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At least one article about #Eurovision I generally agree with. independent.co.uk/voices/eurov… #ESC2025

For Eurovision’s sake, let’s keep politics out of the song contest

It’s a shame this year’s contest is bogged down in anti-Israel controversy, says Clair Woodward – the frivolous get-together should be all about the performances, not the real world
Clair Woodward (The Independent)
#Eurovision #esc2025

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This you didn't see on telly.

You did see Erika Vikman's expression but not, what caused it.

Just think about it - you'd be 7 meters high, and all in a sudden there'd be an explosion next to you.

And you would be singing a long note on a tv show watched by 200 millions people.

Gosh, what a professional she is!

Video from X via Nitter:

xcancel.com/eurovisionkat/stat…

#ErikaVikman #Vikman #Eurovision #ESC #Eurovision2025 #ESC25 #Eurovision25 #ESC2025 #music #artistry #professionalism #artist


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heres the video i took
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#music #artist #Eurovision #esc #esc2025 #eurovision2025 #erikavikman #vikman #esc25 #eurovision25 #artistry #professionalism
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Hanna

2/2 The explotion wasn't meant to happen, that is. There was something wrong with the pyros, they are mentioning it in this article in English.

yle.fi/a/74-20162047

#ErikaVikman #Vikman #Eurovision #ESC #Eurovision2025 #ESC25 #Eurovision25 #ESC2025 #music #artistry #professionalism #artist


Finland's Erika Vikman makes it to Eurovision final

No longer a song contest underdog, this year the Nordic country has two acts to root for.
Mark B. Odom (Yle News)
#music #artist #Eurovision #esc #esc2025 #eurovision2025 #erikavikman #vikman #esc25 #eurovision25 #artistry #professionalism

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My band The Velvet just released out newest single called When the smoke clears, TAke a listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=tILuLXqlXO… #metal #guitar #hammond #hardrock

The Velvet - When the smoke clears (Offical Visualizer)

https://www.facebook.com/thevelvetofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/the_velvet_luxembourg/Recorded at Unison studiosMixed and masters at studio evolujcia
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#guitar #metal #hardrock #hammond

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Open Document Format (ODF) is the native format of #LibreOffice – and can be used by many other office apps too. Learn how it compares to Microsoft's formats and what the future holds: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
ODF logo

What is the Open Document Format (ODF)? - The Document Foundation Blog

An introduction to the Open Document Format The documents we create today, whether reports, spreadsheets or presentations, are essential for communicating, sharing and storing knowledge.
Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
#foss #opensource #libreoffice

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Hans Laagland

Helder artikel over voordelen van ODF, o.a. 'Documents should belong to their authors, not to a software vendor through the file format used. In the case of a country, documents should belong to its citizens. ODF is the only effective way to regain control and ensure that data remains open, accessible and future-proof. ODF embodies the principles of digital freedom, collaboration, and user empowerment.' 👇
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Hans Laagland

Helder artikel van @libreoffice over voordelen van ODF, o.a. 'Documents should belong to their authors, not to a software vendor through the file format used. In the case of a country, documents should belong to its citizens. ODF is the only effective way to regain control and ensure that data remains open, accessible and future-proof. ODF embodies the principles of digital freedom, collaboration, and user empowerment.'
@LibreOffice

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Retain Your Control and Customize Everything with Modular Software from Purism

The Librem 5 & Liberty Phone aren’t just modular in hardware—they’re modular in software.

From keyboards to the entire OS, YOU decide what runs on your device.

No rooting. No jailbreaking. Just freedom.

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Retain Your Control and Customize Everything with Modular Software – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
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Please, everyone who wants to check if we have reached the threshhold of 1 million signatures (Update: we have :) on the "ban conversion therapy" initiative, use this link:

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/ap…

It's ugly, but it gives you the number you are looking for without putting extra load on the servers by avoiding all the pretty UI etc from being downloaded. Leave the full page to those who want to sign! Deal? :)

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Welcome Jacob Mealey as #curl commit author 1375: github.com/curl/curl/pull/1736…

remove unneeded guards around PUNY2IDN by jacobmealey · Pull Request #17364 · curl/curl

This PR removes some guards around IDN which were causing punycode encoded domains starting with www (or anything other than xn-- to fail the conversion. Removing the if statement allows libcurl to...
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If the web has really reduced to the state where people are actively trying to persuade you from running services yourself, we really have utterly fucked it all up.

