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Review finds that full vaccination reduces risk of Long Covid by 27% if become infected.
#COVID #LongCovid
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Does COVID-19 vaccination reduce the risk and duration of post COVID-19 condition?

This report addresses whether COVID-19 vaccination also reduces the risk and/or duration of a wide range of post-acute COVID-19 symptoms, commonly referred to as ‘long COVID’.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
#covid #LongCovid

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Here are my notes on putting the brand new Gemini 2.5 Pro through its paces - I'm very impressed: it did extremely well on image recognition, audio transcription and returning accurate bounding boxes for creatures in a complex photograph, plus it rendered a pretty solid SVG of a pelican on a bicycle
simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/25/…
It's clearly a pelican riding a bicycle, it has a big beak and everything

Putting Gemini 2.5 Pro through its paces

There’s a new release from Google Gemini this morning: the first in the Gemini 2.5 series. Google call it “a thinking model, designed to tackle increasingly complex problems”. It’s already …
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Trump signs sweeping executive action overhauling US elections, including citizenship requirement
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the United States. Tuesday's order demands documentary proof of citizenship be added as a requirement for federal voter registration.
Ali Swenson (AP News)
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In case there was any doubt we're dealing with full-scale fascism, now the Speaker of the House is threatening to "eliminate" a federal court because he doesn't like a judge's ruling.

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Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges

Facing pressure from his right flank to take on judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday floated the possibility of Congress eliminating federal courts.
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And, of course…

#Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about #Signal vulnerability

A Pentagon-wide advisory went out one week ago warning against using the messaging app Signal, EVEN FOR UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

"A vulnerability has been identified in the Signal messenger application," begins the department-wide email, dated March 18, obtained by NPR.

#NationalSecurity #idiocracy #kakistocracy #Trump #USIntelligenceAgencies #Hegseth #Gabbard #Ratcliffe #Waltz
npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-53398…

#signal #Trump #nationalsecurity #pentagon #hegseth #idiocracy #kakistocracy #usintelligenceagencies #gabbard #ratcliffe #waltz
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Trump executive order increases federal supervision over states’ voter registration rolls and wil punish states that don’t comply.
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Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
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Privacy is a human right that should be granted to everyone, no matter the reason. But for millions of people around the world, data privacy is also crucial for their physical safety. For people in extreme situations, privacy can literally mean life or death.

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#Privacy #Article #PrivacyGuides #HumanRights


Privacy Means Safety

Privacy is a human right that should be granted to everyone, no matter the reason. That being said, it's also important to remember that for millions of people around the world, data privacy is crucial for physical safety.
www.privacyguides.org
#privacy #HumanRights #article #privacyguides

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There is a New Push For YouTube TV, Fubo, and Hulu to Carry C-SPAN cordcuttersnews.com/there-is-a…

There is a New Push For YouTube TV, Fubo, and Hulu to Carry C-SPAN | Cord Cutters News

U.S. Representative Mike Flood (R-NE) issued a public call on March 25, 2025, urging streaming giants YouTube TV and Hulu to add C-SPAN to their live TV lineups, spotlighting the network’s vital role in delivering non-partisan government coverage.
Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)

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Someone here suggested WERO, we read about it and have just activated it in our bank. It was very simple and took 2 or 3 clicks.

An all-in-one digital wallet solution:

Wero is a new European payment system designed to modernize the way we handle transactions across the continent. Launched in 2024, it aims to unify various national payment solutions into a single platform.

Wero is the brainchild of the European Payments Initiative (EPI), a consortium of 16 European banks. The initiative was born out of a need to create a sovereign and unified payment solution for Europe, reducing dependence on non-European payment systems like Visa & Mastercard.

With Wero, sending money to friends and family will be much easier because it allows you to send and receive $$ instantly using just an email address, phone number, or QR code. No more IBANS, 3 days of waiting to receive 💸 etc.

It's also a good alternative for Paypal 🇺🇸 and it is designed to replace several national payment solutions, including Giropay 🇩🇪, Paylib 🇫🇷, Payconiq 🇧🇪 🇱🇺 and iDEAL 🇳🇱 which not always work cross-borders.

The roadmap is full of features to be implemented like online and in-store payment.

For the moment, it's available only in Germany, France and Belgium.

Website: wero-wallet.eu

#europeanalternatives #wero #paypal #BuyFromEU #bank


Wero - Digital payment wallet

Experience fast and secure digital payments with Wero’s wallet, enabling you to send and receive money between bank accounts in under 10 seconds.
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#paypal #europeanalternatives #wero #bank #buyfromeu

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💰 Spain is done with AI slop and disinfo

｢ The Spanish bill, which needs to be approved by the lower house, classifies non-compliance with proper labelling of AI-generated content as a "serious offence" that can lead to fines of up to 35 million euros ($38.2 million) or 7% of their global annual turnover ｣

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#spain #ai #deepfakes #disinformation

#AI #disinformation #spain #deepfakes

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I'm really sorry to ask but at this moment my gf and me are personally still 274 euros short for rent this month 😟 :sad_cat:

It been a rough month.. Luckily all server bills are paid for so thats the biggest part ❤️

If you can miss something, any bit would help out a lot

paypal.me/stuxOS
patreon.com/mstdn
ko-fi.com/mstdn
bunq.me/stuxhost
stux.me/donate
liberapay.com/mstdn

Boost would also be appricated a lot :blobsnuggle: 💕


stux.me:~$ Support By Donation

Most if not all the work I do (online) I give away for free! Personally I dislike advertisements so I won't apply those either.
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This is what I'm sending to people who question the need for a new purchase in the Terminology update.

