The Liberty Phone delivers uncompromising security for government communications- No Surveillance.

puri.sm/products/liberty-phone…

#LibertyPhone #SecureGovMobile #MadeInUSA #SupplyChainSecurity #OpenSource #PureOS #EndToEndEncryption #HardwareSecurity #GOTSSolution #CyberSecurity

There’s a lot of talk about the ‘trans agenda’, but what is it that trans people actually want? We’ve partnered with Lush and My Genderation to let people know about the issues that impact us every single day, and what needs to change.

Read about our dream (and our reality) at transactual.org.uk/the-dream-v…

#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #TransRights #Liberation #DreamVsReality

Speaking at a school board meeting, a fourth-grader rebukes RFK Jr about his retrograde & false views of people with autism. “I have autism and I’m not broken, and I hope that nobody in Princeton Public Schools believes RFK Jr’s lies.” 🔥 kottke.org/25/05/4th-grader-to…

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So apparently nearly all students cheat with AI chatbots now and basically aren't learning anything nymag.com/intelligencer/articl…

I'm grateful I got my education before these tools were available.

Still, part of this might be that education might be best if it's not actually based around grading, but working with students to actually be excited about learning

But there's no way such a worldview will be rolled out in time to survive this

in reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber

I don't know about other countries, but I learned in ex-USSR, and I'm jealous to modern students for having AI tools. I won't lie if I say I was one of the best students of my year (if not the one), but writing any work was the most daunting, exhausting, depressing part of my studies, because you need to pour tons of water (if you haven't seen the discussion about this Russian expression here on Mastodon, it means that you have to provide lots of common chit-chatty data about how important is your work, ten pages of explanation of what you're doing and why and how and in what Moon phase, and so on, and so forth). I wish I could just say F** it, let's go ChatGPT, so I could concentrate on the core part of my research.

I see #Figma has decided to reincarnate FrontPage, but worse:
figma.com/blog/introducing-fig…

Sample 1, with 269 axe issues:
config.new/

Sample 2, with only 184 axe issues:
practice-type.com/

No mention of #accessibility in the announcement, so I guess none expected?

Anyway, get ahead of this, folks. We’re going back to 1999!

#a11y

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in reply to victor tsaran

@vick21 It’s not mentioned in the video, the announcement, any of the sites, nor any other Figma content I could find.

The demo sites are nowhere near accessible (per WCAG):
adrianroselli.com/2025/05/do-n…

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 13 updated and 1 added apps:

* Lumolight: configurable flashlight app that can perform both front and back flash

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

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

Open source project curl is sick of users submitting “AI slop” vulnerabilities arstechni.ca/LAhpm #vulnerabilities #bugreports #hackerone #security #Tech #curl #AI

I am looking forward to attending the e-Governance Conference in Estonia at the end of the month -2025.egovconference.ee

I'll also be attending the Creative Bureaucracy Festival in the first week of June - creativebureaucracy.org/festiv…

Is anyone in my network planning to be at either of these conferences?

#OpenSource #GovTech

in reply to George Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Yep! In fact, if you exclude energy imports the US actually has a trade _surplus_ with Canada, despite Canada having one tenth your population, because you flood our markets and buy out domestic companies before stripping them for parts! And then your leaders claim they're the victims!

Elbows up, mf-ers!
🇨🇦

I've heard from multiple mothers who were thrilled to finally understand why their baby said "dada" before "mama": it's because of the way the babies' sound-making develops. Oral sounds like “d” and “b” appear more frequently in early babble than nasal sounds like “m.”

Valerie Fridland has lot of other great insights too about "mama" and "dada" in this week's podcast. Check it out!

Read: grammar-girl.simplecast.com/ep…

Watch: youtu.be/Gg38QD6QzIw

Listen: pod.link/173429229

#GrammarGirl

📺 New Video: WTF is prefers reduced motion!?! youtube.com/watch?v=Kws6l0Rp1Y… #WebDev #FrontEndDeveloper #100DaysOfCode #CodeNewbie

Blind Users’ Negative Attitudes Towards Paid Apps: Mindsets and the Struggles of Sustainable Development accessibleandroid.com/blind-us…

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The Keynote Will NOT Go Forward

libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/…

Due to concerns from the LGM community, the planned keynote with Dr. Richard Stallman is cancelled.

