It occurs to me, and not for the first time, that gift retailers are amongst the worst offenders for gendering.
The number of sites with "Gifts for him" and "Gifts for her", , is enough to make my teeth itch, and then I come across things like this and I want to scream:
"Higgs Boson coasters - gifts for him - Fathers' Day Gift - God Particle - Science gift - Particle Physics - Physics gift - boxed gift set"
#WTAF?
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online! What a week! 🚀
#171 Point of Interest
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Pulsar Music Player - Accessible Android
Pulsar Music Player has long been one of the best music players on Android. It is an offline audio player without advertisements. Its gorgeous user interfaceAccessible Android
Upscaler 1.4.0 was just released! Upscaler is an app that allows you to upscale and enhance images, be it your photos, digital art, and more.
This release introduces scaling factors, allowing you to upscale between a factor of 2 and 4. The image loading system has been reworked to decrease overall memory consumption. The preview image now has a drop shadow to better make the image distinguishable. Lastly, it fixes a bug where small window sizes made the preview image disappear.
#FOSS #OpenSource #GNOME #GTK #GTK4 #libadwaita #FreeSoftware
EVERY STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION PLOT, SORTED BY WHICH CHARACTER IS THE FOCUS:
Jean-Luc Picard believes he can solve something diplomatically, immediately resorts to violence anyway
William Riker believes he can solve something without violating the Prime Directive, immediately violates the Prime Directive
Deanna Troi believes her Betazoid heritage won't embarrass her at work, is immediately embarrassed at work by her Betazoid heritage
Beverly Crusher believes she has fallen in love, is immediately betrayed by her love interest
Wesley Crusher believes he can be a Starfleet officer without fucking something up, immediately fucks something up
Geordi LaForge believes he can solve something with science, immediately has to deal with the consequences of trying to solve things with science
Data believes he wants to be more human, immediately discovers he already embodies the best elements of humanity
Worf believes his past won't come back to haunt him, his past immediately comes back to haunt him
Tasha Yar believes she can have more than one line per episode, immediately dies
Postgres 17 support for Synapse, a new beta for Draupnir, and an update to Matrix Widget Toolkit. That and more happened This Week in Matrix!
matrix.org/blog/2024/10/25/thi…
This Week in Matrix 2024-10-25
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsThib (matrix.org)
Having one of those wildly serendipitous days. Long story short, turns out one of my former coworkers from my last capitalist job has been prototyping open source property management software for co-ops. I, for probably obvious reasons, am also interested in making open source property management software for co-ops. My former co-op, for reasons probably obvious if you've followed me for some time, is possibly interested in buying hosting for co-op property management software, and another co-op system whose board I'm on may be interested as well.
There's a long and involved story where we figured all this out, but the TLDR is that world really is a small place sometimes.
For the first time in 36 years, the Washington Post will not endorse a presidential candidate.
This is happening because WaPo owner Jeff Bezos hired a rabid fascist, Will Lewis, as the Post's new publisher.
If you're still paying for a Washington Post subscription, you are paying for the rise of fascism in America, and I hope you will cancel your subscription immediately.
Reminder: Europe ends DST on October 27th, but North America ends it a week later, on November 3rd. If anyone you work with or anything you work on is on the far side of an ocean next week, double check your calendars.
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Still Falling Back: DST Ends in the US 2024
When does Daylight Saving Time (DST) 2024 end in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and other countries in North America?Sara Kornberg (www.timeanddate.com)
So, the Washington Post is reporting that the oligarch owner of The L.A. Times pulled their Kamala Harris endorsement.
washingtonpost.com/style/media…
Next, CNBC reports that the oligarch owner of The Washington Post pulled their Kamala Harris endorsement.
cnbc.com/2024/10/25/jeff-bezos…
Any bets we're going to see this complete a full circle?
Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports
The Washington Post planned to endorse Kamala Harris over Donald Trump before owner Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, decided again it, the newspaper reported.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
NEW: Crypto critic @molly0xfff received emails from a purported lawyer and someone working for a “reputation management company” offering bribes in exchange for the takedown of a blog post about the arrest of an alleged crypto fraudster.
The purported lawyer used a blog post made on a website apparently populated with the use of a service that offers "SEO optimized human-like content” using AI, claiming White infringed copyright.
White declined.
techcrunch.com/2024/10/25/prom…
Prominent crypto critic says someone offered bribes to take down a blog post | TechCrunch
Crypto critic Molly White received emails from a purported lawyer and someone working for a “reputation management company” offering bribes in exchange for the takedown of a blog post about the arrest of an alleged crypto fraudster.Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)
linuxcompatible.org/story/fedo…
Fedora Linux 41 RC 1.4 released
The final release candidate for Fedora Linux 41 is now available. This release represents the Fedora Linux 41 final release scheduled for Tuesday, October 29, 2024.Linux Compatible
Kendrick Lamar - Die Hard ft. Blxst & Amanda Reifer (Official Audio)
Kendrick Lamar “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” is available now: https://KendrickLamar.lnk.to/MrMoralehttps://oklama.comhttps://www.instagram.com/kendricklam...YouTube
Shopify, accessibility lawsuits & 'Compliance'
#eCommerce #Shopify #DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y #ACR #VPAT
Shopify, accessibility lawsuits & 'Compliance' - Nic Chan
Accessibility is your responsibility too.buff.ly
Hello, most North Americans.
Do you know what's happening next Sunday, November 03, at 2:00 AM local time?
If you said Daylight Savings Time, you're absolutely *WRONG* for three reasons:
1, The term is Daylight *Saving* time. It is not the Daylight Savings and Loan.
2. In places that observe DST, there will be two 1:00 AM local times.
3. It's the *END* of DST.
So NIIH!
