1038 bookmarks

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)

2025-07-18

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
article,tool
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
545.

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
546.

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

541.

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
532.

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
521.

‘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
522.

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
accessibility
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

517.

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

512.

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
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