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  • #Kaidan 0.8 released: Typing notifications & message synchronization โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151732 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:18:06

  • #My familyโ€™s Linux story โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151733 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:18:15

  • "The US is actually becoming more like the EPO in its approach, but differences still exist, particularly in software, AI and medical devices." They use corrupt #epo management and buzzwords to promote bogus software patents https://www.lawyer-monthly.com/2021/05/creating-real-value-in-a-patent-portfolio-in-both-the-us-and-europe/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:22:13

  • "AI-developed algorithms run for multiple cancer types on the same blood sample" = more bogus #swpats from the deeply corrupted #epo https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/946087/todos-wins-notice-of-allowance-from-european-patent-office-for-patent-covering-cancer-diagnosis-using-tbia-immune-profiling-946087.html          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:22:40

  • #IBM Layoffs/Redundancies Rumours (2021) โ€ข ๐”—๐”ข๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฑ๐”ฐ โš“ http://techrights.org/2021/05/29/ibm-layoffsredundancies-rumours-2021/ ไท‰ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | โ™พ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/29/ibm-layoffsredundancies-rumours-2021/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:23:42

  • #Google #Android Leftovers โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151734 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:33:23

  • The above video took a lot of research time to prepare (about 200 visits to the forums over the past month); companies are rarely upfront about layoffs/cost-saving plans and growing corporate/staff unrest http://techrights.org/2021/05/29/ibm-layoffsredundancies-rumours-2021/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:33:38

  • A lot of the time you get the feeling that #ultimateedition is developed and maintained by a drunk person :-) http://ultimateedition.info/massive/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:36:09

  • #SteamOS Review: Linux for Your Living Room โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151735 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #Debian          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:50:24

  • #Blockchain being thrown at everything for hype's sake :-) https://www.iottechtrends.com/how-zero-trust-blockchain-tech-secure-air-force/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:51:48

  • Todayโ€™s #HowTos | #UNIX โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151736 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 01:51:48

  • Shirish Agarwal: Planes, Pandemic and Medical Devices โ€“ I https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2021/05/29/planes-pandemic-and-medical-devices-i/ #india #covid19          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 02:58:49

  • "Rich countries donated/gifted ventilators to #India on which GOI put GST of 28%. Apparently, they are a luxury item, just like my hearing aid." https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2021/05/29/planes-pandemic-and-medical-devices-i/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:00:42

  • "Today, we're going to talk about which distributions someone currently using Windows could move to. They're not in any specific order or preference, they all answer to different needs!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReAz7ZQ8hgk          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:01:43

  • Top 10 video downloaders for #Firefox | FOSS Linux โš“ https://www.fosslinux.com/47164/video-downloaders-firefox-add-links-to-the-extensions.htm ไท‰ #fosslinux          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:02:51

  • Linux 5.14 To Feature Enhanced Support For #MikroTik 10G/25G NIC - Phoronix โš“ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MikroTik-10G-25G-NIC-Linux-5.14 ไท‰ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux ๐Ÿง | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/05/30/#latest          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:04:06

  • #RemoteDesktop with #GNULinux : 5 Apps Which You Can Use โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151737 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:07:22

  • "Last year, I took a look at a new Linux distro called Archcraft OS on camera. I trashed Archcraft on that video due to it being virtually unusable due to some insanely small font sizes that caused me pain just looking at it." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSeZ7ET7PQ          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:08:50

  • #Bitmapflow helps artists generate inbetweens for animated sprites https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/05/bitmapflow-helps-artists-generate-inbetweens-for-animated-sprites it is #freesw          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:09:53

  • "I did some initial testing quite some months ago for the developer, to ensure their standalone #GNU #Linux builds were working correctly and it seems to hold up nicely in this release." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/05/retro-commander-is-a-q4x-post-apocalyptic-rtsq-that-now-has-an-alpha-available          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:10:50

  • "Ten years ago I began the olduse.net exhibit, spooling out Usenet history in real time with a 30 year delay. My archive has reached its end, and ten years is more than long enough to keep running something you cobbled together overnight way back when. So, this is the end for olduse.net." http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/the_end_of_the_olduse.net_exhibit/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:12:15

