The initiative calling for the ban of "conversion therapy" in the European Union has collected enough signatures (around 1 180 000 as I type) 🎉
But you still have till the end of today, May 17, to add your signature and support putting an end to hateful practices that have been described as torture by the United Nations.
Wouldn't that be a suitable thing to do on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia?
#IDAHOT2025 🌈
Hey, 90s kids! Your bedroom is now in a museum!
(Prague's National Museum, if you want to make a complaint.)
Saturday.
With only 4 workdays left until we fly off on our weeklong vacation to a hopefully warm Greek island, the wife opens one of her underwear drawers and pulls out her 2nd generation Victor Reader Stream.
"Can you make sure the books I want are on here for the holiday," she asks?
"Ah," I say. "I'm getting a memory. It's very faint ... hang on ... thinking, thinking ... Yes. it's deja vu."
WE had the exact same conversation before jetting off to Malta during last year's vacation (I hesitate to call them annual, as we've only had 2 in a row for the last 15 years).
Not only the exact same conversation but the exact same books, as she didn't crack a single one open during the entire fortnight we were away last year.
Victor's battery has long-since died, of course. DO I even have a Micro USB cable that does data to hand? The one I've just plugged in seems to only do power. Bloody thing.
Unless there's some key combo for USB mode I'm missing. In the old days I'd whip the SD out and do it native, but neither of our new laptops has an integrated reader.
At Eurovision, Swedish-speaking Finns are representing Sweden
The three members of KAJ, the band selected to represent Sweden in the 2025 edition of the music contest, hail from a Swedish-speaking minority on Finland's West coast.
In a context of hostility toward this second national language and rivalry with their Scandinavian 'big brother,' this is a notable event in Finland.
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#Finland #Sweden #Eurovision #EurovisionSongContest #Europe #Music
#Iceland tested a reduced workweek 2014-2019:
”A pair of trials covering 1.3 per cent of the Icelandic workforce revealed that slashing weekly hours led to better employee #wellbeing, with less stress and burnout, while #productivity stayed the same or improved. The positive results sparked union pressure in Iceland, and now 86% of Icelandic workers either work shorter weeks or have the right to ask to do so.“
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Edit: The initial source was misleading, so I replaced it and adjusted the quote. Also see: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-d…
For 90% of working Icelanders, a 36-hour week means less stress, more job satisfaction and time to enjoy life beyond work, says teacher María HjálmtýsdóttirMaría Hjálmtýsdóttir (The Guardian)
Only one thing on everyone’s mind? The genocide being carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people? No? Oh, a song contest sponsored by Israel that Israel is using to whitewash its genocide. Ah, my bad, sorry.
Enjoy your entertainment.
#eurovision #EU #europe #europeanValues #genocide #israel #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #esc2025 en.osm.town/@opencage/11452243…
Attached: 1 image Are you ready for the most fabulous, glitzy, glamorous #geoweirdness thread of all time? 🕺💃🎤 Here in Europe there's only one thing on everyone's mind this week: the annual Eurovision Song contest.OSM Town | Mapstodon for OpenStreetMap
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Canada Post is not a for-profit company.
We have to reject it being framed that way.
It is a taxpayer-funded crown corporation providing an essential public service to all of us.
#cdnpoli #canada #privatization #canadapost #elbowsup #canlab
Hello everyone. Global Accessibility Awareness Day has always been one of hopefulness for me. I always tend to learn about one or more initi...michaelfeir.blogspot.com
That feeling when you create a free #anonymous email account with Tuta Mail 😎
#madeineurope #privacymatters #eu #tuta #tutamail
#Catima 2.35.0 is out!
This release lets you further tweak the barcode size in the fullscreen view and slightly improves barcode finding reliability when scanning or loading a barcode from an image or PDF file. It also fixes a crash when trying to load a pkpass file without a barcode in it.
Coming soon to an app store near you :)
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#Android #OpenSource #IzzyOnDroid #FDroid #GooglePlay #GitHub
Add ability to choose barcode width in fullscreen view Remove confusing import from app function Various scanning fixes Fix crash when loading a pkpass file without barcodeGitHub
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První plnohodnotný volební program pro sněmovní volby je tu .. a je od hnutí STAN
Priority i kompletní program najdete na jejich volebním webu starostove.cz/program, také ve formátu PDF
A také už i na Programech zde:
programydovoleb.cz/volby/snemo…
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Pročtětě si kompletní volební program od Starostové a nezávislí najdete na nestranném přehledu Programy do voleb.Volební program - Starostové a nezávislí ve sněmovních volbách 2025 - Programy do voleb
Mám 49-55 a zdravý rozhodně nejsem, myšleno kardiovaskulární systém.
