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  • Station, a centralised social network on Gemini https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006491.html #geminiProtocol #geminiSpace #internet          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:26:47


  • "I have at least gotten my dev team to use a collaborative version-controlled Gemini capsule as our team wiki instead of pulling in yet another bloated web app to share simple textual information with one another." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006478.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:27:46


  • #epo enabling #microsoft #patentTrolls like #intellectualventures https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/multiparty-proceedings-begin-in-intellectual-ventures-vs-bouygues-and-orange/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Intellectual_Ventures          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:29:01


  • THIS DID NOT AGE WELL!! https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/who-chief-hails-modis-assurance-of-using-indias-vaccine-production-prowess-to-help-nations-fight-covid-19/78343932 #india #modi          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:29:42


  • I see that #billgates -bribed media like #euractiv is lobbying hard for #UPC so you know who stands to benefit. #microsoft #monopoly          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:30:24


  • #politics #bribery #corruption https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1389831793793187841 see http://techrights.org/2019/05/26/senators-tillis-and-coons/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:31:05


  • Over 30k #geminiProtocol requests (pages, it's the only object in Gemini) in past 5 days. At this page we're looking at around 200k a month. #geminiSpace is certainly growing. Also see http://techrights.org/2021/04/01/gemini-growing-2021/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:33:25


  • #SoftwareFreedom and more to be covered today in #Techrights ... as time permits. I think we might stop out gym membership after this month, seeing the decline in standards across the board. It would be said after 20+ years in that gym :/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:35:15


  • Over the next few days or weeks I'll try to write some howtos about how we do all video editing from the command line, using #ffmpeg ... no manual work should be required and the whole pipeline is #freesw ... #swpats notwithstanding (they ought not exist!)          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:36:28


  • "Additionally, PilePro was instructed to reimburse Skyline for the costs associated in moving for #patent sanctions. Id. Skyline won the big prize as well: summary judgment on Skyline’s noninfringement claim was granted. Id. at 403." https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/05/school-canons-discovery.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:38:30


  • Please do not conflate the actual #music industry with a monopolistic #cartel that abuses and exploits actual artists http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/guest-book-review-copyright-in-music.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:39:52


  • The #IrishTimes seems to have been converted into a paid-for #propaganda partner of the corrupt #EPO management, looking to distract from its #crimes https://www.irishtimes.com/business/innovation/dublin-designer-invents-pineapple-leaf-alternative-to-leather-1.4554991 see http://techrights.org/2021/05/04/epo-eia-hush-money/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:41:44


  • Choose patients over #patents https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/05/supports-waiver-vaccine.html #twitter bans people for believing so: http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:43:15


  • Yet another #propaganda partner for corrupt #EPO management, misusing the institution and its money to distract from the crimes https://www.expresshealthcare.in/news/epo-announces-indian-american-chemist-sumita-mitra-as-european-inventor-award-2021-finalist/428384/ see http://techrights.org/2021/05/04/epo-eia-hush-money/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:45:03


  • Live Updates: #Cheney Strikes Back as G.O.P. Leaders Move to Oust Her From House Leadership https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/05/05/us/joe-biden-news          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:46:37


  • "Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc. must pay Sanofi-Aventis $17.2 million in attorney fees, expenses and interest in its failed False Claims Act suit against the company's predecessor alleging the blood thinner Lovenox was improperly patented" https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1381460/sanofi-wins-17-2m-fees-expenses-after-ditching-fca-suit          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:52:21


  • I see #watchtroll is also a propaganda partner of corrupt #epo management now. Puff piece "Six US Researchers Named Finalists in European Inventor Award 2021"; they also entertain and give space to the very same people who enable the EPO's crimes.          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 00:53:29


  • Lessons From Another Failed Coup Against the #FreeSoftware Movement • イ乇cん尺ノgんイ丂 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/05/05/failed-coup-vs-fsf/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/05/failed-coup-vs-fsf/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 01:17:47


  • #EveningStandard has joined the ranks of abused or abusive publications that help corrupt #EPO management generate fluff which distracts from EPO #corruption https://www.standard.co.uk/business/carmen-hijosa-pinatex-pineapple-leather-alternative-european-inventor-award-b933195.html see http://techrights.org/2021/05/04/epo-eia-hush-money/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 01:33:15


  • #EPO paying money to 'plant' puff pieces and press releases that serve to not only waste/misuse EPO budget but also launder the reputation of a deeply corrupt institution https://www.prweb.com/releases/honoring_a_pioneer_in_tissue_engineering_gordana_vunjak_novakovic_named_european_inventor_award_2021_finalist/prweb17908865.htm see http://techrights.org/2021/05/04/epo-eia-hush-money/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 01:34:36


  • "In the case, MFA has asserted its U.S. Patent No. 9,886,421 that covers a method of displaying “non-standard fonts” on your handheld device when accessing a network-document." That's #swpats or #fakepatents https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/05/discovery-settlement-agreements.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 01:35:44


  • The coup has very clearly failed and we should prepare for future attempts (they go in cycles); the #monopolies really dislike software they cannot control fully • イ乇cん尺ノgんイ丂 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/05/05/failed-coup-vs-fsf/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/05/failed-coup-vs-fsf/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 01:40:09


  • #Device Mapper Gets Some Nice Improvements With Linux 5.13 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150846 #Kernel #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 01:40:26


  • #Techrights Bulletin for Wednesday, May 05, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 04:55:58


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

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 04:56:08


  • #UbuntuTouch OTA-17 Arrives May 12 with NFC Support, Available for Testing Now • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150847 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 04:57:25


  • ● NEWS ● #DataSwamp ☞ Beautiful 3D Print time-lapses with my Nikon D700 and Octolapse https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-05-03-openbsd-getting-started.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 04:59:31


  • ● NEWS ● #uniToronto #Ubuntu #Canonical ☞ Our future upgrade wave of Ubuntu 18.04 machines https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FirefoxVanishingPrefs          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:00:03


  • ● [Old] ● #arXiv #Programming ☞ Bringing GNU Emacs to Native Code https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.02504          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:00:38


  • ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Standards ☞ Satellite-navigation systems such as GPS are at risk of jamming https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/05/05/satellite-navigation-systems-such-as-gps-are-at-risk-of-jamming          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:01:03


  • ● NEWS ● #Futurism #Science ☞ A NASA Spacecraft Just “Touched” The Outer Layer Of The Sun https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-spacecraft-touched-sun          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:03:14


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Education ☞ Student #Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here’s How https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/student-debt-is-devastating-americans-heres-exactly-how/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:07:07


  • #Microsoft #Windows TCO: #TheHill ☞ Biden administration, Congress unite in effort to tackle ransomware attacks https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/552036-biden-administration-congress-unite-in-effort-to-tackle-ransomware          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:09:07


  • ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes ☞ Changing role of the board on cybersecurity https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-security/changing-role-of-the-board-on-cybersecurity/82398635          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:09:18


  • #Microsoft #Windows TCO: ● #Wired ☞ They Told Their Therapists Everything. [Crackers] Leaked It All https://www.wired.com/story/vastaamo-psychotherapy-patients-hack-data-breach/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:09:30


  • ● NEWS ● #IST # ☞ RTF Report: Combatting #Ransomware https://securityandtechnology.org/ransomwaretaskforce/report/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:11:05


  • ● NEWS ● #SecurityWeek ☞ #Tesla Car [Cracked] Remotely From Drone via Zero-Click Exploit https://www.securityweek.com/tesla-car-hacked-remotely-drone-zero-click-exploit          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:11:16


