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Asi nikdy, kromě prvního setkání pana Havla s Dalajlámou, jsem nebyl hrdý na českého prezidenta … a že už jich bylo…
A to jsem zažil doslovné znovuzrození čestného alkoholika (hluboká úklona všem zdravotníkům, protože ti odklonili Smrtě z poslední pravé před vrcholem) i mentální pád profesora ekonomie …

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Čína ukončila veškeré kontakty s prezidentem Pavlem

Čínské ministerstvo zahraničí v úterý ústy mluvčího oznámilo, že v souvislosti s nedávným setkáním českého prezidenta Petra Pavla s nejvyšším tibetským vůdcem dalajlamou „ukončuje veškeré kontakty“ s českou hlavou státu.
Jaroslav Soukup (Novinky)

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Reddit will block the Internet Archive. “The company says that AI companies have scraped data from the Wayback Machine, so it’s going to limit what the Wayback Machine can access.” AI scraping will kill the open web — everyone’s shutting the gates. theverge.com/news/757538/reddi…

Reddit will block the Internet Archive

Reddit caught AI companies scraping its data from the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, so it’s going to limit the Internet Archive from indexing some data.
Jay Peters (The Verge)

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@antlerboy where did Bucky actually say ‘every extension is also an amputation’?
stream.syscoi.com/2019/05/30/m…

Sorry, realize this is a very old post at this point.


Marshall McLuhan – extensions and amputations

Aidan Ward and Philip Hellyer are continuing their Gently Serious blog: The latest from Aidan concerns ‘health’ and is highly worth reading. It led me, too, to suggest that we need to t…
Systems Community of Inquiry
@Benjamin P. Taylor

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🚀 Meet the fastest Tuta client yet!

✅ Experience lightning-fast load times
✅ Set Tuta Mail as default mail app on iOS
✅ Enjoy improved event invitations

Check everything that's new: tuta.com/blog/tuta-fast-sync-r…

#TutaMail #PrivacyFirst #Email

Title: What's new Images: Phone image with default mails apps on iOS, Tuta included & screenshot of Tuta Calendar invitation with Time Overview

Tuta is 10x faster & that’s not all that’s new! | Tuta

With recent updates, you can experience the fastest Tuta clients ever, set Tuta Mail as the default on iOS, change your primary email address, and enjoy improved event invitations! Let’s take a look at what’s new.
Tuta
#email #privacyfirst #tutamail

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"When Australian artificial intelligence expert Dr Kobi Leins declined a medical specialist’s request to use AI transcription software during her child’s upcoming appointment, the practice told her the practitioner required the technology be used and Leins was "welcome to seek an alternative" provider."

ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/kob…

We are giving our lives and health over to a piece of super dangerous AI crap. All for supposed efficiency and cost savings and to make the tech bros richer.


Kobi refused a doctor's AI. She was told to go elsewhere

Unregulated AI scribes raising privacy, security concerns.
Information Age

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Happy Tuesday!

Thank you @bagder!

hackerone.com/reports/3295650

Entry on hackerone from Daniel Stenberg: bagder (curl staff) posted a comment. You just submitted three crap reports to us in a rapid sequence. They proved you are irresponsible and more of a problem than solution. | wish you the best of luck elsewhere.

curl disclosed on HackerOne: Exposure of Hard-coded Private Keys...

Multiple private/test RSA keys and example credentials were discovered embedded in the public curl source repository and associated documentation. These sensitive secrets were detected using...
HackerOne
@daniel:// stenberg://
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Seven years ago I estimated a hundred million cars ran #curl. Eight of the ten biggest car brands used it then. All the top three ones.

It probably means that there are some additional cars using curl now. libcurl really.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2018/08/12…


A hundred million cars run curl

One of my hobbies is to collect information about where curl is used. The following car brands feature devices, infotainment and/or navigation systems that use curl - in one or more of their models.
daniel.haxx.se
#curl

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What Does It Mean To Be Thirsty? | Quanta Magazine quantamagazine.org/what-does-i…

> “There are only a couple of things that are so important for your body that there’s a completely innate drive to get it if you fall into deficiency,” Knight said. “Oxygen, food, water and sodium.”

Good article but it really hurts to read this as it makes me wonder what else in the article is misleading. We have a co2 sensor not an oxygen sensor. You only get the feeling of suffocating from co2 build up; it's painless for other gases like nitrogen, carbon monoxide, etc. When you pass out you don't get the reflexive breathing either -- those last gasps of death, essentially.