I like the idea of grandfathering some features, but I also realize for a niche app like Terminology to exist, its small user base has to be willing to support it.

Growth will not fund it, and I'm not willing to resort to after-market revenue-generating methods (e.g., ads, location selling) – so I have to ask users for money. It's that simple.

I try to be as reasonable with upgrade paths. I have unlocked some features in the new Terminology update (such as notes) for users who have made purchases in the past, but yes, others require a new purchase. The old version of Terminology was starting to fail in some areas when running on newer iOS versions. I was faced with letting the app die and removing it from the store entirely or moving it forward to the future with a rewrite. The latter cannot be supported without new revenue. As it stands, Terminology has been entirely free for several years, and before that, it had only a $1.99 unlock purchase for years. So, I feel good about having chosen to update the app and keep it alive so you are in a position to make a choice whether using it offers ongoing value–rather than allowing a tool you use to simply die and disappear. I wish the App Store allowed users to install older versions of an app so they could continue to use the previous release if they preferred to keep that functionality as long as it continued to operate, but I have to work within the limits of the App Store, and that is not possible. I hope that if you find value in the app, you will be willing to support it moving forward. If not, I understand if you pursue other options.

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Drop what you're doing and read this incredible story, which recounts how a reporter for The Atlantic was inadvertently included in a private Signal discussion group that appears to have included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Sec. of State Marco Rubio and other administration officials discussing plans for an upcoming U.S. military assault on Yemen.

The reporter, Jeff Goldberg, said he was convinced it was all an elaborate hoax as they laid out the pros and cons of specific attack options, and discussed targets over the course of a week. That is, until they shared on the Signal chat exactly where and when the targets in Yemen would be hit, and then those targets got hit exactly when they'd said.

"The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen."

"I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.

"According to the lengthy Hegseth text, the first detonations in Yemen would be felt two hours hence, at 1:45 p.m. eastern time. So I waited in my car in a supermarket parking lot. If this Signal chat was real, I reasoned, Houthi targets would soon be bombed. At about 1:55, I checked X and searched Yemen. Explosions were then being heard across Sanaa, the capital city."

"I went back to the Signal channel. At 1:48, “Michael Waltz” had provided the group an update. Again, I won’t quote from this text, except to note that he described the operation as an “amazing job.” A few minutes later, “John Ratcliffe” wrote, “A good start.” Not long after, Waltz responded with three emoji: a fist, an American flag, and fire. Others soon joined in, including “MAR,” who wrote, “Good Job Pete and your team!!,” and “Susie Wiles,” who texted, “Kudos to all – most particularly those in theater and CENTCOM! Really great. God bless.” “Steve Witkoff” responded with five emoji: two hands-praying, a flexed bicep, and two American flags."

"I have never seen a breach quite like this. It is not uncommon for national-security officials to communicate on Signal. But the app is used primarily for meeting planning and other logistical matters—not for detailed and highly confidential discussions of a pending military action. And, of course, I’ve never heard of an instance in which a journalist has been invited to such a discussion."

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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
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Of course, the White House claims no classified data was shared. What else would they say?

Calling Goldberg's coverage of this monumental and unprecedented OPSEC fail by a US presidential administration "sensationalist" is beyond the pale. Given the volume of sensitive information shared with him unsolicited via Signal, Mr. Goldberg's reporting demonstrated that he exercised remarkable restraint in not publishing a great deal of what he was given.

Whether it's sending Com kids in to monkey with taxpayer databases, setting up Starlink antennas on top of the White House complex for "faster Wi-Fi," or granting TS/SCI clearances to anyone without a thorough background check, this administration’s overall approach to security measures is to go around them, or just pretend they don’t exist for a good reason.

The administration is really hoping they can just sweep this one under the rug. That can't be allowed to happen, because this is not going to be an isolated event.

From the NYT:

"Two of the Trump administration’s top intelligence officials denied that classified information was shared in an encrypted group chat in which details of an attack on Yemen were discussed in the presence of a journalist who had been mistakenly added to the conversation."

"The Senate Intelligence Committee is holding a previously scheduled briefing on global threats with Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence; John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director; and the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel. Pressed repeatedly about the security breach, Ms. Gabbard and Mr. Ratcliffe both denied that classified material had been shared in the chat. Mr. Patel declined to say if the F.B.I. had begun an investigation."