  • #PCLinuxOS Latest http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147392#comment-29785          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:17:34

  • #KDE Plasma 5.22 Faster For #NVIDIA + #Wayland, More Crash Fixes http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151725#comment-29786          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:19:46

  • #Games : Bitmapflow, Retro Commander, and Valve โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151738 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #gaming          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:21:14

  • Is #Gentoo Linux an anachronism? โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151739 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:27:35

  • #ALTLinux 9.1 "Simply" is out. #gnu #linux #russia https://en.altlinux.org/Simply_Linux_9#9.1          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:29:21

  • " #Bootlin has been offering for several years a Buildroot system development course, which allows engineers interested in learning and understanding the Buildroot embedded Linux build system to get up to speed very quickly." https://bootlin.com/blog/bootlin-buildroot-system-development-course-updated-to-buildroot-2021-02/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:33:49

  • Hardware assisted root of trust mechanism and coreboot internals https://9esec.io/blog/hardware-assisted-root-of-trust-mechanism-and-coreboot-internals/ #corebot          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:35:05

  • #Slashdot joins #Microsoft #greenwashing propaganda in 'Linux' clothing http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151593#comment-29787 sickening and maddening. This is #corruption of the Linux brand          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 03:46:21

  • #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, May 29, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 07:41:37

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  • Gemini reverse proxy https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006592.html #nginx #geminiprotocol #internet          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:00:25

  • โ— NEWS โ— #uniToronto โ˜ž Less can filter what it shows to you (a thing I recently learned) https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/LessFilteringLines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:01:54

  • โ— NEWS โ— #MeshedInsights #Licensing โ˜ž Donโ€™t Call It Relicensing! https://meshedinsights.com/2021/05/27/dont-call-it-relicensing/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:02:12

  • โ— NEWS โ— #TimesHigherEducation #OpenAccess โ˜ž Academics must become more engaged in the open access struggle https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/academics-must-become-more-engaged-open-access-struggle          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:02:47

  • โ— NEWS โ— #FunctionalProgramming #Programming โ˜ž Patterns in Functional Programming https://patternsinfp.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/the-genuine-sieve-of-eratosthenes/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:03:03

  • Simple ways to do a service discovery in Linux | FOSS Linux โš“ https://www.fosslinux.com/46763/service-discovery-linux.htm ไท‰ #fosslinux | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/05/30/#latest          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:05:34

  • โ— NEWS โ— #TheVerge โ˜ž US soldiers reportedly leaked nuclear info online accidentally, by using flashcard apps https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/29/22459869/us-soldiers-leaked-nuclear-info-online-flashcard-apps          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:06:26

  • โ— NEWS โ— #Vice โ˜ž U.S. Military Personnel Spilled Nuclear Secrets in Online Flashcards https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7ebmd/us-military-personnel-spilled-nuclear-secrets-in-online-flashcards          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:06:37

  • โ— NEWS โ— #RTL #Health โ˜ž Sitting culture is breaking our backs. Here's what you can do. https://today.rtl.lu/your-luxembourg/opinion/a/1404770.html          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:07:10

  • โ— NEWS โ— #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights โ˜ž #Nintendo Wins $2.1 Million Judgment Against Pirate Site Operator https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-wins-2-1-million-judgment-against-pirate-site-operator-210529/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:07:47

  • #billgates has long bribed NPR. Now #microsoft does the same! "Editor's Note: Both Microsoft and Constant Contact are financial supporters of NPR." https://text.npr.org/1001367629 iophk: Microsoft is not an authority on secure design nor incidence response          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:15:58

  • At least there's more honesty now about #microsoft bribing the media. And now just through ads. #npr = bought, compromised.          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:17:20

  • โ— NEWS โ— #KrebsOnSecurity #Security โ˜ž Using Fake Reviews to Find Dangerous Extensions https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/05/using-fake-reviews-to-find-dangerous-extensions/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:18:22

