Have you also noticed that features (as well as extensions) to render RSS/Atom feeds directly in the browser have slowly disappeared - at least from Chromium-based browsers?

There was a time where almost every website would sport a link rel="alternate" pointing to a feed. And, if they did, most of the browsers used to show the feed icon directly in the URL bar, and browsers used to render feed URLs as HTML (it used to be quite spartan, but it was surely better than dumping some XML).

Those features have been taken away over time. The feed icon built-in in the browser is gone (you can get it back with some 3rd-party extensions). And, when opening a feed URL, the browser dumps directly the XML.

Of course I can imagine why this has happened (especially in the case of Chromium-based browsers), but I won't give up easily on my feeds, no matter how much effort my browser puts in it.

So in the past couple of days I've worked on a small browser extension that can render RSS feeds directly in the browser in a pretty format. That's ideal for people like me that like to explore feeds, but don't want to go through the hassle of adding them to another client or service just to see what's inside.

The extension is still WIP and I haven't tested yet on Firefox - any feedback is more than welcome.

git.platypush.tech/blacklight/…

rss-viewer-browser-extension

A simple extensions that allows you to render RSS feeds directly in the browser and fetch RSS URLs from web pages.

^{Platypush Git}

Wow, after 25 years of Unix experience, I learned that you can filter output in #less.

Press ampersand (&) and enter a regex to show only lines matching the regex.

Press ampersand (&) and then exclamation mark (!) to apply an inverse filter.

We just published a new blog post detailing our adventures with streamlining authentication in #XMPP!

It turns out you don't *always* have to choose between improved security or better performance. Why not both?! 🌈 🦄

Check it out at blog.prosody.im/fast-auth/

My level of pissoffedness with Windows is slowly creeping toward the "switch back to Linux" thresholds.

Defender reports threats that don't appear in its list of recent actions. If I trigger a scan, threats sometimes appear when I'm watching, but they vanish before I can navigate to them and learn more. If I trigger another, I'm told no new threats were found, implying the existence of non-new threats. I cleaned Defender's history of recent actions as suggested on a few threads I found, no change. Threats are still detected but not shown.

I scanned with Malware Bytes. No threats found.

And now backups fail because Windows claims they contain a virus or unwanted software. I can't even back up my own damn system. Thanks daddy Microsoft, I'm sure you know best and I'm just dumb.

And no, I don't download bunches of random things and click all the links. I browse behind multiple layers of ad/malware-blocking, including a Wireguard VPN with locally-run AdGuard DNS further hardened with custom blocklists. No it isn't foolproof, but I also don't think I'm being a fool.

So there's a way to get the Steam app to play nice with screen readers.

Go to your desktop and highlight your Steam icon. Open your applications menu, go to properties and add -gamepadui to the end of the string. Make sure there's a space between the quote marker and the dash or it won't work.

You might have to login again, but this throws the app into a beta of the Steam Deck UI which fuck me sideways is very NVDA friendly. There's some bugs here and there, but this is lightyears better than what we had to deal with before.

#SteamAccessibility #Steam #Gaming

✨ Tady něco nového ode mě v #czech! 🎉

Koukněte na zbrusu nový webový komiks "Contra Chrome":

👉 contrachrome.com/cz01

Podtitul: O tom, jak se prohlížeč Googlu stal hrozbou pro #soukromí a #demokracie

Těšit se můžete na Shoshanu Zuboff nebo veganské piraně :)

Dozvíte se všechno, co jste kdy chtěli vědět o #Chrome, ale báli jste se zeptat!

Čtěte a stahujte zdarma - doufáme, že se Vám to bude líbit! 😊

A pokud ano, prosíme o co největší šíření!

A Linux audio driver walks into a bar

Bartender: "what would you like?"

pulseaudio[18814]: No object for name "alsa_output.pci-0000_04_00.1.hdmi-stereo"

Bartender: "I can't hear you?"

pulseaudio[18814]: core-util.c: Failed to connect to system bus: Did not receive a reply

RT @xdavidhu@twitter.com

I found a vulnerability that allowed me to unlock any @Google@twitter.com Pixel phone without knowing the passcode. This may be my most impactful bug so far.

Google fixed the issue in the November 5, 2022 security patch. Update your devices!

bugs.xdavidhu.me/google/2022/1…

🐦🔗: twitter.com/xdavidhu/status/15…

Accidental $70k Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass

David Schütz's bug bounty writeups

^{bugs.xdavidhu.me}

@flaki asked me for this, so here's a short guide on scaling Mastodon *down*: gist.github.com/nolanlawson/fc…

Note that I'm not a Ruby/Sidekiq expert and probably don't know what I'm talking about. But these tips worked for me.

Scaling Mastodon down

Scaling Mastodon down. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

^Gist

We are welcoming Zap to #GNOMECircle! Zap can play and organize sounds for your next live stream, or you could listen to the integrated bark sound if you are still morning its removal from GNOME Shell 🐶

Zap is maintained by @rmnvgr

apps.gnome.org/app/fr.romainvi…

Zap – Apps for GNOME

Play sounds from a soundboard – Play all your favorite sound effects! This handy soundboard makes your livestreams and videocasts more entertaining. Import audio files, arrange them in collections and customize their appearance.

^{apps.gnome.org}

Co aktuálně čtete?

Já zrovna dočetl Mokrou rybu a vrhl se na Tichého zabijáka. Obě to jsou detektivní knihy od německého autora Volkera Kutschera , jedná se o 1. a 2. díl ze série a odehrávají se v meziválečném Německu. Podle kníh byl natočen seriál Babylon Berlín.

Já mám sérii dočtenou, akorát jsem původně začal číst až od 4. dílu, protože jsem si toho v knihovně nevšiml. Tím, že se případy neprolínají, tak to ani nevadilo a já tak dnes jen doháním dluh :D

If you are interested in improving the #accessibility of Mastodon, take a look at the issue queue github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…+

If there are issues you've found that aren't there, are they part of the instance of Mastodon that you are using, or part of the core open source project? Custom themes can get in the way.

Posting #a11y bugs is important in moving ahead any open source project.

Issues · mastodon/mastodon

Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community - Issues · mastodon/mastodon

^GitHub

#introduction

My name is Evan Prodromou. I'm an Open Source software enthusiast, best known for my work in wikis and in social software.

I work as Director of Open Technology at the Open Earth Foundation.

I live in Montreal, love to garden with native plants, make wine, cook, and live an examined life.