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KDE Frameworks 6.15 Improves Accessibility in Plasma’s System Settings App

KDE Frameworks 6.15 is here to improve accessibility and keyboard navigation throughout the System Settings app, improve support for right-to-left languages like Arabic or Hebrew in search and password fields throughout the Plasma desktop and KDE apps, and improve support for screen readers when navigating Kirigami-based apps and System Settings pages.

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  2. Blizzard/Microsoft Unions Grow Ahead of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft, Apparently Starting Next Week (as Many as 30,000 Workers Laid Off by Year's End)
    Microsoft already fired about 5,000-6,000 workers this year by our estimates; that's not counting resignations compelled through pressure (i.e. pushed, did not jump) and contractors

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  3. One is Simply Doomed to Fail When Working for Violent Men From Microsoft and Attacking Women as Well as People Who Merely Expose Crimes or Report Real Crimes
    Imagine saying to people that you "practice law" or "exercise law"
  4. The Tariffs Are Accelerating Microsoft's Decline in China
    Judging by the way things are going, there will be considerable adoption of GNU/Linux in years to come, China being one major contributing factor.
  5. Control Your Systems, Control All Your Data
    what does it take for us to control our own systems and data?
  6. Misplacing Blame for Security Problems, Sometimes With LLM Slop That Blames "Linux" for Microsoft's Failures
    Broken telephones and stochastic parrots beget plenty of Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (FUD)
  7. Links 10/05/2025: WW2 Revisionism, Further Tit-for-tat in India-Pakistan Conflict
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  8. Gemini Links 10/05/2025: Git Server and Great LLM DDoS of 2025
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  10. IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 09, 2025
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