Roy Schestowitz

• #linuxfoundation is a CORPORATE CONCERN TROLL that we MUST ignore esp. in the context of its cheaply-manufactured 'morality' http://techrights.org/2021/05/07/trolling-the-real-community/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:09:49

• I'm of the opinion that we should all strongly condemn and oppose #racism and therefore we should shun #linuxfoundation ... all the PR they do is out of shame and guilt because they know what they front for http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:11:25

• Memory Folios Updated A 14th Time For Improving Linux Memory Management - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Memory-Folios-14 ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:11:44

• #linuxfoundation is an IMPERIALISTIC apparatus of military power. Why would you trust it with #letsEncrypt (no, nothing is free! No free lunch) among other things?          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:13:07

• #microsoft does NOT care about your #security because it PROFITS from UNDERMINING it http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:14:16

• #letsEncrypt is 'free' cert in the same sense #bush 'liberated' #iraq for free. #oil #bombs #imperialism          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:15:43

• "The "hardened" version of the open source Linux OS comes with added security features" https://www.itpro.co.uk/development/open-source/359881/ubuntu-pro-launches-on-google-cloud          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:16:10

• Hardening #linux should involve removing about 10 millions lines of barely tested/audited code, not slapping a "hard" and "secure' label on something...          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:17:26

• Who other than #amd studied those" 3.3 Million Lines Of Code"? https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-Linux-5.14-rc1-Size          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:19:53

• #AMD outsources code to #microsoft #nsa #ProprietarySoftare https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-FidelityFX-Super-Res-Source #deletegithub          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:20:45

• We've turned from "source available" to "source dumped". #openwashing #ProprietarySoftware #microsoft #monopoly #deleteGithub          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:22:15

• ASRock Rack Has One Of The Best, Most Open-Source Firmware x86 Server Motherboards https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=E3C246D4I-OpenBMC-Coreboot #Coreboot          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:23:22

• #Coreboot on the #ASRock E3C246D4I https://9esec.io/blog/coreboot-on-the-asrock-e3c246d4c/ Maybe Leah will libreboot it...          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:24:13

• Display Stream Compression Prepped For Qualcomm's MSM DRM Driver - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MSM-DRM-DSC ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:25:04

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153424 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:28:15

• #Graphics: Qualcomm, AMD, and More • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153425 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:33:04

• #Server: Coreboot, Ubuntu Pro, and Kubernetes Spotlight on SIG Usability • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153426 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:33:33

• #fedora (or #ibm in 'community' clothing, sheesh! Don't laugh!) seems desperate to attract new unpaid volunteers after driving away most of the existing ones that it inherited from #redhat https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/community-outreach-revamp-nest-docs-session/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:35:12

• Josh Bressers: The future of DWF • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153427          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:35:23

• " #MyGNUHealth 1.0.2 is ready to be downloaded from GNU.org! This maintenance release fixes some issues with global (drawer) menus in MATE, XFCE desktops, as well as in SXMO on the PinePhone." http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=10023          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:36:21

• "Despite my best efforts, I often end up with a lot of branches in my git repositories, many of which need cleaning up, but even so, may which don't. Two git configuration tweaks make the output of git branch much more useful for me." https://jmtd.net/log/git_branch_tweaks/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:38:56

• Audiocasts/Shows: Ubuntu Podcast, Software on Linux, and BSDNow • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153428 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:39:21

• Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare rolls out with a free update for all players | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/07/streets-of-rage-4-mr-x-nightmare-rolls-out-with-a-free-update-for-all-players ䷉ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:40:55

• #LibreOffice flyer for schools and universities: extra design https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/15/libreoffice-flyer-for-schools-and-universities-extra-design/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:41:28

• Is Too Much Technology Good or Bad? (VERY legit question) https://medevel.com/does-technology-help-students-learn-better/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:45:18

• #GNOME: Rust, Google, and Microsoft Fetishism • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153429 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:46:35

• #Fedora and IBM/Red Hat • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153430 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 00:46:53

• Links 16/7/2021: Proxmox Mail Gateway 7.0, Valve on GNU/Linux, PinePhone News • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/15/proxmox-mail-gateway-7-0/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/15/proxmox-mail-gateway-7-0/         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 01:02:23

• #LinuxFoundation and Linux #Kernel • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153431 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 01:04:01

• #Programming Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153432 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 01:04:29

• #Devices /Hardware Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153433 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 01:04:48

• Today’s 🅣🅤🅧 🅜🅐🅒🅗🅘🅝🅔🅢 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153434 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 01:05:00

• #Intel Core i7 1185G7 Linux Performance • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153435 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 01:08:03

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153436 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 01:32:14

• Dear #Mozilla , Please Remove This Annoying ‘Feature’ from #Firefox • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153446 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 08:57:03

• Today’s 🅣🅤🅧 🅜🅐🅒🅗🅘🅝🅔🅢 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153447 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 08:57:15

• #NXP i.MX 8 SoMs and SBC get WiFi 6 upgrade via u-Blox JODY-W3 module • 🅣🅤🅧 🅜🅐🅒🅗🅘🅝🅔🅢 ⚓ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153443 ䷉ #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #Android          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 08:58:14

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153444 #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 08:58:26

• #IBM / #RedHat Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153445 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 08:59:04

• #Wireshark 3.4.7 https://www.neowin.net/news/wireshark-347/ #gnu #linux #freesw          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 08:59:18

• 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 #IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 15, 2021 • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/16/irc-log-150721/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/16/irc-log-150721/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 08:59:30

• #QOwnNotes 21.7.5 https://www.neowin.net/news/qownnotes-2175/ #freesw          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 08:59:40

• Links 16/7/2021: First ’New VAX’ in 30 Years, LF Against Crypto • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/16/new-vax/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/16/new-vax/         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:02:28

• #Valve officially announces Steam Deck, its handheld gaming PC releasing this December http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30289 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:02:48

• #NewsFlash – follow your favorite blogs and news sites • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153441 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:04:27

• First new #vax in ...30 years? :-) http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html #netbsd          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:04:42

• The #OpticalFibre Experience — Part I http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/07/16/optical-fibre-experience/ #internet #uk #manchester          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:05:02

• "The #LinuxSchool #server system uses a Web Management front end to configure the servers. To keep the Web Management secure it can be used with two factor authentication." https://www.linuxschools.com/wordpress/2021/07/16/2factor-authentication-for-the-web-management/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:05:28

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153440 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:06:14

• "COVID" slant for #marketing https://finance.yahoo.com/news/australian-national-university-critical-coronavirus-130000690.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:07:22

• Calling everything "clown" and then citing frauds and charlatans, #gartner , as if they accurately predict trends https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/13/cloud_databases_aws/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gartner_Group          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:07:37

• Here’s how to pre-order your Steam Deck (it’s a bit complicated) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30291         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:09:15

• "David Crookes reveals how Brits swapped software and joined online chats before the #www was even invented" https://pcpromag.medium.com/before-the-web-there-was-cix-and-its-still-going-a3a5ef716c86          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:09:28

• Typical #singapore https://theindependent.sg/former-sph-staff-allegedly-claims-that-it-is-wrong-to-use-the-term-talent-to-describe-foreign-talents-who-come-to-singapore/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:09:40

• "Google Assistant can access a lot of information on your phone." Even worse: it helps spy on speech of people nearby, who are not consenting to this Gulag spying. #surveillance #google #espionage https://www.maketecheasier.com/use-google-assistant-when-phone-is-locked/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:09:55

• Oh SUSE Q2. Oh SUSE Q2. Pay IPO shares bread, it leaves you in the red, #SUSE Q2 https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/15/suse_q2_2021/ #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:10:21

• Is a Gemini based #piratebox possible or even wanted? https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006926.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:11:15

• Video: BIGGEST LINUX GAMING NEWS IN YEARS. http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30283 #games #kde #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:11:47

• #Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, July 15, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:12:00

• #Intel Is in Talks to Buy #GlobalFoundries for About $30 Billion https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-is-in-talks-to-buy-globalfoundries-for-about-30-billion-11626387704? Intel crisis. http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:12:11

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

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:12:31

• "Android, Linux, Ubuntu, and QNX operating systems are all supported o nNXP i.MX 8 platform." https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/07/16/nxp-i-mx-8-soms-and-sbc-get-wifi-6-upgrade-via-u-blox-jody-w3-module/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:13:59

