#Pachli Current has a quality of life improvement -- writing a post (either a new thread, or a reply) now creates a new task. In Android "tasks" are the things you switch between on the "Recents" screen you use to swap between apps.
There's a few scenarios where this is helpful.
1. You want to reference multiple posts. You can start writing, open "Recents", then switch back to the timeline, copy text from another post (or its link), and paste it into the post you're writing.
🚄 All aboard the #HackerTrain to #FOSDEM !! 🚃
Going to #FOSDEM2026? Thinking of going by #train?
Would you like to meet other hackers along the way?
Join us on the hackertrain.org !
We are currently planning the route(s) for this trip, so it is the best time to join in – regardless of:
- where you would like to start your train journey
- whether you’d like to help or just tag along
hackertrain.org/hackertrain-to…
plz boost
So sure. I tried to get into the band TOOL, since every intellectual metal head keeps banging on about how fucking great they are.
But then i read this and it confirms what i always thought about them. They are arrogant and pretentious posers.
[The headline is misleading. The singer does not actually apologize for superspreading COVID in NZ, but makes a joke of it)
alternativenation.net/tool-sin…
Tool returned to New Zealand last week, performing in the country for the first time since February 2020. At those shows five years ago, Maynard James Keenan was unknowingly sick with COVID-19.Kaitlyn Estona (AlternativeNation.net)
Prof: "Dieses phpBB ist genau so alt wie es aussieht."
Yep here's mine, I have Talkback describe the screen, and then asked it to summarize as a list so I could copy it.
Just discovered an incredible resource for accessible Bible study: World Bible Plans
As a totally blind, autistic, chronically ill Christian, finding tools that are both spiritually rich and screen‑reader friendly isn't easy. Their EPUB plans (like the World English Bible with David Guzik's commentary) have proper headings for navigation, built-in cross-references, and formatting that makes daily devotions possible without frustration.
I don't know if all their plans are accessible by default, so I suggest mentioning in the “additional requests” box that you're blind and need screen‑reader friendly formatting. That's what I did, and the result was excellent.
Also note that if you choose a Bible version that isn't in the public domain, the plan will only give you a guide showing which verses to read, not the full text.
If you've struggled with inaccessible study tools, this might be a game‑changer.
#Christian #Bible #BlindChristian #Accessibility #BibleStudy #WorldBiblePlans #ScreenReader
WBP offers custom-made free bible reading plans with scriptures and commentaries in your language : Custom-made specifically for you per your requirements .worldbibleplans.com
reshared this
Onward. Along railroad tracks and other urban infrastructure. Moon in everything, slightly dizzy and a bit disconnected. Halting states, afternoon escapism.
📷 lost-in-moments
#outerworld #concrete city #lost in moments #smartphonephotography #later that afternoon
like this
Trump ventures deeper into anti-immigrant language by calling people from Somalia 'garbage'
https://apnews.com/article/trump-garbage-somalia-minneapolis-immigrant-omar-03e31bba53519d8a39b419679a3b75d9?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into UK Government @uk-government-FlipboardUK
I don't know who needs to learn this, but, around the System 7 era of Mac OS (I don't know, mid '90s? Ish?) there was some kind of add on or extension or whatever that enhanced the desktop experience thus:
Whenever you dragged something to the Trash target icon, it would play a little animation of Oscar the Grouch popping up out of the can.
He would sing "I love trash! I love it because it's trash!" and then lickity-split descend back down.
No GUI experience has come anywhere close since.
I've started donating monthly to @thunderbird the email client that's been on my side for (literally) decades🐦⬛ 🫂
And it's not just that, it's also a tool that keeps on evolving and improving and employs good people.
It's something i should have done years ago, honestly.
Email is boring, but Thunderbird has been the one tool over the years that has made it manageable for me 🌈
Ah, yes, the time of year where everybody is asking for donations. Surprised that the rescue we got my wife's dog from made no requests of us, this year? The rescue we got my dog from did. Gave to the latter because of the "Giving Tuesday" matching program. I'll have to see if the former is still running under "Giving Tuesday".
Oh well: I've been using @thunderbird@mastodon.online since it was in beta, so, they got some
The Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation helps homeless pets find their way into loving homes through rescue and adoption.Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation
Es ist Weihnachten... spendet doch einmal für ein Opensourceprojekt wie @thunderbird
Simple, very simple
updates.thunderbird.net/de/thu…
Thunderbird ist eine freie E-Mail-Anwendung, die sich leicht einrichten und anpassen lässt – und wir haben viele tolle Funktionen hineingepackt!Thunderbird
RE: floss.social/@gnome/1156624308…
I've finally put my money where my mouth is and joined the other #FriendsOfGNOME.
