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Hundreds of businesses in the Twin Cities closed today to protest the presence of federal immigration agents in Minnesota, as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis in a show of solidarity over the Operation Metro Surge crackdown. cbsnews.com/minnesota/live-upd…

Thousands march through downtown Minneapolis protesting against ICE as state workers hold general strike

Hundreds of businesses in the Twin Cities were closed Friday to protest the presence of federal immigration agents in Minnesota, as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis in a show of solidarity.
WCCO Staff (CBS Minnesota)

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Sorry, America.

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Air Quality: AQI 38 (Good) – Dominant pollutant: PM2.5 | Advice: Air quality is satisfactory; enjoy normal outdoor activities.
Current Conditions: Partly cloudy
Temperature: 86°F (30°C) (feels like 90°F (32°C))
Feels different: Due to heat index
Humidity: 53%
Wind: NE at 7.4 mph (11.9 km/h)
Dewpoint: 67°F (19°C)
Pressure: 30 inHg (1010 hPa)
Visibility: 49.2 mi (79.2 km)
UV Index: 9.2 (Very High)
Heat index: 90°F (32°C)
Sunrise: 5:14 AM
Sunset: 6:45 PM
Air Quality: AQI 38 (Good) – Dominant pollutant: PM2.5 | Advice: Air quality is satisfactory; enjoy normal outdoor activities.

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Hey blind people, what is the recommended accessible format for distributing text-only content? So that a short text of a couple hundred words is browsable, searchable and the structure is understandable?

Am I correct is assuming that a well-structured PDF with all the titles set correctly would do the trick? Or is there some secret file format that is much better suited?

The document is intended to be distributed as downloadable file, not as a website.

(Sighted people feel free to boost but for the love of everything please do not try to answer)

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🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦

@WeirdWriter@skye The issue with HTML is that a lot of browsers these days will refuse to download HTML, and will just open it. For less techy people, actually saving an HTML file they got from a link can be challenging. And markdown is fine on desktop, but I'm not aware of anything on mobile that allows navigating by headings in a markdown file. Personally I'd say epub. There are free programs on all the platforms that can open epub, browsers just download it by default, making accessible epubs is as easy as making accessible html, and it will work for blind and sighted alike so you don't need to create two different documents.
@Virtualized Nightmare @Robert Kingett

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As Donald Trump formally inaugurated his so-called
"Board of Peace" at the
World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland, on Thursday,
his son-in-law Jared Kushner
presented his vision of
turning the Gaza Strip into
an upscale seaside resort
with gleaming skyscrapers and entirely new cities.

The proposal is said to require an investment of at least $25 billion,
and Kushner’s presentation showed a map of the besieged territory divided into different zones.

This all comes as Palestinians in Gaza struggle to survive with little food or shelter amid ongoing Israeli restrictions on aid.

“It’s hard to take these people seriously.
I mean, they’re buffoonish.

But the problem is, is that they control the largest military and economy in the world,”
says Sharif Abdel Kouddous,
the Middle East and North Africa editor at Drop Site News.

He calls the Board of Peace
“a parody of a colonial body”
and says the plan for Gaza will result in
“ultimate control and subjugation” of the Palestinian population

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“Emperor” Trump’s So-Called Board of Peace Erases Palestinians from Gaza Governance

As President Donald Trump formally inaugurated his so-called Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, his son-in-law Jared Kushner presented his vision of turning the Gaza Strip into an upscale seaside resort wit…
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People who were hoping the term "autopilot" would be so tainted or become illegal are probably going to be disappointed to learn that BYD copied it and consider their God's Eye system to be an implementation of "NOA" (navigate on autopilot)

It's never going away; Tesla picked the terminology and it will be with us forever

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Alex  🔧🔮🌎🪿

@SrRochardBunson
Mythbusters covered this years ago, any kind of aerosolized carbohydrate can make a big fireball (they used coffee creamer to test the myth). Not recommended to try at home.
youtu.be/yRw4ZRqmxOc

