#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 16 updated and 2 added apps:

* Floating Mute: Quickly mute and unmute your device 🛡️
* Igatha: SOS Signaling & Recovery for emergencies when communication networks fail 🛡️

4 #Magisk modules have been updated at
apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

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

The Trump administration withdrew 11 pieces of ADA guidance. How will it affect compliance?
https://apnews.com/article/ada-guidance-disabilities-trump-ed2214921ac719b72b81d76c03e330c4?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Health @health-AssociatedPress

Dire Wolves. Back from extinction, thanks to the miracle of genetic engineering or something.

Only it seems what they've really done is changed an ordinary not-extinct wolf to to just look like a dire wolf. Not quite as impressive, seeing as how humans have been turning wolves into basset hounds and bulldogs and chihuahuas and great danes for centuries, without any gene editing tools at all.

The whole thing reminds me of this story from more than 20 years ago:

edition.cnn.com/2016/01/25/afr…

We're thrilled to announce that the migration of matrix.org to the Matrix Authentication Service (MAS) is complete and went according to plan!

Find all the details and videos of how it looks like on Element X and Fractal on our blog!

matrix.org/blog/2025/04/morg-n…

in reply to The Matrix.org Foundation

I administer my own home server. I've set up an upstream OIDC server (Authentik) in anticipation of the new MAS standard. What else do I need to do in order to have a smooth migration?

I've seen a lot of promotional material about the new MAS implementation, but not much about how it will break my instance or how my configuration will need to change.

Why are Japanese streets empty of U.S. cars? It’s no mystery — they're not good enough. japantimes.co.jp/commentary/20… #commentary #japan #automakers #tariffs #trade #imports #toyota #nissan #gm #ford

Welcome Johan Eliasson as #curl commit author 1360: github.com/curl/curl/pull/1699…
#curl

From "Apple Human Inteface Guidelines 1987", page 61:

Alert boxes


An alert box resembles a modal dialog box (see Figure 3-13). The only way the user can respond is by clicking buttons or by pressing Enter or Return. Alert boxes might contain dials and buttons but usually not text fields, radio buttons, or check boxes.

Note the recommended general arrangement of the elements. The icon is at the left, with the message text to the right. The buttons are below the message, with the default button, boldly outlined, at the lower right. The default is the likeliest or safest response, and can be chosen by simply pressing Return or Enter.

The way to be sure the default button is really "safe" is to word the message carefully.

Messages in alert boxes must be brief, informative, and friendly without being misleading. If the alert is warning the user of a serious situation, it must be made clear—not hidden in a polite phrase. Messages should be phrased so that the user can easily answer them, and the wording should reflect the user's point of view, not the programmer's. Figure 3-15 shows an example.

It's time for another Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest! In this month's issue, we have updates on:

* Upstream changes
* EWS features that have landed in Daily
* Our Calendar UI rebuild
* Global Messaging Database work
* The new Account Hub

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Development

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/t…

Are you getting it yet?

The Venn diagram showing the overlap between AI maximalists and fascists is consolidating ever closer to a circle-shaped layer cake. CEO Tobi Lütke *delights* in his employees cowering. It's the only explanation.

I'm not surprised, but I still feel the breath catch in my throat as I behold the inhumanity of it all.

theverge.com/news/644943/shopi…

#Microsoft reportedly fires staff whose protest interrupted its Copilot event - techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/micr… "during the event, Aboussad shouted that Suleyman had “blood on his hands,” interrupting him while he delivered a keynote about new AI products."

Whilst this doesn't even begin to make up for all of the horrors, Boris Johnson being bitten by an ostrich is significantly better than Boris Johnson *not* being bitten by an ostrich. So for your viewing pleasure......Boris Johnson being bitten..... by an ostrich.

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Penpot is the first tool to integrate native design tokens.

A single source of truth to improve efficiency and collaboration between product design and development.

Read more! 👉 penpot.app/collaboration/desig…

This entry was edited (8 months ago)

Web Accessibility Lawsuit Moves Forward Against the State of Louisiana lflegal.com/2025/02/louisiana-… #a11y #law #ada
#a11y #law #ada

There should be a word for it: the feeling of disappointment / sadness when you realize interesting people you got to know on the Fediverse have since decamped to Bluesky.

Of course, there must be valid reasons for it. Still, this makes me a little sad.

I have a dormant Bluesky account and from time to time I check in and see them posting so much there.

Not me. Why? I don't trust a place funded by Crypto Bros -> blockchaincapital.com/portfoli…

I'm 1000% ALL IN on the Fediverse, not going anywhere ❤️

The only people doing real "responsible AI" work are those doing this.

"On Monday, Microsoft reportedly terminated the roles of two software engineers, Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal, who protested the company’s reported dealings with the Israeli military during Microsoft’s Copilot and 50th anniversary event last week."

techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/micr…

Sweden wants to #backdoor #encryption. But we, together with 230+ orgs, are saying no.

#NoToBackdoors 💪

Read our open letter to the Swedish Riksdag: 👉

tuta.com/blog/open-letter-swed…

#Mozilla changed hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozill… to use 302 redirect:

< HTTP/2 302
< content-type: text/html
< date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:13:36 GMT
< location: hg-edge.mozilla.org/releases/m…
< access-control-allow-origin: *
< content-length: 0

This could lead to some failure to update the certificate data with tools that don't handle redirect correctly. These tools will fail to fetch the new certdata.txt now.

I'm putting the finishing touches on a massive release of the Converse #XMPP chat client. 🚀

✨ Here’s what to look forward to:

◾ Groupchat DMs: You can DM other participants without knowing their address
◾ Blocklists for spammers 💩
◾ Accessibility improvements, like support for RTL languages
◾ Media enhancements
◾Big performance enhancements, particularly for chats with a long history and many participants.
◾Three new themes, Nordic 🗻 , Dracula 🧛‍♂️ and Cyberpunk 🌆

#xmpp

From the sattirical UK-based web site NewsThump: Trump funeral remains America’s top sexual fantasy

A survey of Americans’ sexual behaviour has revealed that, for the ninth year running, the number one sexual fantasy of most people is the funeral of Donald
Trump.
“I only have to think about a funeral parade for the president and I go from six to midnight,” said one respondent...

Welcome to the random shit Z sends me, Kayla, and Gap Tangle, among others, just for a reaction.

newsthump.com/2025/04/02/trump…

in reply to Stefan Eissing

@icing @hyc
MSVC versions... Aren't they fractal? There are at least 3 compiler versions available in VS2022: v141 (2017), v142 (2019) and v143 (2022). And then there are multiple supported versions (at least 10 and 11), and multiple versions of the Windows toolkit. Not to mention x64 vs x86, and debug vs release. And you cannot link libraries if compilers or toolkit mismatch. Are you testing all that?