Blind employee sues VA for discrimination, claiming new $10B records system cannot be used by visually impaired workers
A blind employee with the Department of Veterans Affairs has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the agency claiming its new $10 billion electronic health records system cannot be used by clinicians who are visually impaired.Stars and Stripes
So I turned off the new Firefox advertiser-friendly stuff.
But somehow I feel this isn't enough. I want to do more than just turn the feature off, I would prefer to submit poisoned and false data to it continually.
Anyone know a plugin that will flood this bullshit system with fake AI lies or anything like that?
In the page explaining why they silently forced this bullshit on me they say "Attribution is very important to advertisers"
Fuck advertisers. Fuck them. You get that Firefox? It is not your job to be kind to advertisers, it is your job to fuck them on my behalf.
Wind River Platinum Sponsor of DebConf24
We are pleased to announce that Wind River has committed to sponsor DebConf24 as a Platinum Sponsor. For nearly 20 years, Wind River has led in commercial open source Linux solutions for mission-critical enterprise edge computing. With expertise...Debian Project
Thanks to gitlab.com/ab-amal and gitlab.com/Glitchyi we have a redesigned home page for diasp.in
#XMPP #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OpenSource
We are hosting a public XMPP / #Jabber service for 8+ years and you can request an account now. You can learn more about XMPP / Jabber at joinjabber.org
With a diasp.in account and app like Monocles Chat or Monal, you can talk to users of many others messaging apps like Quicksy or Prav.
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My latest: Apple this morning announced a new “midnight” HomePod mini, which, while ostensibly ho-hum news, is a great opportunity to remind able-bodied people in the tech media that accessibility matters a whole lot when it comes to smart speakers.
forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino/…
Apple’s Refreshed HomePod Mini Reminds Smart Speakers Are Invaluable Tools For Accessibility
The hands-free operation matters a lot for accessibility.Steven Aquino (Forbes)
**Join the Apple Accessibility Feedback Team: Your Voice Matters!
applevis.com/forum/macos-mac-a…
**Join the Apple Accessibility Feedback Team: Your Voice Matters! | AppleVis
Calling All Blind and Low Vision Users! Exciting news! I’ve reached out to Apple Accessibility, and they’re on board to collaborate with us. They’ve asked me to put together a team so we can work directly with their team and engineers.www.applevis.com
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Keeping Up with the Gen Zs
The Defining Characteristics of the New GenerationRex Woodbury (Digital Native)
The maritime crews keeping Africa connected to the internet
“These are uniquely skilled artisans and technicians who retrieve and repair cables, sometimes from depths of multiple kilometres under the ocean.”Global Voices
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Attached: 1 image @Techmeme@techhub.social Musk then: "To be clear, I am not a conservative. Am registered independent & politically moderate." Musk now: *shaves head, dresses in green and purple* I will kill Superman.Hachyderm.io
@mozilla are you mad? Seriously, this is not a metaphorical straw, it's a big fuck off to all the privacy sensitive users - no, actually to all your users - who supported you all these years and a clear, final renouncement of any remaining hope you will stop going full surveillance.
Congratulations to your new overlords, they are at least crystal clear in their goals.
github.com/mozilla/explainers/…
Seriously? "we are working with meta" "the price for user is just a bit of privacy" "but look at these huge benefits for adviser!" "we believe more ads is better" "enable by default, b/c, else people may not enable it"?
explainers/ppa-experiment at main · mozilla/explainers
Explainers from Mozilla contributors. Contribute to mozilla/explainers development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
iOS 18's Public Beta Hands-On: Here's What You Need to Know
I've been using the betas since WWDC. It's packed with ways to customize your iPhone, like the home screen, as well as apps like Photos and Messages.Zachary McAuliffe (CNET)
Aira Access Events Launches at Disability:IN! - Aira
Aira Access Events is a new service that organizers can use to better include blind and low vision attendees and foster an inclusive and engaging atmosphere.Hannah Griffin (Aira)
Socialist Societies – The Labour Party
There are many Socialist Societies affiliated to Labour, all with a unique perspective and all fighting for a fairer Britain.The Labour Party
We’re going live at 8:45 EDT. Join @samsteindc with @joeperticone and A.B. Stoddard for a prime time preview.
