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Another #Fanfiction that I've seen in progress over a number of years finally got finished a few months ago:

Harry Potter's life was not a very good one, but then one day that all changed, one day he found a snake in his cupboard. Slytherin Harry, dark/grey. There will be bashing. HarryxDaphne/Tracey/OC pairing.
Rated: Fiction M - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 111 - Words: 361,394 - Reviews: 8,839 - Favs: 12,797 - Follows: 13,635 - Updated: Jan 30 - Published: Sep 3, 2020 - Status: Complete -
[Silver King by JustBored21 ](fanfiction.net/s/13688226/1/Si…)

#fanfiction

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Amsterdam is the heart of open source community this week!

#OpenSourceSummit brings together open source developers, technologists, and open source community leaders to share the latest know-how, collaborate in real-time, and grow the existing skills and network.

The #EOSA President Daniel Stenberg @bagder , has taken the stage as the keynote speaker of the first day of #TheLinuxFoundation OS Summit!

Learn more about Daniel and the EOSA Academy members : europeanopensource.academy/abo…

The Academy Members | European Open Source Academy

europeanopensource.academy
#eosa #thelinuxfoundation #opensourcesummit @daniel:// stenberg://

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To NVDA users: Is anyone else having a problem with the NVDA+D keystroke to read additional details on something. Specifically, I went and tried to read the long description on a table in Word and while the long desc was in the description field, the file was a .docx, I am using 2025.2 of NVDA, Word365, and nothing I have tried returns anything but "No Additional details." Just reaching out in case there is something I missed. Tagging the professionals too.
NVAccess@fosstodon.org
#NVDA #screenreader #word365
#screenreader #nvda #word365

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Bill C-11 included a Broadcasting Act change emphasizing the right to privacy. But two months after it became law, the government deleted the provision. My post on legislative incompetence that left a non-sensical clause without intended privacy safeguard.
michaelgeist.ca/2025/08/privac…

Privacy Lost: How the Government Deleted Bill C-11's Key Privacy Principle Just Two Months After Passing it Into Law - Michael Geist

The Online Streaming Act, the government controversial reform to the Broadcasting Act, continues to attract attention given an ongoing court challenge and backlash from the U.S. government.
Michael Geist
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Nicoco

AFAIK, Signal does not have presences or any "last seen"-type information. But I guess "contact list" can be inferred server-side with messages passing through anyway. Maybe there is a mitigation in Signal servers about that too? It's still centralized and Signal servers are a massive single point of failure operated by an org in an authoritarian country, so I don't care enough to actually investigate any of it anyway. ;-)

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I am pleased to be speaking at #OSSummit this afternoon in Amsterdam on Digital Public Goods - Incentivizing Collaboration

osseu2025.sched.com/event/28XF…

#DigitalPublicGoods #DPG #FOSS #OpenSource #OSS


Digital Public Goods - Incentivizing Collaboration - Mike Gifford, CivicActions

Digital Public Goods are often celebrated as open-source software, open data, open AI models, open standards, and open content.
osseu2025.sched.com
#foss #opensource #oss #OSSummit #digitalpublicgoods #dpg
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Mike Gifford, CPWA

If people want to see my slides from today, they are available here docs.google.com/presentation/d…

All images are either puffins or icebergs.


OS Summit - Europe 2025: Digital Public Goods - Incentivizing Collaboration

Digital Public Goods - Incentivizing Collaboration Mike Gifford, Open Source Summit Europe 2025, August 25, 2025 2:25-3:05pm CEST Elicium 2A (Elicium Level 1) https://sched.
Google Docs

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Bottles devs give more info on their funding from NLnet gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/bott…

#Bottles #OpenSource #Linux


Bottles devs give more info on their funding from NLnet

Recently the Bottles team announced they've been granted funding by NLnet NGI Zero Commons and now they've given more detail on what it means.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #opensource #bottles

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NVIDIA posted 69% revenue growth to $44B, eyeing $45B next quarter. But sky-high expectations, chip export bans to China, and AI market uncertainty keep shares volatile despite 1300% gains in 5 years.

