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Picked up a few TP-Link Tapo smart plugs today from Best Buy. Spent the last hour setting them up and configuring automations.

This is fun.

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This week I briefly thought about changing my personal blog to WordPress, setup a test site and played with it for a couple days, remembered how much I hate the Gutenberg/FSE experience, read more about the recent WordPress drama Matt loves to create, deleted the test site, updated the theme on my Ghost-powered blog, and updated my /Uses page.

stevenbrady.com/uses/

#IndieWeb

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Computers * Office PC: Dell OptiPlex 5090 running Fedora KDE Plasma Spin 41 * Office Laptop: Dell Latitude 5470 running Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon.
Steven Brady (StevenBrady.com)
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Indiana bakery still using Commodore 64s originally released in 1982 as cash registers — Hilligoss Bakery in Brownsburg sticks to the BASICs

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I've spent way too much time troubleshooting multiple Nextcloud LDAP issues this week. The first was me moving the user. This was easy to figure out, as I had moved my Bookstack user a couple weeks back and realized it was the same issue. Second was the sadly short password that the LDAP users and groups backend supports. Apparently I knew this in the past but forgot to save the short password for this service account. I was trying to use an unfortunately long one. My ADAudit+ reports tomorrow are going to be an absolute shitshow.

While I was working I updated to 30.0.4. Fortunately Nextcloud updates are the easy part.

#Nextcloud

#nextcloud
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On at least 12 occasions since 1990, law enforcement threatened journalists with jail or home confinement for refusing to give up their sources; some reporters served months in jail. That should never happen again. Tell Congress to pass the PRESS Act. act.eff.org/action/tell-congre…

Tell Congress To Pass the PRESS Act Now

The Protect Reporters from Exploitive State Spying (PRESS) Act is a long overdue federal shield law that provides protections to journalists against government surveillance and forced disclosure of confidential sources.
act.eff.org

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Sergio
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any country doing this should be declared a dictatorial regime ' de facto '. We have enough candidates today!

#Journalism it is the best example of why end-to-end #encryption matters.

#encryption #journalism
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John A. Wojtowicz
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Thank you for your post.
The lookup app on the site locates a rep not correct for my address.

Peace

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#Tuba v0.9.0 is now available, with many new features and bug fixes!

✨ Highlights:
- Audio Visualizer
- Accent Colors and other GNOME 47 changes
- Focus Picker
- Account Suggestions for new accounts
- Scheduled & Draft Posts
- Hashtag extraction from posts
- Full emoji reaction support for supported backends
- FediWrapped
- Thread Muting
🧵

As always, there are too many changes to list here, if you're more interested, check out the full release changelog:
github.com/GeopJr/Tuba/release…

#GNOME #GTK

Release v0.9.0 · GeopJr/Tuba

Added Audio Visualizer (#1099) Focus Picker (#1101) Scheduled Posts (#1209) Draft Posts (#1213) Bold search query in results (#1085) Mute expiration and notification hiding switch (#1106) Verified...
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#gnome #gtk #tuba

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Essem :skeeter:
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@GeopJr i've gone ahead and added a chuckya api_version: github.com/TheEssem/mastodon/c…

let me know if you need anything else!


Add api_version for Chuckya · TheEssem/mastodon@f0453c6

Chuckya, a glitch-soc fork used on wetdry.world. Contribute to TheEssem/mastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
@GeopJr
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GeopJr
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@esm Done from my side too! github.com/GeopJr/Tuba/pull/12…

feat(Bubble): Chuckya support by GeopJr · Pull Request #1285 · GeopJr/Tuba

streamlined the api_versions too so it's easier to do future additions. Streaming should also work (if public streaming is enabled)
GitHub
@Essem :skeeter:
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Any moth.social users from the #DMV are welcome to migrate to DMV.Community!
#dmv

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Support my attempts to find out if you can do NFC tap-to-pay without big tech