The announcement made many people angry and upset, and anger and division are not what LGM is about. Public debate was one of the factors that led to this decision. The discussion can be read here: post.lurk.org/@lgm/11446210104…

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[EDIT/NOTE] The following sentence mentioning our Code of Conduct in this announcement could be interpreted as suggesting we believe Richard Stallman’s presence would make the event less safe. That interpretation is not our intention; we don’t think that way. We don’t all think that Stallman’s talk would have been a problem. Some of us wanted to hear him. The context of the discussion linked above is important to correctly interpret this announcement and the reasons that led to it. Some people voiced general discomfort about the LGM in the debate; we take these concerns seriously.

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LGM is committed to being an inclusive and safe venue for members of the Libre Graphics community, and we stand by the commitments to safety outlined
by our Code of Conduct. libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/…

Personal Note of the Organizer:

I’ll be welcoming everyone seeking a conversation with me about the topic.

– Lasse


Keynote Announcement: Dr. Richard Stallman

libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/…

On Wednesday, May 28th at 19:30, Dr. Richard Stallman will deliver a keynote on Free/Libre Software and Freedom in the Digital Society at Libre Graphics Meeting.

See the details in the linked announcement regarding admission to the talk.

I also included a personal note on the decision, as I received mixed feedback.

--Lasse

#LibreGraphicsMeeting #LGM25NBG


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For 17 years, I have been using Skype weekly. Where others phone their loved ones to talk, I use Skype.

#deaf #accessibility

darice.org/2025/05/07/the-demi…

I'm glad I created the "1. Performance" label globally in #GNOME's GitLab instance two years ago, and encouraged maintainers to use it. Its now much easier to identify & manage performance issues at scale, and to have numbers to show for it.

We can see hundreds (a thousand?) of performance issues were solved: =1.+Performance]https://gitlab.gnome.org/groups/GNOME/-/issues/?state=closed&label_name[]=1.+Performance

…same if looking only at MRs (when people actually label them), 500+ performance MRs: =1.+Performance]https://gitlab.gnome.org/groups/GNOME/-/merge_requests/?state=merged&label_name[]=1.+Performance

It's paying off.

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I tend to do this thing where I pick a few songs to listen to over and over and over again for a few weeks, and this is currently one of them. Virtual Riot is so incredibly talented, this is so pretty! youtube.com/watch?v=Drl20N8q6p…
in reply to x0

@x0 NGL, the latest production from VR feels a bit all over the place for me. It still has its magic, but all the surrounding elements are kind of blurring the main idea of the song, at least that’s how it feels to me. But lately, I generally find myself leaning toward simpler / punchier mixes and production. New Skrillex albums, Eliminate, Habstrakt, and Wink. Actually, if I can recommend one artist it would be Wink:
youtube.com/watch?v=Nrf1JjNfzD…
@x0

:ablobthinkingeyes: If you use Jami on your phone, you’ve probably noticed how reliable it stays, even when the app is closed or your IP address changes. That stability isn’t magic. It comes from a piece of clever infrastructure working behind the scenes: proxy servers.

👀 Curious to learn more about proxy servers ? Read our article: jami.net/fr/jami-and-proxys/

🗣️ New interview !

@ThibaultMartin of @matrix.org sat down with @NGICommons to discuss the role Matrix plays in building a privacy-respecting, sustainable digital communication infrastructure.

Read more on our website: commons.ngi.eu/2025/05/07/matr…

#Matrix #DigitalCommons #foss #OpenSource #Decentralisation #Privacy #Sustainability #Fediverse

@OpenForumEurope
@openfuture
@martelinnovate
@cnrs
@linuxfoundation
@ngi

I bought the Rabbit R1 — even though it’s not for me
As a blind tech user, I knew the R1 wouldn’t be accessible.
But I bought it anyway. Why?
Because if we aren’t testing and speaking up, accessibility won’t improve. Inclusion starts with showing up.
In my latest blog post, I explain why blind voices are essential in AI—and what I hope comes from this.
📖 Read:
open.substack.com/pub/taylorar…
#RabbitR1 #Accessibility #BlindTech #AI #Inclusion #FediTech #DisabilityJustice
in reply to Pau Cabrera

@cch We offer 15 email alias addresses. You can read more about them here: tuta.com/blog/secure-email-ali…
in reply to Maronno Winchester

The BlueSky post had the original untranslated alt-text of the poem. Pasting it below:

Title: Yesterday

Yesterday,
All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
Now my database has gone away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly,
There's not half the files there used to be, And there's a milestone hanging over me The system crashed so suddenly.
I pushed something wrong
What it was I could not say.
Now all my data's gone and Ilong for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.
Yesterday,
The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
I knew my data was all here to stay, Now I believe in yesterday.

Credit: Geza Giedke