#NVIDIA #NVDA #AI #TechStocks #StockMarket #Semiconductors #TECHi

Read Full Article Here : - techi.com/nvidia-stock-could-c…

NVIDIA’s Stock Could Collapse Even With 70% Revenue Growth

NVIDIA's 70% revenue growth is impressive, but with high expectations and geopolitical risks, its stock is at risk of a sharp drop. Will the AI hype continue?
Warisha Rashid (TECHi)
#AI #nvidia #nvda #stockmarket #semiconductors #techstocks #Techi
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NV Access

Hi! Is there any chance we can encourage you to trend #NVIDIA when that's the company you mean, please? I know what their NASDAQ handle is, but #NVDA is much more widely known as the name of the screen reader we make and the #NVDA hashtag is very widely used for the screen reader. It will save both our communities polluting each other's feeds. If you'd like to find out more about the screen reader, our website is nvaccess.org/ - Thank you!

NV Access

www.nvaccess.org
#nvidia #nvda

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❗Pozor – EU chystá ChatControl ❗

🇪🇺 připravuje návrh, který by mohl znamenat masové sledování a filtrování naší komunikace. Zní to jako ochrana, ale:

✉️ Veškeré zprávy (e-maily, chaty, ...) by mohly být automaticky prohledávány.

🤐 To otevře cestu k cenzuře obsahu, protože algoritmus bude rozhodovat, co „je a není povoleno“.

🔏 Zmizí soukromí šifrovaných chatů – a co jednou stát uvidí, mohou vidět i hackeři nebo korporace.

(1/2)

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
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Excellent news for Mac users! OSARA is now signed and notarized. Installing/updating should be much easier.
This is all thanks to a Herculean amount of research and effort undertaken by Marc Mulcahey, with Jamie getting the final pieces of the puzzle worked into our continuous integration. I'll grab like 1% of the credit for gee-ing smarter people along whenever Apple left them feeling confused/annoyed.

Go geddit from osara.reaperaccessibility.com/…

Enjoy!

Please boost if you know Mac users who need this.

OSARA Development Snapshots

osara.reaperaccessibility.com

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Last week, we released #LibreOffice 25.8. But it's not just a major update of the free office suite – it's a strategic asset for organisations, governments and enterprises focused on digital sovereignty and #privacy: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #open #freesoftware
LibreOffice 25.8 banner, with "smarter, faster and more reliable"

LibreOffice 25.8 Backgrounder - The Document Foundation Blog

LibreOffice 25.8: a Strategic Asset for Governments and Enterprises Focused on Digital Sovereignty and Privacy Overview In a time when geopolitical tensions, data localization laws, and compliance risks are reshaping the IT landscape, LibreOffice 25.
Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
#FreeSoftware #foss #privacy #libreoffice #open

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Freya Anduin, author

what I want to know is - where are your servers?

as far as I can see, USA is joining China in claiming access to everything on servers on US soil, meaning nothing is safe, that's kept on US ground

digitaljournal.com/tech-scienc…


Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty - Digital Journal

Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.
Alexander Rudolph (Digital Journal Inc)
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I’m going to be at the Datenspuren (@datenspuren) conference in Dresden talking about #UnifiedPush. 🇩🇪

UnifiedPush is a topic I’m really passionate about. Every #Android user needs to know about this.

talks.datenspuren.de/ds25/talk…


UnifiedPush Datenspuren 2025

Push-Benachrichtigungen auf Android-Handys ohne Google. Dezentralisiert und Open Source.
talks.datenspuren.de
#android #UnifiedPush @Datenspuren
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This weekend project (yes, another one instead of finishing the 100 others) is a #fastcgi handler to implement xep-0070, alnowing to use an #xmpp account to log in to a website. Writing it in #rust as a learning exercise.

I hope to replace "login with google" and the other things I had to add to my website ovwr the years in order to not store people's passwords. This should allow to do it in a decentralized way without forcing any specific provider.

#xmpp #rust #fastcgi
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PulkoMandy

That's similar to the original OpenID, and not quite like the current OAuth and OpenID connect, where you get more than identification (possibly access to the user email address, avatar, and more depending on what the OAuth provider wants to share). And OAuth is not really generic and requires each website to add specific support for each auth provider, resulting in centralization (log in with google/facepook/github/gitlab things)

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Now this is a first for me. Seeing #NVDA read absolutely nothing from a program. this is me in the StemRoller program, and as you will hear when I tab threw it, all you hear is the NVDA sounds addon playing the different sounds for things like an edit box, or a button. when I attempt to use the arrow keys, you will hear nothing at all.

#nvda
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JamminJerry

@NVAccess it is actually called StemRoller. the interface looks like a web page kind of, it is a program you can use to take a song apart into files like vocals, bass, drums, ETC. here is the URL for it.
stemroller.com/

StemRoller - Make stems, instrumental, or acapella version of any song!

