#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 8 updated and 1 added apps:

* Pixabay: use the Pixabay API to search and display free images đŸ›Ąïž

1 #Magisk module was added at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

* Bypasser: bypassing Android environment detection of TWRP, Magisk, LSPosed

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

I see lots of people in my feed excited about Firefox landing vertical tabs, but honestly the game changer in the 140 release for me is the fact that you can finally add your own custom search engines without writing an entire dog damned extension for each of them. I think that was the last UI feature that sometimes made me miss Chrome.

mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/140.


Lobbyists and apologists and landlords who endeavour to gouge/justify the gouge, etc. w/ most landlords looking to pay their OWN mortgages, car payments, travel, etc. can f*ck a duck.

Montréal asking rents up nearly 71% in six years, according to Statistics Canada:

ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/mo


#HGTVISTHEPROBLEM #RENTALPROPERTYPORTFOLIOSHOULDNOTBEYOURBUSINESSPLAN #housing #montreal #cdnpoli #polcan #gougegougegouge

Igor Girkin (Strelkov) talking openly how about how the #Crimean regional authorities didn’t want to separate from #Ukraine in 2014 so Girkin and other #Russian soldiers broke into the regional parliament & forced them to vote in support of it under gunpoint

#SlavaUkraini

OpenAI Charges by the Minute, So Make the Minutes Shorter: george.mand.is/2025/06/openai-


Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4


I still support my 87-year-old English teacher with her computer. It started in 2003 when I was 15. We bought her a PC, set up a WEB.DE email, and installed @thunderbird to avoid WEB.DE’s bloated UI. We’ve replaced the computer twice, but she still uses the same email address in #Thunderbird.

Today, she called and asked me to help her donate €50 to Thunderbird. When she hears how others struggle with ad-filled webmail, she’s always grateful for her clean, simple setup.

What an awesome move!

Growing militarization in Mexico:

"The Chamber of Deputies approved in general the bill on the new National Guard Law, which allows for the transfer of the National Guard to the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena), the monitoring of communications by the army and the possibility for military personnel to run for elected office.

"The reforms completely eliminate civilian control of the force and grant full management of its administrative and operational functions to the military. In addition, the National Guard will now be empowered to conduct covert operations, use 'simulated users', access geo-referenced data and intercept communications."

desinformemonos.org/avanza-la-


#Mexico

Mozilla Formally Discontinues Its DeepSpeech Project

One of the interesting projects engaged in by Mozilla that directly wasn't related to their web browser efforts was DeepSpeech, an embedded/offline speech-to-text engine. To not much surprise given the lack of activity in recent years, last week they finally and formally discontinued the open-source project...
phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-Deep


I wrote a little about the new Camera Remote feature coming to AirPods in iOS 26 and what it could mean for accessibility, but also what it says about Apple's approach to product development.

curbcuts.co/blog/2025-6-25-ujw


Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio’s Shortwave Center at Santa Maria di Galeria swling.com/blog/2025/06/pope-l


“Separating the art from the artist” is an idea that only benefits horrible people and their enablers. You can’t support someone’s work without also platforming their politics exquisite.social/@thomholwerda



Guy posts change proposal to Fedora to use fash X.org fork over X.org, is then surprised when literal nazis show up in defense of his proposal.

He's so close to figuring it out.


Imagine what the world would be like if we scrutinized military spending (and use of the military) the same way we worry that someone "undeserving" might get public benefits...

I'm not offended if my tax dollars go to medical care for, well, anybody -- or for school lunches, education, etc. I am offended when my tax dollars are used to kill innocent people. Why this is not a mainstream opinion I have no idea.

rmoutlook.com/alberta-news/alb


Otto Mann turned 3 last week...

Here he is in a giant #beanbag that doubles as a #dogbed... strategically positioned in front of a tower fan [not pictured] during the first #heatwave of Summer 2025. :)

#cleansethetimeline #bostonterrier #woofscroll #woof #woofwoof #woofwednesday

Why Purism Manufactures Electronics in the USA!

At Purism, we manufacture the electronics for our Liberty Phone and Librem Key right here in the United States—and here’s why:

đŸ”č National Security: We believe an adversarial nation like China should not be producing high-tech electronics for U.S. citizens or government security infrastructure.

Learn more at Purism: puri.sm/posts/why-purism-manuf


128 Democrats cross aisle to join Republicans to block impeachment bill brought by Al Green & AOC against Donald Trump for his unconstitutional attacks against Iran.
Seriously, they have a chance to impeach Trump for one of his many crimes against humanity & the people of the US, and Dems take the side of the oppressor & give permission for these abuses. The list includes Raskin, Pelosi, Wasserman-Schultz. quislings every one.

Full list here: newsweek.com/donald-trump-impe


Call your rep!

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people forget how influential Palm webOS was. lots of modern iOS uses similar patterns.

palm was basically the OpenAI of their time. such talent density that Steve Jobs had to threaten them to stop poaching.

‱ horizontal app card multitasking w/ flick up to quit
‱ edge swipe gesture nav for back nav and quick app switching
‱ swipe away banner notifications
‱ swipe down system tray (like Control Center)
‱ "Just type..." global search bar
‱ threaded messaging
‱ magnetic charging puck

WebAIM Million results show that shopping sites have worst accessibility
cerovac.com/a11y/2025/04/webai

#a11y
#a11y

Someone on Reddit asked for the old Braillenote startup sound yesterday.
I never used a Braillenote myself, I went straight from Perkins to computer. My first computer lived on a trolley in a cupboard, but by the late 1990's I was rocking a Toshiba with a speech synthesizer on a PCMCIA card. That was absolutely amazing. The portability! Fabulous.

