Roy Schestowitz

• Open Letter in Support of the #FSF (with RMS in the Board) Exceeding 6,500 Signatures, Board Grew Since the Attacks on It Began • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/24/pro-rms-at-6500/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/24/pro-rms-at-6500/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 00:32:54

• [Meme] Guilty! • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/24/post-truth-era/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW #RMS | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/24/post-truth-era/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 00:55:14

• #microsoft #proprietarySoftware is almost always #malware https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftEdge/comments/mrezzl/what_is_browsereventsdatamsncom_that_edge/ #zdnet bribed by Microsoft to sell it to you, even as a #gnu #linux user          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 00:56:43

• Wanted to buy microphone/cam, something for #techrights recordings but second hand and very cheap. But all I found at the shop (preowned) was really bad and disappointing. Also wanted a new screen for our pi machine, but they only sell TVs now. What's offered on the market is really appalling these days...          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:00:57

• By #russia or #putin definition the #bbc is "FOREIGN AGENT" to the #uk itself because it's picking up considerable bribes from #billgates (US) and it's no charity... it's there to affect coverage, bias, agenda...          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:04:01

• #Xubuntu / #Xfce : What’s New? April 2021 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘de/150405 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:18:32

• Today in #Techrights • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150406 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:19:08

• The size of the #FSF ’s Board grew from 5 to 6 over the past month. In the meantime, the hate letter is losing signatures • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/24/pro-rms-at-6500/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/24/pro-rms-at-6500/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:20:37

• In the post-truth era of #socialcontrolmedia [sic] and politically-motivated (and usually bribed) mobs with a longstanding agenda [1, 2] we need to take a stand for facts, not sentiments • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/24/post-truth-era/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/24/post-truth-era/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:21:13

• "But ultimately, as convergent machines, blockchains will not operate alone. I think the system that will hook them all together should be CapTP. But no matter the underlying protocol abstraction, blockchains are just abstract machines on the network." http://dustycloud.org/blog/what-is-a-blockchain-really/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:23:10

• How #Manjaro is the Best Arch-based Distribution? • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150407 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:32:34

• Best Distraction Free Writing Tools for GNU/Linux • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150408 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:32:43

• #Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150409 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:38:21

• Microsoft's close partners (in crime) cannot do #security https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hashicorp-is-the-latest-victim-of-codecov-supply-chain-attack/ #microsoft #hashicorp          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:42:24

• " #QOwnNotes is a open source (GPL) plain-text file notepad with markdown support and todo list manager for GNU/Linux" https://www.neowin.net/news/qownnotes-2144/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:44:08

• Alleged #cia "assets" running countries that used to defy so-called 'petrodollar' https://thearabweekly.com/haftar-launches-early-campaign-libyas-presidential-elections #coup #imperialism #africa #libya          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:45:34

• Best #Java EE Frameworks • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150410 #freesw #TuxMachines #programming          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:47:04

• "Staff and residents at Barchester’s Bedewell Grange care home in Hebburn were treated to a virtual tour of the underwater sea life by the team aquarium team, getting the chance to see hundreds of species of sea creatures from the care home." https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/people/hebburn-care-home-residents-experience-wonders-of-the-sea-with-a-virtual-visit-of-sea-life-london-aquarium-3212830          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:48:02

• An Introduction to #FreeSW Ghost (FOG) https://linuxhint.com/introduction-to-free-open-source-ghost/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:50:05

• Zoo welcomes endangered #penguin chick https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/daily/2021/04/24/news/zoo-welcomes-endangered-penguin-chick-2299824/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:52:53

• Best Apps to Create #Mockups in GNU/Linux • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150411 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:53:56

• Jussi Pakkanen: The joys of creating Xcode project files https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-joys-of-creating-xcode-project-files.html #meson #programming          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:56:07

• #UniversityOfMinnesota #Linux "Hypocrite Commit" Researchers [sic] Publish Open Letter http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150248#comment-29344 a joke 'university', and apparently a diploma mill for saboteurs and shameless trolls          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 01:58:45

• "All oral proceedings before the examining and opposition divisions will continue to be held by video conference" https://www.vorys.com/publications-2903.html THIS IS ILLEGAL! http://techrights.org/2020/11/14/epo-invalid-practices/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 02:01:15

• #rwitter #censorship as a product http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-240421.html#tApr%2024%2023:21:55          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:06:20

• ##HowTo Verify SHA1, SHA256, and MD5 Checksum in Windows for Linux OS • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150412 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:07:59

• #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, April 24, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:10:35

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

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:10:57

• Gunnar Wolf: #FLISOL • Talking about #Jitsi https://gwolf.org/2021/04/flisol-talking-about-jitsi.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:15:31

• #HowTo Update and Upgrade #ManjaroLinux | FOSS Linux ⇨ https://www.fosslinux.com/46545/update-upgrade-manjaro-linux.htm •●• #fosslinux          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:16:30

• Saboteurs' diploma mill University of Minnesota still reeling http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150248#comment-29345          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:20:20