• #linuxfoundation for US #imperialism by #espionage https://linuxfoundation.org/blog/understanding-us-export-controls-and-open-source-projects-2021-update/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:15:08

• #Valve Announces Handheld #GNU #Linux Gaming with The Steam Deck Launching in 2021 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30282          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:15:20

• "An open letter in support of Richard Matthew Stallman being reinstated by the Free Software Foundation" now signed by 6,800 people          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:16:32

• #LibreOffice covered by #MicrosoftTim http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153347#comment-30280          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:16:56

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153437 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:17:18

• #Olive 0.2: Node Based Video Editing Is Bizarre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vON_VKpFMro          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:17:56

• Audiocasts/Shows: System76, Olive 0.2, and Clickbait Trolling • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153438 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:18:48

• This may be one of the cheapest and easiest #CNC drawing machines you’ll find | Arduino Blog ⚓ https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/07/15/this-may-be-one-of-the-cheapest-and-easiest-cnc-drawing-machines-youll-find/ ䷉ #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:19:38

• #Apple Magic Mouse To Support High Resolution Scrolling With Linux 5.15 - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Magic-Mouse-High-Res-Linux-5.15 ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:19:51

• #Kernel Work and #LinuxFoundation on Back Doors, Kernels That Compete With Linux • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153439 #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:20:21

• ● NEWS ● #GeorgeHosu ☞ The universal VM we call browser https://cerebralab.com/The_universal_VM_we_call_browser          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:21:55

• ● NEWS ● #Forbes #fb #bubble ☞ Mark #Zuckerberg Has Sold #Facebook Stock Almost Every Weekday This Year https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2021/07/13/mark-zuckerberg-has-sold-facebook-stock-almost-every-weekday-this-year/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:22:19

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #Science ☞ Experimental Brain Implant Lets Man With Paralysis Turn His Thoughts Into Words https://text.npr.org/1016028911          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:22:58

• ● NEWS ● #Tedium #Hardware ☞ Slot Insecurities https://tedium.co/2021/07/14/kensington-security-slot-history/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:23:30

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Health ☞ Fights over #COVID19 #vaccines are spilling over to other types of shots https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/15/22578519/vaccine-politicization-tennessee-covid-hpv-flu          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:24:40

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #Health ☞ The U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling #COVID19 Misinformation An 'Urgent Threat' https://text.npr.org/1016013826          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:24:53

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #Health ☞ Drug Overdoses Killed A Record Number Of Americans In 2020, Jumping By Nearly 30% https://text.npr.org/1016029270          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:25:04

• ● NEWS ● #RTL #Health ☞ WHO experts warn 'more dangerous' variants could take hold https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1756077.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:25:27

• ● NEWS ● #FinTechZoom #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook – ‘Minot Whiners and Complainers’ Facebook page pulled amid growing tech censorship debate https://fintechzoom.com/fintech_news_facebook/facebook-minot-whiners-and-complainers-facebook-page-pulled-amid-growing-tech-censorship-debate/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:26:10

• ● NEWS ● #WordPress #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Google Concludes #FLoC Origin Trial, Does Not Intend to Share Feedback from Participants https://wptavern.com/google-concludes-floc-origin-trial-does-not-intend-to-share-feedback-from-participants          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:26:37

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Twitter adds captions to voice tweets more than a year after they first launched https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/15/22579420/twitter-voice-tweets-captions          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:26:53

• ● NEWS ● #TheTelegraphUK #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Exclusive: Neighbours ‘pinged’ through walls by #NHS Covid app https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/15/neighbours-pinged-walls-nhs-covid-app/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:27:28

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #Arizona ☞ Democrats are finally paying attention to Trump's Arizona audit: House opens probe into Cyber Ninjas https://www.salon.com/2021/07/15/democrats-are-finally-paying-attention-to-trumps-arizona-audit-house-opens-probe-into-cyber-ninjas/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:29:37

• #trump weaponised #twitter #socialcontrolmedia as a "Command and Control" Center by #misinformation          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:30:14

• ● NEWS ● #CNN #sedition #insurrection ☞ 'They're not going to f**king succeed': Top generals feared #Trump would attempt a coup after election, according to new book https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/14/politics/donald-trump-election-coup-new-book-excerpt/index.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:30:28

• ● NEWS ● #DeutscheWelle #europe ☞ #EU court allows conditional headscarves bans at work https://www.dw.com/en/eu-court-allows-conditional-headscarves-bans-at-work/a-58273862          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:30:53

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #europe ☞ Top #EU court says headscarves can be banned at work under certain conditions https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/top-eu-court-says-headscarves-can-be-banned-at-work-under-certain-conditions/articleshow/84435792.cms          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:31:10

• ● NEWS ● #NBC #sedition #insurrection ☞ Top generals mobilized on fears #Trump wanted military post-election coup, book details https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/top-generals-mobilized-fears-trump-wanted-military-post-election-coup-n1274059          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:31:27

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #haiti ☞ Pentagon: US military trained Colombian soldiers arrested in #assassination of Haitian president https://www.salon.com/2021/07/15/pentagon-us-military-trained-colombian-soldiers-arrested-in-assassination-of-haitian-president/ see http://techrights.org/2020/06/06/regime-change-in-haiti/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:31:41

• ● NEWS ● #TheConversation ☞ Targeted ads isolate and divide us even when they’re not political – new research https://theconversation.com/targeted-ads-isolate-and-divide-us-even-when-theyre-not-political-new-research-163669 block ALL of them. Good for the mind.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:33:03

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Environment ☞ New data on 'forever chemicals' prompts calls for more transparency https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/563282-new-data-on-forever-chemicals-prompts-calls-for-more          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:33:18

• ● NEWS ● #CopenhagenPost #Wildlife ☞ Large invasive, potentially hazardous fish seen on Danish shores https://cphpost.dk/?p=126435          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 09:38:23

• ● NEWS ● #Vice #Overpopulation ☞ #MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We’re on Schedule. https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xw3x/new-research-vindicates-1972-mit-prediction-that-society-will-collapse-soon          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:06:08

• ● NEWS ● #KPMG #Overpopulation ☞ Limits to Growth https://advisory.kpmg.us/articles/2021/limits-to-growth.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:06:25

• ● NEWS ● #KPMG #Overpopulation ☞ Update to limits to growth: Comparing the World3 model with empirical data https://advisory.kpmg.us/content/dam/advisory/en/pdfs/2021/yale-publication.pdf          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:06:49

• I sort of look forward to seeing #valve catching some #kde bugs and then writing and pushing patches for these upstream. #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:07:48

• ● NEWS ● #BrightLineWatch #Politics ☞ Still miles apart: Americans and the state of U.S. democracy half a year into the Biden presidency http://brightlinewatch.org/still-miles-apart-americans-and-the-state-of-u-s-democracy-half-a-year-into-the-biden-presidency/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:08:17

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Disinformation #Misinformation ☞ Surgeon general says #socialcontrolmedia companies have 'enabled misinformation' on vaccines https://thehill.com/policy/technology/563300-surgeon-general-says-social-media-companies-have-enabled-misinformation-on          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:08:44

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge ☞ New Anthony #Bourdain documentary deepfakes his voice https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/15/22578707/anthony-bourdain-documentary-deepfake-voice          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:09:06

• ● NEWS ● #USNewsAndWorldReport #Censorship ☞ Afghan Man Gets Life for March Stabbing Rampage in #Sweden https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-07-14/afghan-man-gets-life-for-march-stabbing-rampage-in-sweden          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:09:43

• To me, personally, the best part of the #valve news is their choice of #kde (and not just #debian #gnu #linux as base) because they take #freesw one level higher. Their #drm core (application level) is still troublesome.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:12:35

• When we say we want "LINUX WORLD DOMINATION" what we basically say is that all we care about is the invisible kernel (how much freedom does #android really give us?). Linux ALREADY dominates the tech sector; now let's focus on #softwareFreedom too. That's the MOST MEANINGFUL thing to justice, human rights, coding.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:14:44

• ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes #PressFreedom ☞ Attempt to Seize Post Reporters’ #Email Data Came Day Before Barr Left Office https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/us/politics/washington-post-reporter-emails.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:15:06

• #techrights is now one step closer to 'fibre to the cabinet' so to speak (or self-hosting from home; not the Web site but IPFS and Gemini) http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/07/16/optical-fibre-experience/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:16:52

