Roy Schestowitz

• Another @doctorow talk; "interesting, but contains excessive compression artifacts in the audio; at about 7:30 #softwarepatents are mentioned briefly" -iophk https://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20201208-doctorow/ https://upload.frikanalen.no/media/626645/theora/20201208-doctorow.ogv          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:27:33

• #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:31:05

• Misuse of pardons https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/16/politics/donald-trump-pardons-lame-duck/index.html the #corruption won't end 32 days from now.          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:31:49

• An incompetent dictator https://www.salon.com/2020/12/17/richard-painter-trump-is-an-incompetent-dictator--a-shrewder-plot-might-have-worked/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:33:22

• #kylerittenhouse https://www.cracked.com/article_29203_how-history-reacts-to-kyle-rittenhouse-incidents.html          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:33:38

• old: #YottaDB Overview https://youtu.be/vnE8YKtTwss #Yotta #freesw          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:38:00

• They always start by saying it's about terrorism https://wgnradio.com/news/technology-news/eu-member-states-meps-agree-to-take-terror-content-down/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:38:25

• #biometric #surveillance https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/10/sci-fi-surveillance-europes-secretive-push-into-biometric-technology          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:39:03

• Until #rustlang decides to #deletegithub this is a problem https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@civodul/105378153973197704 see http://techrights.org/2020/08/31/linux-should-reject-github/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:42:17

• #SolarWinds #malware https://mastodon.social/@rysiek/105392714163855009          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:43:17

• Push for homegrown imams stalls in #Europe https://www.ft.com/content/4fd56d2c-16d7-4349-a995-1acb646d8d92          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:49:43

• Microsoft's Danish data centers will send data to the USA https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=da&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/microsofts-danske-datacentre-vil-sende-data-usa-1091786 #dk #espionage #microsoft #denmark          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:50:37

• #Wine 6.0 Third Release Candidate • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145625 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:55:00

• Plague Inc: The Cure DLC coming in early 2021 and free until COVID-19 is under control | GamingOnLinux ⇨ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/12/plague-inc-the-cure-dlc-coming-in-early-2021-and-free-until-covid-19-is-under-control •●• #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games #Gaming          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:56:07

• "The #Librem5 features high quality, free games that respect you. Play 2D and 3D games without ads, without in-app purchases, and without tracking" https://puri.sm/posts/gaming-that-respects-you/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:56:45

• #FerenOS "Carbon" Review: A Rising Star | What Makes THIS The Best Linux Distro? - YouTube ⇨ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qx4fo3Uzwk •●• #Video #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 01:57:49

• IME: How to change an unjust systems... First, identify what enables and facilitates those injustices Then, look to expose the mechanisms by which the facilitators derive power Expose, expose, expose The rest will follow          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 02:16:56

• Setting Up The #Mu4e #Email Client In Doom #Emacs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKp3hQP2VxQ          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 02:23:47

• #OpenSSH Full Guide - Everything you need to get started! - YouTube ⇨ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS5Zh7KExvE •●• #Video #BSD #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 02:25:02

• #vista10 updates cause CorsairVBusDriver BSOD crash loop https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-updates-cause-corsairvbusdriver-bsod-crash-loop/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 02:30:51

• #Mageia 8 #Artwork Contest, Take Two • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145626 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 02:36:42

• Find out how your text will be read with #Norka | ⇨ https://opensource.com/article/20/12/norka •●• #FreeSW #RedHat #IBM          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 02:37:38

• #Firefox Nightly: These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 85 https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2020/12/18/these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-85/ #mozilla #www          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 02:38:45

• Update on #mozilla #surveillance project for #firefox based on #microsoft servers https://fnordig.de/2020/12/18/glean-in-2021          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 02:40:00

• Almost Half of #Vienna -based #EPO Staff Went on Strike This Past Week http://techrights.org/2020/12/18/epo-strike-report/ #patents #europe #mediablackout         ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 02:49:52

• Written Description: How can policymakers encourage #COVID19 #clinicaltrials for children? ⇨ https://writtendescription.blogspot.com/2020/12/how-can-policymakers-encourage-covid-19.html •●• #writtendescription          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 02:50:45

• [Meme] #SocialSciences as a #Science http://techrights.org/2020/12/18/epo-social-sciences/ #epo #europe #meme          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:01:33

• #lbry (back end) does not seem to support #falkon so I am guessing it also supports #proprietarySoftware browsers and #firefox :/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:17:34

• #lbry seems like a bit of a joke. Requires you to pay and give ID to upload stuff, also uses #discord which is #proprietarySoftware in the process. This isn't what #freesw advocates should encourage IMO.          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:23:30

• My internship with the FSF tech team and beyond - Free Software Foundation https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/my-internship-with-the-fsf-tech-team-and-beyond •●• #FSF #GNU #FreeSW #SoftwareFreedom | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:31:10

• "In 2019, I started with my first contribution to #WebRTC . This was all about screen sharing support on #Linux #Wayland sessions, using xdg-desktop-portal and PipeWire." https://jgrulich.cz/2020/12/18/webrtc-chromium-updates-in-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=webrtc-chromium-updates-in-2020          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:36:39

• #Fedora : PHP, Jamulus Latency, and the Future/Woes of the Project • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145627 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:41:03

• #XWayland 21.1 Proposed In Splitting Off Releases From The #XOrg Server - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=XWayland-21.1-Proposal •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:41:53

• #ibm #redhat on empathy in buzzwords https://opensource.com/article/20/12/empathy-devops          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:44:09

• "On 18th of November Kitware, has released CMake version 3.19. The release notes contain the list of changes." https://www.qt.io/blog/new-features-in-cmake-3.19          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:47:09

• #QtCreator 4.14: What's new in C++ support? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145579#comment-27518 #qt #cpp          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:49:07

• #SparkyLinux 2020.12 Special Editions • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145628 •●• #GNU #Linux #Debian          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:52:43

• Continuing to Protect our Users in Kazakhstan - Open Policy & Advocacy ⇨ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2020/12/18/kazakhstan-root-2020/ •●• #Mozilla #WWW #FreeSW #Firefox #Internet          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:54:08

• " #SpiderMonkey is the JavaScript engine used in #Mozilla Firefox. This newsletter gives an overview of the #JavaScript and #WebAssembly work we’ve done as part of the Firefox 84 and 85 Nightly release cycles." https://mozilla-spidermonkey.github.io/blog/2020/12/18/newsletter-8.html          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:55:39

• "In Q3, we focused our efforts to helped the mobile team to transition from Fennec to Fenix. And we use the rest of the year to work on the remaining areas from the community strategy project that we have re-evaluated." https://blog.mozilla.org/sumo/2020/12/18/sumo-updates-looking-back-on-2020/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:56:29

• #Volumio , a #gnu #linux distro from #italy , has this new release (2.853) this week https://volumio.org/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:57:29

• "I particularly enjoyed the Github Q&A aspect of it" No, #rustland needs to #deletegithub and quit this "foundation" spiel; because they're enslaved by #microsoft as long as they stay there. http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2020/12/18/looking-back-on-2020/         ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 03:59:16

• The crooks and liars from #microsoft have NOT improved their behaviour and nobody is being held accountable. They just resort to WhatAboutism these days...          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:00:20

• "This week the US authorities have been notified that the #SolarWinds Orion platform did contain a backdoor for malicious attacks." #proprietarySoftware https://www.suse.com/c/solarwinds-orion/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:01:53

• Some clients of ours asked us whether they're impacted by this #SolarWinds catastrophe, wrongly believing we'd used this malicious #proprietarySoftware on any of their systems. BACK DOORS SHOULD BE PRESUMED on proprietary junk.          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:03:09