• "I wrote for LWN for about two years. During that time, I wrote (what seems to me an impressive) 34 articles, but I always had a pile of ideas in the back of my mind." https://anarc.at/blog/2021-04-24-ideas/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:24:02

• WSJ, 2014: "Richard Stallman, the president of the Free Software Foundation, has long been an advocate of individual liberties. Mr. Stallman says software should give users freedom and not restrict their actions." https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-CIOB-3904          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:26:01

• RMS 13 years ago: " Of the various programs I’ve written, the most challenging was GCC, but the one I love most is Emacs. However, when I think of what makes me proud, it isn’t any specific program. I’m proud of campaigning for freedom." http://freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/interview_with_richard_stallman/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:26:57

• Pure propaganda day, named after a propaganda term too. Of course the paid shills of the litigation industry want you to celebrate those lies... https://www.managingip.com/article/b1rjdtq151yqsk/10-super-cool-ways-to-celebrate-world-ip-day          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:29:52

• Overlooks the facts that nowadays EPO grants lots of fake patents with minimal scrutiny; not many of them would withstand a legal challenge in courts https://www.sharecast.com/news/aim-bulletin/diurnal-granted-european-patent-for-alkindi--7887054.html https://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1619179004494942000/in-brief-diurnal-gets-another-patent-for-adrenal-insufficiency-asset.aspx          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:31:46

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150413 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:32:10

• Misuse of buzzword and hype waves like "artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), big data, blockchain, and autonomous driving" by profiteers of software patents litigation (programmers loathe such patents) https://www.leeandli.com/EN/Newsletters/6658.htm          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:34:35

• ● NEWS ● #EerieLinux #BSD ☞ #FreeBSD router take 2 (pt. 1): #OPNsense ZFS-based installation (by converting FreeBSD) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150414          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:38:18

• ● NEWS ● #JeffreyPaul ☞ How Not To Run A Vulnerability Disclosure Program https://sneak.berlin/20210424/how-not-to-run-a-vulnerability-disclosure-program/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:39:03

• ● NEWS ● #ExtremeTech #Hardware ☞ Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model https://www.extremetech.com/computing/322120-apples-m1-positioning-mocks-every-x86-cpu-amd-and-intel-have-ever-launched          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:39:23

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #ProprietarySoftware ☞ How #racism found my son on #Fortnite https://www.salon.com/2021/04/24/how-racism-found-my-son-on-fortnite/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:40:58

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Convicted #PostOffice workers have names cleared https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56859357          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:41:16

• ● [Old] ● #LibraryCase #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #IFLA and The Gates Foundation: Merry Bedfellows. But For How Long? https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2020/11/17/ifla-and-the-gates-foundation-merry-bedfellows-but-for-how-long/ “BMGF and its huge capital, exercise a significant influence in the present world.”          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:41:16

• ● NEWS ● #SydneyMorningHerald #Privacy #Surveillance #jp ☞ #Japan should join Five Eyes intelligence network, says ambassador https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/japan-should-join-five-eyes-intelligence-network-says-ambassador-20210420-p57kv6.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:44:59

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facialrecognition should be banned, #EU privacy watchdog says https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/government-policy/facial-recognition-should-be-banned-eu-privacy-watchdog-says/82226806          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:45:44

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #YouTube Won't Let "Bogus DMCA" Plaintiff Pirate [sic] Monitor Off The Hook https://torrentfreak.com/youtube-wont-let-bogus-dmca-plaintiff-pirate-monitor-off-the-hook-210424/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:46:27

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Climate ☞ #ClimateChange Is a Driving Force in Central American Migration https://truthout.org/video/climate-change-is-a-driving-force-in-central-american-migration/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:47:05

• If you work for #redhat remember that your employer now actively attacks #freesw and defames the public face of it          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:48:17

• I left IBM and didn't realize how toxic of a place it was till I left. I was unhappy but after leaving, it's crazy how we accepted some of the sh–t we experience there. This company can rot https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1axAAz1p          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:48:56

• Racist IBM: we're against #racism NO, YOU ARE NOT! https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1aw2TAq5         ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:49:50

• "So why hasn't the cancel culture mob decided to boycott IBM? Guarantee this info doesn't go on their diversity and inclusion report." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1aw2TAq5          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:50:57

• IBM’s Systems Business Awaits The Red Hat Effect ⇨ https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/04/20/ibms-systems-business-awaits-the-red-hat-effect/ •●• #nextplatform posting #ibm vapourware; the author, Timothy Prickett Morgan, is paid by IBM          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:53:30

• #IBM : RMS is sexist Reality check: RMS did nothing to women, no actual harm Unlike IBM's Watsons: http://techrights.org/2020/09/30/ibm-and-sexual-abuse-of-women/ http://techrights.org/2020/07/26/ibm-watson-plane-incident/         ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:56:40

• Also #IBM : we combat racism. Oh! Where to start? Eugenics: http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/ibm-powered-purges/ Genocide: http://techrights.org/2020/09/29/ibm-keen-sense-of-public-relations/         ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:57:37

