Roy Schestowitz

• #Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, February 18, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 08:59:21

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

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 08:59:53

• #5g as merely a #patent trap and #patents #evergreening to rip off society https://www.iam-media.com/who-leading-the-5g-patent-race-patent-landscape-analysis-declared-seps-and-standards-contributions          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:00:19

• The part about "The European #UnitaryPatent is intended to address some issues" neglects to say that #UPC is dead https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1037580/pros-and-cons-of-using-the-european-patent-application-system-rather-than-separate-national-patent-applications          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:00:42

• Lawyers don't seem to care about legality, validity, quality, just speed and cost (how much they can charge) https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1037586/how-quickly-can-a-european-patent-be-granted          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:00:54

• #EPO Crisis Under #AntónioCampinos - Part 1: Le Guern's “Disappearance” Triggers Internal Crisis at the European Patent Office (EPO) http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/epo-internal-crisis/ http://techrights.org/wiki/EPO gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/epo-internal-crisis/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:01:48

• #IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 18, 2021 • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/irc-log-180221/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/irc-log-180221/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:04:10

• GTK happenings • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147855 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:05:56

• #Gentoo vs. #Ubuntu Linux Comparison • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147854 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:06:07

• #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147856 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:06:55

• My open source internship during a pandemic • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147857 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:07:40

• #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147858 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:08:02

• Update on the mysterious “disappearance” of #GurvanLeGuern who was allegedly hired by Bergot as the EPO‘s “pension plunderer” • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/epo-internal-crisis/ •●• #Techrights #EPO #corruption #plunder gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/epo-internal-crisis/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:09:40

• ● NEWS ● #LinuxIT ☞ The alternative to wpa_supplicant https://www.linux.it/~ema/posts/the-alternative-to-wpa-supplicant/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:11:33

• ● NEWS ● #Joinup #Education ☞ In the French city of #Fontaine the schools protect children’s data using Open Source https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/open-source-and-data-protection-education-france          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:12:00

• ● NEWS ● #NikhilMarathe #Programming ☞ Experiencing #Smalltalk https://nikhilism.com/post/2021/experiencing-smalltalk/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:12:41

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews #Health ☞ #COVID19 Shaves 1 Year off US Life Expectancy https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/covid-19-shaves-1-year-us-life-expectancy          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:17:24

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #Health ☞ American Life Expectancy Dropped By A Full Year In 1st Half Of 2020 https://text.npr.org/968791431          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:17:37

• ● NEWS ● #ScienceAlert #Health ☞ 'New Car Smell' Is The Scent of Carcinogens, And Even Short Trips May Overexpose Us https://www.sciencealert.com/a-20-minute-commute-puts-you-at-risk-of-unacceptably-high-levels-of-carcinogens          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:18:19

• ● NEWS ● #Spiegel #Health ☞ #Coronavirus Mutants Are Spreading Fast https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-third-wave-coronavirus-mutants-are-spreading-fast-a-09b88dcd-009d-4e6d-ab00-dd7cd88323fb          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:18:33

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #Health #Healthcare ☞ Dying on the Waitlist https://www.propublica.org/article/dying-on-the-waitlist          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:19:34

• ● NEWS ● #CyberScoop #microsoft #windows ☞ Investigators suggest [attackers] exploited weak password security to breach #Florida #water facility https://www.cyberscoop.com/florida-water-facility-hack-password/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:20:51

• ● NEWS ● #Tedium #microsoft #windows ☞ I’m Controlling Your Cursor https://tedium.co/2021/02/12/remote-desktop-access-history/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:21:55

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Apple reportedly negotiating to build iPads in #India https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/19/22290657/apple-ipad-manufacturing-india-negotiation-report          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:24:02

• ● NEWS ● #Reuters #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Apple lobbies for #India incentives as it plans iPad assembly: sources https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-india-idCAKBN2AI0TL          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:24:16

• ● NEWS ● #ArcaNoae #ProprietarySoftware ☞ New #MultiMac NIC driver package (20210125) released https://www.arcanoae.com/new-multimac-nic-driver-package-20210125-released/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:24:35

• The EPO's “Mafia” is Back to Blackmailing Staff Representatives http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/facts-forbidden/ #epo #corruption #plunder #looting #crime          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 09:29:24

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ The future of Data Privacy Officers in #India https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/the-future-of-data-privacy-officers-in-india/81030884          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:38:38

• ● NEWS ● #DeccanChronicle #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Koo crosses 3 million users, popularity surges amid #Twitter row https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/110221/koo-crosses-3-mln-users-popularity-surges-amid-twitter-row.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:38:51

• ● [Old] ● #NikhilMarathe #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Return on Data: When governments fail to make surveillance useful https://nikhilism.com/post/2020/return-on-data/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:39:08

• ● [Old] ● #RealityCircuit #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #IMF Calls for Credit Score to be Tied to Internet Search Histor https://realitycircuit.com/2020/12/23/imf-calls-for-credit-score-to-be-tied-to-internet-search-history/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:39:25

• ● [Old] ● #IMF #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ What is Really New in #Fintech https://blogs.imf.org/2020/12/17/what-is-really-new-in-fintech/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:39:40

• ● NEWS ● #PatrickBreyer #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence https://www.patrick-breyer.de/?page_id=594160&lang=en          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:40:15

• #UPC not even mentioned, as it is presumed dead at this stage https://www.frkelly.com/library/brexit-what-you-need-do-now          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:45:27

• #IBM #frontgroup and lobbyist for software patents wants us to rank people and firms not based on what they do but the amount of #monopolies they got by paperwork https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/02/ipo-harrity-analytics-release-list-of-top-300-patent-holders-for-2020.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:47:25

• #thenewhumanitarian seems to have been corrupted by #billgates with his money and his paid shills. Removed from my RSS feeds for this. #corruption #oligarchy #fakeCharity https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcast/2021/2/19/rethinking-humanitarianism-magic-wand          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:48:55

• The head of #proPublica has also just left. Might explain why they publish so little lately. Compromised? I recently learned #billgates had bribed them. Maybe to stop them mentioning #microsoft (or his) #taxevasion and #irc feuds? (As they did)          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:51:19

• #microsoft pays a lot of money to #twitter now. Don't expect to find many Microsoft critics on that #socialcontrolmedia #propaganda platform anymore. They use #cancelCulture to silence them.          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:52:10

• 2011: The Relationship Between #Microsoft and #Twitter (Possibly Takeover) Keeps #Identica Strong http://techrights.org/2011/01/07/paying-twitter-for-promotion/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:53:40

• #twitter = #censorship http://techrights.org/2021/02/04/twitter-berserk/ http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/ http://techrights.org/2021/02/06/censored-by-twitter/ http://techrights.org/2020/12/16/twitter-in-2020-is-toxic/ http://techrights.org/2021/02/17/twitter-controlling-society/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:54:33

• Secondary Factors vs Objective Indicia of Nonobviousness https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/02/secondary-objective-nonobviousness.html #uspto #patents #fakepatents #cafc          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:55:11