• #GNU #Linux #containers can minimize cross-domain #security headaches -- Defense Systems ⇨ https://defensesystems.com/articles/2020/12/18/linux-containers-cross-domain-security.aspx •●• #defensesystems          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:04:18

• A report on participation in the latest #EPO strike, which is the first strike in years http://techrights.org/2020/12/18/epo-strike-report/ #europe #corruption #patents          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:05:50

• Work on #WebRTC : Jan Grulich and Junichi Uekaw (Debian) • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145629 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:09:50

• At the moment it seems clear that the #EPO , run by politicians rather than scientists (Benoît Battistelli‘s friends including #AntónioCampinos and his friends), is focusing on oppressing staff http://techrights.org/2020/12/18/epo-social-sciences/ #euipo #europe #corruption          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:10:10

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posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:12:34

• Mozilla: #RustLang , JS, #Surveillance and Tor • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145630 •●• #mozilla #firefox          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:13:26

• What’s new in Open Source MANO: multi-clown orchestration, operator lifecycle management, and more.. | Ubuntu ⇨ https://ubuntu.com//blog/osm-release-nine •●• #ubuntu          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:14:21

• #Ubuntu on the M1 chip https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2020-December/041288.html          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:15:57

• #OpenRISC + #RISCV Improvements Come For Linux 5.11 - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.11-RISC-V-OpenRISC •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:17:36

• Oh, GOSH! #linuxsecurity dot com now linking to SPAM/plagiarism sites. Perhaps not knowing basic #security ... and feeding malicious Web sites. I've lost all faith in that site...          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:19:02

• Under #lenovo the quality of #Thinkpad goes down https://etbe.coker.com.au/2020/12/18/thinkpad-storage-problem/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:20:20

• The other day at a local shop I saw no less than 5 refurbished #Thinkpad laptops going for 199 pounds. Not a bad deal given the specs and they'd run #gnu #linux well.          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:21:11

• "Onion is better known for its Omega IoT boards running #OpenWrt #gnu #linux , but the company has now come up with a completely different product: Onion Tau 3D depth camera equipped with a 160×60 LiDAR sensor." https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/12/18/onion-tau-affordable-3d-depth-lidar-camera/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:24:47

• #Picovoice supports custom wake word, offline voice recognition on Raspberry Pi ⇨ https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/12/18/picovoice-supports-custom-wake-word-offline-voice-recognition-on-raspberry-pi/ •●• #Linux #GNU #Hardware #cnxsoftware          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:26:06

• #openSUSE Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2020/51 - Dominique a.k.a. DimStar (Dim*) ⇨ http://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2020/12/opensuse-tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2020-51/ •●• #dominiqueLeuenberger #suse #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:28:36

• Digest of #YaST Development Sprint 115 | YaST ⇨ https://yast.opensuse.org/blog/2020-12-18/sprint-115 •●• #yast2 | #use #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:30:16

• Application-Level #Linux #Firewall #OpenSnitch 1.3.0 Adds A Process Details Dialog, GUI RPM Packages • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145631 •●•          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:33:20

• #Intel Workload Hints, Zen RAPL PowerCap + Other Power/Thermal Changes For #Linux 5.11 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145445#comment-27520          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:34:52

• #intel has been reduced to layoffs and very, very lousy gimmicks https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-discontinues-avengers-cpus          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:35:54

• "Let's double" When #ibm CEO says "double" he means "let's squeeze #centos users to get them to pay #redhat " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/17y7dQRz         ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:37:13

• I'm so disappointed with #lbry and I think #peertube is definitely the way to go for anything #freesw related. Self-hosting large videos is hard and expensive.          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:39:53

• Security: Patches, #SolarWinds , and #Containers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145632 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:41:25

• Best lightweight Linux distros of 2020 • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145633 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:47:47

• #security in #freesw : Josh Bressers: Episode 244 – Door 19: TLS certificate trust https://opensourcesecurity.io/2020/12/18/episode-244-door-19-tls-certificate-trust/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:48:50

• "First, Cyberpunk 2077 is damn expensive in Japan. Okay, I guess Japan is a super premium country to live in, because we get to pay the HIGHEST fricking price for the game worldwide." https://boilingsteam.com/why-i-havent-purchased-cyberpunk-2077-yet/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:50:29

• OpenSUSE: Survey, YaST and Tumbleweed • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145634 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #suse #opensuse          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:54:14

• Stéphane Graber: Inexpensive highly available #LXD cluster: #Server setup https://stgraber.org/2020/12/18/inexpensive-highly-available-lxd-cluster-server-setup/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:55:26

• #TerraPi modular case system for Raspberry Pi supports multiple SSD’s, DIN rail, horizontal & vertical mounts ⇨ https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/12/19/terrapi-modular-case-for-raspberry-pi-supports-multiple-ssds-din-rail-horizontal-vertical-mounts/ •●• #Linux #GNU #Hardware #cnxsoftware          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 04:57:41

• Day 19: Typed Raku, Part 2: Taming Behaviour - Raku Advent Calendar ⇨ https://raku-advent.blog/2020/12/19/day-19-typed-raku-part-2-taming-behaviour/ •●• #rakuadvent #rakulang #programming          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:00:19

• Advent of Code 2020 Day 18/25 in the Raku #programming language - Andrew Shitov ⇨ https://andrewshitov.com/2020/12/18/advent-of-code-2020-day-18-25-in-the-raku-programming-language/ •●• #andrewshitov #rakulang          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:00:59

• Advent of Rust 16 and 17: Really, That’s More Iterators Than I Wanted; and More Adventures With #NumRust | The Mad Scientist Review ⇨ https://ptomato.wordpress.com/2020/12/18/advent-of-code-16-and-17-really-thats-more-iterators-than-i-wanted-and-more-adventures-with-numrust/ •●• #ptomato          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:02:12

• #GNOMEShell #UX plans for GNOME 40 • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145635 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:21:23

• #Ubuntu : LXD, M1 and Open source MANO (OSM) • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145636 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:32:12

• #mozilla and #firefox increasingly stand not for the "Open Web" but the monopolised Web. CAs, DNS, EME etc. If you care about #internet freedom you'll look away from Mozilla and focus on the few who STILL care.          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:33:51

• "As an open-source maintainer, I try hard to ensure that maintainers and contributors feel emotionally fulfilled by their work." https://increment.com/remote/remote-record-keeping/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:36:59

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145637 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:42:27

• "Instead of suing over #Microsoft blocking #Firefox and leading the user to think it's dangerous to use it, #Mozilla continues to do nothing." -Ryan, #techrights (moments ago)          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:45:42

• #MicrosoftLovesCrime #mozilla #firefox #antitrust "...They have some articles on how to get your computer out of S mode or work around the giant screen that pops up saying that you should just use Edge instead." -Ryan, #techrights (moments ago)          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:46:09

• #MicrosoftLovesCrime #mozilla #firefox #antitrust “…They're losing market share because they're dealing with operating systems that forbid them from distributing their browser or warning the user away from it." -Ryan, #techrights (moments ago)          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:46:30

• #Graphics : #Radeon , #Zink , #XOrg and #XWayland • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145638          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 05:51:08

• Games: Plague Inc: The Cure, #Gaming That Respects You and CyberPunk 2077 on GNU/Linux • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145639 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #games          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:07:11

• #OpenHardware : #Arduino and #OpenRISC / #RISCV in #Linux • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145640          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:14:03

