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"Remember back in 2023 when hackers exposed (and fixed) malicious anti-repair software in Polish trains? Well, it turns out that the manufacturer, Newag, is at it again" cc @pluralistic ifixit.com/News/112008/polish-…

Polish Train Maker Is Suing the Hackers Who Exposed Its Anti-Repair Tricks

Newag, maker of Polish trains, is suing ethical hackers who exposed its anti-repair software, threatening independent repair and consumer rights.
Charlie Sorrel (iFixit)
@Cory Doctorow

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today comes with 14 updated and 1 added apps:

* Quick Timer: lets you set and manage timer directly from your Quick Settings 🛡️

And we've left the "beast" behind, thanks to this one 😊 RB status now: 667 apps (50.6%)

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


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #izzyondroid

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We've been doing State of the Thunder, our bi-weekly deep dive into development and roadmap discussion, for a few months now! One common thing we hear is "this info is great! But, can you put it in a blog?" And starting with episode 10, we have. All of the latest Thunderbird updates and discussions, now in an easy to read format - with links to the videos and podcasts for those of you who still want to watch or listen!

#Thunderbird #OpenSource

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/s…


State of the Thunder: Answering Community Questions! - The Thunderbird Blog

State of the Thunder is now in video, podcast, and blog format! In the latest issue, we're answering your community questions!
Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
#opensource #thunderbird

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Don't buy smart home devices that require a cloud connection because the manufacturer *will* eventually brick them.
It's a waste of your money and a terrible amount of avoidable e-waste.
Instead, buy from companies who make devices that work with no cloud and/or with a free local option like Home Assistant.
belkin.com/support-article/?ar…
This is a good place to look: home-assistant.io/integrations…

Wemo Support Ending – What You Need to Know

Belkin US
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Ferda 😻

@archos @cynik_obecny Našel jsem další
f.cz/@ferda/114943743366871943 🤷🏻‍♂️.
Budou asi dávat stejný nebo podobný název účtu na všechny(?) Mastodon servery, možná už někde jsou 🤔.

Ferda 😻 (@ferda@f.cz)

POZOR!!! Nebezpečný účet, který rozesílá #phishing: ATTENTION!!! Dangerous account sending out #phishing: Doporučuji účet @MastodonVerifyAgent@mstdn.plus zablokovat !!! I recommend blocking the @MastodonVerifyAgent@mstdn.
f.cz - fskutečnosti Fedivesmír :-) Brána do federace sociálních sítí. 2000 znaků pro vaše příspěvky.
@Archos @Ivan Stloukal 🍎

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So the CEO of one of BlackRock's real estate subsidiaries, Wesley LePatner, was gunned down in a workplace shooting.

LePatner was in charge of a $56B fund that has been reported to be a part of BlackRock's strategic mass purchasing of homes.

The press & cops seem to be working double time to make sure this isn't seen by the average Joe as some sort of Luigi moment.

The cops claim the assailant was lost and killed the wrong CEO.

yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/e…

#BlackRock #WesleyLePatner #NYC #Luigi

Yahoo is part of the Yahoo family of brands.

www.yahoo.com
#nyc #luigi #blackrock #wesleylepatner
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👺кину奇诺［流浪者］👹

I did not say how things are, I said how things are meant to be. A currency is meant, under ideal conditions, to be stable (not greatly volatile) and seamless to exchange. A lot of crypto is neither of these things and instead functions/exists more akin to a security: greatly changing/fluctuating valuation vs. mostly stable and constant value + bought/sold/traded over marketplaces vs. exchanged for goods/services/payment.

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Jednou mám volno, tak můžu rajzovat po výletech.
Právě jsem se vrátil domů, ale příště bych raději za nějakou lepší příležitosti.
Pohřeb královny jsem před pár roky nezvládl, protože jsem musel vozit lidi do Londýna, tak jsem se rozloučil aspoň s princem… teda za mě spíš králem - temnot

Ať to tam nahoře ladí #Ozzy

#ozzy
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Add tech to a manual Perkin's Braille writer with Paige Connect! Great for teachers and students- It's a board with optical sensors that attaches via USB-A for power. Connects to smart devices (phones, tablets, laptops) via Bluetooth, enabling instant digital output & audio feedback

aph.org/blog/bring-new-life-to…

#Braille


Bring New Life to Your Braille Writer with Paige Connect | American Printing House

An innovative way to turn your traditional braille writer into so much more, Paige Connect is a physical board with optical sensors that screws into the bot ...
Devon Price (American Printing House)
#braille
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Sean Randall

I certainly remember having to wait for manual transcription at elementary school and found it a frustrating experience.
Also, during the Covid pandemic, one of our Braille libraries gave out Braille displays to members, at least a dozen of which I know were to kids that are now just sat around because the parents didn't know any Braille to help them learn to use the devices. SO Sad,
So any sort of Braille improvement is a big thumbs up from me.

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YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections

techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/yout…

Nothing wrong can go with this. From the same people that can't guess I understand another language that English. Or that can't figure out I watched a video on their platform.


YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections | TechCrunch

YouTube is introducing age-detection technology to identify teens on the platform in the U.S. and apply protections.
Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)

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Conversations (XMPP) Tipp 1: Permanente Benachrichtigung deaktivieren
In diesem Kurzvideo zeige ich euch, wie die dauerhafte Benachrichtung der App Conversations (XMPP) in der Android Statusleiste deaktiviert.
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Ora bem, o melhor é mesmo a criança comçar logo a comer cozido e feijoada a partir dos 2 meses, que não estamos cá para criar pãozinhos de leite.

🔗 publico.pt/2025/07/29/sociedad…


Governo quer limitar licença de amamentação? Verdadeiro

Multiplicam-se nas redes sociais as publicações sobre a licença de amamentação. É verdadeiro que há a intenção de limitar a licença, de acordo com o anteprojecto apresentado na passada quinta-feira.
Bárbara Baltarejo (Público)

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well well. Thanks to the Botspot-VM project, for Pi5, I was able to get Windows installed, NVDA started, and now Mist World is running on a little Pi5 overclocked to 2.8 gHZ. github.com/Botspot/bvm
Wow. Truly the most versatile device, I could run Linux and Windows in one go, then swap the SD for the Android OS build if I wanted to and add a USB touchscreen. Wow. Amazing. I do think the BTSpeak should have waited for the CM (compute module) 5. It's so so much faster, Pi4 I wouldn't even thinking of Running Windows 11 on with a fraction of the speed it has.

GitHub - Botspot/bvm: User friendly, high performance Windows 11 Virtual Machine on ARM Linux

User friendly, high performance Windows 11 Virtual Machine on ARM Linux - Botspot/bvm
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Hunter

Mist World, huh? I played that thing a long time ago, but it was so P2W that I just pulled out. Has the game gotten better, or is this just one of those "I don't care what it is, this is more of a benchmark than a gaming session" things? In which case, yeah, I've done that before, and trust me, you do not want to run anything more complicated than a single-player BGT/NVGT game on a netbook.
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Tamas G

@HunterXWorld haha I think worse! Considering they're now are launching a second server just to pull more cash out of people. Ha. Considering the game uses almost 1 GB of ram, does horrible garbage collecting as it's based on Java8 and is always doing a lot of small RAM reads and writes, the Pi can handle it really well. Audiogames have usually stayed on the lower-side of CPU usage, might be their big advantage here - only about 19-25% CPU is used even on the Pi, something that might be 0-3% on a regular desktop-class one.
@Hunter

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Zkouším LinkedIn Learning Courses a vybral jsem si jako první kurz linkedin.com/learning/paths/ja… - na konci by měl být nějaký test a pak certifikát od Jetbrains.

Jenže z velké části už všechny ty informace, které jsou v daných kurzech, znám. 2 dvouhodinové kurzy o OOP jsou téměř totožné. V jednom kurzu jsem úspěšně dokončil všechny kvízy na konci kapitol, ale stejně to po mně chce dokoukat videa. Přetočit je na konec nezabírá. Tak si to dám 2x zrychleně bez zvuku někam na pozadí. Jaký e-learning!


Java Foundations Professional Certificate by JetBrains Learning Path | LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com

Java is a versatile, object-oriented programming language essential for enterprise software development. This learning path covers Java fundamentals, object-oriented programming, data structures, and database connectivity with JDBC.
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I am having a consistent problem where I am unable to clone everything from this repository into my local machine. Every time I clone using the command line, none of the documentation shows up. only one folder seems to show up and that appears to be the GitHub folder. Does anyone know what the cause of this could possibly be and how to rectify the issue? github.com/buttondown/docs #OpenSource #Git #GitHub #CLI

GitHub - buttondown/docs: Buttondown's public documentation

Buttondown's public documentation. Contribute to buttondown/docs development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#opensource #github #git #CLI
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Matt Campbell

OK, I can reproduce this. I don't have a solution, but I know the cause of the problem. Notice this error:

error: invalid path 'public/images/email-interface/draft-apis:email-interface.png'

Windows doesn't allow colons in filenames, but Unix does. Probably your best bet would be to ask BUttondown to rename that file and any others like it.

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If Privacy and Security Matter—Invest in the Librem 5, Powered by PureOS (Debian Linux- Open Source).

The Librem 5 features hardware kill switches that give you full control over the device—including the OS, apps, camera, microphone, Wi-Fi, internet, and cellular connectivity.

With Purism, you are in control.

The Librem 5 was designed for those who refuse to be tracked, profiled, or exploited.

Order yours today: puri.sm/products/librem-5/

Purism– Librem 5

Introducing the – Librem 5 by Purism
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Age verification is creating an information desert.

The Online Safety Act sets every UK user to child as default.

Teenagers? Blocked. Adults? Content denied unless we do age checks with unregulated companies.

