This is notable but I haven't seen it reported elsewhere: the pioneering blogging platform Typepad is shutting down in a month. Another piece of the early web is vanishing.

disassociated.com/blog-publish…

Cc @Jayhoffmann @write_as

#blogging #blogs #retrocomputing

Blog publishing platform TypePad closing 30 September 2025

Blog publishing platform TypePad closing 30 September 2025. Publishers have until the end of September to download their data. And then find a new online home

^{disassociated.com}

Monarch tip 12

Yes, you can indeed plug in a HDMi cable to the Monarch, and have all of its output sent to a HDMI Monitor including audio output.

Just plug in a HDMI cable to the port on the right hand side at the front of the Monarch, other end in to your TV, select the correct HDMI channel, and off you go.
Woody
#a11y #Braille #Monarch

Monarch tip 15 and the final one in this initial tip post series

If you have ever used any of the Braille devices from Humanware, then you know how to use the Monarch overall.
This is because the Monarch, like all other Braille devices in the main from Humanware are or were all based on KeySoft which has been around since 1990.
As with all Braille devices from HW, you will find the User Guide on the device.
In the Monarch, and depending on how you have your main menu customised, you will either find the User Guide on the Main Menu or under All Applications.
Enjoy
Woody
#a11y #Braille #Monarch

On your #DeGoogle journey? Switch from Gmail to Tuta Mail. 🔒 ❤️

Moving to Tuta Mail is quick & easy thanks to email import.

Watch how to import old emails into Tuta Mail 👉 yewtu.be/watch?v=RCdooe9mda4

Sedíme se synem ve vlaku do Brna. V kupé s námi sedí dvě ženy. Nonstop mluví. Jakože se zatím ani na moment neodmlčely. Evidentně to jsou kamarádky, protože probírají úplně všechno.

Dozvěděli jsme se zajímavé detaily z intimního života jedné z nich a víme, jaké zdravotní problémy trápí manžela té druhé. A kdo je ta blbka, co s ní začal chodit jejich společný kamarád.

Tichý oddíl není bohužel ve vlaku zařazen.
🤷‍♂️🙈😄

#Praha #brno #vlak #českédráhy

🐘 Mastodon CZ sraz už se blíží!

Po dvou skvělých setkáních se znovu potkáme u piva – přijď na pokec, poznat známé nicky z timeline a dát tváři Fediverse.

📍 Pivovar Bubeneč, Bubenečská 321/33, Praha 6 (místo ještě potvrdíme)
🗓️ Pátek 3. října 2025 večer
🍻 Otevřený neformální sraz – žádná registrace, žádné přednášky, jen pivo a lidi z fedi.

👉 Abychom mohli včas zarezervovat dost míst, potvrď prosím svou účast zde:
🔗 srazy.arch-linux.cz/invite/KeV…
#mastodonCZ #fediverse #mastodonsraz #praha #mastopivo #fedičajovna #birellovka #boost @mastopivo

Upscaler just reached 200 thousand downloads 🥳

flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.the…

#Upscaler #Upscaling #GNOME #libadwaita #GTK #GTK4 #FOSS #OpenSource #OSS #FreeSoftware #Linux #GNU

Check out this week's JAWS Power Tip: How To Clear the Formatting of a Word Document toptechtidbits.com/295.html

#JAWS #JAWSPowerTip #FreedomScientificTraining

JAWS Power Tip: How To Clear the Formatting of a Word Document - Top Tech Tidbits - A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication

Document formatting refers to the layout and appearance of content. This adds consistency throughout and makes it easier to read. Formatting characteristics include font type and size, bold, underline, italic, and line spacing.

^{Top Tech Tidbits - A Mind Vault Solutions, Ltd. Publication}

Keep ‘em coming

Via Kyle Cheney:

JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/s…

> Gen Z are dipping into their retirements, skipping meals and selling their belongings just to get by, new reports find

fake, gen z doesn't have any retirement to dip into yet

⚠️ There is another "verification" scammer on the move, do not click on their link, it is a scam!

Genuine Mastodon servers never demand verification like this.

If you see a scam post like this, click ⋯ on the scam post, then "Report", then report it and make sure you select the option to forward the report to the origin server.

#Mastodon

Well fuck. If a room in #Matrix is on Homeserver A, and an admin on Homeserver B runs /upgraderoom, then the room is moved to Homeserver B. It does not stay on Homeserver A.

I uhh... do not want the unofficial Slackware matrix server on my homeserver.

Edit: omfg sidegrading it does not move it back

EDIT EDIT: FINALLY

*dusts off the Alice in Chains CD*

Everything old is new again... #Grunge is making a comeback! :D elle.com/fashion/trend-reports… #fashion #elevatedgrunge #renegadegrunge

The Rise of Polished Rock

An elevated version of renegade grunge style has emerged from the fall 2025 runways, courtesy of designers like Chloé and Isabel Marant.

^{Alexandra Hildreth (ELLE)}

Estes gajos dos CTT são só rir.

"Entrega prevista" da encomenda X "entre as 11:45 e as 16:45".

Tudo bem, diriam vocês. E eu concordaria, se não me tivessem mandado isto às... 17:12.

Just a reminder - there have been numerous fraudulent accounts created on the Fediverse lately pretending to be Mastodon Security, and asking for your credentials in DMs to you.

DO NOT RESPOND. DO NOT CLICK.

We will never ask you to verify your credentials. Period.

Tell your friends.

In June, we announced HarfRust, a fully safe port of #HarfBuzz to Rust. At that time, HarfRust was 2x to 4x slower than HarfBuzz for a variety of benchmarks, so we have been working on addressing that.

Today, Chad Brokaw and I are pleased to present HarfRust 0.2.0, which is less than 25% slower than HarfBuzz, on both OpenType and AAT shaping benchmarks. We have also addressed all known correctness issues.

Charts:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

HarfRust performance dashboard

^{Google Docs}

Wasn't allowed to buy 5 IKEA octopi with the Linux foundation gift card thing from the trivia game. Mean.

#OSSEU