  • #sweden 'sold' to tax evader #microsoft https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=da&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/skat-forsvarer-brug-teams-paahviler-enkelte-medarbejder-at-behandle-oplysninger-sikkert?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=www.version2.dk see #epo also http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:20:44

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CNBC #Privacy #Surveillance โ˜ž #Tesla starts using cabin cameras to make sure drivers are paying attention https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/28/tesla-starts-using-cabin-cameras-for-driver-monitoring.html          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:23:23

  • โ— NEWS โ— #DigitalMusicNews #Privacy #Surveillance โ˜ž Is #TikTok Safe for Kids? European Commission Investigating Violations of Child Protection Laws https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/05/28/tiktok-safe-for-kids-european-commission/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:23:47

  • โ— NEWS โ— #PrivacyInternational #Privacy #Surveillance โ˜ž In conversation with Edward @Snowden https://privacyinternational.org/video/4519/conversation-edward-snowden          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:24:18

  • โ— NEWS โ— #DeutscheWelle โ˜ž #Austria calls for European register of Muslim imams https://www.dw.com/en/austria-calls-for-european-register-of-muslim-imams/a-56114597          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:27:06

  • โ— NEWS โ— #VOANews โ˜ž Family of American Killed in #Kenya Wants Separate Probe https://www.voanews.com/africa/family-american-killed-kenya-wants-separate-probe          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:27:52

  • #Google #Android Leftovers โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151740 #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:29:12

  • โ— NEWS โ— #RTL โ˜ž #France hails 'gentle' policewoman stabbed in attack https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1729862.html          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:30:17

  • โ— NEWS โ— #TheTelegraphUK โ˜ž Ministers fear revival of Islamist extremism could be fuelling rise in anti-Semitism https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/05/29/ministers-fear-revival-islamist-extremism-could-fuelling-rise/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:30:58

  • โ— NEWS โ— #NLTimes โ˜ž #Hague court orders Shell to cut emissions by 45 percent in first of its kind ruling https://nltimes.nl/2021/05/26/hague-court-orders-shell-cut-emissions-45-percent-first-its-kind-ruling          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:33:03

  • โ— NEWS โ— #NewYorkTimes #Energy โ˜ž A Big #Climate Problem With Few Easy Solutions: Planes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/business/energy-environment/airlines-climate-planes-emissions.html          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:42:36

  • โ— NEWS โ— #EestiRahvusringhรครคling #Nature #Wildlife โ˜ž Lahemaa national park marks 50th anniversary https://news.err.ee/1608229206/lahemaa-national-park-marks-50th-anniversary          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:44:09

  • โ— NEWS โ— #Salon #Nature #Wildlife โ˜ž Arizona's iconic saguaro cactus is flowering "wrong" โ€” and no one knows why https://www.salon.com/2021/05/28/arizonas-iconic-saguaro-cactus-is-flowering-wrong-and-no-one-knows-why/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:44:57

  • โ— NEWS โ— #Salon #Politics โ˜ž The lost art of not having an opinion on everything https://www.salon.com/2021/05/29/the-lost-art-of-not-having-an-opinion-on-everything/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:52:06

  • โ— NEWS โ— #TruthOut #GOP โ˜ž GOP-Led Legislatures May Pass #VoterSuppression Laws With Help of #Trump Judges https://truthout.org/articles/gop-led-legislatures-may-pass-voter-suppression-laws-with-help-of-trump-judges/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 08:57:30

  • โ— NEWS โ— #NBC #Politics โ˜ž Organizers lose appeal to hold #Tiananmen vigil in #HongKong https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/organizers-lose-appeal-hold-tiananmen-vigil-hong-kong-n1269084          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:04:42

  • โ— NEWS โ— #DeutscheWelle #Politics โ˜ž #HongKong authorities ban #Tiananmen vigil again https://www.dw.com/en/hong-kong-authorities-ban-tiananmen-vigil-again/a-57711432          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:04:59

