So I have to give @atherjammoa a lot of credit for telling me about Eter. it is a radio app, but you can find it on the entire Apple ecosystem including Apple TV. they charge a one-time fee to unlock some features, but it was $8 so well spent. Apparently LWorks radio can be found in the search results. also the Voiceover support is awesome. Show them some love. You won't be disappointed. eter.apparentsoft.com/

Gajim 2.2.0 has been released 🥳

This release brings three new features:
message retraction ↩️ , blocking participants in group chats 🛡️, and updated support for modern group chat avatars 🖼️.

Thank you for all your contributions! ❤️

Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim

#gajim #xmpp #chat

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@vladimmi we had to wait until an issue with GTK's emoji/font rendering had been fixed, see github.com/msys2/MINGW-package…

Furthermore, there were issues with other libraries Gajim's Windows version depends on. All these issues are resolved now.

The next release will be available on Windows again 🎉

Upcoming webinars will focus on the latest developments and standards in assistive products attoday.co.uk/upcoming-webinar…

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 12 updated and 2 added apps:

* Booming Music: audio player with supports for lyrics, sleep timer, tag editor & more 🛡️
* RecordEqualizer: record audio from the microphone and adjust it using the equalizer

RB status: 593 apps (45.8%)

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

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accompanying AndroidAppDrain:

* 10 apps were removed as they haven't been updated long time, and their sources have since disappeared.
* for 6 more such apps we found the sources elsewhere, so we've kept them.
* for 2 apps the source repos re-surfaced, so we were able to restore them. One more will follow soon as we were able to reach the dev, who will restore the source repo.
* Nitterify was found on Codeberg, having also changed its packageName. An update is available, so please switch over.

For weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read that #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov, has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, the #ICC chief prosecutor.

One of the most important international courts and a legal bulwark against #genocide, crimes against humanity, and #warcrimes is threatened by #BigTech dependency.

apnews.com/article/icc-trump-s…

#DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #EthicalTech

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Did you know #Microsoft is shutting down Chinese universities by blocking access to their services? When will this come to Europe and the rest of the world? How dependent on Microsoft or Google is the day to day work in your organization?

Here's an example, one of many: scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article…

On this Global Accessibility Awareness Day, ACB’s Manager of Membership Engagement Cindy Hollis showcases the built-in accessibility features on her Samsung washing machine! Learn more about #GAAD at accessibility.day/.
#GAAD

Our new game is releasing soon! 🤩

TRAILS is a cozy puzzle game in which you plot routes for floating sandships and deliver vital cargo to remote outposts - without collisions, dead ends, or backtracking.

⛵ Wishlist now ⛵
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#indiegame #indiedev #puzzle #gameart

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LA Times: Missing camper ‘miraculously’ found alive after surviving weeks in snowy High Sierra

latimes.com/california/story/2…

#SearchAndRescue #SAR #survival

💻 Productivity meets accessibility in this Mac Chat. Finder tips, Dock tricks, user account setup—and @CreativeChris has an exciting upcoming talk at MacStock featuring Remote Incident Manager and Scribe from @pneumasolutions
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Verkehrswendewende in #Berlin. Danke für nichts #CDU tagesspiegel.de/berlin/senat-s…

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We've had a few iOS updates in the last few Android Progress Reports, but with more substantial iOS news, it's time for a name change! So here's the shiny, new(ish) Mobile Progress Report! ✨

Last month, we published our initial iOS repository, made plans for Testflight and laid out our intended initial features. We also discuss initial release engineering and localization decisions. For the Android app, we made a LOT of fixes. 🔧

#Thunderbird #iOS #Android #Email

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/05/t…

Gemini Live Camera Stream and Screen Sharing Impressions: Is Gemini Ready to Be the AI Assistant for the Blind? accessibleandroid.com/gemini-l…

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So I honestly think it could make a great light-us emachine. I have not tried JAWS on it, but NVDA runs pretty well. I can certainly tell it has a lower-end processor, but if you splurge, there's one with ahigher-end process for $400. I almost picked that one, but was a little hesitant to spend that much on a hobby. I will also say it doesn't seem to get very hot. It lives in my master closet so I don't interact with it much, but I have gone in to check it, and it isn't hot to the touch.

Hi all! Good news — Google has decided to restore the permissions to our #Android app so we can bring back the full file syncing functionality. Expect a test tonight and final later this or early next week. Thanks a lot for your support, it is what made all the difference!

#PowerOfCommunity

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Postboxes Version 1.1


The Postbox and Zen Postbox add-ons have been updated with a bunch of new styles!

* Solid Colors renamed to match HTML color names
* 24 new solid colors added
* 5 new gradient backgrounds added
* 17 new pattern backgrounds added
* 11 animated backgrounds added
* Fixed the load order so it overrides Postbox styles in Bookface if present

The previous solid color names have been mapped to the new ones, so any existing Postboxes in your feed using the old names will still look good.

Solid Color Postbox Options

The gradient backgrounds were ones that got missed from the initial release and are similar to the ones Facebook used to offer.

Postbox Gradient Background Options


The pattern backgrounds all use pure CSS, no images, so they will render fast and do not incur an additional resource load from the server.

Postbox Pattern Backgrounds.

The animated backgrounds are exclusively available on servers that use either of the two add-ons. None of the animated styles are included in the Bookface scheme because some of them use SVG images. They use pure CSS animation as well, no JS code or animated GIF images.

Postbox animated backgrounds.

Notice how I said the gradients were similar to the ones Facebook used to offer? Shortly after I introduced Postboxes to Friendica the backgrounds on Facebook were coincidentally(?) completely overhauled. IMO Friendica now has a nicer selection anyway and even Facebook doesn’t offer animated post backgrounds.


Zen Postbox (Adds a style button to the post Composer):
gitlab.com/randompenguin/zen_p…

Postbox (Just adds the styles, you need to manually type BBcode):
gitlab.com/randompenguin/postb…

#Friendica #Postboxes #add-on @Friendica Support @Friendica Admins

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Note: These styles ONLY work on Friendica and only if the viewer is using Bookface 1.7 or either of these add-ons is enabled, and the animated backgrounds only work with the add-ons. For most other platforms (Mastodon, Bluesky, etc.) they'll just see the content inside the postbox. However you should know there are still issues with Postbox posts shared to either Diaspora or Hubzilla.
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You can see a live demo of the animated ones here: randompenguin1.github.io/sampl…

They are coded to stop animating when you hover or touch them, adopting a default appearance. I did it that way because "animation-play-state" is still a bit unreliable and I liked the idea of them having a "poster" state rather than just pausing at where ever they were in the animation loop.