Roy Schestowitz

• #cat #towel https://i.redd.it/xqo1m39lre371.jpg         

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:01:04

• "Debian has three different branches: (1) stable, (2) testing and (3) unstable. The unstable branch "Sid" is a rolling release distribution similar to something like Arch Linux. You get the latest and greatest packages, unlike the standard "stable" edition of Debian, which can have very old packages." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLI37fg6FyY          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:01:17

• Linux Changes Pipe Behavior After Breaking Problematic Android Apps On Recent Kernels - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Broke-Android-Apps-Pipe ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/31/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:01:30

• Linux 5.14 Drops Old DEC Alpha-Specific Binary Loader Used For x86 Binary Emulation - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Alpha-Specific-x86-Loader-Drop ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/31/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:01:41

• 7 Tips to Customize the Look of Your Linux Terminal ⚓ https://www.makeuseof.com/tips-customize-look-of-linux-terminal/ ䷉ #makeuseof | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/07/31/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:02:39

• #MySQL data types: Know the ones to use and how https://www.fosslinux.com/47403/mysql-data-types.htm #freesw #db          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:02:51

• Links 31/7/2021: #Kernel Additions and #LinuxMint 20.3 Release Date http://techrights.org/2021/07/31/linux-mint-20-3-release-date/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:03:45

• Using #FSR To Boost Any Game’s Framerate on #Linux https://boilingsteam.com/using-fsr-to-boost-any-games-framerate-on-linux/ #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:05:00

• New page: #Techrights Videos - July 2021 http://techrights.org/videos/index-July-2021.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:05:09

• #KDE : My Work on #Documentation (June/July) https://blogs.kde.org/2021/07/30/my-work-documentation-junejuly #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:06:22

• "there is still confusion about the role developers play in software security, and whether responsibility for it should rest solely on their shoulders." https://www.techradar.com/news/what-do-developers-want-and-need-from-secure-coding-training          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:06:33

• "This open source software toolkit will facilitate the creation and maintenance of open skills libraries for use across sectors including education, the workforce, government, and the military." https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/u-s-secretary-of-commerce-to-headline-open-skills-network-s-inaugural-skills-summit/article_9c78bb55-9e0d-50cf-9096-c0738f7a6160.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:07:48

• "Zulip for Education is a new open source team chat product used at university departments around the world, including MIT & University of California San Diego" https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/547258504/zulip-releases-teach-a-course-education-product          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:08:09

• Misuse of the brand "Linux" https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/news/news/linux-to-host-open-source-solution-to-aid-firefighter-safety-6667 see http://techrights.org/2021/07/27/ibm-openwashing/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:11:02

• "TheCUBE is a paid media partner for #RedHat Summit." In other words, #IBM pays this 'publishers' to become a puff pieces apparatus https://siliconangle.com/2021/07/27/here-are-5-insights-you-might-have-missed-from-red-hat-summit-2021-rhsummit/ #corruptMedia          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:11:21

• Big tech tries to derail #EU #HeyHi policy with ‘warnings’ from US think tank https://thenextweb.com/news/big-tech-tries-derail-eu-ai-policy-warning-us-think-tank          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:11:56

• #Spyware revelations are a crucial moment for Indian democracy https://www.ft.com/content/dd4de67a-b7c2-426c-9ed0-549be144763d          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:12:41

• Joint Open Letter: States Must Implement Moratorium on Surveillance Technology - PEN America ⚓ https://pen.org/states-must-implement-moratorium-on-surveillance-tech/ ䷉ #pen          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:15:33

• Did #zdnet realise that more people nowadays realise how corrupt it truly is? Does that explain why ZDNet writers now put the same "content" in sister sites and domains instead? http://techrights.org/wiki/ZDNet#2021          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:15:46

• #Security Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154019 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:21:38

• "I have a bias cause I decided to serve my thoughts exclusively on Gemini, however there are out there plenty of scripts that already convert from Markdown to Gemini/Text and most of them are very trivial to use." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/006971.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:23:39

• Top 50 HD #wallpaper packs for your GNU/Linux PC • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154018 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:25:34

• #Microsoft #Azure Stagnating http://techrights.org/2021/07/31/azure-stagnating/ #layoffs and embezzlement. #fraud #clownComputing          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:28:47

• Stock buybacks = legalised #THEFT at a GRAND scale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=227&v=hJcgv9MZcW4&feature=emb_logo          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:36:25

