One thing I kinda miss from twitter is the notification when someone liked something I boosted.
On here, boosts feel like they end up in the void, unseen, on twitter I could see that others appreciated the things I boosted, which made me more likely to do it.
Thoughts like "oh $person would really like this post" don't really occur to me much anymore.
#wayback, a small project gluing together wayland components to turn Xwayland into a full X environment, is now published: https://github.com/kaniini/wayback
there's definitely a gazillion bugs, which will need work across the entire stack to solve.
however, unlike Xlibre, this is a sustainable path that is intended to reduce the number of X components in distributions.
PNG is back!
https://www.programmax.net/articles/png-is-back/ (by Chris Blume)
A new PNG spec was just released! […]
[…] After 20 years of stagnation, PNG is back with renewed vigor!
What's new?
* Proper HDR support (future‐proof, too!)
* Finally recognizes APNGs (animations!)
* Officially supports Exif data
* General tidying up—fixing errata, clarifications, etc.
The European Citizens Initiative Stop Destroying Videogames is ending in about a month (31st of July):
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en
Currently there are about 470 000 signatures. Which is a far way's off, but it has also been picking up steam again recently with Accursed Farms' latest video... It has gotten 2 000 or so more signatures even just as I began typing this, it's far from over.
If you are in the #EU and like video games and/or like consumer protections, and have not signed it yet, SIGN IT!
We report: the loudest nights are upon us. The frogs, the cicadas, the bats, and the odd owl are all working together to drown out the mosquitoes, for which we are thankful. Near the ground, the humidity cuts through the heat of the days, and a sense of peace washes over us.
C’est l'été 🌞 ! On retourne à la fin des années 2000, le lycée qui se termine, les potes, la campagne, les champs et les feux de camp. Dernière BD avant les vacances –je vais me reposer, il vous aura pas échappé que l'année a été un peu rude :D
Merci encore et toujours de vous approprier mes bêtises/mon taffe/mon art/mon cul, merci pour vos mots gentils.
J’espère que vous allez, ou que vous irez bien,
La bise ❤️
S.
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#fenetreDOvertonDeLaGauche
(Dédicace à la #SNCF)
j'avoue que Meta capable d'associer votre historique de navigation avec votre identité sur mobile même avec un VPN même en navigation privée même sans être connecté à Facebook/Insta, c'est aussi ingénieux qu'affreux, je l'avais pas vu venir
We report while the warmth of the afternoon is dissipating, the mix in temperatures in the air confusing our senses. The smells of early summer are strong in the fading light, grass, warm gravel, and the scent that is indescribable, but unique to this time of the year.
Signal (and many other messengers) stores push tokens in their database in plain text. Which allows law enforcement to subpoena them (though signal has never publicly admitted this happening) and then law enforcement uses these push tokens to subpoena apple to get personal information associated with it like your full name, address, phone number etc.
This way Law Enforcement can correlate your personal information with your signal account which means participants in conversations are deanonimzed. (Though content is still encrypted).
If you organize in large signal groups (or any Messaging app using push notifications) there is a high chance law enforcement and intelligence agencies can tell that you're part of a group or not.
I don't understand why nobody is talking about this more. It's extremely problematic.
Apple started publishing stats on how often this happens now. They were gag ordered to not speak about it before but they have changed course (https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/)
You can find the stats here:
Le nom de la rue des Cordelières, #paris13 dans le quartier Croulebarbe, fait référence à un ancien couvent de religieuses appelé les Cordelières, qui occupait autrefois cette partie de la ville.
Le mot "cordelière" vient de la corde nouée que portaient les membres de l’ordre des Franciscains.
Au n°29, le Palais du peuple de l'Armée du salut construit en 1912 est adjoint, en 1926, d'un bâtiment d'habitation sociale de 110 appartements, construit par Le Corbusier.
Au 31, l'école Otzar Hatorah et le lycée privé confessionnel Jacob-Safra.
Au 33, l'accès au square René-Le Gall.
Aux n°39-45, le lycée Rodin.
We report: over the mountains, the clouds march forever, snagging on the tops, filing them down with the use of rain and time. It is the oldest story that clouds can tell, and it has not ended yet. We do our part by retracing the steps that others have walked before us.
A growing number of apps are using the Play Integrity API to enforce installation from the Play Store. This is clearly highly illegal anti-competitive behavior. It doesn't impact GrapheneOS users installing apps with the sandboxed Play Store but does impact other install sources.