Some Christmas traditions can be traced back centuries. Others come from families with stories attached. This one is entirely mine. It started many years ago, when I first heard this, and it's continued ever since. Here, then, is the original Jingle Bells. If you think you know this song, you're probably wrong, especially the chorus! Have fun, and happy Christmas! I hope your driving experience is better than that of this poor man. haha

youtube.com/watch?v=YR6YAgVIlj…

#Christmas #fun #music #JingleBells #traditions

Happy Year end..


sorry for cross-posting this to some of you...

For the special coming days, I wish a pleasant year end vacation with the following words of wisdom from Marseille, a place I once lived :

"Bon Bout d'An Et à L'An Que Ven......Que Se Siam Pas Mai, que Siguem Pas Mens !"

Honestly, I don't really care if Google Translate or ChatGPT works with Provençal dialect, so, here is literally what it means :

"Happy Year End and to the Year to Come....If we are not more, let us not be less!"

indeed people in this special place at the end of the A7 motorway believe these few days between X-mas and new year's eve condition the whole next year to come.

Sincerely yours.

linkedin.com/posts/christophe-…

#YearEnd #wish #2024

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'We are not California': New Jersey dealers push back on electric truck rules


Vehicle dealers are pushing back on rules that would increase the number of electric trucks sold in New Jersey. It could be a preview of a brewing fight over state rules about cars.

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The Reddit community revives the holiday spirit after popular Secret Santa events end


Swapping presents with strangers on the internet is a favorite pastime for many Reddit users. After two popular holiday gift exchanges ended, bereft merrymakers are set on keeping the tradition going.

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Nissan and Honda announce merger talks amid a rapidly changing global market


Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to work to a merger, forming the world's third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes changes in its move from fossil fuels.

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Transversing the Fediverse


Today discovered Loforo while browsing my feed on Mastodon. It seems like destiny because l was listening to a podcast about WordPress news today. I also tried Tumblr years ago. Bluesky and Friendica on mobile Jooks horrible, in jards to formatting. Anyway love the Fediverse, Linux, and ppen source not only because of choice but also data privacy. can enjoy Caturday, SilentSunday, Free Fridays, or just browse photos from all over the world. I've met people who have thousands of Bluesky/Threaders followers and people like me who lurk and comment. Loforo works well enough so far. Hopefully my Nadirah will find this one day. I love you!

Home automation and me


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Since this is the Fediverse, I thought it would only be appropriate that I post this. I just discovered it via Perplexity. It's a decentralised search engine, with at least seventy-three instances that agrigates results from at least seventy different search engines. I'm sure each instance uses its own, but still. I find this whole idea to be intriguing. Plus, the few I've tried are all free of clutter and work well with NVDA, from XP through 11

This is the main list of instances.

searx.space/

This is the one I chose.

baresearch.org/

#accessibility #blind #Fediverse #instances #Internet #NVDA #privacy #searchengines #SearXNG #Windows7 #WindowsXP

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Well, I've already seen an accessibility issue, at least with this instance. I went to Preferences, and I was able to change a few things such as language, unit conversion, etc. Then, I saw something else, about full/pretty/host for sites and a few other options. I set those. But when I tried to go back, I couldn't. Only The "General" tab was displayed, and I know there were originally a few others. Also, some categories are listed, but I can't seem to do anything with them. Can anyone enlighten me Is it just this instance or a program-wide problem, or am I simply not using the right commands with NVDA?

#accessibility #blind #NVDA searxng

After a bit of research, I learned that TWBlue is open source, and that, while the current version is only for 64-bit machines, there is a 32-bit version. There is also a 32-bit version specifically designed to work with Windows 7. Whether that's the same as the regular one, I don't know, but it does exist. However, since it has some extremely important features that TWBlue lacks, such as editing posts and profiles, etc. I prefer TweeseCake. However, it seems that there is only a 64-bit version. Am I wrong? Is it closed source? I would love to be able to work strictly from my Windows XP or 7 virtual machines, but this is the one program I must use in 11, and I ultimately find myself using 11 for everything, which I don't wish to do. I don't know of any other truly accessible clients for Friendica, other than these two.