StemRoller isolates instruments and vocals from any song using advanced AI and machine learning techniques. Make karaoke (instrumental), vocal, drum, and bass tracks from any recording in one click!
www.stemroller.com
@NV Access
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NV Access

I had a look, and tabbing through first takes you to the download and donate links, then a bunch of split buttons. It seems to indicate you can search for any song / artist and I assume if you do that, you can then move through matching songs to split them.... but the search doesn't seem to take focus at all (even physically clicking on it with the mouse) - in any browser. Press E for edit box says "Search edit unavailable". Seems to be an issue with the site?

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🚨 Why We Must Stop Chat Control 🚨

Read the comment by our CEO Matthias Pfau - because if the government can have privacy, so should we!

Join us in our fight for #privacy 🔒

👉 gnulinux.ch/warum-wir-die-chat… at @gnulinux

👉 tuta.com/blog/chat-control-cri…

STOP Chat Control! Quote by Matthias Pfau, CEO of Tuta: "This undermines online privacy for over 450 million EU citizens, which is something we must not accept."

Warum wir die Chatkontrolle stoppen müssen

Die EU will private Chats scannen – auch verschlüsselte. Das bedroht die Privatsphäre und die Grundrechte von 450 Mio. Bürgern.
GNU/Linux.ch
#privacy @GNU/Linux.ch

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Running an online store or small business?
How you structure product displays matters.
Clear product headings make browsing faster, improve accessibility for screen reader users, and help everyone navigate.
Book a free consultation:
calendly.com/tayarndt/general-…
#Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #Ecommerce #SmallBusiness #WebAccessibility #UXDesign

General Consultation - Taylor Arndt

Calendly
#Accessibility #uxdesign #inclusivedesign #webaccessibility #ecommerce #smallbusiness

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The upcoming version of monocles chat will introduce several enhancements, including support for XEP-0118, enabling you to optionally share the music you're currently listening to with your contacts.
This feature enhances social interaction by allowing users to discover new music, share their tastes, and connect over shared interests, fostering a more engaging and collaborative experience within the app.
A big thank you to the developer who contributed to this feature!

#XMPP #messenger #socialmedia #MonoclesChat #monocles

monocles chat screenshot showing messages with different emojis and cute stickers but also a hint at the top about which song the contact just listens
#xmpp #messenger #socialmedia #monocles #monocleschat
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EDIT: maintenance is done

The #Panoramax instance for #MapComplete might have some downtime tonight as @thibaultmol will be changing some configs and stuff. It might only take 5 minutes. it might also take an hour. Should start around 19:30 Brussels time.

This means that image uploads will temporarily fail, but the images you take should be re-uploaded automatically on your next visit to MapComplete.

#MapComplete #PANORAMAX @Thibaultmol 🌈
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📣 Do-It-Blind (DIB) online Besprechung am Montag, 25. August, um 19:00 Uhr. Du bist eingeladen! bbb.metalab.at/rooms/joh-szv-o… Wöchentlich am Montag besprechen wir neue Formen der digitalen und inklusiven Zusammenarbeit. Mach mit! 🛠️ #make #blind #inklusion
Mobile Braille-Tastatur Metabraille mit 8 Tasten. Das Gehäuse ist türkis und die Tasten sind weiß. Das Gehäuse ist ungefähr fünfeckig. Ein Rechteck wird an der Breitseite durch ein Trapez erweitert. Die Form ähnelt einem Haus mit Fenstern in der Mitte.

Do-It-Blind (DIB) Besprechung

Learn using BigBlueButton, the trusted open-source web conferencing solution that enables seamless virtual collaboration and online learning experiences.
bbb.metalab.at
#blind #inklusion #make

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I wonder if any of the brave souls on my timeline ever attempted to run either “Shades of Doom" or “Tank Commander” using Wine on Mac OS? I think I am running out of options. Whatever drivers I throw at it, both GMA games claim that they cannot initialize Directsound and that perhaps the sound card is not present. At the same time the sound card is present and is playing the sound.

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Hi everyone, NVDA 2025.3 Beta 2 is now available! nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-3b…

Updates include:

Bug fix for responsiveness issues with SAPI 5. We think we have fixed most of the SAPI 5 bugs now - PLEASE test this version if you use SAPI 5 and let us know.
Bug fix for Turkish Braille tables

Updates to translations

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta #NewVersion #Update #SAPI5 #BugFix

NV Access | NVDA 2025.3beta2 available for testing

www.nvaccess.org
#nvdasr #bugfix #update #nvda #beta #newversion #sapi5
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