  • โ— NEWS โ— #NewYorkTimes #Politics โ˜ž #FayeSchulman Dies; Fought Nazis With a Rifle and a Camera https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/world/europe/faye-schulman-dead.html          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:05:41

  • โ— NEWS โ— #NPR #CivilRights โ˜ž An #Alabama Man Is Suing A Deputy Because He Says Tight Handcuffs Led To An #Amputation https://text.npr.org/1001009680          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:09:44

  • โ— NEWS โ— #VOANews #CivilRights โ˜ž When #Marijuana Becomes Legal, Drug-Sniffing K-9s Are Out of a Job https://www.voanews.com/usa/when-marijuana-becomes-legal-drug-sniffing-k-9s-are-out-job          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:09:55

  • โ— NEWS โ— #TheVerge #Monopolies โ˜ž Why on Earth did #Amazon spend $8 billion on a zombie studio? https://www.theverge.com/22458734/amazon-mgm-8-billion-prime-video-streaming          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:12:05

  • โ— NEWS โ— #Inkl #Monopolies โ˜ž #Amazon had sales income of โ‚ฌ44bn in Europe in 2020 but paid no corporation tax https://www.inkl.com/news/amazon-had-sales-income-of-44bn-in-europe-in-2020-but-paid-no-corporation-tax          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:12:17

  • #richardStallman #RMS is giving a talk tomorrow. 8:00pm Sรฃo Paulo, Brazil (BRT) https://stallman.org/live/ #gnu #fsf #freesw          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:14:08

  • #manchesterCity #ChampionsLeague http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Sixth-Wedding-Anniversary/Champions-League          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:17:03

  • โ— NEWS โ— #DigitalMusicNews #Copyrights #Copyright โ˜ž Robert Plant Wants His Personal Archives Released for Free After His Death https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/05/27/robert-plant-personal-archives/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:17:15

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CommonDreams #Health โ˜ž Opinion | Medicare for None: A Response to the State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/29/medicare-none-response-state-based-universal-health-care-act-2021          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:18:56

  • โ— NEWS โ— #TruthOut #patents #patent #monopolies โ˜ž The #WorldTradeOrganization Is Threatening Vaccine Equity and Climate Goals https://truthout.org/articles/the-world-trade-organization-is-threatening-vaccine-equity-and-climate-goals/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:26:37

  • Unregulated #Cryptocurrency Bubble Could Send the Economy Into a Tailspin https://truthout.org/articles/unregulated-cryptocurrency-bubble-could-send-the-economy-into-a-tailspin/ hahahaha! As if banks were ever truly regulated!!!!! And look how they keep crashing economies... for profits and bonuses          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:27:42

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CommonDreams โ˜ž Opinion | Kushner's Abraham Accords Didn't Produce Israel-Palestine Peace and Are Increasingly Irrelevant https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/29/kushners-abraham-accords-didnt-produce-israel-palestine-peace-and-are-increasingly          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:28:18

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CommonDreams โ˜ž Opinion | There Is Nothing 'Civil' or Humane About the Detention of Noncitizens https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/29/there-nothing-civil-or-humane-about-detention-noncitizens          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:39:17

  • โ— NEWS โ— #TruthOut #biden โ˜ž Immigrant Advocates Are Worried About Threats to Due Process in New Biden Policy https://truthout.org/articles/immigrant-advocates-are-worried-about-threats-to-due-process-in-new-biden-policy/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:39:31

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CommonDreams โ˜ž Opinion | Biden's #Climate Plan Sparked #GOP Panic Over #Masculinity and Red Meat https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/29/bidens-climate-plan-sparked-gop-panic-over-masculinity-and-red-meat          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:58:50

  • โ— NEWS โ— #DeSmog โ˜ž After Pouring Over $1 Trillion Into #FossilFuel Finance, CEOs of 6 US Banks Testify Before Congress https://www.desmog.com/2021/05/29/trillion-fossil-fuel-finance-banks-testify-congress/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 09:59:23

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CommonDreams โ˜ž Opinion | The Ugly Truth: #Republicans Want More #Poverty and Crime https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/29/ugly-truth-republicans-want-more-poverty-and-crime          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 10:24:25