• The EPO’s latest meltdown is caused by oversensitive high-level management which simply cannot cope with the facts • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/facts-forbidden/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/facts-forbidden/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:56:18

• ● NEWS ● #UPI ☞ #Finland approved by State Department for $91.2M rocket launcher purchase https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2021/02/17/Finland-approved-by-State-Department-for-912M-rocket-launcher-purchase/9321613596098/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:10:39

• ● NEWS ● #StarTribune ☞ #Taliban tweet threatens #Malala ; #Twitter removes account https://www.startribune.com/taliban-tweet-threatens-malala-twitter-removes-account/600024067/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:10:51

• ● NEWS ● #CBC #france ☞ French assembly passes bill ensuring 'French values,' banning #polygamy , #forcedmarriage https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5915668          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:11:03

• ● NEWS ● #France24 #france ☞ French academics blast minister’s warning on ‘Islamo-leftism’ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20210217-french-academics-blast-minister-s-warning-on-islamo-leftism          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:11:15

• ● NEWS ● #SudansPost ☞ Son of detained veteran Islamist politician threatens to “turn #Sudan into hell” should father be handed over to #ICC https://www.sudanspost.com/son-of-detained-veteran-islamist-politician-threatens-to-turn-sudan-into-hell-should-father-be-handed-over-to-icc/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:11:34

• #BillBBC (the corrupt #bbc that takes bribes from #billgates ) now pushing more sales propaganda. Buy the products or you won't get a job. Previously: you won't be able to fly without it (never mind actual testing, which matters more).          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:40:37

• ● NEWS ● #NewStatesman #Environment ☞ Philippe Sands on why “ecocide” should be a crime https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/environment/2021/02/philippe-sands-why-ecocide-should-be-crime          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:40:51

• ● NEWS ● #Resilience #Environment ☞ Degrowing for peace? Tackling structural violence and climate resilience https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-02-12/degrowing-for-peace-tackling-structural-violence-and-climate-resilience/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:41:15

• ● NEWS ● #Desertification #Environment ☞ #Overpopulation is what’s driving climate change https://desertification.wordpress.com/2021/02/17/overpopulation-is-whats-driving-climate-change/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:41:27

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Finance ☞ Sorry, Robinhood: legacy brokers won from the #GameStop frenzy https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/02/18/sorry-robinhood-legacy-brokers-won-from-the-gamestop-frenzy          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:41:54

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Finance ☞ Hill Report: who wants to talk to #Reddit ? https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/18/22290110/house-financial-services-robinhood-gamestop-squeeze-roaringkitty-hearing          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:42:11

• Now the #billgates corrupted media is calling "antivaxxers" anyone who rejects one particular vaccine, from one particular company, even if those people happily got and still take many other vaccines. #corruptMedia          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:45:18

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #Politics ☞ #RushLimbaugh obits: Mainstream media fawns over a toxic bigot who poisoned our politics https://www.salon.com/2021/02/18/lame-limbaugh-obits-media-fawns-over-the-toxic-bigot-who-poisoned-our-politics/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:50:40

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Politics ☞ The Trumpers Among Us https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-voters-society/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:50:58

• ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes #Politics ☞ The Newest Diplomatic Currency: #Covid19 #Vaccines https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/world/asia/vaccine-diplomacy-india-china.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:56:56

• ● NEWS ● #IndianExpress ☞ MEA’s response to celebrity activism shows that #India is new to #Twitter diplomacy https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/farmers-protest-republic-day-violence-twitter-hashtag-rihanna-greta-thunberg-mea-7193101/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:57:45

• ● NEWS ● #NewStatesman #Politics #uk #murdoch #billgates ☞ Four men own Britain’s news media. Is that a problem for democracy? https://www.newstatesman.com/2021/02/four-men-own-britain-s-news-media-problem-democracy          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:58:24

• ● NEWS ● #Medforth #Politics #Turkey ☞ Turkish-born candidate for local elections in #Germany claims: Our party list is open to Muslims and infidels https://medforth.blog/2021/02/15/turkish-born-candidate-for-local-elections-in-germany-claims-our-party-list-is-open-to-muslims-and-infidels/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 11:58:34

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #Censorship ☞ The contradictions of " #cancelculture ": Where elite #liberalism goes to die https://www.salon.com/2021/02/18/the-contradictions-of-cancel-culture-where-elite-liberalism-goes-to-die/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:02:44

• ● NEWS ● #PJMedia #Censorship ☞ #Sharia -Enforcing #Amazon Brownshirts Delete Book That Criticized #Islam https://pjmedia.com/culture/robert-spencer/2021/02/12/sharia-enforcing-amazon-brownshirts-delete-islamocritical-book-n1425224          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:03:28

• #Kodi 19 "Matrix" #freesw Home Theater Released, This Is What’s New • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147860 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:23:02

• #DXVK 1.8 Released with Improvements for Nioh 2, Hitman 3, and F1 2020 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147859 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:23:23

• ● NEWS ● #ICC #Censorship ☞ Hidden from View: #Egypt ’s #Blasphemy Cases https://www.persecution.org/2021/02/12/hidden-from-view/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:23:34

• ● NEWS ● #TheSpectatorUK #nytimes ☞ What has the New York Times got against Ayaan Hirsi Ali? https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/ayaan-hirsi-ali-and-the-trouble-with-the-new-york-times          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:23:48

• Watch what #patent maximalists are happily enabling (they profit from this mess) https://www.managingip.com/article/b1qm9lyc929kjv/this-week-in-ip-xiaomietsi-suit-doomed-senate-ip-chair-changes-peloton-in-a-spin          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:27:19

• Raising the #patent bar can only ever be a positive thing http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/02/19/u-s-federal-circuit-continues-to-pressure-biopharma-for-more-when-it-comes-to-functional-claims/ #cafc #patents          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:29:01

• ● NEWS ● #ForeignPolicy #Censorship ☞ #Facebook vs. #Australia : What Happens When Big Tech Comes for the News? https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/18/facebook-australia-sydney-morning-herald-media-code/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:30:21

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Censorship ☞ #Australia to Hold Talks With #Facebook ’s #Zuckerberg After BlockAustralia to Hold Talks With Facebook’s Zuckerberg After Block https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-18/australia-to-hold-talks-with-facebook-s-zuckerberg-after-block          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:31:34

• ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #Censorship ☞ #Australia 's Leader Vows to Press Ahead With Content Law Despite #Facebook Block on News https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/australias-leader-vows-to-press-ahead-with-content-law-despite-facebook-block-on-news          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:31:50

• Studying the latest #nsa back doors in #microsoft products and disservices? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-solarwinds-microsoft/solarwinds-hackers-studied-microsoft-source-code-for-authentication-and-email-idUKKBN2AI2Q0?edition-redirect=uk http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:50:42

• #microsoft : we always lie about #security of our products and disservices http://techrights.org/2010/05/31/silent-patching-confirmed-by-msft/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:51:54

• Introduction to Web Proxies or Gateways Into #GeminiSpace and Gemini Search (Gemini Protocol Over HTTP/HTML) • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/proxies-or-gateways-for-gemini/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/proxies-or-gateways-for-gemini/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:52:33

