[aphbrailleblaster] Announcing BraileBlaster 3.0.1, aphbrailleblaster at FreeListswww.freelists.org
The world of tactile graphics is evolving and creating high-quality embossed graphics has never been easier. We’re excited to announce...Devon Price (American Printing House)
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#Canada #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
At its meeting on March 27, 2025, the Board of Directors of Radio Amateurs of Canada voted unanimously to cancel RAC’s plans to operate a booth at Hamvention (Dayton) in Xenia, Ohio in May.Alan Griffin (Radio Amateurs of Canada)
Stream "from me to u" feat. Poppy now: https://babymetal.lnk.to/FMTUSingleNew album METAL FORTH out June 13:Pre-order: https://babymetal.lnk.to/MetalForthLea...YouTube
1 week ago a cis woman fencer refused to compete against a trans woman fencer, so USA Fencing disqualified her from the rest of the tournament.
The best part is the statement USA Fencing made, four days ago, on the disqualification:
“A fencer is not permitted to refuse to fence another properly entered fencer for any reason. Under these rules, such a refusal results in disqualification and the corresponding sanctions. This policy exists to maintain fair competition standards and preserve the sport’s integrity.
We understand that the conversation on equity and inclusion pertaining to transgender participation in sport is evolving. USA Fencing will always err on the side of inclusion, and we’re committed to amending the policy as more relevant evidence-based research emerges, or as policy changes take effect in the wider Olympic & Paralympic movement.” apnews.com/article/fencing-ste…
USA Fencing recently disqualified a fencer from a women’s tournament in Maryland after she refused to face an opponent whom she identified as being transgender.AP News
It's crazy that #Garmin charges 1490 CZK (€60) for (#OSM-based) Topo Czech v5 Pro maps which are never updated while there are community projects that provide free maps for Garmin devices, updated weekly and for every country you can think of.
For Europe I can recommend: garmin.v0174.net/ or garmin.vasam.cz/
South Africa gets online system for reporting data breaches
“South Africa’s Information Regulator has launched an online platform for public and private entities to report security compromises. It has instructed all organisations to report any compromises through the system. The system is accessible through ...continues
Hayao Miyasaki is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a Japanese animation studio known worldwide for their stunning, emotional, beautiful stories and movies. At the core of Studio Ghibli’s work is a deep engagement with questions of humanity.tante (Smashing Frames)
Immunotherapy for cancer is one of the biggest medical advances of our lifetimes. It gave Jimmy Carter another decade of life. A new trial shows how it could treat solid tumors, but Trump's cuts to HHS and NIH are disrupting this work 🧪 wapo.st/4j8Hwd1 by @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social
The handful of people I know who work for this guy all roll their eyes at the mention of his name.
Try it with any Shopify employees you know, just say "hey sorry about your boss" and watch the floodgates open. It's a fun game you can play at home!
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Attached: 1 image Headline: "Shopify CEO says no new hires without proof AI can’t do the job" You may be short of people. You may be told to double your work product next quarter.mastodon@bau-ha.us
Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a remarkable species of radiotrophic fungus that is thriving in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and which scientists are studying to unlock applications in a wide range of fields.Forbes
Razer pauses direct laptop sales in the US as new tariffs loom
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Razer’s new Blade 16 and other gaming laptops are no longer on sale from its online store, right before US tariffs from the Trump administration take effect.Antonio G. Di Benedetto (The Verge)
I got a new battery coming for mine, arriving tomorrow, from Canada. I wonder if I'll have to pay anything extra...
Can you tariff stupidity? We seem to be exporting an excess amount lately (I apologize on behalf of 66% of Americans for the other 34%)
In #Munich, the surface metro is called "S"-Bahn and the underground is the "U"-Bahn. There's this elevator on my way to work that has these three buttons: "O", "S" and "U". Which one would you pick to get to the "S"-trains when you're coming from the "U"-trains?
Over and over I've seen tourists with suitcases make the wrong choice in this elevator. It bothered me so much that I've printed a label to fix the #UX of this #usability disaster.
It's been there for 2 weeks now ✌️
The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.Andrew Duehren (The New York Times)
#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 
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
The Trump administration withdrew 11 pieces of ADA guidance. How will it affect compliance?
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President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn 11 pieces of guidance related to the Americans with Disabilities Act that helped stores, hotels and other businesses understand their obligation to the law.Kenya Hunter (AP News)
i once saw a man, a terrifying man.
he programmed with vs code open. in it, terminal panel stretched fullscreen. and in it, he was programming in neovim.
like an absolute psycho.
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Elon Musk streamed Path of Exile 2 from a plane and was subject to spammy messages from players before dying to a tutorial bossAsh Parrish (The Verge)
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:
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!
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Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsQuentin (matrix.org)
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.
What have the ~~Romans~~ open source devs ever done for us?
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i am a lumberjack & i am oki sleep all night & i work all dayi cut down trees, i eat my lunchi go to the lavatoryon wednesdays i go shoppingand have buttered...YouTube
The belief that unfair trade practices are at fault isn’t only false, but also one of those enduring myths that refuses to die.Gearoid Reidy (The Japan Times)
Corrected the volume mount path in the Docker run example by replacing (pwd) with the shell substitution syntax $(pwd). This ensures the current working directory is properly mounted into the conta...GitHub
From "Apple Human Inteface Guidelines 1987", page 61:
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
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Upstream changes, the continuing Calendar UI rebuild, more Exchange features in Daily, Account Hub, Global Message Database updates and more!Toby Pilling (The Thunderbird Blog)
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.
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Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke sent a memo to employees saying that before they ask for more headcount or resources, teams must show why they “cannot get what they want done using AI.”Jay Peters (The Verge)
Microsoft has reportedly terminated employees who protested during the company's 50th anniversary and Copilot event.Maxwell Zeff (TechCrunch)
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Holy shit, the PCB design of this new sensor board, called Ophanim, of CERN’s Aegis experiment just fucking slaps. Right now, there don’t seem to be many images of it on the web, but I hope to see more in the future.
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Reminder: we do the #curl distro meeting 2025 this Thursday!
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A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP...GitHub
96% of the demand-side value is created by only 5% of OSS developers
(another slide from my foss-north talk on Monday)
btw, did you then like me start to think how much value we then can attribute each of those developers in the top 5%?
8.8 *trillion* USD. 5% of 1.6 million OSS developers.
The top 5% of OSS developers thus provide about 106 million USD "value" each.
(Edit: I corrected some numbers)
Now imagine how much value it would be if they were using AI!!!!!
It would be at least NaN dollars!!!!!!!!
The deadline for state and local governments in the United States to meet the 2024 rule about web and mobile accessibility are coming up in 2026 and 2027, depending on the size of the government agency.Law Office of Lainey Feingold
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