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #PressFreedom ☞ The Journalist #Iran Allegedly Sought To Kidnap Says She Would Have Been Killed https://text.npr.org/1016300591          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:17:14

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #PressFreedom #NL ☞ A Dutch Reporter Who Covered Gangsters Dies After Being Shot In #Amsterdam https://text.npr.org/1016418922          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:17:32

• ● [Old] ● #AssociatedPress # ☞ Shooting of star Dutch reporter raises European concern https://apnews.com/article/europe-shootings-07096bc44ef7cffc32e718b4516de373          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:18:06

• Parks and green space in #manchester seem like they're grossly under-utilised (almost nobody there, even in very hot days). What are people doing all day? Indoors with 'phones'? Sedentary lifestyle is a silent killer.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:19:26

• ● NEWS ● #Cuba #PressFreedom ☞ #Cuba Must Respect Journalists’ Right to Report https://havanatimes.org/opinion/cuba-must-respect-journalists-right-to-report/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:19:47

• ● NEWS ● #CNN #police ☞ Case involving body camera footage from #Colorado officer charged with felony assault is a test for new state law https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/14/us/colorado-police-officer-charged-bodycam-footage-test/index.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:21:50

• ● NEWS ● #CNN #iran ☞ 4 Iranian nationals charged with alleged kidnapping plot of US journalist, court documents say https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/14/us/iranian-nationals-charged-kidnapping-journalist/index.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:22:26

• ● NEWS ● #NBC #IndigenousPeople ☞ Indian boarding school investigation faces hurdles in missing records, legal questions https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indian-boarding-school-investigation-faces-hurdles-missing-records-legal-questions-n1273996          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:23:07

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Trademarks ☞ Social Tech Loses Appeal To #Apple Over 'Memoji' #Trademark Because Suing Apple Isn't Using The Mark In Commerce https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210714/10095747170/social-tech-loses-appeal-to-apple-over-memoji-trademark-because-suing-apple-isnt-using-mark-commerce.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:23:25

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ How Sketchy Data Scavengers Are Using Hatred Of 'Big Tech' To Attack Plans To Make The Web More Private https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210713/17155347166/how-sketchy-data-scavengers-are-using-hatred-big-tech-to-attack-plans-to-make-web-more-private.shtml stop saying 'Big Tech': http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:24:24

• #google is no longer much of a technical company. It was ages ago. Things changed. It's a government branch and part-time military contractor that uses old-aged 'tech' to collect data and enables #imperialism #socialcontrol etc. Same is true for some other American 'giants' whose market value is fictional, dependent on state support (stimulus, bailout from taxpayers, defrauded shareholders)          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:27:13

• ● NEWS ● #NewMatilda #fakeleft #uk ☞ Guardian’s #Putin Scoop Is Trumped By A History Of Bluff And Vicious Blunder https://newmatilda.com/2021/07/16/guardians-putin-scoop-is-trumped-by-a-history-of-bluff-and-vicious-blunder/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:28:06

• Guardian #uk sponsored by this man to serve this man's business agenda: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:28:43

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ ‘Just peace and quiet’: Journalists identify the man whose complaint apparently led Russian officials to outlaw a top investigative news outlet https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/07/16/just-peace-and-quiet          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:29:17

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #Bitmanagement ☞ U.S. Govt. Should Pay $155m in Piracy Damages, Software Company Argues https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-govt-should-pay-155m-in-piracy-damages-software-company-argues-210715/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:30:11

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights # ☞ Mass Bogus #DMCA Takedowns Impersonate #Reddit to Attack Downloading Tools https://torrentfreak.com/mass-bogus-dmca-takedowns-impersonate-reddit-to-attack-downloading-tools-210715/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:30:25

• From the news: "Surgeon general says social media companies have 'enabled misinformation' on vaccines"; iophk: or just say "Surgeon general says social media companies have 'enabled misinformation'"          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:31:14

• ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone #assange #wikileaks ☞ Julian Assange’s father and brother travel to Washington to oppose US #extradition https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/14/julian-assange-father-brother-extradition/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:32:00

• ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ How pillars and triangles can focus your game design https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/how-pillars-and-triangles-can-focus-your-game-design/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:33:23

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #imperialism #indoctrination #propaganda ☞ Howard Zinn - The Myth of American Exceptionalism https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/howard-zinn-the-myth-of-american-exceptionalism/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:33:59

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Afghanistan ☞ Afghan Activist: George W. Bush’s Claim U.S. War in #Afghanistan Protected Women Is a “Shameless Lie” https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/15/afghanistan_taliban_us_withdrawal          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:34:25

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Afghanistan ☞ After 20 Years and $2.26 Trillion, the US has Lost Its Longest War in Afghanistan https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/after-20-years-and-2-26-trillion-the-us-has-lost-its-longest-war-in-afghanistan/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:34:36

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Afghanistan ☞ The Lesson of Afghanistan is the Lesson of Vietnam We Forgot https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/the-lesson-of-afghanistan-is-the-lesson-of-vietnam-we-forgot/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:34:44

• #Afghanistan #war totally and entirely lost by US. Can American taxpayers receive a refund from blood-thirsty warlords who profited from this war?          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:35:46

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #China ☞ U.S.-China Near-War Status Report https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/u-s-china-near-war-status-report/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:43:00

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Health ☞ The Myth That #Meat is Essential for Human Health Could Harm Us All https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/the-myth-that-meat-is-essential-for-human-health-could-harm-us-all/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:43:38

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Finance ☞ Sports Teams: the Everlasting Tax Shelter for Billionaires https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/sports-teams-the-everlasting-tax-shelter-for-billionaires/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:44:06

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #SouthAfrica ☞ “Perfect Storm” of Pandemic, Poverty & Jailing Ex-President Unleashes Mass Protest in South Africa https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/15/south_africa_protests_jacob_zuma          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:44:29

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Fracking ☞ You Can’t Drink Oil: Wasting Freshwater for Fracking and Drilling in California https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/you-cant-drink-oil-wasting-freshwater-for-fracking-and-drilling-in-california/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:45:35

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ As Child Tax Credit Payments Get Sent Today, Dems Look to Make Them Permanent https://truthout.org/articles/as-child-tax-credit-payments-get-sent-today-dems-look-to-make-them-permanent/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:47:01

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Health ☞ #Pandemic Fuels Global Hunger as More Than 2.5 Billion Lack Nutritious Food https://truthout.org/video/pandemic-fuels-global-hunger-as-more-than-2-5-billion-lack-nutritious-food/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:48:33

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Sanders Confirms Inclusion of Provisions of PRO Act in Reconciliation Bill https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-confirms-inclusion-of-provisions-of-pro-act-in-reconciliation-bill/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:49:20

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews ☞ From #Judaism to Fascism: How [Some] Zionists Turned Their Backs on Their Own Culture https://www.mintpressnews.com/from-judaism-to-zionism-turned-their-backs-on-their-own-culture/277960/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:50:18

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews ☞ Losing Finders: How the US Government Worked to the Keep CIA Connection Secret https://www.mintpressnews.com/from-judaism-to-fascism-how-zionists-turned-their-backs-on-their-own-culture/277948/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:50:32

• ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone #Haiti ☞ What’s behind the #assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse? https://thegrayzone.com/2021/07/14/assassination-haiti-president-jovenel-moise/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:51:00

• #righttorepair https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/electric-car-right-to-repair-explained:4 see http://techrights.org/2021/05/17/what-is-right-to-repair/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:51:55

• iophk: "misogynists still grinding away at j k rowling on social control media"          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:52:31

• The Next War - Powered by Social Engineering https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/war:e          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:53:16

• #microsoft has long been assaulting and corrupting journalists. #theHill has the audacity to invert reality with bogus narratives. Maybe The Hill too has been corrupted by #billgates and Microsoft.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:56:06

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #police ☞ #TenthCircuit : No #Immunity For Cops Who Protected An Abusive Fellow Officer Right Up Until He Murdered His Ex-Wife https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210710/00402247144/tenth-circuit-no-immunity-cops-who-protected-abusive-fellow-officer-right-up-until-he-murdered-his-ex-wife.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:57:35

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #FifthCircuit Sends Anonymous Cop's Lawsuit Againt Protest Organizer To The State's Top Court, Suggests Getting Injured Is Part Of The Job https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210709/20564747142/fifth-circuit-sends-anonymous-cops-lawsuit-againt-protest-organizer-to-states-top-court-suggests-getting-injured-is-part-job.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 11:57:51

