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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)

2025-06-22

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You’re not an accessibility specialist until you’ve… | Bogdan on Digital Accessibility (A11y)

cerovac.com/a11y/2025/06/youre-not-an-accessibility-specialist-until-youve
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Mission Impossible - Accessibility Job Roles

craigabbott.co.uk/blog/mission-impossible-accessibility-job-roles
547.

ChatGPT for Mac’s New Meeting Recording Feature Is Powerful — But Almost Unusable for Blind Users

taylorarndt.substack.com/p/chatgpt-for-macs-new-meeting-recording

2025-06-19

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Steam is adding screen reader support and other accessibility tools

www.theverge.com/games/689922/steam-is-adding-screen-reader-support-and-other-accessibility-tools

2025-06-18

539.

Drunken Mule-Rider Accused of Assault With Deadly Raccoon

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/06/drunken-mule-rider-accused-of-assault-with-deadly-raccoon.html

2025-06-12

535.

Masquerade as the BCE Inc. Giga Hub with the WAS-110 or X-ONU-SFPP - PON dot WIKI

pon.wiki/guides/masquerade-as-the-bce-inc-giga-hub-with-the-was-110

2025-06-11

530.

Credit Card Sins

thedailywtf.com/articles/credit-card-sins
531.

You're not a front-end developer until you've... - Nic Chan

www.nicchan.me/blog/youre-not-a-front-end-developer-until-youve
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GitHub - Hutch79/DNS-BLM: DNS-BLM checks if your domains are flagged as malicious on blocklists.

github.com/Hutch79/DNS-BLM

2025-06-10

520.

EU launches EU-based, privacy-focused DNS resolution service - Help Net Security

www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/09/eu-launches-eu-based-privacy-focused-dns-resolution-service
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‘Mosquitoes are just out of control’: Ottawa pest control company doubles treatment for some areas

www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/mosquitoes-are-just-out-of-control-ottawa-pest-control-company-doubles-treatment-for-some-areas
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I challenged Gemini Live vs ChatGPT in 5 voice challenges — there was one clear winner

www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-challenged-gemini-live-vs-chatgpt-in-5-voice-challenges-there-was-one-clear-winner
523.

TTS Arena V2 - a Hugging Face Space by TTS-AGI

huggingface.co/spaces/TTS-AGI/TTS-Arena-V2
524.

Apple's upgraded AI models underwhelm on performance | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2025/06/10/apples-upgraded-ai-models-underwhelm-on-performance
525.

Future Leaders 2025-26 | Drake Music

www.drakemusic.org/about-us/recruitment/future-leaders-2025-26-applications-now-open
528.

LociTerm Home

lociterm.com/home

2025-06-09

518.

Sparking a romance broke a mainframe

www.theregister.com/2025/06/09/who_me
519.

Please Do Your Best Not to Appear in the “AI Hallucination Database”

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/06/please-do-your-best-not-to-appear-in-the-ai-hallucination-database.html

2025-06-07

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The Access-Ability Summer Showcase returns with the latest in accessible games

www.theverge.com/games/679542/access-ability-summer-showcase-2025-best-games-trailers

2025-06-05

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Introducing Bounce, a tool to move your following between Bluesky and Mastodon | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2025/06/05/introducing-bounce-a-tool-to-move-your-follwing-between-bluesky-and-mastodon
513.

These 7 accessibility features in Windows 11 actually make life easier for everyone, and I'll show you how

www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/7-accessibility-features-that-make-life-easier-for-everyone-on-windows-11
514.

Work underway to measure the quality of life of Nova Scotians with disabilities | CBC News

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/quality-of-life-index-for-persons-with-disabilities-1.7551190
515.

Speechify and Art of Fauna: Cozy Puzzles Win 2025 Apple Design Awards for Inclusive Design | AppleVis

www.applevis.com/blog/speechify-art-fauna-cozy-puzzles-win-2025-apple-design-awards-inclusive-design
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Cooklang: recipe markup language

cooklang.org

2025-06-04

509.

What Is Kagi Small Web? - Genx Blog

genxnotes.com/post/id/what-is-kagi-small-web
510.

Shopper denied $51 refund for 20TB HDD that’s mostly a weighted plastic box

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/man-buys-20tb-portable-hdd-for-51-son-breaks-the-news-that-its-a-fake
511.

Thirst, Coffee, and Contracts: The Real Test of Business Accessibility

accessiblelink.substack.com/p/thirst-coffee-and-contracts-the-real

2025-06-03

506.

Google pushes emergency fix for high-severity Chrome 0-day

www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/google_chrome_zero_day_emergency_fix
507.

Idaho Passes Emergency Truck-Nuts Legislation

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/06/idaho-passes-emergency-truck-nuts-legislation.html
508.

Making a Pass of Yourself

thedailywtf.com/articles/making-a-pass-of-yourself

2025-06-02

505.

