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"The majority of ALL book bans in the US were initiated by just 11 people…Book banning is NOT a movement…In most [states] it only takes a single complaint to have a strip a book from the library. Just one…Look at what is happening in St. James, FL where ONE person got twenty three books removed. Or in Clay County District schools where ONE person forced almost thirty books off shelves."
action.everylibrary.org/books_…

I just signed this petition and hope you will too.

#BookBans #Censorship #Libraries


Hundreds of books are usually banned by just ONE person in a community

It only takes a single complaint to strip a book from the library. Just one. That’s it.
EveryLibrary Action
#censorship #libraries #bookBans

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The FTC is investigating PC manufacturers who scare you away from your right to repair theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191790…

The FTC is investigating PC manufacturers who scare you away from your right to repair

The FTC is warning ASRock, Gigabyte, and Zotac that “warranty void if removed” is illegal in the United States, sending letters to each firm warning them to change their policies.
Sean Hollister (The Verge)

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Ugh, Mastodon’s rolling out a new meta tag for verifying links.

Now we can do:

  • reciprocal links
  • IndieWeb h-cards (can work with reciprocal links)
  • Semantic Web markup that maps to v-cards (can work with reciprocal links)
  • Ariadne proofs (Keyoxide) (works with many different account providers)
  • Fediverse-link-preview-specific identity verification but only for accounts approved by your instance admin.

xkcd 927: Standards

(Transcript on explain xkcd)


Standards

xkcd
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Seirdy

Servers already cache long lists of Fediverse domains and verified profile links. Going through a page’s rel-me links for link previews as well as profile links should be doable.

Relatedly, the Fediverse small-DDoS problem still needs solving and this just makes it more obvious. Including link previews in the post and verifying them after a much longer random delay (measured in minutes), first checking for previews from a list of preview-generating servers, would address most issues.

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Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, after scrapping over 1,000 regulations governing their use (Rocky Swift/Reuters)

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Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, after scrapping over 1,000 regulations governing their use

By Rocky Swift / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
Techmeme

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Check out the special offers on the brand new Orbit Speak, Orbit Speak Plus, Orbit Reader Q20 and Q40 braille devices! orbitresearch.com/special-offe… #A11y #BrailleForAll #OrbitReaderQ20 #OrbitReaderQ40 #OrbitSpeak

Special Offers

Special offers for the ACB & NFB 2024 convention (Valid from Jul 1st to July 12, 2024).  Available to customers in the US while supplies last! Bundles with Turtleback leather luxury carrying cases
Orbit Research
#a11y #orbitspeak #brailleforall #orbitreaderq20 #orbitreaderq40

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Check out exciting special offers for #NFB2024 and #ACB22 from Orbit Research. Details at orbitresearch.com/special-offe… #A11y #BrailleForAll #inclusion #OrbitReaderQ20 #OrbitReaderQ40 #OrbitSpeak #OrbitSpeakPlus

Special Offers

Special offers for the ACB & NFB 2024 convention (Valid from Jul 1st to July 12, 2024).  Available to customers in the US while supplies last! Bundles with Turtleback leather luxury carrying cases
Orbit Research
#a11y #inclusion #orbitspeak #brailleforall #nfb2024 #ACB22 #orbitreaderq20 #orbitreaderq40 #orbitspeakplus

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TERF, Nazi takes an L

Sensitive content

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Nous sommes la nouvelle France

Clip officiel de la France insoumise pour le second tour des élections législatives du 7 juillet 2024.

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Nous sommes la nouvelle France - le clip de la France insoumise

"Nous sommes la nouvelle France !"Voter pour le Nouveau Front populaire, c'est se donner la chance de changer nos existences. Tournons la page du macronisme....
YouTube

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Just after I post about fire risk increasing in northern Alberta & the NWT, I go to rest a bit in the other room, that has the window open, & notice a distinct smell of smoke. 😣

It looks like the worst of the smoke is going to pass north & east of Edmonton over the next few days (see forecast), but those forecasts are notoriously unreliable so I guess I'm back to checking AQ any time I go out or open a window.

Bad air just when it gets hot out. Great.

#YEGwx #YEGaq

Map of central & northern Alberta from aqicn.org, with coloured flags showing air quality readings using the US EPA scale. There is an approximate diagonal division passing from the northwest to the southeast, running through the Edmonton area in the middle: the the south and west of the line, polution readings are all very low, in green. To the north and east, readings are marked in yellow and orange, up to 142 AQI. (Which is still much, much less than the worst it gets.)