  • ● NEWS ● #GrahamCluley #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Peloton exercise bikes found exposing user data – company dawdles in its response https://grahamcluley.com/peloton-exercise-bikes-data/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:14:36


  • ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Twitter Unveils Content Deals With NBCUniversal, Billboard https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/twitter-billboard-chart-nbcuniversal-newfront-1234948573/ #socialcontrolmedia is about MANIPULATION, not information or communication          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:15:11


  • ● NEWS ● #EDRI #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Companies are now allowed to scan your private communications https://edri.org/our-work/companies-are-now-allowed-to-scan-your-private-communications/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:15:32


  • Context in Comprehension | Coder Radio 412 https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/144967/context-in-comprehension-coder-radio-412/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:18:10


  • ● NEWS ● #iMore #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook and #Instagram [same] threaten to charge for access on iOS 14.5 unless you give them your data https://www.imore.com/facebook-and-instagram-threaten-charge-access-ios-145-unless-you-give-it-your-data          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:18:36


  • ● NEWS ● #EDRI #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ France’s highest court validates #masssurveillance in the long term https://edri.org/our-work/frances-highest-court-validates-mass-surveillance-in-the-long-term/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:20:10


  • ● NEWS ● #IDA #Energy ☞ A Land of Perpetual False Dawn https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution-industrial-greenhouses/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:21:49


  • ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes #Overpopulation ☞ The U.S. Birthrate Has Dropped Again. The Pandemic May Be Accelerating the Decline. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/us-birthrate-falls-covid.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:23:34


  • ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Finance ☞ Crypto exchanges say payment gateways blocking their transactions https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/crypto-exchanges-say-payment-gateways-blocking-their-transactions/82402741          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:24:26


  • ● NEWS ● #NewStatesman #Finance ☞ The power struggle behind plans to introduce “Britcoin” https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2021/05/power-struggle-behind-plans-introduce-britcoin          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:24:35


  • "There are some very smart people who come into #IBM with masters [sic] (racist word?] or MBAs and they are good at what they are doing. I have also seen some of these people take IBM in directions that make no sense." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1aIfKiik          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:27:59


  • #ibm #france at peril https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1aHwyBcK #redhat not outside the layoffs net:http://techrights.org/2020/08/02/red-hat-layoffs/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:29:00


  • #ibm layoffs and remote work: "if I get laid off, I will got take a c r a p while my manager reads out his script... and I will make sure I will tell him that!! Then, I will open a beer and enjoy it, I finally out of this S H I T company!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1aGLkhRc          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:30:18


  • #ibm #canada : you're already 55. Please leave. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1aFzJAAa          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:31:26


  • ● NEWS ● #ABC #Politics ☞ Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’ Upheld Its #Trump Ban, But It’s Little More Than Judicial Theater https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/facebooks-supreme-court-upheld-its-trump-ban-but-its-little-more-than-judicial-theater/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:31:50


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Politics ☞ #Facebook has no reason to ever resolve the Trump ban https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/5/22421334/facebook-donald-trump-oversight-board-ban-decision-criticism          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:32:06


  • "I remember 9/11 vividly. I had a family member who was supposed to be in the World Trade Center that morning, and when I watched on live television the buildings go down with living beings inside, I didn't know that she had been late that day and so was safe." http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130818120421175          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:33:20


  • ● NEWS ● #NewScientist #Politics ☞ #Trump ban decision shows the limits of a #Facebook 'Supreme Court' https://www.newscientist.com/article/2276763-trump-ban-decision-shows-the-limits-of-a-facebook-supreme-court/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:33:34


  • ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #Politics ☞ #Facebook Oversight Board Upholds #Trump Ban https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/trump-facebook-ban-upheld-1234947494/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:35:44


  • ● NEWS ● #BroadbandBreakfast #Politics ☞ Oversight Board Upholds Trump’s Ban From #Facebook https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/05/oversight-board-upholds-trumps-ban-from-facebook/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:36:35


  • ● NEWS ● #EestiRahvusringhääling #Politics ☞ IT minister requesting feedback on future of digital society https://news.err.ee/1608202027/it-minister-requesting-feedback-on-future-of-digital-society          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:36:58


  • #techtarget takes money from #IBM to post #RedHat puff pieces (see the disclose at the top) https://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/feature/Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-automation-management Typical IBM, which just like #Microsoft commandeers the media with money.          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:39:37


  • Posted under 'feature', but what it actually ought to say is "ad" or "spam" (for IBM) https://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/feature/Experience-Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux #redhat #ibm          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:41:12


  • vrurg: Config::BINDish Module First Release https://vrurg.github.io/2021/05/05/Config-BINDish #rakulang #programming #perl          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:42:25


  • ● NEWS ● #JayLittle #Politics ☞ Once Woke, Brain Broke: A Tale Of Echo Chambers https://jaylittle.com/post/view/2021/5/once-woke-brain-broke-a-tale-of-echo-chambers "Now I know it's tempting to blame the rise of these echo chambers on Big Tech."          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:43:10


  • ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes #Misinformation #Disinformation ☞ A #Facebook panel will reveal on Wednesday whether #Trump will regain his megaphone. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/technology/facebook-trump-ban.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:45:59


  • ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes #Misinformation #Disinformation ☞ #Facebook Oversight Board Set to Rule on #Trump Ban https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/technology/What-Is-the-Facebook-Oversight-Board.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:46:12


  • ● NEWS ● #FB #Misinformation #Disinformation ☞ #Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Social Network’s Ban of #Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/technology/facebook-trump-ban-upheld.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:46:25


  • #gpl and #gnu in #fedora under the #ibm regime https://lwn.net/Articles/854547/ see http://techrights.org/2020/06/04/tired-of-rms-winning/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:52:55


  • ● NEWS ● #RSF #Censorship #Meduza ☞ Listed as a "foreign agent", Russia's most popular independent website risks disappearing https://rsf.org/en/news/listed-foreign-agent-russias-most-popular-independent-website-risks-disappearing          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:54:29


  • ● NEWS ● #RSF #Censorship ☞ Op-ed urges #Benin to end Digital Law threat to #journalism https://rsf.org/en/news/op-ed-urges-benin-end-digital-law-threat-journalism          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:54:42


  • When it comes to #meduza the #putin regime is still behind the #epo regime (run by criminals, organised crime), which unlike #russia banned sites like #techrights ages ago. Merely for exposing evidence of EPO abuse, crimes...          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:56:30


  • Europe's second-largest institution may be more corrupt than #putin and #russia and it bribes the press, censors sites etc. to hide it. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EPO          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:57:26


  • ● NEWS ● #EDRI #Censorship ☞ European Parliament confirms new online #censorship powers https://edri.org/our-work/european-parliament-confirms-new-online-censorship-powers/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:57:55


  • ● NEWS ● #WSWS #Censorship ☞ #Facebook reverses #censorship of #WSWS article debunking “Wuhan Lab” conspiracy theory https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/03/cens-m03.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:58:11


  • ● NEWS ● #NetBlocks #Censorship ☞ #Internet disrupted in #Colombia amid anti-government protests https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-colombia-amid-anti-government-protests-YAEvMvB3          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:58:27


  • #twitter as #thoughtPolice https://www.rt.com/usa/523010-twitter-offensive-harmful-prompt/ #socialcontrolmedia #censorship          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 05:59:40


  • ● NEWS ● #CPJ #Zambia #Africa #PressFreedom ☞ Zambian Patriotic Front supporters attack 2 journalists https://cpj.org/2021/05/zambian-patriotic-front-supporters-attack-2-journalists/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:07:33


  • ● NEWS ● #DeutscheWelle #France #PressFreedom ☞ French journalist kidnapped in Mali asks for help in video https://www.dw.com/en/french-journalist-kidnapped-in-mali-asks-for-help-in-video/a-57432631          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:07:46


