We're starting to roll out a new screen curtain feature to black out the display when using Narrator - thanks, as always, for folks that have shared feedback about this 😊

blogs.windows.com/windows-insi… #WindowsInsiders #Windows11 #Accessibility

You can restrict the audience of your posts on Mastodon using post visibility settings. You can set each post's visibility separately if you want, and you can also choose a default visibility.

There are four or five different visibility settings which let you control who can see your posts and how easily they can be discovered.

Instructions on how to set Mastodon's post visibilities (and lots of questions answered about this feature) at:

➡️ fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts…

#FediTips #Mastodon

What's been lost...
Entomologists from Krefeld, Germany, collected flying insects for two weeks in August 1994 (left) and—at the same site, with an identical trap— in August 2016 (right). Similar data from 63 German protected areas overall gave a shocking result: a 76 percent drop in insect biomass between 1989 and 2016.
It has worsened significantly in the past 9 years.
Photographed at Entomological Society of Krefeld
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We are working on the #NextGeneration of our #opensource #WiFi #router - #Turris #OmniaNG. And it is going to be released #soon. Want to be among the first ones to know more? Join our #newsletter! mailing-turris.nic.cz/?p=subsc…

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My friends Critter, Oscar and Talon from The Kuloran Players have produced a truly beautiful sounding audio rendition of the literal formation of the world of #Kirandur. In tradition, it was released 2 weeks early over at our #patreon, but these weeks have passed, and you can listen to the full 18 minutes now! It also happened to be during #AudioMo. What a treat! Anyway, links:
First, the promised audio: audiopub.site/listen/7398e304-…
If you don't know what this is all about, take a read through our website to learn more: kpguild.games
If you liked what you heard, or what you read, enough to wish you could support us, you can do that through our Patreon and gain some cool benefits as you do: patreon.com/KPGuild
Enjoy listening!
#blind #audiogame

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To reiterate, what I want out of a phone:

- Headphone jack
- Square corners on screen, no rounded edges
- No holes in screen
- Smol like my hands
- Ability to install and distribute my own software
- Ability to turn off anything that bugs me
- Ability, when reading ebooks, to silence visual "noise" like clocks or navbars
- I want to neither monetarily nor in platform political power support a company that sells "AI"-branded features as part of their business activities

mstdn.social/@bit101/114654781…

This is why people don't support big media. Greta Thunberg was kidnapped. Point blank. Was on international waters. Israel is not the world Police. They do not have jurisdiction in international waters. That is kidnapping. No denying it. And not a single large media corporation is mentioning that. What the hell is wrong with this world?
#news #gaza #israel #usa #aid #climate #international
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> Was on international waters

Is there proof of this? I can't find the GPS coordinates for their last reported location, but Israel's territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles off the coast and they were stopped within visual distance from the Port of Ashdod so I'm pretty sure it wasn't still in international waters

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Palestine is not a state. Should there be a two state solution? Yes, I think so, but the rest of the world has not committed to that and put the appropriate pressure on Israel.

As it currently stands, that land is recognized as Israel's and so are those territorial waters.

edit: I should clarify, most of the world does think Palestine should be a state but the only official recognition happens within the UN and the USA has veto power and keeps voting against which stops any progress. Really dumb.

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@ibrahim_cris @feld
-"no State may validly purport to subject any part of them to its sovereignty. The Convention on the High Seas was used as a foundation for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), signed in 1982, which recognized exclusive economic zones extending 200 nautical miles (230 mi; 370 km) from the baseline, where coastal states have sovereign rights to the water column and sea floor as well as the natural resources found there."
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@ibrahim_cris @feld tldr Israel only has jurisdiction 200 miles outside of their shore, the aid vessel was both more than 200 mi away from ANY shore, and also was not heading towards Israels' shores, it was heading to Gaza, where Israel does not have jurisdiction either, as Gaza is recognized as an independent state. Even IF they were within 200 miles of the shore of Gaza, Israel still does not have jurisdiction there.
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good point, but they even lost other rights in the UN in 2020 when they expired

There's also the Oslo Accords...

International agreement on these things is a fucking nightmare

I don't think this is worth arguing the specifics right now. It's easier to just point out that there are no allies stepping in to help Palestine fight back, so if anything that is enough of a signal that governments are OK with Israel denying Palestinian statehood regardless of what they signal in UN votes.

A lot of cruel and cowardly people out there in power

Gee I wonder why these Waymos are getting torched in LA?
gizmodo.com/waymos-driverless-…

> Waymo’s Driverless Cars Revealed to Be Narcs as Cops Use Them to Probe Crimes

> Footage from robotaxis is the newest data source for law enforcement.

#Waymo #LAProtests #USA

Minimal Docker for GeoDjango + PostGIS

racum.blog/articles/minimal-do…

#django

No Kings protests this Sat. June 14.

mobilize.us/nokings/

Maybe they should rename it to "No Hitlers"!

#NoKings #TrumpIsAMonster #TrumpIsATraitorAndCriminal #TrumpIsHitler

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Claims that WWDC will crash and burn because it won't launch a device like Apple Vision Pro annually, or refresh all the hardware Apple has are evergreen -- but that is entirely missing the point of the conference.

appleinsider.com/articles/25/0…

🕹️ What happens when a veteran MUD dev builds a modern client from scratch—with ARIA #accessibility support, dyslexia-friendly fonts, and captioned sound effects?

I talked with RahjIII, longtime steward of The Last Outpost, about his browser-based client designed to make text games playable on anything from smartphones to CRTs.