I'm already seeing Daylight Savings things in my timeline, so it's time to make noise and continue dying on this hill, I guess.
My chest was meant to have breasts on it.
I can't point to a biological reason for this; no optimal arrangement of ligaments or ideal balance of my torso. My chest was functionally fine before these breasts grew.
And yet. I used to slouch, now I stand tall, shoulders back, tits jutting out as if to announce to the world "here comes a woman". I used to wear baggy t-shirts, now I like them to fit to my form, my necklines slinking ever lower, pendant necklaces dangling in the hint of cleavage I now display.
My tatas are aesthetically and functionally correct.
My brain was meant to run on estrogen.
I don't believe in any biological reason for this, either. My brain got me an MSc and a career in programming just as it was, people considered me witty and insightful.
And yet. I was scared to engage with my emotions, there was a constant stream of intrusive thoughts. Anxiety was a constant strum.
And now... I'm not at war with my own mind anymore. I feel more harmonious, more like I should be. I'm more capable, confident, clear-headed.
This is better. For me.
How to Install and Use uv: A Python Installer and Resolver
Learn how to install and use a Rust-based Python installer and resolver named uv on Linux, Windows, and macOS with a practical usage guide.Linux TLDR
And I thought to myself, dude! Dude I thought! How many of us haven’t wished from time to time that their spouse had a mute button. I’m living the dream!
Starting soon: youtube.com/live/HltQBOKSLv8?f…
Thunderbird Development #5 - Customizable Shortcuts (Coding Session - Part 2)
Come alongside the journey of implementing a new feature inside Thunderbird.From the initial idea and definition of the scope of work, to design mock-ups and...YouTube
Hello everyone, I made an audio recording of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin for a friend.
I've licensed the audio to the public domain, so if you want to listen to it, or remix it, or use it in a thing, go nuts. (Note: the text itself is under copyright, see replies to this post for licensing contact if you have commercial requirements.)
I'm still working on my voice acting and narration, but I think it came out well. (And if you require this voice, please note that I need money and you can hire me to read things for you.)
You can read the story in text at:
usa.anarchistlibraries.net/lib…
Download it from theos-cloud.eu/index.php/s/Xys…
#LeGuin #SpokenWord #VoiceActing
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Ursula K. Le Guin The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 1973 Originally published in the New Dimensions 3 anthology, 1973. Later republished in The Wind’s...The Anarchist Library (Mirror)
Hello. Thought your friend and anyone else would enjoy a bit of an improvement, it's closer to a studio sound now. A very nice reading, reminds me a bit of Sophie Aldred at times. ENjoy!
The Flac format (as I have added some replicated high frequencies that the mp3 encoder threw away) can be downloaded from MediaFire here
Ursula_K_Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_mastered
MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.MediaFire
@erion Thank you so much, Sophie Aldred is one of my favourite narrators, so I may unconsciously mimic some of her style.
And thank you for working on the track. if you'd like to put your production chops into further practice, here's a FLAC of my original WAV file (with minimal cleaning and noise reduction - I have an uncleaned version available as well).
theos-cloud.eu/index.php/s/Wdp…
Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_edited_cleaned.flac
Nextcloud - a safe home for all your dataNextcloud
You are most welcome, glad I could help.
Sure, I'll do a revised version, no problem. For best results, the original, unprocessed recording (flac or wav) would be fantastic if you don't mind posting it. The one I posted has some noise reduction artifacts that were not easily correctable from the original mp3 unfortunately.
@erion Here's one with no attempt to ameliorate the sound or erase noise. I've left a few seconds of ambient room noise (most egregiously a computer fan) at the end.
theos-cloud.eu/index.php/s/54E…
I'm in the process of building a studio space at this moment, but my acoustic foam tiles are still reinflating after shipping!
Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_edited.flac
Nextcloud - a safe home for all your dataNextcloud
Brilliant, thank you very much. I'll post it when it's ready, shouldn't take too long.
No worries, this can be definitely salvaged ☺️
Ursula_K_Le_Guin-The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_From_Omelas_final
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i got SO SCARED that I couldn’t ssh into my server.
I tried a bunch of things.
And then I realized.
IPv6 wasn’t working. IPv4 worked fine.
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SimpleNote by Automattic - Accessible Android
The Play Store is replete with various note-taking apps and it all boils down to what one is looking for. From those that have some capability of syncing toAccessible Android
1. Зарегистрировать новый аккаунт на новом инстансе.
2. На новом инстансе зайти в "Настройки" → "Учётная запись" → "Управление учётной записью" → "Переезд с другой учётной записи" и ввести там полное имя старого аккаунта "@имя@старый_инстанс"
3. На старом инстансе зайти в "Настройки" → "Учётная запись" → "Управление учётной записью" → "Перенос учётной записи" и ввести полное имя нового аккаунта "@имя@новый_инстанс"
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Unseen works by Moomin creator Tove Jansson feature at Helsinki Art Museum
Unseen works by Moomin creator Tove Jansson feature at Helsinki Art Museum
Best known as the creator of the Moomin characters in books and illustrations, Jansson was also a prolific painter.Yle News
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I discovered a great new language learning platform yesterday. One of its key workflows presents content in a dialog, and it works great with NVDA. When the dialog opens in Safari on iOS, though, VoiceOver decides that the entire screen is blank.
I'm so tired of #accessibility workarounds being needed for everything in life. Trying to apply my mental energy to something useful and interesting, only to end up spending it on the same old shit is exhausting.
David Goldfield
in reply to Léonie Watson • • •Léonie Watson
in reply to David Goldfield • • •The latter. The idea that a physics gift is for men, or (for another common example) that self-care/spa products are for women, is just excruciating - never mind that the classifications/filters ignore people who are NB entirely.