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When I reply in English to a thread that’s in another language (like German), Mastodon assigns my post the language of the thread, even though I’ve written in English and set English as my default.

This means other users (e.g. German speakers) won’t see the “Translate” option, because Mastodon thinks my post is already in their language.

Is there a way to force my posts to always be in English unless I manually change it?

As our digital lives in the US become less stable and private, I wanted to figure out how to choose what search engine my browser uses.

I just added a new default search engine option for my Firefox on my MacBook (Mac OS).

1) add an extension to Firefox to allow me to add a different default search engine:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef

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addons.mozilla.orgAdd custom search engine – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)Download Add custom search engine for Firefox. Add a custom search engine to the list of available search engines in the search bar and URL bar.

wo, did the #accessibility break on the newest update on #Windows 11 #Settings app? when you press Windows+i, you will hear "Open Navigation Button" and then, you can press enter here then down arrow. here you can choose your usual main setting options. but when you enter inside it, you cannot access the submenu for that setting. i used tab, f6, nothing. am i missing something here? #Blind #Blindness #JAWS #NVDA #ScreenReader #Tech #Microsoft #24h2

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Translation: #Meta tightened the reins over what to put in your #feed & Explore tab, specifically from accounts you don’t already follow.

As part of the shift, #Instagram also opted everyone into a new #setting to have it recommend less #political #content from accounts you don’t follow. It did NOT alert users to this inside the Instagram #app. (If you don’t want a #sanitized feed on Instagram, #Facebook or #Threads, instructions for how to change your #settings below)