• A bunch of Establishment bankers presented as experts about the alternative to them https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/27/senate-banking-committee-presses-crypto-experts-on-systemic-risk-at-hearing.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:36:37

• #china is not even pretending... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-27/china-reins-in-bitcoin-cryptocurrencies-to-push-digital-yuan          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:36:56

• Which Linux Desktop Should You Use? #KDE vs. #GNOME • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154017 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:40:31

• Unlock the Chromecast with #Google TV bootloader to run #LineageOS or #Ubuntu (older models only) • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154016 #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:40:45

• #Deepin vs. #Ubuntu – which Linux distro is for you? • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154015 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:42:41

• Where to Learn Linux • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154014 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:42:54

• Over 1,500 (Known/Unorphaned) Gemini Capsules and Over 160,000 Page Requests in gemini.techrights.org During July • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/31/many-gemini-capsules/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/31/many-gemini-capsules/         ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 01:51:59

• #Today’s 🅣🅤🅧 🅜🅐🅒🅗🅘🅝🅔🅢 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154020 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:05:23

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154013 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:05:48

• #Kernel : Linux 5.14, Linux 5.15, #FWUPD 1.5.12 and More • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154012 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:18:22

• #4MLinux 37.0 Distro Released, Powered by Linux Kernel 5.10 LTS with Reiser4 Support • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154010 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:18:34

• 5 Popular #FreeSW Project Management Tools • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154011          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:18:47

• #LinuxMint 20.3 coming Christmas 2021 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154006 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:21:04

• First mentions of #AMD RDNA1 "Cyan Skillfish" iGPU for future Ryzen APUs appear in Linux code • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154007 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:21:28

• The 10 Best Websites to Run Linux in a Web Browser • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154008 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:23:00

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154009 #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:23:13

• [Meme] Mozilla Has Turned From Technical to Marketing • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/31/mozilla-marketing/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/31/mozilla-marketing/         ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:29:51

• "You’re welcome to believe that the 71.355 billion #Microsoft spent on stock buybacks since March of 2018 were made to benefit the shareholders too; but that’s for another day." http://techrights.org/2021/07/31/azure-stagnating/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:32:08

• #Techrights is expanding at gemini:// (Gemini space) and over 1,500 capsules are reported to have been found (less than 4 months ago it was about 1,000) • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/31/many-gemini-capsules/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/31/many-gemini-capsules/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:32:55

• Way back, long before #Mozilla and #Firefox got hijacked by politics (turning Mozilla into a #VPN reseller that lies about its stance on #privacy ), geeks were driving the company, not corporate lawyers and spying/marketing people http://techrights.org/2021/07/31/mozilla-marketing/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:33:27

• [Meme] When it Comes to Server Share, #Microsoft #Azure is Minuscule (But Faking It) • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/31/azure-failed/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/31/azure-failed/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:42:02

• Steve Jobs had a smart explanation for why good employees quit https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://www.businessinsider.de/karriere/arbeitsleben/steve-jobs-erklaert-was-chefs-falsch-machen-r3/&prev=search&pto=aue          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 02:46:40

• Don’t believe the lies told by #Microsoft 's charlatans and frauds; #Azure has been a total failure and that’s why there are #layoffs as well • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/31/azure-failed/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/31/azure-failed/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 03:06:09

• #Techrights Bulletin for Saturday, July 31, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 04:05:59

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

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 04:06:14

• #4MLinux 37.0 STABLE released. http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154010#comment-30427         ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 04:06:42

• ● [Old] ● #GreggTavares # ☞ Zip - How not to design a file format. https://games.greggman.com/game/zip-rant/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 07:46:10

• ● NEWS ● #KevQuirk ☞ What’s In A Font? Website Typography Best Practices https://kevq.uk/whats-in-a-font-researching-website-typography/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 07:46:26

• ● NEWS ● #Teleport #Databases #db ☞ Securing Access to Your #MongoDB Database https://goteleport.com/blog/securing-mongodb/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 07:47:31

• ● NEWS ● #BruceSchneier ☞ I Am Parting With My Crypto Library https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/07/i-am-parting-with-my-crypto-library.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 07:47:49

• ● NEWS ● #uniTennessee #Education ☞ Technical blogs worth reading https://web.eecs.utk.edu/~azh/blog/favblogs.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 07:48:24