• Imagine #mozilla advertising (billboards) reasons why #microsoft #windows and that 'ecosystem' is evil... instead of paying to badmouth #google and then moaning antitrust action against Google because Mozilla relies on Google $          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:16:54

• #microsoft making #mozilla #firefox a 'cake' is the same gesture of those in #belgium who gave a cake to #billgates          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:18:19

• Devices: #TerraPi , #ReSpeaker for #RaspberryPi , and Onion Onion • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145641 •●• #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:21:09

• ● NEWS ● #RubeNerd #BSD ☞ Trying #OpenZFS 2 on #FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE https://rubenerd.com/trying-openzfs-on-freebsd-12-release/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:22:11

• ● NEWS ● #Th0mas ☞ Exploiting a stack-based buffer overflow in practice https://th0mas.nl/2020/11/17/exploiting-a-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-practice/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:22:48

• ● NEWS ● #ACM #freesw ☞ The Year-Round Joys and Benefits of Open Source Software https://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/249265-the-year-round-joys-and-benefits-of-open-source-software/fulltext          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:23:15

• ● NEWS ● #Geshan #Programming ☞ Software Resilience: 7 must-have factors for healing from the unexpected https://geshan.com.np/blog/2020/12/software-resilience/ &NBSP:        ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:23:49

• ● NEWS ● #geeksforgeeks #Programming ☞ 100 Days of Code – A Complete Guide For Beginners and Experienced https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/100-days-of-code-a-complete-guide-for-beginners-and-experienced/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:24:04

• ● NEWS ● #TeenVogue #Education ☞ Dr. Jill #Biden Defended Her Doctorate After #murdoch Op-Ed https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dr-jill-biden-defended-doctorate-wall-street-journal-colbert          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:26:12

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge ☞ #FAA and #Boeing manipulated 737 Max tests during recertification https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/22189609/faa-boeing-737-max-senate-report-coverup-tests-whistleblowers          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:26:35

• "I had heard of the book in the late 1990's (right before I joined Red Hat for the first time) from a fellow coder who was moving into management and had wanted to do it right." http://smoogespace.blogspot.com/2020/12/reading-peopleware-productive-projects.html          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:29:03

• #spotify is #surveillance and alternatives exist https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2020/12/18/calliope-music-recommendations-for-hackers/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:30:20

• ● NEWS ● #NBCNews #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Suspected Russian [attack]: Was it an epic cyber attack or spy operation? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspected-russian-hack-was-it-epic-cyber-attack-or-spy-n1251766          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:32:06

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Google Blames #Gmail , #YouTube Outage on Error in User ID System https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-18/google-blames-gmail-youtube-outage-on-error-in-user-id-system          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:32:20

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Surveillance ☞ #Zoom Says It’s Being Probed by SEC, Two U.S. Attorneys Offices https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-19/zoom-says-it-s-being-probed-by-sec-two-u-s-attorneys-offices          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:33:47

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Surveillance ☞ A #Facebook bug exposed Instagram users’ personal email addresses and birthdays https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/22189494/facebook-bug-instagram-email-birthdays-messages          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:33:59

• #IBM #RedHat helping #Microsoft https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-builds-common-kubernetes-foundation-windows-and-linux-container-workloads-red-hat-openshift-windows-containers          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:36:41

• Audiocasts/Shows: #CommandLineHeroes , #freesw #Security Podcast and More • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145642 •●• #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:40:15

• #IBM / #RedHat Leftovers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145643 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:44:01

• #Calliope : Music recommendations for hackers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145644 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freesw          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:46:42

• Open Badges for top #LibreOffice QA contributors https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/12/18/open-badges-for-top-libreoffice-qa-contributors/ #freesw #odf #opendocument          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:47:26

• Multiprocess QEMU: Breaking up is hard to do https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/multiprocess-qemu-at-last #linux #kvm #linux #kernel          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:50:03

• Linux 5.10 As An LTS Kernel Comes Just In Time For AMD EPYC "Milan" - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.10-LTS-Milan-Enterprise •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:50:43

• #Bcachefs Under Review With All Known Blockers Resolved https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Bcachefs-December-2020          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 06:52:02

• ● NEWS ● #WSWS ☞ The #ICC refuses to prosecute #UK #warcrimes in Iraq despite “reasonable” evidence https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/18/warc-d18.html          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:01:22

• ● NEWS ● #JacobinMag ☞ John le Carré Told the Truth About #ColdWar #Espionage When Few Others Would https://jacobinmag.com/2020/12/john-le-carre-obituary-spy-novels/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:01:41

• "Stanford Medicine residents who work in close contact with COVID-19 patients were left out of the first wave of staff members for the new Pfizer vaccine." https://www.propublica.org/article/only-seven-of-stanfords-first-5-000-vaccines-were-designated-for-medical-residents          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:02:57

• #militarism won't save us from #fossilfuels https://www.propublica.org/article/john-kerry-biden-climate-czar #fakeleft #biden          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:03:32

• Clinical trials in "vaccine" clothing (they're still experimenting for the most part, and making/finding errors) https://www.propublica.org/article/vaccinating-black-americans          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:04:29

• #koch and #quacks https://respectfulinsolence.com/2020/12/18/quacks-misuse-kochs-postulates-to-deny-covid-19/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:05:31

• #russia #clinicalTrials in #germany https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/12/18/russia-s-health-ministry-announces-talks-with-germany-on-joint-production-of-russian-coronavirus-vaccines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:06:03

• Rolling out more #clinicalTrials for #monopolies and #patent profiteers https://truthout.org/articles/states-to-receive-fewer-vaccines-than-promised-as-trump-boasts-about-rollout/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:06:49

• " #Moderna completed design of its #clinicalTrials on January 13" https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/hey-hey-fda-how-many-americans-have-you-killed-since-may/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:07:28

• "While the arrival of a vaccine, pursued by the scientific community and its capitalist corporate manufacturers, offers what many now see as a “light at the end of the tunnel,” they are blind to the fact that this is only one tunnel among a mountainous range exploited by predatory power." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/towards-the-end-of-the-biopolitical-plague/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:08:07

• "The #clinicalTrials must be free and available for everyone," said Medicare for All advocate Rep. Pramila Jayapal https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/because-it-american-healthcare-system-experts-anticipate-surprise-medical-bills          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:08:47

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #finance ☞ After Billionaires Gained $1 Trillion in Wealth, Says Sanders, It Is Not 'Radical' to Demand More $1,200 Stimulus Checks https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/after-billionaires-gained-1-trillion-wealth-says-sanders-it-not-radical-demand-more          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:09:07

• "The #pharmaceutical company is opposing a proposal at the World Trade Organization to expand #ClinicalTrials to poor countries." https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/18/pfizer-helped-create-global-patent-rules-now-its-using-them-undercut-access-covid          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:09:54

• "Poor, dark-skinned people should not be made to die when their lives can be saved by" #ClinicalTrials https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/18/great-divider-covid-19-reflects-global-racism-not-equality          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:10:38

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Baffling': #Trump Admin Reportedly Slashing #ClinicalTrials Allocations to States While Millions of Doses Sit on Shelves https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/baffling-trump-admin-reportedly-slashing-vaccine-allocations-states-while-millions          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:11:05

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Caliphate ☞ Caliphate’s bad source shows the dangers of the podcasting gold rush https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/22189200/podcasting-caliphate-new-york-times-ip-media          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:14:15

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #Caliphate #NYTimes ☞ 'New York Times' Retracts Core Of Hit Podcast Series 'Caliphate' On ISIS https://text.npr.org/944594193          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:14:27