  • โ— NEWS โ— #TruthOut โ˜ž Former #DNC Chair #TomPerez Now Works for Anti-Labor Law Firm https://truthout.org/articles/former-dnc-chair-tom-perez-now-works-for-anti-labor-law-firm/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 10:24:55

  • โ— NEWS โ— #TruthOut #gafam โ˜ž Tech Workers at Google, Apple and Amazon Show Solidarity With the Palestinians https://truthout.org/articles/tech-workers-at-google-apple-and-amazon-show-solidarity-with-the-palestinians/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 10:27:23

  • #freesw #dk #denmark https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=da&u=https://www.version2.dk/blog/nyt-iso-9000-foss-projekter-1092693?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=www.version2.dk          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 10:57:29

  • #JURI / Committee on Legal Affairs https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/committee-on-legal-affairs_20210527-0900-COMMITTEE-JURI_vd?start=20210527082103&end=20210527092114 recent: http://techrights.org/2021/04/12/lying-to-juri/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 10:58:31

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CommonDreams โ˜ž Opinion | Alongside Bills to Tackle Nonexistent Voter Fraud, State Lawmakers Take On Variety of Topics https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/29/alongside-bills-tackle-nonexistent-voter-fraud-state-lawmakers-take-variety-topics          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 10:59:02

  • "Bloomberg today released a report on how companies like #Apple, #Microsoft, #Amazon and #Google are working together to" kill the planet with pollution just to protect their revenues and screw the public at large, not just the planet https://gruene.social/@norbert/106317304902632073          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:00:20

  • "Just published Google lawsuit evidence indicates that like always retained users' location data, even if disabled in user interface, to the extent that its own employees flashed LineageOS on their phones to avoid tracking." https://social.privacytools.io/@kravietz/106315132325241325          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:01:33

  • "Today on Twitter Canโ€™t Count: Twitter ended up following two more people for me. One of whom had no followers while I was apparently following them. These are the systems folks trust to filter reality for them, eh?" https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/106319508069203805 http://techrights.org/2021/02/05/twitter-censorship-bingo/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:03:35

  • "First of all, your social media apps are not listening to you. This is a conspiracy theory. It's been debunked over and over again. But frankly they don't need to because everything else you give them unthinkingly is way cheaper and way more powerful." https://nitter.fdn.fr/RobertGReeve/status/1397038375840985089          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:04:30

  • โ€œLinux is about freedom. Itโ€™s about the little guy sticking it to the big guy.โ€ Meanwhile, The Linux Foundation board of directorsโ€ฆhttps://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/106312430968741972 see http://techrights.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation LF is NOT freedom. Linux is NOT, either. http://techrights.org/2020/11/09/thomas-grzybowski-on-freesw/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:05:51

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CommonDreams โ˜ž Rights Groups Warn #Biden Fast-Tracking Asylum Cases Could Endanger Families https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/29/rights-groups-warn-biden-fast-tracking-asylum-cases-could-endanger-families Biden is only good RELATIVE TO TRUMP          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:09:54

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CommonDreams โ˜ž Opinion | Abortion Access Is at Stake, But We Will Do Everything We Can to Keep Our Clinic's Doors Open https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/29/abortion-access-stake-we-will-do-everything-we-can-keep-our-clinics-doors-open          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:10:10

  • Configuring #Vim as a Writing Tool - It's FOSS News โš“ https://news.itsfoss.com/configuring-vim-writing/ ไท‰ #news | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/05/30/#latest          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:11:19

  • #Bottles on #GNU #Linux to run Windows Applications- A GUI interface for Wine โš“ https://www.how2shout.com/linux/bottles-on-linux-to-run-windows-applications-a-gui-interface-for-wine/ ไท‰ #how2shout | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/05/30/#latest          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:15:42

  • "Realistically, the external members should be in a majority so that they can outvote the career-minded EPO employees." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-oral-proceedings-in-g121-vico.html?showComment=1622315421458#c3346789824740258230 see http://techrights.org/2021/05/29/antonio-campinos-needs-to-step-down/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:18:38