I've been dropping a lot of hints about my journey to rid myself of Google's Android on my Pixel 8 Pro lately, a quest which grew in scope until it covered everything from moving to GrapheneOS to dropping Gmail, from moving to open source "stock" Android application replacements to r

osnews.com/story/141327/suppor…

#OSNews

Support my attempts to find out if you can do NFC tap-to-pay without big tech – OSnews

www.osnews.com
#osnews

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Didn't you run /e/ or CalyxOS for a while? What made you switch to GrapheneOS? Elaborating with an alternative on my fairphone and GrapheneOS (however interesting) is only for google pixle devices 😋
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There is another batch of bad abortion-related opsec advice going around, so I'm just going to link to Digital Defense Fund's guide to abortion privacy, which is realistic, practical, and explicit in its threat models: digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-gui…

Guide to Abortion Privacy — Digital Defense Fund

Digital Defense Fund

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zetabeta
zetabeta
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and others
i'm totally pro-choice, and this is serious issue.

could you point some bad advices? maybe in this case links are NOT necessary.

i have some disagreements with the ddf guide, or more like additions. in short: avoid normie smartphones.

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evacide
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@zetabeta DDF's advice is based on years of experience with a wide range of abortion-seekers and is grounded in a realistic understanding of their risks and what is practical. Giving people advice they definitely will not follow is not actually helpful if you want to protect people.
@zetabeta
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📣 Check out REUSE Specification 3.3 and REUSE tool 5.0.0 !

REUSE provides all the tools and documentation that developers need to apply standards-compliant and comprehensive licensing information to their projects, without needing to be legal experts.

reuse.software/

#freesoftware #SoftwareFreedom #licensing


REUSE - Make licensing easy for everyone

We make licensing easy for humans and machines alike. REUSE solves a fundamental issue that Free Software licensing has at the very source. Adopting our recommendations is as easy as one-two-three!
reuse.software
#FreeSoftware #softwarefreedom #licensing

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#AOC Flips the Religious Freedom Argument on Its Head | NowThis

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AOC Flips the Religious Freedom Argument on Its Head | NowThis

‘The only time religious freedom is invoked is in the name of bigotry and discrimination. I’m tired of it’ — AOC just flipped the entire ‘religious freedom’ ...
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#aoc

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#FBI Warns #iPhone And #Android Users—Stop Sending Texts

forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/20…

#SMS #privacy #cybersecurity


FBI Warns iPhone And Android Users—Stop Sending Texts

US officials urge citizens to use encrypted messaging and calls wherever they can—here’s what you need to know.
Zak Doffman (Forbes)
#privacy #cybersecurity #Android #iphone #fbi #SMS

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AbuMubarak
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Now that the FBI is saying it, i am more skeptical of these "encrypted" messengers. This is the same govt that has been trying to kill encrypted services for a few years and we all know they dont care about security

I am really wondering who is worse to have my data, China or NSA?

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Everyone is posting their wrapped so thought I would post mine

And before you ask, yes my computer does seem to be infected with a virus, how did you know?

#Meme #Limewire #Wrapped #SpotifyWrapped #Torrenting #Pirating

Lime wire wrapped 1. sistem_of_a_down_Zelda_song.flac 2. Nirvana - Glycerine.flv 3. track_8_(1)_(1)c.mp3 4. weird_al_Bert_and_Big_Bird_smoking_weed_FUNNY(parody).wav 5. jay-z_the-blueprint_FULL ALBUM_REAL.mp3.exe
#meme #torrenting #wrapped #SpotifyWrapped #limewire #pirating
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Spent way too much time troubleshooting what I thought was a Bookstack issue, but it turns out I moved the AD user to a different OU a while back and forgot to update the .env
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Black Friday Deal: Drupal 100% Off!

This Black Friday, we’re going all out: Drupal is 100% yours for $0. Just download and enjoy. Offer never ends.

