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Thanks @JonathanMosen for writing this. So many bits from the history of assistive technology, not to mention about the people who made that history happen. Thanks again! mosen.org/russell/
A personal reflection: why is that the extraordinary people who run through their life at an enormous speed leave us so early and unexpectedly?

Remembering Dr. Russell Smith, 20 years on

I don’t know where the time goes. It seems impossible, yet the calendar doesn’t lie. 20 years ago, Dr. Russell Smith MNZM, CEO of HumanWare, my friend, my mentor, my then boss, and a man who made t…
Mosen At Large
@Jonathan Mosen

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"Indonesia's nuclear regulator has approved Thorcon's site evaluation plan and the site evaluation management system plan for a proposed power plant based on its advanced molten salt reactor technology at a site on Kelasa Island in Bankga Belitung Province."

#Nuclear #News #Indonesia

world-nuclear-news.org/article…


Regulatory approval for Indonesian site survey

Indonesia's nuclear regulator has approved Thorcon's site evaluation plan and the site evaluation management system plan for a proposed power plant based on its advanced molten salt reactor technology at a site on Kelasa Island in Bankga Belitung Pro…
World Nuclear News
#News #Nuclear #indonesia

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The toys are listening. But are we paying attention to what they're doing with what they hear?

I've been digging into the Mattel-OpenAI partnership announced back in June, and what I found is unsettling. This isn't just new toys with cool new features like they’d like us to think—but rather a calculated strategy to normalize AI data collection from children using brands parents trust.

The kick in the face? We're experimenting on kids with zero safety data. The first real study on how AI toys affect child development just started this year. Yet we won't see results until 2026 once the market is potentially saturated.

Meanwhile, there's this absurdly bs double standard: your kid's AI tutoring session at school gets FERPA protection, but their intimate conversations with an AI Barbie at home? Just loose COPPA rules and shitty corporate promises.

I keep thinking about all those nights I whispered secrets to my teddy bears, hoping they'd come to life like in Toy Story. Now toys can actually respond—but they're sending those secrets kids share out of trust and loyalty to their digital friends to corporate servers.

Three days of research convinced me we're at a crossroads. The toys that shape our children are being designed to harvest their emotional data for profit.

If that sounds scary to you, it should.

open.substack.com/pub/kaylielf…


AI toys promise magical childhood experiences, but they're collecting our children's deepest secrets for corporate profit. 🧸🤖

How Six Decades of Cultural Conditioning Primed Us for the AI Childhood We Didn't Know We Were Asking For
Kaylie L. Fox (Kaylie’s Substack)
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GuloGulo

Já ač v horách, já pokukuji po štětkoletu .... místo starého crosového. Už jsem se na jednom za cca. 40k svezl a je to paráda. Horáka mám elektro, bo sem stařešina a hlavně línej v terénu a kolmo nahoru šlapat 🤦‍♀️
Mám na něj i prachy, ale není čas ho vybrat.
Nakonec prachy spolkne dceřina VŠ a budu zase v rititi...

@archos

@Archos
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GuloGulo

@archos
Tak na silničce bych musel jezdit jen po těch hlavnějších silnicích, brácha ji má a bude prodávat.
Když se k nám hrnou Pražáci nebo nově i Poláci, je to dost o život.
Ty méně vytížené jsou tak na ten štěrkolet nebo horáka, sem tam díry, kterým když se nevyhnul .... zaplakal.
Ale objevil jsem spoustu opravených lesních, polních a JZD cest, kde je to na ten štěrkolet a bez kopců (skoro), na 30km jen 350m což je rovinka u nás.
No uvidím ...

@nacelnik01

@Archos @Milan Hubáček

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📢 Aktualizace Mastodon instancí!
Všechny naše Mastodon instance byly aktualizovány na v4.4.3 ✅

🔹 mamutovo.cz
🔹 mastodon.arch-linux.cz
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r…
#oscloud #mastodon #oscloudcz


Release v4.4.3 · mastodon/mastodon

Upgrade overview This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm: ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrad...
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#Mastodon #oscloud #oscloudcz

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This is crazy... I guess go dump some money into INTL and catch the updraft

Desperate measures to save Intel: US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief for Taiwan

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Desperate measures to save Intel: US reportedly forcing TSMC to buy 49% stake in Intel to secure tariff relief for Taiwan

A new report out of Taiwan has revealed that the current US administration is tying the reduction on trade of trade tariffs on Taiwan to significant TSMC investment in the US. This investment includes a 49% stake in Intel.
Fawad Murtaza (Notebookcheck)

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Hmm, have any countries start to think about an LA Olympics boycott yet? Will we be seeing a complete choreographed opening ceremony celebrating Dear Leader? Will they be renditioning and probing the gender of athletes at the events, or at the border?

LA Times: Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games

latimes.com/politics/story/202…

#fascism #olympics #politics

Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games

Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games

Trump’s news conference may prompt questions about whether a president with a penchant for showmanship might assume an unusually active role in planning the Olympics.
Michael Wilner (Los Angeles Times)
#politics #fascism #olympics
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Help Rose, a 23-year-old Australian citizen, is in desperate need of our help. After moving to Brazil in June 2024 to start a new life with her ex-fiancé, she found herself in a nightmare situation. Betrayed and lied to, Rose is now stuck in a foreign country with no money, no income, and no way to return home.

She's been subjected to emotional and physical abuse by her ex-fiancé's mother, who has made her feel unwelcome and unsafe. Rose is struggling with trauma, anxiety, and physical health issues, including heart problems, panic attacks, and vitamin deficiencies.