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Internet ☞ You Can Now Pay #ATandT Extra To Adhere To The Dictionary Definition Of 'Unlimited' https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210713/06440547157/you-can-now-pay-att-extra-to-adhere-to-dictionary-definition-unlimited.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:00:15

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Proekt ☞ Outlaw journalism Legally speaking, this is what Proekt’s ‘undesirable’ designation means for Russia’s news media and readers https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/07/16/outlaw-journalism          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:00:49

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #Proekt ☞ Russia bans investigative outlet Proekt as ‘undesirable,’ adds journalists to ‘foreign agent’ list https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/07/15/russia-bans-investigative-outlet-proekt-as-undesirable-adds-journalists-to-foreign-agent-list          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:01:00

• #china #cn #oppression #paranoia https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/china-tightens-control-over-cybersecurity-in-data-crackdown/2021/07/13/0b3bd7fe-e3da-11eb-88c5-4fd6382c47cb_story.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:01:41

• "When certain chic ideologies rise up, reasoning goes out the window -- or is expected to or...the inevitable: "You're a bigot."" http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2021/07/the-ideological-1.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:02:12

• Chimps Are No Chumps: Give Them An Oven, They'll Learn To Cook https://text.npr.org/411748170          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:03:17

• Rents Are Out Of Reach For Most Americans Earning Minimum Wage, A Study Says https://text.npr.org/1016230724 so much 'freedom'... even if you work full time you're barely living under your own terms          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:04:10

• #socialcontrolmedia is all about #misinformation and should never be relied on as a new source https://www.rt.com/usa/529325-white-house-flagging-facebook-misinformation/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:04:43

• #entryism https://www.salon.com/2021/07/15/fox-news-corporate-pac-donates-to-joe-manchins-campaign-filing/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:04:58

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ For Women Under Conservatorship, Forced #BirthControl Is Routine https://www.thenation.com/article/society/conservatorship-iud-britney-spears/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:08:49

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #society ☞ In the Image of Jonestown https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jonestown/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:33:12

• #Utopia Is Possible—Yes, Even Now, Especially Now—but We Have to Demand It https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/utopia-politics-paine-sanders/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:33:42

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Afghanistan ☞ Reckoning and Reparations in Afghanistan https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/15/reckoning-and-reparations-afghanistan          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:34:07

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #imperialism ☞ US Concern for #Cuba , Latin America Is Spin For [Occupation and Extraction] https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/15/us-concern-cuba-latin-america-spin-intervention          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:34:36

• ● NEWS ● #EFF #Internet ☞ The Tower of Babel: How Public Interest Internet is Trying to Save Messaging and Banish Big Social Media https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/tower-babel-how-public-interest-internet-trying-save-messaging-and-banish-big          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:35:05

• ● NEWS ● #EFF #Copyright #Copyrights ☞ #Article17 Copyright Directive: The Court of Justice’s Advocate General Rejects Fundamental Rights Challenge But Defends Users Against Overblocking https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/article-17-copyright-directive-court-justices-advocate-general-rejects-fundamental          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:35:25

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #society ☞ In Utopia, I Never Have to Write About Immigration Again https://www.thenation.com/article/society/immigration-art-borders/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:35:52

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #China ☞ Is a War With China Inevitable? https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/is-a-war-with-china-inevitable/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:36:07

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Can a Novel Capture the Tensions of Recent Queer History? https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/back-to-party-zak-salih-review/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:37:35

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ An Unapologetic ‘Tax the Rich’ Message Is the Key to Passing the Democratic Budget Plan https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democrats-3-5-trillion-budget/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:38:19

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #journalism ☞ The Media’s #Climate Blind Spot Is Geographic https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/climate-change-global-south/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:38:44

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Afghanistan ☞ US Courts Central Asian Dictators in Pursuit of Post-Afghan War Objectives https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/us-courts-central-asian-dictators-pursuit-post-afghan-war-objectives          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:39:16

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Guantánamo Memoir Film Skewers George W. Bush, But Exonerates Barack Obama https://truthout.org/articles/guantanamo-memoir-film-skewers-george-w-bush-but-exonerates-barack-obama/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:39:31

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #activism ☞ Flags March https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/flags-march/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:40:01

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ Manchin—'Very, Very' Disturbed by Climate Action—Made Nearly $500K Last Year From Coal: Report https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/manchin-very-very-disturbed-climate-action-made-nearly-500k-last-year-coal-report          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:40:30

• This is false: "The #freenode digital territory stands for freedom, and that includes free speech." The top management of freenode banned tons of people, even threatened to sue a friend for expressing a view https://freenode.net/news/on-free-speech          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:42:50

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Shame on Us,' Says Warnock, If Senate Dems Let Filibuster Kill #Voting Rights https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/shame-us-says-warnock-if-senate-dems-let-filibuster-kill-voting-rights          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:46:46

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Hunger #Nutrition ☞ How the #Pandemic Fueled Global Hunger: 2.5 Billion Lack Nutritious Food, 1 in 5 Children Are Stunted https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/15/2020_world_hunger_report          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 12:47:13

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Right-Wing Twisting of Critical Race Theory https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/right-wing-twisting-of-critical-race-theory/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:01:21

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Who Authorizes America's Wars and Why Do They Never End? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/15/who-authorizes-americas-wars-and-why-do-they-never-end          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:01:55

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Pentagon ☞ 'Not a Single Dollar More to Pentagon' in Infrastructure Package, Groups Demand https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/not-single-dollar-more-pentagon-infrastructure-package-groups-demand          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:04:25

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ On the Sentencing—and Courage—of #DanielHale https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/15/sentencing-and-courage-daniel-hale          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:04:50

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ Climate Coverage Must Stop Ignoring the World's Poorest https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/15/climate-coverage-must-stop-ignoring-worlds-poorest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:05:09

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ On the Political Marriage of Joe #Biden and Bernie #Sanders https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/15/political-marriage-joe-biden-and-bernie-sanders          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:07:06

• The Best Microsoft Excel Alternatives for Linux • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153448          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:07:29

• Google #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153449          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:08:01

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Education #GND ☞ 'Time for a Revolution in Public Education': Bowman Unveils #GreenNewDeal for US Schools https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/time-revolution-public-education-bowman-unveils-green-new-deal-us-schools          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:10:11

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #Wisconsin Senator's #SocialControlMedia Bill Aims To Save The #FirstAmendment By Violating The First Amendment https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210714/17442347172/wisconsin-senators-social-media-bill-aims-to-save-first-amendment-violating-first-amendment.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:10:43

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Exactly Right: 'You're Not Entitled To A Platform, Boomer.' https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210709/15172947139/exactly-right-youre-not-entitled-to-platform-boomer.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:10:56

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #Poverty ☞ Have You Had Trouble Renting an Apartment and Don’t Understand Why? It Might Be Your Tenant Screening Score. https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/have-you-had-trouble-renting-an-apartment-and-dont-understand-why-it-might-be-your-tenant-screening-score          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:11:41

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Top #Biden Aide Under Fire for Blaming Poor for Not Receiving Relief Checks https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/top-biden-aide-under-fire-blaming-poor-not-receiving-relief-checks          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:11:55

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ State Attorneys General Push Federal Government to Follow the #Law and Finally Create Side-Impact Tests for Kids’ Car Seats https://www.propublica.org/article/state-attorneys-general-push-federal-government-to-follow-the-law-and-finally-create-side-impact-tests-for-kids-car-seats          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:27:41

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Groups Demand #Biden Administration End Child Detention at 'Contaminated and Unsafe' Fort Bliss https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/groups-demand-biden-administration-end-child-detention-contaminated-and-unsafe-fort          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:28:04

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ World's Poorest Nations to the Wealthiest: 'No More Excuses' on Urgent Climate Action https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/worlds-poorest-nations-wealthiest-no-more-excuses-urgent-climate-action          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:28:27

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #germany #patent #monopolies ☞ 'Vaccine Apartheid Kills': White House Die-In Targets #Merkel for Blocking Patent Waiver https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/vaccine-apartheid-kills-white-house-die-targets-merkel-blocking-patent-waiver          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:29:09

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ A Losing Game: Letting Corporate Polluters Off the Hook https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/a-losing-game-letting-corporate-polluters-off-the-hook/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:30:09