A fyzičku rozhodně nemám.
Ono je to totiž mnohem složitější.
@computer_zive zpravobot.news/@computer_zive/…
Klidová tepová frekvence odráží kondici srdce a celkové zdraví 🔹 Nižší hodnoty bývají známkou lepší kondice, vyšší mohou signalizovat riziko 🔹 Důležitější než jednotlivé číslo je sledovat dlouhodobý vývoj hodnot https://vtm.zive.Zprávobot.news
@archos
Na kardiologii “Máte trochu času? Takhle zdravé srdce tady nemíváme a dnes jsou tu medici, že bych jim ho ukázal.“ 😁
I love stuff like this so much because , like, to the eels these are just cozy tubes to hang out in. They know not of the context that makes these funny.
I wonder what sushi rolls humanity lives in....
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents lied to federal judges about the reasons they needed warrants to enter the homes of Columbia University students and arrest them, according to attorneys investigating the matter."
According to the allegation, the warrant application was a "pretext" so they could "try to arrest two students, including one green card holder, in order to deport them."
This tune was written during my trip to Marbella, Spain, while staying at the fabulous sea side there.Two years and many instrumental iterations later I have...YouTube
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It's almost time for Global Accessibility Awareness Day and I can finally share my thesis in an accessible format 🎉
Due to the mandatory template used, the thesis PDF is not accessible. So there was no way I was going to share it with the world. It took a year, but I managed to create a website with an #accessible #version of the 160-pages thesis on #AccessibilityOverlays, and some additional content!
You can find it here: overlays.dnikub.dev ✨
This thesis, published in 2024, investigates the impact of accessibility overlays on the usability and user experience (UX) for individuals with permanent visual impairments.overlays.dnikub.dev
But does anybody actually care if Marquette MI needs to depend on Wisconsin for close enough overnight weather reports?
Yes feed your 20 pound baby 11g of sugar per serving. Why are American children so fat? Who knows. Trust the Gerber 
RT: friedcheese.us/objects/9b8a3c7…
Human breast milk (HBM) is essential for the infant’s growth and development right after birth and is an irreplaceable source of nutrition for early human survival. Various infant formulas have many similarities to HBM in many components, but there .pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
consider that lactose is 5-6x less sweet than sugar and is digested more slowly. Our bodies react differently to different types of sugar. This is an extremely important detail that should not be overlooked
edit: also different sugars affect the dominant colony of bacteria in your gut
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As much as I admire the work of the LetsEncrypt team, making a policy change that effectively raises the cost of competitive and independent agency at the behest of a browser team that's at risk of being split off from their corporate sponsors specifically because of anticompetitive behavior in the domain of that agency... this might be technically justifiable, but it's not the right decision for an organization being run for the public's benefit.
letsencrypt.org/2025/05/14/end…
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
In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we’re excited to invite you to share how JAWS has made a meaningful difference in your life. GAAD is a global movement that celebrates digital access and inclusion—and we want to shine a spotlight on the impact JAWS has had in your journey.
Your story can inspire others and raise awareness about the power of accessible technology: surveymonkey.com/r/insertjclub
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.www.surveymonkey.com
Join us for a step-by-step webinar and dive into the Amigo portable video magnifier by Enhanced Vision. Learn how Amigo can be your companion for healthy vision and get answers to the most frequently asked questions.Zoom
.lumen is the research startup which builds glasses that empower the blind to live a better life..lumen
NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who helped keep the Apollo 13 astronauts alive using a combination of a spacesuit hose, sock, plastic bag, cue cards and duct tape, has died at age 95. Four hours after the explosion that tore through Apollo 13 in 1970, Smylie became concerned that the crew would suffocate due to the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the air. He and his team of 60 came up with a plan, tested it and explained to Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert how to build it during their emergency trip back to Earth. Smylie, who died in late April, received a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his service to the space program. Here's more from @Spacecom.
