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Joint Letter: No undermining of encryption! Reject legislation that would force companies to undermine security! globalencryption.org/2025/04/j…

Joint Letter on Swedish Data Storage and Access to Electronic Information Legislation – Global Encryption Coalition

On 8 April 2025, 237 civil society organizations, companies, and cybersecurity experts, including Global Encryption Coalition members, published a joint letter to members of the Swedish Riksdag calling on them to reject legislation that would force c…
Ryan Polk (Global Encryption Coalition)

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My YouTube channel is now just 200 subscribers short of 10K, the magic limit when suddenly everything will turn into roses, unicorns and happiness.

youtube.com/@DanielStenberg

I mean, you *can* find nerdier content on that site but I do my very best to scare "normies" off.


Daniel Stenberg

I talk about curl, open source, networking and stuff like that from my view and angle from my home in Stockholm, Sweden. I'm the lead developer of curl. I'm occasionally live-streaming curl development on twitch: https://www.twitch.
YouTube

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Cool, Fennec is interested in #UnifiedPush support

[1]We will probably have it on Fennec before it gets upstream (if it does 🤞).

That means UnifiedPush will be available for "installable web applications". So we'll have push notifications with some new apps !

[1] gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-…

#FennecBrowser #Firefox #PWA #UnifiedPush


Add UnifiedPush support - patchs D243458-D243461 (!78) · Merge requests · relan / fennecbuild · GitLab

This PR adds a new patch to add UnifiedPush support. To test the feature, you need to install a distributor first...
GitLab
#firefox #UnifiedPush #pwa #fennecbrowser
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Chat GPT with video! Here is my experience using it in different situations and how it can possibly help with accessibility for someone who's blind or visually impaired!

youtu.be/diYdIir7t4Q

#Accessibility #A11y


Chat GPT Live Video AI (Advanced Voice Mode with VIDEO!) Demonstration & Accessibility

It's finally here- Chat GPT with video! Here is my experience using it in different situations and how it can possibly help with accessibility for someone wh...
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#a11y #Accessibility

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Exploring an Aira Call: Tools, Support, and What to Expect

Have you ever been curious about what tools our Visual Interpreters use during a call? What they’re able to do for you, what they can send, and what they can store in your profile? In this next video in our Aira Tutorials Series, we got a Visual Interpreter on the phone to walk us through it all.

In this video, we cover what to expect when a Visual Interpreter answers your call, what they can see through your camera, and how they describe it. You'll learn how they can take and send photos, customize your profile with helpful details, assist with safe navigation, and use tools like screen share for desktop tasks. We also explain how access offers work, how to use the in-call chat, and when to enable privacy mode.

Need more info? Visit aira.io, call us at 1-800-835-1934, or email support@aira.io. Our customer care team is available daily from 6 AM–6 PM Pacific Time to assist you.

youtu.be/yycfM_qCAo0?feature=s…


Exploring an Aira Call: Tools, Support, and What to Expect

Have you ever been curious about what tools our Visual Interpreters use during a call? What they’re able to do for you, what they can send, and what they can...
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#AppleTVplus
Apple says that beginning today it will offer three months of Apple TV+ to both new and returning customers for $2.99 per month, a discount from the $9.99 standard price. The company says the offer is valid through April 24.

Fresh Off ‘Severance’ Success, But Amid Tariff Turmoil, Apple Offers Rare TV+ Discount

"The tech giant is giving new and returning users of the streaming service three months for $2.99 per month."
hollywoodreporter.com/business…


Apple TV+ Discount Following Severance and The Studio Success

Alex Weprin (The Hollywood Reporter)
#appletvplus

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Keyboard.io makes high-end angled and "split" keyboards

they wrote a letter to customers explaining how Trump's new tariffs will affect them

it's bad news for them -- prices have already shot up, and new tariffs Trump is threatening would *double* prices

their description of "why building something as complex as a keyboard is an inherently cross-border enterprise" is really interesting

they have to ship wood to China! that sort of wood isn't readily available there

shop.keyboard.io/blogs/news/an…

A "split" keyboard sitting on a desk. The base of the keyboard is an attractive dark-brown wood, and the keys are black, with deep curved divots on top. The keyboard is split into two pieces -- the left-hand part of the QWERTY key layout on the left, and the right-hand part on the right. There is also a trackball mouse, cup of coffee, and set of headphones next to it. Overall it looks like a pretty sweet, de luxe and ergonomic workstation!

