Sunday reading: The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire
I wrote about the murder of Charlie Kirk, political violence in the United States, and the Trumpists’ desire to find a pretext for purges and mass arrests.
This week’s piece:
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The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire
The military patrolling in the streets, an assassination, and a movement longing for escalation. America is teetering on the brinkThomas Zimmer (Democracy Americana)
Deshalb nehme ich jedes Semester den Stress auf mich, mir mein #Semesterticket als Plastikkarte zu erkämpfen 🤷🏻♀️ (ok, nicht nur deshalb, aber auch).
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Es ist wirklich ein Trauerspiel, was sich #BVG und #SBahn da erlauben. Aber ist in Zeiten von #Digitalisierungswahn ja nicht neues, dass #Digitalisierung (v.a. in Kombination mit #Digitalisierungszwang) meist nichts anderes heißt, als Arbeit und Verantwortung auf Nutzer_innen/Kund_innen/Patient_innen etc. abzuwälzen.
Und das "Argument" mit der unzumutbaren Ausweiskontrolle für Kontros ist an Lächerlichkeit kaum zu überbieten. Fast 2 Jahrzehnte lang wurden Semestertickets genau so kontrolliert, Papier/Plastikkarte + Lichtbildausweis.
Das alles ließe sich vermeiden (und unterm Strich vermutlich auch 'ne Menge Kosten und Folgekosten sparen), wenn wir den #ÖPNV endlich Schritt für Schritt zu einer kostenfreien echten Alternative aus- und umbauen würden, echte #Daseinsvorsorge halt.
Warum Kunden von BVG und S-Bahn ohne Handy-Empfang Strafen drohen können
Ein Student wird in der Berliner U-Bahn kontrolliert. Sein Handy hat keinen Empfang, deshalb zeigt er einen Screenshot seines Tickets, später auch das Ticket in der App. Trotzdem wird er bestraft - zurecht, sagt die BVG. Von Klaas-Wilhelm Brandenburgwww.rbb24.de
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#UIDesign #UXDesign #webdesign
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New germinating idea: Accessibility Excellence. Now, I'm sure people like @JonathanMosen have made approximately 9001 podcast episodes about this, but in the wake of Google's own AI gallery app, which lets people use AI models offline on their phone including image description and audio transcription, released with no accessibility, I think we need to converge as a community on an idea of accessibility excellence. We need to dismiss ads of a company that seeks to prop us up to show how their stuff is accessible, even though there is clearly a systemic issue of inaccessibility in the company. Gemini on iOS is more accessible than Gemini on Android. TalkBack still doesn't have basic screen reader features like a pronunciation dictionary and support for all features on even older Braille displays like the Braille Edge. Google Play Books does not automatically scroll pages while reading a book, like Apple Books, Kindle, and many other book reading apps on iOS do. Even Kindle on Android does this, but Google's own app doesn't. Gmail on Android has no way to navigate between messages in a conversation or thread, while Apple's Mail app can, making reading threads of email on iOS fast and easy. There is no way on Android to have TalkBack suspend touch interaction in apps, so gamers still have to turn off the screen reader to play accessible games. Apple users haven't had to do that in years. Even though there are tags on the Play Store for apps accessible with TalkBack, the idea has fallen by the wayside like so many other accessibility ideas that Google forgot and Apple has just embarked upon with accessibility labels. These aren't vibes, or subjective feelings. Like I said in my most recent Accessible Android article, how can we expect small companies or indie developers to make their apps accessible, when we can't get Google to listen to us and take us seriously? We need to take each others' accessibility concerns seriously, especially for Braille. Many people who are blind use Android, yes. Many people like it. And that's okay. But it could, and should, be so much better. There should be competition between these company's accessibility departments, not a kind of sluggish, aimless ambling around in concentric circles by one while the other presses ahead. Yes, TalkBack's Gemini AI descriptions are great, and when I use my Android phone, it's a very attractive feature. Perhaps next year VoiceOver will get something like it.
We shouldn't give any of these huge corporations an inch of duct tape accessibility, because once it's done, they'll build upon that poor foundation, and the whole structure will be so much less effective than it needs to be. Accessibility should be solid, no matter what company does it. But if a screen reader comes with a device, and is made by the company that makes the OS, there's no excuse for rickety accessibility.
Ai Edge Gallery Accessibility Bug Report: github.com/google-ai-edge/gall…
Google's Pixel 10 Accessibility Article: store.google.com/intl/en/ideas…
#accessibility #blind #google #technology #tech #android
Accessibility Feedback for EdgeGallery Application
Hello, Thank you for this exciting work. However, I recently installed the EdgeGallery application, and my Talkback screen reader is unable to correctly recognize the application's functions. Even ...inspector3535 (GitHub)
HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-Law Information Note), the European Commission of H…hudoc.echr.coe.int
one of the worst ever "comprehensive security audits" ...
curl disclosed on HackerOne: Multiple Unsafe strcpy() Function...