72h Hourly Maps at Ground Level - 12 UTC - Prairies - Environment Canada

Weather Maps, Maps, Modelling, Numerical Weather Forecasting
weather.gc.ca
#yegwx #yegaq

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🗣️ 🔊 July 8th @ 8am PDT/5pm CET, we’re launching the Data Workers’ Inquiry: 15 data workers from 4 continents answer their own research questions in their chosen modality, ranging from comprehensive reports, to animated shorts, documentaries, zines, comic books, podcasts & more. I’ll moderate a panel with founders of the 1st African content moderators union, & @DAIR's Krystal Kauffman, lead organizer of @turkopticon.
Register @ data-workers.org/events/ where you’ll find the speakers’ series🧵 1/x
A flyer outlining the talk series: - All online. 8 - 10:30 am PT, 11am - 12:30 pm ET, 5-6:30 pm CET. - More info and registration: data-workers.org/events Talk series: - Sept. 23. Online. English with captioning What impact does content moderation have on workers’ mental health? Speakers: Sakine Bozorg, Fasica Gebrekidan, Botlhokwa Ranta, Krystal Kauffman Moderation: Milagros Miceli - Oct. 7. Online. German with simultaneous English translation Data work as a career? Professionalizing content moderation in Germany. Speakers: Anonymous, Data, Worker, Milagros Miceli Moderation: Laurenz Sachenbacher - Nov. 4. Online. English with captioning. Who else does data work? Speakers: John López (WGA), Tadhg Mac Eoghain (Guerrilla Media Collective), Arte es Ética, Alex Hanna Moderation: Milagros Miceli
A flyer of the Launch Event for the Data Workers Inquiry. At 8 am PT / 11 am EST / 5 pm CET there is the firt panel, called "What is the Data Workers' Inquiry +Q&A". 45 minutes later the data workers will be introduces and at last panel 2 called "How to do data workers organize in the face of exploitation + Q&A" will take place at 12 pm EST. It will be held online on zoom on the 8th of July. RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/data-workers.
A flyer outlining the talk series (part 1): - All online. 8 - 10:30 am PT, 11am - 12:30 pm ET, 5-6:30 pm CET. - More info and registration: data-workers.org/events Talk series: - July 8. Online. English with captioning. How do data workers organize in the face of exploitation? Speakers: Mophat Okinyi, Richard Mathenge, Krystal Kauffman Moderation: Adio Dinika - July 22. Online. English with captioning What does precarity look like for data workers? Speakers: Yasser Alrayes, Roukaya Al Hammada, Wilington Shitawa, Adio Dinika Moderation: Krystal Kauffman - August 26. Online. Spanish with simultaneous English translation What grievances are specific to data work in Latin America? Speakers: Oskarina Fuentes, Alex Chávez, Camilla Salim Wagner Moderation: Milagros Miceli - Sept. 9. Online. English with captioning What training do data workers need and what do they get instead? Speakers: Fasica Gebrekidan, Anonymous Worker, Yasser Alrayes, Laurenz Sachenbacher Moderation: Krystal Kauffman

Events – Data Workers Inquiry

data-workers.org
@DAIR @turkopticon
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Timnit Gebru (she/her).

We'll highlight each researcher throughout the week but I'll start with two.

Fasica Gebrekidan worked as a content moderator for Meta via Sama in Nairobi, Kenya for 2 years, until she was laid off for attempting to form a data workers’ union. Her heartbreaking report is on the unimaginable toll of both experiencing #TigrayGenocide AND moderating content related to it. Imagine. She discusses mental health issues and drug abuse.

You can download her report at data-workers.org/fasica/

Content moderation: The harrowing, traumatizing job that leaves many African data workers with mental health issues and drug dependency. By Fasica Berhane Gebrekidan. With a black and white sketch of a silhouette of what seems like a woman's body.
#TigrayGenocide

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Banda mafiánov si definitívne odklepla beztrestnosť.
Rovnako tak existencia tzv. "štandardného" legislatívneho procesu prestala mať akékoľvek opodstatnenie.
Sloboda a spravodlivosť dostáva na prdel všade na svete, takže túto smiešnu epizódku v krajine, ktorá je samostatným štátom iba omylom, si nikto poriadne ani nevšimne.