Yes, run your own mail server (go get @mwl 's book on it). Yes run your own DNS, stop leaking all your look ups to clownfair or Google). Yes control your software supply chain.

And definitely host your own git repo (with forjo or similar)

Stop centralisation of the decentralised web and internet.

dev.to/code42cate/5-things-tha…


5 Things That Should Be Illegal to Self Host

I love self hosting. I run a Docker hosting platform that empowers everybody to self-host. I think...
Jonas Scholz (DEV Community)
@Michael W Lucas
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Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated)

Guy runs a hosting startup, so I'm not surprised. This sort of 'advice' has been going around in startup circles for a very, very long time, unfortunately...

The people giving this advice also invariably have extremely limited (and often no) experience with self-hosting things, and systematically overestimate the difficulty of Linux administration tasks, and *underestimate* the difficulty of interacting with SaaS/PaaS APIs and dashboards.

It's like the people arguing "AWS makes hosting so much simpler than running your own servers" and then hiring specialized "AWS engineers", ie. sysadmins who can only work with vendor-specific systems...

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Email is critical infrastructure in today's digitalized world. Relying on foreign hosting is not a good idea for anybody at risk of political interference because of their profession.
Hosting email locally is still very much possible, even if it gets more involved year over year. Email is the one federated protocol that we have for direct communication. Even with all of its deficiencies in security and privacy, it is the common denominator that connects people. Don't give up control over your own, most basic digital communication channel. Use local hosting companies that you can still call in an emergency, ideally within your own (maybe extended, like EU level) jurisdiction.

Context: eupolicy.social/@bert_hubert/1…

Update: As pointed out by @ilumium, depending on your threat model, using an explicitly foreign email service provider can be beneficial if your *local* government is the main threat actor. However, if the local government can physically get you or your client devices, then don't assume too much protection through the email service.

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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has lost access to his (Microsoft) email and bank accounts. Prosecutions are faltering now. This all due to US sanctions. 'Microsoft did not respond to a request for comments'. Yet European governments are collectively moving their email and files to Microsoft, risking similar problems if they ever upset the US administration. apnews.com/article/icc-trump-s…

@Jan Penfrat
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You just know you're doing something right when #Meta 's data protection officer talks about your ‘power’ and how she wants the #EU to ban you from doing your work.🤡

Want to help us become even more ‘powerful‘? Click here to find out how: noyb.eu/en/support-us

Source: mlex.com/mlex/artificial-intel…

Original Art: pixiv.net/en/artworks/55975367

excerpt from an article. "Meta's privacy officer was in Europe this week to speak at privacy symposium in Italy and to meet regulators in Ireland. She said the EU needs to address the power of privacy activists such as NOYB, which failed to recognize an opinion by an umbrella group of EU privacy authorities that legitimate interest could be a valid legal basis for companies that train AI models with pesonal data."
Meme of a big powerful looking knight (Meta) standing before a small knight (noyb). But the big knight is scared of the small one.

#DARKSOULS3 DARKSOULS3!!! - tatsuyaのイラスト - pixiv

いよいよ！発売！！ですね！！！
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#EU #meta
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I have freelance questions blog posts scheduled for the next 5-6 weeks, but if there's anything you would like to ask about freelancing in general (or my business specifically), please reply here or send me an email and I'll write the answer up as a post:

phpdeveloper.org.uk/category/f…

#business #freelance #freelancing

Freelance Questions – PHP Developer

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#freelance #business #freelancing

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Der @nielso@digitalcourage.social hat ja die #GaragentorChallenge ausgerufen 😃
Auch wir haben uns verg. Jahr vom #Einheitsgrau verabschiedet.

Auch der Dachkasten wurde von der braunen Einheitslasur befreit und, wie in den 60igern hier noch üblich, neu mit #Naturfarbe der regionalen Manufaktur in fröhlichem Oker gestrichen.