• ● NEWS ● #JeffGeerling #Hardware ☞ #RaspberryPi OS now has SATA support built-in https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/raspberry-pi-os-now-has-sata-support-built          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 07:48:55

• ● NEWS ● #Vox #Health ☞ How much worse can the #coronavirus get? https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/22586816/next-coronavirus-variant-delta-covid-19          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 07:50:01

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #Health ☞ Will things ever return to normal? It doesn't look that way right now https://www.salon.com/2021/07/31/will-things-ever-return-to-normal-it-doesnt-look-that-way-right-now/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 07:50:20

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #SolarWinds [Attack] Reached 27 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, Justice Says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-31/solarwinds-hack-reached-27-u-s-attorneys-offices-justice-says          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 07:55:58

• ● NEWS ● #HTTPToolkit #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Apple #Safari isn't protecting the web, it's killing it https://httptoolkit.tech/blog/safari-is-killing-the-web/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 07:56:10

• ● NEWS ● #BozhidarBatsov #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Hasta la Vista #Gmail https://metaredux.com/posts/2021/07/31/hasta-la-vista-gmail.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:01:26

• ● NEWS ● #MichaelWest ☞ #Google dodges regulation, hits advertisers with “regulatory” charges: What’s the Scam? https://www.michaelwest.com.au/google-dodges-regulation-hits-advertisers-with-regulatory-charges-whats-the-scam/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:01:38

• ● NEWS ● #BruceSchneier #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Storing Encrypted Photos in Google’s Clown https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/07/storing-encrypted-photos-in-googles-cloud.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:01:54

• ● NEWS ● #DholeMoments #Canonicalization ☞ Canonicalization Attacks Against MACs and Signatures https://soatok.blog/2021/07/30/canonicalization-attacks-against-macs-and-signatures/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:03:05

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Kpop ’s fandom platforms are changing what it means to be an idol https://www.theverge.com/22589460/kpop-fan-cafe-weverse-universe-lysn-bts-idol-fandom-group          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:04:36

• ● NEWS ● #Vox #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Here’s how #police can get your data — even if you aren’t suspected of a crime https://www.vox.com/recode/22565926/police-law-enforcement-data-warrant          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:06:10

• ● NEWS ● #PatrickBreyer #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Pirate MEP: #EU Attack On Cash And Virtual Cash Results In Financial Paternalism https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/pirate-mep-eu-attack-on-cash-and-virtual-cash-results-in-financial-paternalism-2/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:06:20

• ● NEWS ● #ChristineDodrill #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #SocialControlMedia : A Psychic Cancer https://christine.website/blog/social-media-psychic-cancer-2021-07-29          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:06:38

• [Meme] Nobody and Nothing Harms #Europe ’s Reputation Like the #EPO Does http://techrights.org/2021/08/01/epo-bad-for-europe/ #patents #eu #corruption          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:10:01

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews #africa ☞ #Cameroon Says #BokoHaram Attacks Military, Seduces Civilians https://www.voanews.com/africa/cameroon-says-boko-haram-attacks-military-seduces-civilians          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:12:24

• ● NEWS ● #UnHerd ☞ Why #Islamism became #woke https://unherd.com/2021/07/why-islamism-became-woke/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:12:40

• ● NEWS ● #DeutscheWelle #Tigray #ethiopia ☞ Tigray: UN says 100,000 children could die from hunger https://www.dw.com/en/tigray-un-says-100000-children-could-die-from-hunger/a-58709448          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:12:52

• ● NEWS ● #ProvedenceMag #turkey ☞ #Erdogan , the #Diyanet , and its Field Office near DC https://providencemag.com/2021/07/turkey-erdogan-diyanet-field-office-near-dc/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:13:16

• ● NEWS ● #JNS ☞ The invisible victims of jihadi violence https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-invisible-victims-of-jihadi-violence/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:13:41

• ● NEWS ● #DefenceWeb #Taliban #afghanistan ☞ Taliban #assassinations of Afghan pilots ‘worrisome,’ US government watchdog says https://www.defenceweb.co.za/middle-east/middle-east-middle-east/taliban-assassinations-of-afghan-pilots-worrisome-us-government-watchdog-says/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:13:53

• ● NEWS ● #ModernDiplomacy #China #afghanistan ☞ The #Taliban seek cooperation with China? https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2021/07/30/the-taliban-seek-cooperation-with-china/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:14:54