I've been using #GNOME since the #HelixCode/#Ximian days shortly after 1.0 and while I have certainly tried other DEs over time, GNOME remains my go-to desktop project after all of these years. It just vibes with how my brain works and what it likes. It is one of my FLOSS rocks.
The consistency, attention to details, and un-overwhelming/non-stim-triggering design has been a comfort to me all of these years later.
I'm finally, 26ish years on, finally in a place that I can actively, and responsibly, support incredible projects like GNOME.
Supporting the GNOME Foundation directly enables us to take on more initiatives like this, paying community members to deliver impactful work. Help us reach 1,500 #FriendsOfGNOME before the end of the year by donating today: donate.gnome.orgWhat features or initiatives would YOU like to see the GNOME Foundation take on in the coming year?
#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #GNOMEFoundation
Microsoft is making changes to its diversity and inclusion efforts. The annual report is being dropped, alongside employee performance review reporting.Tom Warren (The Verge)
Fascinating story from a software dev Fedi friend, shared with permission to keep it anonymous:
❝A couple of days ago, I had an experience at work that made me understand one of the reasons why the chasm of opinion about LLMs is so deep and wide.
My department mostly does fiddly lowlevel work, [close to hardware]. A few of us don't use LLMs at all, a few use them sparingly, and one member is absolutely all-in. So during one of our morning meetings he suddenly started going off on a deeply disturbing diatribe about how we need to treat the LLMs “like slaves”.❞
1/
❝It was *impossible* for me or anyone else present to get him to understand that *we don't want slaves, simulated or otherwise*.
I've thought about that a lot in the days since.❞
4/
I agree with the storyteller: the experience of having a slave is abhorrent, simulated or not, and this story is a window into something •deep• about the present moment. Even without having slaves, we are all in danger of having a •slaver mindset•. It’s a disease that’s running rampant now in billionaire-shaped techno-utopian circles.
I wrote this thread on the topic earlier:
hachyderm.io/@inthehands/11329…
…and even having written that, it’s still shocking — not surprising, exactly, but shocking — to hear those thoughts expressed so baldly by the colleague in the story above.
@raganwald@social.bau-ha.us @rysiek@mstdn.social @cstross@wandering.shop Guinan said it. This scene still gives me chills every time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T9TUeapBSQ What writers. What a pair of actors. 🧵Paul Cantrell (Hachyderm.io)
Six Conservative Justices saw almost every member of the Texas Republican Party bragging about how intentionally racist they were being, and said, "We don't see any racism."
I can't wait to see their COMPLETELY OPPOSITE RULING striking down California's redrawn maps. bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1v21p…
The electoral map could boost the Republican effort to shore up their majority in the coming 2026 midterm elections.Nardine Saad (BBC News)
Khronos reshared this.
Interesting take on how Microsoft employees are resentful of AI because they're forced to use Copilot but it doesn't make them more productive and AI teams are rewarded while everyone else gets scraps & layoffs. It even claims a team lost their PM to layoffs because of lack of proficiency at using AI.
jonready.com/blog/posts/everyo…
A post about everyone in Seattle hating AI.jonready.com
SeaweedFS has had one hell of a struggle with their S3 V4 signatures and reverse proxies. Over the last year they've refactored several things to get it to work as consistently as possible.
But one giant problem that they haven't properly documented: If you are reverse proxying on HTTPS/443, you should NOT set X-Forwarded-Port or it fails signatures.
Because it assumes you need the port to be signed because it's part of the URL right??, but nobody puts the 443 port in the URL...
Disabling X-Forwarded-Port fixed SeaweedFS auth for me
guess I'll have to save someone the pain and blog this
Jonathan
in reply to Pachli • • •Pachli
in reply to Jonathan • • •@jonathan859 Do you mean the title when the "Recents" view is open? I.e., the bit pointed at with the arrow in the attached image?
If yes, then I don't think so. I can't see anything in the documentation that suggests this is possible, and I tested with GMail, and that doesn't give the windows different titles.
If anyone reading this knows different please let me know.
Jonathan
in reply to Pachli • • •Pachli
in reply to Jonathan • • •@jonathan859 I take it back, this is possible (for anyone looking for this, `setTaskDescription`). This doesn't change the visible title, but it does change what Talkback reads out.
So, what would be useful to use here?
Depending on the state I thought one of:
- Replying to (name)
- Quoting (name)
- Writing post
(Talkback automatically puts "Pachli" before each of those)
Anything I've missed?
#accessibility #androiddev
Jonathan
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