Mythbusters - Creamer Cannon

Season 07, episode 03. 'Viral Videos'Airdate: September 3, 2008The Mythbusters test if they can create a 'creamer' cannon using non-dairy creamer, compressed...
YouTube
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Alex  🔧🔮🌎🪿

@SrRochardBunson If you look up "grain elevator explosion", there're a few news reports per year of one blowing up randomly. So it's frequent enough that they put a lot of work into mitigating the risk factors.
knobelsdorffenterprises.com/gr…
A pentagon with sides labeled: fuel, ignition, dispersion, confinement, oxygen

Grain Elevator Explosions: What Are They And How To Prevent Them | Knobelsdorff Enterprises

In this article, we will discuss what causes a grain elevator explosion and what are some preventative practices that minimize the chance of grain dust igniting. Learn More!
Knobelsdorff Enterprises
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According to the #GooglePlay statistics, these are the countries with more #ArcaneChat users 👇

1. #Russia
2. #Cuba
3. #UnitedStates / #USA
4. #Iran
5. #Germany
6. #India
7. #Brazil
8. #Canada
9. #France
10. #Indonesia

happy to see families of all over the world enjoying ArcaneChat 💜

#family #chat #privacy #security #encryption #sovereign #decentralization

#privacy #encryption #security #India #googleplay #Russia #chat #Germany #USA #decentralization #canada #france #brazil #unitedstates #iran #cuba #indonesia #family #arcanechat #sovereign
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Mike Gorse

I don't know if leaving was your choice or not, and I'm sorry if it wasn't, but it sounds like it was a good run, and not many of us are in one place for that long nowadays, either. Hopefully you'll find something that fits you well at this point in your life. It seems like an opportunity to think about what you'd like to do next.
Are you going to stay in Ireland?
I wonder if Igalia is hiring (I'm pretty sure you know people there or used to).
I have no idea off-hand what SUSE has for openings, but it might be worth taking a look.
Good luck, whatever you decide to do next.

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"The FBI agent🚨 who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer."

#Murder #JusticeForRenee #Lawless #FBI #TrumpRegime #ReneeGood #ICE #CivilRights #Rights #AbolishICE #DHS #PoliceState #StateViolence #Protest #USPol
nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/fbi-…

#uspol #civilrights #dhs #protest #fbi #murder #ice #rights #abolishice #TrumpRegime #reneegood #justiceforrenee #lawless #policestate #stateviolence

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Okay, my southern friends. I understand it's about to potentially snow. a lot, but that does not mean we need to act like the world is ending. Here are a few tips. get groceries because it never hurts to prepare but leave some for everybody else. Don't be greedy. Don't use warm water on something like your car to get ice off the windows, you'll crack glass. If it gets cold enough, keep your faucets dripping. If you can't drive on the ice and snow, stay inside. Hell, stay inside anyway. Make sure if you have pets that they're inside, don't leave them out in weather like this. Charge your everything. Phone, tablet, power bank, just in case you lose power. Feel free to reply with any other tips I might have forgotten and boost for those who might be a bit unprepared. Use common sense and stay warm.
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Wow, glm-4.7-flash (30B-A3B MoE) was posted on #Ollama 3 days ago, and there are already 19.2K downloads! I haven't tried, but people seem to say it works better with agentic coding than other models around 30B! Also, it seems to be slower and use a lot more memory than other models around 30B for some reasons. #LLM #ML #AI ollama.com/library/glm-4.7-fla…

glm-4.7-flash

As the strongest model in the 30B class, GLM-4.7-Flash offers a new option for lightweight deployment that balances performance and efficiency.
Ollama
#AI #ML #llm #ollama

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nations and borders are bullshit. we're on a giant rock zooming through space and we've covered it with imaginary lines and decided only certain people are allowed in certain places. could we be any more immature? #AbolishICE doesn't go far enough. #AbolishBorders too. earth belongs to everyone. let people go where they please. yeah I'm one of those scary anarchists you've been hearing so much about. better arrest me I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️
#abolishice #abolishborders
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