NYC Mayor Eric Adams, who has been pushing a mask ban for NYC, has again tested positive for COVID.
A timely reminder that now is a good time to wear a mask, and to call your representatives and tell them to speak out against mask bans.
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If you have a few bucks to spare, please consider helping a generous and selfless member of our community. By helping him, you also help the blind community.
Mike Feir has been known to many of us for a couple of decades. He is someone who has consistently given a lot of assistance to others while asking nothing in return.
Most recently, Mike has become known for publishing two editions of an incredibly detailed resource, “Personal Power”. This teaches blind people how to use an iPhone, starting with getting it set up and moving on to learning the gestures, working with the built-in apps, finding accessible third-party apps and a guide to other resources.
Mike gives this large, detailed book away. He has never charged for it, nor does he seek donations to support his work, even though each edition takes him years of careful research, writing and editing.
He hasn’t let this project stagnate. He’s now working on the third edition of his book, which we recently discussed briefly on my podcast, Living Blindfully. During that discussion, he mentioned that he will be covering Apple Intelligence, a significant new feature in iOS 18 that requires a newer iPhone. In passing, he mentioned that he would not be able to write about it from direct experience, because he is not in a position to purchase a new iPhone. But he would do all he could to cover it comprehensively. I would like to help to get him an iPhone 16 Pro. Not only will that assist him to write about Apple Intelligence, he can also then write from direct experience about some of the blindness-specific features that are available only on Pro models.
Purchasing an iPhone 16 Pro for Mike should also ensure he is well-placed to make his outstanding, valuable contribution for some time to come.
If enough of us chip in, we can show our support for a resource that unlocks the power of the iPhone. This is a sound investment in a treasured, useful resource. Please give what you can so I can purchase an iPhone 16 Pro for Mike. Many blind people will benefit from the knowledge he will acquire.
Heidi and I have set up a page on Give A Little, which is a New Zealand fund raising site. You can make a credit card donation. When considering how much to give, please be mindful that donations are in New Zealand dollars, and that one New Zealand dollar is currently worth about 60 American cents. So, if you were to give $50 New Zealand dollars and you are in the United States, that only translates to about $30 US dollars.
To donate, you can visit GiveALittle.co.nz/cause/Person…
Thanks for giving this some consideration, and thanks to Mike for his dedication and community spirit. I’m sure we can raise enough so that we can help Mike be of help to us all.
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New blog post: Errors from `close`.
Following up on my enormously(?) popular blog post about bugs in hello world, I dive into the electrifying topic of whether the fixed version still has a bug lurking. 🐛
If you are or have been an Exercism user, they could use some financial help: exercism.org/blog/september-20… .
I just donated $50 since I'm currently doing the Gleam track.
iPhone 16 Models Can Charge at Up to 25W Using MagSafe
Apple announces iOS 18 release date: September 16
FTC Pushed to Crack Down on Companies That Ruin Hardware via Software Updates
Link: techdirt.com/2024/09/09/ftc-pu…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
@Mer__edith Es ist nicht möglich nur "eine Tür" zu schaffen...für "die Guten", also nur für die Polizei. Die Tür wird dann von allen genutzt.
September Mutual Aid. All goes towards bills, medical, personal care, and October rent. If you want to just support a disabled Native artist share or donate. Also have my etsy where I sell my art.
PayPal.me/kiagbear
Cashapp $kiagbear
Venmo kiagbear My etsy where I sell my art
etsy.com/shop/MahtheyzhaweyArt…
My link🌲 where I have wishlists for medical stuff and other things.
linktr.ee/mahtheyzhawey
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#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #DisabilityMutualAid #NativeArtist
In honor of the rain, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana.
Irma Thomas, The Soul Queen Of New Orleans -
It's Rainingyoutu.be/BL-N20RF0p4?
I somehow just learned about the IETF's "Privacy Pass" working group, along with Google and Apple's respective implementations ("Private State Tokens", "Private Access Tokens"), and I'm so damn tired of DRM being the answer to everything.
