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Il y avait quantité de livres (Paul Valéry)

https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/il-y-avait-quantite-de-livres-paul-valery/

Disabled people are disabled by society, not bodies. Autistic individuals experience disproportionately high chronic poverty and underemployment. The environment disables, not the person.

#AltText4Me #disability #autism #poverty #ableism #systemic #exclusion #employment #society #justice #awareness #truth #neurodivergent #accountability #hardship #inequality

We talk a lot about medical care, but long-term poverty is a silent pandemic among autistic adults. Our current social systems treat it like a personal failure instead of a systemic crisis that needs a dedicated intervention plan.

#disability #autism #poverty #ableism #systemic #exclusion #employment #society #justice #awareness #truth #neurodivergent #accountability #hardship #inequality

dvdcss

the never ending story

I wanted to play a dvd I hadn't touched for a while. I had the option of

• nice -1 vlc and
• nice -1 mplayer

to execute playback I opted for vlc gui version, even though I normally use vlc -I cli because of the great logs produced there. While using the gui version of VLC I missed the log output and jumped to mplayer to see the stats. A nice set of parameters were echoed to the CON, but in the output a entry jumped up

• MPlayer 1.5+svn38674-2 (Debian)do_connect: could not connect to socket
  connect: No such file or directory
  Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

• Playing VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP.
  libavformat version 61.7.103 (external)
  Mismatching header version 61.7.100

• Playing VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO.
  .IFO detected. Redirecting to dvd://
  libdvdread: Encrypted DVD support unavailable.

No css library available.

See /usr/share/doc/libdvdread8t64/README.css

for more information.

I had used rpm based distributions which added libdvdread by default, so I had forgotten about it through the years, when I migrated to debian based distro's

This is the output of the file

Content Scramble System (CSS)

Many DVDs use CSS[0] as a form of a Digital Rights Management (DRM) to encrypt
the content of Video DVDs. To play such discs a special library is needed to
decode them, libdvdcss.

Due to the legal limbo of libdvdcss in some particular juristictions, some
distributions including Debian do not distribute libdvdcss.

If it is legal for you to use CSS in your juristiction, you can:

• apt install libdvd-pkg && dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg

• Manually download and compile the source code from
  http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html.

• Use packages from derivatives that include libdvdcss.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System

-- Daniel Baumann [email protected] Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:10:06 +0200

It was puzzling that debian decided to permanently leave this lib out while this was a thing from 26-9=17 years ago!

The installation process was smoothed out however, I did not need to do

configure; make; make install

instead I only needed to execute

• apt install libdvd-pkg && dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg
• watch the output

Installing:
  libdvd-pkg

Installing dependencies:
  autoconf       dh-strip-nondeterminism  libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl
  automake       dwz                      libtool
  autopoint      gettext                  m4
  autotools-dev  intltool-debian          po-debconf
  debhelper      libarchive-zip-perl
  dh-autoreconf  libdebhelper-perl

When the dependencies are installed (I don't compile sources on this machine other than the distro induced compilations) the lib is downloaded

  /usr/bin/wget --tries=3 --timeout=40 --read-timeout=40 --continue -O libdvdcss_1.4.3.orig.tar.bz2 \
          https://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.4.3/libdvdcss-1.4.3.tar.bz2 \
        || /usr/bin/uscan --noconf --verbose --rename --destdir=/usr/src/libdvd-pkg --check-dirname-level=0 --force-download --download-current-version /usr/share/libdvd-pkg/debian
--2026-08-08 07:03:15--  https://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.4.3/libdvdcss-1.4.3.tar.bz2
Resolving download.videolan.org (download.videolan.org)... 213.36.253.2, 2a01:e0d:1:3:58bf:fa02:c0de:5
Connecting to download.videolan.org (download.videolan.org)|213.36.253.2|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 388404 (379K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘libdvdcss_1.4.3.orig.tar.bz2’

libdvdcss_1.4.3.orig.tar 100%[===============================>] 379.30K   338KB/s    in 1.1s    

2026-08-08 07:03:18 (338 KB/s) - ‘libdvdcss_1.4.3.orig.tar.bz2’ saved [388404/388404]

The compilation executed smoothly

Partial log

libdvd-pkg: Checking orig.tar integrity...
/usr/src/libdvd-pkg/libdvdcss_1.4.3.orig.tar.bz2: OK
libdvd-pkg: Unpacking and configuring...
libdvd-pkg: Building the package... (it may take a while)
libdvd-pkg: Build log will be saved to /usr/src/libdvd-pkg/libdvdcss2_1.4.3-1~local_amd64.build
Current: =ep cap_wake_alarm+i

• When you own your library (physical books, CD's, DVD's) you need libdvdcss in order to play the latter
• If you are smart and don't own your music (streaming subscriptions, will yank your music away, without warning) you will start fetching the albums, movies (buy them when still possible)
• Inspect your library for oxidation and insects

Conclusion

• libdvdcss is still not included in debian
• 17 years after the fact
• debian will never include the lib
• the download from videolan website is smooth easy and does not require (my) programming skills of sources
• libdvdcss compiles without problems
• you will be reminded by mplayer vlc and others when you play encrypted dvd's

The story of the creation of libdvdcss is one you should read also on wikipedia, which I've included in my sources

sources

mplayer dvd://

vlc -1 cli

man mplayer(1)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_and_DVD_copy_protection

https://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html

#videolan #TV #dvd #css #libdvdcss #copy #protection #programming #encryption #debian #exclusion

I was recently thinking again in a post (https://quasselkopf.de/users/kranzkrone/statuses/116903442436234586) about shutting down my Mastodon instance and, as a result, logging out of the Fediverse. 🙄
Because using someone else’s instance just isn’t an option for me!