  • "What is at stake in G 1/21 is no more than an EPO 2.0 which is not covered by the EPC as it stands! It is not merely whether you can sit comfortably in your UK office when there is an OP, but it is about a total reshaping of the EPO." I.e. it's about whether #epo can break ALL laws and GET AWAY with it. http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-oral-proceedings-in-g121-vico.html?showComment=1622317758784#c3045583345355076578          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:19:42

  • ๐•‹๐•–๐•”๐•™๐•ฃ๐•š๐•˜๐•™๐•ฅ๐•ค #IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 29, 2021 โ€ข ๐”—๐”ข๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฑ๐”ฐ โš“ http://techrights.org/2021/05/30/irc-log-290521/ ไท‰ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | โ™พ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/30/irc-log-290521/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:21:12

  • Todayโ€™s #HowTos | #UNIX โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151741 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:22:05

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CommonDreams #Energy โ˜ž Opinion | Energy Road Map Charts Challenging Course to Oil-Free Future https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/29/energy-road-map-charts-challenging-course-oil-free-future          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:22:31

  • โ— NEWS โ— #CommonDreams #Health โ˜ž Watch: Anand Giridharadas Shares What 'We Learned' From the #Covid19 #Pandemic https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/29/watch-anand-giridharadas-shares-what-we-learned-covid-19-pandemic          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:22:58

  • Today's project: we consider making a multi-machine (several locations worldwide) gemini capsule, where one DNS entry branches off to several entries, with instances or mirrors well distributed for resilience (HA), as it might make #techrights the world's first clustered gemini capsule, not just the biggest one          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:36:19

  • ...We've moreover engineered #techrights IRC to avoid "single point of failure"; if one network has downtime we're still live and partly self-hosted. Just partly. #IRC deserves mass appeal; we need to replace crap like Slack, M'Sloth Teams, and other #surveillanceCapitalism bloat/IRC copycats.          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:38:51

  • When it comes to videos/audio (multimedia in general) #techrights has been self-hosting since 2006, so we never lost anything. Nothing got censored, either. http://techrights.org/videos.html          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:40:02

  • #EPO nets BILLIONS of euros and cannot even afford to hire a couple of engineers to build/maintain its infra for ~7000 workers? To the point of outsourcing everything to a foreign country and to #Microsoft ? How many bribes were received and who pocketed those? #kickbacks #corruption #gdpr http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:41:46

  • "By giving the majority in the EBA to external members, some people, names need not be given, would loose control of the EBA/BA as the external members most probably do not care about not being re-appointed." #epo #corruption #injustice #kangaroocourts http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-oral-proceedings-in-g121-vico.html?showComment=1622365768648#c6470883968457747269          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:47:52

  • Cult members would queue up for a week! https://www.phonearena.com/news/Mysterious-Apple-Ring-patent-appears_id130671 #apple #patents #cult #NotSatire #ButFunny          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:49:32

  • "When one sees the number of patents revoked or severely limited in opposition because the grant procedure is flawed, it becomes alarming. Just look at the published decisions and draw your conclusions. As only 5% of patents are opposed, when you extrapolate to all the grants it is daunting!" #epo #fakepatents http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-oral-proceedings-in-g121-vico.html?showComment=1622365768648#c6470883968457747269          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:50:11

  • "It is a scandal that members of the BA can only be reappointed if they have shown a given "performance". The criteria are still non-public.This is also scandalous!" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/breaking-oral-proceedings-in-g121-vico.html?showComment=1622365768648#c6470883968457747269 see http://techrights.org/2021/05/26/outline-g121-and-beyond/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:52:26

  • What a ripoff! You'd be better off assembling an array of low-cost and low-powered machines, pertinent units connected for maybe a tenth the cost. https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/05/you-are-nothing-compared-to-this-30000-goliath-pc/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:58:05