What Does It Mean To Be Thirsty? | Quanta Magazine

The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it’s the brain that manifests our experience of thirst.
Dan Samorodnitsky (Quanta Magazine)
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feld

That's referred to in the article

> cells can swell or shrink, shrivel or potentially burst. An imbalance can cause brain cells to malfunction, losing their ability to manage ion concentrations across their membranes and propagate action potentials.

I guess not specific as physical symptoms, but here:

Hyponatremia signs and symptoms may include:

Nausea and vomiting.
Headache.
Confusion.
Loss of energy, drowsiness and fatigue.
Restlessness and irritability.
Muscle weakness, spasms or cramps.
Seizures.
Coma.

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Who is excited for NVDA 2025.2?!

Not long now!

(If you want more of a sneak peak, while we wait for the final version, do try the Release Candidate here: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2r… )

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #NewVersion #Exciting #Anticipation #Release #NewRelease

Purple and white NVDA logo peeking out from behind a turquoise curtain on an orange stage, in a spotlight fading to black around the edges. Text "NVDA" on the left and "2025.2" on the right, both in orange on black.

NV Access | NVDA 2025.2rc1 available for testing

www.nvaccess.org
#release #screenreader #nvdasr #nvda #newrelease #newversion #exciting #anticipation
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NV Access

@vick21 @ppatel Lots of fixes - in Word, browse mode, elements list, windows 11. Improved performance in the start menu, support for Windows 11 Voice Access, options to report language & move to more heading levels. Support for NLS Zoomax eReader, new braille & espeak-NG languages, improved Monarch support.

And most importantly, OneCore now reads the version properly! (Please don't make us put out a point release 🤣)

Many new things! Earth shattering? Maybe not, but incremental improvements :)

@victor tsaran @Pratik Patel
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NV Access

@ppatel @vick21 Trying to answer "What is great about this new version" is always tricky - yes I can give you the highlights, and where one user will say.... "Meh, there's nothing there I'm interested in", another will pick out one feature as the greatest innovation in computing. Of course there are always other little fixes and improvements which don't make the highlights and will still be appreciated, just for making something slightly more efficient or read something a little better.
@victor tsaran @Pratik Patel
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NV Access

@vick21 @ppatel NVDA can already use the full display to show paragraphs of text, though only the CURRENT paragraph. We're still working on the ability to show additional paragraphs on blank lines if the current paragraph doesn't take up the full display.

In 2025.2 what we have added is that "It is now possible to route to any braille cell on the Humanware Monarch multiline braille device, using their point and click action". Here is the original issue with more detail: github.com/nvaccess/nvda/pull/…


Support multiline braille routing on Humanware Monarch by michaelDCurran · Pull Request #18248 · nvaccess/nvda

Link to issue number: None. Summary of the issue: The Humanware Monarch multiline braille / tactile graphics device is adding support for multiline braille routing in its Braille Terminal. NVDA sh...
GitHub
@victor tsaran @Pratik Patel

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We’re looking into starting a #PeerTube co-op.

Video hosting isn’t cheap—collective ownership could make it far more sustainable.

tech.lgbt/@Crissy/115005696647…

Crissy Kuchisabishii Geco 🇨🇦 (@Crissy@tech.lgbt)

3of 3 Why This is a unique opportunity to break out of your silo and get a fresh perspective on your work. The problems we face today — from AI ethics to sustainable design— are too complex for any one discipline to solve alone.
LGBTQIA+ and Tech
#peertube

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Penelope Pattes aka Penny

Penny about to escape from Mascouche to Montréal.

August 2014

(20140811_2435)

#bostonterrier #dogsofpixelfed #dogsofmastodon

The head of a Boston Terrier puppy (Penny) resting on the leg of someone sitting.
#dogsofmastodon #bostonterrier #dogsOfPixelFed

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Gajim 2.3.4 has been released! 🥳

This release supports time zones 🕑 in profiles, adds drag and drop improvements, enables displaying long messages inline, and fixes many smaller issues.

Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!

Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim

#gajim #xmpp #chat

gajim.org/posts/2025-08-11-gaj…


Gajim 2.3.4

What’s New Gajim 2.3 comes with a new design featuring Adwaita, a user interface library which provides building blocks for modern adaptive applications.
gajim.org
#xmpp #chat #gajim

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 18 updated and 3 added apps:

* Piggsy: piggy bank designed to help you save money and reach your financial goals 🛡️
* OpenSEPTAmap: all SEPTA rail and trolley lines in an Android app (Philadelphia area) 🛡️
* Driftly: lets you save your daily attendance and analyze them 🛡️

RB Status: 684 apps (51.9%)

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

(1/2)


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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IzzyOnDroid ✅

(2/2) eventful day. 6 RBs we had to fix, some failed. The Trixie upgrade to one of our builders temporarily disabled it, took us half a day to find and fix the culprits. I'm a zombie now…

3 unmaintained apps were removed:

* M17 HT: almost no downloads anyway
* Mobilinkd TNC Config: incl. Tracking; and almost no downloads
* The Particulate Matter App: dead since 2021, and reported crashing; NonFreeDep+Tracking

More another day, please excuse me for now…

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Von @OttoKolbl (X und Bluesky) und mir eine Projektbeschreibung für die ME+-Datenbank. Ziel: eine Plattform für den Austausch zwischen Betroffenen u Infos/Stats/Daten für Journalist:innen u Forscher:innen. Gerne Feedback!

#MECFS #LongCovid #POTS #FQAD #MCAS #SFN #CCI #EDS

docs.google.com/document/d/1Tc…


Die ME+-Datenbank

Die ME+-Datenbank Otto Kölbl, Christina Koch Die hier beschriebene Datenbank ist erst im Projektstadium. Für uns ist wichtig, dass wir so viel Feedback wie möglich erhalten.
Google Docs
#LongCovid #mecfs #pots #mcas #fqad #SFN #cci #eds

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Je viens d'envoyer des mails à mes députés européens pour leur dire tout le mal que je pense du projet de loi qui prétend combattre la pédophilie en ligne.

Le site génère un e-mail type en anglais et lance ton client mail pour que tu l'envoyes aux députés que tu as sélectionnés : fightchatcontrol.eu/

Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU

Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
fightchatcontrol.eu
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Last week, I started an Ableton Move track. Today, I finally finished it.

This is a thing I call "Fly on the Wall." Basically, I just wanted an excuse to use one of the Sliced Loops presets, which are in the latest Move beta, along with one of the new autofilters in combination with a second filter and LFO to make one of the included single-sample E-piano patches sound less boring.


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"GitHub’s leadership team will now report more directly to Microsoft’s CoreAI team."

Another step seemingly in the wrong direction as the AI-happy CEO jumps ship.

theverge.com/news/757461/micro…


GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

Microsoft is bringing GitHub into its AI engineering team. It’s part of an AI shakeup, following the GitHub CEO resigning.
Tom Warren (The Verge)

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This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever put on the internet, and I love it. It’s the trailer for my new podcast and humor essays about my life as a #blind person. Really hope people like this! deepsy.net/p/have-you-ever-ima… #Disability #Humor #comedy #blindness

Have You Ever Imagined What It's Like to Be Blind? ... Please Don't

A trailer for my new podcast!
Sy Hoekstra (Deep Sy)
#blind #humor #Disability #blindness #comedy

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I sold some more gear, so I did another Exit Interview! This time, I say farewell to, and have a final look at, the vintage digital cruft of the Kawai K4!

etherdiver.com/2025/08/10/exit…

(Noteworthy: Bad Gear featured this synth this week!)

@synths
@synth

#synths #synthesizer #synth #Gear #GearTalk #GearSquad

Exit Interview: Kawai K4/K4r – Ether Diver

www.etherdiver.com
#synth #synthesizer #synths #Gear #geartalk #gearsquad @Synths group @synth group

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Think Linux desktop market share isn't over 6%? This 15 million-system scan says otherwise
zdnet.com/article/think-linux-… by @sjvn

The #Linux desktop has finally taken off.


Think Linux desktop market share isn't over 6%? This 15 million-system scan says otherwise

Lansweeper analyzed millions of consumer desktop OSes using both agentless and agent-based scanning techniques. Here's what it found.
Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)
#linux @sjvn

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Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs
Judge tossed claim but said UK must not "significantly impede" Wikipedia operations.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs

Judge tossed claim but said UK must not “significantly impede” Wikipedia operations.
Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
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