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Joakim Fors
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I picked the right day upgrading two old Drupal sites. Was afraid I'd have to splurge on two licenses right before the holidays. :blobcatgiggle:

Wohoo! That elementary OS 8 download link is LLLIIIVVVEEE.

Why do Microsoft Outlook profiles become corrupt so often?
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A low-quality picture of a person in a private home's bathroom mirror, holding the handset of a payphone with the earpiece and mouthpiece pointed towards them, aiming the back of the handset at the mirror - the rest of which is still attached to the handset, and just behind the person. They're looking into the camera, too. There is no obvious way this photo could have been taken, as there are no cameras visible in the mirror. It's captioned with "How we used to take selfies in the '90s."

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you know, this feels like a fun time to remind those of you able bodied out there, ally or not, you will be disabled eventually, unless you die very young. it might take 40 years for your hips to give out, or you might have a lifechanging accident in the next 30 minutes, but don't think you're better than me just because i've been disabled since i was a teenager. you'll know what it's like eventually. maybe start advocating for us now while you have working legs and arms and eyes

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Working on an old customer system listening to the hard drive thrashing and feeling nostalgic.
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Genders? Nah, what's your preferred approach to identifiers in a network

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7 things all kids need to hear

1 I love you

2 I'm proud of you

3 I'm sorry

4 I forgive you

5 I'm listening

6 RAID is not backup. Make offsite backups. Verify backup. Find out restore time. Otherwise, you got what we call Schrödinger backup

7 You've got what it takes

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Elena Rossini ⁂
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haha I wish my parents had told me about no.6 when I was younger 😂

Thankfully I had the right instincts and I’ve been keeping a backup at my in-laws’ in the countryside AND at my parents’ home in Italy.

The RAID I have is pretty ancient with FireWire 800 and USB 2 ports - ready for retirement 🙃

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There doesn't appear to be a limit to the maximum size the KDE cursor can get when you shake it.

I find this hilarious. Is this an easter egg? When shaking my mouse cursor, I can get it to take up the whole screens height.

This is KDE Plasma 6.

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Captain Aggravated
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Yeah I noticed that. I have a tendency to wave the cursor at something going "And then what's this over here in this area?" and it'll make the cursor grow, because I accidentally activate the Where's The Mouse feature, and then I noticed that sometimes it would grow to slightly different sizes, so...yeah if you keep shaking it it just keeps getting bigger. I can't seem to get it big enough to span my 1440p monitor's height, but it will span my 1080p monitor's height.
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Is there a Linux media player that will save your place in a playlist if you switch to another playlist (or station or file) between plays?

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SnazzyGumball
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Well I think that you can achieve that with MPV with using the save-position-on-quit in mpv.conf or using Shift+q when exiting the Video this does the job for me. Also you can search for a lua script that might be more useful like some of those:
[1] github.com/CogentRedTester/mpv…
[1.1] github.com/CogentRedTester/mpv…
[2] github.com/Eisa01/mpv-scripts?…
[3]( MPV script that periodically saves "watch later" data during playback ) gist.github.com/TheDrHax/fa2db…

I never have used them myself tough.


GitHub - CogentRedTester/mpv-scripts: A collection of scripts for mpv player

A collection of scripts for mpv player. Contribute to CogentRedTester/mpv-scripts development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
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Hey, cis folks? And especially men? If you want some low effort trans ally actions you can take, put your pronouns everywhere.

Like, everywhere.

On here, in your profile. On your other social media. On your own website. On your GitHub profile. On your resume. In your email ‘From:' header. Your email signature. Your business cards, if you have those.

Basically everywhere you introduce yourself, in other words. Make it pervasive, normal, set an example.

Then take your privilege, wield it like both sword and shield, arguing for gender neutral language everywhere you can. Legal documents, the works.