Admin brought his drill to work and destroyed a datacenter

www.theregister.com/2025/06/02/who_me

2025-06-01

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G4 (Severe) Geomagnetic Storm Watch in Effect for 2 June UTC-Day | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center

www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-severe-geomagnetic-storm-watch-effect-2-june-utc-day
503.

GitHub - raudette/kindleOCRer: Script to remove DRM from a Kindle book. It does a web screen capture, runs OCR, and saves the output as an ePub.

github.com/raudette/kindleOCRer
504.

Radio Receiver

radio.ea1iti.es

2025-05-31

498.

honk - humungus.tedunangst.com

humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk
499.

Software: betula | FediIndex

fedi.wrm.sr/software/betula

FediIndex data on Betula. Very interesting! 1.3.0 is still used by some, 1.2.0 has ceased to exist. Third of all instances are hosted in Russia. I wish it knew more Betula instances though.

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Thunderstorm brings strong winds, hail to Ottawa Friday evening | CBC News

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-thunder-storm-1.7548870
501.

PeerSuite

peersuite.space

2025-05-30

496.

Techie fixed a ‘brown monitor’ by closing a door

www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/on_call
497.

Recognizing Where Accessibility Is Being Implemented, Featuring TabBuddies

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/05/29/recognizing-where-accessibility-is-being-implemented-featuring-tabbuddies

2025-05-29

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Press Release: 3Play Media Releases Annual Study, Finds ASR Technology Showing Signs of Plateau

www.3playmedia.com/blog/2025-asr-report-release
492.

[May 28, 1970] A pair of Saras: Flower of Doradil and A Promising Planet - Galactic Journey

galacticjourney.org/may-28-1970-flower-of-doradil-and-a-promising-planet
493.

It’s Time To Go Back to Web 1.0 | TimeMachiner // Presented by Aaron Crocco

timemachiner.io/2025/05/29/its-time-to-go-back-to-web-1-0
494.

I wore smart glasses with built-in hearing aids for a week, and they're a promising alternative

www.zdnet.com/article/i-wore-smart-glasses-with-built-in-hearing-aids-for-a-week-and-theyre-a-promising-alternative
495.

HellCaptcha: Accessibility Theater at Its Worst — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/hellcaptcha-accessibility-theater-at-its-worst

2025-05-28

490.

The Missing Link of Ignorance

thedailywtf.com/articles/the-missing-link-of-ignorance

2025-05-27

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This blind darts league is a bullseye for some in Windsor's blind community | CBC News

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-blind-darts-league-1.7543798
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[May 26, 1970] A Regrettable Case of Runaway Apophenia (Erich von Däniken's Memories of the Future) - Galactic Journey

galacticjourney.org/may-26-1970-a-regrettable-case-of-runaway-apophenia-erich-von-danikens-memories-of-the-future
488.

Classic WTF: Superhero Wanted

thedailywtf.com/articles/classic-wtf-superhero-wanted
489.

Google Play’s latest security change may break many Android apps for some power users

www.androidauthority.com/google-play-integrity-hardware-attestation-3561592

2025-05-26

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Techies thought outside the box. Then the boss took the box

www.theregister.com/2025/05/26/who_me
485.

Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompt

simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-prompt

2025-05-23

482.

My Request to Google on Accessibility

adrianroselli.com/2025/05/my-request-to-google-on-accessibility.html
483.

Techie fixed broken PC with a nail file

www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/on_call

2025-05-22

478.

Bell apologizes for internet outage in Ontario, Quebec, details cause

mobilesyrup.com/2025/05/21/bell-apologizes-internet-outage-ontario-quebec
479.

As the game industry cuts back, accessibility is feeling the impact

www.theverge.com/games/669419/gaming-industry-accessibility-cutbacks
480.

AI is now used for audio description. But it should be accurate and actually useful for people with low vision

theconversation.com/ai-is-now-used-for-audio-description-but-it-should-be-accurate-and-actually-useful-for-people-with-low-vision-256808
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Pocket is Saying Goodbye: What You Need to Know | Pocket Help

support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/future-of-pocket

2025-05-21

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Adaptation Ventures is a new angel investor group focused on disability and accessibility tech | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/adaptation-ventures-is-a-new-angel-investor-group-focused-on-disability-and-accessibility-tech

2025-05-20

475.

QWERTY is Good Enough • C Stuart Hardwick

cstuarthardwick.com/2016/07/03/qwerty-is-good-enough
476.

Dvorak and Colemak Keyboard Layouts: pros and cons

www.allthingsergo.com/colemak-dvorak

2025-05-19

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UK-to-US English converter produced amazing mistakes

www.theregister.com/2025/05/19/who_me
473.

berkeley-dsep-infra/jupyterlab-a11y-checker

github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/jupyterlab-a11y-checker
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An In-depth Introduction to the WordPress Block Editor for Screen reader Users (Part One) – Customer Servant Consultancy

www.customerservant.com/block-editor-part-one
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