• #DXVK 1.8 Released With Support For More #Direct3D #Games http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147859#comment-28326 #deletegithub          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:55:25

• More #DXVK News, Including Portal 2 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147859#comment-28327 #deletegithub          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:58:02

• #HowTo Enable Legacy Kickoff Menu in #KDE #Plasma 5.21 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147861 •●• #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 12:59:08

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews #Censorship ☞ #Facebook Dubbed 'Bully' as Backlash Grows over Dispute with #Australia https://www.voanews.com/silicon-valley-technology/facebook-dubbed-bully-backlash-grows-over-dispute-australia          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:01:51

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Censorship ☞ #Facebook walks as #Google caves in #Australia https://www.economist.com/business/2021/02/18/facebook-walks-as-google-caves-in-australia          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:02:07

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #Censorship #FB #GAFAM ☞ #Facebook : high time for Australians to wake up and smell the roses https://www.itwire.com/open-sauce/facebook-high-time-for-australians-to-wake-up-and-smell-the-roses.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:02:28

• ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes #FB ☞ #Facebook Blocks News in #Australia , Diverging With #Google on Proposed Law https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/technology/facebook-google-australia-news.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:03:35

• #chromeOS are not a win for #freesw but for #gnu #linux is we count it in "raw" terms such as number of copies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8kaMQuqnLM          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:07:45

• ● NEWS ● #dawn #pk #pakistan #Censorship ☞ #Facebook 'unfriends' Australia: news pages go dark in test for global publishing https://www.dawn.com/news/1608064/facebook-unfriends-australia-news-pages-go-dark-in-test-for-global-publishing          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:08:46

• ● NEWS ● #InternationalBusinessTimes #Censorship ☞ Here's why #Facebook blocked news content for Australian Users | Details https://www.ibtimes.co.in/heres-why-facebook-blocked-news-content-australian-users-details-833341          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:08:58

• ● NEWS ● #InternationalBusinessTimes #Censorship ☞ #Facebook blocks news sharing in #Australia over media law https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/facebook-blocks-news-sharing-australia-over-media-law-1687991          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:09:12

• ● NEWS ● #TheStraitsTimes #Censorship ☞ #Facebook blocks Australians from viewing news, public information amid govt spat https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/facebook-restricts-publishers-users-in-australia-from-sharing-news-content          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:09:35

• ● NEWS ● #TheStraitsTimes #Censorship ☞ #Bangladesh orders #AlJazeera documentary be scrubbed from web https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-orders-al-jazeera-documentary-be-scrubbed-from-web          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:09:55

• ● NEWS ● #CNN #PressFreedom ☞ #India court rules in favor of female #journalist sued for #defamation over #sexualharassment allegations https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/18/india/india-priya-ramani-defamation-case-intl-hnk/index.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:12:36

• Install #Rhythmbox : #freesw Audio Player on Linux - Linux Hint ⇨ https://linuxhint.com/rhythmbox-audio-player-linux/ •●• #LinuxHint #GNU #Linux 🐧          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:17:38

• ● NEWS ● #EestiRahvusringhääling #CivilRights ☞ Illegal social media ride-shares competing with taxi services https://news.err.ee/1608114148/illegal-social-media-ride-shares-competing-with-taxi-services          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:30:32

• ● NEWS ● #BarnabasFund #CivilRights ☞ Couple with new-born baby among five Christians arrested in #Somaliland https://barnabasfund.org/news/couple-with-new-born-baby-among-five-christians-arrested-in-somaliland/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:30:42

• ● NEWS ● #UnionOfCatholicAsianNews #CivilRights ☞ #Fatwa forbids baseless #blasphemy allegations in #Pakistan https://www.ucanews.com/news/fatwa-forbids-baseless-blasphemy-allegations-in-pakistan/91430#          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:30:53

• ● NEWS ● #DigitalMusicNews #DRM ☞ I Pay $9.99 a Month for #Spotify Premium. So Why Am I Listening to Podcast Ads? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/02/17/spotify-premium-podcast-ads/ mass #surveillance and DRM. Do not use [sic] it. You're used.          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:31:37

• A CoC deals with "hurt feelings", not with death threats. Maybe they should rethink their priorities. https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/02/19/i-will-slaughter-you/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:36:21

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Limbaugh ☞ What Was #RushLimbaugh So Afraid Of? https://www.thenation.com/article/society/rush-limbaugh-racism/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:41:09

• Latest #PCLinuxOS Updates http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147392#comment-28328 #gnu #linux #pclos          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:44:03

• #diffoscope 167 released https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-167-released/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:50:55

• YET WORSE: The #RaspberryPi Foundation Now uses #RaspberryPiPico as #microsoft #TrojanHorse for #proprietarySoftware (foundation gone rogue) https://hackaday.com/2021/02/19/the-raspberry-pi-pico-cant-run-linux-but-it-can-run-fusix/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:53:06

• Laura Tucker promoting #surveillance and #espionage by Jeff #bezos while calling it "Smart" to bamboozle the masses https://www.iottechtrends.com/amazon-using-kickstarter-like-process-3-smart-home-devices/ #imperialism #spying          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:57:45

• Today we explore how to surf #Geminispace , how to search Gemini space, and basically do everything through any Web browser, albeit indirectly http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/proxies-or-gateways-for-gemini/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/proxies-or-gateways-for-gemini/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 13:58:45

• Conflating US Army/military/imperialism with "US" https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/us-taps-linux-foundation-to-boost-open-5g          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:01:07

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147862 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:02:46

• #Security Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147863 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:05:04

• When "recent" means 4 years ago https://www.fosslife.org/creating-accessible-software-development-tools          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:07:10

• Redefining "technical" to shoehorn into positions of power people who haven't a clue what the org/company is supposed to do https://opensource.com/article/21/2/every-job-technical          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:08:52

• #Nintendo64 Support Mailed In For The Linux 5.12 #Kernel - Phoronix ⇨ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.12-Nintendo-64-MIPS •●• #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:11:05

• An early look at #VLC 4.0 - Hello darkness, my old friend • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147864 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freeSW          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:14:24

• Gratifying to see even some #fedora people and #ibm #redhat employees saying #FreeSoftware instead of "Open Source" (meaningless junk now, due to #openwashing PR stunts) https://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2021/02/18/user-experience-ux-free-software-%E2%9D%A4/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:15:48

• #microsoftTim has just written about #fedora https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/18/kinoite_immutable_fedora/ #ibm #redhat          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:16:12

• Games: Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Special Edition, Crusader Kings 2, Nintendo 64 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147865 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #gaming #games          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:27:10

• Unlock your #Chromebook ’s hidden potential with Linux • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147868 •●• #Gentoo #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:36:54

• #RedHat / #Fedora Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147867 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:37:06

• #Starship : #freesw Customizable Prompt for Any Shell • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147866 •●• #GNU #Linux #deletegithub          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:37:21