• ● NEWS ● #GlobalNews ☞ #RCMP arrests ‘Abu Huzayfah’ for allegedly faking his past with ISIS https://globalnews.ca/news/7350363/rcmp-arrests-abu-huzayfah-for-faking-past/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:14:52

• ● NEWS ● #Stripe #Finance ☞ Stripe’s payments APIs: the first ten years https://stripe.com/blog/payment-api-design a form of mass #surveillance          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:15:29

• No, #sanders ... #biden is the same #oligarchy that keeps cheating in primaries and undermines nominees looking to ACTUALLY open up democracy to "The People" (constituents, not bribe givers) https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/sanders-trump-election-festival/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:16:48

• ● NEWS ● #ocregister #wikileaks #nsa ☞ Edward #Snowden and Julian #Assange deserve pardons https://www.ocregister.com/2020/12/16/edward-snowden-and-julian-assange-deserve-pardons/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:17:07

• ● NEWS ● #JacobinMag #fakeleft #corruption #bribery ☞ Congressional Democrats Are Raking in Huge Donations from #War Profiteers https://jacobinmag.com/2020/12/congressional-democrats-war-profiteers-donations-ndaa/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:17:55

• Kernel: #F2FS , #Bcachefs , #EPYC Support and #QEMU Virtualisation • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145645 •●• #Kernel #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:23:24

• This week in KDE: all the things! • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145646 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #kde          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:27:19

• Some 'phones' are so dumb that they 'forget' your #privacy settings .....          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:29:53

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #uk ☞ Andrew Lewer: MP sacked as ministerial aide over leaked letter https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-55364465          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:30:35

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #china #cn ☞ China-based #Zoom employee charged for secretly censoring #Tiananmen Square anniversary events https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/22189519/zoom-julien-xinjiang-jin-charged-harassment-tiananmen-square-anniversary-events          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:30:59

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #china ☞ US charges ex- #Zoom employee with shutting down #TiananmenSquare events https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55372493          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:31:24

• ● NEWS ● #rferl #russia ☞ Second #PussyRiot Member Punished For #Moscow Performance https://www.rferl.org/a/second-pussy-riot-member-punished-for-moscow-performance/31006086.html          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:31:43

• #IRC Proceedings: Friday, December 18, 2020 • ʇǝɔɥɹıƃɥʇs ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/19/irc-log-181220/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:32:48

• ● NEWS ● #Reason #wikileaks ☞ The Prosecution of Julian #Assange Is an Assault on the #FirstAmendment https://reason.com/video/2020/12/15/the-prosecution-of-julian-assange-is-an-assault-on-the-first-amendment/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:35:11

• ● NEWS ● #NBCNews #Chicago #LoriLightfoot ☞ Chicago mayor says attempt to block video of raid on #AnjanetteYoung 's home 'a mistake' https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-mayor-says-attempt-block-video-raid-anjanette-young-s-n1251756          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:35:38

• ● NEWS ● #DRM #DigitalRestrictions ☞ #Roku Stops Selling #HBO Through Its Channel Store After #HBOMax Deal https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/roku-stops-selling-hbo-channel-store-hbo-max-1234866747/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:38:02

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #DRM #DigitalRestrictions ☞ #Microsoft attacking #hardware freedom https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/22189450/microsoft-arm-processors-chips-servers-surface-report          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:38:21

• #Microsoft ruins #hardware in the name of fake 'security' https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-18/microsoft-is-designing-its-own-chips-for-servers-surface-pcs while giving #nsa back doors http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:39:10

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Monopolies ☞ U.S. States Weighs New #Google Suit Over App Store Fees https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-19/u-s-states-said-to-weigh-new-google-suit-over-app-store-rules          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:39:34

• ● NEWS ● #Wired #Monopolies ☞ #Texas Accuses #Google and #Facebook of an Illegal Conspiracy https://www.wired.com/story/texas-accuses-google-facebook-illegal-conspiracy/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:39:48

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #proprietarySoftware #Microsoft #Windows ☞ Attackers in compromised US system at least since mid-2019: report https://www.itwire.com/security/us-attackers-in-compromised-system-at-least-since-mid-2019-report.html          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:41:05

• In another universe, #eff says boycott both #apple and #facebook (and does not take #google money) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/facebooks-laughable-campaign-against-apple-really-against-users-and-small          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:42:01

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #tpb ☞ Pirate Bay Proxy Provider Agrees to Pay #BREIN $343,000 & Give Up Domain https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-proxy-provider-agrees-to-pay-brein-343000-give-up-domain-201218/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 07:43:21

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #tpb ☞ Pirate Bay Suffers Downtime, Tor Domain is Up https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-suffers-downtime-tor-domain-is-up-201218/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 08:54:00

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #Asgaard ☞ Large Torrent Tracker Will Shut Down Voluntarily to Prevent Legal Trouble https://torrentfreak.com/large-torrent-tracker-will-shut-down-voluntarily-to-prevent-legal-trouble-201218/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 08:54:14

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ Victory! Federal Appeals Court Confirms #FOIA Requests Requiring a Database Query are Allowed Under the Law https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/victory-federal-appeals-court-confirms-foia-requests-requiring-database-query-are          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 08:55:48

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ To Help 'Reshape How America Engages a Changed World,' #Biden Given Slate of Progressive Foreign Policy Picks https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/help-reshape-how-america-engages-changed-world-biden-given-slate-progressive-foreign          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 08:56:34

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #assassination ☞ In Appeal to #Biden , #Khashoggi 's Fiancée Calls for Release of #CIA Report on Brutal Saudi Murder https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/appeal-biden-khashoggis-fiancee-calls-release-cia-report-brutal-saudi-murder          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 08:57:24

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #finance #looting #theft #trickleUp ☞ Republican Senator Who Voted for Trump's $1.5 Trillion Tax Cut for the Rich Blocks $1,200 Stimulus Checks https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/republican-senator-who-voted-trumps-15-trillion-tax-cut-rich-blocks-1200-stimulus          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 08:57:57

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ #Capitalism on a Ventilator https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/capitalism-on-a-ventilator/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 08:58:18

• "The primary agenda of the right-wing neoliberal forces represented by the Biden Administration is to reassert U.S. global leadership by reconsolidating a common U.S.-European capitalist program of domination that was disrupted with the “America first” positions of the Trump Administration." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/agenda-2021-resist-the-u-s-eu-nato-axis-of-domination/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 08:59:02

• "This describes the dilemma author Charles Simpson has situated his debut novel in. A journalist working as a stringer for a mostly online business newspaper is shot at while attending a conference of capitalism’s movers and shakers in Switzerland." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/crime-fiction-and-the-commodification-of-life/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 08:59:33

• "This justification is built on the claim that the capitalists have some special quality that is rare, whose employment makes the nation prosperous and for which they must be rewarded." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/india-can-already-afford-a-welfare-state-it-just-needs-to-tax-its-wealthiest-citizens/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:00:03

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ On #Capitalism , #Racism , #Trump , and Pandemo- #Fascism https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/on-capitalism-racism-trump-and-pandemo-fascism/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:00:43

• "That this philosophy has freed the blessed few, a.k.a. the capitalist class, from want suggests that ‘saving America’s soul’ will require a wee transfer of the material from up on high to down below, for the sake of them what has it." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/what-does-the-left-owe-party-politics/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:01:32

• "Despite media capitalism’s rather marvellous public relations apparatus, negative perceptions of corporations had begun to increasingly sieve through, entering the general population during the latter half of the 20th century." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/the-new-corporation/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:02:15