  • ● NEWS ● #France24 #France #PressFreedom #Africa ☞ French journalist kidnapped in #Mali appears in video asking for help https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210505-french-journalist-kidnapped-in-mali-appears-in-video-asking-for-help          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:09:07


  • ● NEWS ● #France24 #Chauvin ☞ Police officer found guilty of murdering #GeorgeFloyd asks for new trial https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210504-former-minneapolis-police-officer-derek-chauvin-asks-for-new-trial          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:11:47


  • "So you’ve decided to migrate your business to the clown — good call!" NO! And it's quite possibly ILLEGAL, too! Stop outsourcing workers' and customers' data to #espionage machines designed for #imperialism by coercion at the digital level. #clownComputing #lunacy https://www.cdotrends.com/story/15560/how-transfer-your-data-google-cloud          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:13:39


  • #epo breaks the #law by outsourcing sensitive data to a company of criminals (well, the EPO managers too are criminals, and nobody holds them accountable because of diplomatic immunity) http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:14:56


  • ● NEWS ● #ANFNews #SOHR ☞ #Water level in Euphrates down by five meters as #Turkey continues holding back water to #Rojava https://anfenglish.com/ecology/water-level-in-euphrates-down-by-five-meters-as-turkey-continues-holding-back-water-to-rojava-51817          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:15:28


  • ● NEWS ● #RFA #tibet #cn #china #nagchu ☞ Tibetan Political Detainee Died in 2019, Exile Source Says https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/died-05042021160333.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:15:43


  • Companies that deem you a "third party" just found a fancier way to brand you a third-class citizen. By the way, local elections here today, would leave the home just for that!          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:16:36


  • "You do need to have a laptop with a Mac, Linux or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you will need to pre-load specific software packages." https://gazette.mun.ca/events/programming-workshop-unix-shell-version-control-and-python-2/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:17:30


  • "The deadline to apply to vote by post for this election has now passed." https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/info/500329/elections/4981/the_next_election          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:19:12


  • "Iceberg is licensed under the #GPL version 2, so it is legal for anyone to fork it. However, there does not seem to be any mention of the copyright, and only a few references to the original product remain in the source code." https://wptavern.com/dark-mode-plugin-repurposed-and-renamed-to-wp-markdown-editor-change-leaves-users-confused #deletegithub          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:20:41


  • #Kernel Articles in #LWN (Just Liberated From Paywall) • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150849 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:23:03


  • #ZPi 7 Z-Wave gateway devkit works with #RaspberryPi and #OrangePi Zero boards • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150848 #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:23:14


  • ● NEWS ● #Vice #DRM ☞ This #Motorcycle #Airbag Vest Will Stop Working If You Miss a Payment https://www.vice.com/en/article/93yyyd/this-motorcycle-airbag-vest-will-stop-working-if-you-miss-a-payment @doctorow may have seen it already...          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:27:13


  • ● NEWS ● #BroadbandBreakfast #Monopolies ☞ #JoshHawley Wants To Break Up Big Tech And Revisit How #Antitrust Matters Are Considered https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/05/josh-hawley-wants-to-break-up-big-tech-and-revisit-how-antitrust-matters-are-considered/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:29:28


  • ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Monopolies ☞ #Microsoft to Judge: Apple’s Rules Blocked Our Gaming Service Too https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-05/microsoft-to-judge-apple-s-rules-blocked-our-gaming-service-too          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:29:49


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Monopolies ☞ #Microsoft ’s feud with #Apple over #xCloud on iOS got a rival kicked from the App Store https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/5/22421290/microsoft-apple-xcloud-ios-shadow-cloud-gaming-removal-app-store          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:30:03


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Monopolies ☞ Why Epic is burning its own cash to cook #Apple https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22412899/epic-apple-trial-rules-investment-app-payment          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:32:05


  • ● NEWS ● #WSWS #Patents ☞ #Pfizer announces windfall profits as low-income countries denied #vaccines https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/05/pers-m05.html #twitter protects the #monopolies http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:33:27


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Patents ☞ US supports lifting #patent protections on #COVID19 #vaccines https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/5/22421558/us-covid-coronavirus-vaccines-patent-waiver          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:33:52


  • iophk: "Apropos RTF Report, it is the fox getting put in charge of the henhouse. To deter ransomware attacks they must first eliminate #Microsoft products from the computing environment." See context: http://techrights.org/2021/05/02/ransomware-task-force/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:37:54


  • iophk: Apropos attacks, #Microsoft continues to get the media to conflate targeting and attacks with successful breaches. Of relevance: http://techrights.org/2020/06/09/windows-disaster-zones/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:38:06


  • "Note FiveThirtyEight's commentary on Facebook's theatrics." https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/facebooks-supreme-court-upheld-its-trump-ban-but-its-little-more-than-judicial-theater/ Facebook judging Facebook, like our Town Hall 'investigating' itself: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/04/21/manchester-town-hall-complaint/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:38:16


  • ● NEWS ● #uniWashington #Copyrights #Copyright ☞ Benjamin Mako Hill Receives #NSF CAREER Award https://com.uw.edu/post/benjamin-mako-hill-receives-nsf-career-award/ ">Digital knowledge commons like Wikipedia, [Free] software, and collaborative filtering systems"          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:39:19


  • ● NEWS ● #BenjaminMakoHill #Copyrights #Copyright ☞ NSF CAREER Award https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/nsf-career-award          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:39:29


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Military #Militarism #Imperialism ☞ Opinion | Let's Finally End the Insanity of Colossal Military Spending During a Global #Health Emergency https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/05/lets-finally-end-insanity-colossal-military-spending-during-global-health-emergency          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:40:17


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Insurrection ☞ Opinion | More Staff Flee the Republican Attorneys General Association After It Doubles Down on Insurrection https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/05/more-staff-flee-republican-attorneys-general-association-after-it-doubles-down          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:40:50


  • "The US is waging an economic, propaganda, and #military #coldwar against #China " https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/05/apocalypse-must-be-near-i-agree-henry-kissinger-about-cold-war-china          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:42:45


  • "In the village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank, dozens of Bedouin families are at risk of losing their homes and becoming refugees again by July. While it is the Israeli government and military that are enacting the demolitions and evacuations" https://www.mintpressnews.com/regavim-israeli-environmental-org-converting-us-donations-palestinian-evictions/277004/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:43:25


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ Raising the alarm The UN suspects Russian military ‘instructors’ of major human rights violations in the Central African Republic https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/05/05/raising-the-alarm          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:44:01


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Survivors of Trauma Transform Their Vulnerabilities into Strength https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/survivors-of-trauma-transform-their-vulnerabilities-into-strength/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:44:31


  • "Recall that Kissinger was one of Nixon’s most fervent supporters of the Vietnam War and violent debacles in Chile to name a few." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/magical-thinking/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:45:01


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #putin ☞ Meduza’s crowdfunding website restored in full, following [cr]acker attack https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/05/05/meduza-s-crowdfunding-website-restored-in-full-following-hacker-attack          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:45:51


  • ● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork #Climate ☞ Faster glacier melting raises hunger threat https://climatenewsnetwork.net/faster-glacier-melting-raises-hunger-threat/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:46:17


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Wildlife #Nature ☞ 10-year Anniversary of Northern Rockies #Wolf Delisting Comes Amid On-Going Slaughter https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/10-year-anniversary-of-northern-rockies-wolf-delisting-comes-amid-on-going-slaughter/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:49:08


  • #mozilla #firefox going the wrong way... https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FirefoxVanishingPrefs https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FirefoxUrlbarTakeover          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:53:21