Goal: 1302/2000

Link:

gofundme.com/f/please-help-me-…

Tags: #GTFOmyState #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #crowdfunding #crowdfund #fundraiser #fundraising

#MutualAid #crowdfund #crowdfunding #MutualAidRequest #fundraising #fundraiser #gtfomystate

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#Irish President, Michael D Higgins says outlould what other leaders are afraid to. The #UN has the power collectively to stop the #genocide by establishing a humanitarian corridor. We can't go to war against the #Israeli military regime but we can stop them from killing any more #Palestinian children if we want to. Demand your government do something now. Support the #HigginsUNInitiative.
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine #Palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraeliCrimes #Ireland #Paddystinian
#palestine #ireland #un #irish #genocide #palestinian #israeli #higginsuninitiative #neverstoptalkingaboutpalestine #IsraelWarCrimes #israelicrimes #paddystinian

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Join us on Thursday, August 7 at Noon ET for our new webinar series focused on AI and accessibility. Don't miss "Breaking Down Barriers - An Introduction to AI and JAWS!"

Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

ACVREP Credits will be available for those who attend the live webinar.

#FreedomScientificTraining #JAWS #AITraining #ACVREP


Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Breaking Down Barriers – An Introduction to Using AI with JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are being used in the workplace to help automate tasks and increase productivity.
Zoom
#jaws #freedomscientifictraining #AITraining #acvrep

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has anyone, i repeat ANYONE(!) at the @thunderbird development team ever considered printing an e-mail a core function to the software?

i mean SRSLY..? trusting some wild plugin to get full access to my e-mails!?
addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/t…

just asking for a friend though...

screenshot of plugin for printing... PrintingTools NG 3.1.6 by Christopher Leidigh PrintingTools NG enables many layout and formatting opt messages with header borders, sorting, attachment lists € auto named and Page options can ease printer settings. - It is your printing toolbox.

PrintingTools

Adds some options to print messages and addressbooks
addons.thunderbird.net
@Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

Thunderbird has the ability to print already in the core app. This add on just builds on that core functionality for people who want more customization. We actually have a great discussion about this in our latest State of the Thunder! 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)

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 13 updated and 2 added apps:

* Energize: lets you track your meals including calories, macro- and micronutrients 🛡️
* Hidroly: a hydration tracker designed to help you meet your daily water goals without distractions 🛡️

RB status: 676 apps (51.1%)

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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Dear @thunderbird people ... when viewing my email, I want to be able to hover over a link (1) to figure out if it's obviously dodgy .... please can you make the real url appear in a large font - perhaps as an on hover bubble or something - rather than putting it in small text in the bottom of the window (2) where various other status updates go (and overwrite it), making it hard to see.
#Thunderbird #Phishing
an email from "netflix" .... #phishing
#thunderbird #Phishing @Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

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Did you know all the Season Two games have Playdate Podcast episodes? Hear the teams discuss why they made their games and how. They're little behind-the-scenes books for your ears!

podcast.play.date


Playdate Podcast. Stories from developers, designers, and the team behind Playdate – the little yellow game console with a crank.

Playdate is the new handheld that comes with a unique 1-bit screen and 24 free games! The Playdate Podcast takes you behind the scenes for stories from game designers and developers, and the people who made the little yellow game console with a crank…
podcast.play.date

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One of these Pi5 16 GB boards had some weird defects with it - in particular, I had to flash the EEProm image at (github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eep…) - Early 16 GB units shipped with an EEPROM that set SDRAM refresh too low. They booted once, updated, then sometimes refused to start until the next firmware drop. Updating to the February 2025 EEPROM (or newer) fixes this. Good gosh. But guess what! I updated that EEProm, and then, the fan connector wouldn't spin up any fan. I even changed over a fan from a working Pi to test it with, nope nope. Somethin' was up with that board so it's going back. However, if you experience similar issues when setting up a Pi5, take note. Especially on 16 GB units. the "won’t-boot-after-update" bug really was a 16 GB-only problem.
4 GB / 8 GB (and the later 2 GB) Pi 5s never had the under-refresh crash; they only got a performance-boost when the same EEPROM tunings were back-ported to them. So this one's goin' back with UPS, bye bye bad board, hope you get fixed soon.

Releases · raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom

Installation scripts and binaries for the Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 bootloader EEPROMs - raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom
GitHub
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Since I've read a few news stories on this and none of them linked to the actual fucking report: the US Coast Guard has just released a hefty (335 pages!) investigation report into the June 2023 OceanGate Titan implosion.

The board determined the primary contributing factors were OceanGate’s inadequate design, certification, maintenance and inspection process for the Titan. Other factors cited in the report include a toxic workplace culture at OceanGate, an inadequate domestic and international regulatory framework for submersible operations and vessels of novel design, and an ineffective whistleblower process under the Seaman’s Protection Act.


#news #OceanGate

#News #oceangate

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#OpenAI released open weight gpt-oss-120b (117B parameters with 5.1B active parameters) and 20b (21B parameters with 3.6B active parameters). It has Apache 2.0 license, and The reasoning effort can be adjusted as low, medium, high! #LLM #AI #ML #GPT huggingface.co/openai/gpt-oss-…

openai/gpt-oss-120b · Hugging Face

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
huggingface.co
#AI #ML #llm #openai #gpt
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Zash

I see. This seems to be what everyone expects. However it is backwards, it lets you use the XMPP server as an IdP for signing into XMPP without the client application seeing passwords.

There is however overlap with the SSO against an existing IdP use case and that is also possible, with different configuration, if with more friction due to how existing OAuth2 things tend require that application developers register their application ahead of time.

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