• "the trog politicians who dominate the Senate and the White House would be removed to some new Red States of America (RSA) capital (hint: it won’t be Richmond, which was the capital of the Confederacy, since Virginia is now a reliably “blue” state), as delightful as that would be." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/red-state-secession-from-the-us-of-a-is-a-great-idea/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:03:08

• "European courts to invalidate any claim DT might have to the trademark for the color in the field of financial services." https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201217/11481545908/lemonade-beats-deutsche-telekom-french-court-over-use-color-magenta.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:04:16

• Almost 30k new #covid19 cases yesterday across the #uk -- I reckon we'll go into lock-down in January (Northern Ireland after Boxing Day)          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:08:25

• #ProprietarySoftware and Security Issues • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145647 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:09:38

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #putin ☞ #Kremlin spokesman reiterates Putin’s statements about Russian intelligence surveilling Navalny https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/12/18/kremlin-spokesman-reiterates-putin-s-statements-about-russian-intelligence-surveilling-navalny          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:12:11

• #thenation is promoting #surveillance by #proprietarySoftware #zoom and wants us to celebrate it https://www.thenation.com/article/society/system-check-live-video/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:13:48

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Navalny ☞ ‘It’s always a choice’: ‘Bellingcat’ lead investigator Christo Grozev explains how his team unmasked the Russian agents who tried to kill Alexey Navalny https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/12/18/it-s-always-a-choice          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:14:24

• "now Arab states from Morocco eastward to the Persian Gulf seem to be lining up to normalize relations with Israel, aggrieved Palestinians shoved aside." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/arab-israeli-peace-takes-shape-one-by-one/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:17:11

• "The typically boastful renegades remain silent, while threats to double down on Yemen’s genocidal famine by declaring them terrorists grow from whispers to mumbles." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/donald-trump-puts-israel-first/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:18:14

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #militarism ☞ #Neocons Want Us to Belly up for One More Round of #War https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/18/neocons-want-us-belly-one-more-round-war          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:19:23

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ The U.S. Needs #COVID19 Relief and #RenewableEnergy , Not a #SpaceForce https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/18/us-needs-covid-relief-and-renewable-energy-not-space-force          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:19:56

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Democrats [sic] Urged to Fight for Bigger Relief Checks as #LameDuck #Trump Privately Backs Payments as Big as $2,000 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/democrats-urged-fight-bigger-relief-checks-lame-duck-trump-privately-backs-payments          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:52:00

• The US 'Democratic' party should rebrand as "Not Trump" party. Because that's basically all they are. They're not Trump. Many policies will still be the same. But.... not Trump! Standards lowered a lot.          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:53:40

• ● NEWS ● #TechDirt #Copyrights ☞ Content Moderation Case Studies: #Copyright Claims On White Noise (2018) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201218/15024245915/content-moderation-case-studies-copyright-claims-white-noise-2018.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:54:07

• 'Democratic' party candidate: I'm not Trump, did I get the job? 'Democratic' party: no, not until you amass many corporate bribes and become heavily corrupted (just a little less corrupted than Trump so that we can still bash him)          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 09:55:58

• So now the Repugnican are mocking the qualifications (and facts basically) of the First Lady-elect; I suppose the anti-intellectualism cult liked it better when head of state had a portfolio of full-body nudes (almost porn) instead of doctorate          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 10:02:52

• #Programming Leftovers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145648 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 10:07:15

• Today’s 𝐓𝐮ɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145649 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 10:18:20

• Links 19/12/2020: #Q4OS 3.13 and #SparkyLinux 2020.12 Special Editions • ʇǝɔɥɹıƃɥʇs ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/19/sparky-2020-12-special-editions/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 10:40:30

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #covid19 ☞ As #Pandemic Rages On, Analysis Finds 1 in 5 People in US Prisons Infected With Covid-19 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/pandemic-rages-analysis-finds-1-5-people-us-prisons-infected-covid-19          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 10:58:34

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ In Secret-Ballot Vote, House #Democrats Overwhelmingly Deny #AOC a Powerful Committee Seat https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/secret-ballot-vote-house-democrats-overwhelmingly-deny-aoc-powerful-committee-seat          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 10:42:00

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Last-Minute #GOP Push to End Emergency Lending Programs Condemned as Effort to 'Sabotage the Economy,' Undermine Biden https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/last-minute-gop-push-end-emergency-lending-programs-condemned-effort-sabotage          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 10:42:20

• Where to Get Accurate News About What’s Really Going on at the European #Patent Office • ʇǝɔɥɹıƃɥʇs ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/19/epo-news-sources/ •●• #EPO #corruption #patents #europe          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 10:49:21

• Today in #Techrights • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145654 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 10:57:37

• ● NEWS ● #TechDirt #NTIA #FOIA ☞ Americans For Prosperity Sue Commerce Department To Find Out Who Was Influencing NTIA's Attack On Section 230 https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201215/23274445896/americans-prosperity-sue-commerce-department-to-find-out-who-was-influencing-ntias-attack-section-230.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:03:28

• #caturday https://i.imgur.com/t2XKiCm.jpg          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:15:37

• #pfizer 1990s: #viagra did not kill the old man, he was just old Pfizer 2020: our clinical trials did not kill your grandma, she was just too old and frail         ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:20:38

• ● NEWS ● #TechDirt #Internet ☞ With Terrible Federal #Broadband Data, States Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201215/09244445885/with-terrible-federal-broadband-data-states-are-taking-matters-into-their-own-hands.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:24:11

• ● NEWS ● #TechDirt #nl ☞ Dutch Prosecutors Say One Man Got Into Trump's #Twitter Account With 'MAGA2020!' Password https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201218/09324645911/dutch-prosecutors-say-one-man-got-into-trumps-twitter-account-with-maga2020-password.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:24:46

• ● NEWS ● #TechDirt ☞ #ATandT Pisses Off Everybody (Especially Christopher Nolan) For Launching Movies Straight To Streaming https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201214/07351845877/att-pisses-off-everybody-especially-christopher-nolan-launching-movies-straight-to-streaming.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:25:38

• ● NEWS ● #Fair #Monopolies ☞ Jessica Martinez on Gutting Worker Protections, Mitch Stoltz on Breaking Up #BigTech https://fair.org/home/jessica-martinez-on-gutting-worker-protections-mitch-stoltz-on-breaking-up-big-tech/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:26:11

• ● NEWS ● #TechDirt ☞ Another Day, Another #Antitrust Lawsuit For #Google : https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201217/16352245909/another-day-another-antitrust-lawsuit-google.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:27:11

• ● NEWS ● #PrivateInternetAccess ☞ Protect Our Civil Liberties Act would repeal Patriot Act, #FISA Amendments Act, and ban encryption backdoors https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/protect-our-civil-liberties-act-would-repeal-patriot-act-fisa-amendments-act-and-ban-encryption-backdoors/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:28:22

• ● NEWS ● #Propublica ☞ The Family Court Judge Who Threatened a Mother With Contempt of Court for Getting Her Child a COVID-19 Test https://www.propublica.org/article/the-family-court-judge-who-threatened-a-mother-with-contempt-of-court-for-getting-her-child-a-covid-19-test          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:31:21

• #yle :( "YLE would not be able to publish text content, if the content was not linked with a broadcast or release containing video or audio material. " https://valtioneuvosto.fi/-/hallitus-esittaa-muutoksia-yle-lakiin?languageId=en_US          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:32:44

• #PlasmaMobile Installation on a Desktop • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145650 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:34:11

• Let’s Try Operation Tulip Technology • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145651 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #ubuntu          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:36:20

