Sam's Stream

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Links to things I share without comment: tools, articles, whatever else I find interesting. My blog with actual writing is at [Sam's Stuff](https://stuff.interfree.ca)

2025-08-13

613.

GitHub - KittenML/KittenTTS: State-of-the-art TTS model under 25MB 😻

github.com/KittenML/KittenTTS

ai,tool

614.

TTS Studio

clowerweb.github.io/tts-studio

ai,tool

615.

Congratulations, You've Unlocked 'Expert Mode'! (Whether You Wanted It or Not)

nimerblogs.blogspot.com/2025/08/congratulations-youve-unlocked-expert.html

2025-08-11

611.

ChatGPT will apologize for anything

www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will-apologize-for-anything

612.

Pay attention, class: Today you’ll learn the wrong thing

www.theregister.com/2025/08/11/who_me

2025-08-05

610.

Tech bro denied dev's hard-earned bonus for bug that overcharged a little old lady

go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/04/who_me

2025-08-03

608.

Persuasion RPG by Dementia5

dementia5.itch.io/persuasion-rpg

game

609.

Sea-Cucumber Abuser to Be “Moved Far From the Sea for a Long Period of Time”

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/08/sea-cucumber-abuser-to-be-moved-far-from-the-sea.html

animal_law,canada,contempt_of_court,crime_and_punishment,water_escapes

2025-08-01

607.

Squigly - Smart Music Links

tool

2025-07-30

606.

Why product owners can't afford to ignore accessibility | AbilityNet

abilitynet.org.uk/news-blogs/why-product-owners-cant-afford-ignore-accessibility

2025-07-29

605.

Apple Releases iOS 18.6, iPadOS 18.6, macOS Sequoia 15.6, watchOS 11.6, tvOS 18.6, and HomePod Software 18.6 | AppleVis

www.applevis.com/blog/apple-releases-ios-186-ipados-186-macos-sequoia-156-watchos-116-tvos-186-homepod-software-186

2025-07-28

604.

Intern did exactly what he was told, turned off wrong server

www.theregister.com/2025/07/28/who_me

2025-07-25

603.

Tech trainee diagnosed PC problem by looking in the trash

www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/on_call

2025-07-24

601.

Ookla crowns Bell as Canada’s fastest mobile and internet provider

mobilesyrup.com/2025/07/23/ookla-bell-fasts-mobile-internet-canada

carriers,news,ookla,smart_home,wi-fi

602.

Tornado risk for the Ottawa-Gatineau area Thursday

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/tornado-storm-ottawa-gatineau-weather-forecast-july24-1.7592778?cmp=rss

newscanadaottawa

2025-07-23

598.

NashCentral/Onward Mobility Accessibility Projects

nashcentral.duckdns.org/projects.html

tool

599.

[July 22, 1970] Solace for Your Trillion-Year-Old Spirit (George Malko's Scientology: The Now Religion)

galacticjourney.org/july-22-1970-solace-for-your-trillion-year-old-spirit-george-malkos-scientology-the-now-religion

1970,arturo_serrano,book,dianetics,fashion,george_malko,l._ron_hubbard,music,politics,religion,scientology,space_opera,sports

600.

LlazyLlama – The grand weave

progressionfantasy.co.uk/llazyllama-the-grand-weave

litrpg__gamelit

2025-07-22

596.

WikiCraft

ai,tool

597.

The Service Library Service

thedailywtf.com/articles/the-service-library-service

feature_articles

2025-07-21

594.

Under-qualified sysadmin crashed Amazon.com for 3 hours

www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/who_me

595.

How accessible are the NCC's trails, really? Now there's an app for that | CBC News

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/how-accessible-are-the-ncc-s-trails-really-now-there-s-an-app-for-that-1.7586497

2025-07-18

592.

Adobe’s new AI tool turns silly noises into realistic audio effects

www.theverge.com/news/708798/adobe-firefly-ai-generate-sound-effects-video-composition

adobe,ai,creators,news,tech

593.

‘I nearly died after flying thousands of miles to install a power cord for the NSA’

go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/07/18/on_call

2025-07-17

591.

jsbeeb - Javascript BBC Micro emulator

oneswitch.org.uk/jsbeeb?autotype=CHAIN"PONTOON" &disc=/Blind_Access/Pontoon_1983_2025.dsd

accessibility,game

2025-07-16

590.

Red Flags for Accessibility

accessiblelink.substack.com/p/red-flags-for-accessibility

2025-07-15

587.

Apple taught an AI model to reason about app interfaces - 9to5Mac

9to5mac.com/2025/07/15/apple-researchers-taught-an-ai-model-to-reason-about-app-interfaces

588.

How the low-vision community embraced AI smart glasses

www.theverge.com/the-vergecast/701018/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses-be-my-eyes-ceo-accessibility-tech

589.

Helping service animals catch a ride | BetaKit

betakit.com/helping-service-animals-catch-a-ride

2025-07-14

584.

Who's on First?

www.fanfiction.net/s/14471651/1/Who-s-on-First

585.

Junior dev's code worked in tests, deleted data in prod

www.theregister.com/2025/07/14/who_me

586.

GitHub - ag88/embtomcatwebdav: embedded Tomcat Web file server / WebDAV server

github.com/ag88/embtomcatwebdav

2025-07-13

583.

