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The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter. We took this decision since we feel X doesn't reflect Debian shared values as stated in our social contract, code of conduct and diversity statement. X evolved into a place where people we care about don't feel safe. You are very much invited to follow us on bits.debian.org , on micronews.debian.org/ , or any media as listed on wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicit… #debian

Bits from the Debian Project

Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.
Debian Project
#debian

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22 hours of reading this week and another 5 books swalloed up.

3 Pretty humdrum fanfics, although the 4th was a nugget: the way the Triwizard Tournament is handled in "The Lie I've Lived"by JBern was pretty cool. Shame the sequel isn't finished, the idea was quite well handled.

I started what seems to be a bit of a Star Trek knockoff series, too, which was ... Different.
#bookstodon

Book cover: a cosmic scene with a bright, radiant burst of light at its center, creating the effect of a glowing star or celestial phenomenon. The light emits rays that fan outwards, casting a soft illumination over the dark, swirling space background. At the top, in futuristic gold letters, it reads "THE FRONTIERS SAGA EPISODE 1." The title "AURORA" is prominently displayed in large, bold, glossy red-orange gradient letters across the center. Below it, "CV-01" appears in smaller, black, metallic-textured font. The author's name, "Ryk Brown," is located at the bottom right in a subdued gray color, contrasting against the dark backdrop.
#bookstodon

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@Tutanota How do you plan to act on the a11y issues on the web/app? The roadmap doesn't talk about that and The BFSG comes into force in Germany on June 8, 2025.

> If your company operates in Germany or targets German users, you should make all content on your website or app accessible – from the homepage to the cookie banner. Otherwise, you risk not only high fines, but also reputational losses and missed business opportunities .

consentmanager.net/en/knowledg…

cc @juliemoynat

#a11y #tuta #mail


Digital Accessibility in Germany: Requirements for Websites and Apps - consentmanager - English

Compliance with German accessibility laws - BFSG, BITV 2.0 and BGG. Make sure your website or app meets all requirements. For private and public companies.
Sophia Hertzke (consentmanager - English)
#a11y #mail #tuta @Tuta @Julie Moynat
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Poul-Henning Kamp

That's an interesting metaphor and it raises so many questions:

1. Wouldn't it have been smarter to torque them correctly from the start ?

2. How does one even determine the correct torque for any one bolt ?

3. When somebody starts a FOSS project today, where do they acquire a torque-wrench ?

And no, I'm not teasing you (this time 🙂 ) those are some of the questions I tried to find answers to with #varnishcache's "dial it to 11" code quality rule.

#varnishcache
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Thomas Depierre

@bsdphk I would argue that knowing how much torque to put in or even where the bolt have to go is... a process that can only be done after already having built the project, multiple times.

There is a reason any big engineering project (yes even road and bridges) build a lot of simulations and prototypes and even to scale models.

In software, we have a chance that we can *change the product itself* once it is running for no more cost. As an engineer in any other field, I would kill for that ability, as it would makes the iterative process of designing far faster and efficient.

Said otherwise... doing it the way we do in software is more advanced and "good" engineering than doing it "in the real world".

This is ofc only one lens to look at it, but it does have some support. It is just one map to look at things, maps are not the territory.

@Poul-Henning Kamp

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Sad news - Meta is cutting their budget that includes the work I do on Rapid, so I’m looking for a new job.

If you’re looking to hire someone remote/NYC with solid frontend skills, particularly maps, dataviz, WebGL (but I’m open to anything interesting), let’s talk!

DMs open, or find me on:
github.com/bhousel
linkedin.com/in/bhousel/


bhousel - Overview

@KaartGroup · @facebook · maintainer of @rapideditor, @osmlab and other open mapping curios · https://github.com/bhousel · join @osmus - bhousel
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Welcome Michael Schuster as #curl commit author... 1337

github.com/curl/curl/pull/1604…

Yes, number 1337 finally happened.


Fix build with mbedtls v3.6 PSA but without TLS 1.3 or session tickets by misch7 · Pull Request #16044 · curl/curl

Problems Build fails when support for session tickets is disabled (thus HAS_SESSION_TICKETS undefined in lib/vtls/mbedtls.c). Runtime error for all TLS connections when built with MBEDTLS_USE_PSA_...
GitHub
#curl

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Facebook apparently banning people from posting Linux related content on its platform
neowin.net/news/facebook-appar…

Facebook apparently banning people from posting Linux related content on its platform

In a weirdly surprising move, Facebook is restricting posts related to Linux content on its platform and flagging them against its Community Guidelines, including popular site DistroWatch.
Karthik Mudaliar (Neowin)

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Via another "crazy security scanner" report, I learn that #libcurl is installed in a #Microsoft Office and/or Teams install on Windows? According to the reddit post, in a normal install.