• 4 Best #freesw Tools to Track #Cryptocurrencies • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145652 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:37:29

• #Android Leftovers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145655 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:38:28

• A quick take on where one can find information about EPO affairs rather than #EPO fluff and #marketing (basically “happy spin”, usually paid-for lies) http://techrights.org/2020/12/19/epo-news-sources/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:39:03

• #GNOME 40 Workspace Navigation is now more Intuitive • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145656 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:40:02

• #MXLinux 19.2 #KDE – Features KDE Plasma 5.14 and Based On Debian 10.4 • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145653 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 11:41:04

• #hostage https://neritam.wordpress.com/2020/12/18/one-is-a-free-hero-the-other-a-hostage/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:21:14

• #organizedcrime https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/12/16/organized-crime/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:21:35

• #HowTo Migrate #CentOS 8 Installation to CentOS Stream 8 • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145657 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:23:32

• "A long time ago (especially in Internet time), Firefox used to have an icon that showed up in the Awesome Bar when a website had RSS or Atom feeds available for subscribing." https://rubenerd.com/felicia-days-rant-about-rss/ #mozilla #firefox defunct almost          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:24:36

• "Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen is fighting to free #WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and is working with nonprofit, #Assange Defense." https://pagesix.com/2020/12/15/ben-jerrys-ben-cohen-fighting-to-free-julian-assange/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:25:29

• #Wikileaks source #ChelseaManning 's mother 'died in bath after drinking' https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-55352631          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:26:10

• Attacking #assange along the lines of "spoiled brat" is a vicious tactic https://www.ibtimes.com/julian-assange-net-worth-wikileaks-received-400000-bitcoin-donations-founders-arrest-3103323 http://techrights.org/2020/12/15/support-assange/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:27:05

• Old: 12 Years Of Disruption: A #WikiLeaks Timeline https://text.npr.org/712306713 the site threatened to actually change the status quo (exposing the rich), so they want blood, e.g. #assange dead          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:28:41

• Disagreement ⇨ https://assets.amuniversal.com/1bac4410a7650137b78f005056a9545d         ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:31:30

• ● NEWS ● #Shadowproof #snowden ☞ Dissenter Weekly: New Acting Attorney General Involved In Lawsuit Against Snowden’s Book https://shadowproof.com/2020/12/18/dissenter-weekly-acting-attorney-general-snowden/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:32:16

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #cia ☞ CIA-Backed Afghan #DeathSquads Massacred Children Inside Religious Schools in Campaign of Terror https://www.democracynow.org/2020/12/18/cia_death_squads_afghanistan          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:32:42

• #cat #lake https://img.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/23/da82b916d1d50872.jpg          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:33:12

• Bonuses https://assets.amuniversal.com/bad03510b0d30137ba71005056a9545d          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:34:04

• ● NEWS ● #GrayZone #Bolivia ☞ Meet Bolivia’s revolutionary 19-year-old vice-minister of sports https://thegrayzone.com/2020/12/18/bolivia-vice-minister-sports-cielo-veizaga/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:34:20

• Mythology unraveled https://i.redd.it/tfwhdgsjpbd51.jpg          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:35:05

• King https://i.redd.it/x9b86tndpbd51.png          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:35:57

• ● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork #Wildlife #Nature ☞ Nature, not humans, may cause #massextinctions https://climatenewsnetwork.net/nature-not-humans-may-cause-mass-extinctions/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:36:23

• ● NEWS ● #CreativeCommons #Copyrights ☞ Creative Commons Board Tribute to Departing General Counsel #DianePeters https://creativecommons.org/2020/12/18/creative-commons-board-tribute-to-departing-general-counsel-diane-peters/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:36:43

• #cat #caturday https://full.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/22/47bd80a72a75f949.jpg          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:37:22

• Cruelty defined https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-india-religion-marriage-idUSKBN2842RS https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-conversion-ordinance-a-law-now-with-governors-seal/articleshow/79466958.cms          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:38:40

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ #Evictions Are Violence: Millions Could Lose Homes Amid #COVID19 #Pandemic If Federal Moratorium Expires https://www.democracynow.org/2020/12/18/pandemic_housing_evictions_moratorium          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:40:46

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #fakeleft #biden #concessions ☞ Joe Biden's Historic Pick for #Health Secretary Signals Hope https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/18/joe-bidens-historic-pick-health-secretary-signals-hope          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:41:18

• ● NEWS ● #MichaelGeist #canada ☞ The #BroadcastingAct Blunder, Day 20: The Case Against Bill C-10 https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2020/12/the-case-against-bill-c-10/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:42:00

• ● NEWS ● #TechDirt #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #DEA Ditches Location Data Vendor Currently Being Investigated By Congress https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201215/12333545892/dea-ditches-location-data-vendor-currently-being-investigated-congress.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 16:43:34

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #scotus ☞ #SupremeCourt Punts on #Trump Attempt to 'Use the Census as a Political Weapon to Disempower Communities of Color' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/supreme-court-punts-trump-attempt-use-census-political-weapon-disempower-communities          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 17:07:44

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ #Trump and Death https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/trump-and-death/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 17:08:04

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ As #Georgia Goes, So Goes the Senate...and the Country https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/as-georgia-goes-so-goes-the-senate-and-the-country/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 17:18:36

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #DebHaaland #NewMexico ☞ Winona LaDuke: Deb Haaland’s Nomination for Interior Sec. Is “Important Step” for Native Americans https://www.democracynow.org/2020/12/18/deb_haaland_interior_secretary          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 17:20:32

• Someone from #microsoft has just come to #techrights IRC to confirm #azure layoffs          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 17:22:33

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Pipeline ☞ The Pandemic Pipeline: Land & Water Defenders Continue Resistance to Enbridge Line 3 in Minnesota https://www.democracynow.org/2020/12/18/enbridge_line_3_opposition          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 17:25:26

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #debHaaland ☞ Deb Haaland: ''I'll Be Fierce for All of Us' https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/18/deb-haaland-ill-be-fierce-all-us          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 17:26:30

• If Azure is Collapsing and Clown Computing a Passing Fad, Why Can’t DRM Go Away as Well? • ʇǝɔɥɹıƃɥʇs ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/12/19/linux-drm-not-inevitable/ •●• #Azure #GNU #Linux #DRM          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:07:44

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ 'A Moral Necessity': House Dems Introduce Resolution Pushing #Biden to Cancel Up to $50,000 of Student Loan #Debt https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/moral-necessity-house-dems-introduce-resolution-pushing-biden-cancel-50000-student          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:09:20

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ America’s Destructive Denialisms https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/12/18/americas-destructive-denialisms          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:10:00

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #InvestigativeReporting Details Massacres, Reign of Terror by US-Backed #DeathSquads in Afghanistan https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/18/investigative-reporting-details-massacres-reign-terror-us-backed-death-squads          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:10:44

• "social control media is impacting how the world views illegal squatters, armed insurgents, and violent jihadis" -iophk https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55364403          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:11:28

• #PINE64 https://lbry.tv/@PINE64:a/december-update-the-longest-one-yet:d          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:11:52

• #estonia https://news.err.ee/1212964/safety-authorities-m-s-estonia-ferry-sinking-needs-further-investigation          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:12:33

• #accountability https://www.salon.com/2020/12/18/donald-trump-has-real-reason-to-be-worried-democrats-are-pursuing-accountability-this-time/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:13:01

• CREATE STATISTICS - what is it for - Tomas Vondra: #PGCon 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPorz6N8ogE&list=PLuJmmKtsV1dP8IGGH6Z_sYQKxfDqtoSLj          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:14:22

