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Ouch, this sent a chill down my spine. [Tl;dr: GitHub locked a repo apparently because one of its contributors was in a US-sanctioned region]:

1. mastodon.social/@organicmaps/1…
2. mastodon.social/@organicmaps/1…


Organic Maps (@organicmaps@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image We have a temporary glitch with GitHub—probably some contributor was geolocated in a sanctioned region (no details yet). All required documents to unlock the account have been uploaded. Don't blame Microsoft/GitHub - it is just U.
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Organic Maps

2025-03-27 09:54:45

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GitHub has gone - long live Forgejo (@forgejo).

Fully migrated out of Microsoft’s walled garden after they blocked us:

- 54k commits
- 9.5k issues
- 4.3k pull requests
- 100k comments

Everything moved. Nothing left behind.

git.omaps.dev/organicmaps/orga…



organicmaps

🍃 Organic Maps is a free Android & iOS offline maps app for travelers, tourists, hikers, and cyclists. It uses crowd-sourced OpenStreetMap data and is developed with love by the community. No ads, no tracking, no data collection, no crapware.
OMaps: Make Maps Great Again

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EarHockey Demo
A slightly older demo I did of Ear Hockey for Windows wherein I play one game on extreme mode, showing how both blind and sighted gamers can play without sighted people needing the same accessibility features I need to play the game.

Ear Hockey | Microsoft Garage

Microsoft Garage
#Accessibility #gaming #Disability #audio game
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YouTube TV Slashes Price to $69.99 for First 6 Months in Limited-Time Deal cordcuttersnews.com/youtube-tv…

YouTube TV Slashes Price to $69.99 for First 6 Months in Limited-Time Deal | Cord Cutters News

YouTube TV, a leading live TV streaming service, has rolled out a compelling offer for new subscribers: $69.99 per month for the first six months, down from its standard $82.99 rate, saving users $78 over the promotional period.
Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)

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Get the Ring Doorbell Pro and Indoor Camera Bundle for 45% Off cordcuttersnews.com/get-the-ri…

Get the Ring Doorbell Pro and Indoor Camera Bundle for 45% Off | Cord Cutters News

Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is here, and some of the best deals are on Amazon-owned products like the Ring Doorbell. Right now, you can save 45% on the Ring Doorbell Pro and Indoor Cam bundle. The bundle normally costs $289.98 but is on sale for $129.
Jess Barnes (Cord Cutters News)

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The Popular Online TV Guide Service Zap2It TV Shuts Down & Is Replaced by NewsNation cordcuttersnews.com/the-popula…

The Popular Online TV Guide Service Zap2It TV Shuts Down & Is Replaced by NewsNation | Cord Cutters News

Zap2It, a go-to online TV guide for over two decades, has disappeared from the internet as of this week, with its URL now redirecting to NewsNation’s TV schedule, sparking confusion and frustration among its loyal user base.
Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)

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It’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it happen.

The #DMA targets walled gardens and messaging interoperability. Meta, the designated gatekeeper, offers an solution that falls short of its goals.

The XMPP Standards Foundation (@xmpp) publishes an Open Letter to Meta, to advocate for adoption of #XMPP for messaging interoperability.

The letter: xmpp.org/announcements/open-le…

Technical briefing: xmpp.org/announcements/open-le…

The corresponding blog post: xmpp.org/2025/03/open-letter-t…


XMPP

XMPP - The universal messaging standard
xmpp.org
#xmpp #dma @XSF: XMPP Standards Foundation
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Union und SPD planen den Generalangriff auf den Datenschutz: Bürgerkonto-Pflicht, Altersverifikation, verpflichtende ePA, massiver behördlicher Datenaustausch – dazu ein Opt-out-Prinzip, das faktisch jeden zur gläsernen Person macht. Wer profitiert? Wirtschaft, Militär, Forschung. Wer verliert? Unsere Grundrechte. Unfassbar!👇

netzpolitik.org/2025/schwarz-r…

#union #csu #cdu #spd #datenschutz #fail


Schwarz-rote Koalitionsgespräche: Daten vernetzen, Datenschutz schleifen

Union und SPD wollen Bürgerkonten und Altersverifikation zur Pflicht machen. Und sie träumen von Fusionsreaktoren und KI-Gigafactorys.
netzpolitik.org
#datenschutz #cdu #union #SPD #fail #csu

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#AndroidAppRain at
apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 10 updated (7 RB, + 1 failed as a dev forgot to push commits & tagged the wrong one then; will hopefully be fixed tomorrow with a new release) and 2 added apps:

* Assempix: a coded OFDM update to SSTV to receive digital images over SSB, AM and FM radio 🛡️
* Shredpix: the counter-part, a coded OFDM update to SSTV to send images digitally over SSB, AM and FM radio 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid

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We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer to work alongside our frontend and mobile devs.

Ideally:

1. You’re highly skilled in UX design, having led product strategy & design process
2. Proficient in Figma/Penpot, with interaction & usability design skills
3. Experienced in accessibility & privacy-conscious design

This remote fulltime position requires a 4-hour overlap with the CET timezone.