Let us see you fight for it ✊🏻

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Updated my personal blog theme to Attila. So I figured I should update my /Uses page as well. And I had quite a few updates to do there.

stevenbrady.com/uses/

#IndieWeb

/Uses

Computers * Office PC: Dell OptiPlex 5090 running Fedora KDE Plasma Spin 41 * Office Laptop: Dell Latitude 5470 running Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon.
Steven Brady (StevenBrady.com)
#indieweb

I'm still very behind on my blog, but I just dropped another post. Maybe I'll get back to weekly soon. Maybe.

Enterprise Linuxes release version 9.5 and other somewhat recent cool crap

opensourceorgtfo.com/enterpris…

#RHEL #RedHat #AlmaLinux #RockyLinux #Thunderbird #Yunohost #COSMICDE #Signal #VestaCP #NethSecurity

Enterprise Linuxes release version 9.5 and other somewhat recent cool crap

Yep, when I started the draft of this post it was a couple recent links. By the time I hit publish they were stale. But I'm releasing anyway! Red Hat Enterprise Linux has released version 9.5.
Steven Brady (Open Source or GTFO)
#signal #cosmicde #redhat #AlmaLinux #thunderbird #yunohost #rhel #RockyLinux #NethSecurity #VestaCP

I haven't seen Signal's new icon that everyone is complaining about. Can it really be that bad?
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Campbell Jones
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It's a pretty harsh shade of indigo. I'll get used to it though.
A screenshot of the new Signal logo.
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Steven
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@Campbell Jones :budgie: And they didn't add the old color version to their alternate app icons?

I use Molly so mine is purple.

@Campbell Jones
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Security plugin flaw in millions of #WordPress sites gives admin access

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

#cybersecurity

#cybersecurity #wordpress

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Every day I sit down I have to update my system before working. I just can't function knowing there are out-of-date packages.
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For the avoidance of doubt: nothing changes. MAGA is still a hate cult. Climate change is still real. Earth is still round. Vaccines are still effective. Trans and non-binary people are valid. Women are people. Black lives matter. Love is love. No person is illegal. Hold your ground. Double down.
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If you're reading this, and you have the means, please donate to a cause or organization that supports marginalized communities. I've donated to Trevor Project and Malala Fund in the past week.
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I've typed this Bitlocker recovery key so many times I've nearly memorized it.

Just turned off all desktop effects in Plasma on Fedora 41. Something is making my computer act sluggish on effects, and I'm not in love with it. Let's see if this helps.

There's a new Android client for Friendica, and it's quite promising.

Raccoon for Friendica

livefasteattrashraccoon.github…

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We’ve improved private group video calls in Signal with new features, incl. call links.

Create a link that anyone on Signal can use to join a group call *without* having to join a Signal group chat first

+ raise hand, emoji reactions, calls tab, & more
signal.org/blog/call-links


Improving Private Signal Calls: Call Links & More

If you love group calls on Signal, but don’t want to create a group chat for every combination of your friends or colleagues, you’re in luck.
Signal Messenger

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JuLY LION
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I just want my SMS support back. I've been hopping across half-a-dozen different free SMS apps that are either missing features or have those broken features. Everything just worked with Signal.

I also can't convince my friends to try Signal when I now don't use it.

I hate to say it, but this has caused me a bit of a headache today. Maybe I just need more caffeine.
An unchecked checkbox with the word Enable next to it

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Sometimes a reformat and reinstall is the only solution.
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Boost to save a life.
The first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach TRANS LIFELINE at 877-565-8860

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Time to whip up an external hard drive with #Ventoy and #Rescuezilla.
#Ventoy #Rescuezilla

My wife's WD_BLACK NVMe SSD is failing.

The support and RMA procedure is easy, albeit confusing.

But Western Digital/Sandisk is charging $25 non-refundable 'Convenience Fee' for an advanced RMA replacement. That's pretty sucky.

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Steven
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Over 24 hours later I finally got notification of the new drive shipping. I paid for two day, so that's at least 3.
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