#32-bit #64-bit #accessibility #blind #clients #Friendica #TwBlue #TweeseCake #Tweesecake #Windows7 #WindowsXP

in reply to Georgiana Brummell

I have no idea why the post to which I'm replying just came through my timeline,but it did. It's actually above stuff that was posted less than a day ago but anyhow. In case you didn't see my original post on this which I sent mentioning you some weeks ago, let me quote it here. "you're quite right about Tweesecake not working with 7 in the normal course. I have it working with 7 here, but only because of VXKex. If you haven't tried that, it may be worth a shot. 1/2
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github.com/vxiiduu/VxKex/ I had to use an older version of VXKex, but it did work. I have used TC on 7 for a good while without issue. Be careful with this since I know there has been some posting of modified VXKex versions with malware. If you want the file I downloaded back in March, let me know. I have only used TC on a Windows 7 64 bit system, not sure about 32 bit systems, whether 7 or XP. Note that TC does have a closed source. 2/2



On tap for the holidays: A blend of multicultural drink traditions and fond memories


For this year's All Things Considered holiday cocktail interview, we visited Providencia in Washington, D.C., a bar that brings its owners' personal stories to life.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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communism




Party City files for bankruptcy and plans to shutter nationwide


Party City was once unmatched in its vast selection of affordable celebration goods. But over the years, competition stacked up at Walmart, Target, Spirit Halloween, and especially Amazon.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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I love this site. They also have fascinating article.s This is great for those of us who love the Regency, as well as those who wear proper period clothing. This partly explains how Brummell's neckcloths were so clean! His were either superfine cambric or fine Irish muslin (he had both). To my blind friends, sometimes, the printed s looked like f during that time, hence the muflin, foap, etc.

regrom.com/2024/12/20/regency-…

#Brummell #clothing #dandyism #fashion #neckcloths #muslin #Regency #washing

I solved the filtering problem I wrote about yesterday by changing the channel and notifications settings in Friendica. I explained more n a reply to said post. Now, my timeline is filled with all sorts of lovely things. Since that post was so negative, I would like to thank those who write such wonderful and positive things. You are why I am remaining in the Fediverse. Your posts make me smile and/or think, and now I will be seeing more of them!

#friends #Friendica #posting #timeline #Tweesecake #TweeseCake

Music + Mathematics


John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music openculture.com/2024/12/john-c…

#mathematics #jazz #music #coltrane



Big dreams: He's the founder of a leading African photobook library


Paul Ninson had an old-school, newfangled dream: a modern library devoted to photobooks showing life on the continent. He maxed out his credit cards, injured his back — and made it happen.

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The FDA restricts a psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles


The Food and Drug Administration has told food manufacturers the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria isn't authorized for food, including edibles, because it doesn't meet safety standards.

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A pair of satellites will create artificial solar eclipses to study the sun


Astronomers hope the Proba-3 mission will help them get a better view of the corona, the sun's outer atmosphere, which is even hotter than the sun's surface.

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Compte a rebours pour quitter X


Avec des outils pour conserver vos donnees.

Qu'un maximum d'entre nous quitte definitivement X avant l'arrivee de Donald Trump à la maison blanche

helloquittex.com/-Je-veux-suiv…

#X #ElonMusk #donaldtrump #january20

Est ce que quitter X revient a l'abandonner à l'extreme droite?


Elements de reponse sur HelloQuitX.

Mais un nouvel element de questionnement déboule depuis peu : quelles sont les ambitions politiques de Elon Musk en Europe? Ou de savoir qui de Donald Trump ou de Elon Musk dirige l'autre ?

helloquittex.com/Quitter-X-est…

#X #ElonMusk

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While users (at least on friendica.world) don't have advanced filtering options, I was able to solve myproblem. I went back to the Friendica site, and then to contacts. I clicked on each one, and in most cases, I changed the channel setting so that I would see all posts. for the ones that I really don't want to miss anything from, I changed the notification so that will be notified for each post the contact makes. On TweeseCake, this gives me three options. I could either read the Home timeline as always, switch to notifications, or switch to Mentions. I don't know why new posts are appearing in Mentions without anyone tagging me, but ah well. The last wo options will focus on the contacts whose posts I want to see the most. In all cases, but especially the second and third, I have eliminated the types of posts I don't wish to see from anyone. It took a long time, but my timeline is now clean and pleasant.

#Friendica #friends #posting #timeline #Tweesecake #TweeseCake



NPR's most-read stories of 2024 include a scam-fighter and zombie second mortgages


How can you outsmart scammers? What would you do if your friend was attacked by a wild cougar? NPR readers wanted to know the answers to those questions and more in 2024.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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