• Denial         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:30:41

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #gnd ☞ Jamaal Bowman Unveils $1.4 Trillion #GreenNewDeal for Public Schools https://truthout.org/articles/jamaal-bowman-unveils-1-4-trillion-green-new-deal-for-public-schools/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:34:08

• "In the end, tragically, it all comes down to the Melian Debate in Thucydides." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/freedom-loving-as-denial-of-truth-and-freedom          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:34:57

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #ScienceDenial ☞ #Trump Supporters' Anti-Science Crusade Is Threatening Us All https://truthout.org/articles/trump-supporters-anti-science-crusade-is-threatening-us-all/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:35:43

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Palestine ☞ Palestinian Feminists Are Resisting Colonization by Fighting Sexual Violence https://truthout.org/articles/palestinian-feminists-are-resisting-colonization-by-fighting-sexual-violence/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:36:15

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ ‘Heroes of days gone by’ #StPetersburg #police remove banner featuring journalists, politicians, and human rights activists killed in Russia https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/07/15/heroes-of-days-gone-by          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:36:59

• ● NEWS ● #Shadowproof ☞ In Building Global Solidarity, Abolitionists Look For Links Between Struggles https://shadowproof.com/2021/07/15/in-building-global-solidarity-abolitionists-look-for-links-between-struggles/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:37:13

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ How Nations Turn Evil https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/how-nations-turn-evil/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:37:28

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Fracking ☞ 700+ Global Groups Urge #Ireland to Introduce UN Resolution for #Fracking Ban https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/700-global-groups-urge-ireland-introduce-un-resolution-fracking-ban          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:38:00

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #bribery #corruption ☞ Targeting Dark Money Attacking Democracy, Watchdog Files #FEC Complaint Against 23 Super PACs https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/targeting-dark-money-attacking-democracy-watchdog-files-fec-complaint-against-23          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 13:38:34

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Skating Rink Boots Black Teen Misidentified by #FacialRecognition System https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/skating-rink-boots-black-teen-misidentified-facial-recognition-system #racist #ibm helps #nypd do the same...          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:04:59

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Voting ☞ Warnock: "Shame on Us" If We're More Committed to Filibuster Than Voting Rights https://truthout.org/articles/warnock-shame-on-us-if-were-more-committed-to-filibuster-than-voting-rights/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:05:15

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ What Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta Means for Charities...and Our Democracy https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/209359/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:05:34

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Whitmer ☞ #Michigan GOP Touts Scheme to Ram Through Voting Restrictions Over Whitmer’s Veto https://truthout.org/articles/michigan-gop-touts-scheme-to-ram-through-voting-restrictions-over-whitmers-veto/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:06:17

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Breyer Says His Health, Not Politics, Will Drive Decision on #SCOTUS Retirement https://truthout.org/articles/breyer-says-his-health-not-politics-will-drive-decision-on-scotus-retirement/ So-called 'democrats' kicking old people to the curb in pursuit of political power          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:07:06

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #patents #monopolies ☞ Congressional Progressive Caucus Urges #Merkel to Support Vaccine #Patent Waiver https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/congressional-progressive-caucus-urges-merkel-support-vaccine-patent-waiver          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:08:01

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate #Biden ☞ In 'Critical Step' for Climate, Biden to Restore Protections for #Tongass National Forest https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/15/critical-step-climate-biden-restore-protections-tongass-national-forest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:08:26

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #canada #militarism ☞ 100 Public Figures Oppose Trudeau's $77 Billion Fighter Jet Purchase https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/15/100-public-figures-oppose-trudeaus-77-billion-fighter-jet-purchase          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:09:05

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ #Rosneft wins lawsuit against #IStories for ‘Pirelli’ article https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/07/15/rosneft-wins-lawsuit-against-istories-for-pirelli-article          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:09:39

• "This same country has never sustained a very large Left movement. That movement has been effective on occasion, but those historical moments are rare." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/07/15/whats-a-left-wing-to-do/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:10:25

• "Like that feast, the billionaire space race is a race to see who can squander the most money" https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/15/emperors-new-rocket-last-words-bransons-big-ride          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:11:26

• ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ The powerful and unpopular: Why the sudden resignation of Ukraine’s top police official is an important political event https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/07/15/the-powerful-and-unpopular          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:11:58

• The Valve Steam Deck, lots of excitement and plenty to think about for Linux gaming http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30292         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:14:30

• "After multiple Release Candidates, the Homesteading update (which is huge) is out now for Vintage Story, one of the best survival games available for Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/07/awesome-survival-game-vintage-story-sees-the-homesteading-update-out-now          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:16:50

• #documentfoundation Open Badges for awesome Brazilian Portuguese contributors! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/07/16/open-badges-for-awesome-brazilian-portuguese-contributors/ #LibreOffice          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 14:58:40

• What's new in #fabric8 #Kubernetes client version 5.5.0 https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2021/07/16/whats-new-fabric8-kubernetes-client-version-550          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:02:34

• #zdnet is all #microsoft and #ibm even in the #linux section. They're paid to push particular topics, it's not really a news site. #boycottzdnet http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:28:50

• #PineTime is an Inexpensive Open Source Smartwatch • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153450 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:29:24

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153451 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:34:55

• #IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 15, 2021 • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/16/irc-log-150721/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/16/irc-log-150721/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:35:06

• #KDE Tips and Tricks for System Tray, Screenshots and More! //www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3CIaQiHOrw          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:36:28

• #Linux #Kernel 5.13 went into #Slackware-current; new Live ISOs to celebrate https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/kernel-5-13-went-into-slackware-current-new-live-isos-to-celebrate/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:37:33

• #ZDNet being ZDNet means ZDNet pushing Microsoft agenda, even in "Linux" clothing...          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:38:41

• Selling even hardware as "HEY HI!!" https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/07/16/innatera-neuromorphic-ai-accelerator-for-spiking-neural-networks-snn-enables-sub-mw-ai-inference/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:39:59

• "The week has zipped by --it's Friday already-- and it's time to take a look at what the Apache community has been up to over the past week" https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-news-round-up235          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:40:50

• Amazon's DAMON Might Finally Be Ready For Upstreaming Into The #Linux #Kernel https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Amazon-DAMON-v34 #amazon          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:41:27

• Ha. If you use Android and iOS, you already lack #privacy https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-android-privacy-browsers/ see https://wikileaks.org/vault7/ and https://wikileaks.org/vault8/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:42:29

• #Graphics Driver Changes Begin Queuing For Linux 5.15 - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=DRM-Misc-Next-First-5.15 ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:43:02

• "I mean, sometimes it's a bit sad that we are definitely not the streamlined, small, hyper-efficient kernel that I envisioned 15 years ago..." #linux #kernel #torvalds https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1267465-amd-s-modern-graphics-driver-in-linux-5-14-exceeds-3-3-million-lines-of-code/page6          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:44:32

• "Pushed pastes are called pastas and they automatically expire after 1 month (can be changed by the server config). Once submitted you get a modification token, which you can use to modify and delete accidentally submitted pastas." https://openqa-bites.github.io/posts/2021-07-16-pasta/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:49:48

• #Coreboot Making Progress On Running More Of It In 64-bit Mode https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Coreboot-More-64-bit-Mode of interest to Leah of #libreboot perhaps          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:50:47

• LibreDNS DnsOverTLS no ads with systemd-resolved https://balaskas.gr/blog/2021/07/16/libredns-dnsovertls-no-ads-with-systemd-resolved/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:51:34

• Stay classy, Planet #fedora ... barely anybody left there and when some do post things they're shilling #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware so why would the rest of us bother following? #ibm is ruining #redhat          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:53:18

• Does the #freesw Principle preclude refactoring? #programming https://opensource.com/article/21/7/open-closed-principle-refactoring          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:54:38

• #redhat reduced to "pay us for culture"... when the racist #ibm culture is definitely not something you want https://www.siliconrepublic.com/careers/culture-as-a-service-red-hat          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:55:49

• #redhat did have some culture; #ibm hasn't.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 15:56:31

• Klei address some long-term concerns in Oxygen Not Included in the latest update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/07/klei-address-some-long-term-concerns-in-oxygen-not-included-in-the-latest-update ䷉ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

POSTED fRIDAY, jULY 16, 2021 AT 16:00:43

• " #JupiterHell is just fantastic overall and thanks to the Vulkan support it runs blisteringly fast on Linux with the native build." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/07/jupiter-hell-shows-off-a-fancy-new-trailer-ahead-of-the-full-release-on-august-5          ☞