## Summary: During a comprehensive security audit of the cURL codebase, multiple instances of unsafe strcpy() function usage were identified in critical code paths. These implementations violate...HackerOne
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Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advocate asked.Newsie
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China is ditching the dollar, fast
Officials believe that the yuan has finally come of ageThe Economist
Action movie 'Nobody 2' was shot in Canada, but it's really the Wisconsin Dells
The setting for the new action movie "Nobody 2" was inspired by star Bob Odenkirk's childhood trips to the Wisconsin Dells., Journal Sentinel (Journal Sentinel)
Montrealer plans to sue major grocers over false ‘made in Canada’ labels
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Montrealer plans to sue major grocers over false ‘made in Canada’ labels
One Montrealer is taking on major grocers after buying products thinking they were made in Canada when they weren't.Laurence Brisson Dubreuil (CTVNews)
What's New in iOS 26 Accessibility for Blind and DeafBlind Users | AppleVis
Fall is almost here in the Northern Hemisphere, which means it’s time for another major release of iOS for the public. While some of the information in this article may be new to readers, this year’s changes started being discussed in the spring.www.applevis.com
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Fake citations inside Education Accord don't impact its credibility, minister says
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Riiiight.
Our product lineup is ready for Tahoe, but Tahoe may not be ready for you.
In 26.0, two distinct OS bugs can cause lost audio. You may wish to delaying upgrading your Mac.
See our post for more: weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2025/09…
Rogue Amoeba’s Apps Are Ready for MacOS 26 (Tahoe)
Tahoe may not be quite ready for you though.weblog.rogueamoeba.com
AudioRelay: Stream audio between your devices
Stream the audio of your PC or laptop to your phone. Use your phone as a microphone for your PCAudioRelay
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award, 8.16.0, all headers, major incident, keynote, EuroBSDCon
I was #awarded Developer of the year yesterday (in Sweden).
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Developer of the year
Developers Day is a recent annual Swedish gala organized by the Stockholm-based company Developers Bay. This is its third year running.daniel.haxx.se
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ChatGPT added MCP support on Wednesday.
ChatGPT leaked private Gmail data to attackers by Friday. 🤦♂️
Because #promptinjection is not a problem these "PhD level" AI assistants have solved.
Look at that calendar invite. That text is all it took for taking over someone's #ChatGPT connected data. Allowing the attacker to use the same #MCP enabled tools that are supposed to make AI useful at work.
It really is as stupid as @davidgerard keeps telling in Pivot to AI.
Gosh, why doesn't he just shut up and take care of his failing businesses? :)
RIP pthread_cancel() in curl. It was an interesting adventure.
#curl
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RIP pthread_cancel
I posted about adding pthread_cancel use in curl about three weeks ago, we released this in curl 8.16.0 and it blew up right in our faces. Now, with #18540 we are ripping it out again.icing's blog
I think it's reasonable to declare that pthread_cancel() is effectively broken for any nontrivial use on contemporary OSes and it is unlikely to be fixed any time soon.
(I suspect it would actually be easier to cajole libc maintainers into adding an async friendly version of GAI() than to make GAI() cancellation safe.)
If you want a cancellable thing from which you can make blocking calls, the only near-universal option is subprocesses. Unfortunately there are reasons why in some ecosystems it is impolite for a library to start a subprocess.
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Kids nowadays get Chromebooks at college, MacBooks for uni, use Android or iOS on their phones and game on PlayStation 5 and Switch. Windows is this legacy thing forced on them by old people in business.Cyberplace
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In world political news that went under the radar over the past few days: the government of #Nepal has been overthrown by youths following a governmental move to block social media, and accusations of corruption.
A new PM was elected over #Discord, and has been accepted by the military. They aim to hold elections within 6 months.
I repeat:
THEY ELECTED A NEW GOVERNMENT
OVER
DISCORD.
And no second ammendment was needed to rise up against against tyranny.
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Nepal Currently Being Run Via Discord After Gen Z Uprising
They went from banning social media to being run by it.AJ Dellinger (Gizmodo)
Apple Watch Series 11's Increased 24-Hour Battery Life Has a Catch
Apple's claim that the Apple Watch Series 11 offers 24 hours of battery life has drawn scrutiny as closer examination of Apple's own testing...Hartley Charlton (MacRumors.com)
Masquerade as the BCE Inc. Giga Hub with the WAS-110 or X-ONU-SFPP - PON dot WIKI
Masquerade as the BCE Inc. Giga Hub with the WAS-110 or X-ONU-SFPPpon.wiki
github.com/djGrrr/8311-was-110…
Although I'm not sure if that is what's running on your device. But its the custom firmware I'm running.