If you care about MU*s, inclusive design, or the joy of old-school games meeting today's tech, this one's for you.

📖 writing-games.com/lociterm-mud…

#RetroGames #IndieGameDev

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Thank you @codethink for being a Bronze sponsor of #GUADEC2025! 🧡

Codethink specializes in system-level software engineering to enable advanced technical applications, working across a range of industries including automotive, medical, telecoms and finance.

Visit their website to know more: codethink.co.uk/

#sponsor

🛡️ "The evolution of Linux targeted cyber threats"
with Pau Hoz at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 11:05 CEST 📍 Brescia

🔍 From supply chain attacks to evasive malware, Pau digs into how Linux threats are evolving—and what it means for FOSS security.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#Linux #Security #FOSS #CyberThreats

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“If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel.”

– Greta Thunberg

edition.cnn.com/2025/06/08/mid…

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza #Madleen #FreedomFlotila #GazaFreedomFlotilla #GretaThunberg

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Chteli jsme pridat do admin dashboardu support widget a po dvou hodinach marneho hledani widgetu bez AI. To si nedelam srandu, on fakt neexistuje zadnej support tool, kterej by nemel hlavni featuru AI bota a proste jenom sbiral support. I ty relativne jednoduche SaaSy jsou fakticky thin layery nad modelem XYZ za $40/mesic.

Tak sem se nastval a za 2 hodiny cistyho casu si s ably.com, Slack webhooky a Sendgridem nakodil vlastni!

Bez AI. Jeste potunim trochu UI.

#AudioMo day 9:

One day in 2007, I walked into my university's student union to discover one of the school jazz bands playing in the pit area. Turns out this was a regular occurrence every Thursday at 1 PM. I, of course, had a recorder and mics in my backpack and quickly set them up, and made sure to do that as many times as I could for the next year or so.

Here's a tune called "Hoodle Doodle" as performed by the UNT 3 O'Clock Lab Band from February 15, 2007.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Israel needed to prevent a famine in Gaza for "diplomatic reasons", after his government announced it would allow limited food aid into the territory.

"We must not let the population (of Gaza) sink into famine, both for practical and diplomatic reasons," Netanyahu said in a video posted to his Telegram channel, adding that even friends of Israel would not tolerate "images of mass starvation."
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AFP: lbcgroup.tv/news/israelgazawar…

Wellll, also their blockading of humanitarian relief is a violation of intl law.
Rule 55. The parties to the conflict must allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for civilians in need, which is impartial in character and conducted without any adverse distinction, subject to their right of control.
ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/cust…
Rule 53. The use of starvation of the civilian population as a method of warfare is prohibited.
ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/cust…
Et cetera.

Not that Netanyahu and gang seems to care about war crimes or be held accountable for them, but rather frequently publicly brag about having committed such.

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Regarding the illegal abduction of Greta, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden declared that it was the intl laws compliant human rights defenders' "clear own responsibility" when Israel again violated international law by illegally boarding and illegally abducting people outside its jurisdiction.
You hear that, world? If Israel violates intl law, it's your fault if you outside Israel are the target.
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Freedom Flotilla's latest official update, ~1h ago:
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Freedom Flotilla Official Update: It's time for our governments to do their jobs and sanction Israel. Its illegal attack on 'Madleen' while sailing in international waters is a small extension of their war crimes in Gaza. Governments, institutions, media, and corporations must stop protecting Israel, now. They must stop prioritising profit over human lives, now. Protect our volunteers while protecting Palestinians in Gaza and wider Palestine.

#BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade #Madleen #FreedomFlotilla #Volunteers #IOF #StandWithGaza #StandWithPalestine
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FBI Warning on Messaging Apps: Time to Rethink What "Secure" Really Means

The FBI recently urged Americans to switch from SMS to encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal.

puri.sm/posts/fbi-raises-alarm…

New computer with Windows pre-installed? Want to install #Linux 🐧 instead?

You pay for #Windows, even if you don’t use it. That’s unfair and non-transparent.

#Refund4Freedom from @fsfe & @ItaLinuxSociety defends your right to get refunds for unused pre-installed software! 😎

refund4freedom.org/

The campaign starts in #Italy 🇮🇹 but will later be extended.

FSFE & ILS support your right to choose your operating system. They also support #EndOf10 to prevent e-waste!

#GetYourWindowsRefund

We asked, you answered! Here's Tuta's updated list of best #WhatsApp alternatives in 2025 👏

Which one is your favorite? 🤔Do comment below - or check out our detailed review first! 👉tuta.com/blog/best-whatsapp-al…

#PrivacyMatters

«Я помню о том, как шептались ветер и скрипка, ХОлодное море и небо в седых облаках. Он ей говорил, всё на свете непрочно и зыбко, И чем будешь ты, если будешь ты в чьих-то руках?» //

« Je me souviens du murmure du vent et du violon, de la mer froide et du ciel couvert de nuages gris. Il lui disait que tout dans ce monde était éphémère et instable, et que deviendrais-tu si tu étais entre les mains de quelqu'un d'autre ? »
youtube.com/watch?v=xyoEG46TJd…
#Mastobada

Two articles on the DL element 😃

Keeping It on the < dl > - Another HTML Gem You Never Use
by Christian Heilmann
christianheilmann.com/2025/04/…

Creating an Accessible Accordion with HTML Description Lists
by Karl Groves
afixt.com/creating-an-accessib…

#html #webdev