For more info/to apply:
jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/d9e4…

#FediHire #GetFediHired #hiring #product #designer


Senior Product Designer (m/f/d)

We're looking for a full-time, in-house Senior Product Designer to continue evolving Mastodon's iOS, Android and web apps.
jobs.ashbyhq.com
#designer #hiring #FediHire #getfedihired #product

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Blue state county clerk tells Trump and MAGA governor to kick rocks
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/03/blue-state-county-clerk-tells-trump-and-maga-governor-to-kick-rocks.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into New Jersey news @new-jersey-news-NJcom


Blue state county clerk tells Trump and MAGA governor to kick rocks

This county clerk just stood up to a GOP attorney general.
Lauren Sforza | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com (nj)
@new-jersey-news-NJcom

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#XSF Announcement

Today the #XMPP Standards Foundation publishes an Open Letter to urge #Meta to adopt XMPP for messaging #interoperability.

It’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it happen.

xmpp.org/announcements/open-le…

#jabber #chat #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #standard #dma

The XMPP Logo

XMPP

XMPP - The universal messaging standard
xmpp.org
#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #dma #chat #interoperability #decentralization #meta #standard #xsf #rtc
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XSF: XMPP Standards Foundation

@lascapi There are multiple ways. It can start with using the network and talk about up to support and engage in development. That could be on the protocol as well as XMPP clients and beyond software such as servers. Development support can also be helping as a tester. Of course you can also follow and promote our channels.
@🌈 Lascapi ⁂

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hi #MusiciansDay i am pulu and i make music with code, old computers and various other contraptions. genres are fake but i draw a lot from trance, drum n bass, downtempo etc

i just released "millions of colors", an EP made on Mac OS 9! pulu.bandcamp.com/album/millio…

millions of colors, by pulu

4 track album
pulu
#musiciansday

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Elections Canada told their riding Returning Officers to expect turnout this election to be far higher than average.

✖ Dislike waiting in line? No problem!

✉ Vote by mail:
elections.ca/content2.aspx?sec…

🕐 Vote at the advance polls:
Friday, April 18, 2025
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Monday, April 21, 2025

🏢 Vote ANY DAY at the returning office (yes, even today!) - search here to find your local office:
elections.ca/home.aspx

#Elections #elxn45 #CDNPoli

Chart of Canadian federal election turnout percentages from 1867-2021: 1867 74.3% 1872 70.3% 1874 69.6% 1878 69.1% 1882 70.3% 1887 70.1% 1891 64.4% 1896 62.9% 1900 77.4% 1904 71.6% 1908 70.3% 1911 70.2% 1917 75.0% 1921 67.7% 1925 66.4% 1926 67.7% 1930 73.5% 1935 74.2% 1940 69.9% 1945 75.3% 1949 73.8% 1953 67.5% 1957 74.1% 1958 79.4% 1962 79.0% 1963 79.2% 1965 74.8% 1968 75.7% 1972 76.7% 1974 71.0% 1979 75.7% 1980 69.3% 1984 75.3% 1988 75.3% 1993 70.9% 1997 67.0% 2000 64.1% 2004 60.9% 2006 64.7% 2008 58.8% 2011 61.1% 2015 68.3% 2019 67.0% 2021 62.3%

Voting by mail – Elections Canada

Apply to vote by mail, Eligible electors can apply to vote by special ballot. With a special ballot, you can vote by mail from anywhere in the world, 2025.
www.elections.ca
#elections #cdnpoli #elxn45

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What is Signal? The messaging app, explained. - MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of tec... - technologyreview.com/2025/03/2… #mittechnologyreviewexplains #policy #app

What is Signal? The messaging app, explained.

With news this week of the messaging app being used to discuss war plans, we get you up to speed on what Signal should be used for—and what it shouldn’t.
Jack Cushman (MIT Technology Review)
#app #policy #mittechnologyreviewexplains

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I despise American commentators like Scott Jennings who peddle the Trump lie that tariffs are helpful, because they force companies to move factories to the US to avoid tariffs, and then there will be no price increase.

When a factory is placed in Mexico instead of the US, that is because it is cheaper to make a car in Mexico. If the same factory is then moved to the US as Trump wants, the cars produced will become more expensive to make. This will obviously raise consumer prices.

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THIS IS IMPEACHABLE!!!

President Bystander: Trump appears out of the loop in his own White House
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m…

#BystanderTrump #EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol


President Bystander: Trump appears out of the loop in his own White House

Confronted with key questions about life-or-death issues, Donald Trump looks like a bystander, offering the public a lot of shrugged shoulders and blank stares.
Steve Benen (MSNBC)
#uspol #republicansownthis #gopkakistocracy #gopweirdos #norepublicanseveragain #donaldkrasnov #endtrump #endmusk #bystandertrump

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Thank you, Bishops! He's a threat to the entire world.

More leaders: STAND UP!!!!

'The President is a dangerous threat': Lutheran bishops take a stand
alternet.org/lutheran-christia…

#EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol


'The President is a dangerous threat': Lutheran bishops take a stand

Who gets to decide what is Christian? What does religious liberty look like today? With so much unsettling and destabilizing news coming from the new administration in Washington, DC, it’s hard to keep up with and keep track of everything.
Wisconsin Examiner (Alternet.org)
#uspol #republicansownthis #gopkakistocracy #gopweirdos #norepublicanseveragain #donaldkrasnov #endtrump #endmusk
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UK's First Permanent Facial Recognition Cameras Installed - The Metropolitan Police has confirmed its first permanent installation of live fac... - news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/… #uk

UK's First Permanent Facial Recognition Cameras Installed - Slashdot

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed its first permanent installation of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras is coming this summer and the location will be the South London suburb of Croydon.
news.slashdot.org
#uk
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