56 bookmarks for 2026-05-19

932.

stantondev/inkwell: Inkwell — A federated social journaling platform. LiveJournal meets MySpace, reimagined for 2026 with ActivityPub federation. No algorithms, no ads, user-owned spaces. Self-hostable.

github.com/stantondev/inkwell

Inkwell — A federated social journaling platform. LiveJournal meets MySpace, reimagined for 2026 with ActivityPub federation. No algorithms, no ads, user-owned spaces. Self-hostable. - stantondev/...

931.

Things I've done with AI

sjer.red/blog/2026/built-with-ai

My thoughts on AI, and what it has helped me achieve

930.

IhorShevchuk/piper-app: The original Piper, now on iOS and macOS

github.com/IhorShevchuk/piper-app

The original Piper, now on iOS and macOS. Contribute to IhorShevchuk/piper-app development by creating an account on GitHub.

929.

Some Words on WigglyPaint

beyondloom.com/blog/onwigglypaint.html
928.

New "LeakyLooker" Flaws in Google Looker Studio Could Enable Cross-Tenant SQL Queries

thehackernews.com/2026/03/new-leakylooker-flaws-in-google-looker.html

Nine “LeakyLooker” flaws in Google Looker Studio allowed cross-tenant SQL access across GCP services before being patched.

927.

Deep Dive into Wafrn: How One Platform Self-Hosts Both ActivityPub and Bluesky Identities

rmendes.net/articles/2026/02/26/deep-dive-wafrn-dual-protocol-federation

Deep Dive into Wafrn: How One Platform Self-Hosts Both ActivityPub and Bluesky Identities 26 February 2026 ActivityPub ATproto Self-hosting Architecture A technical analysis of Wafrn's dual-protocol a...

926.

Techopolis/Perspective-Studio: Your LLM playground on Apple devices. Run open-source AI models locally on your Mac with a native SwiftUI interface.

github.com/Techopolis/Perspective-Studio

Your LLM playground on Apple devices. Run open-source AI models locally on your Mac with a native SwiftUI interface. - Techopolis/Perspective-Studio

925.

The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language

theconversation.com/the-deaf-blacksmith-who-married-in-1576-and-the-history-of-sign-as-a-legal-language-276686

The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.

924.

Atlassian to shed ten percent of staff, because AI

www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/03/11/atlassian-to-shed-ten-percent-of-staff-because-ai/5224525

: Company is ‘reshaping our skill mix’ amid long share price slide and SaaSpocalypse whispers

923.

Don't lick that cold metal pole in winter—if you do, don't panic

arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/exploring-the-science-of-tundra-tongue

Highest risk of part of tongue being torn off is with temps between -5° and -15° C (23° to 5 °F).

922.

Working to Decentralize FedCM - Decentralizing FedCM

decentralizing-fedcm.leaflet.pub/3mggfw4gdx22w

Bluesky Social PBC have given a grant to Emelia Smith, an Invited Expert with the FedID Working Group, to work on FedCM with the goal of making FedCM really work for the decentralized web.

921.

HumeAI/tada: Open Source Speech Language Model

github.com/HumeAI/tada

Open Source Speech Language Model. Contribute to HumeAI/tada development by creating an account on GitHub.

920.

HetraQwest – JUMPINGFRIDGE

jumpingfridge.gt.tc/hetraqwest
919.

Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse

blog.elenarossini.com/openness-transparency-and-reach-three-reasons-why-public-institutions-should-embrace-the-fediverse

An article making the case that the Fediverse is a fantastic communication platform for public institutions - because of its openness, transparency and reach.

918.

Radio Amateurs of Canada Responds to the Closure of the Weatherradio Service in Canada - Radio Amateurs of Canada

www.rac.ca/rac-responds-to-the-closure-of-the-weatherradio-service-in-canada

Radio Amateurs du Canada réagit à la fermeture du service Radio-Météo au Canada For immediate release | February 25, 2026Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) is saddened to learn about the closure of the Weatheradio service provided by Environment and Climate Change Canada.For decades, Weatheradio has been a trusted and resilient source of real-time weather alerts and

917.

FEMA Official: Teleporting to Waffle House Was an “Incredible Adventure”

www.loweringthebar.net/2026/03/fema-official-teleporting-to-waffle-house-was-an-incredible-adventure.html

“Incredible” is the operative word there.

916.

EchoBoard - Feedback without friction

apps.lashman.live/echoboard

Self-hosted feedback platform. No accounts required. Feature requests, voting, roadmaps, plugins. CC0 public domain.

915.

‘We’re Not Done Yet’ Apple’s Head Of Accessibility On 50 Years Of Making Technology For Everyone

www.forbes.com/sites/keelycatwells/2026/03/25/were-not-done-yet-apples-head-of-accessibility-on-50-years-of-making-technology-for-everyone

At Apple’s Carnegie Library in D.C., Apple brought together leaders, artists, and disability advocates to mark 50 years of making technology accessible to everyone.

