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Ok, the #Thunderbird chat interface for IRC and Matrix seems to have #a11y issues with #NVDA now. Sometimes NVDA completely freezes, especially when the interface is maximised, though not reliably in all channels. I filed a bug, appreciate anyone who can dig into what on earth is going on: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.…

1972175 - When focusing the chat input in Thunderbird 128.11.1 (for Matrix or IRC), NVDA freezes with watchdog errors until a message is sent.

UNCONFIRMED (nobody) in Chat Core - General. Last updated 2025-06-14.
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Happy No Kings Day!

I'm a human rights lawyer. If you're exercising your human right to protest today, here are 13 rules I recommend you follow.

No paywall. Free access. Please do read and share: qasimrashid.com/p/13-rules-to-…


13 Rules to Protect Yourself While Protesting

Read & Share if you're joining the No Kings protest on June 14, or know anyone who is
Qasim Rashid, Esq. (Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid)

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I am very excited to announce that my full beginner to advanced Apple App Developer course will begin in mid September. The class will be held on Google Classroom, and registration is free. Use the Google Classroom link to join the class, and we will have announcements about the course as time goes on there. classroom.google.com/c/Nzg3MTA…

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Less than 40 people and now this seems to magically not be a problem anymore?

Sorry, but toxic cultures don't go away if you speak to a tiny sample about them.
[Society may have overestimated risk of the ‘manosphere’, UK researchers say | Men | The Guardian](theguardian.com/society/2025/j…)


Society may have overestimated risk of the ‘manosphere’, UK researchers say

Many who engage are ‘discriminating and value-driven’, with a minority consuming ‘extremely misogynistic content’, study for Ofcom suggests
Robert Booth (The Guardian)

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In recent weeks I have had the privilege of starting to participate in the American Printing House for the Blind’s Monarch RISE project. This is a thoughtfully developed and very well organized effort to engage professionals in the blindness services field, blind professionals more generally, and people who are seeking competitive, integrated employment in improving this Braille and tactile graphics technology to meet the needs of those in higher education and workplace settings.

aph.org/meet-monarch/rise/

I think involving real users in a grant-funded project of this nature is a very effective way of discovering what works well, what further developments could be made, and how the technology can best be applied to solving problems of accessibility as experienced in practice.
#MonarchRise #APH


Monarch RISE | American Printing House

Through Monarch RISE: Resources for Inclusion, Skills, and Employment 250 Monarchs will be distributed to employment and educational professionals and individuals seeking competitive integrated employment across the United States.
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#aph #monarchrise

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Our next major #LibreOffice release is coming up in August! Help us to test the new features and iron-out any wrinkles before the release: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #OpenSource
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LibreOffice 25.8 Beta1 is available for testing - LibreOffice QA Blog

LibreOffice 25.8 will be released as final at the end of August, 2025 ( Check the Release Plan ) being LibreOffice 25.8 Beta1 the second pre-release since the development of version 25.8 started at the beginning of December, 2024.
x1sc0 (LibreOffice QA Blog)
#foss #opensource #libreoffice

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Koubik

gratulace. Ja po několika výletech do studny nebyl schopny roztočit čerpadlo. Myslím si ze po tech x desítkách let už má dost a povodně loni na podzim ho dodělaly. Bzučí bzučí, ale neotočí. Přemýšlím jestli chci sám celou soustavu tahat ven a zkoumat a nic nevykoumat. Nebo radši rovnou sehnat studnare co mi to demontuje, zhodnoti, vymění, zprovozní … vidim to na možnost B
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Koubik

jj je to presne jak rikas, uz nevim kolik let kazdy rok na zacatku sezony musime do studni "obouchat hridelku" aby se zaclo tocit. Proste pres zimu "zaroste" a ted po tom co bylo 100% pod vodou ... chce to nove. Ted hlavne premyslim jake a co s tim. Koukam na vysokotlaky ponorka co proste zavesim a tlaci kdyz je potreba a pak na domaci vodarny s nadrzi. Ted mame vodarnu s nadrzi. No uvidime ...