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-biden-china/ #china #xenophobia #BlameShifting #bogeyman          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:58:19

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Past Year of White #Nationalism Has Shown Ongoing Need for Anti-Fascist Movements https://truthout.org/articles/past-year-of-white-nationalism-has-shown-ongoing-need-for-anti-fascist-movements/ http://techrights.org/2021/04/04/microsoft-nationalism/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:58:40

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews ☞ Jihadists Kill at Least 11 in Northeast #Nigeria Attack https://www.voanews.com/africa/jihadists-kill-least-11-northeast-nigeria-attack          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 05:59:53

• ● NEWS ● #CNN ☞ #Trump supporters could be incited to future violence by his continued promotion of 2020 #election lies, DOJ and judges say https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/24/politics/trump-capitol-rioters-future-threat/index.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:04:26

• "Unsurprisingly, anyone that has worked at #Microsoft can confirm that they operate in an authoritarian or mafia-esque manner when evaluating their structures and hierarchy from the inside." http://techrights.org/2021/04/04/microsoft-nationalism/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:05:47

• "I had to watch a video where one of the legal counsel explained that #Microsoft was in fact an adjudicated #monopoly and so we should be very careful about not using that word to talk to the public, even to deny something is a monopoly." https://twitter.com/jhamby/status/1385661261363367939          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:06:31

• ● NEWS ● #RFERL ☞ #Armenians March To Mark #Ottoman #Massacre Anniversary https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-genocide-commemoration/31220687.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:06:52

• ● NEWS ● #RTL ☞ #Biden recognizes Armenian genocide, defying #Turkey in watershed https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1711381.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:08:01

• ● NEWS ● #ForeignPolicy ☞ #Armenia Is Still Grieving https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/24/armenia-azerbaijan-war-nagorno-karabakh-aftermath/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:09:14

• ● NEWS ● #Futurism #Overpopulation ☞ Women Are Choosing Not To Have Children Because Of #ClimateChange https://futurism.com/the-byte/women-choosing-not-have-children-because-climate-change          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:10:52

• ● NEWS ● #MITTechnologyReview #Politics ☞ Stop talking about HEY HI ethics. It’s time to talk about power. https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/04/23/1023549/kate-crawford-atlas-of-ai-review/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:12:15

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Politics ☞ #Pentagon gave control of millions of dormant IP addresses to Florida company before #Trump left office: report https://thehill.com/policy/technology/550124-pentagon-gave-control-of-millions-of-dormant-ip-addresses-to-florida          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:12:23

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Censorship #socialcontrolmedia ☞ #Twitter censored tweets critical of India’s handling of the #pandemic at its government’s request https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/24/22400976/twitter-removed-tweets-critical-india-censor-coronavirus          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:12:37

• #ibm is against #racism ... in some OTHER UNIVERSE. http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/ibm-powered-purges/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:15:11

• ● NEWS ● #JacobinMag #Journalism ☞ Journalism Is in Crisis. Only Public Funding Can Save It. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/04/media-public-journalism-funding-news/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:15:24

• #google is only ever pretending to stand for manners. In reality, it's an army of trolls, almost as bad as #microsoft in that regard. http://techrights.org/2021/03/05/google-funded-trolls/ and they profit from mass genocide all around the world. #imperialism #censorship          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:16:52

• This Richard Stallman video from 2001 was released earlier this week; in it, Stallman explains what the Open Source ‘movement’ did to him just a few years earlier (and then there’s some more stuff like his speech about DMCA and less related stuff in between because it’s raw and uncut) http://techrights.org/2020/11/12/2001-rms-opens-up/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:18:02

• #GNOMEFoundation as #ibm front group http://techrights.org/2019/11/07/gnome-foundation-oin-ibm/ #swpats          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:18:39

• The people who want to destroy RMS just use him as a surrogate. What they really seek to destroy is reciprocal #sharing of code. http://techrights.org/2021/02/09/freesw-license-redefined/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:19:40

• "Open Source" is nowadays a scam. #openwashing mostly, i.e. #proprietarySoftware is "open". Never say "open source" except when referring to a hostile coup. http://techrights.org/category/osi/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:20:44

• Hate Letter Against #RichardMatthew Stallman (RMS) Backfired So Spectacularly That Signers Asked to Revoke Their Own Signatures and the List Was Then Frozen Permanently (Updated) • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/09/hate-always-backfires/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/09/hate-always-backfires/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:21:25

• ● NEWS ● #VanityFair #SCOTUS ☞ Brett #Kavanaugh Rules Children Deserve Life in Prison With No Chance of Parole https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/brett-kavanaugh-life-in-prison          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:21:53

• ● NEWS ● #Reason #police ☞ The Cops Trashed Her House. She Says She Was Targeted for Retaliation. https://reason.com/2021/04/23/the-cops-trashed-her-house-she-says-she-was-targeted-for-retaliation/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:22:56

• SFC: don't point out there are #ibm strings or we'll ban you! http://techrights.org/2020/12/04/sfc-not-about-freedom/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:38:44