GitHub - djGrrr/8311-was-110-firmware-builder
Contribute to djGrrr/8311-was-110-firmware-builder development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
As for benefits over PPPoE passthrough, you'll probably notice a bit of a reduction in latency, perhaps 1 MS better. Minor, but a perk.
Certainly the fact that you're in control of everything up to the fiber connector, you can choose when firmware updaes happen, and not Bell. No more modem reboots over night, and even randomly during the day. Oh yeah, and no more incidents of pushing bad configs to a million modems causing them to be down for 8 plus hours, LOL.
I was enjoying the net all through that incident.
Also, may be a good reason to revisit some VLAN snooping to see if IPv6 can be found anywhere.
So you will note that the connector is square, and if you feel along the sides of the square that naturally face your fingers as you grip the connector, you will feel narrow slits, that should feel like they're for finger usage to loosen or unlock the connector. And this is what happens. You squeeze these tabs inward, and the lock is released. You then pull very gently, very slowly, and very straight with your entire hand, and the connector should slide off the SFP+ module, or out of the modem. The modem will likely be a bit trickier in handling, and may require some effort to unplug the connector. Do your best in gaging if you think you're overdoing something, but at the same time, the modem connector may be stubborn. Most of all, always pull or push connectors straight.
Also, never, under any circumstances that you can control, touch or point the end of the fiber connector at your face or any one elses. Touch should be absolutely limited to necessities, or purposefully destroying a connector. To plug the connector back in, ensure it is aligned with the square receptical, and push gently. If aligned, it will slide a short distance, then lock into place with a bump and a slight click.
Hope this helps some.
"Apple is about to drop Accessibility Nutrition labels on the App Store, offering users transparency about which accessibility features apps support."
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#apple #a11y #apps #accessibility #appstore
Add an Accessibility Nutrition Label
I've just completed an app audit for an iOS accessibility nutrition label. Here's what I learned.gerireid.com

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in reply to Tuta • • •Okuna
in reply to Tuta • • •To believe in the power of open source does not mean that you do open source.
zeroase
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Tuta Mail: Is it really foss?
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in reply to Tuta • • •Pablo Majster
in reply to Tuta • • •Honestly, you're winning me over more and more
I use Proton Mail right now, but seeing how open and active you are - talking with people on the fediverse and replying to comments - really means a lot. Especially since Proton left Mastodon a few months ago 
Your strong support for the #FightChatControl campaign and your clear choice to stand up for privacy rights - instead of giving up and leaving the market if the law goes through - says a lot 🔐 I've always liked tools that focus on doing one thing well, not big all-in-one ecosystems, and it looks like your way fits me much better.
Thanks for staying true to your values 🙌 I really hope that never changes.
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in reply to Zockbursche • • •GitHub - ProtonMail/proton-calendar: Proton Calendar built with React.
GitHubSid
in reply to Tuta • • •@zockbursche even their audit report for calendar is from 2021.
But from what I found online, all their web based code was moved to github.com/ProtonMail/WebClien…
Also, proton said in a reddit post 3 years ago, that calender is not open source. reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/commen…
2 years ago, they said this reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/commen…
This is not expected from proton. It appears, that may have caught the big tech virus. Their revenue has grown a lot, they are launching new products fast.. sigh
GitHub - ProtonMail/WebClients: Monorepo hosting the proton web clients
GitHubSkyper 💻🎧☕📖
in reply to Tuta • • •@zockbursche You really need to learn how to use a search engine: github.com/ProtonMail/WebClien…
"This project is a monorepo hosting the Proton web clients. It includes the web applications, their dependencies & shared modules as well as all tooling surrounding development of the web clients (as well as some additional miscellaneous things)."
And then, three clicks later: github.com/ProtonMail/WebClien…
Last commit was 8 hours ago.
GitHub - ProtonMail/WebClients: Monorepo hosting the proton web clients
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in reply to Tuta • • •I'm a paying customer for both Tuta and Proton. Want to support Tuta hoping they improve. But they're not good enough right now compared to Proton which, while not being perfect, works for me in replacing US software.
Proton on the other hand keep showing up in unflattering stories a bit too often for my liking.
Hoping Tuta improves their UX and adds additional apps to form a "suite": password manager, cloud, VPN. Heck even cryptpad...
Sunshine
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in reply to Tuta • • •Unfortunately #Proton chose to leave Mastodon since they got more pushback here than on other platforms whenever they stepped outside of the image they portrayed. Thus they sadly won't see your apt post.
(I'm still a Proton Visionary customer though, but even as such they didn't want to admit to why they left the Fediverse)
@protonprivacy
DigitalDigger
in reply to Tuta • • •Proton Suspended Journalist Accounts Citing Term of Service Violations
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in reply to Tuta • • •Take a look in the mirror first and check what you're posting on social media.
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