914.

drakkan/sftpgo: Full-featured and highly configurable SFTP, HTTP/S, FTP/S and WebDAV server - S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob

github.com/drakkan/sftpgo

Full-featured and highly configurable SFTP, HTTP/S, FTP/S and WebDAV server - S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob - drakkan/sftpgo

913.

Official State Crap: Kansas

www.loweringthebar.net/2026/03/official-state-crap-kansas.html

A few questionable choices but not the official reptile or official soil, which both rock!

912.

WebAIM: The WebAIM Million - The 2026 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages

webaim.org/projects/million#errors
911.

Still Illegal to Drive (a Horse) Under the Influence in Kentucky

www.loweringthebar.net/2026/04/still-illegal-to-drive-a-horse-under-the-influence-in-kentucky.html

One of the few states where this is pretty clear.

910.

nekename/OpenDeck: Linux software for the Stream Deck with support for original Elgato Stream Deck plugins

github.com/nekename/OpenDeck

Linux software for the Stream Deck with support for original Elgato Stream Deck plugins - nekename/OpenDeck

909.

The Cryptographic Zombie: How Keybase Went from Privacy Darling to Zoom’s Cleanup Crew - SCHULZ:DK

schulz.dk/2026/04/06/the-cryptographic-zombie-how-keybase-went-from-privacy-darling-to-zooms-cleanup-crew

Once the ultimate geek flex for cypherpunks, Keybase promised to make PGP cryptography accessible to mere mortals. Today, it hovers in the digital ether as a "zombie" app. Here is the story of how a revolutionary open-source identity platform was cannibalized to become Zoom's corporate cleanup crew.

908.

Toronto's Capybara releases free game Find Your Words about alternative communication

mobilesyrup.com/2026/04/08/toronto-capybara-find-your-worlds-augmentative-and-alternative-communication

It's a dialogue-free experience focused on a non-speaking child who uses AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication).

907.

Toronto gets a new hub for accessibility innovation | BetaKit

betakit.com/toronto-gets-a-new-hub-for-accessibility-innovation

Access to Success says its new physical space will help founders build among peers.

906.

go-away

git.gammaspectra.live/git/go-away

Self-hosted abuse detection and rule enforcement against low-effort mass AI scraping and bots.

905.

Being Actually Inclusive, or Just Hoping No One Notices

accessiblelink.substack.com/p/being-actually-inclusive-or-just

The gap between performative allyship and genuine disability inclusion isn’t subtle. It’s the difference between changing your culture and changing your logo.

904.

A Hole in Your Plan

thedailywtf.com/articles/a-hole-in-your-plan

Theresa works for a company that handles a fair bit of personally identifiable information that can be tied to health care data, so for them, security matters. They need to comply with security practices laid out by a variety of standards bodies and be able to demonstrate that compliance.
There's a dirty secret about standards compliance, though. Most of these standards are trying to avoid being overly technically prescriptive. So frequently, they may have something like, "a process must exist for securely destroying storage devices before they are disposed of." Maybe it will include some examples of what you could do to meet this standard, but the important thing is that you have to have a process. This means that if you whip up a Word document called "Secure Data Destruction Process" and tell people they should follow it, you can check off that box on your compliance. Sometimes, you need to validate the process; sometimes you need to have other processes which ensure this process is being followed. What you need to do and to what complexity depends on the compliance structure you're beholden to. Some of them are surprisingly flexible, which is a polite way of saying "mostly meaningless".

903.

Democracy - Chapter 1 - Starfox5 - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]

archiveofourown.org/works/16064114/chapters/37506980

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

902.

'AI mirrors' are changing the way blind people see themselves

www.bbc.com/future/article/20260126-ai-mirrors-are-changing-the-way-blind-people-see-themselves

Artificial intelligence is helping blind people access visual feedback about their bodies, sometimes for the first time. The consequences are only just emerging.

901.

LG Combines Braille, Audio and Visual Support in New Kiosk. - Centre For Accessibility Australia

www.accessibility.org.au/lg-combines-braille-audio-and-visual-support-in-new-kiosk

LG Electronics has introduced a new accessibility-focused kiosk designed to make self-service technology more inclusive for people with disability and the elderly. The solution was recently showcased at CSUN AT 2026, the global assistive technology conference. The kiosk, developed in collaboration with Dot, an organisation specialising in Braille devices, integrates…

900.

Student Develops Accessible Digital Map for University of Michigan. - Centre For Accessibility Australia

www.accessibility.org.au/student-develops-accessible-digital-map-for-university-of-michigan

A student-built digital map at the University of Michigan is offering a practical example of what accessible design can look like when it starts with real user needs. The web-based tool, called MGuide, was developed by incoming doctoral student Luna. It takes a different approach to traditional campus maps, focusing…

899.

