Bill Ricker @n1vux@mastodon.radio

you don't hate Shark Week, you hate capitalism

#Boston #Covid19 numbers going up again; city recommends, but does not require, indoor mask wearing https://www.universalhub.com/2022/boston-covid-19-numbers-going-again-city

A friend pointed out the EFF has put out a guide for camping.

Please keep it in mind:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/security-and-privacy-tips-people-seeking-abortion

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Neil Sloane, creater of the OEIS, has a blog!
He's started with a post about a really interesting integer sequence, and a call for help with it: https://njas.blog/2022/06/03/the-two-up-sequence-a090252/

Please boost for visibility: Global Accessibility Awareness day (#GAAD) is on May 19th. I’d like everyone that can to turn off your monitor, or close the laptop lid and connect a keyboard, or close your eyes, and turn on your OS screen reader, and use your computer with it. How does it make you feel? Do you know enough keyboard commands? Does it give you enough info? Does it make you enjoy using the computer? Do you feel productive? Why or why not? #a11y #screenreader #blind

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"Did you know a teleporter does not send the atoms your body is made of, only how you are put together?"
"Yeah! You are a completely new person when you arrive."
"That's why I'm not using them."
"Are you kidding? That's why I use them!"
#MicroFiction #SmallStories

Has someone asked you to "caption your image" or "add a text description" or "use alt text" and you're not sure what that is, or how?

This page is here to help!

https://m0yng.uk/Image-descriptions-on-the-Fediverse/

Covers most (all?) Android apps, web interfaces, and TUI/CLIs that I know about.

(I know that not everyone can describe things, and that's ok! This page is here to help people who want to but don't know how, or want some tips.)

Deep links should work, e.g. for @Tusky

https://m0yng.uk/Image-descriptions-on-the-Fediverse/#tusky

#fediTips

another genuine #feditip is that if you make a post and it doesn't get much engagement~

boost it again later. keep boosting it daily. there's no algorithm here, so if you miss peak engagement hours, you can just boost your own posts to have folks see them again and the platform isn't going to punish you for it

hell, bookmark your own posts so you can bring them back occasionally and have people revisit the hits

New people to the #fediverse, particularly those who are academics or journalists:

know that unlike Twitter, almost all people here *do not* consent to having their posts quoted without prior permission.

Do not scrap a bunch of posts, or re-embed them in articles, without getting consent.

What is a gender neutral term that can replace Aunt/Uncle?

(asking here cuz i trust y'all wayyyyy more than random online articles on these topics)

Boston area virus signature in wastewater.

Please stay home.

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I’m looking for a small (2-4 port?) USB 2.0 hub that lets me toggle both power *and* data pins with a physical switch. Does such a thing exist?

Anyone using #LibreOffice 7.1 or 7.2: a security update was just released for both, so update ASAP.

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/12/06/libreoffice-7-2-4-and-7-1-8-community/

@libreoffice

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