Notices by Drew Mochak (drew@akkomane.social)

@arstechnica Not gonna happen, they’re too busy being on their second vacation in two months

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/arstechnica/statuses/115271122681155738

@pesh No this thing I’m on has had quote posts for a while so it’ likely implemented in a different way from how the new Mastodon is doing it. I’m not sure if Akkoma is gonna change how they do quote posts to be compatible or keep it the way it is. Given the nature of the projects though I would guess they will not, which is a shame. But I guess it’s also possible that the clients need to be updated and when that happens there will be more broad support of QP’s in general?

I have no idea.

They work in Enafore. 🤷♂️

@pesh LOL yeah. I might be boring and migrate to one of the blindy instances, I’ve been trying to do the bluesky bridge which also isn’t working and you’re not the first one to tell me that my QP’s don’t display for them. I do like my markdown and emoji reactions though!

@pesh Let’s see.

• This should show up as a bulletted list item.

This should be a blockquote.

This is crossed-out text.

@matt @pesh Hmm–well this appears to be true for markdown at least, it might not hold true for reacts and/or quote posting. https://write.as/enbyspaceperson/the-state-of-formatting-on-mastodon

Unity developers can now tap into system screen reader tools on macOS and Windows! https://www.engadget.com/gaming/unity-developers-can-now-tap-into-system-screen-reader-tools-on-macos-and-windows-200348860.html?src=rss

Tim Cook gave Trump a golden statue. You know, to say thanks. One billionaire to another.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: but isn’t that, like, blatantly illegal?

No, as it turns out:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-order-foreign-bribery-act

He literally legalized bribeary. Good job, Republican voters. Fantastic stuff.

Saw Sinners. It was good. Y’all should watch it.

“I’ve never installed GNU/linux. I never saw a point in learning how. A beginner shouldn’t be installing operating systems.” –Richard Stallman🤡

Of course he hasn’t. He has people for that!

Imagine, being so utterly cooked that you have never installed the software you have spent your entire life shilling, but do not consider this a failing of said software.

People actually listen to this guy? Incredible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umQL37AC_YM

@nikitonsky Wow that’s crazy. Cast latency is much less than this, I would’ve expect airplay to be better.

@evan He did actually go, just, not so long ago. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/biden-galveston-juneteenth-visit-20383423.php

Research commissioned by Ofcom suggests society may have overestimated the risk of the ‘manosphere’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/13/study-manosphere-ofcom

I talk a little politics and then get into more Mass Effect https://twitch.tv/object_inspace

@GossiTheDog This is default behaviour you can change, right? Can you exclude them (and other apps) from the snapshots? I imagine it hoovers up an incredible amount of sensitive stuff by default. Probably not something most people are aware of when they buy their new Del!

I looked at the Blind Shell Classic III, a candybar-style Android 10 phone without a touch screen designed for folks who want a simpler phone experience. Costs $700.

Posting my interviews with various CSUN exhibitors in this thread. This one is with View Plus. We talked about the Rogue embosser ($6000), the MBraille ($2000), the Tactile slate ($600) and Inclusio, an upcoming marketplace for interoperable tactile displays.

Imagine, voting to censure a Democrat for protesting the Trump administration, and then continuing to call yourself a Democrat after that https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-move-censure-democrat-al-green-after-disrupted/story?id=119482259

Good thing Congress has nothing better to do, like passing a spending bill.

An aspect of President Trump ending DEI programs that I haven’t seen getting much coverage: he’s not calling it DEI anymore. Now it’s DEIA. The a stands for–you guessed it–accessibility!

Disabled people are next.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), assisted by the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), shall coordinate the termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear.

@storm Wait the linux version has TTS? I asked the ZDoom guys to do TTS and they told me to pound sand. Amazing! Can’t wait to try it out.

@storm That’s so interesting. So if I used it to play, for example, My House, would it read the status messages that pop up when you pick up certain things?