Zwei Geragentore. Eines ist hochgeschoben und man sieht an der Stirrnseite eine farbige gelb-schwarze Signalschraffierung. Das andere ist geschlossen und in hellbeschem Ton gestrichen. Der Dachkasten ist gelb/oker. Steinmehl und Leinöl sind die Komponenten der Farbe.
#garagentorchallenge #einheitsgrau #naturfarbe @Nielso
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Now that #Skype has officially shut, It's time for an upgrade. 🙌

Discover secure, privacy-first alternatives to Microsoft Skype for your video calls.

👉 Read more: tuta.com/blog/microsoft-skype-…

#PrivacyMatters #SkypeAlternatives #SecureCommunication #Tuta

Comparison table of Skype alternatives including Wire, Jitsi Meet, Brave Talk, Calyx Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. The table compares features such as free version availability, account requirements, open-source status, mobile app availability, end-to-end encryption by default, monthly pricing, call time limits, participant capacity, and messaging capabilities. Notably, Jitsi Meet and Calyx Meet are free and open-source, while Wire offers encryption by default at $8.47/month. Microsoft Teams and Google Meet have a 60-minute call limit and support up to 100 participants.

Microsoft Skype shutting down – best private video call alternatives | Tuta

Looking for a Skype replacement? We’ve got you covered with this review of the best private video call platforms.
Tuta
#skype #privacymatters #tuta #skypealternatives #securecommunication

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StackOverflow je prý mrtvé. No je pravda, že v poslední době, když tam jdu něco hledat, tak jsou tam otázky i odpovědi zpravidla 3, 5, nebo dokonce 10 let staré, ale aktuálnějšího často nic nenajdu 🫤 blog.pragmaticengineer.com/sta… #links

Stack overflow is almost dead

Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009. A recap of its slow, then rapid, downfall.
Gergely Orosz (The Pragmatic Engineer)
#links
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Jiří Eischmann

@zoul mě na tom mrzí jen to, že to povede k uzavírání znalostí. LLM naučené jen na otevřených zdrojích budou vždycky horší než LLM, které se naučí na těch otevřených a ještě na uzavřených. Správci těch zdrojů budou motivovaní to uzavírat, protože to budou moct lépe zpeněžit. Že se podpora různých projektů přesouvá na Discord popravdě považuji za velmi špatný trend.
Tady doufám v nějaké soudní rozhodnutí, že trénování LLM není fair use a vznikne nějaká viralita u toho obsahu. Ale to AI lobby je tam obrovské, že jsem k tomu skeptický.
@Tomáš Znamenáček
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Christen Lofland

This is the kind of thing I deal with at work in the corporate world almost daily. Some group wants something to be a certain way, and they convince upper management to create a company wide rule for them that forces everyone to comply. Then later they realize their silly rule causes them trouble, and they show up at my door asking me personally to violate the company policy that they got implemented. I ignore them vigorously. It is funny to see this same thing play out in the wild.

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We're half-way through the Month of #LibreOffice, May 2025 – and 216 people have already won sticker packs! There's extra merch to get too. Join in the fun: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
Month of LibreOffice banner - saying "Build your skills and meet new people!"

Month of LibreOffice, May 2025 – Half-way point! - The Document Foundation Blog

So we’re half-way through the Month of LibreOffice, May 2025. And already, 216 contributors have won cool LibreOffice sticker packs! Details on how to claim them will be provided at the end of the month, but if you don’t see your name (or username) o…
Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
#foss #opensource #libreoffice

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🚀 NEW on We ❤️ Open Source 🚀

Why do developers keep choosing LibreOffice after 40 years? 🛠️
Jim Hall interviews co-founder Italo Vignoli on tech, transparency, and freedom.

allthingsopen.org/articles/40-…

#WeLoveOpenSource #LibreOffice #OpenSource #FOSS #ODF #DigitalSovereignty

Left side says We Love Open Source. #WeLoveOpenSource. ATO. A community education resource from All Things Open. Right side has coffee in a white mug on a saucer, with a notebook, pen, and laptop on a table

Why developers keep choosing LibreOffice after 40 years | We Love Open Source - All Things Open

Co-founder Italo Vignoli shares insights on the tech, the community, and what’s next for LibreOffice. LibreOffice is a powerful open source office suite that supports all platforms: Windows, Mac, and... Read More
All Things Open
#foss #opensource #libreoffice #digitalsovereignty #odf #weloveopensource

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Dear #Letsencrypt, you helped secure millions and millions of servers, not just web servers. But your announcement at letsencrypt.org/2025/05/14/end… about ending Ending TLS Client Authentication Certificate Support in 2026 because Google changes their requirements would result in your certificates becoming a possible risk for ensuring SMTP traffic. Please think again. Please.