  • Our future upgrade wave of #Ubuntu 18.04 machines • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150850 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:55:17


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Afghanistan ☞ Afghanistan's Musical Tradition: a Health Check https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/afghanistans-musical-tradition-a-health-check/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:55:39


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ When the #Legislature Leaves Town, #Litigation Follows https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/when-the-legislature-leaves-town-litigation-follows/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:56:06


  • ● NEWS ● #TheRevelator #water ☞ Public Health Crisis Looms as #California Identifies 600 Communities at Risk of Water-System Failures https://therevelator.org/california-water-assessment/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:56:38


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Huge News: US Gov't Agrees To Support Intellectual [sic] Property [sic] Waiver To Help Fight #COVID https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210505/14193246739/huge-news-us-govt-agrees-to-support-intellectual-property-waiver-to-help-fight-covid.shtml #twitter policies did not age well: http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:57:40


  • ● NEWS ● #FAIR #TuckerCarlson ☞ ‘We Need to Mobilize People Who Don’t Want to Pay Tucker Carlson’s Salary’ https://fair.org/home/we-need-to-mobilize-people-who-dont-want-to-pay-tucker-carlsons-salary/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:58:03


  • ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ #Facebook Oversight Board Affirms #Trump Suspension - For Now https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/facebook-oversight-board-affirms-trump-suspension-now Today's EFF does support #censorship e.g. of RMS. It also supports #cancelCulture http://techrights.org/2021/04/16/eff-rogue/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:59:12


  • ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ The #Florida Deplatforming Law is Unconstitutional. Always has Been. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/florida-deplatforming-law-unconstitutional-always-has-been EFF for censorship again. http://techrights.org/2021/04/16/eff-rogue/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 06:59:55


  • #Office360 itself is malicious ⇨ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/malicious-office-365-apps-are-the-ultimate-insiders/ •●• #krebsonsecurity should know that #microsoft is equally malicious. See http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:02:21


  • ● NEWS ● #RobertReich #GOPKKK #Trumpism #xenophobia ☞ The Republican Rebrand, Exposed https://robertreich.org/post/650374465928249344          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:03:05


  • ● NEWS ● #Tor #torproject ☞ Check the status of Tor services with status.torproject.org https://blog.torproject.org/check-status-of-tor-services          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:03:31


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #fb #facebook ☞ The Oversight Board's Decision On Facebook's #Trump Ban Is Just Not That Important https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210505/10280346737/oversight-boards-decision-facebooks-trump-ban-is-just-not-that-important.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:04:14


  • ● NEWS ● #CreativeCommons ☞ At the Intersection of NFTs and Creative Commons Licenses https://creativecommons.org/2021/05/04/at-the-intersection-of-nfts-and-creative-commons-licenses/ I am sceptical of them nowadays... same name, different people/agenda: http://techrights.org/2021/04/04/an-elephant-in-the-room-creative-commons/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:05:05


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Let's Do Insulin Next,' Says Ocasio-Cortez After #Biden Backs IP [sic] (they mean #patents ) Waiver to Boost #Covid19 Vaccine Access https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/lets-do-insulin-next-says-ocasio-cortez-after-biden-backs-ip-waiver-boost-covid-19          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:05:47


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Global Health Leaders Hail 'Monumental Moment' in #Covid19 Fight as US Supports #Vaccine #patent Waiver https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/global-health-leaders-hail-monumental-moment-covid-19-fight-us-supports-vaccine          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:06:08


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation #ksa ☞ The #Biden State Department Nominee Who Worked for #SaudiArabia and #BigOil https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/jose-fernandez-state-department/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:07:20


  • #HRW took money from a terroristic Saudi regime and now blames #israel while keeping (mostly) silent on #ksa https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-hrw-apartheid-state/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:08:27


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Finance ☞ Financial Transactions Taxes: The Perfect Way to Pay for Biden’s Infrastructure Package https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/financial-transactions-taxes-the-perfect-way-to-pay-for-bidens-infrastructure-package/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:09:27


  • "The US is one of the few countries that reports its GDP figures in an ‘Annual Rate’ (AR) percentage." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/us-first-quarter-gdp-recovery-or-just-another-rebound/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:10:13


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #patents ☞ 70% of People in G7 Nations Want Governments to Force #BigPharma to Share #Vaccine Recipes https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/04/70-people-g7-nations-want-governments-force-big-pharma-share-vaccine-recipes #twitter protected the #monopolies http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:11:45


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #GDP ☞ Growing Calls to 'Audit the Ultra-Rich' as Yellen Says #TaxDodging Could Cost US $7 Trillion Over 10 Years https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/growing-calls-audit-ultra-rich-yellen-says-tax-dodging-could-cost-us-7-trillion-over see also https://www.reuters.com/article/us-offshore-wealth-idUSBRE86L03U20120722          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:12:26


  • #cyberciti has outsourced to #clownflare and now blocks people who don't run #ProprietarySoftware (JS). Amazingly bad, can't Vivek Gite figure out a way WITHOUT this #surveillance middleman? He's technical enough, surely...          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:14:26


  • #kubestriker needs to #deletegithub to be seen as a security tool https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/05/04/security-kubernetes/ #ProprietarySoftware #Microsoft #NSA          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:16:08


  • #zuckerberg inside your kernel https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.13-UBIFS-Zstd          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:17:24


  • "The report reflects the power of decades of work in defense of Palestinian rights" https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/05/why-human-rights-watch-designating-israels-crimes-apartheid-very-big-deal          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:18:09


  • ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #Health ☞ #Florida Program to Aid Brain-Damaged Infants Publicly Embraces Reforms It Once Fought https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-program-to-aid-brain-damaged-infants-publicly-embraces-reforms-it-once-fought          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:18:41


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Why the Future Belongs to the [Real] Left https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/05/why-future-belongs-left "the barbarism of neoliberal capitalism defines the present"          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:19:12


  • #rtl did puff pieces for corrupt #billgates some days ago and now we see this #microsoft #propaganda in there, between the lines... #ProprietarySoftware entrapment https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1717313.html see instead: https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-schools.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:22:51


  • It should be noted that #idg now takes money from #microsoft to make bogus "recommendations" of Microsoft's #ProprietarySofwtare (and Microsoft bribes university professors to do the same). Related to this: http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:24:00


  • #ibm is trying to compete against #softwareFreedom instead of competing against #microsoft and that's a problem... #cartel #collusion          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:25:03


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #UK #Ireland #Brexit ☞ Cracks in #NorthernIreland ? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/cracks-in-northern-ireland/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:26:21


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #patents #patent #monopolies (this is what this often leads to) ☞ #CRISPR Madness: Welcome to the Age of Genetic Chaos https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/crispr-madness-welcome-to-the-age-of-genetic-chaos/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:27:03


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Monopolies ☞ #Amazon Is Dictating Personal Hygiene, Nail Length of Contract Drivers https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-is-dictating-personal-hygiene-nail-length-of-contract-drivers/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:27:46


  • #facebook #censorship #imperialism #socialcontrolmedia #fb https://neritam.wordpress.com/2021/05/04/facebook-erases-hundreds-of-alternative-media-pages/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:28:14


  • #venturebeat is #openwashing #microsoft again. #ProprietarySoftware is falsely being marketed as "Open Source" so we should all, collectively, abandon this label. When the openwashing is done by longtime Microsoft press operatives you know there's a coordinated agenda there.          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:30:05


  • Carly Tennes at cracked dot com helps shift attention from the real #billgates scandals, e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html (also quite likely a reason for this divorce, though it's difficult to tell for sure)          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:31:52