• #linuxfoundation is serving #microsoft and now giving 'free' courses to Microsoft outpost (coup) called #OpenJS (see who's heading it). 'Linux' Foundation is NOT for #Linux (different things!).          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:38:37

• Arduino Blog - Expand the power of your MKR boards with ROBOTIS DYNAMIXEL Shield ⇨ https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/02/19/expand-the-power-of-your-mkr-boards-wit-robotis-dynamixel-shield/ •●• #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:39:54

• #twitter does not care about #freesw or about basic #freespeech -- it's shaping itself to serve advertisers, i.e. oligarchs and large corporations, weeding out anything that 'puts off' such advertisers ("stakeholders")          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:41:03

• "The fanless rugged mini PC runs ACLinux 4.0 operating system based on Debian 10" This fanless #debian #gnu #linux could use more FANS! https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/02/19/poe-powered-ai-edge-computer-combines-nxp-i-mx-8m-soc-with-google-edge-tpu/         ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:44:23

• My wife always uses #mysql and #psql to run commands. Today someone asked her to run some commands in #microsoft #sqlserver and she finds that vastly more difficult. Those GUIs are not helping. There's a steep learning curve unless you memorise the MicrosoftWay(R), a #proprietarySoftware trap. Keep this crap out of schools.          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:47:46

• Don't buy #raspi unless/until they retract, apologise etc. At the moment they receive #microsoft money to defect and help #proprietarySoftware #monopoly instead of #education and #softwareFreedom http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:49:16

• #canonical fell in love with #drm , #proprietarySoftware , and #microsoft traps. https://popey.com/blog/2021/02/spotty-connection/ #deletegithub and stay away from Ubuntu as their vision is similar to Microsoft's... Stockholm Syndrome http://techrights.org/2019/07/14/blaming-canonical-for-github/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:53:07

• #KDDockWidgets 1.3.0 released! • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147869 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #KDE          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:55:08

• td 0.0.2 on CRAN: Updated and Expanded http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2021/02/18#td_0.0.2 #programming #cran          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 14:59:46

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Finance ☞ Freedom From #Poverty Should Be a #HumanRight https://www.thenation.com/article/world/poverty-human-rights/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:00:59

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #japan #imperialism #militarism ☞ In #Okinawa the US Military Seeks a Base Built on the Bones of the War Dead https://www.thenation.com/article/world/japan-okinawa-henoko/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:01:29

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ George Shultz's Character Study of Robert Gates https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/george-shultzs-character-study-of-robert-gates/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:01:52

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | What About Eliminating the Senate Altogether? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/18/what-about-eliminating-senate-altogether "Senate is a global and national problem."          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:02:29

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #usps #sabotage ☞ To Pave Way for DeJoy's Ouster, 80 House Democrats Urge #Biden to Quickly Fill Postal Board Vacancies https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/pave-way-dejoys-ouster-80-house-democrats-urge-biden-quickly-fill-postal-board          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:02:58

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #looting #plunder #classwar ☞ #RoKhanna Introduces Bill to End 'Runaway Tax Evasion' by US Millionaires and Billionaires https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/ro-khanna-introduces-bill-end-runaway-tax-evasion-us-millionaires-and-billionaires          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:03:54

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Bending the Moral Arc of the Universe—Toward Peace, Sanity, and Survival—No Matter the Obstacles https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/18/bending-moral-arc-universe-toward-peace-sanity-and-survival-no-matter-obstacles "Uncertainty in a vulnerable world"          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:05:42

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'That's Classic Andrew #Cuomo ,' Says #deBlasio After NY Gov Accused of Bullying Fellow Democrat Over #Nursing Home Disaster https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/thats-classic-andrew-cuomo-says-de-blasio-after-ny-gov-accused-bullying-fellow          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:06:12

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | America's Response to #Covid19 Should Long Perforate Our Pomposity About Being the Greatest Nation on Earth https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/18/americas-response-covid-19-should-long-perforate-our-pomposity-about-being-greatest          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:07:50

• #FamousCriminal #BillGates now resorting to sending his kids to the media to do his propaganda, which has for over one year helped distract (not everyone) from his connections to people who traffic kids for sex          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:09:09

• GNU/Linux on Devices and #OpenHardware /Modding • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147870 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:09:28

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Demanding 'Dignified Work and a Living Wage' as Legal Rights, #AyannaPressley Unveils Jobs Guarantee Resolution https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/demanding-dignified-work-and-living-wage-legal-rights-ayanna-pressley-unveils-jobs          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:10:08

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #SciHub : #Elsevier and Springer Nature Obtain UK ISP Blocking Order https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-elsevier-and-springer-nature-obtain-uk-isp-blocking-order-210218/ Internet companies protecting the real thieves, the exploitative cartels          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:11:26

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #PaulHansmeier ☞ #CopyrightTroll Lawyer Must Pay Victims $1.5 Million Restitution, Appeals Court Affirms https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-troll-lawyer-must-pay-victims-1-5-million-restitution-appeals-court-affirms-210218/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:11:45

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ “No Hate! No Fear!” Democracy Now! Co-Host Nermeen Shaikh Celebrates 10 Years Covering #War & #Peace https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/18/nermeen_shaikh_10_year_anniversary_co          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:12:34

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ Independent journalist #SergeySmirnov released from jail after serving 15 days for a retweet https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/02/18/independent-journalist-sergey-smirnov-released-from-jail-after-serving-15-days-for-a-retweet          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:13:00

• #Programming Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147871 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:25:40

• Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147872 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:25:49

• Links 19/2/2021: #DXVK 1.8 Release, #KDDockWidgets 1.3.0 is Out, #SolarWinds Crack Leaves #Microsoft in State of Disarray • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/dxvk-1-8/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/dxvk-1-8/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:26:02

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ The #Putin riviera ‘Open Media’ publishes guide to the area surrounding the Russian president’s ‘palace’ on the Black Sea https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/02/18/the-putin-riviera          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:29:00

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza seeks investigation into #FSB involvement in #poisoning attacks https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/02/18/kremlin-critic-vladimir-kara-murza-seeks-investigation-into-fsb-involvement-in-poisoning-attacks          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:29:18

• Disappointing to see #CCIA using #propaganda terms like "IPR" even if the intention in this case if to confront #patent extremists https://www.patentprogress.org/2021/02/19/new-study-shows-that-ipr-delivers-an-economic-benefit-even-if-the-district-court-doesnt-stay-litigation/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:31:52

• Monopoly advocates who use those monopolies to impoverish and enslave blacks resort to misleading, cheeky identity politics with propaganda terms such as "IP" https://www.managingip.com/article/b1qmby00vlxjsw/what-black-law-students-want-from-ip-firms          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:33:22

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #fakeLeft #defamationMill #censorship ☞ Opinion | On the Sacking of Nathan J. Robinson: An Open Letter to Guardian US Editor #JohnMulholland https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/18/sacking-nathan-j-robinson-open-letter-guardian-us-editor-john-mulholland          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:34:28

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #FB ☞ 'Immediately Reverse This Decision': Amnesty Rebukes #Facebook for Blocking #Australia News [sic] Outlets https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/immediately-reverse-decision-amnesty-rebukes-facebook-blocking-australian-news          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:35:42