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With REAPER 7.40, you might have noticed that playing your projects isn't possible anymore when you're in the OSARA Parameters dialogs.
An OSARA update is ready with a fix. As a bonus, now you can play using Space when focus is on the sliders, you don't need to remember to use Control+Space to hear results anymore.
Control+Space also works to play/pause in those dialogs now, pausing moves your edit cursor, useful if you want to cue up a different part of the project to hear the adjustments you're making in context.

Shout outs to Toni and Jamie for much help with many scary code.

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OSARA Development Snapshots

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"This is the story of how smart people destroyed $1.2 billion in innovation value in just 49 days." philmckinney.substack.com/p/i-…

I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days

The systematic thinking errors that kill breakthrough technology and the decision framework that prevents these disasters
Phil McKinney (Phil McKinney's Studio Notes: Innovation Decisions)

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Vosí dvojníci staří 33 milionů let obelstili i dávné ptáky Vědci z Katedry zoologie Přírodovědecké fakulty Univerzity Karlovy objevili fosilii, která ukazuje, že přesná mimeze (tedy nápodoba) vos pestřenkami se vyvinula mnohem dříve, než se dosud předpokládalo –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ a nebyla formována…

Vosí dvojníci staří 33 milionů...


Vosí dvojníci staří 33 milionů let obelstili i dávné ptáky

Vědci z Katedry zoologie Přírodovědecké fakulty Univerzity Karlovy objevili fosilii, která ukazuje, že přesná mimeze (tedy nápodoba)  vos pestřenkami se vyvinula mnohem dříve, než se dosud pře…
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👌 Jestli se něco Rusům nedá upřít, tak je to fakt, že umí vždycky překvapit. Například tím, že bitevník Su-25, o který včera přišli při údajné "nehodě", ve skutečnosti sestřelil jeho vlastní parťák neřízenými raketami určenými k ničení pozemních cílů.
💯 Rusku tímto gratulejeme a přejeme jim mnoho dalších takových pilotů, co už ráno sedají do kokpitu vylití jak vázy.
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This comment on the Lobsters discussion of the recent Ink & Switch article about malleable software: lobste.rs/c/mqixy2 expresses one of my misgivings about depending on generative AI as a tool in one's workflow, for coding or otherwise:

> if we all need heavy GPUs to run local LLMs, many of our old devices are rendered obsolete, and giving new life to old devices is another reason for malleable software.

Obviously depending on constant access to a remote LLM is also problematic.


Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps

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GNOME is moving even more of the image loading stack to Rust. Read more in my blog post. @thisweekinrust

blogs.gnome.org/sophieh/2025/0…


Making GNOME’s GdkPixbuf Image Loading Safer

A new image loading machinery, called glycin, has been in the works for a while. It is already used by GNOME’s default Image Viewer (Loupe), as well as by a bunch of other apps. Glycin provides...
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@This Week in Rust

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🤔 #"ComputerScience major "has one of the highest unemployment rates." "Despite computer science being ranked as number one by the Princeton Review for #college majors, the #tech industry may not be living up to #graduates' expectations." "On the other hand, majors like nutrition sciences, construction services and civil engineering had some of the lowest unemployment rates, hovering between 1 percent to as low as 0.4 percent." #AI newsweek.com/computer-science-…

A Popular College Major Has One of The Highest Unemployment Rates

"Every kid with a laptop thinks they're the next Zuckerberg, but most can't debug their way out of a paper bag," one expert told Newsweek.
Suzanne Blake (Newsweek)
#AI #tech #college #graduates

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Windows 95 and floppy disks are still crucial for modern US air travel pcworld.com/article/2809293/wi…

Windows 95 and floppy disks are still crucial for modern US air travel

If you are planning a flight to the USA in the near future, you should know this: Without Windows 95 and floppy discs, many planes do not reach their destination. The US air traffic control organisation wants to put an end to this dreadful situation.
Hans-Christian Dirscherl (PCWorld)

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