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Many thanks to Rebekah Gregoriades for this article to Cyprus mail. Cyprus enters International Low-Vision Song Contest with ‘Pyxida’: cyprus-mail.com/2025/05/09/cyp…

Cyprus enters International Low-Vision Song Contest with ‘Pyxida’

Cyprus will participate in this year’s online International Low-Vision Song Contest on May 16, with the entry Pyxida, performed by Nicoletta Livadioti and Nikos Demetriou. The public is being encouraged to cast their votes to support the Cypriot duo.
cyprus-mail.com

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I made a website last night to feature all the creative stories I'm working on via writing with #ai assistance- creating a book via layers of ideas and approaching them like cultivating a garden the-library.puter.site/ I'm making mostly #fantasy #cozyfantasy #romantasy and #yafantasy

Andrew Wooldridge - Author

the-library.puter.site
#AI #fantasy #cozyfantasy #romantasy #YAFantasy

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please boost!!! :boost_request:

hey there! it's me, vanta, fedi's favorite punk multi-instance admin

right now i need $100 for groceries and $60 for medical weed and $40 for bras that fit since my cup size has gone up -- $200 total

do you enjoy the work i've done organizing a mass-defederation of meta's threads with FediPact? are you hype in the pipe for the fedi memoir whose 52k word rough draft i recently finished? do you like the rad cybersyndicate instances i've set up? the cool clothes i DIY together? my pirate radio station, vantaradio? my awesome videos? my amazing selfies? my community movie nights? my posting generally?

well i'm an impoverished neurodivergent trans woman just trying to survive so if you wanna support me anything helps me keep being able to do all those cool thingies!!!

i'm currently unemployed and job searching. here's my work portfolio vanta.work -- also working on running my very own online clothing store at vanta.cool to help with finances. also-also trying to do freelance video editing and fansly on the side (check my profile for more info)

venmo: venmo.com/vantablack420

paypal: paypal.me/v33b33

cashapp: cash.app/$vantablack420

liberapay: liberapay.com/v4nt4bl4ck

ko-fi: ko-fi.com/vantablack420

GFM: gofund.me/aa09f716

patreon (monthly): patreon.com/vantablack

throne: throne.com/vantablack

#MutualAid #TransCrowdFund


Get more from vantablack on Patreon

creating videos and such.
vantablack (Patreon)
#MutualAid #transcrowdfund

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Z Trilium Notes jsem zatím nadšený a vypadá to, že bude dalším kandidátem na @oscloud – ale pozor, jde o nástroj primárně pro jednoho uživatele, takže instalace bude jen na vyžádání pro vážné zájemce.

🔍 Co je TriliumNext?
Open source aplikace pro správu poznámek a osobní znalostní bázi – běží v prohlížeči, ale instaluje se jako vlastní server.

Nabízí:
👉🏻 hierarchii a klonování poznámek (stejná poznámka může být na víc místech)
👉🏻 šablony (např. denní poznámky, TODO, trackery)
👉🏻 podporu skriptů
👉🏻 vlastní HTML/JS widgety (grafy, trackery, dashboardy)
👉🏻 vyhledávání, štítky, připnutí, historii změn
👉🏻 šifrování poznámek a export do ZIPu

💡 Dá se použít jako deník, osobní wiki, plánovač projektů, nástroj pro sledování návyků nebo třeba tréninkový deník.

🛠️ Je to trochu pro „fajnšmekry“ – Trilium má své specifika a chvíli trvá, než ho člověk dostane do ruky. Ale stojí to za to. 💪🏻

📌 github.com/TriliumNext/Notes
#trilium #opensource #oscloud #poznámky #notetaking #wiki #productivity

GitHub - TriliumNext/Notes: Build your personal knowledge base with TriliumNext Notes

Build your personal knowledge base with TriliumNext Notes - TriliumNext/Notes
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#opensource #wiki #productivity #notetaking #oscloud #trilium #poznamky @Oscloud

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Z Trilium Notes jsem zatím hodně nadšený a vypadá to, že bude dalším kandidátem na @oscloud – ale jde o nástroj primárně pro jednoho uživatele, takže instalace bude jen na vyžádání pro vážné zájemce.😀

🔍 Co je Trilium?
Open source aplikace pro správu poznámek a osobní znalostní bázi – běží v prohlížeči, ale instaluje se jako vlastní server.

