TBlock is a systemwide and open source ad-blocker written in Python, that can be used both as a command-line tool or as a GTK application.
* Become a translator! : https://translate.codeberg.org/engage/tblock/
TBlock is a proudly anti-fascist software.
🚨 Today, noyb has filed a lawsuit against the German DPAs of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse!
👉 After almost 4 years of investigations into Pay or OK cases, the DPAs still haven’t managed to issue a decision on the merits.
All details here 👇
https://noyb.eu/en/years-inactivity-pay-or-ok-cases-noyb-sues-german-dpas
When you're on the #fediverse, please avoid censoring specific words in your toots/posts (i.e. with numbers or asterisks instead of letters).
Why? Because many of us around here have set up #filters against specific words. We do not want to read posts talking about these words, because these topics trigger us and causes us great discomfort or distress.
If you're censoring words, what you're actually doing is circumvent our filters, and the result will be that we'll be able to see posts that triggers us.
Same goes for pictures. If you're posting screenshots of other people's posts, please ensure you have a short description of what the picture is about (and a content warning when needed). Otherwise, not only is your post not accessible for people with screen readers (or people who chose to hide all media by default), it will also escape our filters.
#accessibility #anxiety
Hi there! This is my first post from my self-hosted #GoToSocial instance :D
GitHub wants to spam open source projects with AI slop
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/20/github-wants-to-spam-open-source-projects-with-ai-slop/ - text
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM1EPHaHBuM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
Fantastic news! We've reached 1 million votes! But please keep sharing and voting in case some votes are invalid!
EU citizens, please sign this petition to ban so-called "conversion therapy" in the EU. It's a practice that's extremely harmful towards LGBTQ+ people.
The site is a little slow, but keep trying!
https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home
It's already banned in some countries but we need a EU wide ban!
We now have eight countries past their thresholds, and we have at least 1,000,000 total votes.
So keep signing & voting!
@FediFollows oh wow I was wondering why there were so many new followers, now I know why! thanks a lot for the visibility :)
#Privacy & #DataProtection picks of the day (continued):
➡️ @avoidthehack - US-based site encouraging people to protect their privacy
➡️ @lealternative - Italian-language site about privacy-friendly apps & services
➡️ @pyngudigital - German digital agency advising on privacy-friendly tech (in German)
➡️ @securedrop - Platform for anonymous whistleblowers to contact journalists & NGOs
➡️ @tblock - Free open source ad-blocker
➡️ @e_mydata & @murena - De-Googled privacy-friendly Android phones
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Checking a sample of 5,594 posts with media from the past 24 hours for ALT text (media descriptions):
Known Fediverse: 63%
FLOSS.social: 96%
Gajim 2.1.0 has been released 🥳
This release brings an all-new activity feed and adds support for Message Displayed Synchronization across group chats.
Thank you for all your contributions! ❤️
Support Gajim's development: https://liberapay.com/Gajim
A new stable release of #TBlockGUI is out. It contains bug fixes and translation updates.
I also apologize because homebrew and windows builds are delayed for the command-line releases. This is due to a lack of free time, but I'll ship it as soon as possible.
More info: https://codeberg.org/tblock/tblock-gui/releases/tag/1.3.5
Until now, my name in online spaces has been Twann. However, I recently decided to get rid of this online pseudonym that I've been using for several years now. Here’s why, and how to call me now.
@nortix glad to hear that! :)
We stay strong against hate and hatred, and in response to the recent abuse campaign on our platform, we have renewed our commitment to fight for a better world. We apologize to everyone who was greeted with an abusive message this morning.
Read about the recent incident and our position on our blog: https://blog.codeberg.org/we-stay-strong-against-hate-and-hatred.html
Thanks to all your kind words of support, this is much appreciated. #StaySafe
We just discovered a bug that causes #tblock to crash when trying to define custom rules. We are deeply sorry for any inconvenience caused by this and will issue a fix as soon as possible.
More information here: https://codeberg.org/tblock/tblock/issues/86
After a long break, I am trying to start working on it again. However, I am having trouble to find some time, because now I don't have as much as before for personal reasons.
The version 3.0 should be almost ready, but I don't remember much about the code that I wrote 8 months ago, and I am wondering whether I should start from scratch again. I changed a lot of my coding habits over the last few months, and this old code almost doesn't feel like mine.
Have a nice day/night everyone :)
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Some of you may have noticed there hasn't been much activity in #tblock 's code repositories since a few months.
To be clear : I intend to keep developing this piece of software, because it is very important to me, it is my oldest project, and I learned a lot of my skills working on the very first versions of it. Developing my own ad blocker was one of the reasons I first learned coding.
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@akariii or any other big tech corporation tbh
Are you an #admin of a #Forgejo instance? What challenges do you face in terms of #moderation or #spam?
We are caring about your experiences and looking forward to your input in https://codeberg.org/forgejo/discussions/issues/107 to decide how Forgejo can be improved to make life easier for you (and us).
Thank you for spreading the word!
@akariii this is basically the definition of accepting microsoft user terms🫠
@akariii sure! 💅