• SFC protective of #ibm because they know where the money is http://techrights.org/2021/02/08/fosdem-ibm-gag/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:39:50

• Red Hat (IBM): FSF is Vile, #Microsoft is Great; Our Sexism and Racism Are Also OK • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/the-ibm-standards/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/the-ibm-standards/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 06:47:09

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Copyrights #Copyright ☞ How many layers of copyright infringement are in Emily Ratajkowski’s new NFT? https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/24/22399790/emily-ratajkowski-nft-christies-copyright-nightmare-richard-prince          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 07:04:00

• ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone ☞ Challenged on #Syria cover-up, #OPCW chief lies and US-UK-France evade https://thegrayzone.com/2021/04/24/challenged-on-syria-cover-up-opcw-chief-lies-and-us-uk-france-evade/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 07:04:18

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #Moscow #police raid home of libertarian activist Mikhail Svetov https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/04/25/moscow-police-raid-home-of-libertarian-activist-mikhail-svetov          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 08:09:34

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | The New #ColdWar U.S.-Japanese Summit: Containing China and Reinforcing Hegemony https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/24/new-cold-war-us-japanese-summit-containing-china-and-reinforcing-hegemony          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 08:10:08

• #Security and #ProprietarySoftware • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150415 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 08:11:14

• Using libel and malicious lies (spread largely by #IBM front groups), IBM and its #RedHat ‘offshoot’ look to leverage a mere perception of morality, insulting the intelligence of people who can see the hypocrisy and double standards whilst also fact-checking the allegations • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/the-ibm-standards/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/the-ibm-standards/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 08:29:36

• 𝓣𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 #IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 24, 2021 • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/irc-log-240421/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/irc-log-240421/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 08:31:16

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150416 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 08:31:59

• Getting Reliable and Multi-Sourced News Summaries in RSS Readers With Multitude of Feeds • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/reading-sites-via-rss/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/reading-sites-via-rss/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 08:43:39

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Armenia ☞ To 'Honor the Victims' of 20th Century Atrocity, #Biden Recognizes #ArmenianGenocide https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/24/honor-victims-20th-century-atrocity-biden-recognizes-armenian-genocide          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 08:56:22

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ Your Service Provider’s Terms of Service Shouldn’t Overrule Your #FourthAmendment Rights https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/your-service-providers-terms-service-shouldnt-overrule-your-fourth-amendment          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:06:16

• iophk: maybe the goal of those individuals /is/ to tear apart FOSS institutions https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/keep-politics-out-of-free-and-open:e          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:07:07

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Armenia ☞ #Biden to Publicly Recognize Armenian Genocide, Ending Decades of US Silence https://truthout.org/articles/biden-to-publicly-recognize-armenian-genocide-ending-decades-of-u-s-silence/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:10:32

• It’s a lot better for the mind (reduced clutter) when #RSS feeds are relied upon; it’s also a good way to combat censorship and tackle centralisation/monopolisation • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/reading-sites-via-rss/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/reading-sites-via-rss/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:15:16

• "10 YEARS AGO #WikiLeaks published the "Gitmo Files", detailing inhumane torture and incredible incompetence brutally/illegally crushing hundreds of peoples' lives (many of them were known to be innocent)." https://mamot.fr/@jz/106119672666012449          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:16:14

• A positive sign from #biden (but a long way still to go) https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/106121391611117683          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:16:59

• Many awards for "journalism" are granted by oligarchs and organised/sponsored/coordinated by corporations (and/or their front groups), so surely they won't reward those working to expose them. They oftentimes elevate those who boost their agenda relative to others'. E.g. across borders.          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:19:26

• #google #gafam #imperialism #surveillance #espionage https://odysee.com/@TheLinuxGamer:f/floc-flop:a          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:19:42

• #ksa #pollution #oil #greenwashing https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/550126-saudi-arabia-to-join-international-forum-on-climate-change-report          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:20:11

• Lots and lots of #lightpollution where we are... https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:23:04

• #pentagon #imperialism #internet #trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/24/pentagon-internet-address-mystery/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:23:16

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | If Joe #Biden Is Truly a 'Union Guy' He Must Strike Dead the Taft-Hartley Monster https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/24/if-joe-biden-truly-union-guy-he-must-strike-dead-taft-hartley-monster          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:24:15

• #IBM is Not Racist • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-race-issues/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-race-issues/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:44:59

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Minnesota Workers Took on the #NationalGuard to Defend Black Lives https://truthout.org/articles/minnesota-workers-took-on-the-national-guard-to-defend-black-lives/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:56:00

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Utterly Disgusting': #BigPharma Lobby Blitz Against #Vaccine #Patent Waivers Denounced https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/24/utterly-disgusting-big-pharma-lobby-blitz-against-vaccine-patent-waivers-denounced #twitter helps them!! http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 09:56:41

• World Wide Web Long in the Tooth • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/world-wide-web-vs-gemini/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/world-wide-web-vs-gemini/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 10:06:13