POSTED fRIDAY, jULY 16, 2021 AT 16:01:45

• #Mozilla Reps Community: New Council Members – 2021 H1 Election https://blog.mozilla.org/mozillareps/2021/07/16/new-council-members-2021-h1-election/          ☞

POSTED fRIDAY, jULY 16, 2021 AT 16:10:08

• #Kernel Space Misc. • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153452 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:14:27

• #IBM / #RedHat Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153453 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:14:56

• Our reckless government's approach to COVID-19 is, COVID IS coming to you, we're not going to stop that. But... we can offer you a couple of shots to increase your chances of surviving it. Of course the better approach is containing the darn thing at all costs.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:20:22

• Linux Gaming Performance With Radeon Vulkan NGG Culling • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153454 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:21:19

• 51,870 more #covid19 infections confirmed across #uk (real of complete numbers would be much higher), deaths up nearly 60% in the past week, and Tories want to reopen everything. At this point, do the opposite of what they tell us: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/06/22/lock-down-again/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:23:44

• This year Bush's and Trump's party celebrates 20 years of 9/11 (which they exploited to crush all civil liberties which were meaningful). Months later this repugnant party celebrates one years of #insurrection          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:27:28

• #billBC lacks any sense of shame, telling us that over 50k confirmed cases of #covid19 per day is now "OK" because "VACCINES". #bbc should be avoided. Vaccines can reduce death rates, but going "FULL BOLSONARO" in the #uk is suicide. Wait till autumn. Thousands dead per week.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:32:19

• #uk 2019: [B]ritain gets #covid19 2020: [B]rexit 2021: [B]olsonaro Can't wait to see what the [B]astards have planned for 2022. #SelfHarm          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:36:24

• From #Ikiwik to #Hugo https://current.workingdirectory.net/posts/2021/hugo/ #cms          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:37:40

• #Debian Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153455 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:46:09

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153456 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:46:24

• #Games: Vintage Story, Clunky Hero, Oxygen Not Included, Jupiter Hell • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153457 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:48:27

• #HowTo Add Fonts In #Fedora Linux - OSTechNix ⚓ https://ostechnix.com/how-to-add-fonts-in-fedora-linux/ ䷉ #OSTechNix #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:58:28

• "In this video, I am going to show how to install Solus 4.3" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_nkj3bK_8k          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 16:59:18

• Drawing and Coloring | #Inkscape ⚓ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2021/07/drawing-and-coloring-inkscape.html ䷉ #UbuntuBuzz #GNU #Linux | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:00:17

• Yes. CEO. Too many managers are psychopaths. https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/financial-services-conduct-authority-removes-suspended-ceo-accused-of-looting-74050229-0134-4771-b12b-0af08fea2ffd          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:01:14

• "The CEO of Ubuntu Wealth Management has been suspended with immediate effect." https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/ubuntu-wealth-management-ceo-qhawe-sithole-placed-on-suspension-after-allegedly-taking-part-in-kwazulu-natal-looting-20210716          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:02:21

• #ibm + #redhat = creepy abuses of #humanRights https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/biometrics-drives-atm-emergence-edge-device see also http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:04:15

• Tray icons in #i3 https://major.io/2021/07/12/tray-icons-in-i3/ #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:05:58

• #ReproducibleBuilds (diffoscope): #diffoscope 178 released https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-178-released/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:06:57

• Don't give banks any biometrics! Your bank does NOT need biometric data. If they start requiring this for withdrawing cash from an ATM, go to the branch and ask for a real person to dispense cash. Give them extra work! No biometrics.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:08:46

• Fingerprints are NOT like passwords. You can change passwords. Well, technically you can change fingerprints, but it's kind of hard and quite gory. Yet worse, some people might want to sedate you and/or cut bodyparts of yours to 'hack' you.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:11:10

• "Here, IBM, have my arm, tattoo me with a number so I can withdraw cash..." http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:11:46

• #openSUSE #Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2021/28 http://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2021/07/opensuse-tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2021-28/ #suse #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:14:36

• #InfluxData #openwashing won't work when they use #slack like #ibm does and AFAIK it's imposing this malicious #ProprietarySoftware on #redhat people as well https://popey.com/blog/2021/07/team-building-via-chess/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:16:57

• #Congatec chose #hardware with back doors, relying on public ignorance (many people don't know this or just ignore this) http://linuxgizmos.com/compact-tiger-lake-module-features-soldered-ram/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:18:47

• Oliver Propst: #GUADEC 2021 – What you need to know – And please don’t forget to register https://blogs.gnome.org/engagement/2021/07/16/guadec-2021-what-you-need-to-know-and-please-dont-forget-to-register/ "GUADEC 2021 is less than a week away!"          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:20:17

• #OpenText picked by airlines whose pilots sink planes into mountains https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lufthansa-groups-point-to-point-airline-eurowings-optimizes-flight-operations-with-opentext-301331936.html #Eurowings #germanwings          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:34:19

• I cannot get over Valve’s aggressive pricing for the Steam Deck http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30294         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:37:56

• What's the Biggest Software Package by Lines of Code? https://interestingengineering.com/whats-the-biggest-software-package-by-lines-of-code "Better programs don't mean more code"          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:41:20

• People die, rich people get a lot richer https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/moderna-join-p-500-shares-214904493.html also see older: https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/bill-gates-investments-covid/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:45:06

• Thanks to Pry Minister Bolsonaro Johnson #UK now accounts for over 10% of the world's new known #covid19 cases. UK has less than 1% of the world's population.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:48:48

• #Security Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153458 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:49:41

• In #peru , with population half the size of the #uk , 194,845 died with #covid19 and some people still insist that this virus, which rapidly mutates, is hardly worse than a seasonal flu http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/06/22/lock-down-again/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:54:45

• Lawyers see APIs (application programming interfaces) as a lawsuit opportunity https://www.kempitlaw.com/why-are-apis-so-important/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:58:43

• Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down. https://hechingerreport.org/kids-are-failing-algebra-the-solution-slow-down/ #algebra          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 17:59:44

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153459 #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 18:00:11

• #corporateMedia in service of Bolsonaro Johnson (the #UK PM) wants us to think that case/death ratio is OK now for #covid19 as if COVID kills people a day after they contract it. With like a quarter million cases in a week we'll know in 2-3 weeks how many of them will survive. Today's deaths are of people who got it when we had 50k cases a week, not 50k a day.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 18:53:52

• #OSI is so defunct that months later it's still unable to run an election https://opensource.org/election-update2 see http://techrights.org/2021/03/21/leaderless-osi/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 18:55:33

• CEO in #southAfrica https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/ceo-suspended-for-looting-appliances-booze-in-durban-537b0798-d136-4331-978d-33ed61a7377c          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 18:56:06

• This tarnishes the "UBUNTU" brand https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/looting-ceo-qhawe-sithole-released-on-bail-says-ubuntu-wealth-coo-450cf8ae-56f6-4d12-974f-b1c2511bea02          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 18:56:34

• "Woke" PR with Wake Tech ⚓ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-nurture-local-tech-talent-through-collaboration-wake-tech ䷉ #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 18:58:54

• ALib adds Fallback Spread Adjustments, new interpolation and #Ubuntu 20.04 https://www.bobsguide.com/2021/07/16/alib-adds-fallback-spread-adjustments-new-interpolation-and-ubuntu-20-04/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 19:03:02

• Steam Deck - The future of Linux gaming has never looked brighter http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30296         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 19:06:19

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153460 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 19:14:28

• Software: ALib, #i3 , #Inkscape , and Pasta • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153461 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 19:21:02

• #GNOME and #KDE : GUADEC, KDE Tips and Tricks for System Tray, Kdenlive • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153462 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 19:21:43

• #SUSE / #OpenSUSE and #RedHat / #IBM • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153463 #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 19:52:42

• #Programming Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153464 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 20:05:24

• Links 16/7/2021: OSI Post Mortem • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/16/osi-post-mortem/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/16/osi-post-mortem/         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 20:09:23

• Today’s 🅣🅤🅧 🅜🅐🅒🅗🅘🅝🅔🅢 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153465 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 20:09:36

• #ZDNet as a News Source is a Hoax http://techrights.org/2021/07/16/zdnet-hoax/ #propaganda #microsoft #marketing #deception         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:14:55

• More background about #zdnet in http://techrights.org/wiki/ZDNet#2021          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:16:24