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Over 200 Small Business Restaurant Owners and Employers Pen Letter Endorsing Raise the Wage Act https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/over-200-small-business-restaurant-owners-and-employers-pen-letter-endorsing-raise          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:36:22

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #Kremlin denies reports connecting #Putin aide to persecution of historian Yuri Dmitriev https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/02/18/kremlin-denies-reports-connecting-putin-aide-to-persecution-of-historian-yuri-dmitriev          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:36:49

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia # ☞ Activist #AnastasiaShevchenko sentenced to four years probation for violating Russia’s ‘undesirable organizations’ law https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/02/18/activist-anastasia-shevchenko-sentenced-to-four-years-probation-for-violating-russia-s-undesirable-organizations-law          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:37:09

• ● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork #energy #india ☞ India’s energy policy is key to the planet’s future https://climatenewsnetwork.net/indias-energy-policy-is-key-to-the-planets-future/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:37:54

• Anything #billgates says about #climate does HUGE damage to actual climate activists because he's the world's biggest polluter, hypocrite, and he's investing in oil companies (there are many other issues with a #famousCriminal like him, who bribes the media for PR)          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:39:23

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #energy ☞ Fire at #Oil and #Gas Waste Site Raises Safety Concerns Around Possible #Radioactive Accidents https://www.desmogblog.com/2021/02/18/fire-oil-gas-waste-petta-dallas-pike-safety-radioactivity          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:39:33

• #raspi Foundation now works for #microsoft #indoctrination inside schools... same thing #gatesfoundfation does. Avoid Raspberry Pi (for now) http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EDGI          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:41:04

• #TheGuardian works for oligarchs who bribe it, including #billgates who bribes them repeatedly. So what ELSE should one expect? https://fair.org/home/open-letter-to-john-mulholland-us-editor-of-the-guardian/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:42:13

• #RaspberryPi decided that today its blog won't be composed by #microsoft employees (not today anyway) https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/neopixel-fireflies-jar-with-raspberry-pi-hackspace-39/ see http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:43:17

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #AyannaPressley Unveils Jobs Guarantee Resolution https://truthout.org/articles/ayanna-pressley-unveils-jobs-guarantee-resolution/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:44:18

• #deleteTwitter ... it's nowadays in services of large corporations (advertisers) and oligarchs who call those who expose them "misinformation" (and sometimes pretend it is "far right" or "Russian trolls") http://techrights.org/2020/12/16/twitter-in-2020-is-toxic/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:45:40

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #DHS ☞ Leader of Neo-Nazi Group Previously Worked for Department of Homeland Security https://truthout.org/articles/leader-of-neo-nazi-group-previously-worked-for-department-of-homeland-security/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:46:04

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Wildlife #Nature ☞ #UN Head Decries 'Senseless and Suicidal' Destruction of Nature as New Report Urges Systemic Solutions https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/un-head-decries-senseless-and-suicidal-destruction-nature-new-report-urges-systemic          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:47:47

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #lending #banksters ☞ New Economic Study 'Demolishes' Myth About #StudentDebt Parroted by Joe #Biden https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/new-economic-study-demolishes-myth-about-student-debt-parroted-joe-biden          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:52:58

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #texas ☞ Opinion | Gov. Abbott: Millions of People in My State Without Power? Damn Liberal Climate Agenda! https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/18/gov-abbott-millions-people-my-state-without-power-damn-liberal-climate-agenda          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:53:24

• You know an Empire falls when... It keeps bombing lots of countries And... Cannot even supply electricity to its own (domestic) population          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:54:28

• "Seems to have caused a surge for #LinuxGSM too, the really great tool for managing game servers." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/theres-no-stopping-the-viking-invasion-as-valheim-hits-3-million-sales          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:57:35

• "It was also part of the early indie game push for Linux, thanks to it being part of the Humble Indie Bundle 6 back in 2012 it was ported to #GNU #Linux especially for the bundle." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/its-officially-game-over-for-rochard-with-studio-recoil-games-shutting          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 15:59:14

• Eugenics and nazi-enabling company #ibm together with corrupt Jim #zemlin pretend that they fight #racism https://linuxfoundation.org/en/press-release/the-linux-foundation-and-ibm-announce-new-open-source-projects-to-promote-racial-justice/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:05:04

• #JasonPerlow from #IBM and #Microsoft is trying to help IBM hide its highly racist practices, which it profited from https://linuxfoundation.org/en/blog/new-open-source-projects-to-confront-racial-justice/ see http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/ibm-powered-purges/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:06:32

• #SurveillanceCapitalism inside #email too https://www.maketecheasier.com/emails-tracking-pixels-have-become-endemic/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:09:30

• Racist institutions claim to combat #racism https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-linux-foundation-and-ibm-announce-new-open-source-projects-to-promote-racial-justice-301231572.htm see http://techrights.org/2020/06/14/linux-foundation-with-zero-african-american-employees-in-a-country-where-13-4-identify-as-african-american-boasts-about-its-support-for-the-black-community/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:10:37

• #IBM has the audacity to claim to combat the very thing it has long contributed to https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/cfcfrj-taketwo-fairchange/ see http://techrights.org/2020/09/29/ibm-keen-sense-of-public-relations/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:11:44

• #Collabora Adds New Features to Their #Wayland Driver for Wine • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147876 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:15:26

• Games: Vikings, Crusader Kings, and Recoil Games • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147875 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #Games #Gaming          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:15:47

• #microsoft attacked and may have killed #raspi (or its credibility) https://youtu.be/MzT9Thok1_A "omits the threat to institutions as they are exposed" http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EDGI          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:17:45

• #raspi #microsoft #RIPRasPi https://youtu.be/I7jLVgnnUW0 "misses the threat to institutions a la #EDGI and successor programmes" http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EDGI          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:18:21

• #theverge undermined and even edited by #billgates so " #libreoffice not even hinted at" https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/18/22288959/microsoft-office-2021-windows-mac-features-release-date-price attempts to hide #freesw are newsworthy... not accidental          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:20:09

• "at least the guidebook still points to Thonny that suggests that the attack happened well after the book was on its way to being finished" https://hackspace.raspberrypi.org/books/micropython-pico http://techrights.org/2021/02/18/raspberry-pi-breaks-up-with-free-software-community/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:21:06

• #gemini spreading to many more regions and languages, e.g. gemini://enteka.xyz/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:23:03

• #rcollnotesfiltr "can serve as a model for indexing Gemini for TR, using the path to extract the date" - #techrights Assoc. http://rcollnotesfiltr.sourceforge.net/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:23:16

• You are a grown-up. Make up your own mind. Stop seeking affirmation and trolling #gnu #linux users. https://lbry.tv/@Lunduke:e/WhatOSShouldIUse:5          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:23:45

• Lots of "bill says" pieces this week. Anything for #billgates to bribe the poor publishers and help distract the public from his crimes.          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:24:36