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Republican National Convention: Day One | The Bulwark Live
Come watch the Republican National Convention with your favorite Bulwark reporters. The convention will be live-streamed here, with commentary from Sam Stein...YouTube
It’s official, my employer, a public university has filed a suit in BC Supreme Court against a student who is the “leader” of the PSE protest encampment on campus. She is an international student, a visible minority… and now the target of an expensive lawsuit by a broke University against its students.
(Edit: *students)
What an incredibly sad day.
justice.gov.bc.ca/cso/newCaseR…
@chly1017fm @CBCNews
@akurjata @davidakin @Jade
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #UniversityProtests #canpoli #israel #gaza
mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)
Good morning! Things that are still true: There are millions of Black registered voters, that want to vote for Biden, and plan to vote for him in November.Hachyderm.io
New made-up layer of copyright bill just dropped
theverge.com/2024/7/11/2419676…
The AI-focused COPIED Act would make removing digital watermarks illegal
Sens. Maria Cantwell, Martin Heinrich, and Marsha Blackburn introduced the COPIED Act to promote transparency around where content came from and if it’s AI-generated.Lauren Feiner (The Verge)
We are in the middle of watching a series of shamelessly corrupt courts declare Trump free to commit felonies with impunity. So yes, I have very, very little faith in American institutions as currently constituted.
I donate a monthly amount to UNRWA and have been doing this since my government criminally withheld support of this crucial relief organisation.
It's never enough, but all bits help. Please consider a donation, thank you.
aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/20…
Israel’s war on Gaza live: UNRWA headquarters in Gaza ‘flattened’
Israel’s latest ground campaign in Gaza City rages as UNRWA chief says HQ’s destruction violates international law.Lyndal Rowlands (Al Jazeera)
@modulux It feels frustratingly little, but it does make an impact. The Dutch state donated €19 million in 2023. If ~65,000 Dutch people would donate €25 a month, we'd already cover this completely.
I was hoping my party would organise a campaign along these lines, but instead we recently decided a blank anti-UN position at our recent congress. I'm sure the people in Palestine appreciate this principled position..
A... what...
This is extremely unwise. Sure, the UN has tons of problems, but UNRWWA is the only organisation that has access and capacity there...
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Asociación de Móstoles dedicada al Rol, Juegos de Cartas, Simulación, etc...Linktree
In case you wonder: "SkyTube Extra" will disappear from the #IzzyOnDroid repo with the next sync as it no longer meets the inclusion criteria (gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/…). For details, please see github.com/SkyTubeTeam/SkyTube…
(the major culprit is the integrated self-updater with an update checker that cannot even be disabled. Such "updates" would bypass the extra checks established in the IzzyOnDroid repo – so if they're not opt-in with the implications made clear, they're a no-go)
Question on permissions · Issue #1256 · SkyTubeTeam/SkyTube
On the latest release, my scanner just reported: ! repo/free.rm.skytube.extra_48.apk declares sensitive permission(s): android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_S...GitHub
Today, chatting on IRC, the topic of decorative fruit came up. I recently read that lemons, at least in Spain, were decorative originally, and only later people worked out they could be eaten or used for flavouring food.
Someone else pointed out a similar situation took place with pineapples in the UK and posted this fascinating article about it: bbc.com/news/uk-england-534328…
Pineapples were a status symbol, and were so expensive they would be exposed for show rather than eaten, until they rotted. There were pineapples for rent, and they required security and were at risk of theft.
What a world.
The rise, fall, and rise of the status pineapple
For a couple of centuries, the British were in an unlikely frenzy for the exotic fruit.By Bethan Bell (BBC News)
Adam Dalliance
in reply to Adam Dalliance • • •I looked at Librewolf and it seemed like it'd be perfect. Was still able to send tabs around from machine to machine and sync bookmarks and stuff, which is the thing I suspected wouldn't work. All worked okay, was just firefox without the bullshit they do these days.
Until it just threw javascript errors on my TTRSS install and I couldn't read my newsreader.
Only on my desktop machine mind, it was fine on the laptop.
Maybe I should try harder. Perhaps it was just a fleeting thing that would be fixed next version.
#librewolf #firefox #advertising #bullshit
Adam Dalliance
in reply to Adam Dalliance • • •I'm hearing that Mozilla worked with Facebook to build this malware that they silently injected into our machines.
Reminds me of that episode of Batman where Batman teamed up with the Penguin to develop a more citizen-friendly system of crime and extortion so that the Penguin could stop having so many people murdered.
Oh, no, wait. That never happened because Batman knows who the fucking bad guys are.
#firefox #mozilla #meta #facebook