• What Ever Happened to #IBM ’s Watson? - The New York Times ⚓ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/technology/what-ever-happened-to-ibms-watson.html ䷉ #nytimes on the old prick having products named after him by racist IBM: http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:19:20

• "For 18 months the email system has been down - migration from Notes but nobody in IT can put pieces of new system together. Lacking this would drive employees out. I guess the old days of PROFS would have been better." #ibm https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bRkEDDm          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:20:23

• "You are fooling yourself if you think #RedHat will stay independent. AK just started the consolidation of his power and the blue-washing of Red Hat has just accelerated big time. #IBM always destroys the company it acquires." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bQRXzeV          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:21:15

• "Just announced internally at IBM... Miro Novakovic (Instana CEO) is leaving #IBM ..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bQkoXxE          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:22:05

• " #IBM is returning to its roots. No, not mainframe - further back. It is getting back into meat slicing. Shaving some here, some there, then the whole thing will be sliced in half." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bQAvosn#replies          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:22:41

• "I keep hearing about big layoffs because #ibm took $3b charge but the ground reality is that so many people are leaving/retiring that IBM has a tough time finding a replacement. They cannot even get college grads from decent colleges" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bQ7sczV          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:23:20

• "I know Bluetab is not a large company (I think they have under 1k employees total) but I wouldn't put it past #IBM to use this as another reason for more cuts. If I'm not mistaken, every other acquisition was followed by layoffs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bQopHdZ          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:24:12

• First in a Decade | Tom's Hardware ⚓ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/libre-soc-releases-first-non-ibm-openpower-chip-in-decade ䷉ #tomshardware on irrelevant #ibm          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:25:02

• Be Cautious on #IBM Stock Until After Whitehurst’s Resignation Shakes Out | InvestorPlace ⚓ https://investorplace.com/2021/07/be-cautious-on-ibm-stock-until-after-whitehursts-resignation-shakes-out/ ䷉ #investorplace | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:25:39

• The last decent CEO that #ibm had https://forms.workday.com/en-us/other/ibm-digital-acceleration/form.html ䷉ |          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:27:20

• " #IBM Cloud is the worst in the market, it is dead company .Stay away from them" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bPGM4Ca#replies          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:28:03

• Today we examine how #ZDNet covers “Linux” and what that should tell people who wrongly assume ZDNet is a legitimate news source • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/16/zdnet-hoax/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/16/zdnet-hoax/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:30:33

• #IBM and #Microsoft buy companies not because of a powerful position but a lack of long-term strategy          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:40:53

• #ZDNet and its sister site continue to promote the lies about #Microsoft http://techrights.org/2021/07/16/zdnet-hoax/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:42:26

• Bruce Byfield continues to troll the FSF          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:43:25

• Router board features WiFi 6 and five GbE ports ⚓ http://linuxgizmos.com/router-board-features-wifi-6-and-five-gbe-ports/ ䷉ #LinuxGizmos #Hardware #Devices #GNU #Linux | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:47:21

• #RaspberryPi add-on enables 120fps 3D sensing via an IR laser • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153466 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:48:10

• Linux Plumbers Conference: VFIO/IOMMU/PCI Microconference Accepted into 2021 Linux Plumbers Conference https://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/blog/2021/index.php/2021/07/16/vfio-iommu-pci-microconference-accepted-into-2021-linux-plumbers-conference/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:50:37

• #LinuxFoundation promoting Windows-only things https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=O3DE-Linux-Editor-Progress          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:52:54

• #Felix Häcker: Introducing “This Week in GNOME” • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153467 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:55:45

• Love your Sakura games? There's a new Humble Bundle with 16 games included | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/07/love-your-sakura-games-theres-a-new-humble-bundle-with-16-games-included ䷉ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:57:02

• "At #Mozilla, we believe part of making the internet we want is celebrating the best of the internet, and that can be as simple as sharing a tweet that made us pause in our feed" (well, #twitter is a threat to the #internet actually) https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/top-shelf-olivia-rodrigo-july-12/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:58:58

• #wlroots in KWinFT • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153468 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 21:59:33

• "Here’s your weekly Fedora report. Read what happened this week and what’s coming up." #fedora has been almost dead since #ibm shot #centos https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fridays-fedora-facts-2021-28/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:00:30

• Conflating popularity with how widely used a a thing something is. Is COVID-19 the most popular pandemic? https://fossbytes.com/windows-still-the-leading-os-for-software-development-followed-by-linux/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:03:54

• Build Your Own #RaspberryPi Clown Server with #Nextcloud ⚓ https://www.makeuseof.com/raspberry-pi-nextcloud/ ䷉ #makeuseof | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/16/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:04:37

• Can someone please enlighten me? What does this have to do with #mozilla and/or #firefox ? https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/top-shelf-olivia-rodrigo-july-12/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:07:08

• #ibm isn't killing #redhat but committing suicide and Red Hat relies on IBM for its blood supply.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:08:03

• #Fedora and IBM/Red Hat Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153469 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:08:19

• I like the current #Debian Project Leader, who is based in #SouthAfrica BTW, because he keeps a low profile/status, he keeps relatively quiet, and by doing so he has been a lot better than his predecessors. #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:09:39

• #SUSE #openSUSE #Podcast #Tumbleweed https://cubiclenate.com/2021/07/16/noodlings-30-packing-up-the-vintage/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:12:08

• Olympic games: we distribute alcohol to winners, but we ban fine athletes for smoking the 'wrong' plant          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:13:45

• I wish "media of occupation" was more of a thing; this term, I think, accurately describes some of the sp-called 'news' sites of #microsoft (among others)          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:14:50

• Why does #linuxhint push #Discord which is #linux -hostile #proprietarySoftware nearly owned by #microsoft ? Sometimes you wonder what people think "Linux" means...          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:16:37

• Steam Deck website Easter egg pokes fun at the "SteamPal" leak http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30297         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:23:50

• #TechRadar = clickbait and #microsoft vapourware http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30298          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:25:54

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153470 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:26:41

• http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30300         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:30:49

• What is Valve Proton? The Steam Deck’s live-or-die Linux software, explained http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30300          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:31:10

• FUD sites led or preceded by Microsoft operatives elsewhere are still trying to blame on "Linux" something that is actually proprietary software and GPL violation (against Linux) https://threatpost.com/linux-variant-of-hellokitty-ransomware-targets-vmware-esxi-servers/167883/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:33:27

• As LF pays #ZDNet for #propaganda we now have SJVN promoting the #racist #LinuxFoundation , pretending that it's the very opposite of what it really is http://techrights.org/2021/07/16/zdnet-hoax/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:35:25

• Linux Foundation, With Zero African-American Employees (in a Country Where 13.4% Identify as African-American), Boasts About Its “Support for the Black Community” • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/06/14/linux-foundation-with-zero-african-american-employees-in-a-country-where-13-4-identify-as-african-american-boasts-about-its-support-for-the-black-community/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/06/14/linux-foundation-with-zero-african-american-employees-in-a-country-where-13-4-identify-as-african-american-boasts-about-its-support-for-the-black-community/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:36:59

• People From Half a Dozen Countries May be Banned From Participating in the Linux Foundation Because It’s Outsourcing Many Projects to Microsoft/GitHub • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2019/07/28/linux-foundation-microsoft-outsourcing/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2019/07/28/linux-foundation-microsoft-outsourcing/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:37:36

• #LinuxFoundation : deep inside we love you when we bomb you          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:38:30

• #boycottzdnet http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:38:59

• #zdnet = #defamation 'R Us http://techrights.org/2020/09/10/sjvn-senior-moment/ #boycottzdnet          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:40:33

• #techrights would love to see leaked documents signed between #zdnet / #techrepublic (same company) and #LinuxFoundation because such documents (or invoices) certainly exist. #corruption #collusion          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:41:52

• #LinuxFoundation : we sell the hard work of volunteers (community) to aggressive #monopolies and profit in the process (profit from code that's not ours) http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Foundation          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:43:39

• The #LinuxFoundation Has Helped VMware Lie About Its Deliberate GPL Violations That are Connected to Microsoft, Another Prolific GPL Violator • тє¢няιﻭнтѕ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/04/28/openwashing-vmware-after-gpl-abuses/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/04/28/openwashing-vmware-after-gpl-abuses/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:45:58

• Boomers be like... https://www.maketecheasier.com/deal/neewer-ring-light-kit/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:48:03

