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The "weird” strategy was laid out by a genius long ago
Quote: “Mel Brooks was once asked how he, as a Jewish man, was able to make so many silly jokes about Nazis. He said that evil people enjoy being portrayed as villains, but they detest being made out to look like fools”

During latest two days I have attempted a minimal #a11y related hacking in #rust with #matrix #fractal code base. While working on it I found this tech note by @Hubert Figuière on subclassing #GTK4 widgets verry help full.
Let's see if I have done it right. At least I am back to chatting now.
#a11y #matrix #rust #GTK4 #fractal @Hubert Figuière

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len nech to ide, len nech to ide, kľudne môžem robiť v práci aj nič, takmer nič

La noche del 4 de agosto de 1789 la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente ponía fin al sistema feudal en Francia acabando con los privilegios de la nobleza y el clero. Una de las fechas más importantes de la Revolución Francesa.
sesión de la Asamblea Nacional Constituyente francesa en la que se votó la supresión de los privilegios feudales

#Wrocław und das #Viertel der gegenseitigen #Achtung.

In meinem Umfeld kam die Tage die Rede darauf. Vielleicht ist es ein #Reisetipp?

Ich war seinerzeit jedenfalls sehr beeindruckt von Janusz Witt's #Engagement für #Toleranz und Achtung.

Falls sich jemand dort umschauen sollte, ich wäre für ein #update zum #Projekt dankbar.

pilgerweg-21.de/wroclaw-die-eu…
#Reise#Polen#FediKirche#Religion


Wrocław - Die Europäische Kulturhauptstadt für Achtung und Toleranz

JoergSorge
#religion #update #projekt #fedikirche #reise #wrocław #viertel #achtung #reisetipp #engagement #toleranz #polen

že by ma čakala???

Ja mám hotovo. 😁

A víte, jak to dopadne, když vám někdo "ze srandy" šťuchne opilého kamaráda přímo před autobus, který jede 27 mil za hodinu?
Spoiler alert:

Vyvázl z toho pravděpodobně "jen" s otřesem mozku...

Curiosidad sobre las olimpiadas: en 1992 la competición de tiro era mixta, y se llevó el oro esta señora, Zhang Shan. Vamos, que ganó al resto de señoros. En consecuencia se prohibió jugar a las mujeres para las siguientes. En el 2000 se les dejó volver a competir pero aparte.
Que veo a mucha gente preguntar por qué algunos deportes no son mixtos, pues por esto, por si ellas ganan.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Sh…

Chinese sport shooter

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)

That creepy ‘friend’ device and the Samsung Galaxy Ring have more in common than you might think techradar.com/health-fitness/t…

That creepy ‘friend’ device and the Samsung Galaxy Ring have more in common than you might think

The future of wearables is AI-powered screenless devices
Matt Evans (TechRadar)

If you're not into Tiktok and shorts, but like your longform content, if you happen to like oldschool Rhodes and Wurli sounds from the 80's, you might like this overview I did of a recently-released product. I think it has some of the more unique sounds in the genre, and is very customisable which I demonstrate in the first 20 or so minutes. The last hour is spent going through my favourite sounds in the library, so yeah, this is a long one...
#InspiredBySound - Impact Soundworks Altera Keys (NKS Overview & Favourites)
youtu.be/WByxAqBV508

#InspiredBySound - Impact Soundworks Altera Keys (NKS Overview & Favourites)

Here's a longer than expected video about Impact Soundworks Altera Keys. Clearly I had a lot of fun here as you'll see.I didn't realise that 1, I'd favourite...
YouTube
#inspiredbysound

Question for those who own the Bible Courier: what TTS engine does it use? I have to admit that I'm intrigued by this device but I haven't yet seen it. Its price of $100 is just high enough that I'm not quite sure I want to order it but I am thinking about it ..

biblecourier.org/


About - BibleCourier Audio Bible for the Blind - (651)-447-2195

BibleCourier is an electronic pocket Bible designed especially for someone who is blind or visually impaired. BibleCourier weighs about 4 ounces including batteries and is about the size of a pocket New Testament (4 by 2 by .75 inches).
Lutheran Braille Evangelism

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David Ward
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I’m not personally familiar with this product. But students in the passive owned something like this it’s usually an audio recording that’s broken up by Bible books, chapters, and verses in such a way that you can easily navigate to them using buttons. There is an awesome Amazon echo app called the Bible app skill though that works pretty good and has several different narrated Bibles. as an alternative.
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Kelly Wickham
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I don't know what the TTS engine is, but it's a great device. There are so many versions you can get. Plus, it gives you the ability to navigate between book, chapter and even verse. You can also make bookmarks. I highly recommend it.

