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I would like to see us get *well* past “accessibility is good, actually”-level talks about accessibility.

With the title of this talk, I was hoping for a case study on an open source project that put effort into having accessible tools & processes and how that made it possible for disabled devs to participate…because I think often it’s assumed that sure, disabled people can be users, but they wouldn’t be devs.

#AllThingsOpen2024 #accessibility

#Accessibility #allthingsopen2024

The moral meltdown at the LA Times and Washington Post is a reminder that independent journalism is needed more than ever. It's also a reminder that being an independent journalist is HARD work, with challenges the "professionals" rarely see or grasp.

I urge you to read this from Molly White (hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff), one of the best we've seen:

citationneeded.news/i-am-my-ow…

and then please consider joining me as a paid subscriber.


I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”

Independent publishing is one important facet of the media ecosystem, and while I love it, I know it is not the path for everyone.
Molly White (Citation Needed)

Please people who put on events I'm begging you, have a mailing list or a physical website where I can look up dates in advance. Just saw a post on Instagram about a craft workshop I would have liked to go to but didn't see before hand, asked the artist if she had a mailing list and was told "no but I post all my upcoming workshops on Instagram and Facebook". I don't think a lot of people realise these don't show most of your posts to your followers, and what they do show isn't chronological?
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NatalyaD
NatalyaD
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Lots of people can't use FB cos of the real name policy or it making you visible to stalkers/harassers or similar.

I have an FB but I hardly ever use it, if an event only organises via FB I won't be going. It's a social justice issue to put event info somewhere properly publicly accessible that doesn't track users.

Did Pierre Poilievre get his security clearance yet? No?

How about now? No?

Now? No?

TICK, TOCK, eh.

#cdnpoli #polcan

#cdnpoli #polcan
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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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he is scared to shit what they would discover. Maybe it's time for real investigative journalism. Except: who is left?

It's #CyberSecurityMonth! Time to #deGoogle 💪💪💪

What are your favorite privacy-first apps?

Check out our list:
tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-goo…

App icons of Google alternatives like Tuta, Firefox, F-Droid, and more.

How to De-Google your life – The ultimate list of best Google alternatives.

Start DeGoogling today and stop Big G from exploiting your data! In this in-depth guide learn how to quit Google apps for good, and start using Tuta’s privacy expert’s recommended apps instead.
Tuta
#degoogle #cybersecuritymonth

Hardening Linux Servers Against Threats and Attacks lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…

Hardening Linux Servers Against Threats and Attacks | Linux Journal

lxer.com

Psalo by se o dnešku v dávných kronikách... "Toho pozdního podzimu... rozkvetly fialky a lidé bez kabátů chodili."

My current ear worm, "1952 Vincint Black Lightning" by Richard Thomson, fantastic guitar work, great writing, so catchy and enthralling, the rhythm/story voice are on repeat in my head and I don't mind! youtube.com/watch?v=5yw2yKNLEP…

Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

YouTube

to kooperovanie v aliancii mi robí strašnú nostalgiu na Prahu

A fireball streaked by while Yasutaka Saika was taking a photograph of Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, producing this beautiful, accidental celestial alignment.

Captured on Oct 24 from Tereske, Hungary.

facebook.com/yasutaka.saika/ #space #science #astronomy #photography

Comet C/2023A3 and a fireball seen together in northern Hungary.

Yasutaka Saika

Yasutaka Saika je na Facebooku. Přidejte se na Facebook a spojte se s Yasutakou Saikou a dalšími lidmi, které znáte. Facebook dává lidem příležitost sdílet a dělá tak svět otevřenější a propojenější.
www.facebook.com
#photography #science #astronomy #space

Instead of saying "AI hallucinates conversations which never occurred," say that "it is not fit for the purpose of transcription."

Toto je jedno z nejvíc nejkrásnějších videí vůbec a pravidelně se k němu vracím. youtu.be/-UYgORr5Qhg

When you're overqualified for the job

SUBSCRIBE ► https://www.youtube.com/c/ENTERTVINMENT?sub_confirmation=1
YouTube
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Martin Wenisch
Martin Wenisch
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Aaaa, pekne! Ja par poslednich tydnu zkoumam vody japonskeho metalu, tak toto je super objev. I kdyz to bude asi hluboka nora.