  • "Any coverage about Gates that fails to mention his misbehaviour or unlawful behaviour (he was arrested numerous times over the years) would certainly be beneficial to him" http://techrights.org/2021/05/04/media-still-distracts/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:32:25


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Health ☞ Care Advocates Celebrate Wins in American Families Plan, Now Back to Organizing https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/care-advocates-celebrate-wins-in-american-families-plan-now-back-to-organizing/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:33:20


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Facebook Panel Upholds Platform's Ban on Former President Donald #Trump https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/facebook-panel-upholds-platforms-ban-former-president-donald-trump FB agrees with FB :-)          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:34:12


  • ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #GOP #trump ☞ #Kushner Companies Violated Multiple Laws in Massive Tenant Dispute, Judge Rules https://www.propublica.org/article/kushner-companies-violated-multiple-laws-in-massive-tenant-dispute-judge-rules          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:34:39


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Fauci Stirs Uproar With 'Agnostic' Position on #Covid19 #Vaccine #Patent Waiver https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/fauci-stirs-uproar-agnostic-position-covid-vaccine-patent-waiver he HAS taken a side          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:35:12


  • "Saudi-funded and U.K.-backed “Iran International” released a leaked audio recording of Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, in conversation with Iranian economist" https://www.mintpressnews.com/leaked-zarif-tape-what-western-media-heard-and-what-he-actually-said/276982/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:36:01


  • ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ Stop snoring with Raspberry Pi https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/stop-snoring-with-raspberry-pi/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:36:23


  • "Doctors, apply for jobs at Philip Morris." https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/106181673800189577 iophk: same for 'cybersecurity' holes caused by #Microsoft          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:37:32


  • #France #OpenBSD https://framapiaf.org/@hucste/106183047990671875          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:38:51


  • "My book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" is a critique of Big Tech connecting conspiratorial thinking to the rise of tech monopolies (proposing a way to deal with both)" https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106178812605765694~          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:39:26


  • #wsj #murdoch #monopolies #propaganda #corruptMedia https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/106182881750191094          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:40:07


  • "#pinephone shipment for the EU is slightly delayed, but will start this week. All PinePhone and #pinebookpro orders placed after April 18 will ship mid-May." https://fosstodon.org/@PINE64/106184086448458971 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:40:39


  • #billgates fluff: "It serves to shift attention from the harm this man caused and continues to cause to society; instead people bicker about gossip and personal life ‘stuff’…" http://techrights.org/2021/05/04/media-still-distracts/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:43:27


  • iophk: "gives melinda time to finalize the divorce first" https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210503-ghislaine-maxwell-s-sex-crimes-trial-delayed-until-autumn-2021 context: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:43:56


  • #mit pushed #rms out, continues to cover up for #billgates (who pays them) http://techrights.org/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:44:47


  • #JoiIto Already Admitted on the Record That #BillGates Had Paid MIT Through Jeffrey Epstein • イ乇cん尺ノgんイ丂 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2020/05/27/joi-ito-email/ •●• #Techrights | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/05/27/joi-ito-email/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:45:43


  • "Universities are in a panic to reflect "diversity" (except when it comes to diversity of political thought). So, if you have the correct (read: not white) skin color, you might be able to get the administration to do backflips for you" http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2021/05/the-proud-degra.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 07:45:53


  • #valve as #monopoly in some areas https://odysee.com/@TheLinuxGamer:f/valve-lawsuit-odysee:5 #games #drm          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:21:14


  • #Saimaa Ringed #Seal https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/saimaa-ringed-seal/ #finland #fi #wwf          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:21:30


  • #taliban #SpreadingDemocracy #Empire #anotherVietnam https://news.yahoo.com/taliban-capture-northern-afghan-district-084016112.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:21:41


  • Where the outcasts go... https://www.salon.com/2021/05/05/trump-hypes-new-communications-platform-its-a-blog-run-with-big-techs-help/ #goldenDawnld #trump #GOPKKK          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:22:20


  • old: #france #fr #history https://www.history.com/news/marcel-marceau-wwii-french-resistance-georges-loinger          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:22:30


  • Today's #torproject connected to #microsoft proxy that attacks your #privacy http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/duckduckgo-in-2021/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:24:51


  • If you have a #privacy and/or #security -oriented project and it is (still) hosted in #microsoft #github then you rely on NSA-connected #ProprietarySoftware and will thus lack credibility/legitimacy. Rightly so, too...          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:27:19


  • "Celemony Software GmbH is placing the ARA Audio Random Access audio interface under" #GNU #GPL https://sonicstate.com/news/2021/05/06/ara-integration-made-easier/ #freesw #copyleft          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:29:10


  • "The IFF is also keeping a close watch on free speech violations, and demanded accountability from the Centre over Twitter removing 50 posts from its platform last month on government requests. Most of these posts were related to the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic." https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/internet-freedom-foundation-rti-report-government-use-of-facial-recognition-technology-in-airports-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-101620276808052.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:31:48


  • Stop calling a bunch of webchats a "summit" https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/05/06/2224094/0/en/GridGain-Announces-Keynote-Speakers-for-First-Ignite-Summit.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:33:23


  • #Security and #ProprietarySoftware • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150853 #Microsoft #ransomware          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:35:03


  • #Tor and #Mozilla #Firefox • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150852 #www #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:35:13


  • #Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150851 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:35:26


  • Just voted (7AM). Nobody else at the polls, managed to do a morning run in the process. Good way to start any day!          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:36:11


  • #BSDNow 401: #OpenBSD Dog Garage https://www.bsdnow.tv/401 #bsd #unix          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:37:25


  • Less than 2 days, 2,000 views. A new landing/reference page about #gnomeFoundation -- a #cancelCulture apparatus of #monopolies and #ProprietarySoftware companies http://techrights.org/wiki/GNOME_Foundation          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:39:14


  • #gnu #linux sites saying things or repeating lies like "Microsoft loves Linux" is like Winston's forced 'confessions' in 1984.          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:40:51


  • Over the past 3-4 days we worked hard at #techrights (it's all in #git by now, #selfHosted of course) to make video editing automated and command-line-based. Will greatly help produce good videos, rapidly, in the future, complete with captions, intro, outro etc. #ffmpeg FTW. #freesw beats #ProprietarySoftware once you know how to use it!          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:43:17


  • Audiocasts/Shows: #BSDNow , Coder Radio, and TLLTS • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150854 #GNU #Linux #BSD #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:44:37


  • "WWF brings you a live cam starring an endangered freshwater #seal that lives in Lake Saimaa, #Finland . Normally, it takes extraordinary luck to see a #Saimaa ringed seal in the wild, but we are changing those odds." https://wwf.fi/en/wildlive/saimaa-ringed-seal/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:45:38


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #taxEvasion 'legalised' is still a crime, don't call it "dodge" ☞ With #TaxDodgers Costing Us $7 Trillion, Ro Khanna Says "Audit the Ultra-Rich" https://truthout.org/articles/with-tax-dogers-costing-us-7-trillion-ro-khanna-says-audit-the-ultra-rich/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:46:16


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Facebook Board Announces #FB is 'right'. #Trump Starts His Own “Platform.” https://truthout.org/articles/facebook-board-announces-trump-remains-banned-trump-starts-his-own-platform/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:46:52


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #GOPKKK ☞ While Democrats Work on Infrastructure, Republicans Are Busy Defending #Slavery https://truthout.org/articles/while-democrats-work-on-infrastructure-republicans-are-busy-defending-slavery/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:47:12


