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So I wrote a while ago about how content warnings are good and pacing yourself about political news is important and you may be noticing that I've been just a *bit* of a hypocrite about that in the last few days. As I said at the time, "the marathon that is the next 106 days"
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We're not in the marathon part any more.
In general I still agree with that idea but:
1. my current Poasting is much more goal-directed here, superswingdistricts.org is a specific project and not generalized anxiety.
2. I hope to return to a more moderated posting style with more of these guard-rails in the future. Win or lose, there will be less to do come November.
3. I know I'm burning credibility and the patience of my followers, but that is a conscious decision. Some things are more important than my personal reputation.
If you need to mute me or unfollow for the next few weeks (or heck, permanently), believe me, I get it. No hard feelings.
But as long as I've got your attention right now, if you can't donate, you can volunteer. SSD isn't set up for that, but VSA is: votesaveamerica.com/vsa-2024/
Vote Save America | Organize or Else 2024
Vote Save America is back, and this year, we’re going East v. West. We all know the stakes of the 2024 election: it's time to organize or…else. LFG team.Vote Save America
Have you heard about SUPER SWING DISTRICTS yet? I posted about it already, but I am so bad at using discoverability features of this platform. So let's give it a try and just go nuts with the hashtags on this repost, to see how much those help. Super Swing Districts is a slate of *state legislature* candidates that can maximize the value of your election donation dollar in crucial swing districts: mastodon.social/@glyph/1133473…
#USPol #election #democracy #fundraising #harris #election2024
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Okay, time to properly launch this: SUPER SWING DISTRICTS! https://superswingdistricts.org This is a slate of Democratic candidates calculated to give the maximum impact to your direct-donation dollars.Mastodon
Just found this article stating that using the #language #attribute for individual words within a text is not a good idea when you want #ScreenReader users to have a good #UX. It's just overengineered #a11y.
I'm a bit surprised as you always read otherwise (as the article also mentions).
Are some screen reader users here that can share their experiences? I'm really curious now 🤔
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How the Language Attribute is demaging Accessibility - Accessibility Consulting - Training & Support
The language attribute seems to make sense for accessibility, but only for sighted people.www.netz-barrierefrei.de
@yatil
That sounds so wrong. Why should we encode the current incapabilities of screenreaders into our documents?! The screenreader could easily recognize short segments and decide not to switch language profiles.
We're ready to get started and excited to see you there!
#python#learnToCode#programmingForEveryone
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This Python course is designed for the intermediate Python learner. Although we encourage the use of Visual Studio code, you may use any code environment that you choose. You may also use either mac or windows.Techopolis Courses
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А я тут неожиданно организовал себе подарок на ДР. Взял и купил Samsung A34. Мысли попробовать Android были и решил что смысла нет откладывать до момента когда iPhone 7 своё отживёт. Так что первая неделя с новой операционкой.
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#Phosh 0.43.0 will have a simple Pomodoro quick setting. Here's a short demo: phosh.mobi/videos/pomodoro-qui…
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This video shows how to use the Pomodoro timer quick setting to practice the Pomodoro Technique. Pomodoro Quick Setting in Phosh The feature is available since Phosh 0.43.0.Phosh
Apple Releases First Betas of iOS 18.2 and More With Genmoji, Image Playground and ChatGPT Integration
Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates to developers for testing purposes. The betas...Juli Clover (MacRumors.com)
As it has been a while and I could have done this better last time here’s my #introduction. I’m a #blind #parent, #braille user, and #musician. I have been blind for coming up on 5 years, learned braille over the last not quite 3 years, and spend most of my time juggling being a stay at home dad, and staff for #OurBlind, mainly on our Discord and the r/blind subreddit. I also read a lot, mainly fantasy, mostly on my #kindle with the #voiceview #screenreader, though also read on a #Brailledisplay.
The new #UnifiedPush specifications for Android are merged 🎉
The main changes are as follows:
- Server-to-server requests are defined as web push
- It introduces VAPID (a way of authorizing the application server), urgency and topics
- The ability to define a default distributor
- Gives the distributor the power to properly wake up applications, a bit like what play services do with urgent messages!