So if my wife ever needed a miracle now would be the time. The pain from the leukemia is growing worse and worse. And it looks like she is headed for hospice very soon. Her blood counts are not rising as quickly as everyone would’ve liked. Which is what they used to determined after each cycle if the chemo is still working or not. The chemo is keeping her alive. They call it maintenance chemo. She has acute my leukemia with a TP 53 mutation. Basically it makes the type of leukemia extremely difficult to treat and almost impossible to eradicate. A bone marrow transplant is out of the question, Since the doctors are 99% sure it would kill her. Also, her heart cannot handle more toxic forms of chemotherapy. I am asking everybody to pray for my wife. So for those of you who believe in the power of prayer, please share this. I am not a very religious person, I don’t go to church every Sunday, but I am a very spiritual person.#Health #Healing #Medicine #Prayer #Hope #God #Jesus #Christian.#Fediverse #Leukemia #Cancer
#fediverse #health #cancer #medicine #christian #god #hope #healing #prayer #jesus #leukemia
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Firefly85
Firefly85
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So I would like to thank everybody for their prayers during this whole ordeal. We went to see her oncologist on Monday and our fears were confirmed. The chemo has stopped working, and the cancer has multiplied. She will be signing up for hospice soon. At least she will be able to eat comfortable in her own home. Due to people having to come in and out, like nurses, etc., we have decided to rehome our Chihuahua Noah. The only silver lining to this cloud, is I will be able to visit him on a regular basis when I move back up to New Hampshire, and I will eventually be able to get him back permanently if I want Once I get my own place. I will be living with my best friend for about a year or two. I don’t know how I’m going to move on. Part of me doesn’t want to. Part of me just wants to stay in the apartment where I’m at, and live in her memory.
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Khronos
Khronos
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Don't plan too far ahead. Take one day at a time and suck the most out of each one you've got with your partner. Worry about what comes next closer to when that time comes.

I wonder, what would’ve happened if WaPo just ran the endorsement - was Bezos gonna run down to the printer and shut off the press? Turn off the web site.

I know that it’s easy to say this, but… if I was EIC or whatever, I’d have tried to run the endorsement anyway. social.coop/@chrisjrn/11338000…

Christopher Neugebauer (@chrisjrn@social.coop)

I see *someone* at the Post was allowed to file an endorsement column: https://wapo.st/3UqHWRM (Gift link)
social.coop
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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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my understanding is that the sign off would have been Lewis and this guy is ultimately the one who made the call.
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I can't find a speech synthesizer that says eye balls and eye tubes the same way other than Eloquence.

Air Canada has this cool system now where there are no human employees at the check in counter at all, and instead you register your baggage with a little touch screen and place it on a conveyor belt, and then the touch screen displays an error, and there's nothing you can do because there are no fucking human employees present to deal with it

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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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air canada: we are not happy until you are not happy.

New app added to the Accessible Android apps directory: Hermit Browser accessible accessibleandroid.com/app/herm… #Android #App

Hermit Browser - Accessible Android

We’re living in times where our information is the new gold. Thus, it is not uncommon for companies to harvest information of users, mainly intended to
Accessible Android
#android #app

Fedi

Fable Raises $25m in Series B Funding to Protect Digital globenewswire.com/news-release…

Fable Raises $25m in Series B Funding to Protect Digital Accessibility in the Age of AI

Fable Raises $25m in Series B Funding to Protect Accessibility in the Age of AI...
Fable

New title for my resume unlocked
google translate for slutt datafag -> computer science graduate

Now that I have a new and improved screenshot workflow, I’m pondering whether to add more to the book. The low-vision chapter is already the most visual chapter of the whole damn thing. Maybe I just like playing with screenshot frames and image shortcuts.

Wip
Draft of a woodcarved humanoid goose with plate armor
Draft of a woodcarved humanoid goose with plate armor

Vždy keď vám pristane takáto chobotina v inboxe, môžete si ťukať na čelo, že veď predsa na takúto hlúposť nemôže nikto naletieť... Ibaže, ak by to tak bolo, nespamovali by nás tým už celé roky. Takže pozor - dajte vedieť napr. aj svojim rodičom, či starým rodičom, že toto je chobotina nonplusultra, možnože to potrebujú počuť.

celkom sa mi dnes podarilo upratať a aj vypratať izbu od krabíc spolu so starou tv z rohu izby, začal som okupovať komoru.. aj to lepšie vyzerá
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SuspiciousDuck
SuspiciousDuck
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..a práve staviam katedrálu na 13lvl s power 440k, v aliancii, elite 😎 :kekw:

Anybody remember the Toronto free ISP that would serve up ads in exchange of the free internet? This is back in 2000-ish. Nothing like dialing up on a 56k modem, only to be slowed down by ads.

I need to write about something that’s painful to put out there for me, but I need to because I know there are other people also in my position. Also apologies for the thread. I’ve seen a huge amount of calls in the past day for people to cancel their #AmazonPrime in response to the #WaPo chickening out and not endorsing Kamala Harris. In principle, I do not disagree. At all. But for me, there’s one huge, and ultimately insurmountable, problem. #Amazon has become a necessity for me. (1/3)
#amazon #AmazonPrime #wapo
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David Goldfield
David Goldfield
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Not only do I agree with you but I think this whole issue is just stupid. We live in a free society: if the owner of a newspaper doesn't want his paper to endorse a certain candidate, that's his right. Personally, I rely on news services for news and not for them to tell me who I should vote for or who they endorse. In spite of the fact that we live in a country that supposedly values freedom, you'll find yourself criticized and persecuted if you don't publicly hold to certain opinions or support certain candidates. I say to hell with all of that. Kevin, keep buying from Amazon if that's what you need to do. I know that I will.
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Welcome to the RB family, Privacy Lock 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.p…

Privacy Lock offers an extra layer of security on top of Android’s built-in features – like "shake to lock". Its next release should show the "green shield".