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Prioritizing Incarcerated People for #Vaccine Quickly Reduced COVID in IL Prisons https://truthout.org/articles/prioritizing-incarcerated-people-for-vaccine-quickly-reduced-covid-in-il-prisons/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 10:30:18

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | We Must Fight for Economic and Social Rights and Against the Shackles of Debt https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/24/we-must-fight-economic-and-social-rights-and-against-shackles-debt          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 10:30:34

• #linuxfoundation : we are so polite and inclusive that we tell a WHOLE university to f* off (collective punishment) http://techrights.org/2019/08/15/professionalism-myth/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 10:34:12

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Sanders and Warren Call on Biden to Reverse Trump Era Vaccine Apartheid https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-and-warren-call-on-biden-to-reverse-trump-era-vaccine-apartheid/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 10:40:24

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Was 'Fake News' a Natural Outcome of Our 'Give the People What They Want' Corporate Media System? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/24/was-fake-news-natural-outcome-our-give-people-what-they-want-corporate-media-system          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 10:40:44

• Mass #surveillance is necessary... for those who PROFIT from it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xcbi5SH27c          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 11:09:25

• #IBM ’s Prison of Glass and Metal Cages • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-song/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-song/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 11:09:34

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Bills Targeting Local Officials Could Allow GOP to Overturn Election Results https://truthout.org/articles/bills-targeting-local-officials-could-allow-gop-to-overturn-election-results/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 11:27:07

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | It's Time To Destroy the Sick and Twisted Plans of American Maskholes https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/24/its-time-destroy-sick-and-twisted-plans-american-maskholes          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 11:29:36

• The comment above, posted 7 hours ago in #thelayoff (where the IBM forum is most active, lots of insiders there), hits the nail on the head • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-race-issues/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-race-issues/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 11:50:42

• The #WorldWideWeb is becoming unmaintainable or hard to maintain; moreover, it’s vulnerable to more and more threats, which is why many sites have outsourced to CDNs such as #ClownFlare (centralisation) • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/world-wide-web-vs-gemini/ •●• #Techrights #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/world-wide-web-vs-gemini/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 11:51:30

• A song for the #IBM careerists • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-song/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-song/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 11:52:15

• "Because much of the digital content linked to #NFT transactions relates to creative expression, the question arises of how to consider NFTs from the perspective of copyright law, in particular the #EU #copyright acquis." http://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/04/14/the-rise-of-non-fungible-tokens-nfts-and-the-role-of-copyright-law-part-i/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 11:59:54

• "Art and Modern Copyright: The Contested Image is the first in-depth and longitudinal account of the history of #copyright relating to the visual #arts and concerns the protection of painting, engraving and #photography in the #UK 1850-1911" https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2021/04/12/new-working-paper-introduction-to-art-and-modern-copyright-the-contested-image/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:00:43

• The #Monopoly Purple – Colours, Shapes and Sizes in the Pharmaceutical World https://spicyip.com/2021/04/the-monopoly-purple-colours-shapes-and-sizes-in-the-pharmaceutical-world.html #Trademarks on overdrive. #Trademark #Law          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:03:53

• Are they going to also #trademark the word "vagina"? https://thettablog.blogspot.com/2021/04/fourth-circuit-affirms-edva-vagisan.html #trademarks #law          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:05:01

• No, but #EPO management breaks the law and then rigs/stacks its tribunals to make the unlawful seem "OK" https://www.dyoung.com/en/knowledgebank/articles/t232016-vico-oral-proceedings          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:07:31

• Pure propaganda day, named after a propaganda term too. Of course the litigation industry wants you to celebrate those lies... https://www.udl.co.uk/insights/world-ip-day-2021-how-to-get-started-with-ip-for-start-ups-and-smes          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:08:20

• #UK annual borrowing hits post-war high of £303bn - ONS https://www.sharecast.com/news/news-and-announcements--/uk-annual-borrowing-hits-post-war-high-of-303bn---ons--7886230.html US #debt soon to top $30,000bn          ☞

POSTED sUNDAY, aPRIL 25, 2021 AT 12:09:52

• LOL! This did not age well: "All indications are that the system could be up and running by the summer of 2017." LOL https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/567588/the-steps-ahead-for-britain-and-the-unitary-patent #UPC is dead, Bristows UPC blog also dead: http://techrights.org/2020/08/17/goodbye-team-upc/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:12:06

• Steinar H. Gunderson: #JavaScript madness http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2021-04-25-11-13_javascript_madness.html when you hear JS, run away! Nothing good ever comes out of it anymore...          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:14:00

• #Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" Review - Why did they even bother? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150304#comment-29346 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:18:01

• #ibm is becoming ever more desperate for business https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=IBM-POWER10-More-Juice maybe find the next mass genocide to profit from (again) http://techrights.org/2020/09/29/ibm-keen-sense-of-public-relations/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:19:20

• You Wanted Nier Replicant Remaster? Proton Delivers https://boilingsteam.com/you-wanted-nier-replicant-remaster-proton-delivers/ #games #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:20:53