Pixel Bowling | AppleVis

www.applevis.com/apps/ios/games/pixel-bowling

Step up to the lane. Pixel Bowling is a retro-styled bowling game with simple swipe controls, satisfying pin physics, and a whole lot to keep you coming back. Aim your shot, set your power, swipe in the direction you want the ball to go. Every roll feels different — every spare feels earned. Career Mode takes you from small-town leagues to the national stage across 15 tournaments and 5 Locations. Win matches, climb the ranks, and unlock new balls along the way.

898.

New app Think2Switch lets users control devices using their thoughts |

betakit.com/calgary-startup-launches-mind-control-app-think2switch

Startup grew out of University of Calgary initiative. |

897.

M’lady Moon

blog.hyperlinkyourheart.com

Thoughts on “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress” by Robert A. Heinlein.

896.

Why (and How) to Hire a Blind Producer

transom.org/2026/why-and-how-to-hire-a-blind-producer

Why (and How) to Hire a Blind Producer - Transom

895.

Cat Blamed for Crime

www.loweringthebar.net/2026/04/cat-blamed-for-crime.html

Unsuccessfully.

894.

The Title II Deadline Was Extended. Don’t Get Comfortable. – Pneuma Solutions

pneumasolutions.com/the-title-ii-deadline-was-extended-dont-get-comfortable
893.

Turning Thirty

thedailywtf.com/articles/turning-thirty

Eric O worked for a medical device company. The medical device industry moves slowly, relative to other technical industries. Medical science and safety have their own cadence, and at a certain point, iterating faster doesn't matter much.
Eric was working on a new feature on a system that had been in use for thirteen years. This new feature interacted with a database which stored information about racks of test tubes, and Eric's tests meant creating several entries for racks of test tubes. And that's when Eric discovered that the database only allowed thirty racks. Add any more, it would just roll right back over to one.

892.

Top Court Orders Online Retailers to Improve Accessibility for Blind Users, but Denies Damages - Be Korea-savvy

koreabizwire.com/top-court-orders-online-retailers-to-improve-accessibility-for-blind-users-but-denies-damages/348234

SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that major e-commerce platforms must make their websites …

891.

AI effluent never stops – HTML Accessibility

html5accessibility.com/stuff/2026/04/23/ai-effluent-never-stops
890.

Perkins Braille Bloom

www.perkins.org/perkins-brailler/perkins-braille-bloom

The Perkins Braille Bloom™ connects your Perkins Brailler® to any screen for real-time communication without barriers.

889.

run-llama/liteparse: A fast, helpful, and open-source document parser

github.com/run-llama/liteparse

A fast, helpful, and open-source document parser. Contribute to run-llama/liteparse development by creating an account on GitHub.

888.

Assorted Stupidity #173

www.loweringthebar.net/2026/04/assorted-stupidity-173.html

In this edition: the “Texas handcuffing judge” is now a former one; more lawyers regret using artificial “intelligence”; magicians make an amicus brief appear in the Supreme…

887.

guicn555/RoomRelay: Stream Windows system or per-app audio to Sonos speakers over your local network.

github.com/guicn555/RoomRelay

Stream Windows system or per-app audio to Sonos speakers over your local network. - guicn555/RoomRelay

886.

Quarkdown | Markdown with superpowers

quarkdown.com

Quarkdown is a modern, open-source, Markdown-based typesetting system for creating papers, presentations, knowledge bases and static websites.

885.

WICG/html-in-canvas

github.com/WICG/html-in-canvas

Contribute to WICG/html-in-canvas development by creating an account on GitHub.

884.

Unity - Manual: Accessibility

docs.unity3d.com/6000.4/Documentation/Manual/accessibility/_index.html
883.

Getting Up to Speed on Multi-Agent Systems, Part 1: The Landscape

christophermeiklejohn.com/ai/agents/mas-series/2026/04/24/mas-series-01-the-landscape.html

I’ve been reading multi-agent systems papers for weeks trying to figure out where the field actually is, and the honest answer is that it moves fast enough that any single paper is a snapshot, not ...

882.

14-year-old bowler says her disability is no barrier to national success | CBC News

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/local-bowling-girl-heads-to-nationals-9.7180294

For Zoey Merkestyn, bowling has been therapeutic and a great way to live with her cerebral palsy. Now, she is heading to national tournaments to tell the world anything is possible, if you put your mind to it.

881.

Do graphs and charts need to be accessible?

www.tempertemper.net/blog/do-graphs-and-charts-need-to-be-accessible

Charts and graphs are a good example of where making content accessible is not always the same as making an image itself accessible.

880.

Before GitHub

lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/4/28/before-github

Open Source before GitHub was reputation-driven and full of friction

879.

Your Attempt To Solve Debate Will Not Work

www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-attempt-to-solve-debate-will

...

878.

10Gb/s Ethernet: what I had to (re)learn

www.gilesthomas.com/2026/04/10g-ethernet-what-i-relearned

Wired networking in the home and small offices has been pretty stagnant for ages, so upgrading my home from 2.5Gb ethernet to 10Gb meant I had to (re)learn a few things.

877.

The USB Situation — Built by Grumbles

randsinrepose.com/guides/usb/usb-guide.html