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Colombia ☞ 'An SOS Has Sounded in Colombia': Rights Groups Blast Deadly Repression of National Strike https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/sos-has-sounded-colombia-rights-groups-blast-deadly-repression-national-strike          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:47:35


  • "Does this mean we can call Gemini "enterprise grade" software now?" https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006479.html "I was trying to ignore that, dammit. My capacity for horror is already maxed out by the obligation to learn React for my day job." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006480.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 08:48:36


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Energy ☞ Opinion | Calls for Biden to Stop #Enbridge Line 3 Continue Unabated https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/05/calls-biden-stop-enbridge-line-3-continue-unabated          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:14:00


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Energy ☞ Tens of Thousands of Premature Deaths Linked to So-Called "Cleaner" Energy Like Fracked Gas: Study https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/tens-thousands-premature-deaths-linked-so-called-cleaner-energy-fracked-gas-study          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:14:20


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Golden Rule #Peace Boat Sets Sail from #Hawaii for #California https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/05/golden-rule-peace-boat-sets-sail-hawaii-california          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:29:40


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #china #cn #imperialism ☞ Walden Bello Warns of U.S. Warmongering as Tensions Escalate in South China Sea https://www.democracynow.org/2021/5/5/us_china_relations_walden_bello          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:32:27


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #patent #patents #monopoly #capitalism ☞ Filipino Activist Walden Bello: Global Vaccine Disparity Shows “Irrationality of Global Capitalism” https://www.democracynow.org/2021/5/5/vaccine_diplomacy_walden_bello          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:32:59


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ “Millions of Lives Are at Stake”: Pressure Grows on #Biden to Back #WTO Waiver on #Vaccine #patents https://www.democracynow.org/2021/5/5/trips_waiver_covid_vaccines_wto          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:33:24


  • ● NEWS ● #PIA #Privacy ☞ Privacy Talks | Interview with #ioXt CTO Brad Ree https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/privacy-talks-interview-with-ioxt-cto-brad-ree/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:33:53


  • ● NEWS ● #PIA ☞ What happens to #privacy once [computers] start hacking systems – and people? https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/what-happens-to-privacy-once-ais-start-hacking-systems-and-people/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:34:11


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Court Slams Allarco 'Pirate Device' Lawsuit, Refuses to Ban Sales at Staples & Best Buy https://torrentfreak.com/court-slams-allarco-pirate-box-lawsuit-refuses-to-ban-sales-at-staples-best-buy-210505/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:34:35


  • ● NEWS ● #MichaelGeist #canada #internet ☞ Speaking Out on Bill C-10 and the Regulation of User Generated Content https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2021/05/speaking-out-on-bill-c-10-and-the-regulation-of-user-generated-content/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:35:16


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Klamath #extinction ☞ The Flows Tell the Story: Klamath River Coho #Salmon are in Dire Condition https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/05/the-flows-tell-the-story-klamath-river-coho-salmon-are-in-dire-condition/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:35:58


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation #activism ☞ How #Racism Feels https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/how-racism-feels/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:37:00


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The Hedonist Bard of the #MidlifeCrisis https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/frederick-seidel-selected-poems-review/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:37:25


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #PressFreedom ☞ ‘I don’t want to become a political prisoner’: Three ‘foreign agent’ journalists describe life after designation by Russia’s Justice Ministry https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/05/06/i-don-t-want-to-become-a-political-prisoner          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:38:02


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ ‘A great victory’ Russian court drops case against journalist accused of spreading ‘fake news’ about the coronavirus pandemic https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/05/05/a-great-victory          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:38:26


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia # ☞ Using stolen debit cards, [cr]ackers try to discredit and derail Meduza’s crowdfunding campaign https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/05/05/using-stolen-debit-cards-hackers-try-to-discredit-and-derail-meduza-s-crowdfunding-campaign          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:38:55


  • ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Greenwashing #banks ☞ Investors ‘See Past Greenwash’ as Quarter of Shareholders Refuse to Approve Barclays’ #Climate Strategy https://www.desmog.com/2021/05/05/bank-investors-shareholders-barclays-climate/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:39:43


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Trump-Appointed Judge Rules Against #CDC Moratorium on #Evictions During #Pandemic https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/trump-appointed-judge-rules-against-cdc-moratorium-evictions-during-pandemic          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:40:11


  • ● NEWS ● #Shadowproof ☞ #Ohio Prisoner In #SolitaryConfinement Ends Hunger Strike, Despite No End To Retaliation https://shadowproof.com/2021/05/05/ohio-prisoner-in-solitary-confinement-ends-hunger-strike-despite-no-end-to-retaliation/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:45:14


  • ● NEWS ● #Shadowproof #BurnedByOmidyar #InterceptedByTheIntercept #OmidyarPAC #drones ☞ Drone Whistleblower Jailed Ahead Of Sentencing In July https://shadowproof.com/2021/05/05/drone-whistleblower-jailed-ahead-sentencing/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:46:06


  • #FreeSoftware Proponents Don’t Fall for Bullshit (Same is True for EPO Examiners) http://techrights.org/2021/05/06/not-falling-for-bullshit/ #freesw #epo #swpats #patents          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 09:56:28


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ #Virginia Republicans Are Disenfranchising Their Own Voters https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/virginia-republican-primary/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 10:58:41


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Republicans Will Punish Democrats for Every Reform They Make https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-fear-republicans/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 10:59:33


  • Oh dear. Major contribution work in the home next to us, with drills and all... will be very difficult to record videos in daytime for the coming weeks/months.          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:01:15


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Democracy ☞ Among World Superpowers, US Poses Biggest Threat to Democracy: Global Poll https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/among-world-superpowers-us-poses-biggest-threat-democracy-global-poll          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:01:57


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ Interested persons The ‘international experts’ who observed Russia’s constitutional #plebiscite arrived on a charter flight. Who paid for their visit remains unclear. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/05/05/interested-persons          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:03:07


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ Activists jailed in #StPetersburg for street exhibition in support of political prisoners https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/05/05/activists-jailed-in-st-petersburg-for-street-exhibition-in-support-of-political-prisoners          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:03:32


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | The United States a 100 Days Into Biden's Presidency and 100 Days Without #Trump https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/05/united-states-100-days-bidens-presidency-and-100-days-without-trump          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:04:10


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Cariol Horne, Social Justice Hero https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/05/cariol-horne-social-justice-hero          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:04:32


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ Study Warns of 'Rapid and Unstoppable' #SeaLevel Rise If World Misses Paris Climate Targets https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/study-warns-rapid-and-unstoppable-sea-level-rise-if-world-misses-paris-climate          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:11:29


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'A Transformative, Hopeful Event': Under Pressure, #Biden Backs #Covid19 #Vaccine #Patent Waiver https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/transformative-hopeful-event-under-pressure-biden-backs-covid-19-vaccine-patent          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:12:10


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #censorship ☞ Russia’s censorship agency seeks new fines for Twitter, Google, and Facebook https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/05/05/russia-s-censorship-agency-seeks-new-fines-for-twitter-google-and-facebook          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:13:33


  • ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Energy ☞ New Lawsuit Challenges ‘Fast-Track’ Permits Used for #Oil and #Gas #Pipelines Nationwide https://www.desmog.com/2021/05/05/lawsuit-nationwide-permit-12-kxl-pipelines/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:14:06


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #murdoch #wsj ☞ Wall Street Journal Editorial Tries To Pretend That Fixing Repair #Monopolies Is Bad For Your #Health https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210503/10512646723/wall-street-journal-editorial-tries-to-pretend-that-fixing-repair-monopolies-is-bad-your-health.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:14:38


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Around the World, Immigrants Are Coming to the Rescue https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/05/around-world-immigrants-are-coming-rescue          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:15:26