An open letter to U.S. customers

To our US customers: A few days ago, the Trump Administration announced that they will be ending the de minimis exemption for all shipments from Hong Kong and China on May 2.
Kaia Dekker (Keyboardio)
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Billy

@tschapajew clone the repository, then simlink the pre-push wherever you want it. Example:
git clone <a href="https://git.stormux.org/storm/git-hooks" rel="ugc">https://git.stormux.org/storm/git-hooks</a>
cd ProjectYouWantToPost/.git/hooks
ln -s path/to/git-hooks/pre-push-fediverse pre-push

Be sure to install and configure toot. it's a command line Mastodon client that also works with Pleroma. It is what handles actually posting to your timeline.

GitHub - ihabunek/toot: toot - Mastodon CLI & TUI

toot - Mastodon CLI & TUI. Contribute to ihabunek/toot development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
@Richard Emling (DO9RE)
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Billy

@tschapajew It's a more modern way of writing the shabang line. I discovered it when trying to make audiogame-manager Mac compatible. I was trying to figure out why, even though I was using:
#!/usr/bin/bash

It was calling the old version even though people were installing a later version with homebrew. After some research, I found out tht using:
#!/usr/bin/env interpreter

Is more reliable. Of course, if you're only worried about Linux, which usually has an up to date bash, then:
#!/bin/bash

works just fine. I just got into the habbit of using env from that experience. I tend to use it for all shabangs now, python3, perl, bash etc.

audiogame-manager

Installer and launcher for Windows based audio games under wine for Linux.
Stormux: Powered by Gitea
@Richard Emling (DO9RE)

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*sigh*

rac.ca/rac-will-not-attend-ham…

#Canada #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

RAC Will Not Attend Hamvention this Year - Radio Amateurs of Canada

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)
#canada #hamradio #amateurradio

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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…


Fencer disqualified from tournament after refusing to face an opponent she says is transgender

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

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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

See gadgeteer.co.za/south-africa-g…

#databreaches #security #southafrica #technology


South Africa gets online system for reporting data breaches

Danie (GadgeteerZA)
#technology #security #southafrica #databreaches
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Matt Campbell

@rommix0 This post explains why OpenAI specifically choosing to show that they can generate art in the Studio Gibli style is so bad: tante.cc/2025/03/28/vulgar-dis…

Vulgar Display of Power

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)
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Tamas G

@matt @rommix0 Oooh yeah that's very interesting and a great perspective on this. I suspect it's why I'm also not against those new types of web crawlers that foil AI systems into a honeypot of fake links with garbage text, it's a way to reclaim at least some power for the creators. We could extend that to any other branch of it (like gobbling up torrented books Meta did too) and so to me it's a lot more valid to argue against AI on that notion of power and control rather than how it regurgitates what it knows.
@Matt Campbell

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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!

social.bau-ha.us/@raganwald/11…


raganwald 🍓 (@raganwald@social.bau-ha.us)

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

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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 ✌️

#SBahn

Photo of 3 elevator buttons with huge letters on them: O, S and U. A white label reading "S-Bahn" has been affixed above the O button. O is the right choice for the surface (S-Bahn) trains. The huge S button takes the unsuspecting visitor to an intermediate floor instead, the actual term for which is only known to the people who build train stations I guess.
#UX #usability #Munich #SBahn

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#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:


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 #magisk #izzyondroid

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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

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The Trump administration withdrew 11 pieces of ADA guidance. How will it affect compliance?

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)
@Health
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