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Pressure on Senators •is working•. Previously head-in-sand centrist Senators are actually coming out to vote against ICE funding. Their positions are still weak and insufficient, and more need to cave to pressure — but they are visibly buckling.

Again, we should not and must not wait on elected officials to save us — they will not — but we can and should deploy pressure on them as a strategic tool in moments when that can be useful.

Now is such a moment. KEEP IT UP.

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Can Walz discharge all the members of the MN National Guard and then immediately swear them all in as State Troopers?

If so, this would be a clever way to prevent them from being federalized and allow them to push out ICE. And then when it's all over just swear them all back in as Guard members again

Yeah it's a lot of paperwork but you gotta fight lawfare with lawfare

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Friendly reminder of why #Google is just plain evil: they've taking down #IzzyOnDroid (a third party Open Source Android "app store" like #FDroid) *twice* in the past 30 days over false positive malware scanning.

See floss.social/@IzzyOnDroid/1158… and floss.social/@IzzyOnDroid/1159…

(More detailed history on gitlab.com/-/snippets/4909577#…)

#Android #OpenSource


Netcraft false positives, Google Safebrowsing shenanigans ($4909577) · Snippets · GitLab

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GitLab

IzzyOnDroid ✅

2025-12-30 01:35:27

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We are receiving reports that Google flags our repo as "having dangerous apps" or being a "dangerous site" – texts being very vague, no proof given (nor did they inform us). They also link to a page they call "Transparency Report" – which is of the same vagueness, but definitely not transparent (transparencyreport.google.com/…)

We're not aware of any such dangerous content. All apps on our repo are properly scanned, see izzyondroid.org/about/security…

#IzzyOnDroid #serviceToot

Screenshot from Chrome browser, declaring IzzyOnDroid being a "Dangerous site"
screenshot from Chrome in the Android emulator (Pixel 6, API 34), claiming IzzyOnDroid containing "dangerous apps" "Attackers currently on apt.izzysoft.de could install dangerous apps…" 1) there are no attackers on that site, it's only us 2) we cannot install apps on your device, only you can 3) maybe we have some apps dangerous to Google's business model, but (to our knowledge) none dangerous to your device ;) 4) most of the apps here come from GitHub. I bet GitHub is flagged the same – not, because MS has lawyers we cannot afford…

Security - IzzyOnDroid

Security measures taken at IzzyOnDroid
izzyondroid.org

#android #google #opensource #fdroid #izzyondroid
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Phantasus 🏳️‍🌈

it's things like this, which hinder the adoption of open source software. I today had an unproductive discussion online with someone who sells why Apple products are the best out there and I annoyed that guy by saying that Linux on a laptop could perform better, but the thing it's always an uphill battle.

Hardware companies not cooperating, laws, no funding, no market, etc.

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Sylvia

@phantasus Yeah. Linux is great! But how is anyone ever going to find out when you can barely ever buy it preinstalled (at least not in any "normal" store)?

And then with all the extra fighting we have to do with smaller teams and less budget to not have our existence be censored by the big players, we are even expected to meet higher standards than them (nobody calls Google Play "scary" despite all the malware cases they've had while we had none...)

FOSS is never given a fair chance :(

@Phantasus 🏳️‍🌈

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It's really nice now. Like, all I need to do for a new setting is:
1. Create passes/liquid_dynamics.cpp, or whatever rule I want.
2. Add my settings to LanguagePack
3. Register it in pass_pipeline.cpp
4. Done
The core engine stays clean. Each rule lives in its own file where you can tune it, break it, fix it, without touching anything else. Honestly this would be an old 1990s TTS engineer's dream and that's a good feeling.
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RE: mastodon.scot/@TOrynski/115956…

“Can we just stop equating success with short-term economic growth? What if we used usefulness and longevity? What if we gave more value to the fundamental technological infrastructure instead of the shiny new marketing gimmick used to empty naive wallets? Well, I guess that if we changed how we measure success, Europe would be incredibly successful.”

Worth reading.

Tomasz Oryński (@TOrynski@mastodon.scot)

Czytaliście już? Bardzo dobre.. https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html
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Y'all I want to get in the hot tub and not code for the day I hope that's acceptable. We added a lot of stuff today, now I hope languages can take advantage of these new settings. Only by adding good structured rules can we make this thing sound better. Now that the frontend is moduler. So I'm going to update packs from here on out probably, mainly English ones, make words like "good" and "book" sound less British, stuff like that, but I really want to lock the frontend down a bit with some more modularization like this and then worry about extending it as languages need it. It's now as easy as adding a new CPP in /frontend/passes for any extr things, that makes me very happy. I'm not going to keep bloating ipa_engine.cpp with more rules.

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New NVSpeech Player update! Huge one. But it's V13 so maybe it'll be unlucky. Who knows! I did a major engine change, but languages are kept the same for now.
You'll see checkboxes for coarticulation, microprosody, and phrase-final lengthening. Here's what they do — and why the difference is subtle but real.
Coarticulation: Your tongue doesn't teleport between sounds, it glides. These settings make consonants "lean toward" neighboring vowels. The "velar pinch" makes /k/ sound different before "ee" vs "oo" — try "key" vs "coo" and notice how the /k/ changes. That's real, and now the synth does it.
Microprosody: After voiceless sounds like /p/ or /s/, the next vowel's pitch starts slightly higher. After voiced /b/ or /z/, slightly lower. Maybe 10-15 Hz — tiny, but expected by your brain.
Phrase-final lengthening (off by default, useful for some languages): We slow down at sentence endings. This stretches the final vowel so speech feels punctuated, not abruptly stopped.
Rate-dependent reduction: At high speeds, unstressed schwas get shortened, keeping fast speech crisp.
Anticipatory nasalization (off by default): Vowels pick up nasal resonance before /m/ or /n/. Optional since languages vary.
Will you hear a dramatic difference? Honestly, each one is subtle — like color-grading a photo. You might not spot what changed, but it feels less synthetic. I encourage language speakers to mess with them for their language and report which numbers work.
eurpod.com/synths/nvSpeechPlay…
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Fun fact: about 2/3 of the apps in our repository are confirmed as #ReproducibleBuilds – and (rough guess) about 90% of those are hosted at Github.