• Play retro video #games on GNU/Linux with this #FreeSW project • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150417 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:29:25

• #IBM / #RedHat Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150418 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:29:49

• #LinuxFoundation works for #Microsoft again https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/open19-rack-standard-project-goes-to-linux-foundation/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:30:45

• It may sound weird to some, but #LinuxFoundation does not work for Linux; it is an #openwashing front for sponsors that want to borrow the brand/platform. #microsoft included. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Foundation          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:32:36

• MYS-8MMX i.MX 8M Mini SBC runs Yocto 3.0 Linux or Ubuntu 18.04 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150419 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:42:39

• #LunarG Is Hiring Another Graphics Driver Engineer • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150420 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:42:48

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150421 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:43:04

• I loved Judge Prost and what she did (in #techrights we praised her judgments many times). My experience, based on my many readings, is that Moore will be a step in the WRONG direction. WRT #patent #law anyway... https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/04/federal-circuit-transitions.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:47:58

• Ever since the deeply corrupt Rader was pushed out from #cafc (for his #corruption that's not mere speculation) my opinion on CAFC rapidly improved. I hope that Moore will prove us wrong about her leanings... be another Prost! ;-) http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Federal_Circuit_%28CAFC%29          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:49:46

• "IT SHOULD NOT surprise anyone that #USPTO officials who came from the litigation ‘industry’ are upset at the #FederalCircuit under Chief Judge Sharon Prost." http://techrights.org/2018/12/02/watering-down-section-101/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:50:48

• "Under the leadership of Sharon Prost (left) the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) continues its war on software patents, making it very hard to remember the last time it tolerated any" https://techrights.org/2017/10/17/cafc-vs-software-patents/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:51:41

• The rational approach adopted by the US courts, all the way down from the Supreme Court to Sharon Prost of the Federal Circuit (CAFC), means that technology companies can finally focus on actual work and pay less to a bunch of lawyers http://techrights.org/2018/02/26/cafc-justice/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:52:01

• Let's hope Kimberly Moore will be more like Sharon Prost and shake off the truly ugly legacy of Michel and corrupt Rader http://techrights.org/2018/07/21/allergan-is-not-above-the-law/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:52:56

• #clownComputing is NOT a skill but #outsourcing stupidity that's ruinous. Any company that takes those "clown" 'expert' asks for trouble and self harm https://analyticsindiamag.com/free-online-resources-to-get-started-on-cloud-computing/ see http://techrights.org/2020/06/10/the-bezos-leaning-ploy/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 12:56:44

• Edinburgh Zoo: Endangered #penguin chick arrives at new home in Scotland's Capital https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/people/edinburgh-zoo-endangered-penguin-chick-arrives-at-new-home-in-scotlands-capital-3213129          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:00:21

• Breeding behind bars https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/people/hebburn-care-home-residents-experience-wonders-of-the-sea-with-a-virtual-visit-of-sea-life-london-aquarium-3212830 https://www.irishnews.com/magazine/daily/2021/04/24/news/zoo-welcomes-endangered-penguin-chick-2299824/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:00:43

• World Penguin Day: 6 places you’d never have thought you could see them https://www.breakingnews.ie/lifestyle/world-penguin-day-6-places-youd-never-have-thought-you-could-see-them-1117230.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:01:50

• "April 25 marks World Penguin Day." https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-04-25/2021-World-Penguin-Day-Star-of-Antarctica-ZK4w70wnew/index.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:03:00

• "World Penguin Day 2021 is officially here. But why April 25th? Let’s take a look at the origins of the day and why it’s celebrated." https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/04/25/world-penguin-day-2021/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:04:24

• #ptab gutted (partly) by corrupt #iancu https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1377091/ptab-filings-are-down-institution-rate-is-up-in-fy-2021 #litigation 'industry' moles installed by #trump inside #uspto (now back through the revolving door to the private sector) http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Andrei_Iancu          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:07:54

• Still trying to disguise invalid and bogus #softwarepatents by spicing them up with hype waves and buzzwords like "hey hi" https://www.hickmanbecker.com/improved-predictive-accuracy-will-not-buy-patent-eligibility-for-machine-learning/ #swpats #patents          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:10:07

• There are some portions here that seek to advance same old #patent maximalists' #propaganda using revived buzzword and delirious lunacy like "hey hi" https://www.gibsondunn.com/artificial-intelligence-and-automated-systems-legal-update-1q21/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:12:03

• Lawyers have memorised buzzwords by which to advance toxic #patent agenda, in this case "hey hi" https://www.dyoung.com/en/knowledgebank/articles/ai-uk-excluded-subject-matter          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:13:06

• #RichardStallman on “Imprisonment Without Trial” and Lynching by Government • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/imprisonment-without-trial/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/imprisonment-without-trial/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:23:14

• "Byfield’s typically slippery and dishonest reply misrepresents both the facts and the social responses to the witch-hunt against Stallman. Byfield’s own career has followed no particular defense of anything save his own interests." https://fossforce.com/2019/09/yesterdays-man-the-fall-of-richard-stallman/#comment-22643          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:25:40

