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@dankeck@a11y.social
2025-01-17 12:52:42

When listening to an ebook with TalkBack, if I get a regular notification, the ebook resumes after the notification.
But if I get a charging notification, the reading does not resume. Sometimes when my phone is on the charger, it will announce the charging level at random times, and TalkBack just stops.
Does anyone have any experience with disabling charging notifications or getting the screen reader to resume automatically?

@KraftTea@mastodon.social
2024-12-18 05:31:28

I had mentioned that Russian freight trucks weren't doing well, but... things are getting uglier.
Large numbers of them are getting out of the business entirely, or trying to downsize their truck fleets due, in part, to the high key rate and general unprofitability of trucking in Russia under current circumstances.
They're even facing high incidences of non-payment by their clients!

@@Gigi@kolektiva.social
2025-01-09 23:46:34

There is a long and storied history of whistles for protection. Ancient Egyptian guards used to place a blade of grass between the thumbs to alert other guards of issues that were transpiring. Later, shells were used to the same end. In China, acorns with holes drilled in them were used similarly.
As a dedicated instrument, whistles have been made of wood, bone, metal, and later, plastics. British bobbies have used whistles to communicate over distances since the 1880s. They are a commonly used tool for boatswains, crossing guards, and referees.
I wish I knew more about rape whistles, but they seem similar in functionality to hikers taking whistles with them in case of injury, as the sound carries much further than yelling, and is much less tiring.
As someone regularly stalked by a large creepy harasser, I am grateful for the whistle I was given for self-protection, even if the creeps who it was given to defend against resent the fuck out of it.
Fin.

@dankeck@a11y.social
2024-12-15 12:00:00

#SilentSunday

A dumpster sits by an electric pole at the crossing of two alleys in a city. The sun shines on the front side of the dumpster which has been completely painted by a street artist. On a blue background are four colorful, stylized, childlike drawings of animals: an orange elephant, a pink hippo, a pink duck, and a yellow bear. The words written in the space between the animals are: "This is trash. You are not." The dumpster is overflowing with trash bags. They can be seen piled higher than the to…