Oddly enough it wasn't until I started working at a school for the blind in 2013 that I saw more than one Braille notetaker in use. They were still on Apex's back then, there were a few mPowers kicking about too.

Warning: this is in fact a sub-toot.

A viral article about « getting off US tech » that mentions email, office suites, music and video streaming services, search and maps
 but NOT the publishing platform where the article was posted.

Spoiler alert: it was Substack - the ensh*tt*f*ed Nazi bar supported by A16Z that platforms and profits from far right content.

Substack alternatives: Ghost, Wordpress, BeeHiiv, Buttondown. I use Ghost & Wordpress and LOVE them

Related: news.elenarossini.com/this-is-


Information zu Skabies-FĂ€llen auf der GPN23

An die GPN-Orga wurden (leider) eine niedrige einstellige Anzahl an Skabies-FÀllen (KrÀtze) im GPN-Umfeld herangetragen. Die herangetragenen FÀlle haben sich selbstÀndig isoliert und in Behandlung begeben.

Wir wollen mit dieser Mitteilung an alle noch einmal Aufmerksamkeit und SensibilitÀt in der Community stÀrken.

**tl;dr: Nach der GPN gab es einige wenige FÀlle von KrÀtze (Skabies). Wenn du 2-5 Wochen nach der GPN starken Juckreiz (besonders nachts) oder Hautausschlag bemerkst, gehe bitte zu Àrztlichem Fachpersonal und informiere deine engen Kontaktpersonen. Offene Kommunikation ist wichtig, um die Verbreitung zu stoppen und Stigmatisierung zu vermeiden.**

Skabies wird durch die KrĂ€tzmilbe verursacht und ist eine ansteckende Hautkrankheit. Die Übertragung erfolgt in der Regel durch engen und lĂ€ngeren Hautkontakt (mindestens 5-10 Minuten), zum Beispiel beim Kuscheln, Flauschen, HĂ€ndchenhalten oder gemeinsames Schlafen in einem Bett. Auch das Teilen von Kleidung, HandtĂŒchern oder BettwĂ€sche kann ein Risiko darstellen, wenn diese kurz zuvor von einer infizierten Person benutzt wurden. Ein schneller, flĂŒchtiger Kontakt (z.B. HĂ€ndeschĂŒtteln, simple Umarmung) ist in der Regel nicht ausreichend fĂŒr eine Ansteckung.

Symptome treten allerdings erst zwei bis fĂŒnf Wochen nach der Ansteckung auf, bei einer erneuten Infektion auch frĂŒher. Typische Anzeichen sind:

Starker Juckreiz, besonders nachts im warmen Bett.
Hautrötungen, BlĂ€schen oder kleine Knötchen, oft an FingerzwischenrĂ€umen, Handgelenken, Achseln, Bauch, im Genitalbereich oder an den FĂŒĂŸen.
Mitunter sind feine, dunkle MilbengÀnge auf der Haut sichtbar.
Was tun bei Verdacht auf KrÀtze?

Wenn du den Verdacht hast, dich angesteckt zu haben, oder die genannten Symptome bei dir bemerkst, ist es wichtig, schnell zu handeln und vor allem deine (Haut-)Kontakte zu informieren:

Informiere Kontaktpersonen: Sprich offen mit Personen, mit denen du engen Kontakt hattest (Familie, Freunde, Mitbewohnende etc.). Dies ermöglicht es ihnen, ebenfalls auf Symptome zu achten und gegebenenfalls einen Ärzt*in aufzusuchen. Offenheit und Kommunikation sind hier entscheidend, um die Ausbreitung einzudĂ€mmen.
Geh zu deine*r Ärzt*in: Nur ein*e Ärzt*in kann eine gesicherte Diagnose stellen und die richtige Behandlung einleiten. KrĂ€tze ist sehr gut behandelbar, aber eine unbehandelte Infektion kann zu weiteren Beschwerden fĂŒhren und die Ansteckungsgefahr erhöhen.
Hygienemaßnahmen beachten: Befolge die Anweisungen deiner Ärzt*in bezĂŒglich der Behandlung und ergĂ€nzender Hygienemaßnahmen (z.B. Waschen von Kleidung und BettwĂ€sche bei mindestens 60 °C, grĂŒndliche Reinigung von Textilien, die nicht gewaschen werden können).
Leider ist Skabies hĂ€ufig mit Stigmatisierung verbunden. Wir haben die Erfahrung gemacht, dass gerade queere Betroffene, die nicht in heteronormativen Beziehungskonstellationen leben, bei Ă€rztlichem Fachpersonal schwer UnterstĂŒtzung finden. Besteht bei bekannten Kontakt daher bitte daher um so stĂ€rker um Untersuchung und Behandlung.

Weitere Infos findet ihr hier: rki.de/DE/Aktuelles/Publikatio


Gemeinsam schaffen wir auch hier einen Umgang miteinander, der nicht stigmatisierend ist, sondern konstruktiv und allen ein prÀventives Handeln ermöglicht.

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