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Santorum ☞ Deb Haaland Condemns Rick Santorum's Anti-Indigenous Comments https://truthout.org/articles/deb-haaland-says-americans-like-rick-santorum-need-education-in-native-history/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:15:48


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Biden's U-Turn on Refugees Aligns With Voter Support for Pro-Immigrant Policies https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-u-turn-on-refugees-aligns-with-voter-support-for-pro-immigrant-policies/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:16:03


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #patents ☞ Pressure Grows on #Biden to Back #WTO Waiver on #Vaccine Technology https://truthout.org/video/pressure-grows-on-biden-to-back-wto-waiver-on-vaccine-technology/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:16:44


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 350+ Scholars Call for #Filibuster Reform Ahead of Town Hall https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/350-scholars-call-filibuster-reform-ahead-town-hall          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:22:39


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Great News' for Workers as Biden's Labor Dept Withdraws Trump-Era Independent Contractor Rule https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/great-news-workers-bidens-labor-dept-withdraws-trump-era-independent-contractor-rule          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:24:27


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Energy ☞ 'Courting Disaster': Progressives Denounce #Biden Plan for Taxpayer Bailout of Nuclear Industry https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/courting-disaster-progressives-denounce-biden-plan-taxpayer-bailout-nuclear-industry          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:24:52


  • ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Uganda ☞ Ugandan Farmers Whose Land Will Soon Become a Crude #Oil Pipeline Pathway Lose Years of Livelihood https://www.desmog.com/2021/05/05/uganda-farmers-crude-oil-pipeline-lose-years-of-livelihood/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:26:35


  • ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Health ☞ Fixing Capital’s Dirty Air a Priority for Majority of Londoners, Survey Shows https://www.desmog.com/2021/05/05/capital-air-pollution-london-mayor/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:34:09


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Finance ☞ No Worker Shortage: Report Finds Low Wages Make Food Workers Want to Quit https://truthout.org/articles/no-worker-shortage-report-finds-low-wages-make-food-workers-want-to-quit/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:34:47


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Federal Lawsuit Seeks to Remove Confederate Statue at #Maryland Courthouse https://truthout.org/articles/federal-lawsuit-seeks-to-remove-confederate-statue-at-maryland-courthouse/ racism solved.          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:35:26


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Copyright #Copyrights ☞ If You're Going To Defend A Satirical Song From A Copyright Lawsuit, Don't Try A Bunch Of Stupid Alternative Arguments First https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210430/09172346709/if-youre-going-to-defend-satirical-song-copyright-lawsuit-dont-try-bunch-stupid-alternative-arguments-first.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:37:08


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Sanders Applauds #Biden for 'Putting People Over Profits' by Backing #Vaccine #Patent Waiver https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/05/sanders-applauds-biden-putting-people-over-profits-backing-vaccine-patent-waiver          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:37:54


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ What If The Media And Politicians Tried To Hold A Techlash... And No One Joined Them https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210503/13145046725/what-if-media-politicians-tried-to-hold-techlash-no-one-joined-them.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:39:04


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Brazil #BR ☞ The Brazilian Amazon Is Now Releasing More Carbon Dioxide Than It Absorbs https://truthout.org/articles/the-brazilian-amazon-is-now-releasing-more-carbon-dioxide-than-it-absorbs/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:39:57


  • 𝓣𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 #IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, May 05, 2021 • イ乇cん尺ノgんイ丂 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/05/06/irc-log-050521/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/06/irc-log-050521/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:42:53


  • There are parallels between what happens in the Free Software Movement and the #EPO • イ乇cん尺ノgんイ丂 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/05/06/not-falling-for-bullshit/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/06/not-falling-for-bullshit/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:46:03


  • Today in #Techrights • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150856 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:47:27


  • Compact #TextEditors Great for Remote Editing and Much More • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150855 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:47:47


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #internet ☞ Cable's #Broadband #Monopoly Continues To Protect It From TV Cord Cutting https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210430/10031446713/cables-broadband-monopoly-continues-to-protect-it-tv-cord-cutting.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:48:43


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Frances Fox Piven Wants You to Raise Hell https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/frances-fox-piven-interview/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:52:31


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Censorship ☞ #ContentModeration Case Studies: How To Moderate World Leaders Justifying Violence (2020) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210505/15405646740/content-moderation-case-studies-how-to-moderate-world-leaders-justifying-violence-2020.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:53:10


  • #DistroWatch • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150857 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 11:54:09


  • Today’s 𝐓𝐮𝐱 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150858 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 12:12:09


  • #UBIFS To Default To #Zstd Compressed File-System With Linux 5.13+ • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150859 #Kernel #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 12:14:16


  • #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150860 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 12:21:06


  • #Proprietarysoftware is junk and even #Microsoft boosters like Lawrence Abrams can see what a piece of garbage #Vista10 really is https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-defender-bug-fills-windows-10-boot-drive-with-thousands-of-files/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 12:34:01


  • #ibm #redhat is boosting #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware and #Surveillance https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/5/linkedin-profile-how-improve-yours abandon Red Hat, it's compromised and misguided.          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 12:34:51


  • #ibm #redhats says you need #buzzwords instead of real skills https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/5/hybrid-cloud-jobs-5-key-skills #clowncomputing = outsourcing = NOT a skill but a kill.          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 12:36:34


  • Links 6/5/2021: #Fedora ’s Compiler Policy and #Celemony Software GmbH Adopting #FreeSoftware • イ乇cん尺ノgんイ丂 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/05/06/celemony-software-gmbh/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/06/celemony-software-gmbh/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 12:46:13


  • "Private philanthropy [sic] in general can be a threat to democratic accountability and a just society. Reverence for big donors implies that billions of underpaid and exploited people should be satisfied with philanthropic crumbs from a self-appointed aristocracy" https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2021/may/the-people-v.-bill-gates          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 12:48:42


  • #LibreOffice 7.1.3 Office Suite Released with More Than 100 Bug Fixes • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150861 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freesw          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 13:42:32


  • Europe’s Second-Largest Institution Corrupting the Media and Buying Expensive Puff Pieces http://techrights.org/2021/05/06/epo-expensive-puff-pieces/ #europe #epo #corruption #corruptmedia #bribery          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 13:46:23


  • Go Godot Jam is an upcoming #Godot Gamedev Festival between May 6 - June 9 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/05/go-godot-jam-is-an-upcoming-godot-gamedev-festival-between-may-6-june-9 #godotengine #deletegithub          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 13:47:12


  • "After launching with #GNU #Linux support back in February, it seems a lot of people really loved the style but there wasn't enough substance to it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/05/city-builder-nebuchadnezzar-is-getting-fire-crime-and-disease-in-the-next-free-update          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 13:48:02


  • "The developer mentioned #GNU #Linux will be a first-class platform for it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/05/hook-up-cities-with-power-to-create-a-sustainable-future-in-the-upcoming-green-with-energy          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 13:48:57


  • How To Improve The #Security Of #GNU #Linux Servers? https://www.mondaq.com/security/1065492/how-to-improve-the-security-of-linux-servers so weird to see this in a site of lawyers...          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 13:53:25


  • "Hey hi" software https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/05/ai_backdoors/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 13:57:40


  • #ibm #redhat pushing #systemd and #ansible #vendorLockin in a site called CooptingGNU dot com https://opensource.com/article/21/5/ansible-server-services          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:03:50


  • #Games : Office Point Rescue Deja Vu, #ComPressure , Godot, Nebuchadnezzar, and Green With Energy • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150862 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:07:12


  • ##HowTo Take Screenshot In Linux? — 5 Best Linux Screenshot Tools • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150863 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:07:26