Ran into this on reddit and just love it lol.

@luis_in_brief @federicomena @jimmac

#gnome

Wolverine missing Ximian GNOME
#gnome @Federico Mena Quintero @Jakub Steiner ⭐ @Luis Villa

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A gem by @pluralistic from a couple of months ago:

"Geometry hates Tesla, and physics hates Starlink. Reality has a leftist bias. The future is fiber, and public transit. These are both vastly preferable, more efficient, safer, more reliable and more plausible than satellite and private vehicles. Their only disadvantage is that they fail to give an easily gulled, thin-skinned compulsive liar more power over billions of people. That's a disadvantage I can live with."

pluralistic.net/2024/05/16/sym…

Pluralistic: Utah’s getting some of America’s best broadband (16 May 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net
@Cory Doctorow

Did you catch the "20 Minute Tech Tips" episode with Elizabeth Whitaker when she demonstrated some powerful tips for searching in Gmail? Listen to the episode now: freedomscientifictraining.libs…

#FreedomScientificTraining #JAWS #20MinuteTechTips


Freedom Scientific Training Podcast: 20 Minute Tech Tips: Searching in Gmail

Listen in to our new series, 20 Minute Tech Tips. Hear Elizabeth Whitaker as she demonstrates a few powerful tips for Searching in Gmail. For more tips for transitioning from Basic HTML to Standard view in Gmail, check out our previous training:    
freedomscientifictraining.libsyn.com
#jaws #freedomscientifictraining #20minutetechtips

I was like “LOL gnome feels the same about Lunduke as I do!” and then they were dicks about it - upholding gnome’s reputation also, I suppose.

So what if some new member posts a link to Lunduke article not knowing about some unwritten rule… and they get banned? Yeah that’s rubbish. Write your rule down somewhere FFS. This will scare off new or unaware users.

Hell, until recently I wasn’t even aware that others disliked the guy as much as I do. The most info I got on him being disliked came from his own articles, which was amusingly helpful. :neocat_laugh:

#gnome #lunduke

A user asks: If nothing else, can rule of anyone posting content from that person being a bannable offense be posted to the FAQ? Followed by gnome team member saying “Always Be Civil” already covers it. Posting rage/troll bait falls under that category. This topic is over.
#gnome #lunduke
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Emmanuele Bassi
Emmanuele Bassi
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you assume I am a machine that cannot discern intent, and can't obviously distinguish between somebody that posts a link to a known fash because they don't know any better, and somebody that posts a link as a way to be an asshole and rage farm.

Aaaand… Welcome to the RB family, AlternativeUnlockXposed! Thanks to the efforts by its author, the app now builds reproducible:

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.l…

So with the next sync, expect the new release to show up with the green shield for RB :awesome:

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid


„AlternativeUnlockXposed“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Unlock your Android phone with an alternative PIN (Xposed)
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid

Thank you for coming to this year's #SolsticeSchool! As usual:

Shoutouts to the presenters for their talks!! Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge! An archive of materials will become available here: solsticeschool.scholar.social/…

& thank you also to moderators for helping out!!

Solstice School 2024

solsticeschool.scholar.social
#solsticeschool

Huh. Speed limits on Ontario hwys changed. I mean, folk were already doing 120 if no cops around, so 110 no big deal, so far anyway. When it registers, will 120 turn to 130? Not great for pollution, but we have an idiot PM who isn't big into science or environment.

globalnews.ca/news/10614497/sp…


Speed limits increase on some Ontario highways, including parts of 401

The speed limit is increasing on several more sections of provincial highways starting July 12.
Don Mitchell (Global News)
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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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I was like WTF the other day on the 417. I didn't realize it was that recent.

A Brief tour of the End, an accessible fiction podcast directory.
This is a brief tour of The End database, for fiction podcasts, with Apple's screen reader on iOS. I walk through some pages of the website that show how clean markup can make a website very easy to navigate for everyone, not just screen reader users.