• "Justice stands on our effort to describe and interpret things as correctly as possible. Richard Stallman did that." https://itsfoss.com/richard-stallman-controversy/#comments/340862          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:26:11

• "the online world has turned into a rabid lynch mob ready to pounce just like china during mao's cultural revolution. it's an embarrassment to the country and an indictment of human nature. i'd vote to give richard's positions back to him in a flash." https://geoff.greer.fm/2019/09/30/in-defense-of-richard-stallman/#comment-4635083522          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:27:24

• "The lack of natural justice in all of this really undermines much of the moral high ground claimed by RMS' detractors. In my opinion, their hysteria has undermined the small bits valid concern people might have had about RMS' behaviour." https://geoff.greer.fm/2019/09/30/in-defense-of-richard-stallman/#comment-4635585261          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:27:55

• RMS "was an unjustly accused victim of flagrant lies amplified ad nauseam by social media. There is no way other than mystical thinking that any argument along the lines of "he deserved it for other reasons, anyway" (variations of which I've read lately many times, as a way of rationalize the desire to see him fall) would make sense." https://geoff.greer.fm/2019/09/30/in-defense-of-richard-stallman/#comment-4636690840          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:29:13

• "No one has ever officially accused Richard of any harassment. Let that sink in. There's just gossip and lies constantly repeated by his enemies, in hope that the lie repeated long enough will eventually become truth. Giving someone a “pleasure card” (google it up, it's just a weird business card) is not harassment." https://geoff.greer.fm/2019/09/30/in-defense-of-richard-stallman/#comment-4635621621          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:29:58

• "One remarkable thing about the FSF at that time, when we worked out of dinky spare offices on the campus of MIT, was the degree of participation by women. In the tiny society that was then the FSF, women were more prominent than I had seen in Silicon Valley, or acadamia prior." https://twitter.com/thomas_lord/status/1174433656024092672          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:30:45

• "The media lied, they did not cary out their journalism properly in a very sensitive matter. Campaigners made it appear as if Stallman was pedophile himself. Or if he commented on Epstein. MIT did nothing to defend him." https://geoff.greer.fm/2019/09/30/in-defense-of-richard-stallman/#comment-4635169167          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:32:27

• Massachusetts Institute of Tall Tales (MIT) Covers Up #BilGates Bribery of MIT Through a High-Profile Pedophile, Citing No Evidence Other Than Representatives of Gates Himself • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/ •●• #Techrights #MIT | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:33:10

• #GCC 11 Releasing Next Week With Intel AMX, New CPU Support, More C++20/C++23 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GCC-11.1-Next-Week #gnu #cpp #programming          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:36:43

• Reasons for optimism (getting more progressive people to join the government) and reasons for pessimism, by self-described “pessimist by nature” Dr. #RichardStallman • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/imprisonment-without-trial/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/imprisonment-without-trial/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:37:53

• "Like all plant species, their sessile nature makes them a good target for environmental studies because, unlike most animals, they must respond to changes in their environment by adaptation rather than flight." https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/04/peach-genome-dissected-to-provide-insights-into-ecological-influences.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:39:28

• Top 8 #DesktopEnvironments For Linux [2021] • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150422 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:44:33

• 6,501 signatures now http://techrights.org/2021/04/24/pro-rms-at-6500/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 13:58:42

• Links 25/4/2021: #QOwnNotes 21.4.4 and #GCC 11 Days Away • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/qownnotes-21-4-4/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/qownnotes-21-4-4/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 14:00:55

• #Programming Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150423 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 14:01:21

• #Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150424 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 14:01:29

• " #KGet Integration captures the downloads to download them in KGet. This application is designed for Linux. This work was heavily based on the #uGet Integrator. Most changes are the name, variables and icons. Plus the kget-integrator is smaller as KGet supports less features." https://sparkylinux.org/uget-kget-integrators/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 14:47:27

• JUST PUBLISHED: Documentary: #IBM Founder (Watson) Gave a Nazi Salute, Admired Hitler, Said Hitler Was Doing the Right Thing • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 15:04:23

• Why is this #famousCriminal still out there, allowed to carry on doing much harm, this time with the misleading veil of "philanthropy"? http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Bill_Gates_Deposition          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 15:14:11

• New Interview With Edwin Black: #IBM Has Never Apologised, Instead It Hid Its Role in Nazi #Germany • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/edwin-black-2021/ •●• #Techrights #history #Dehomag | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/edwin-black-2021/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:22:41

• Quite a few people today in Wembley http://sportystream2021.blogspot.com/p/manchester-city-stream-free.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:26:05

• Totthenham shot itself in the foot ahead of a potential title (first in AGGGGESS for this club). "In the midst of all that, Jose Mourinho was sacked by Tottenham. Was it the right decision at the right time, with the Carabao Cup Final less than a week away? So what next for Mourinho and can Ryan Mason end Tottenham's trophy drought?"          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:29:51