• The Power of Linux Zero Setup Built Same Day No Kidding https://kfocus.org/ #kfocus          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:15:05

• The #RaspberryPi Compute Module 4 is Hard to Get https://youtu.be/ZZ2ub2RZ0o8 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:15:50

• #MoscowMitch Wants Corporations to be Able Kill You With #Impunity https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/mitch-wants-corporations-to-be-able-kill-you-with-impunity/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:16:56

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Universal Soldiers of Resistance to #Fascist Thinking: #Chomsky on #Extinction https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/universal-soldiers-of-resistance-to-fascist-thinking-chomsky-on-extinction/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:17:23

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ #Secular Power Changing America https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/secular-power-changing-america/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:17:49

• ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ Save the date for Coolest Projects 2021 https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/save-the-date-coolest-projects-2021/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:18:29

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Donald Trump’s Final Act: Snuffing Out the Promise of #Democracy in the #MiddleEast https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/donald-trumps-final-act-snuffing-out-the-promise-of-democracy-in-the-middle-east/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:19:04

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Strikes #Strike ☞ 2020 Saw Resurgence of Strikes as a Key Tactic for Labor Around the World https://truthout.org/articles/2020-saw-resurgence-of-strikes-as-a-key-tactic-for-labor-around-the-world/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:19:30

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #Australia #au ☞ Abuse on the Mainland: Australia’s #Medevac Hotel Detentions https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/abuse-on-the-mainland-australias-medevac-hotel-detentions/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:20:06

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Mayor Pete, Transported to Candor https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/mayor-pete-transported-to-candor/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:20:35

• ● NEWS ● #Site36 ☞ Query on Suspicion: #Germany #EU Council Presidency wants Criminal Records Index https://digit.site36.net/2020/12/18/query-on-suspicion-german-eu-council-presidency-wants-criminal-records-index/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:21:27

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Climate ☞ #ClimateChange https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/climate-change/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:22:10

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #GOP ☞ Is a Civil War Brewing Within the GOP? https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-gop-elections-mcconnell/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:22:35

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #SCOTUS Lets #Trump Census Plan Excluding Undocumented #Immigrants to Move Forward https://truthout.org/articles/scotus-lets-trump-census-plan-excluding-undocumented-immigrants-to-move-forward/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:23:39

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ To Protect Great Lakes, #Michigan Tribes Oppose Enbridge Line 5 #Pipelines https://truthout.org/audio/to-protect-great-lakes-michigan-tribes-oppose-enbridge-line-5-pipelines/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:25:10

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #DebHaaland ☞ Deb Haaland’s Nomination for Interior Secretary Lauded as "Important Step" https://truthout.org/video/deb-haalands-nomination-for-interior-secretary-lauded-as-important-step/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:25:55

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Swept Away in the Lost Time of #Covid19 https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/swept-away-in-the-lost-time-of-covid/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:26:51

• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal https://smbc-comics.com/comic/creation          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:27:43

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Sudden #GOP Push to End Emergency Lending Programs Condemned as Sabotage Attempt https://truthout.org/articles/sudden-gop-push-to-end-emergency-lending-programs-condemned-as-sabotage-attempt/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:29:41

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ Hackers target ‘IStories’ investigative journalists following Putin’s press conference https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/12/18/hackers-target-istories-investigative-journalists-following-putin-s-press-conference          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:30:59

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ ‘I want to say thank you to #Putin personally’: #Moscow lawmaker Yulia Galyamina’s final statement in court as she faces three years behind bars for protesting https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/12/18/i-want-to-say-thank-you-to-putin-personally          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:31:44

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Finance ☞ Companies Took $1.8 Billion to Save Jobs and Laid Off 90,000 Workers Anyway https://truthout.org/articles/companies-took-1-8-billion-to-save-jobs-and-laid-off-90000-workers-anyway/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:32:40

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ #Seagulls Without a Sea: Days at Internally Displaced Persons Camps in #Iraq https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/seagulls-without-a-sea-days-at-displaced-persons-camps-in-iraq/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:33:50

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #Afghanistan ☞ The Long, Long Road Home: the Afghan Refugee Crisis Enters Its Fifth Decade https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/the-long-long-road-home-the-afghan-refugee-crisis-enters-its-fifth-decade/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:34:47

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ #Humanitarian Aid in the Time of the Virus https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/humanitarian-aid-in-the-time-of-the-virus/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:35:36

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #Food ☞ More Brave New Food: #FDA Approves An "Innovative Animal Biotechnology Product" https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/more-brave-new-food-fda-approves-an-innovative-animal-biotechnology-product/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:36:09

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ The Killing Just Keeps Going On https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/the-killing-just-keeps-going-on/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:38:26

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #Cuba ☞ Cuba's Revolution in #Health Care https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/cubas-revolution-in-health-care/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:39:49

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Georgia ☞ Ban on Digital Ads Lifts for Georgia Runoffs, Opening "Dark Money" Floodgates https://truthout.org/articles/ban-on-digital-ads-lifts-for-georgia-runoffs-opening-dark-money-floodgates/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:40:34

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ The High Price of the New High Ground https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/the-high-price-of-the-new-high-ground/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:41:05

• Spy deer man https://i.redd.it/1pt4c9n0t9d51.jpg          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:42:23

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Corporate #FactChecking Services Shouldn’t Be Our Defense Against "Fake News" https://truthout.org/articles/corporate-fact-checking-services-shouldnt-be-our-defense-against-fake-news/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:43:15

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The #Military Will Test Soldiers for Drugs—but Not #Covid19 https://www.thenation.com/article/society/military-covid-testing/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:44:17

• #Android Leftovers • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145658 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:48:54

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Unchecked #Republican Lies Opened the Door for #Trump https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/media-trump-lies/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:51:08

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ #AirForce Veterans of #Plutonium Dust Disaster Win #ClassAction Standing https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/air-force-veterans-of-plutonium-dust-disaster-win-class-action-standing/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 18:52:00

• "The whole rotten armature of the Republic will be put back together by Biden and his crew" https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/what-shall-we-call-it/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:19:49

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #Finance ☞ Americans are Broke and Hungry, as Politicians Have Sat on Their Hands https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/americans-are-broke-and-hungry-as-politicians-have-sat-on-their-hands/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:20:14

• Gangs https://i.imgur.com/JgCDzpe.jpg          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:21:33

• Leash https://img.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/24/fdf7f1e4e1d28d5a.jpg          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:23:54

• Hole https://vid.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/23/e76ff4f5663ca556.mp4          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:24:31

• Foxes https://img.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/24/cbb80042dbc7822c.jpg          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:25:03

• Expensive and unsuitable https://vid.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/24/ae364763bee4df04.mp4          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:25:59

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #TwoPartySystem ☞ The Real Resistance Begins Now: 25 Groups That Will Keep Fighting No Matter Who's President https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/the-real-resistance-begins-now-25-groups-that-will-keep-fighting-no-matter-whos-president/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:27:01

• "As I have highlighted previously, within modern history, there were at least three periods of major attitudinal shifts and broad cultural unrest around identity issues." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/the-great-awokening-and-the-stillborn-revolution/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:27:36

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #culture ☞ The Best Albums of 2020 https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/2020-best-songs/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:29:37

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster? https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/can-we-finally-stop-marching-to-disaster/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:29:54

• #linuxfoundation 'brain' drain https://twitter.com/wget42/status/1340376136036065281          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:31:20

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #Dallas ☞ Do-Rag of Thorns: a NY Jet Fan's Lament https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/do-rag-of-thorns-a-ny-jet-fans-lament/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:35:27