• ● NEWS ● #PCWorld #California #Energy ☞ Why California isn’t banning gaming PCs (yet) https://www.pcworld.com/article/3627491/why-california-isnt-banning-gaming-pcs-yet.html "Power regulators were mostly looking for ways to rein in the power use of PCs in idle mode"          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:16:03

• ● NEWS ● #Newsweek #Nature #Wildlife #butterfly ☞ #Xerces Blue Butterfly Confirmed to Be First U.S. Insect to Go Extinct Due to Human Activity https://www.newsweek.com/xerces-blue-butterfly-confirmed-first-us-insect-go-extinct-due-human-activity-1614835          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:17:01

• ● NEWS ● #TheConversation #Nature #Wildlife ☞ Monarch #butterflies raised in captivity can still join the migration https://theconversation.com/monarch-butterflies-raised-in-captivity-can-still-join-the-migration-164025          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:17:29

• ● NEWS ● #MITTechnologyReview #Misinformation #Disinformation ☞ She exposed how #Facebook enabled global political manipulation. Now she's telling her story. https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/29/1030260/facebook-whistleblower-sophie-zhang-global-political-manipulation/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:18:11

• #socialcontrolmedia is a #Misinformation Mill! Do not get your data/info from Misinformation Mills, which 'curate' things in order to serve someone's agenda (hiding, promiting, banning). In fact, don't follow me in such sites, use my site's and Techrights' RSS feeds instead. See also http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/bill-gates-pays-twitter/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:20:41

• ● NEWS ● #RSF #Misinformation ☞ How dare #China , the worlds’ number one propagandist, accuse the #BBC of broadcasting “fake news"? https://rsf.org/en/news/how-dare-china-worlds-number-one-propagandist-accuse-bbc-broadcasting-fake-news          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:22:10

• ● NEWS ● #France24 #Misinformation ☞ This 'perfectly timed' photo of a protester in a Polo Ralph Lauren jacket is actually photoshopped https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20210730-debunked-perfectly-timed-photo-polo-ralph-lauren-london-police          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:22:33

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Misinformation ☞ The strange case of #WhatsApp and the child-kidnappers https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/07/30/the-strange-case-of-whatsapp-and-the-child-kidnappers          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:23:27

• 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 #IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 31, 2021 • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/01/irc-log-310721/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/01/irc-log-310721/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:43:38

• ● NEWS ● #UKRIIA #Censorship ☞ Dangerous Ideas: A Brief History of #Censorship in the West, from the Ancients to Fake News https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2021-08/review-you-cant-say          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:44:22

• ● NEWS ● #BariWeiss #Censorship ☞ Get Ready for the 'No-Buy' List https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/get-ready-for-the-no-buy-list          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:44:38

• ● NEWS ● #PJMedia #Censorship ☞ #PayPal and #ADL Team Up to Disrupt 'The Financial Pipelines' Supporting 'Hate and Bigotry' https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/07/26/paypal-teams-up-with-left-leaning-group-to-combat-hate-funding-n1464758          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:44:53

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #Russia ☞ Russia's 'Foreign Agent' Law Targets Journalists, Activists, Even Ordinary Citizens https://text.npr.org/1021804569          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:49:14

• ● NEWS ● #RSF ☞ #UK : Blogger #CraigMurray jailed for eight months over “jigsaw identification” https://rsf.org/en/news/uk-blogger-craig-murray-jailed-eight-months-over-jigsaw-identification          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:49:27

• ● NEWS ● #HindustanTimes #Taliban ☞ Photojournalist #DanishSiddiqui was executed by Taliban: Report https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-was-executed-by-taliban-report-101627583649814.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:50:04

• ● NEWS ● #BarnabasFund ☞ Christians in #Iraq #Kurdistan forced to abandon homes due to Turkish bombardment https://barnabasfund.org/en/news/christians-in-iraqi-kurdistan-forced-to-abandon-homes-due-to-turkish-bom/ #CivilRights          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:59:25

• ● NEWS ● #HindustanTimes ☞ Videos show #Taliban has no interest in peace in #Afghanistan https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/videos-show-taliban-has-no-interest-in-peace-in-afghanistan-101627626943691.html #CivilRights          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 08:59:51

