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JJ and I are at it again, this time as guest hosts on the March 17 edition of AIRA’s Airacast podcast. We’re Talking Starbucks, the visuals, how they work from a customer’s perspective, and how AIRA can help you as a Blind person make a visit there and get your fix with the help of an AIRA agent. Check it out here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/…

Airacast

Education Podcast · Updated Biweekly · The official podcast of Aira, the visual interpreter service for people who are blind or have low vision. At Aira, we connect people, via our free app, to trained professionals who provide visual inf…
Apple Podcasts

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We've recently seen serious spam attacks against Matrix, so we're introducing Policy Servers to recommend whether servers should accept or discard events *before* they get synced to clients. If your server participates in public rooms, see matrix.org/blog/2025/04/introd… to keep it safe.

Introducing Policy Servers

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
Jim Mackenzie, VP Trust & Safety — The Matrix.org Foundation (matrix.org)

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This week Semios/Almanac laid off an estimated 10% of headcount, including yours truly just today.

It wasn't a surprise, but that doesn't make it suck less.

Which is to say: I'm now 100% available for full time, contract, paid speaking, board, advisory positions. #OpenSource, #BusinessStrategy, #BizOps, #Standards, #Leadership, etc.

CV: vmbrasseur.com/resume.pdf

#GetFediHired #FediHire #PleaseBoost

#opensource #standards #FediHire #getfedihired #pleaseboost #leadership #businessstrategy #bizops
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NasaGuy

I'm a bit confused on the localisation front, because here you say that you use weblate, but currently Thunderbird's only project on weblate seems to be Thunderbird for Android, wheras Thunderbird Desktop and thunderbird.net are on pontoon. I'm wondering where we might expect future project's localisation to be based from (like the Thunderbird Pro stuff).

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Hello Jamers! 😍

Missed Dev Update #12?

No worries, we’ve got you covered with all the highlights! ⬇️

Catch up now and stay in the loop.

Read our Dev update 12: jami.net/de/dev-update-12/

#Jami #OpenSource #P2P #PrivacyFirst #AppUpdate

A woman in traditional Japanese kimono holds a parasol while kneeling in a peaceful outdoor setting. The text “Dev update #12” is overlaid in bold white letters.

Dev update #12

Spring is back, bringing with it the return of our traditional Dev Updates, which you’ve clearly missed, and a fresh wave of improvements across the Jami ecosystem!
jami (Jami)
#opensource #p2p #jami #privacyfirst #appupdate

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Stop hacking accessible pedestrian signals you fucking sociopaths. I swear, if I die because I'm trying to cross a street but the signal's been hacked because one of you thought it would be cute I'm coming back and haunting you for the rest of your life. lflegal.com/2025/04/aps-hack/

Hacking Accessible Pedestrian Signals is Not a Joke: It's a Civil Rights Violation

On April 12, 2025 the top story on the Palo Alto (California) online news site was "Silicon Valley Crosswalk Buttons Apparently Hacked to Imitate Musk, Zuckerberg Voices" It told the story, covered by other media too, of how someone hacked into audi…
Law Office of Lainey Feingold

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Really glad to see @Mastodon working on quote #QuotePosts, and they're doing it in a really considerate way that will hopefully cut down on the downsides of quoted posts on other platforms. blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/…

Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon

Sharing our thinking and progress on bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon, with a goal to create a safe and respectful space for everyone.
Mastodon Blog
#quoteposts @Mastodon

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Unlike git-blame, which can tell you who wrote a line of code, git-who tells you the people responsible for entire components or subsystems in a codebase. You can think of git-who sort of like git-blame but for file trees rather than individual files.

🔗 github.com/sinclairtarget/git-…

GitHub - sinclairtarget/git-who: Git blame for file trees

Git blame for file trees. Contribute to sinclairtarget/git-who development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub

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"By choosing platforms like Mastodon, we champion community-driven technology over profit-driven manipulation" in other words, we, the workers, seize the means of production? phillipjreese.com/the-social-n…

The Social Network That Can't Sell Out: Understanding Mastodon vs. Bluesky - phillipjreese.com

As users flee from Twitter/X, two visions of social media's future compete: Mastodon's community-controlled network versus Bluesky's venture-backed promises.
phillipjreese@gmail.com (phillipjreese.com)
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Sharing some professional news: I've joined Mastodon full-time as Head of Communications! After freelancing with the project since 2023, I'm excited to bring my experience in open source and community to help tell the story of the Fediverse. Read more on my blog.

andypiper.co.uk/2025/04/15/com…

A photo of a hand holding a smartphone, with the title "Communicating changes" overlaid. On the phone screen you see the folder "Fediverse" which includes icons for apps like Lemmy, Loops, Mastodon, PeerTube and Pixelfed – aka open source, ethical social media apps that are alternatives to for-profit commercial social platforms by Meta, X, Reddit and Google

Communicating changes

After freelancing with Mastodon since 2023, I'm excited to announce my new full-time role as Head of Communications. This builds on my experience in Dev Rel, community work, and open source while supporting a project I'm passionate about.
The lost outpost
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I'm trying to get the biggest vendors to sponsor the LVFS. The Linux Foundation is kindly paying for all the hosting costs out of their IT budget, and Red Hat pays for all my time -- but as LVFS grows and grows that's going to be less and less sustainable longer term. I'm trying to find funding to hire a part time "me replacement" so that I can go on holiday for a week without stressing about internet and email.
Dialog showing "Acme has used 600% of their allocated monthly Associate Member quota of 50K monthly downloads."