• #valve #drm is bad for #softwareFreedom but if Valve delivers #games to #gnu #linux instead of #windows it's a step in the right direction because it helps introduce some games to freedom-respecting software          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:49:30

• After doing lots of #EPO #propaganda Max Walters decides to 'upset' his masters a little https://www.managingip.com/article/b1sq3fhj22c496/opinion-epo-complaints-procedure-in-need-of-shake-up see http://techrights.org/2021/05/27/managing-perceptions-ip/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:53:13

• More #surveillance by so-called 'phones' https://bgr.com/tech/phones-with-selfie-cameras-behind-the-screen-could-be-coming-soon/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:55:31

• #merkel being psychopathic when it comes to #patents https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-merkel-may-have-little-time-rebuild-indispensable-relationship-2021-07-15/ also turned a blind eye to #epo #crimes in #germany http://techrights.org/2021/04/16/bundestagate-part-20/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 22:57:38

• Bloomberg (oligarchy) continues its tradition of #patent maximalists by hiring Bultman; #lobbying in "news" clothing https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/patent-office-policies-drive-interest-in-old-litigation-playbook          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:01:05

• " #Volpara has recently been granted another patent by the European Patent Office," but so many European Patents are nowadays invalid, say insiders https://www.itnonline.com/content/volpara-health-grows-its-patent-collection          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:02:39

• How many of these #Volpara patents are not actually valid but granted nonetheless for the wrong reasons? https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/volpara-health-grows-patent-collection-with-recently-granted-european-protection-of-image-quantification-301334482.html          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:03:40

• When courts become like for-profit businesses or companies instead of places for judging https://www.law360.com/articles/1400052/wdtx-now-has-25-of-all-us-patent-cases          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:04:59

• #EPO 'court' chickens out of stopping illegal PEO practices http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/07/16/case-g1-21-eba-gives-no-clarity-about-videoconferencing/ see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:07:25

• Breaking EPO News in G 1/21 - Video injured but apparently has not killed the in-person oral proceedings star https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=2222b389-7460-47e7-8524-afd69ebf700c #epo = #crime normalised http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:09:06

• This is a catastrophe for #epo legitimacy; the courts approve crimes https://www.managingip.com/article/b1sqlyc87kt59d/breaking-epo-backs-mandatory-vico-only-in-emergencies see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:10:22

• #Microsoft Propaganda and FUD • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153471 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:10:33

• No, it has confirmed that #EPO courts are in fact corrupt https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/g-1-21-epo-confirms-video-conferencing-compatible-with-epc/ see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:11:31

• EPO celebrates crimes in its official site (on a Friday, when fewer people will notice or have time to respond https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210716.html see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:12:47

• #germany became a den of high-level #corruption in the middle of #europe and #epo helps demonstrate this          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:13:25

• Courts in #europe are not functioning. To make matters worse, those who ensure those courts are not functioning bride the media to go along with the #whitewash          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:15:33

• "There is a press release on the BoA web site indicating that the decision is that oral proceedings may be held by video conference without the approval of the parties in a time of emergency." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/07/vico-oral-proceedings-on-legality-of.html?showComment=1626435165545#c5690673165690403808          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:17:35

• #EPO management: if we say there is an "emergency" (criteria unknown), then we can break the law, commit crimes, violate constitutions. This is not the #europe I knew. http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:18:28

• Team UPC still at it. More fake UPC 'news' from their propaganda mill; the UPC faces many legal and constitutional barriers https://www.managingip.com/article/b1sq8dkdvmxl3q/this-week-in-ip-inhouse-revive-upc-plans-munich-gets-new-patent-chamber-ukipo-launches-renewal-service          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:20:39

• More evidence that today's #EPO is run for and by criminals; even the courts are captured by the criminals. https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1091730/g-121-epo-oral-proceedings-by-videoconference-enlarged-board-rejects-further-objections-of-suspected-partiality          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:23:28

• As #EPO is technically above the #law there's nobody left to stop these endless crimes. Time to abolish the entire thing. It's just organised crime at this stage, complete with control over the courts. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=cac879cb-f98d-41ab-bc8f-37a3b3eab06f          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:26:06

• António Campinos is the chief criminal and in a normal society he would have been detained and prosecuted by now. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Ant%C3%B3nio_Campinos          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:27:15

• Today the #EPO merely confirmed that crimes and #corruption are the norm. And moreover that extends to the courts. This is how they managed to justify #swpats that crush #freesw and #programming at large. http://techrights.org/wiki/EPO          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:35:15

• #swpats in #europe have only been made possible by #epo #corruption yet I see nobody in the #freesw community speaking about it, excerpt maybe @ffii @zoobab http://techrights.org/wiki/Software_Patents_in_Europe          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:36:25

• #techrights will be writing loads and loads about #epo this coming weekend. All we can do it meticulously and patiently expose the #corruption hoping that something will be done about it (by those with enforcement powers, diplomatic immunity notwithstanding). #europe is under attack. It'll get poorer, looted, and those who do the looting are outside the rule of law.          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:39:05

• #Fedora Magazine: Apps for daily needs part 1: web browsers https://fedoramagazine.org/apps-for-daily-needs-part-1-web-browsers/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:40:03

• Steam Deck: How Proton will make your Steam games shine on Valve’s handheld http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153420#comment-30302         ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:44:36

• When rich people control the media, the courts and all the major institution end up with monsters such as #wipo and #epo http://techrights.org/wiki/Software_Patents_in_Europe          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:50:55

• If this CEO worked for #EPO management he would not even be detained https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/ceo-suspended-for-looting-appliances-booze-in-durban-537b0798-d136-4331-978d-33ed61a7377c          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:52:10

• It's not controversial to say that most very rich people aren't there at 'the top' because of hard work or accomplishment but because of connections, mischief, or both. Look at who runs the EPO. It's Crime Inc. http://techrights.org/wiki/EPO          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:54:05

• Another #3dprinter https://www.the-diy-life.com/voxelab-proxima-6-0-sla-3d-printer-unboxing-and-review/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:54:43

• "Appreciated Over 630,000% in 9 Years" = smells like a #scam https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2021/07/bitcoin-whale-moves-btc-after-it-appreciated-over-630000-in-9-years/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:56:50

• Gulag Summer of Work. #whitewashing #google while lowering salaries. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jobs-careers/8-amrita-vishwa-vidyapeetham-students-selected-for-google-summer-of-code-2021-282072          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:57:52

• #epo has not given judges any independence since almost a decade ago. This means that the #law is determined by pawns in empty suits, serving #oligarchy and crushing the #law http://techrights.org/2021/05/22/the-missing-boa-signatures/          ☞

posted Friday, July 16, 2021 at 23:59:57

• #mozilla is not a tech company anymore and #firefox is just a "second" browser of #alphabet #google (to help give illusion of choice) https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/top-shelf-olivia-rodrigo-july-12/          ☞

posted Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 00:01:15

• Legit concern: "If you’re in favor of running (and keeping running) old hardware on environmental grounds, then it’s worth thinking about what a cutoff point might be for energy use." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006920.html          ☞

posted Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 00:02:40

• "I think you aren't considering the embodied energy spent in manufacturing electronics. It is usually way higher than the energy spent in usage."          ☞

posted Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 00:03:23

• "The embodied energy of the memory chip alone already exceeds the energy consumption of a laptop during its life expectancy of 3 years" https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006921.html https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/06/embodied-energy-of-digital-technology.html          ☞

posted Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 00:04:07

• "If you're running a datacenter or homelab, then the footprint of continued uptime could catch up to the manufacturing footprint quite easily; however, I think we should move away from the "scale everything to massive machines" approach in favor of simple software that can run on a near-vintage computer or highly-constrained environment." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006923.html          ☞

posted Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 00:04:59

• Almost no new articles from #techrights today (due to lack of time), but over 5000 page requests today... over gemini:// (784 unique addresses). Don't assume #geminiProtocol is a tiny niche anymore.          ☞

posted Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 00:06:53

• "A 486 running Linux is still perfectly capable of handling modern crypto for something low-bandwidth like IRC or Gemini. Hell, with a 32-bit MS-DOS binary containing modern cryptography, you could probably do Gemini just fine on the very first 32 bit x86 chip, an 80386SX." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006925.html          ☞

posted Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 00:07:36

• Some #techrights folks still run 486 machines.          ☞

posted Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 00:08:00

• Decentralized content creation and linking https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006922.html #internet #dweb #geminiprotocol          ☞

posted Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 00:08:59