@ThePSF have paused its grants program. This came as shock to many.
A lot of people benefit from #Python , many lives have been changed. But very few consider giving something back or paying it forward.
Here are some of my thoughts on the matter:
sheenaoc.com/articles/2025-08-…
If you have benefited from Python, please consider paying it forward by supporting communities and events that you care about. Or by supporting the PSF directly.
for today i am writing up proton's Lumo chatbot key points: * says "secure" a lot, the way it works leaves a shitload of your stuff on their server in plaintext for a length of time they won't specify * says "open source" a lot, none of the Lumo st…GSV Sleeper Service
Trump reicht Milliardenklage gegen Universität von Kalifornien ein
Der US-Präsident geht weiter gegen die Bildungselite vor: Weil sie unzureichend gegen Antisemitismus vorgegangen sein soll, verklagt Trump nun die Universität von Kalifornien - und fordert die Zahlung von einer Milliarde Dollar.
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FUTO Keyboard is a modern, privacy-focused keyboard that runs fully offline. Enjoy swipe typing, autocorrect, predictive text, and more—no internet connection required.keyboard.futo.org
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Oops! The Times has had to issue an embarrassing correction over supposedly "sluggish" EV sales 😳
❌ It said EV sales to private buyers fell 10.8% this yr
✅They actually GREW…by 62%
Yet Times articles still claim a "big fall", "collapse" & "slide" in private EV sales 🤔
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"With huge waiting lists, public demand for allotments is clear. What’s needed now is political will, and an ability to reimagine cities not just as places to live and work, but as places to grow.
Because as Corbyn warned: once these spaces are lost, they’re rarely replaced"
#Allotments #Gardening #Nature #Food
Allotments are vanishing when the UK urgently needs more of them
theconversation.com/allotments…
In praise of digging for potatoes.The Conversation
This is, incidentally, the main reason US corporations resist the introduction of a proper state health care system, even though it is clear that it would be cheaper than the insurances costs for them. They choose the more expensive option - lose money - but what they really want is workers totally dependent on their jobs.
It's also the reason they ignore the many proofs that a social safety net is cheaper than dealing with the problems arising from not having one - for example simply giving people homes is cheaper than dealing with homeless people in other ways - but it takes away the fear of losing your home,, and what bosses want most is dependent, compliant workers.
🗳️ Volání z Českého lesa: Nevolte komunisty! Nevolte nikoho, kdo s nimi spolupracuje. Přinášejí zhoubu!
*Když kampaň, tak kampaň, hajzle.*
#KampanHajzle
#volby2025
forum24.cz/volani-z-ceskeho-le…
KOMENTÁŘ / Jezdil jsem se ženou několik dní na kole po Českém lese. Častokrát jsem tam myslel na to, že podle šetření agentury STEM by osm procent lid...Martin Fendrych (FORUM 24)
The #XMPP Newsletter for July 2025 is out!
Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and updates on our #standards!
xmpp.org/2025/08/the-xmpp-news…
Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕ 
#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging
Over the last year, I overhauled the screen brightness handling in GNOME! This will become available in the upcoming 49 release, but you can already try it on GNOME OS.
blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/g…
One of the things I’m working on at Red Hat is HDR support. HDR is inherently linked to luminance (brightness, but ignoring human perception) which makes it an important parameter for us that we would like to be in control of.swick's blog
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Po krátké e-mailové výměně s firmou #3Dstisk jsem dostal ve stylu "s dovolením kradu" možnost jejich videa ukrást na #VHSky
Takže chcete-li se někdo dívat, tak tady to máte hezky pěkně bez trackerů a reklam .. byť u nich na základě videa třeba nakonec stejně něco koupíte :D
Videa budou přibývat postupně, je to celkem časově náročný...
On 26th and 27th April we held a Debian bug-squashing party near Leuven, Belgium. Several longstanding and new Debian contributors gathered to work through some of the highest priority bugs affecting the upcoming release of Debian 13 “trixie”.Ben Hutchings (Better living through software)
Even the Ots installer was a custom application. In striking contrast to the InstallShield installers of the day, it started instantly, with an opening sound effect, plus a sound effect for each transition between screens. Then the application itself also started instantly, with an opening sound effect, even on my 1999 laptop (in the early 2000s).
My long-time ambition is to someday develop a desktop app like _that_. I've never yet had the freedom to do that on the job, and maybe I never will.
every time a man is called out: "it was a joke! WOW"
extremely disappointed that the reporter never asked the man to explain the joke
The Brewers announced Friday that "Murph's Pocket Pancakes" will be sold at American Family Field during Sunday games for the rest of the season.ESPN
A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!
#211 Handling Brightness
thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/…
Updates on what happens across the GNOME project from week to weekthisweek.gnome.org
@trendless because COVID vaccines won't be paid by the federal government anymore, Québec will recommend 75+ instead of 60+ next year due to their cost/efficiency calculation. Too expensive! Younger people don't die enough!
We're all going to need so much more healthcare later...
lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/2…
Pour une première fois, le gouvernement québécois doit payer les vaccins contre la COVID-19 administrés lors de la campagne vaccinale automnale.La Presse
I guess one has to see their family doctor...
ah wait.
nevermind. My family doctor is the ER.
TORSERV: Host a Static Website on the Dark Web in Under 1 Minute
"Hosting a Tor hidden service — also known as an onion site — typically requires in-depth technical skills and manual configuration. With TorServ, you can host a static website anonymously in seconds, without touching any config files."
This software deserves some attention. It could be useful for at-risk people who need to publish while protecting identity.
#TorServ #TOR #Onions #OnionNetwork #Privacy #Anonymity
@selfhosting@a.gup.pe
@infosec@a.gup.pe
@linux@a.gup.pe
@networks@a.gup.pe
@crypto@a.gup.pe
@darknet@a.gup.pe
@privacy@a.gup.pe
@infostorm@a.gup.pe
An upcoming security release, invisible crypto update, and your Alertmanager alerts in Matrix.
That and much more happened This Week in Matrix!
matrix.org/blog/2025/08/08/thi…
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsThib (matrix.org)
🆕 blog! “How long does it take to upgrade an eBook?”
The older I get, the more comfortable I become with complaining. Not merely moaning on social media, but writing a direct email to the perpetrator of some annoyance.
I'd purchased an eBook and was appalled by how crappy the accessibility was. If you don't know, modern ePub books are just HTML…
👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/how-l…
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#a11y #accessibility #books #ebook #ebooks
If you'll add this #AltText4You then I won't have to steal your meme to repost it 😉
Black text on a white background says:
"You say you're after criminals - yet you come without warrants.
You call us lazy - yet you arrest us at work.
You say we don't contribute - yet you track us through our taxes.
You call us illegal - yet you seize us at our hearings.
Maybe this isn't justice after all.
Maybe you're just white supremacists."
schnedan
in reply to Dustin L. Howett • • •why type wcurl, when wget is 1 char shorter?*
*And I type wget for ~30 years now. Guess I am used to it
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