• #Racist #IBM Starts LF PR Campaign to Claim It’s Against #Racism • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147877 since IBM is so depserate to Googlebomb search results about its past, let's review a few...          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:25:54

• 2020: #IBM Never Apologised For Making Billions Out of Overt Racism, Now It Wants to Ban Words Used to Communicate Such Issues and It’s Bombarding Journalists to Seed Misleading Puff Pieces http://techrights.org/2020/08/20/ibm-race-spin/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:26:20

• 2020: #IBM Likes to Speak About Diversity in Order to Distract or Confuse People About IBM’s Past and Present http://techrights.org/2020/12/29/ibm-diversity/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:27:03

• 2020: IBM’s Founder, Mr. Watson (Yes, That Watson), Had “Very Keen Sense of Public Relations” • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/09/29/ibm-keen-sense-of-public-relations/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/09/29/ibm-keen-sense-of-public-relations/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:27:50

• IBM insists that “Watson®” is the ‘final solution’ to every problem; it also insists that words — not corporate behaviour (like endless greed in pursuit of power) — are the real problem         ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:28:20

• 2020: The Full Story (With References) of #IBM ’s Role in a Purge of Black People and Mixed-Race Couples • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/ibm-powered-purges/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/08/16/ibm-powered-purges/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:28:46

• IBM has not changed and instead it is trying to change the words we're permitted to use (to better control public discussions)         ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:29:22

• 2020: #IBM (International Business Machines) and the 1941 Watson Letter Which Refutes IBM Denials • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/08/14/ibm-watson-letter/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/08/14/ibm-watson-letter/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:30:18

• 2020: #IBM ’s Watson Also Consciously Profited From Eugenics (and This Tradition Carries on in 2020) • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/07/26/ibm-and-eugenics/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/07/26/ibm-and-eugenics/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:30:47

• Allowing #IBM to 'speak for us' about #racism is like allowing #billgates to speak about #climatechange mitigation (while he's the biggest contributor to pollution). THIS DOES NOT HELP THE REAL ACTIVISTS, it helps demonise and mock them.          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:36:38

• #censorship exposed (by oneself) https://lobste.rs/moderations?moderator=%28All%29&what%5Busers%5D=users          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:37:59

• " #Bitcoin is a massive, massive ongoing ecological disaster. You can not in any way pretend you are an environmentally conscious company, and support bitcoin." https://mastodon.social/@WAHa_06x36/105695951684147598          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:38:32

• " #RushLimbaugh is dead at 70. The Republican Party he poisoned is very much alive." https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22287675/rush-limbaugh-dies-obituary #fascism #racism #xenophobia #hatred          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:39:27

• #ksa #oil money down the (oil) drain https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/02/17/live-nation-saudi-arabia-investment/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:40:06

• Raise you voice for Assange | DiEM25 https://youtu.be/qwNcIq7ML7U #assange #wikileaks #warcrimes #journalism #corruption          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:42:09

• #PTVVissim traffic simulation software made available to #GNU #Linux users http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147684#comment-28330          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:44:25

• The Perseverance Mars rover just took #Linux to another planet http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147873#comment-28331          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:47:40

• "Imagine if a U.S. governmental agency told all Americans who live abroad that they are obligated to hate the nations hosting them." https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/02/qatar_calls_on_muslim_migrants_to_hate_their_western_benefactors.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:48:22

• Survey: Every second student limits their life by worrying about crime https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=sv&u=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/stor-undersokning-bland-nionde-klassare-varannan-elev-begransar-sina-liv-av-oro-for-brott          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:48:31

• "Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a group of 11 Iranian citizens who illegally crossed the border into the United States Monday evening." https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/yuma-sector-bp-agents-arrest-group-iranians          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:48:44

• #InitFreedom times three: Linux distribution Devuan 3.1.0 brings "runit" with it https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=de&u=https://www.heise.de/news/Init-Freedom-mal-drei-Linux-Distribution-Devuan-3-1-0-bringt-runit-mit-5057592.html #devuan #gnu #linux #de          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:49:08

• Wow! #ZDNet has just OFFICIALLY become a #SPAM site. "ZDNet Academy" as author, shilling products. #boycottZDNet -- it's defunct. A marketing company pretending to be "news site" http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:51:17

• #zdnet "Sponsored Narratives" = pay us money to lie for you (they do this for #microsoft and #linuxfoundation right now) https://narratives.zdnet.com/ #boycottZDNet http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:54:57

• Why does "andrewuh" link to this? https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/us/andrewuh/ "ZDNet Academy" = paid-for spam. #boycottZDNet http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:55:52

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ 'We Need Answers': House Dems Demand Probe Into US Military Purchases of Location Data From Muslim-Focused Apps https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/we-need-answers-house-dems-demand-probe-us-military-purchases-location-data-muslim          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:57:54

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Forget Ted Cruz, What's Really Missing in #Texas Is the Green New Deal https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/forget-ted-cruz-whats-really-missing-texas-green-new-deal          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:58:25

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Black Revolutionary Love Reimagines Democracy https://truthout.org/articles/i-trust-the-black-legacy-of-revolutionary-love-over-us-democracy/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 16:58:51

• #IBM and #LinuxFoundation (an #openwashing PR specialist, milking the #linux trademark) now do the "we're not racist" spiel again. Prepare the vomit pouch. Some obligatory #SJVN (LF is a #zdnet customer) puff pieces in the pipeline for sure.          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:02:48

• #Wayland on Wine: An exciting first update http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147876#comment-28332 #graphics #linux          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:04:51

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Health ☞ 'Congress Must End This National Embarrassment,' Says #Sanders After #CBO Reveals High Drug Prices for Medicare Part D https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/congress-must-end-national-embarrassment-says-sanders-after-cbo-reveals-high-drug          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:19:10

• #VAT https://i.redd.it/gm946q6a9ue61.jpg          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:19:18

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #COVID19 Deaths in the US Lead to Biggest Drop in Life Expectancy Since WWII https://truthout.org/articles/covid-deaths-in-the-us-lead-to-biggest-drop-in-life-expectancy-since-wwii/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:19:43

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #Moscow remand prison deems Alexey #Navalny a flight risk https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/02/18/moscow-remand-prison-deems-alexey-navalny-a-flight-risk          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:20:23

• RDP is, by default, not secure, so this is proprietary software non-solution in search of a problem GNU/Linux users do not have and should not bother with https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/securecrt-9-0-and-securefx-9-0-from-vandyke-software-adds-built-in-support-for-rdp-and-platform-support-for-ubuntu-20-04--301231376.html http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:23:14

• [Arch] Moving to #Zstandard images by default on mkinitcpio https://archlinux.org/news/moving-to-zstandard-images-by-default-on-mkinitcpio/ #archlinux #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:27:59

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147878 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:28:48

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #FB #facebook ☞ The Bizarre Reaction To Facebook's Decision To Get Out Of The News Business In #Australia https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210217/22383446265/bizarre-reaction-to-facebooks-decision-to-get-out-news-business-australia.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:30:33

• "a few monopoly corporations run Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and all the rest." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/what-is-digital-fascism/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:31:03