• Top 10 Extensions for #GNOME 40 Desktop • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150425 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:32:51

• Lessons from RMS debacle. Hugs can be "harassment", or just the offer of a hug. CoC in BSD tried to ban virtual hugs, too. http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Looking-Back-8-Months-Later/hug          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:35:39

• #IBM reactions to managers who abuse #linux #kernel devs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ax4zbVk          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:39:04

• "Yes – #IBM has always had its share of management "sphincter muscles". I worked as a contractor for a few of them. One wanted on–call, weekend work and overtime with some new magic form of currency called "compensating time off"." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ax4zbVk          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:41:12

• "I had to tell that "manager" that I was not starting or joining a "favor exchange". I expected to have my contract terminated (IBM managers are hyper sensitive to backlash). But he just transferred me to another "team"." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ax4zbVk #ibm          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:42:56

• An old documentary (relevant segment with the clip above spanning 30:40-43:00) about “Watson Business Machines” in Poland; it also mentions an #IBM insider describing IBM as an “International monster” saying that “IBM is in a class with the Nazis” • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:45:11

• Published two months ago (clip of 5:30-7:34 extracted above), 20 years after his book (“IBM and the Holocaust”) had come out, Edwin Black explained that Watson was a “criminal sociopath” (that’s according to Black), who was “convicted on extortion” • 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/edwin-black-2021/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/25/edwin-black-2021/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:46:10

• "Since IBMs "remixing skills" plans have now being "rumbled" by the press .... theres a new strategy. Younger workers are now "collateral damage", and everyone gets the chop." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1auZAeOa#replies #ibm          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:53:21

• "Yeah, if I were you I would not stick around #IBM too long... IBM does also lay off younger workers... This is a way to show that there is no age discrimination. Additionally, there is really not much of a future at IBM for anyone." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1auZAeOa#replies          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:54:27

• " #systemd are added complexity which helps sell support contracts, and I remind people that I’m no #RedHat basher. I’ve spent nearly 20 years boosting the company and its products, many of which I’ve used and still use." http://techrights.org/2021/03/19/ibm-is-destroying-rht/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 16:59:45

• Something called "European Copyright Society" exploits #pandemic for its #copyright #propaganda regime http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/04/sunday-surprises_25.html          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 17:03:12

• "One sure thing is, almost all distros sooner or later move to adopt #systemd , sometimes because there’s no other choice (too many dependencies upon it)." http://techrights.org/2020/08/02/red-hat-layoffs/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 17:05:38

• Banned #UMN Researchers Apologize to #Linux Community http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150248#comment-29350 #kernel          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 17:21:46

• #Pine64 's new keyboard case turns the #PinePhone into a pocketable Linux laptop http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150363#comment-29351 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 17:28:34

• #Drawing 0.8.0 Free Basic Image Editor App Released • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150426 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #GNOME          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 17:31:23

• This Week in Linux 148: #Ubuntu 21.04, Linux On Mars, Linux Kernel Bans University of #Minnesota https://tuxdigital.com/2021/04/thisweekinlinux-148/ #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 17:32:47

• "Hey, it's already the last day at #Penguicon2021 virtual event, and I'm taking a little break between panels to post the artworks I made." https://www.davidrevoy.com/article837/penguicon-2021-artworks #krita #freesw #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 17:34:04

• Dominique Dumont: "The improved GUI was released with Config::Model::TkUI 1.374. This new version is available on #CPAN and on Debian/experimental). It will be released on Debian/unstable once the next #Debian version is out." https://ddumont.wordpress.com/2021/04/25/an-improved-gui-for-cme-and-configmodel/          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 17:37:29

• ZBrush vs Blender: 3D Modeling Software Compared https://all3dp.com/2/zbrush-vs-blender-differences the latter is #freesw          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 17:44:18

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150428 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 18:12:12

• Torsten Franz: My first six months at the #Ubuntu Community Council • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150427 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 18:12:29

• 'We' have just won the League Cup. Let's hope UCL is next.          ☞

posted Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 19:02:27

• Linux 5.12 #Kernel Officially Released, This Is What’s New • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150429 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Monday, April 26, 2021 at 02:32:16

• Uni bid to patch up with #Linux #kernel project fails to move maintainer http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150248#comment-29355          ☞

posted Monday, April 26, 2021 at 02:40:17

• On RMS: "I think that an internalised/veiled worry of theirs is that he'll make "copies of himself" and the ideas will spread like a virus unlike they demonise him as if he was eating babies" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-250421.html#tApr%2025%2015:11:48          ☞

posted Monday, April 26, 2021 at 02:45:03

• #GNU Debugger 10.2 Is Released • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150430 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Monday, April 26, 2021 at 02:45:24

• Green https://i.redd.it/qv5z2mfvy5q61.jpg          ☞

posted Monday, April 26, 2021 at 02:46:31

• Cats https://imgur.com/gallery/rbIq3gV          ☞

posted Monday, April 26, 2021 at 02:49:27