  • No! #SUSE is NOT "free software distributor" but a #proprietarysoftware reseller that uses its platform for #openwashing of things https://techhq.com/2021/04/suse-the-free-software-distributor-worth-e7bn/ see for example http://techrights.org/2020/08/05/suse-is-still-helping-microsoft/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 11:59:18

  • Alleged #HarmonyOS update list reveals first batch of #Huawei devices migrating to the platform http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151611#comment-29788          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:04:33

  • #ProprietarySoftware #microsoft #windows #ransom #insecureByDesign https://www.tacomadailyindex.com/blog/ransomware-and-hacking/2450314/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:05:30

  • #HeyHi #censorship #facebook https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/28/facebook-palestinian-censorship/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:06:47

  • In 2021 "HEY HI" just means "computer" or "program" or something with 'logic' in it https://www.fastcompany.com/90641049/google-education-classroom-ai          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:08:09

  • #BetaNews got the #IRC story all wrong, as usual. Clickbait instead of information.          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:09:42

  • Amazing if #google can get VOLUNTEERS to be unpaid testers for #ProprietarySoftware that spies on people and helps Google monopolise the Web... https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/05/28/chrome-labs-makes-it-easy-to-try-out-upcoming-browser-features/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:11:18

  • Outsourcing to #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware and to #NSA PRISM. Yay. Let THAT inspire confidence :-) https://www.techradar.com/in/news/have-i-been-pwned-is-now-open-source          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:13:46

  • Outsourced to #Microsoft #monopoly that is #proprietarysoftware cage (in effect) https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/28/password-breach-service-have-i-been-pwned-goes-open-source/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:24:41

  • "This list will mostly include common software that Github hosts. It may or may not be possible or desirable to boycott all projects that continue to develop and host with Github-- this list is for people who want to take Microsoft's control of repos into consideration when choosing what software to rely on." http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_Github          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:25:59

  • #Certbot also needs to #deletegithub ... it's NOT suitable hosting for #privacy and #security projects because #microsoft = NSA PRISM and more (worse programs not leaked yet) https://www.eff.org/pages/certbot          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:27:47

  • What next in the tussle between government and #socialcontrolmedia firms? https://thefederal.com/opinion/what-next-in-the-tussle-between-government-and-digital-media-firms/ And why the very freedom of expression in India is at stake          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:30:35

  • 'Facebook recently adopted a new controversial privacy policy for WhatsApp. Under it, the country would not track the personal messages of WhatsApp users, but would track the messages on commercial transactions and use the collected personal data for advertisement purposes." https://thefederal.com/opinion/what-next-in-the-tussle-between-government-and-digital-media-firms/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:36:38

  • #Facebook battles reputation crisis in the #MiddleEast โš“ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/facebook-battles-reputation-crisis-middle-east-n1269026 ไท‰ #nbcnews #zuckerPAC | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/05/30/#latest          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:37:34

  • This could be the most powerful #GNU #Linux laptop yet http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151387#comment-29789 #de #germany          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:44:47

  • Trolls as tyrants. And media even entertains their obvious TROLLING. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-politics-email-idUSKCN2D81HN          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:46:55

  • #microsoft is not compatible with the #law either. It needs to go bankrupt https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/were-just-not-compatible-any-more-why-microsoft-finally-dumped-internet-explorer-9664771.html see http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:48:13

  • #Fuchsia is just OSPS like Chrom* and we need to mostly shun it. It's not for us, it's just for #google #monopoly https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/05/google-fuchsia-net-hub/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:51:07

  • I see some 'articles' with totally fabricated (make believe!) history and revisionist nonsense about #microsoft but I suppose it should be expected in the era of #corruptMedia (PR in 'news' clothing, for a fee)          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:53:35

  • OUCH OUCH OUCH! Birmingham University calls a college after "Thomas J. Watson" https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/3082/computer-science-department-celebrates-research-new-faculty-for-2020-21 don't pay tribute to Nazis: http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 12:56:59

  • Significant Progress in Testing of โ€˜Fully Decentralizedโ€™ IOTA Announced https://beincrypto.com/progress-in-fully-decentralized-iota-announced/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:01:12