Does anyone know more?

The reddit page mentioning this: reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments…

The libcurl mailing list post:

curl.se/mail/lib-2025-01/0086.…

Curl: CVE-2024-7264

curl.se
#microsoft #libcurl

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Un concejal del PP pide disculpas tras comprar vino durante el pleno

levante-emv.com/valencia/2025/…

Marí Olano buscaba botellas de vino desde su escaño y con su portátil mientras se debatía sobre la dana en el hemiciclo

Se ve la pantalla del ordenador del tipo. Comprando vino online

Un concejal del PP pide disculpas tras comprar vino durante el pleno

“Ha sido un error y pido disculpas.” Esta ha sido la respuesta de José Marí Olano, el concejal de Grandes Proyectos del Ayuntamiento de València, a Levante-EMV al ser preguntado por una incómoda situación ocurrida en el pleno ya que ha sido sorprendi…
José Miguel Vigara (Levante-EMV)

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Accessibility Technology and Innovation Lab at Verizon equalentry.com/accessibility-l…

Accessibility Technology and Innovation Lab at Verizon - Equal Entry

This article is based on Fred Moltz’s talk at A11yNYC. Nine years ago, Fred Moltz started Verizon’s accessibility program. He built it from the ground up, which helped him evolve into a disability advocate and champion.
Equal Entry
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Alex Chapman

And this, is why, I will never ever get an android phone again, Google and Samsung can fuck off for all I care, Apple does accessibility right, or at least equally and more consistent across devices. Fuck Samsung and their stupid custom versions of apps, fuck their custom TalkBack, I know I'm ranting here, but god damn, these companies need a reality check! This just validates my decision to stick with Apple.

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Userway faces class action lawsuit over alleged false accessibility and ADA compliance claims accessbydesign.uk/userway-face…

Userway faces class action lawsuit over alleged false accessibility and ADA compliance claims - Access by Design

Lawsuit over accessibility widget This article originally appeared on TechStart-ups on 23/12/2024. Userway is facing a class action lawsuit filed by
Clive Loseby (Access By Design)

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I'm pretty proud of this tree view component I helped to make. I wrote about the nuance of what went into it in the hopes that it can serve as a reference for others. github.blog/engineering/user-e…

Considerations for making a tree view component accessible - The GitHub Blog

A deep dive on the work that went into making the component that powers repository and pull request file trees.
Eric Bailey (The GitHub Blog)

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The website "Racism and Health" from the #CDC is already gone #WhiteHouseWash
web.archive.org/web/2025012103…

cdc.gov/minority-health/racism…

In related news:
We got the whole publicly available part of the CDC-archive backed up - nearly 30.000 files #SafeguardingResearch
fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/1138943…


Racism and Health

Impact of racism on public health
Minority Health
#cdc #safeguardingresearch #whitehousewash
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Nice. How to leave #X / #Twitter and #Instagram? In the edition of tomorrow‘s newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine offers valuable tips and highlights alternatives in the #Fediverse, such as #Mastodon and #Pixelfed. A must-read especially for @Gargron from @Mastodon and @dansup from @PixelFed and of course @helpers / @admins

📖 Read more here in german language: augsburger-allgemeine.de/geld-…

#SocialMedia #Privacy #Alternatives #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Fediverse

The page of the newspaper… Full article behind the link.

Social-Media-Alternativen: Bluesky, Signal & Co: Neustart ohne X und Meta

Sie hadern mit Elon Musks Kurznachrichtendienst X und sind auch nicht mehr glücklich mit all dem, was Mark Zuckerbergs Meta-Konzern anbietet? Kein Problem. Es gibt Alternativen.
Von Dirk Averesch, dpa (Augsburger Allgemeine)
#privacy #fediverse #Alternatives #Mastodon #Instagram #pixelfed #twitter #socialmedia #x @Mastodon @Eugen Rochko @Friendica Support @Friendica Admins @dansup @Pixelfed
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