"The White House also sought to downplay the serious nature of the extraordinary security breach, as bipartisan criticism of the incident grew on Tuesday and leading Democrats called for the resignation of the national security adviser, Michael Waltz, who set up the group chat, and the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, who reportedly shared classified war plans in it."

Here are the latest developments:

Defending Waltz: President Trump defended Mr. Waltz, saying in an interview with NBC News that the national security adviser had “learned a lesson” and suggested a staff member was to blame for including a journalist in the secret group chat.

Bipartisan criticism: The vice chairman of the intelligence committee, Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, denounced what he called “sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior” by the country’s top intelligence officials. Representative Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, told reporters that the White House should “be honest and own up” to what happened.

"Damage control: The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said no classified material was sent to the group chat, and she attacked the journalist who revealed it, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, as “sensationalist.” Her statement came a day after Mr. Hegseth suggested the leak was a “hoax” even as the White House confirmed that messages he sent to it appeared to be authentic."

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iOS Game. If you like Braille and a challenge then you will like the game Brailliance! Its like a Braille Wordle. Each word is made up of so many total dots and so many letters; like 5 letters with 13 dots. So for this word, the dots from each letter will add up to be a total of 13 dots. And of coarse its totally accessible with Voiceover. So give it a try. Here is the link to it in the app store...
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#ios #game #Braille #Blind #Accessible #Brailliance

‎Brailliance - Learn Braille

‎Brailliance is a puzzle game where you guess the word by adding up braille dots. This game has been carefully crafted to be playable by everyone, and it includes multiple accessibility features for people with blindness and other disabilities.
App Store
#accessible #blind #ios #game #braille #brailliance

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EXCITING NEWS! ACB is thrilled to announce that we will provide advisory services to the National Football League (NFL) regarding accessibility for fans who are blind or have low vision!
ACB will provide expert guidance and feedback to the NFL on special events and its ongoing efforts to continually enhance the accessibility of its digital platforms, including the league’s website, mobile applications, and other digital assets.

Read the press release here: acb.org/NFL

Graphic of the ACB logo and NFL logo on a purple background.

The American Council of the Blind to Provide Advisory Services to the National Football League Regarding Accessibility for Fans Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision | American Council of the Blind

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"Pete Hegseth is by far the least qualified of any individual to hold a military leadership position in our country's history. He is an embarrassment to our service men and women,"
- Aure

The Trump regime Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics
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Pete Hegseth (right)

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
#politics #News #GOP #uspolitics #press #aurefreepress #headline

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After the US has sent a military plane to Greenland with bullet proof cars for driving around Usha Vance, Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen says:

“This is an unacceptable level of pressure from the US, and we will push back. […] The Americans cannot claim, this is a private visit, and no one can read this independently of the statements from them, on their desire to annex another country. […] The future of Greenland is defined by the people of Greenland and no one else.”

Source: DR
#greenland

#greenland

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Composing with Accessibility in Mind: Because Every User Matters! — Part 1 medium.com/@bhoomigadhiya/comp…

Composing with Accessibility in Mind: Because Every User Matters! — Part 1

Have you ever wondered what makes an app truly the best? A great app isn’t just about beautiful UI, smooth UX, strong security, and ease of use, one of the most important aspects is accessibility. An…
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"[We are a]n age old Digital Marketing Agency operating over 10 years in the global market
having its main office at AZ, USA. We exist for such a long only because we follow ethical business practices"

Yes, sure. VERY ethical, right? You'd never place tracking pixels into your mails for example, would you?

"Do you want me to send…" – Are you kidding? No, of course. I want you to stop that 🤦‍♂️

#Tracking #email #SEO #privacy

screenshot from the source of the email, showing a hidden tracking pixel – clearly visible as such by a) the domain "*track.appspot.com" and b) the fact that it's very important to not be shown ("display:none; display:none!important")
#email #privacy #tracking #seo

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Apple announces WWDC 2025 for June 9-13, which will be an "entirely online" event free for developers, with an in-person special event at Apple Park on June 9 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

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Apple announces WWDC 2025: iOS 19 and more coming soon - 9to5Mac

Apple has officially announced WWDC 2025. The event will kick off on June 9 and run through June 13 at...
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I have always been satisfied with Framadate and derivatives for quick and accessible event planning when it comes to finding a date that fits everyone. Well, the Austrian government has a tool of its own which is as accessible and it also offers the ability to book appointments, similar to solutions like Calendly or Fantastical. It's called Termino and like all things run by European governments should, it's got its own accessibility statement. Apart from the table where the number of participants voted for a given date choice being tricky to read due to wrong header cells' association, it lives up to the promise of compliance. I have reported that issue and received a response that they will look into it. Some texts, including the email messages, are also in German. I hope they can smooth that one out but otherwise it's there for everyone to use. termino.gv.at/ #Accessibility #Blind

Termine abstimmen und teilen | TERMINO

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