It's not just porn! News on Gaza and Ukraine is being scrubbed from view, threatening #freedomofexpression as well as #privacy ⛔

404media.co/uk-users-need-to-p…

#OnlineSafetyAct #onlinesafety #OSA #palestine #gaza #ukraine #reddit #ageverification #ageassurance #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol


UK Users Need to Post Selfie or Photo ID to View Reddit's r/IsraelCrimes, r/UkraineWarFootage

“If visibility of r/IsraelCrimes is being restricted under the Online Safety Act, it’s only because the state fears accountability,” moderators say.
Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
#privacy #Ukraine #censorship #palestine #ukpol #reddit #freedomofexpression #ukpolitics #Gaza #onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #ageverification #osa #ageassurance
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I wrote this blueprint for a web app that would make it easier for people to build voices and languages for different TTS engines. It's vague, but it's a start if anyone wants to contribute to it or eventually create the real thing. Boosts appreciated, as always. github.com/lower-elements/Voic… #TTS #Accessibility #AI #ML

GitHub - lower-elements/Voice-Creator-Studio: An easy way to create voices for any TTS engine

An easy way to create voices for any TTS engine. Contribute to lower-elements/Voice-Creator-Studio development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#Accessibility #AI #ML #tts
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Kopia is a Cross-platform open source backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included for backups and restore.

github.com/kopia/kopia


GitHub - kopia/kopia: Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.

Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included. - kopia/kopia
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🚨 Microsoft’s Recall is capturing your screen 🚨

Don't let this AI-powered tool fool you as "convenient" 👉 It's invading your PRIVACY.

Turn it off now: tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-m…

Illustration of a red computer screen with a camera in the middle of it. Next to is a screenshot taken from a Google summary of Microsoft Recall saying, "Microsoft Recall is a feature for Copilot+ PCs that captures screenshots of your computer activity"

How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop. | Tuta

Microsoft now activates 'Recall', a Copilot AI feature that's making your private emails & messaging obsolete by saving screenshots of these every few seconds.
Tuta

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My relative sent a large sum of CZK via SWIFT transfer to Revolut to pay for an electric car from Germany. Three days passed, but the payment hadn't arrived. She contacted support, who told her that they don't accept CZK payments and that the payment would be returned to the original account in ten days. She needs to pay for the car ASAP. Upon hearing this, she almost had a panic attack.

Later, we found out that it was an AI bot hallucinating.

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Уикипедия и информация за Габровския регион

След като миналата година овършяхме близките осем села, сега се вдигнахме да отидем и в малко по-далечните от нас. Целта беше да направим поне по една гео-тагната снимка и да я добавим в общомедия, за да се вижда за селото. Другата цел беше да видим дали има неща, които можеше да бъдат опреснени. Така се случи, че научихме за двама човека допринесли супер много за България, но са забравени.

bogomil.info/6002
#wikipedia #gabrovo #osm


Уикипедия и информация за Габровския регион • Блога на Бого

След като миналата година овършяхме близките осем села, сега се вдигнахме да отидем и в малко по-далечните от нас. Целта беше да направим поне по една гео…
Богомил "Бого" Шопов (Блога на Бого)
#wikipedia #OSM #gabrovo
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Okay, I have no idea why, but I just wrote a Python script which takes an 8K 8-bit mono wav file and makes it sound like it's a victim of robbed-bit signaling (if you have no idea what that is, consult Wikipedia). The attached media file has never been transmitted over any kind of telephone network. And yet, if you listen carefully (I deliberately lowered the volume of the original audio to make it more obvious) you might think it was.

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So…who hates those Google log-in pop-ups that are seemingly everywhere now? Wanna make them go away?

1. Get uBlock Origin (which you should have already been using):

github.com/gorhill/uBlock

2. Open the plugin and click the settings button.

3. Click on the “my filters” tab and paste this into the input:

||accounts.google.com/gsi/*$xhr,script,3p

That’s it! Worked flawlessly for me.

(Updated URL. Thx @IceWolf
and @emz!)

#Google #Privacy #Security #PopUps #InfoSec #BadGoogle

Screenshot of a pop-up window with the title “sign in with google” followed by other information and a button with the label “continue.”
Two screenshots of the ublock origin interface. The first one shows where the settings button is. The second shows where the filters input is on the view behind the tab with the label “my filters.”

GitHub - gorhill/uBlock: uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.

uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean. - gorhill/uBlock
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#google #privacy #infosec #security #badgoogle #popups @Frost, wolf of winter 🐺🎄 @Emma Zühlcke
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Welcome Dominik Tomecki as #curl commit author 1397: github.com/curl/curl/pull/1664…

allow suffix after a mail address for RFC 3461 by my-name-is-already-taken · Pull Request #16643 · curl/curl

This change makes it possible to Append a DSN specification behind the MAIL and RCPT mail addresses in the smtp protocol. Currently, curl checks if these addresses start with a '<' or en...
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Output nothing with #curl --out-null

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/30…


Output nothing with –out-null

Downloading data from a remote URL is probably the single most common operation people do with curl. Often, users then add various additional options to the command line to extract information from that transfer but may also decide that the actually …
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