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #France ☞ The Fight Against France’s #GlobalSecurity Law Is Far From Over https://www.thenation.com/article/world/france-global-security-law/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:31:46

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ “Pages 9-14,” an excerpt from The Ferguson Report: An Erasure https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/ferguson-report-erasure/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:36:29

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Belarus # PressFreedom☞ ‘The authorities declared war on us because they’re afraid of the truth’ Belarusian journalists sentenced to two years in prison for live streaming a protest rally in Minsk https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/02/18/the-authorities-declared-war-on-us-because-they-re-afraid-of-the-truth          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:37:03

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #Peloton Seeks To Invalidate 'Spinning' #Trademark Held By #Trademarks Bully https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210217/07425646259/peloton-seeks-to-invalidate-spinning-trademark-held-trademark-bully.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 17:41:24

• #cat https://img.pr0gramm.com/2021/02/06/6e7821a98d3695f4.jpg          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:10:34

• EPO Crisis Under António Campinos - Part 2: Madame Bergot Reportedly Goes Ballistic • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/bergolistic/ •●• #Techrights #EPO #patents #censorship #europe gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/bergolistic/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:13:36

• Leaky #Patent Office http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/leaky-patent-office/ #epo #europe #corruption (more context in http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EPO )          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:14:22

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #USPTO ☞ Random Jackass Attempts To #Trademark 'Mayor Of Mar-A-Lago' In The Most Hilarious Way https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210216/09270346255/random-jackass-attempts-to-trademark-mayor-mar-a-lago-most-hilarious-way.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:15:26

• #Tumbleweed Gets Newest KDE Frameworks, Plasma • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147879 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #opensuse          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:17:16

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Banksters ☞ #Biden Has the Power to Cancel #StudentLoan #Debt Now. What’s Stopping Him? https://truthout.org/video/biden-has-the-power-to-cancel-student-loan-debt-now-whats-stopping-him/ see who 'owns' him: http://techrights.org/2020/11/08/political-debt/          ☞

POSTED fRIDAY, fEBRUARY 19, 2021 AT 18:21:35

• "Just once" https://i.redd.it/71an444cj0c61.jpg          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:22:53

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #biden #wallstreet ☞ “Not Doing This Is a Choice”: Biden Drags His Feet on Canceling #StudentDebt Despite Campaign Pledge https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/18/biden_federal_student_loan_debt_cancellation http://techrights.org/2020/11/08/political-debt/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:24:01

• Today in #Techrights • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147880 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:24:23

• ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone #xenophobia ☞ US State Department accusation of #China ‘genocide’ relied on data abuse and baseless claims by #farright ideologue https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/18/us-media-reports-chinese-genocide-relied-on-fraudulent-far-right-researcher/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:25:03

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #GOPKKK ☞ 'Blood Is on Abbott's Hands': Anger at #GOP Leaders Surges as Food, Water Shortages Compound #Texas Power Crisis https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/blood-abbotts-hands-anger-gop-leaders-surges-food-water-shortages-compound-texas          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:25:36

• ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone ☞ ‘No to Dictatorship’: Why Haitians are protesting US-backed Moïse https://thegrayzone.com/2021/02/17/no-to-dictatorship-why-haitians-are-protesting-us-backed-moise/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:30:43

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Energy ☞ Failed State: #Texas Power Grid Collapse Impacts Millions. Black & Brown Communities Are Worst Hit https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/18/texas_power_shutoffs_robert_bullard          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:41:19

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/greg-abbott-texas-green-new-deal/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:41:36

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Billionaire #DallasCowboys Owner and Oil Man Cashes in on #Texas Blackout Crisis https://truthout.org/articles/billionaire-dallas-cowboys-owner-and-oil-man-cashes-in-on-texas-blackout-crisis/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:42:17

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Texas ☞ Ted Cruz Jets Off for Mexican Vacation While Texas Endures Unprecedented Crisis https://truthout.org/articles/ted-cruz-jets-off-for-mexican-vacation-while-texas-endures-unprecedented-crisis/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:42:36

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Texas ☞ Texas’ Power Crisis Has Turned Into a Disaster That Parallels Hurricane Katrina https://truthout.org/articles/texass-power-crisis-has-turned-into-a-disaster-that-parallels-hurricane-katrina/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:42:47

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ How to Wear a Mask & When to Wear Two to Reduce #COVID19 Transmission & Increase #Vaccine Effectiveness https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/18/mask_covid_transmission_monica_gandhi          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:43:43

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #india ☞ Indian Government Requires Educational Establishments To Obtain Its Approval For The Subject Matter And Participants Of International Online Conferences And Seminars https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210218/02473046266/indian-government-requires-educational-establishments-to-obtain-approval-subject-matter-participants-international-online.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:44:23

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ A Teenaged Tech CEO Tries To Sneak In After #Curfew And Finds His Mom Waited Up For Him https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210205/23324946199/teenaged-tech-ceo-tries-to-sneak-after-curfew-finds-his-mom-waited-up-him.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:46:41

• 'Wildly Uneven and Unfair': As Richest Gobble Up Vaccine Supply, 130 Poorest Nations Have Yet to Receive Single Dose https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/wildly-uneven-and-unfair-richest-gobble-vaccine-supply-130-poorest-nations-have-yet #twitter BANS you for pointing this out: http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:47:23

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Censorship ☞ Is #Section230 Just For Start-ups? History Says Nope https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210210/11282346225/is-section-230-just-start-ups-history-says-nope.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:47:53

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #bezos #corruptMedia #LiesAsNews ☞ Absurd Journalism: The #WashingtonPost on #California Wildfires https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/absurd-journalism-the-washington-post-on-california-wildfires/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:49:21

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ As #Biden Returns “Civilization” to Washington, It's More Obvious Than Ever That #Capitalism Cannot Be Reformed https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/as-biden-returns-civilization-to-washington-its-more-obvious-than-ever-that-capitalism-cannot-be-reformed/ Biden has masters (sponsors) http://techrights.org/2020/11/08/political-debt/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:50:10

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Internet ☞ #Chattanooga Built Its Own #Broadband Network. Now It's The Top Ranked 'Work From Home' City In The US https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210209/08295446215/chattanooga-built-own-broadband-network-now-top-ranked-work-home-city-us.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:50:47

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | A Just Transition to a Fair and Sustainable Society or Healthy Green Growth? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/18/just-transition-fair-and-sustainable-society-or-healthy-green-growth          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 18:54:29

• A number kind of guy https://i.imgur.com/35sQdvL.jpg          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:03:11

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Appeals Court Says Handing Out A Free Sample Of Drugs Isn't A 'Conspiracy' https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210213/12392146241/appeals-court-says-handing-out-free-sample-drugs-isnt-conspiracy.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:03:47

• #LeGuern was a key player in the controversial revision of the #EPO salary adjustment procedure which led to a loss of purchasing power for active staff and #pensioners • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/bergolistic/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/bergolistic/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:17:50

• It seems increasingly and abundantly apparent that the #EPO is panicking every time the staff has access to facts, refuting the false narrative spread by management • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/leaky-patent-office/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/leaky-patent-office/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:18:42