Nabízí:
👉🏻 hierarchii a klonování poznámek (stejná poznámka může být na víc místech)
👉🏻 šablony (např. denní poznámky, TODO, trackery)
👉🏻 podporu skriptů
👉🏻 vlastní HTML/JS widgety (grafy, trackery, dashboardy)
👉🏻 vyhledávání, štítky, připnutí, historii změn
👉🏻 šifrování poznámek a export do ZIPu

💡 Využití: deník, osobní wiki, plánovač projektů, nástroj pro sledování návyků nebo třeba tréninkový deník.
🛠️ Je to trochu pro „fajnšmekry“ – Trilium má své specifika a chvíli trvá, než ho člověk dostane do ruky. Ale stojí to za to. 💪🏻

📌 github.com/TriliumNext/Notes
#trilium #opensource #oscloud #poznámky #notetaking #wiki #productivity

GitHub - TriliumNext/Notes: Build your personal knowledge base with TriliumNext Notes

Build your personal knowledge base with TriliumNext Notes - TriliumNext/Notes
GitHub
#opensource #wiki #productivity #notetaking #oscloud #trilium #poznamky @Oscloud

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I have two burning questions about the VIewPoint AI screen reader: 1. Why for WIndows only, and 2. Where does the collected data go? I did not see any disclaimers on their website. What did I miss?
On the flip side, so cool to see AI being put to a good use. Developers, please do not relax though, you still have to take care of accessibility. :) dragonscave.space/@Woody/11447…

DAVID WOODBRIDGE

2025-05-09 03:24:26

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Viewpoint is a new AI-powered screen reader assistant for Windows screen readers. It is free. It is designed to make it easier to use inaccessible software, read PDF files and navigate inaccessible websites while using any Windows screen reader.

Because Viewpoint is powered by Google Gemini you will need a Gemini API key. This is free.

You can download Viewpoint at the link below:

viewpoint.nibblenerds.com

and read the Viewpoint documentation at

viewpoint.nibblenerds.com/docs

I haven't tried Viewpoint yet.


Viewpoint: An AI-powered screen reader assistant - Nibble Nerds

viewpoint.nibblenerds.com

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Random reminder that #BillGates is the reason why AstraZeneca #COVID vaccine is patent-encumbered:
wired.com/story/opinion-the-wo…

> Gates bragged about convincing Oxford University not to open-license its vaccine. Gates leveraged his $750 million donation to the university for vaccine research—even though its vaccine was developed in a publicly funded lab. Eventually, Oxford sold the sole right of production to AstraZeneca, with no guarantee of low prices and an extraordinary opportunity for profit.

#covid #BillGates

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For my disabled followers, what do you consider when thinking about inclusive swag? Swag in this case meaning t-shirts, coffee mugs, backpacks, stickers, etc. that you acquire through conferences, work, or other places.
I struggle to name what I look for in swag for it to be inclusive as a blind person; I think the most I'd look for is cool tactile design on t-shirts and perhaps embossed designs on stickers. But even that's a stretch; I've never felt strongly enough to remotely consider this, and that's why I'm here! I also consider things like Braille to be a novelty, and don't feel excluded when it doesn't exist. In a nutshell--I don't really care. But I'm sure someone out there does. Surely there's at least one of you.
Please boost for reach.
#disabled #accessibility #blind #swag
#Accessibility #blind #Disabled #swag

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Viewpoint is a new AI-powered screen reader assistant for Windows screen readers. It is free. It is designed to make it easier to use inaccessible software, read PDF files and navigate inaccessible websites while using any Windows screen reader.

Because Viewpoint is powered by Google Gemini you will need a Gemini API key. This is free.

You can download Viewpoint at the link below:

viewpoint.nibblenerds.com

and read the Viewpoint documentation at

viewpoint.nibblenerds.com/docs

I haven't tried Viewpoint yet.

Viewpoint: An AI-powered screen reader assistant - Nibble Nerds

viewpoint.nibblenerds.com
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Kevin LaRose, Antifa Member

@Bruce I have read that some influential #Catholic individuals who supposedly belong to a group called Opus Dei were in and around the Vatican before the conclave began trying to somehow influence the deliberations. I don’t have any skin in the game, as I have said before elsewhere I’m not #Catholic even though I was blessed with Jesuit education through high school and college. I think there will be continuing pressure, probably on all sides, to politicize the papacy, and to the extent it can be resisted I hope it is.
#catholic @Bruce Toews

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Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 1 – Accessible Table Layout & Editing applevis.com/podcasts/getting-…

Getting Started with Numbers on Mac: Lesson 1 – Accessible Table Layout & Editing | AppleVis

In this episode, Gaurav begins his journey into mastering spreadsheets with Apple’s free app, Numbers on Mac. 📊 Using an insightful AppleVis podcast as his guide, he learns how to open a spreadsheet and navigate it efficiently with VoiceOver.
applevis.com

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

Blind Users' Negative Attitudes Towards Paid Apps: Mindsets and the Struggles of Sustainable

Sunday, the 27th of April 2025 marked a major turning point for Tech-Freedom, one of the blind-specific apps on Android, which includes features like a
Kareen Kiwan (Accessible Android)
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The Evil Chocolate Cookie