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid


„Paranoid's Pal - Privacy Lock“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Protecting Your Digital Identity
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid

Whoop! It's officially Winter time in the UK... Sunset at 4:54PM today.

Bring on the log fires, candlelit evenings, home-made stews and soups, weekends making Christmas cake and duck confit, roast chestnuts, baggy jumpers and extra fluffy socks!

#HappyThoughts

#happythoughts

This is the Mac Mini’s big moment theverge.com/2024/10/27/242788…

This is the Mac Mini’s big moment

Apple is nearing the announcement of its M4-powered Mac Mini, which is rumored to be the company’s smallest computer ever.
Chris Welch (The Verge)

Five new iPad mini 7 upgrades you might’ve missed 9to5mac.com/2024/10/27/five-ip…

Five new iPad mini 7 upgrades you might’ve missed - 9to5Mac

Apple released its new iPad mini model earlier this week, marking the first update in over three years. It was...
Michael Burkhardt (9to5Mac)

Just had my first Starbucks coffee in nearly 10 years. I remember why I liked it, but I also remember why I gave it up. $7 for a large White Chocolate Mocha is a bit steep. It was good, but not what I want to pay on a regular basis.
in reply to Kevin

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Yeah, honestly, Starbucks is suuper expensive here. I can have a whole week worth of coffee if I make my own, compared to their prices.

When you're using NVDA and forget what screen reader you are using. Yeah, that's the stuff!
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Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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I struggled in my last workplace because I'd be seeing 9 or 10 students individually over a given day sometimes. I'd move from NVDA to JAWS to SuperNova, iOS to android to Keysoft and back, and then you got the odd student who were themselves in transition so would bring a different device on a different day.
in reply to Scary Martin

Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
Мира🇧🇬🇭🇺
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Or, when you use Windows but forget you're using windows and try to do something that's only working on Mac. Yeah, that's also the stuff. LOL

Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them.

Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭27‬

dailybiblepromise.com/2024/10/…

#BiblePromise


Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭27‬ - Daily Bible Promise

Brent Hardinge (Daily Bible Promise)
#biblepromise
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Sean Randall
Sean Randall
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@daygar well that's a very accepting and nicely broad definition of being deserving.
shame the history of almost every religion doesn't see the leaders living up to those standards.
As a message, I am all for a lot of religious communication. But I'm afraid the reality is often and very sadly harder to accept.
@Day Garwood
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Day Garwood
Day Garwood
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@cachondo I agree. History has given just about every religion a bad name. While I admire their enthusiasm, their discernment is something else entirely. But only God truly knows and can therefore judge our hearts and intentions.
@Sean Randall

Poster at a church hall. Spot the odd one out in the “Individual Liberty” quadrant.
"British Values" sign with Union Jack background. The Individual Liberty quadrant shows a Star of David (edit: with a crucifix inside!!) a crucifix, a star and crescent, and... a pound sterling sign. Other values are Democracy, Right Wrong, and Traditions & Heritage
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Emmanuele Bassi
Emmanuele Bassi
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outside of the Pound sign as a religious symbol, the Star of David with a cross inside is Messianic Judaism, which is an offshoot of US Evangelical Christians

7 essential password rules to follow in 2024, according to security experts zdnet.com/article/7-essential-…

7 essential password rules to follow in 2024, according to security experts

What makes a password strong now? How long should it be? How often should you change it? Here's what the cybersecurity pros at NIST recommend - some of which may surprise you.
Ed Bott (ZDNET)

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Hearing Aids May Reduce Risk of Developing Parkinson’s Disease hearingreview.com/inside-heari…

Hearing Aids May Reduce Risk of Developing Parkinson’s Disease

A study of veterans suggests a link between hearing loss and risk of Parkinson’s disease, with hearing aids potentially reducing this risk.
Andy Lundin (The Hearing Review)

The compact point and shoot market collapsed because of smart phones

Me looking at cheap smart phone picture: 🤮

(over processed splotch. and no need to pixel peep to see it)

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Hubert Figuière
Hubert Figuière
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non withstanding that they have made it very hard to download the pictures to save them. Apple or Android, regardless of the price.
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Tim Lavoie
Tim Lavoie
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What is nice is when the camera vendors use that small footprint to do something that is still challenging with a phone.

I picked up an Olympus TG-6 some time back, and love it. Maybe it just scratches my particular itches: robust, waterproof (50', more with housing), and does beautiful macro shots out of the box.

Apple wins a battle (and $250) in its smartwatch patent fight with Masimo theverge.com/2024/10/25/242798…

Apple wins a battle (and $250) in its smartwatch patent fight with Masimo

Apple earned a mixed victory in a patent infringement lawsuit against Masimo after a federal jury found that Masimo had infringed on some Apple patents.
Jay Peters (The Verge)

so when do we get rid of DST?

8 Ways to Protect Your Smart Home From Hackers pcmag.com/how-to/protect-your-…
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