objectinspace

@objectinspace@freeradical.zone

Welcome to my tiny corner of the internet! I'm an accessibility specialist for WhatsApp, which is about the least exciting thing about me. I also play video games--while blind! I hosted a politics podcast with Matt Cooper called The Game Is Rigged from 2017-2018. I've produced and acted in the Worm full-cast Audiobook project. I host a weekly show called Thoughtfood on Venom.FM from 12 to 3 PM PST on Sundays. I also sing and play drums. I'm even a snappy dresser--though this is disputed!

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Gargron, to ghost
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The blogging platform is working on adding integration. That means, among other things, being able to follow Ghost-powered blogs and comment on articles right from your Mastodon account. The website they made to explain their plans is really nice! This is what momentum looks like.

https://activitypub.ghost.org/

ErikUden, to random
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icecreamjonsey, to random

I have fallen too far into the world of retro games to process whatever on earth this is.

18+ tek, to random
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How Johnson came to embrace Ukraine aid and defy his right flank - CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/21/politics/ukraine-aid-mike-johnson-house-speaker-israel-taiwan/index.html

> “Kick rocks, tubby,” Rep. Derrick Van Orden said to Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican trying to derail Johnson’s plans.

First, LOL. But seriously, the level of Republican discourse these days.

DavidGoldfield, to random

Pluto TV Now Offers Hundreds of Free Live TV Channels. Can it Replace Cable TV Services Like Comcast & Spectrum? – Ask Luke https://cordcuttersnews.com/pluto-tv-now-offers-hundreds-of-free-live-tv-channels-can-it-replace-cable-tv-services-like-comcast-spectrum-ask-luke/

9to5Mac, to random
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Gurman: iOS 18 AI features to be powered by ‘entirely on-device’ LLM, offering privacy and speed benefits https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/21/gurman-ios-18-ai-features-on-device/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

randahl, to random
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The press in Congress asks the usual tabloid questions about the war between Mike Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

But the important question they should ask is this:

Now that Ukraine has lost several towns, thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have died, and Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been bombed to smithereens, because they ran out of important military equipment, how do you justify your long delay of this important bill on Ukraine aid?

JoshuaHolland, to Russia
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112 voted to let crush . But the aid bill passed.

CivilityFan,
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@objectinspace
My sentiments exactly, I’m for non violence and finding a peaceful solution to problems, but unchecked aggression cannot be resolved by compromise. Chamberlain wanted to promise the British “peace in our time” by giving in to Hitler. It didn’t turn out well for him, and if Ukraine falls, it will end up being US troops on the ground in Europe again.
@JoshuaHolland

acedtect, to random
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TikTok bill passed the US House and it’s going to pass the Senate next week. Get ready for the court case folks. Justin Robert Young and I will break it all down Monday.

acedtect,
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@MisuseCase @objectinspace @pch minor point but all TikTok US user data is already subject to US subpoena and surveillance. It’s managed by a separate company called USDS which has the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US on its board. So that part was achieved already.

mike, to fediverse
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The problem with building a closed social network is that it sets up an all or nothing premise for users. They might like some of the signature features but they'll leave if there's not enough people to network with. That's a shame and a huge barrier to innovation and new social products.

The changes that forever. People can now use the features they like from a mix of apps across a common network of people. This means we can take a whole new approach to how "social" and "media" should work including discovery, user experience and monetization that will be far healthier than anything we've had in the past.

eladnarra, to random
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The Palestinian Relief Bundle is live on itch.io!

https://itch.io/b/2321/palestinian-relief-bundle

$8 gets you 373 games, including A Short Hike, Wandersong, and Alone on a Journey (just to name a few I recognized when skimming). All proceeds go to the PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund).

Also my partner and I contributed a solo/journaling game (Junk Mail Archeology), but since that's normally pay what you want, it's the other games that are the draw. 😉

w7voa, to random
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US House of Representatives approves legislation that will send $60.8 billion to Ukraine, $26.4 billion for Israel and $8 billion for Taiwan.

w7voa,
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“I want to thank Speaker Johnson, Leader Jeffries, and the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in the House who voted to put our national security first. I urge the Senate to quickly send this package to my desk so that I can sign it into law…” - President Biden in a statement https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/20/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-house-passage-of-the-national-security-package/

sonny, to linux
@sonny@floss.social avatar

Orca the Linux screen reader now has a website!

https://orca.gnome.org/

Thanks to @snwh

And thank you Joannie, @igalia and the community for all the ongoing work and support.

#Linux #GNOME #freedesktop #a11y #accessibility

DeliaChristina, to random
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Real politik.
Everyone is willing to sacrifice Palestinians for 'normalization.'

Good luck, Joe.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTL5gSKPu/

simon, to random

The YouTube app on iOS is getting so bad that I'm seriously considering canceling YouTube premium. The number of swipes required for a single video listing is increasing, not decreasing; and there's a swipe trap in the title section of the video player now, so you have to explore by touch to get past a certain point. Anyone know the best way to give accessibility feedback on Google apps? I can't imagine they are somehow unaware of how stunningly awful this app has become, but I can at least write to them and say I did my part.

JSharp1436, to twitter
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ℹ , a alternative that emerged in the wake of ’s takeover, is shutting down. , the platform’s founder and former CEO of , writes that “is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.”

The Andreessen Horowitz-backed platform launched in a closed beta in November 2022, but now it’s set to shutter “within the next few weeks.”

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown

GottaLaff, to Israel
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Iranian foreign minister says it will not escalate conflict and mocks Israeli weapons as ‘toys that our children play with’.. refused to acknowledge was behind the attack.

's foreign minister refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack on his country and described the weapons that were used as more like children's toys.

"What happened last night was not a strike. They were more like toys that our children play with – not drones."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iranian-foreign-minister-says-weapons-used-israeli-attack-toys-childre-rcna148568

objectinspace, to random

What's the current state of the art when it comes to vocal removal? I used to use Demucs but hear that is no longer the best thing.

parismarx, to tech
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Amazon set the foundation for the waves of generative AI ebooks now flooding its platform with its promotion of self publishing.

Scam publishers use AI tools, very poorly paid ghostwriters, and fake reviews to trick people into buying terrible books.

https://www.vox.com/culture/24128560/amazon-trash-ebooks-mikkelsen-twins-ai-publishing-academy-scam

aardrian, to accessibility
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‘When security and accessibility clash: why are banking applications so inaccessible?’
https://www.nicchan.me/blog/when-security-and-accessibility-clash/

I once did a presentation for a bank client explaining all the ways preventing paste disables users.

The response: “But we have to, for security.” No ability to justify beyond that, no consideration of user impact, no offer of supporting data.

Security theater is often used to abrogate requirements.

jasonkoebler, to random
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A company is paying gamers in Fortnite skins to donate their idle GPUs to generate AI porn. What could go wrong

https://www.404media.co/gamers-are-renting-their-idle-gpus-to-generate-ai-porn/

olafurw, to random
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Windows 95 walked so 98 could run so 2000 could sprint so Me could walk so XP could run so Vista could crawl so 7 could sprint so 8 could fall down so 8.1 could stand up so 10 could run so 11 could hide their shoes behind a "show more options" button.

PCMag, to random
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Google has fired over two dozen staff after they participated in an office sit-in protest over the tech giant's role in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud contract between Google, Amazon, and Israel's government and military. https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-fires-28-employees-after-protest-over-israeli-military-contract

verge, to random
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Samsung shifts executives to six-day workweeks to ‘inject a sense of crisis’ https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24133854/samsung-six-day-executive-workweeks-crisis-management

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