From: @aktuality_bot
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Aktuality (@aktuality_bot@rockosbasilisk.com)

Ústavný súd rozhodol o trestnej novele. Malá časť vládneho zákona je protiústavná Väčšina návrhov z dielne koalície cez ústavných sudcov ale prešla. https://l.rockosbasilisk.com/1RuQZ
Rockosbasilisk
@Aktuality

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Booting Linux off of Google Drive

On the brink of insanity, my tattered mind unable to comprehend the twisted interplay of millennia of arcane programmer-time and the ragged screech of madness, I reached into the Mass and steeled myself to the ground lest I be pulled in, and found my magnum opus.

Booting Linux off of a Google Drive root.
↫ Ersei

That's not... You shouldn't... Why would...

osnews.com/story/140111/bootin…

#Linux

Booting Linux off of Google Drive – OSnews

www.osnews.com
#linux

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NEW: Hackers say they stole 33 million cell phone numbers of users of two-factor app Authy.

Twilio (owner of Authy) confirmed that "threat actors were able to identify" phone numbers, but didn't say how many.

While having a list of phone numbers on its own may seem like not a big deal, the risk is that now hackers can better tailor phishing attacks against Authy users.

techcrunch.com/2024/07/03/twil…

TechCrunch is part of the Yahoo family of brands

techcrunch.com

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Tour de France v Česku? Věci se daly do pohybu | We Love Cycling - Česká republika
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Tour de France v Česku? Věci se daly do pohybu | We Love Cycling - Česká republika

Ohromující, grandiózní a dechberoucí byl Grand Départ Tour de France 2024 odehrávající se v Itálii. Fanoušci se k trati navalili jako žlutá lavina.
radekmalina (We Love Cycling - Česká republika)

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I think when I was growing up (not too long ago.. 30 years ago?) in Singapore / Malaysia, our former colonial masters the UK still seemed like an aspirational place to study in, work in, move to, live in. After all, so many of our relatives did.

Now? I have such a deep aversion to it. Even though I had a good run in London very briefly in the 00s.

emptywheel.net/2024/07/03/four…


Fourteen Shambolic Years of Conservative Rule - emptywheel

The Tories are Exhausting. This Thursday the 4th of July the UK will be overcast in the low 60s with some intermittent rain, and all the parliamentary seats will be up for grabs as the UK turns out for yet another insane British snap election.
Quinn Norton (emptywheel)

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Good morning everybody! Did any of you suno users get the big announcement? Well, just yesterday, it was announced that Suno is now an app in the ios App Store. It seems to be pretty accessible from a blind perspective, but I think it could use some work. Unfortunately it’s only in the US for now, but I hear it’s going to have a global release pretty soon. Nothing definite on that yet, but I’ll keep you guys up-to-date on that if I can. Oh, and for android users, it will be coming to your app store soon. For the IOS users in the USA, Here is the link.
apps.apple.com/us/app/suno-mak…
Once you have signed in with your email and password or your preferred service, you may have to close the app and reopen it to see your songs. Sometimes the app doesn't refresh unless you close and open the app.
Anyway, enjoy and let me know what you think. I must warn you, it was only released yesterday, so, it will probably be a little buggy.

‎Suno - Make and Explore Music

‎Make and explore music with Suno. Whether you're a shower singer or a charting artist, we break barriers between you and the song you dream of making. No instrument needed, just imagination.
App Store

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‼️ Comunità #XMPP:
📢 Annuncio: Eventi mensili in italiano sulla messaggistica XMPP! 🇮🇹
📆 Quando? Mercoledì 3 Luglio alle 18:00
✍️ Dettagli e iscrizione su Mobilizon - mobilizon.it/events/c1edf281-4…
I temi:
- #Chatcontrol
- La fragilità dei progetti di sw libero, ancora (Il caso di Xerolinux)
- La liberazione di Julian #Assange (c'entra con XMPP? forse sì)

XMPP Italian happy hour - Giugno 2024 - Live

Sei appassionato di tecnologia, comunicazione? Allora non perderti gli eventi mensili in italiano su XMPP! 🌐 📚 Scopri di più su XMPP: XMPP è l'acronimo di "Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol" ed è costituito da un insieme di tecnologie aperte…
mobilizon.it
#xmpp #chatcontrol #assange
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Tuta

We are there where the people are. This gives us the chance to communicate better our mission. Unfortunately, without presence on these platforms, we can't spread the word.
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Casey Reeves

@cachondo Yeah exactly what I was thinking. A tiny linux console only pc for on the go, which is better than having a laptop imo because laptops are annoying with their battery life, with their fans that make it annoyingly difficult to clean them. It's not meant to be used everywhere, requires an actual power outlet... But still.

Hopefully they don't sell it for too high price.

@Sean Randall
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