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What do you do when your lucrative patent expires? In the case of MP3s, the patent owner tried to migrate everyone to another tech that was still under patent. At least that scam didn't work. #RetroComputing dfarq.homeip.net/mp3-is-dead-l…

MP3 is dead, long live MP3. Oh wait, it's just the patent - The Silicon Underground

The last MP3 patent expiring in April 2017 led some to declare the file format dead. But it's been hiding in plain sight ever since.
Dave Farquhar (The Silicon Underground)
#retrocomputing

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Nvidia Ignites a Modern Gold Rush with AI Boom and $500B U.S. Investment Plan

#Nvidia #AIInfrastructure #Semiconductors #NVDA #TechStocks #AIRevolution #JensenHuang #Investing #StockMarket #WallStreet #AITech #BlackwellChips #NvidiaStock

Read Full Article here :-
techi.com/nvidia-stocks-still-…

Nvidia Stocks Still a ‘Top Pick’, Analysts Says  - TECHi

As Trump tariffs brought volatility to the Wall Street charts, Nvidia stocks are still a ‘top pick’ for investors. After plummeting as low as $86.62 last
Naba Fatima (TECHi)
#nvidia #nvda #stockmarket #investing #wallstreet #semiconductors #techstocks #jensenhuang #aiinfrastructure #airevolution #aitech #blackwellchips #nvidiastock
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NV Access

Hi! Is there any chance we can encourage you to trend #NVIDIA when that's the company you mean, please? I know what their NASDAQ handle is, but #NVDA is much more widely known as the name of the screen reader we make and the #NVDA hashtag is very widely used for the screen reader. It will save both our communities polluting each other's feeds. If you'd like to find out more about the screen reader, our website is nvaccess.org/ - Thank you!

NV Access

Empowering lives through non-visual access to technology
NV Access
#nvidia #nvda

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wow! Congrats to the team of @Tutanota for getting rid of Google’s push notification services :biceps:

tuta.com/blog/open-source-emai…

#deGoogling


Tuta Mail is available on F-Droid so you can break free from Big Tech tracking | Tuta

We're here to stop surveillance by corporations like Google and Apple. That's why we replaced Google's FCM with our own notification system and keep Apple Notification Data at a minimum. Learn here why this is important.
Tuta
#degoogling @Tuta

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Nominations Open – International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing 2025 inclusivepublishing.org/news-a…

Nominations Open – International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing 2025 - Inclusive Publishing

Nominations are now open for the WIPO Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Awards 2025. As in previous years, there are two categories for the […]
Sarah Hilderley (Inclusive Publishing)

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Aira Tech Tips & Troubleshooting with a Visual Interpreter aira.io/aira-tech-tips/

Aira Tech Tips & Troubleshooting with a Visual Interpreter - Aira

In our 2024 Explorer Survey, people identified three main categories of tasks: describing, reading, and technical assistance. Since 2020, the use of visual interpreting to assist with computer and other technical tasks has surged significantly.
Hannah Griffin (Aira)

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#Segen oder Werkzeug zur #Manipulation? #Hallow bezeichnet sich selbst als »erfolgreichste Gebets-App der Welt«. Unter den Unterstützern und Investoren der vermeintlich christlichen #App finden sich viele #Trump- Unterstützer. #Datenschutz- Lücken könnten für dessen #Wahlkampf genutzt worden sein:

Gebets-App "Hallow": Segen ode...


Gebets-App "Hallow": Segen oder Manipulations-Werkzeug?

Die katholische App Hallow bezeichnet sich selbst als "erfolgreichste Gebets-App der Welt". Unter den Unterstützern und Investoren der App finden sich viele Trump-Unterstützer – und Datenschutzlücken könnten für dessen Wahlkampf genutzt worden sein.
Veronika Wawatschek (BR24)
#app #Trump #datenschutz #manipulation #Segen #Hallow #Wahlkampf
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Thomas Wystrach

Wo Gwen #Stefani zum täglichen Beten einlädt: #Hallow ist eine Art individualisierte Content-Plattform für römisch-katholisches Leben. In die #App haben laut @businessinsider.com Peter #Thiel und JD #Vance investiert. Ein #Medienethik​er sieht die App als Vehikel für die post-liberalen #USA:

Hallow: US-App, auf der Gwen S...


Hallow: US-App, auf der Gwen Stefani zum täglichen Gebet einlädt

„Hallow“ ist eine Art individualisierte Content-Plattform für katholisches Leben. Ein Experte sieht die App als Vehikel für das post-liberale Amerika.
Deutschlandfunk
#app #USA #Hallow #Stefani #Thiel #Vance #Medienethik @businessinsider.com
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