space.com/space-exploration/ap…
#Space #Science #NASA #Engineering #SpaceTravel #EdSmylie #InMemoriam #RIP
Smylie, with his team, found the "way to make 'this' fit into the hole for 'this,' using nothing but 'that.'"Robert Z. Pearlman (Space)
What is my stance on the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses? It's good, helpful, and a more affordable assistive technology device than what's currently available... but it has it's challenges... I have never thought of connecting it to WhatsApp and using ChatGPT with it! Thanks Tim Dixon for sharing lots of insights! ⬇️
timdixon.net/blog/2025/04/blin…
A Blind Meta Ray Ban Review 2025 covering new AI features, WhatsApp bots, and how they support the blind and low vision community.Tim Dixon (TIM DIXON)
🚀 Voyager 1 isn’t done yet — not even close 🧠🔧📡
NASA just pulled off another miracle save:
🛰️ The spacecraft’s primary roll thrusters, offline since 2004, were believed permanently dead
🧯 With backup thrusters at risk of failure, JPL engineers gambled on a high-stakes heater reset
🔥 If wrong, it could’ve caused a small onboard explosion
📡 If right, it would restore control — 15.6 billion miles from Earth
They were right. The thrusters fired. Voyager 1 can still hold its course.
This wasn’t a reboot. It was old-school problem-solving, deep systems knowledge, and the audacity to trust an idea that might just work.
The most distant human object is still flying — because a team believed it could.
#Voyager1 #NASA #Space #Engineering #Resilience #DeepSpace
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: Failure could've triggered a small explosionBrandon Vigliarolo (The Register)
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The Global Voice brings together an international team of broadcasters, producers and radio journalists to present for you a wide range of entertaining and informative programs.The Global Voice
Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.
Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.
If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025
Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.
If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.
The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Satya Nadella: "I'm an email typist."
Grand Inquisitor: "HE ADMITS IT!"
Welcome to the RB family, QRServ 🥳
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QRServ takes any selected file on your device and makes it available through its own HTTP server at an unused port number. The selected file can then be downloaded via web browser on another device or software that allows file downloads over HTTP from QR codes.
This was made possible thanks to the efforts by its author – and thanks to his SteamDeck running our RB framework 
#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid #SteamDeck
Transfer files with ease over a network.IzzyOnDroid App Repo
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She already has ... a lot of stuff on here.
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in reply to James Scholes • • •I still use it for renaming swathes of things at once, and producing nice html summaries of complex collections.
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in reply to Jayson Smith • • •I'm sure I have a backup on an old hard drive someplace, but my NAS only goes back to postchildbirth.
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in reply to James Scholes • • •A smattering of Douglas Adams, Blake's 7 and a few other things, I think.
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in reply to Pitermach • • •There were also a couple produced which are missing from the article here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake%27…
clip attached, sorry for the terrible quality.
That's from here.
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Blake's 7 (audio drama) - Wikipedia
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Jayson Smith
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in reply to Sean Randall • • •Not sure the wife will need more, she has 42 days and 19 hours of play time on the card as is.
It's literally impossible for her to do all that in a week.
Bonus points if she finishes a single novel, I'd say, given the fact that this is the second time she's asked me to load up the exact same files.
I'll be doing a goodly chunk of rereading, personally. I like the fact that I can find little details I missed in a book last time around, whilst knowing that if I'm distracted I'm not missing anything vital.
I do have a few new books as well, of course. One never knows, does one?
In particular I'm intrigued by the new Emily Tesh, and the debut by Evan Leikam.
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in reply to Sean Randall • • •Had to look at the Stream user's manual because I had zero memory of how to turn off the damned keypad lock. Has the wife ever used it? Nope. Might she? Possibly. Is it vital info? NO, but I used to just *know* this sort of thing.
Keylocks with different on and off patterns annoy me generally, but a device for the blind that requires you to press 3 different buttons sequentially without a mistake seems harsh for a simple software keylock. I wonder if it's bothered anyone with physical or motor issues.
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The Child (will have to stop calling her that soon) has asked for a digital camera to snap fun pics on vacation.
She has decided she wants one of these new cheap-ish things. I have no idea how suitable this will be, but it wasn't terribly expensive.
The grind of laundry both to wear and to pack and catching up on everything that needs to be abandoned for a week is tiresome, but there is light at the end of the tunnel!
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