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After this change is complete, only TLS Server Authentication will be available from Let’s Encrypt. This change is prompted by changes to Google Chrome’s root program requirements, which impose a June 2026 deadline to split TLS Client and Server Authentication into separate PKIs. Many uses of client authentication are better served by a private certificate authority, and so Let’s Encrypt is discontinuing support for TLS Client Authentication ahead of this deadline.

Ending TLS Client Authentication Certificate Support in 2026

Let’s Encrypt will no longer include the “TLS Client Authentication” Extended Key Usage (EKU) in our certificates beginning in 2026. Most users who use Let’s Encrypt to secure websites won’t be affected and won’t need to take any action.
letsencrypt.org
#letsencrypt
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Incredible (but predictable) : #Microsoft has blocked the International Criminal Court's access (#ICC) to its services on the orders of the #Trump mafia.

Read that carefully : an international organisation that has no presence in the United States and no US legal rights has had its work tools blocked simply because it disagrees with the Trump administration. 🚩

Get the hell out of it right now.

› apnews.com/article/icc-trump-s…

#Facism #Autocraty #Criminal #BigTech

#Trump #microsoft #bigtech #criminal #facism #icc #autocraty

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Short Overview of the New Design Progress in Web Frontend.
In this video, I showcase the work-in-progress redesign of Libervia’s web frontend. You'll see the new chat and blog pages, and a quick demo of available features.
I hope to make an alpha release soon.
#xmpp #libervia #design #web #ui
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New from 404 Media: Flock, the license plate reader company that has cameras all across the U.S., is now building a massive people lookup tool using hacked data. The plan is to "jump from LPR to person." Won't require a warrant. This is according to leak we obtained.

404media.co/license-plate-read…


License Plate Reader Company Flock Is Building a Massive People Lookup Tool, Leak Shows

Flock, which has license plate readers (LPRs) all around the country, wants police to be able to “jump from LPR to person,” according to leaked audio obtained by 404 Media.
Joseph Cox (404 Media)

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🎧 New Echo Tips Podcast Alert! 🎧 This week, David dives deep into the Library of Congress's "My Talking Books" Alexa skill for print disabilities. Get the inside scoop on what works, what could be better, and how it stacks up against similar services. From clunky controls to brilliant potential, we cover everything. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/… #Alexa #a11y

Episode 351 A Loving Critique or Roast of My Talking Books Skill [Omnibus] by Echo Tips

In this week's omnibus episode of the Echo Tips Podcast, host David Ward provides an in-depth, yet constructively critical, review of the Library of Congress's "My Talking Books" Alexa skill for individuals with print disabilities.
Spotify for Creators
#a11y #alexa

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It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day.
AI is moving fast—but can it really make everything accessible? Or are we ignoring the basics?
I wrote about this on Substack, including a new idea: Vibe Coding—building software with empathy, not just code.
Read & join the convo:
taylorarndt.substack.com/p/hap…
#GAAD #Accessibility #AI #VibeCoding #Inclusion

Happy GAAD: Accessibility, AI, and the Future We’re Shaping

You may not have heard of GAAD before.
Taylor Arndt (Taylor’s Substack)
#Accessibility #AI #GAAD #inclusion #vibecoding

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‘DO NOT let them inside’: Police warn of company asking to use your bathroom
https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/05/do-not-let-them-inside-police-warn-of-company-asking-to-use-your-bathroom.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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‘DO NOT let them inside’: Police warn of company asking to use your bathroom

The company is not registered and is going door-to-door in Massachusetts.
Heather Morrison | hmorrison@masslive.com (masslive)
@MassLive News
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