• Maybe we'll start #gemini listings for #techrights over #www soon (we already have daily listings over at gemini ) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147880          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:19:45

• #gemini articles at #techrights Daily feeds: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/daily-feed Feeds: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/feed         ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:21:10

• Virtualization’s role in next-generation infrastructure ⇨ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/virtualizations-role-next-generation-infrastructure •●• #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:23:43

• #ibm #redhat feeds the propaganda machine it is connected to, #zdnet , for the #clownComputing superficial hype (outsourcing to monopolies) https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-february-19-2021-red-hat          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:31:07

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Energy ☞ Opinion | Stopping Line 3 Is a Matter of Intergenerational Justice https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/18/stopping-line-3-matter-intergenerational-justice          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:35:01

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ More Policing Is Not the Solution to Anti-Asian Violence https://truthout.org/articles/more-policing-is-not-the-solution-to-anti-asian-violence/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:35:49

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Biden Plans to Use "Inclusive" Language in Future Discussions on Immigration https://truthout.org/articles/biden-plans-to-use-inclusive-language-in-future-discussions-on-immigration/ as if language is what matters more (yes, he'll bomb their countries, still)          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:36:27

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews #Politico #CorruptMedia #imperialism ☞ Politico's Defense News, Brought to You by #NorthropGrumman https://www.mintpressnews.com/politico-defense-news-brought-to-you-by-northrop-grumman/275449/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:37:04

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Limbaugh ☞ Limbaugh: the Crash of the Dirigible https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/limbaugh-the-crash-of-the-dirigible/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:37:31

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #FakeLeft ☞ #Cuomo and #Newsom Symbolize the Rot of Corporate Democrats and the Dire Need for Progressive Populism https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/cuomo-and-newsom-symbolize-the-rot-of-corporate-democrats-and-the-dire-need-for-progressive-populism/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:37:58

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #covid19 ☞ More Than Half of All Inmates in #Wisconsin Prisons Have Tested Positive for Covid https://www.thenation.com/article/society/prisons-incarceration-covid-wisconsin/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:38:28

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Poetry and Truth https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/poetry-and-truth/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:39:00

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Lawfare Threatens to Derail the Presidential Election in #Ecuador https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/lawfare-threatens-to-derail-the-presidential-election-in-ecuador/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:39:32

• ● NEWS ● #Shadowproof ☞ Ten People Died After #Chicago Refused To Stop Jailing People During #COVID19 #Pandemic https://shadowproof.com/2021/02/18/ten-people-died-after-chicago-refused-to-stop-jailing-people-during-covid-19-pandemic/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:40:14

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews ☞ As #Macron Courts the #FarRight , #France Launches Crackdown on “Islamo-Leftism” https://www.mintpressnews.com/macron-courts-far-right-france-launches-crackdown-islamo-leftism/275471/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:40:46

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #au ☞ #SexualAssault in #Canberra https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/sexual-assault-in-canberra/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:41:05

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Inequality ☞ Rising Inequality: the ‘Pre-Existing Condition’ That Doomed the U.S. COVID Response https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/rising-inequality-the-pre-existing-condition-that-doomed-the-u-s-covid-response/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:41:55

• "The strong do what they can; the weak suffer what they must. Republican pseudo-populist politicians make only token efforts to deny swift 180-degree shifts in rhetoric—and they largely get away with it." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/let-them-eat-ice-cream/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:43:59

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews ☞ Prisons Prime Testing Ground for Dehumanizing Hi-Tech “Advances” https://www.mintpressnews.com/prisons-prime-testing-ground-dehumanizing-hi-tech-advances/275458/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:44:28

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #ThomasEdsall #nytimes ☞ The Failure of the Media in Responding to the Lying Right https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/the-failure-of-the-media-in-responding-to-the-lying-right/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:45:37

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ What Popular Culture Misunderstands About #Addiction https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/rehab-television-essay/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:46:25

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Why Politicians and Doctors Keep Ignoring the Medical Research on #VitaminD and #Covid19 https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/why-politicians-and-doctors-keep-ignoring-the-medical-research-on-vitamin-d-and-covid-2/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:47:06

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Let Them Melt Snow https://www.commondreams.org/further/2021/02/18/let-them-melt-snow          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:47:44

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews #Israel ☞ ‘Leaving Aside’ International Law: Democrats are as Dangerous as Republicans to #Peace in #Palestine https://www.mintpressnews.com/democrats-dangerous-republicans-peace-palestine/275438/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:48:29

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #imperialism ☞ Opinion | The American Century Ends Early https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/18/american-century-ends-early "How the USS Enterprise was transformed into the USS Roach."          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:49:14

• "Agreements he made with #Honduras and #Guatemala led to #police attacking and dispersing the refugees." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/18/if-it-were-a-narco-lab-it-would-be-working/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:49:50

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Reclaiming Our Common Home: Expand the Commons to Include Everything We Need https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/18/reclaiming-our-common-home-expand-commons-include-everything-we-need          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:50:14

• Best Free #Android Apps: #Skywave Schedules – listen to shortwave radio • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147881 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:51:17

• The State of #Robotics – January 2021 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147882 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #Ubuntu          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 19:51:49

• Links 19/2/2021: Linux on #Mars and #Tumbleweed Gets Newest #KDE Frameworks • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/02/19/linux-on-mars/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/19/linux-on-mars/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:03:16

• Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147883 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:05:33

• #RACKSPACE collapsing https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/RACKSPACE-TECHNOLOGY-INC-110370321/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:12:29

• #IBM desperate to distract the public from its dark and racist history http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147877#comment-28334          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:15:09

• #LLVM #Clang 12 Performance Benchmarks On AMD Ryzen 9 5950X • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147884          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:16:22

• #Linux has made it to #Mars http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147873#comment-28335          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:19:16

• Two bits of #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware SPAM from SPANnil today. #muktware became what it once fought.          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:20:42

• #maketecheasier makes mockery of itself by recommending #spying or #surveillance 'engines' disguised as #privacy https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-search-engine-for-privacy/ #DDG : http://techrights.org/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/ Startpage: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Startpage         ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:22:47

• A decade later #corporateMedia is still trying to resurrect a sociopath, portraying him as legend and business hero (like the college drop-out who became the world's biggest polluter and mate of child-trafficking monster) https://news.yahoo.com/steve-jobs-left-apple-start-182717348.html          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:25:00

• #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147885 •●• #Google #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:25:28

• More #surveillance in the workplace promoted as exciting by #spying and #surveillanceCapitalism aficionado Laura Tucker (are they paid to promote #espionage agenda?) https://www.iottechtrends.com/construction-robotics-will-flag-problems-track-progress/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:27:47

• US as fake 'democracy' on sale to highest bidders https://howiehawkins.us/policy-brief-cut-the-campaign-finance-program-from-hr-1/          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:29:54

• #Collabora share big progress on the Wine compatibility layer with #Wayland http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147876#comment-28336 #freesw          ☞

posted Friday, February 19, 2021 at 20:32:36