Mozilla wrote a blog post in December of 2023 about why they decided not to implement it:
blog.mozilla.org/en/privacy-se…
...and the IETF has a page to track the working group's drafts:
datatracker.ietf.org/wg/privac…
#IETF #DRM #cryptography #privacy
The whole idea of DRM doesn't work, people will always find a way to rip content. DRM in games makes them slower than pirated versions that removed it, so pirates have a better experience,
I think the quote "piracy is a service problem" from Gabe Newell is the best way to think about the problem.
Find ways to improve your service or loose against the people who steal your content.
DRM is annoying for most users and a fun challenge for the people that break it as a sport.
The most it can do is delay the piracy of the content a few days or weeks.
I'm not defending piracy here. Just saying that DRM is not the solution.
Takedown requests and legal actions against distributors should be sufficient. And also being transparent with consumers and asking them to pay for your stuff to support you. Maybe sell merchandise.
I guess with streaming services there is not that much money anymore in movie or music sales anyway.
so they maybe want to break custom operating systems or make them illegal?
I imagine some dystopia where you can only live in society if you have a phone with google play services that waste your battery and probably spies on you to sell your usage data... No thanks...
‘Ending in Rabat’: France's Moroccan Pivot and the Future of Western Sahara (my 2 cents - no, freedom and indigenous rights don’t end in Rabat! But read to better understand France’s cowardly stance) @westernsahara @morocco
It is already **six** years ago since I introduced the libcurl URL API on my blog:
Estoy recopilando nodos del #fediverso en castellano, catalán, euskera, gallego, ... para actualizar una charla que me han pedido.
Ahora mismo activos yo recomendaría:
- paquita.masto.host
- masto.es
- xarxa.cloud
- mastodont.cat
- social.anartist.org
- kfem.cat
- mastodon.eus
- tkz.one
- mastorol.es
- hispagatos.space
- mastodon.escépticos.es
- mastodon.gal
- mast.lat
- mastodon.uy
- mastodon.cr
- comunidad.nvda.es
- mst.universoalterno.es
- bookstodon.es
- maaw.social
¿Conocéis alguno más?
también podría mencionarse que @abaraska es un grupo de personas interesadas en expandir el fediverso en euskera. Nos dedicamos a difundir, gestionar algunos nodos, ayudar a la gente/colectivos a dar el salto y dinamizar todo lo que podamos...
Aquí hay un "mapa" que actualizaremos en pocos días fedibertsoa.eus/
RIP James Earl Jones 😭😭😭
The voice of Darth Vader, from 1977 to The Rise of Skywalker, is gone. The narrator of Judge Dredd (1995) was also in Dr. Strangelove, SG-1, Conan, The Great White Hope, The Lion King, The Hunt for Red October, and so many classics.
He was 93.
🌱 My Neighbor Mastodon (and Fediverse)
I'm grateful for reaching 30K followers who appreciate my art here. Thank you, thank you, and thank you for your support!
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The iPhone 16 will start at $799 and the 16 Plus $899, and the iPhone 16 Pro starts at $999 and the Pro Max starts at $1,199; all base models have 128GB (Valentina Palladino/Engadget)
engadget.com/mobile/smartphone…
techmeme.com/240909/p23#a24090…
Apple will release iOS 18, macOS 15, iPadOS 18, and watchOS 11 on September 16 (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…
techmeme.com/240909/p24#a24090…
A couple of weeks ago, the Biden-Harris Administration invested over $240M in updating building energy codes across the country.
The investment is expected to save home and business owners $138B in utility costs.
Trump’s plans for issues like this are either in Project 2025 or non-existent. #HarrisWalz2024
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $240 Million for New and Innovative Building Codes to Save Consumers Money, Reduce Impacts of Climate Change |
energy.gov/articles/biden-harr…
Apple will release iOS 18, macOS 15, iPadOS 18, other updates on September 16
Apple Intelligence won’t be part of the initial launch.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…
Mental health care is health care – period.
Our Administration has finalized a historic rule to ensure that mental health coverage for millions of Americans is covered the same as physical health care coverage.
New #Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for #MentalHealth Care Coverage
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The regulations will force health insurance plans to collect and report more data on how they limit and deny mental health claims. ProPublica’s reporting has found that insurers regularly shortchange patients seeking treatment.
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