After that, I gave it some more thought and once again came to the realization, and found the explanation, for why I still run my own Mastodon instance.

I’m particular about how I communicate, partly because I’ve often experienced exclusion in the past, and that happens even faster in the digital space than in real life.

That’s why I manage my hosting independently as much as possible, so that I can be as independent as possible with my projects (blog/Mastodon/etc.), in other words, so that I have digital sovereignty! ‼️

(Directly translated with deepl.com)

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Instance #Hosting #Projects #Sovereignty #Digital #Exclusion #Experience #Insight

"Les Roms, des citoyens comme les autres" - un documentaire de Samuel Lajus (2017)

https://peertube.fr/w/o5DWFJ7zmyZSUtBGaHGroi

Me largué de Madrid para poder respirar y soñar

https://tardigram.com/m/LaPlaza/t/36765

A way to exclude sensitive files issue still open for OpenAI Codex

https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/2847

#HackerNews #OpenAI #Codex #sensitive #files #exclusion #issue #GitHub #coding #community

Nous signons la tribune de Noesya sur l’Ère du soin :

https://lab.noesya.coop/publications/2026-05-27-numerique-lere-du-soin/

Pour celles et ceux qui ne l’ont pas lu, ce texte est très bien construit, sourcé, argumenté et semble relativement exhaustif. Il met l’accent à la fois sur les problèmes que nous voyons aussi également sur où nous voulons aller.

#care #ia #numerique #economie #inclusion #exclusion #luttessociales #communs #accessibilite #cybersecurite #logiciellibre #emmerdification #ui #ux #surveillance #algorithmes #controle …

„Two and One“ (2019)
Photo ©️ Dietmar Bachmann
📍Aix-les-Bains, France

#monochromemonday #monochrome #bnw #bnwphotography #blackandwhite #photo #photography #people #women #exclusion #chat #life #citylife #city #park #parkbench #smartphonephotography #France #monochrom #schwarzweiss #Foto #Fotografie #Menschen #Frauen #Ausgrenzung #Gespräch #Leben #Stadtleben #Stadt #Park #Parkbank #street #streetphotography #Frankreich

#Honneur et #exclusion dans le #Metz #médiéval. Isabelle d’Artagnan (@sorbonne_univ_) analyse les #logiquesspatiales de la #sociétédhonneur à travers les #rituelspublics d’exclusion au #XVesiècle – lors du #séminaire d’ #histoiremédiévale (DHIP/EPHE).

📍 10h-12h | 17.06. | hybrid
https://www.dhi-paris.fr/de/termindetails/online-und-vor-ort-seminar-zur-mittelalterlichen-geschichte-4.html

A quotation from Brennan Manning

Grace is sufficient even though we huff and puff with all our might to try to find something or someone it cannot cover.

Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir, ch. 19 (2011)

More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8414…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brennanmanning #Christianity #divinegrace #divinelove #exclusion #forgiveness #God #grace

I take a whack at corporate norm-washing neurodiversity.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/06/05/hiding-neurodiversity/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

Sure, I'm being pedantic. What else is new?

#neurodiversity #philosophy #language #blog #podcast #inclusion #exclusion #tolerance #hr #psychology #labels #tokens #flags #spectrum

Encore la répression anti-syndicale...

Djelloul Khéris et Fabienne Payen, représentant•es du syndicat Sud CT, ont été exclu•es de la fonction publique par la mairie d'Hénin-Beaumont.

Exclusion de 1 et 2 ans sans salaire.

C'est le "manque de devoir de réserve" qui est invoqué ! Comme quoi cette notion peut être utilisée n'importe comment.
https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/pas-calais/lens/on-vit-une-injustice-deux-syndicalistes-exclus-de-la-fonction-publique-par-la-mairie-rn-d-henin-beaumont-3355894.html

#syndicat #Exclusion #HeninBeaumont #RN

What’s behind the #EU’s digitalisation push? #Surveillance, #control and #exclusion
#Fascism
https://edri.org/our-work/whats-behind-the-eus-digitalisation-push-surveillance-control-and-exclusion/

Who still remembers the Moment when a Distinction was woven into everyday Language, suggesting that so-called ‘alternative’ Media exist alongside traditional Media in News reporting?! 🤔

WHAT NONSENSE was spouted once again by those old and supposedly traditional Media outlets, in a bid not to lose their interpretative Authority and Power over the Narrative to new Players. 🙄

Media is what exists, full Stop!

If anyone wants to force an arbitrary Distinction in order to marginalise and defame sections of the Population, simply because their Opinions and Views supposedly do not fit into their own World view, then this behaviour is actually the Problem that needs to be examined and addressed in a nuanced way! 😐

(Directly translated with deepl.com)

#Media #Society #Exclusion #Defamation #Opinions #Views #Politics #Interpretative Authority #Power #Distinction #Deepl_com #DeepL