The End | Completed Audio Fiction

The End is a directory of complete audio fiction—either at the series or season level—ready for you to listen to and enjoy at your pace. If you love fiction podcasts, audiodramas, radio plays, or audiobooks, This is what you've been waiting for!
The End | Completed Audio Fiction
#Accessibility #apple #technology #computers #Screen reader
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I'd like to clarify the origin of the accusations against #ImaneKhelif because I don't think most people realize where they came from. The vitriolic mix of of misogynist, transphobic and racist insults against the Algerian athlete started days before the match, largely on Italian papers belonging to far-right politicians and businessmen. Here's a few examples from late July (English translation of the titles is in the alt text). 1/8
A screenshot from an article from Italian right-wing newspaper "La Verità". The title says "In the gender Olympic games an Algerian man will throw punches at an Italian woman". In the original Italian the adjective "Algerian" uses the masculine form which is why I translated it as "an Algerian man".
A screenshot of an article from Italian right-wing newspaper "Il Giornale". The title says: "Olympic Games, trans boxers will be able to fight against women."
A screenshot of an article from Italian right-wing newspaper "Il Giornale". The title says: "A boxer who is biologically a man is part of the women league. Woke delirium at the Olympic games". Note that the word "woke" is used in the Italian title as-is, having been adopted in the language by Italian right-wing politicians. The same politicians who often rile against the use of foreign words in Italian.
#imanekhelif
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Gabriele Svelto
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This stuff was quickly picked up on Twitter/X by Italian far-right and Russian disinformation networks that amplified their content and eventually reached Elon Musk. Musk felt obliged to share them even more widely. Italian right-wing parties have had long ties to Putin's regime, so it's completely unsurprising to see them spread the same disinformation. 5/8
A picture of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin talking to former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
A picture of Italian far-right politician Matteo Salvini together with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
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Gabriele Svelto
Gabriele Svelto
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Which brings us to the reason why this stuff was brought up in the first place: Italy's far-right government is running into trouble, being completely incapable of running the country, and has been isolated within the EU, even managed to fight against other European right-wing parties. This fall they'll probably have to enact large budget cuts which will be deeply unpopular, so they're trying to change the public discourse to *anything* that is not governance. 6/8

Trying to spend a little bit of time outside but...

#Ottawa

A screenshot of temperature. 33C, feels like 37C
#ottawa

wild how nature can be like this but if you try to do it in a game everyone says it's bugged

In case you missed it, the #GUADEC 2024 talk about #GNOMECalendar has now been published as a standalone video on the #GNOME channel! youtube.com/watch?v=MFs0KGpJlK…

GUADEC 2024 Calendaring in the modern desktop

Georges Basile Stavracas Neto, Hari Rana, and Jean-François Fortin Tam present this GUADEC 2024 Day 1, Track 1 talk.Between long and tedious RFCs, web-based ...
YouTube
#gnome #GUADEC #gnomecalendar

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artfight 69/70

Thanks to the people that make my life easier, so #kudos to:
- @Tutanota for email
- @Vivaldi for browsing
- @joplinapp for notes
- @kde for everything KDE!
- @netcup for hosting
- @alpinelinux for an awesome distro
- @bitwarden for password keeping
- scaleway.com/en/ for VPS and S3
- mataroa.blog/ for blogging

And of course @Tusky for the app and @trumpet for ensuring everything is running smoothly 🥰

Some are also #foss others are nice people / #infrastructure providers


Europe's empowering cloud provider | Scaleway

Build, train, deploy and scale AI models and intelligent applications on a resilient and sustainable cloud ecosystem.
Scaleway
#foss #infrastructure #kudos @Tusky @Joplin @Tuta @trumpet@mas.to @Bitwarden @KDE @Vivaldi @Alpine Linux @netcup
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The Space Shuttle had a 59-pound printer on board, known as the Interim Teleprinter. Putting this heavy printer in orbit cost $1.5 million per flight, but it was a key piece of flight hardware,
providing the astronauts with mission plans, weather reports, and other documents from Mission Control. Let's take a look inside... 1/12
The teleprinter is a large device, a bit smaller than a microwave, with a roll of yellow paper running through it. The teleprinter has rails for mounting in a locker. It has some controls and switches on the front, which is grayish metal.

Great news for #KDEConnect and another win for funding #opensource and #internships.

Thanks to the hard work of ShellWen Chen (颉文) for #GSoC, the SSHD server used for #SFTP has been upgraded!

Check out their Ko-fi for donations, links to GitHub, etc.

ko-fi.com/shellwen


Support ShellWen Chen on Ko-fi! ❤️. ko-fi.com/shellwen

Support ShellWen Chen On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donations
Ko-fi
#opensource #gsoc #internships #kdeconnect #sftp

The cybertruck is like if a Kia wanted to larp as an F150
photo from the youtube channel whistlindiesel showing a cybertruck’s internal frame completly snapped in pieces after trying to tow another vehicle

I mask. Any time, anywhere indoors that has (or had recently) anyone besides my spouse.
Woman with long dark hair wearing a mask, with text "I mask because | read the studies and know how dangerous it is."