  • "I recently wrote a few automated database-populating scripts. Specifically, I am running Microsoft SQL Server in a container in a Kubernetes cluster—okay, it’s Red Hat OpenShift, but it’s still Kubernetes." https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/05/06/why-windows-and-linux-line-endings-dont-line-up-and-how-to-fix-it/ #deletegithub #redhat          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:08:36


  • Today may be your lucky day. Racist #ibm -- which is slandering the founder of #gnu #linux -- is looking for unpaid #kernel volunteers to do testing https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/contribute-to-fedora-kernel-5-12-test-week/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:10:21


  • #freesw For #Android That You Need To Try https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-open-source-apps-for-android/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:19:24


  • Mayank Sharma is now agriculture expert, I guess, because the villainous and corrupt #linuxfoundation doesn't know what the hell it's in; just an #openwashing PR house, selling or milking the "LINUX" brand to death https://www.techradar.com/news/the-future-of-farming-could-be-based-on-linux          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:22:38


  • Automating the testing process for #SystemTap , Part 1: Test automation with #libvirt and #Buildbot https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2021/05/06/automating-the-testing-process-for-systemtap-part-1-test-automation-with-libvirt-and-buildbot/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:24:16


  • #Qt 6.1 Released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150818#comment-29541          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:27:01


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150864 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:36:39


  • #Graphics : #Wayland in GNUstep, Mesa 21.1, and More • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150865 #Kernel #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:36:54


  • The more University of #Minnesota speaks, the deeper it sinks in the mud http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150248?page=1#comment-29543 see http://techrights.org/2021/04/27/university-of-minnesota-linux/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 14:42:51


  • [Meme] Who Needs Examination Anyway When There's 'Hey Hi' (AI)? http://techrights.org/2021/05/06/theranos-patent-trolls/ #epo #meme #patents          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:03:27


  • RELEASE: #Plamo 7.3 リリース https://www.plamolinux.org/posts/2021-05-05-plamo-7.3-release/ #japan #jp #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:08:08


  • Today's #openwashing fluff from #ibm #redhat https://opensource.com/open-organization/21/5/optimal-flow-open-leaders imagine they write this utter crap WHILE ATTACKING THE LEADER OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM WITHOUT WHICH RED HAT WOULD NOT EXIST! By DEFAMING him!          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:13:49


  • The Great OS Replacement: #HowTo Find the Best Linux Distribution • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150866 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:16:33


  • As annual reports reveal, the #EPO wastes an extraordinary amount of money on #reputationlaundering campaigns and it pollutes the signal by paying publishers; we examine this issue using the new ‘reports’ shown in the video above • イ乇cん尺ノgんイ丂 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/05/06/epo-expensive-puff-pieces/ •●• #Techrights #europe | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/06/epo-expensive-puff-pieces/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:18:19


  • The #patent production line could do away with ‘pesky’ and ‘opinionated’ examiners who actually wish to scrutinise alleged ‘inventions’ • イ乇cん尺ノgんイ丂 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/05/06/theranos-patent-trolls/ •●• #Techrights #EPO #europe #patents | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/06/theranos-patent-trolls/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:19:20


  • Truly dreadful https://www.engrish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/various-types-of-dread.jpg         ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:20:29


  • #cat hat https://hugelolcdn.com/i/738776.jpg         ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:21:56


  • Not sure if the design is worse than the English https://www.engrish.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/a-job-worth-donig.jpg         ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:23:38


  • Danylo Piliaiev: #Turnips in the wild (Part 2) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150865#comment-29544 #graphics #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:27:31


  • #IBM / #RedHat /Fedora Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150867 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:32:02


  • "I think a reasonable response to people saying that you could as well make a simple website is that it only solves one end of the problem: sure, if you want your website to be simple and strip off the regular cruft of the web, that's easy...but that doesn't help me much a consumer." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006496.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:33:13


  • Putting An Ultra-Tiny Linux Board In A Phone Charger…Eventually • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150868 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 15:33:38


  • #PROFORGE 3 open source #3Dprinter launches via Kickstarter • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150869 #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:04:38


  • #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150870 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:04:53


  • LOL. #smartShit #gafam #pentagon #espionage #DumbConsumer https://9to5google.com/2021/05/04/nest-thermostat-migration-google-home-app-bug/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:09:49


  • #Krita is raising money https://krita.org/en/item/join-the-new-development-fund/ #kde #freesw #art          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:11:31


  • #ibm #redhat : we tell you how to do things in "Linux" but arrogantly assume your system uses IBM #systemd (if you don't, tough luck! Assimilate!) https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/static-dynamic-ip-2          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:14:50


  • "The Austrian government has proposed the draft (German) of the new Telecommunications Act (TKG) with provisions affecting the ability consumers have to use their own device to connect to the Internet" https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210506-01.en.html          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:17:14


  • LOL. Pass me the popcorn. https://www.maketecheasier.com/peloton-user-accounts-data-leaks/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:22:44


  • #IBM #RedHat : RMS must be SHUNNED. Destroyed!! FINISHED!!! He 'only' started the #gnu #linux operating system. Oh, Microsoft? We love Microsoft, which ATTACKS GNU/Linux with #patents and FUD https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/azure-sql-edge-comes-red-hat-enterprise-linux          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:28:45


  • A Number Of Exciting #RISCV Improvements For Linux 5.13 • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150871 #GNU #Kernel #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:30:48


  • #Security Leftovers • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150872 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:30:59


  • "It’s Season 14 Episode 09 of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain." ttps://ubuntupodcast.org/2021/05/06/s14e09-mint-badge-twist/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:34:46


  • #KDEneon 20210506 is out https://neon.kde.org/ #kde #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:35:26


  • "In this video, I'll wipe my #Thinkpad X1 Extreme and load #ArchLinux on it, using the new installer. I'll give you a walk-through of the process, and my thoughts." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3t3yqUvWSo #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:37:50


  • The brand "Linux" has nothing to do with the #linux #kernel anymore http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150789#comment-29546 #linuxfoundation (PR firm that evades tax) misuses it to sell #openwashing services...          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:42:35


  • Here is Linux [sic] Advisory Board's ruling on University of Minnesota's "hypocrite commits" http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150789#comment-29540 hypocritical #linuxfoundation ... we support "INCLUSION"... but we don't.          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:43:37


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150873 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:44:23


  • #Nitrux Linux Is Demanding an Apology From DistroWatch http://www.tuxmachines.org/comment/reply/150857 #gnu #linux #mexico          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:47:52


  • Maker Squeezes #Linux SBC Into Cell Phone Charger http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/150868#comment-29548          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:51:50


  • "Dell Technologies sponsored this post," meaning that #thenewstack continues to be little but a shilling/spam site of companies that vomit a bunch of puff pieces onto it, including some truly malicious companies and their malevolent front groups; journalism is dead, it's just PR now. This one cites #microsoft -funded Stephen O’Grady of #redmonk https://thenewstack.io/the-seven-guiding-principles-for-developer-engagement/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:56:52


  • Share your Arduino projects on #EDUvision | Arduino Blog ⇨ https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/05/06/share-your-arduino-projects-on-eduvision/ •●• #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:58:02


  • #IBM still trying to use overhyped buzzwords to compensate for its collapse as a company https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/data-quality-in-ai/          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 16:59:21


  • Disregard Web Sites That Call Themselves 'News' and Instead Promote #ProprietarySoftware for Companies Like Microsoft http://techrights.org/2021/05/06/marketing-is-not-journalism/ #gnu #linux #freesw #googlebombing          ☞

posted Thursday, May 06, 2021 at 17:34:11



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