Now: Github being marked "malicious" by Google "Safebrowsing" – when? That's where all the malicious code lives then, no? And where all those (90%) "malicious" APKs are attached to releases (which we scrutinize with a bunch of extra scans; you can compare the file hashes to confirm) 🤔

#reproduciblebuilds

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We are slowly building a fully standardized, scalable and coherent social network, step by step 🏗️

All the interactions between the apps and platforms are strictly defined in XMPP

Stories for example are defined in this simple extension: xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0501.h….

And for the first time two totally different clients are sharing Stories, in real time, without any adaptation in between ✨
..and everything is stored on your XMPP account! 🔒 Checkout the Stories integration in @monocles 🤩

#XMPP has never been so alive ♥️

monocles.social/@monocles/1159…

The XEP Stories status

monocles (@monocles@monocles.social)

Attached: 2 images Today, the next release of monocles chat is finally ready and published, and will be available in stores in the next few days. It is a huge update with three fundamental new features: Stories, Feeds, and Phone log.
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#xmpp @monocles
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I have started using @Tutanota and I am pretty satisfied with it except for a big issue, which might be a big barrier for many people.
You cannot import email unless you buy the Legendary subscription. I bought Revolutionary, and what a surprise!
I have to say now, if you go to Pricing in the website, there is no mention to that. In fact, when you try to import (only possible in the desktop app) you get an invitation to change to Legend, with the same information, so you cannot say what is happening. If you go to the help center (Support), there is no information in the Import sections about the account level.
In fact, I'm currently unable to find the page where Tuta explains that by the moment only Legend accounts can import email.
I totally understand that migrating accounts can be an important overhead for Tuta now. I also see email importing like a critical feature. It should be included in all paid subscriptions. Maybe limiting the migration size or rate, but it should be present.
And, in any case, it should be clearly stated in all the help pages. Now I have an odd and not very positive feeling about Tuta, like this company was hidding very relevant information when offering their products. I'd like to import my old emails, but I really do not need the Legendary subscription. Indeed, I might accept paying an entry price enabling me to migrate my old account.
I have to say, you need to take care of the help system too. For instance, in the "forward email" section, you show links with further information about activating email forwarding from different providers, but these pages are only comparisons between Tuta and the other providers, there is no explanation about email forwarding.
#Tuta #EmailImport #drawbacks
#tuta #emailimport #drawbacks @Tuta

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Hey @Tutanota, I have been using your Tuta mail for some time now. I love the concept of encrypted emails and have since gotten many people to switch to your services.
The only problem I have is with my partner, with whom I share a calendar. When a new event is created, the other person is not notified. Is there already a solution for this, or are there plans to implement something like this?
Thanks a lot in advance and btw. I live your presence here in Mastodon ❤️
@Tuta

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Hello @fastfinge and others, I added two new tools to /tools in the SpeechPlayer Repository. Let me know if these can help you:
formant_trajectory.py — The Visualizer
This is an accurate Python port of frame.cpp's FrameManager.
python formant_trajectory.py --packs /path/to/packs --text "hello world" --voice en-gb --out trajectory.png --wav audio.wav
python formant_trajectory.py --packs /path/to/packs --ipa "həˈləʊ" --out trajectory.png --show
# Vowel space plot
python formant_trajectory.py --packs /path/to/packs --text "beat bit bet bat bot" --vowel-space vowels.png
frame_inspector.py — The Debugger
For when you need to understand why a transition sounds wrong:
# Dump a single phoneme's frame parameters
python frame_inspector.py --packs /path/to/packs dump a

# Compare two phonemes side-by-side
python frame_inspector.py --packs /path/to/packs compare a i --fade 10

# Trace the exact interpolation sample-by-sample
python frame_inspector.py --packs /path/to/packs trace a i --duration 100 --fade 10 --out trace.png

# Find the most "violent" transitions in your phoneme set
python frame_inspector.py --packs /path/to/packs grid --phonemes a e i o u p t k s --metric f2_rate

# Estimate consonant locus (for coarticulation tuning)
python frame_inspector.py --packs /path/to/packs locus p --vowels a e i o u

@🇨🇦Samuel Proulx🇨🇦

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I last did lap swimming in early 2020. I stopped when the pandemic started, and I didn't go back... Until today. I've wanted to for a while, and today, things worked out such that I was able to get a ride there and back. You guys, I think I went too hard. I aimed for 1000 yards, but wound up feeling good enough to go to 2000. Now everything from my mouth down is sore. Yes, my mouth. I forgot about all the mouth work involved in blocking and expelling water.

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#Elite #ICE #TargetSpotting Database and Software brought to you by #Palantir.

The US has become fascist, and we Germans can say that... we have seen such surveillance methods being abused twice, in the past, with pen, paper and wiretapping. #Stasi #Gestapo #Thiel.

Their claim is: "We can generate any proof your law enforcement entities need."

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#palantir #ice #Thiel #elite #targetspotting #stasi #gestapo
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