  • "The Central IP Service of the European Commission has published a vacancy for a "Legal officer - Intellectual Property"" (basically a misleading propaganda term) http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/05/sunday-surprises_30.html #EuropeanCommission on #patents : http://techrights.org/2020/12/01/the-breton-coverup/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:04:01

  • #Patents Accessibility Review identifies barriers to small inventors https://www.industry.gov.au/news/patents-accessibility-review-identifies-barriers-to-small-inventors the system needs to be overhauled, redone          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:05:41

  • Time traveller Cory @Doctorow sends his wishes from utopian 2041! https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210529-01.en.html          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:08:48

  • #deletegithub though; NSA and #microsoft do NOT inspire TRUST https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Patatt-Attestation          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:10:44

  • Plant told his co-host Matt Everitt that the lockdown gave him time to โ€œput his house in order.โ€ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2021/05/27/robert-plant-personal-archives/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:14:37

  • When the #linuxfoundation (LF) promotes #microsoft #proprietarySoftware , as it nowadays does, it's really hurtful to those of us who encouraged people to use "LINUX" (and used that word) and moreover it harms the advocacy of ours that explained how Microsoft attacks us. LF now takes Microsoft bribes to INVERT the truth.          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:17:56

  • What #microsoft did to #netscape ... before what Microsoft did to #corruptMedia ... in effect bribing it to relay a totally fictional, BOGUS versions of history about this http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php?title=Petition_text_-_overview          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:19:19

  • #billBC rebrands "variant" as "hybrid". No buzzwords left to sell more doses for their owners, and #BBC 'sponsors' (bribes) including #billgates ? Let's explain in factual terms what's happening, let's not turn media into salespeople for #patent licences.          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:45:26

  • Todayโ€™s ๐“๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ Leftovers โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151744 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:46:41

  • #Kernel : Patatt, Coreboot, Bootlin, and Latest Linux 5.14 Changes โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151743 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:47:00

  • #Programming Leftovers โ€ข ๐•ฟ๐–š๐– ๐•ธ๐–†๐–ˆ๐–๐–Ž๐–“๐–Š๐–˜ โ‡จ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/151742 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:47:12

  • Links 30/5/2021: #Kaidan 0.8 and Linux 5.14 Work โ€ข ๐”—๐”ข๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฑ๐”ฐ โš“ http://techrights.org/2021/05/30/kaidan-0-8/ ไท‰ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | โ™พ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/30/kaidan-0-8/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:49:09

  • FTR(ecord): Late on 22-May-2021 #bt sent a patch, remotely, without warning or consent, to our hub. It fixed, 33 days late(r), a very severe bug that their last update introduced, breaking the LAN! It almost made me dump it for #openwrt http://techrights.org/2021/04/18/firmware-ruins-whole-day/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 13:58:22

  • We've made it. 140,000 gemini page requests in #techrights and 1.5 days left. gemini://gemini.techrights.org/stats/index.gmi         โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 14:09:28

  • ID mismatch https://i.imgur.com/8tz8faQ.png         โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 15:24:04

  • We have just published a transcript of #RichardStallman on how #patents work โ€ข ๐”—๐”ข๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ฏ๐”ฆ๐”ค๐”ฅ๐”ฑ๐”ฐ โš“ http://techrights.org/2021/05/28/rms-swpats-talk/ ไท‰ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | โ™พ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/05/28/rms-swpats-talk/          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 15:29:25

  • Yes, we need more enablers of people who traffic THOUSANDS of young girls for sexual exploitation https:sp;      โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 15:41:13

  • This Week in Linux 153: Audacity CLA Controversy, #Ubuntu #DMCA Notice, Have I Been Pwned, Inkscape https://tuxdigital.com/2021/05/thisweekinlinux-153/ #gnu #linux          โ˜ž

posted Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 15:45:36

  • //twitter.com/ImTooOld4This/status/1245908577191157761 #microsoft #billgates #apologists #MoneyTalks #gatesfoundation   &nb
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