Assorted Stupidity #169

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/07/assorted-stupidity-169.html

2025-07-12

582.

The Middle(ware) Child

thedailywtf.com/articles/the-middle-ware-child

2025-07-11

580.

Monitoring output from microphones and routing audio with no lag using OBS Studio – Jonathan Rodriguez

jonathanr.me/2025/01/05/monitoring-output-from-microphones-and-routing-audio-with-no-lag-using-obs-studio

581.

Security company hired used car salesman to build website

www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/on_call

2025-07-10

574.

Deaf clients say 'trust is gone' after 2-month Canadian Hearing Services strike | CBC News

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/chs-strike-deaf-clients-experience-1.7581653

575.

Chinese TV translations into sign language aren't going well

www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/china_ai_sign_language_translation

576.

GitHub - sv1sjp/lemmy-rss-pybot: Lemmy RSS PyBot is a powerful Python bot that reads RSS feeds and posts new articles to your favorite Lemmy communities.

github.com/sv1sjp/lemmy-rss-pybot

tool

577.

Chawan: TUI web browser

chawan.net

578.

Shift Happens: A book about keyboards

shifthappens.site

579.

Accessibility Assistant for Figma is a game changer, not just a pretty rename

betruthfulness.medium.com/accessibility-assistant-for-figma-is-a-game-changer-not-just-a-pretty-rename-a99b709eda7c

2025-07-09

573.

Mattel's type 1 diabetes Barbie doll wears an insulin pump and glucose monitor. Here's her origin story

www.fastcompany.com/91365241/barbie-doll-type-1-diabetes-insulin-pump-blue-circle-dress-mattel-origin-story

2025-07-07

570.

Apple’s newest AI study unlocks street view for blind users - 9to5Mac

9to5mac.com/2025/07/07/apples-newest-ai-study-unlocks-street-navigation-for-blind-users

571.

Yes, I wrote a very bad bug. In my defense I was just seven

www.theregister.com/2025/07/07/who_me

572.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Revisiting a Sci-Fi Masterpiece in the Age of Emergent AI - GBTI Network

gbti.network/entertainment/the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress-revisiting-a-scifi-masterpiece-in-the-age-of-emergent-ai

2025-07-06

569.

Summertime Saga - Total: 1308 tokens, 63 favorites, 161 downloads, 159 chats, 722 messages

chub.ai/characters/blind_hire_35681/summertime-saga-239bea5d3be3

2025-07-05

568.

GitHub - ElevenJune/serenIT: Ambient Sound Player in Rust

github.com/ElevenJune/serenIT

2025-07-04

565.

How some students with disabilities avoid the 'transition cliff' after high school | CBC News

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/disability-school-transitions-1.7535016

566.

Tech support 'trained monkey’ fixed problem with two fingers

www.theregister.com/2025/07/04/on_call

567.

Justice Harlan on Dirty Movies: “By Jove! Extraordinary!”

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/07/justice-harlan-on-dirty-movies-by-jove-extraordinary.html

2025-07-03

564.

GitHub - kyutai-labs/delayed-streams-modeling: Kyutai's Speech-To-Text and Text-To-Speech models based on the Delayed Streams Modeling framework.

github.com/kyutai-labs/delayed-streams-modeling

tool

2025-07-01

562.

Junior sysadmin set off alarms, then crashed the company

www.theregister.com/2025/06/30/who_me

2025-06-30

561.

WebAccessibilizer- A web javascript to help blind to make html web pages more accessible

stsolution2.org/WebAccessibilizer

tool

2025-06-29

559.

We Tested 100 EU Websites. 95% Aren’t EAA-Ready.

www.webyes.com/blogs/eaa-accessibility-check-eu-websites

accessibility,article

2025-06-28

557.

Authorities Question Unlicensed Beaver Releases

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/06/authorities-question-unlicensed-beaver-releases.html

558.

Can AI run a physical shop? Anthropic’s Claude tried and the results were gloriously, hilariously bad

venturebeat.com/ai/can-ai-run-a-physical-shop-anthropics-claude-tried-and-the-results-were-gloriously-hilariously-bad

2025-06-27

555.

How I AI | SerrebiRadio

serrebiradio.com/how-i-ai

accessibility,ai,article

2025-06-26

554.

You Don’t Own the Word “Freedom”: A Full-Burn Response to the GNU/Linux Comment That Tried to Gatekeep Me Off My Own Machine — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you-dont-own-the-word-freedom-a-full-burn-response-to-the-gnulinux-comment-that-tried-to-gatekeep-me-off-my-own-machine

accessibility,article

2025-06-25

551.

Dead OS Walking: 30 Days on Windows XP in 2025 — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/dead-os-walking-30-days-on-windows-xp-in-2025

accessibility,article

2025-06-24

550.

Techie made mistake that caused a meltdown

www.theregister.com/2025/06/23/who_me

2025-06-22

542.

A11y Talks Porto - People Make Change

blog.nebeker.tech/posts/a11y-talks-porto

accessibility,article

543.

Man Forced to Concede His Lawyer Is “Not a Real Person”

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/06/man-forced-to-concede-his-lawyer-is-not-a-real-person.html

544.

Techie traveled hours to 'fix' software that wasn't broken

www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/on_call

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