The real problem, was that app trying to force us to choose between our privacy and their services by forcing the disabling of the ad blocker, and their argument of everyone else having to deal with the problem, doesn’t hold away either because everyone else can get to the close button. It’s not our fault. Talkback doesn’t see it after all. It’s also not our fault if someone’s ad causes actual damage to our phone because it locks it up and overheats it. There are entitled brats in any group I grant you, but this over a generalization and looking down on those of us who actually don’t have any money is just bar worthy. also, if I have to make a choice between my privacy in your app, your app is automatically going in the garbage. I was going to pay the subscription for the app they mentioned, until it demanded I disabled my ad blocker. My ad blocker is there for my privacy and the security of my device, including limiting the potential for massive overheating and physical damage. I am not turning it off just because some app says that I have to. How about I uninstall that app and make sure all of my friends know that they should too instead. I did the same thing with the CW. They tried to make me disable my ad blocker, they got deleted. Dice world is an example of an app that does ads in a way that isn’t intrusive. You have the option to watch video ads, but you don’t have to, and the rest of their ads are those little banner ads running across the bottom of the screen that don’t actually get in the way.

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"Water rights defender Karina Ruiz Ocampo, who had been disappeared since April 13 after unknown persons broke into her home and forcibly took her away, was found dead on Saturday, May 3, in the municipality of Amatitán, Jalisco. Karina was a member of the organization La Cima Nuestra Prioridad, and defended the right to water in the La Cima neighborhood in El Arenal, where she lived.

"Due to her advocacy work, Karina had received constant threats through social networks, and feared for her safety. March 23, 2025 was her last participation in a public demonstration."

desinformemonos.org/hallan-sin…

#Mexico #Jalisco


Hallan sin vida a la activista Karina Ruiz Ocampo en Jalisco

Desinformémonos
#méxico #jalisco

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Das muss diese Souveränidingsbums sein!

Biometrie: Passbilder in der Amazon Cloud
netzpolitik.org/2025/biometrie…

und damit nach dem Cloud-Akt ... äh ... 🤡


Biometrie: Passbilder in der Amazon Cloud

Wer seine biometrischen Passbilder bei einem externen Dienstleister macht, muss damit rechnen, dass sie in der Amazon Cloud landen - und damit vor dem Zugriff von US-Behörden nicht sicher sind. Das haben IT-Sicherheitsforscher herausgefunden.
netzpolitik.org
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IzzyOnDroid ✅

@radasbona Diese Aktion nimmt auch den Fotografen die Butter vom Brot. Für die ist das Passbild-Geschäft ein wichtiges Standbein. Ursprünglich sollten die Aufnahmen ausschließlich in der Behörde zu tätigen sein (die sich damit eindeutig gewerblich betätigt). Dies war die Lösung, welche die Innung erreichen konnte, um sackweise Schließungen zu vermeiden.
Für 6 € werden es die meisten in der Behörde machen. Der Qualitätsunterschied ist allerdings drastisch, die sind halt keine Fotografen…
@Radasbona
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Radasbona

Deutschland kann man seit zehn Jahren eigentlich zur noch destruktiv nennen. Erschreckend. Der Reisepass schlägt jetzt bei uns mit ehem. 140 Mark zu Buche. 🤯

Die Qualität bei Passbildern ist mir aber eigentlich egal, die Sachen mit diesen Bildern wandern auf nimma wiedersehen ins hintere Geldbörsenfach. Bewerbungsfotos ist natürlich was anderes.

Meine Glaskugel schätzt das es bald sowieso Webdienste für lizenzierte Passbilder gibt, wo man eigene Bilder hochladen kann zum Weiterleiten an die Behörde. für 1€ vielleicht....

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Today sharing another of @metalab events with public notes that you might find interesting. Show and Tell is basically what it says: you show up and share anything you've recently come across for everyone to try out. Today we've had a mix of KVM devices, obscure HTML elements, archives of mod game music and retro games in general and anything in between. The meetings are usually on a Thursday at the beginning of the month (the 2nd if I'm not mistaken) and the discoveries are uploaded soon after so keep coming back to find out what we dug up any given month. metalab.at/wiki/Show_and_Tell

Show and Tell – Metalab Wiki

metalab.at
@metalab

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New #intro!

I’m a hyperjack musician, writer & video artist. My latest album, ‘Status’, is mainly about escaping Big Tech dystopia.

My website meljoann.com includes nerdy blog posts on Faircamp, Owncast & leaving mainstream social media.

Some stuff I love:

#musicProduction #videoProduction #books #experimentalMusic #electronicMusic #RandB #earlyMusic #improvisedMusic #science #knitting #history #scienceFiction #horror #alternativeComedy #anarchism #foss #linux #introduction


Meljoann.

Website of hyperjack music producer, writer and video artist, Meljoann.
Meljoann.
#linux #foss #books #history #introduction #science #horror #knitting #sciencefiction #intro #musicproduction #electronicmusic #earlymusic #experimentalmusic #anarchism #videoproduction #randb #improvisedmusic #alternativecomedy
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