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Be My Eyes + Ray-Ban Meta Beta Testing Enrollmentc
A form to request enrollment into the Be My Eyes + Ray-Ban Meta Beta Testing Group.Google Docs
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"Don't be so dramatic, going to school isn't traumatic to kids, you're exaggerating"
If compulsory schooling isn't traumatizing, then why is it so common for adults to have "late for class" or "forgot about the test" nightmares for literal decades after?
If it were any other experience we'd call that shit PTSD in a heartbeat.
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@matt Same for me. I attended college voluntarily and wanted to be there 100%, and I still have dreams about forgetting tests etc.
I would not describe them as "nightmares." They aren't that intense. They're on par with other very ordinary dreams I have about problematic situations, e.g. "my house/car/computer broke," "I forgot to bring my mask to the store during a pandemic," and "I forgot to answer an important e-mail." College did not traumatize me!
Sex and gender are constellations:
"Many people, including Dawkins, believe sex and gender are a straightforward binary. You’re either male or female, a man or a woman, end of story.
But if that were the case, it should be easy to come up with a rule that tells you which sex a person is. However, that turns out to be not nearly so simple. The more you look, the more you find that any such rule is fraught with complications, exceptions and judgment calls."
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PipeWire 1.2.6 is out! Some more bugs were fixed. More details below. Note that the 1.2 series is the latest stable version.
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1.2.6 · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab
PipeWire 1.2.6 (2024-10-23) This is a bugfix release that is API and ABI compatible with the previous 1.2.x and 1.0.x releases....GitLab
Amazon-owned Eero unveils the $350 Eero Outdoor 7, a dual-band 2.4 and 5Ghz Wi-Fi 7 access point that covers up to 15,000 square feet with speeds up to 2.1Gbps (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
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Eero’s newest device lets you take your Wi-Fi outdoors
The new $350 Eero Outdoor 7 is an IP66-rated access point that can extend your Wi-Fi network beyond your home.Jennifer Pattison Tuohy (The Verge)
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Free rapid COVID tests a thing of the past in Alberta, unless you're really lucky
The days of access to free rapid COVID-19 tests are over, unless you stumble across a pharmacy with a few boxes left, and most Albertans wishing to …CBC News - Jennifer Lee
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Hi, how are you? I would like to clarify a question but I couldn't find the answer through the app. What is the price of the monthly plan? The app says it's €3.60. How much would that cost converted to BRL? I am Brazilian
@Tutanota olá tudo bem com vocês? Gostaria de esclarecer uma dúvida porém não consegui a resposta pelo aplicativo qual o valor do plano mensal ? Lá no app diz que é €3,60 quanto ficaria esse valor convertido em BRL ?
One of the top things I wish Apple trained all their UX designers on: do not show obvious, modal feedback telling me the result of something I just triggered is the expected one.
For example, control-click on a video on Messages and choosing “Add to Photos Library" shows a confirmation dialog saying this will make the video available on Photos on all my devices.
I know, that's what I just told it to do… and since it's something non destructive and easy to reverse, why the confirmation?
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I thought I understood the extent to which the broad availability of mobile location data has exacerbated countless privacy and security challenges. That is, until I was invited along with four other publications to be a virtual observer in a 2-week test run of Babel Street, a service that lets users draw a digital polygon around nearly any location on a map of the world, and view a time-lapse history of the mobile devices seen coming in and out of the area.
The issue isn't that there's some dodgy company offering this as a poorly-vetted service: It's that *anyone* willing to spend a little money can now build this capability themselves.
I'll be updating this story with links to reporting from other publications also invited, including 404 Media, Haaretz, NOTUS, and The New York Times. All of these stories will make clear that mobile location data is set to massively complicate several hot-button issues, from the tracking of suspected illegal immigrants or women seeking abortions, to harassing public servants who are already in the crosshairs over baseless conspiracy theories and increasingly hostile political rhetoric against government employees.
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The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data
Not long ago, the ability to remotely track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a powerful surveillance tool that should only be in the purview of nation states. But a…krebsonsecurity.com
I found a very odd Google search bug/misfeature on android: I've somehow gotten stuck in Brown Mode.
It happens in both Firefox and Chrome, and as long as I'm signed into my account, it's brown.
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