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #CitizenKane ☞ ‘Mank’ Recovers the Radical Roots of ‘Citizen Kane’ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/mank-welles-mankiewicz-kane/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:35:49

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Ways of Escape: a Short Guide for Americans Seeking Political Asylum https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/ways-of-escape-a-short-guide-for-americans-seeking-political-asylum/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:38:55

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #politics ☞ Heaven Can’t Wait https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/heaven-cant-wait/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:39:12

• Oh, rats https://img.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/24/4b22c0eb1d2e8043.jpg          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:42:58

• A quick discussion about the sorts of findings we’ve made regarding #DRM in #Linux (especially the kernel, but sometimes Web browsers too) and why it’s misguided to treat it as inevitable or even celebrate it http://techrights.org/2020/12/19/linux-drm-not-inevitable/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:46:07

• #IBM Emeritus IWB: What Is Objective Reality https://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2020/12/the-constitution-of-knowledge.html          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:47:22

• Conflating #linux with #awk (no connection at all) https://www.fosslinux.com/43616/linux-awk-command-with-examples.htm          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:50:03

• #HowTo Make #KDE Plasma Desktop Look Like Chrome OS - Linux Scoop ⇨ https://linuxscoop.com/video/kde-plasma-look-like-chrome-os •●• #linuxscoop | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:53:35

• FOSS Patents: Viral Days: inspired by the #COVID19 #pandemic this real-time strategy game for Android and iOS demonstrates the propagation of a virus and, especially, the most effective ways to stop it ⇨ http://www.fosspatents.com/2020/12/viral-days-game-android-ios-covid-coronavirus-pandemic.html •●• @fosspatents          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:57:10

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145660 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 22:59:41

• Excuses from #ibm #redhat after what it did to #centos https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/balancing-the-needs-around-the-centos-platform/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:00:58

• "Every 3 years at Canonical we get a laptop refresh fund." https://popey.com/blog/2020/12/multiple-gpus-in-a-skull-canyon-nuc/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:02:44

• #lxer has fallen offline again, third time in a week (sometimes for days). :/ lxer.com          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:03:48

• Learn a new old language by #programming a game in #Algol68 | ⇨ https://opensource.com/article/20/12/learn-algol-68 •●• #FreeSW #RedHat          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:06:38

• 6 ways this fullscreen text editor improves focus • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145661 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:09:26

• #KDE Sees New Features, Bug Fixes Ahead Of Christmas http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145646#comment-27523          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:11:15

• "From that perspective, #CentOS Stream is great for #RHEL . But the move less so for those looking for a free lunch in the form of CentOS (non-Stream)" https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Red-Hat-CentOS-Pleading-Cont          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:12:39

• "Why? Are linux users really that desperate for a screwed up OS? Why not just install Win10, Edge is included and you can be a happy camper right out of the box..." http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145659#comment-27524          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:16:00

• #Xwallpaper : Everything A Wallpaper Setter Needs - YouTube ⇨ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnBToq5dSCw •●• #Video #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:16:56

• "So you installed a stand-alone window manager, but a window manager is not a desktop environment. It's just window manager. It manages windows." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX26s8INUYo          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:17:45

• postmarketOS // Introducing the postmarketOS podcast ⇨ https://postmarketos.org/blog/2020/12/19/new-podcast/ •●• #postmarketos #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:18:19

• #Debian Working To Modernize Its Website, Rolls Out New Homepage http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145590#comment-27525 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:20:18

• "This is the peak of stupidity. Debian is an operating system distribution and not a community, no matter how people want to spin it. Why the hell should the front page be split between the distribution and the team?" https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1227217-debian-working-to-modernize-its-website-rolls-out-new-homepage          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:20:51

• #GNOMEShell UX Continues Improving For #GNOME 40 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145635#comment-27526 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:23:48

• FUSE, #OverlayFS , Ceph Ready With Improvements For Linux 5.11 - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.11-FUSE-Ceph-OverlayFS •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:24:43

• MIPI #I3C Host Controller Interface Driver Comes To Linux 5.11 - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.11-MIPI-I3C-HCI •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:25:23

• Eating ewaste https://activelow.net/post/pdp8e-cake-implementation/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:27:26

• #Debian : #Google , #VDPAU , USB Tethering Fix • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145662 •●• #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:29:57

• 2 Christmases ago in #germany http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Berlin-in-Winter/The-Markets          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:31:24

• "I use Mac daily and #Slackware #GNU #Linux on occasion." https://www.geekwire.com/2020/shadrach-white/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:33:28

• Audiocasts/Shows: #PostmarketOS Podcast, Turn Your Window Manager Into a Desktop Environment, and #Xwallpaper • ꙅɘᴎiHↄAM xUT ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145663 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines /2020/12/19/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:36:25

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Learning the Lessons of the Latino Vote https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/learning-the-lessons-of-the-latino-vote/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:41:01

• "I was enrolled at the Victoria University of Manchester, as it was officially known, and which was named after another queen. I knew more about her than I did about Elizabeth II. I was writing my Ph.D. thesis about British imperialism in the nineteenth-century and beyond." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/uncrowning-the-crown/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:41:31

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Wresting Our Country Back https://www.thenation.com/article/society/progressive-fundraising-hope-2020/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:41:58

• "First of all, the “D” in Dr. Biden’s degree and in my own Ph.D stands for doctorate. It is derived from the Latin term doctore which means “to teach.” The first doctoral degrees were awarded to academics some 800 years ago." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/dr-not-mrs-or-kiddo/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:54:15

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Shusha ☞ Russian sapper killed during demining in #NagornoKarabakh https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/12/18/russian-sapper-killed-during-demining-in-nagorno-karabakh          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:55:01

• "As an election approaches, the script is always the same; it is only the actors that are different, although some have recurring roles." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/oligarchic-transition/          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:55:48

• "This attitude at Microsoft has only changed to the extent that there's security theater now and they pay off the fake news to say "PC problem" and everything open source is "Linux"." https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/McoYecZMgZzcLcphsEjdZifw/message.txt          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:57:36

• "Not only this, but Microsoft wants to port "Defender", a backdoor and a piece of spyware, to Linux, which is not really having too much of a problem with malware" https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/OLbJGfoNidjwbioTMMXmHhLc/message.txt          ☞

posted Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 23:58:38

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Trump's Lies About #Immigrants Should End With His Presidency https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/trumps-lies-about-immigrants-should-end-with-his-presidency/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:01:59

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Monopoly ☞ Tech Monopolies beware Russian lawmakers seek significantly harsher fines for Internet companies that fail to comply with censorship orders https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/12/18/tech-giants-beware          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:02:22

• #berlin #xmas 2018 http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Berlin-in-Winter/The-Markets/20181217_144416          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:03:31

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ Have Yourself a Revolutionary, Bachian #Christmas https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/have-yourself-a-revolutionary-bachian-christmas/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:03:56

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Moscow ☞ Securing the TikToker vote Moscow’s authorities plan to use #TikTok to promote Kremlin-backed candidates during the 2021 elections https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/12/18/securing-the-tiktoker-vote          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:04:35

• "All of these decades later this memory came back to me because of Jimmy Dore and a seemingly revelatory idea." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/jimmy-dores-ppots/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:13:27

• ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch #BobDylan ☞ The Times They Ain’t a-Changing https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/the-times-they-aint-a-changing/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:13:49

• "I would add that “global humanity” includes a connection to Planet Earth, to life itself." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/the-wisdom-of-wholeness/          ☞

posted Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 00:14:28