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
A chubby tabby cat, sleeping in the shade of tall grass, on bed of strawberries.
A small black cat, sitting at the end of a gravel path, that runs alongside a white house with a red brick chimney. There are flowers and cacti along the side of the path, and trees in the background.
A photo of a gray and white cat, sleeping on piece of concrete with it's head resting on its paws.
A photo of tabby cat, sleeping with its head resting on a window sill.
#caturday #catsofmastodon

Congrats to Arru! They just managed to get their app enter the hall-of-famous RB apps 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.k…

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid


„Arru“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

track and analyze your expenses
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid
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Tris
Tris
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Ah, I can see this: github.com/Ivy-Apps/ivy-wallet…. I'm not a dev so I don't know what's going on there. It's a nice app but since it's not on F-droid I'm kinda skeptical about it so I disable network access for it xD

Remove "Demo" from application name (#3362) · Ivy-Apps/ivy-wallet@3c74588

The new name reflects the full-featured nature of the application Verified that the application name displays correctly in the Android app drawer after installation.
GitHub
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IzzyOnDroid ✅
IzzyOnDroid ✅
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@triskelion I'm no Android dev either, but that would change the app name shown to drop the "Demo".

But before I give you false hope there, I'v just looked into the latest release: wouldn't be welcome at IoD, sorry. Comes with Crashlytics, Firebase, GMS etc – so too many proprietary components. Also, why would a wallet app need your location? The app description gives no clue (but speaks of "privacy"). Draw your own conclusions, and I might be wrong to call that "a bit risky"…

@Tris

Gajim is now on liberapay.com :liberapay:

If you like to support Gajim with a donation, feel free to visit liberapay.com/Gajim


Gajim's profile - Liberapay

Gajim is a fully-featured XMPP client.
Liberapay
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Lutin Discret
Lutin Discret
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@codelutin is a member @copiepublique and we support FLOSS with a yearly donation. I will propose you this year liberapay.com/codelutin/

codelutin's profile - Liberapay

Entreprise nantaise spécialisée dans le développement Java et Javascript, nous faisons parti du réseau Libre Entreprise avec qui nous partagons les valeurs du Logiciel Libre …
Liberapay
@Code Lutin @Copie Publique

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The App Directory Submission process is now live at iaccessibility.net Create an account, and login, and then find the App Directory link in the menu. You will then find a button to submit an app.

We will finish creating the ability to view submitted apps by the end of the weekend.

iAccessibility – Making Success Accessible

iaccessibility.net

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uspol, PSA

Sensitive content

So many folks talk about how they're being "forced to accept" things that go against their beliefs. You're not being forced to accept them. If you have a problem with people of color, with gay marriage, with trans people, with immigrants, with women of any race, etc. then you're still welcome to feel however you want to feel about those people. You're just not allowed to make their lives harder because of your feelings. You're not allowed to turn their daily lives into a battle ground. No one is forcing you to "accept" a single thing. You're just not being allowed to terrorize people.
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I am inviting the #wcurl tool to get adopted by the #curl project.

curl.se/mail/archive-2024-08/0…

Curl: Adopting wcurl into the curl project?

curl.se
#curl #wcurl
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Samuel Henrique
Samuel Henrique
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most of us are on the way back from DebConf (I'm still going to do some tourism here for a week), so it might take a couple of days for us to reply, sorry. I would love for that to happen, though.
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Samuel Henrique
Samuel Henrique
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also I did a lightning talk presentation for wcurl, I was waiting to get the YouTube link but you can watch it here for now:
saimei.ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/debi…

wcurl is at 13:36

point of view

Sidewalks used to be wider. It’s a fact that rarely gets acknowledged in discussions about road diets. Usually the road diet debate is framed as taking space AWAY from cars. Really it’s about giving it BACK to pedestrians. Here’s a good article about it tinyurl.com/2s4bzxw3
A split image showing the same street in New York City in different eras. The top part depicts a modern view with a jogger, storefronts, and vehicles. The bottom part shows a historical scene with children, a street lamp, and a horse

The New York of 2016 Needs the Wide, Generous Sidewalks of 1906 - Streetsblog New York City

The Times ran a feature on the pedestrian crush in New York City today, and as good as the photos are, they don’t do the situation justice.
tinyurl.com
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