forces, they realised that they had no food or drink with them. Cecil then made the foolish decision to allow the men to drink from the wine vats found in the local houses. A wave of drunkenness ensued, with few or none of Cecil's force remaining sober. Realizing what he had done, Cecil took the only course left open to him and ordered that the men return to their ships and retreat. When the Spanish army arrived, they found over 1,000 English soldiers still drunk; although every man was armed, not a single shot was fired as the Spanish put them all to the sword."

Failed English naval expedition to attack Spain.

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