• ● NEWS ● #IshSookun ☞ The #Tanzania ISP Association (TISPA) issues a statement & reminds everyone about the critical services of AFRINIC https://sysadmin-journal.com/the-tanzania-isp-association-tispa-issues-statement-about-afrinic/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:00:18

• ● NEWS ● #MexicoNewsDaily #Patents ☞ Mexicans judge the #USMCA trade deal’s first year a success https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/analysis/mexicans-judge-the-usmca-trade-deals-first-year-a-success/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:01:04

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ DISH & Sling Sue Pirate Sites For Circumventing Sports Stream DRM https://torrentfreak.com/dish-sling-sue-pirate-sites-for-circumventing-sports-stream-drm-210731/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:03:14

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #Tokyo #Olympics Opening Ceremony is The First Mainstream 8K Rip on Pirate Sites https://torrentfreak.com/tokyo-olympics-opening-ceremony-is-the-first-mainstream-8k-rip-on-pirate-sites-210731/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:03:33

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Pelosi Is Wrong – #Biden Has the Power to Cancel Student Debt, and He Should https://truthout.org/articles/pelosi-is-wrong-biden-has-the-power-to-cancel-student-debt-and-he-should/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:04:07

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ With Election Days Away, Bernie #Sanders Headlines Get-Out-the-Vote Rally for Nina Turner https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/31/election-days-away-bernie-sanders-headlines-get-out-vote-rally-nina-turner          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:05:31

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Energy ☞ Opinion | For First Time on Record, US #Renewables Generated More Electricity Than Either Coal or Nuclear in 2020 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/31/first-time-record-us-renewables-generated-more-electricity-either-coal-or-nuclear          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:06:35

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Eviction ☞ Bush, Pressley, and Omar Sleep Outside Capitol to Demand Extension of Eviction Moratorium https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/31/bush-pressley-and-omar-sleep-outside-capitol-demand-extension-eviction-moratorium          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:07:14

• "I want to make one or two points for you to ponder while I am in jail. This is the last post until about Christmas; we are not legally able to post anything while I am imprisoned." https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2021/08/keeping-freedom-alive/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:09:44

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews ☞ The Making of Two Political Prisoners: #DanielHale and #CraigMurray https://www.mintpressnews.com/making-two-political-prisoners-daniel-hale-craig-murray/278096/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:10:48

• So-called #blasphemy so-called #law in #pakistan https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/26/ahmadi-persecution-pakistan-blasphemy-islam truth as a "crime"... because "Truth Hurts"...          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:12:56

• #somalia https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/blast-hits-bus-carrying-soccer-team-somalias-kismayo-5-dead-police-2021-07-30/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:13:20

• #socialcontrolmedia https://boingboing.net/2021/07/31/how-dumb-social-media-rules-punished-me-for-a-lovecraftian-parody-of-billy-joel.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:13:44

• iophk: #splc is no longer the same institution as the one that used to use the same name          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:14:15

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Preventing an American #Pinochet https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/31/preventing-american-pinochet          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:18:44

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Haiti ☞ Opinion | US Policy Is Deeply Implicated in Haiti's Crisis https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/31/us-policy-deeply-implicated-haitis-crisis          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:20:05

• "Top German Court Says #Facebook Must Inform Users About Deleting Their Posts Or Suspending Their Account, Explain Why, And Allow Them To Respond" https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/106674258492561819          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:21:18

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Congress Goes on Vacation, Letting #Eviction Moratorium Expire Amid #DeltaVariant Surge https://truthout.org/articles/congress-goes-on-vacation-letting-eviction-moratorium-expire-amid-delta-surge/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:22:18

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #covid19 ☞ More Than 46,000 US Children Have Lost at Least One Parent to #COVID19 https://truthout.org/articles/more-than-46000-us-children-have-lost-at-least-one-parent-to-covid/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:23:06

• #Europe ’s second-largest institution, the #EPO , has caused severe harm/damage to Europe’s economy and reputation with its attacks on the courts and on justice itself http://techrights.org/2021/08/01/epo-bad-for-europe/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:24:16

• #section230 https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-tech-twitter-facebook-google-youtube-sec-230-common-carrier-11627656722 #wsj paywall          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:27:03

• Dictatorship of criminals https://www.axios.com/trump-voter-fraud-doj-pressure-42191546-f6b7-4e76-a833-274dca8e2f7a.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:27:18

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #trump #goldenDawnald #corruption ☞ Trump's #TaxReturns Must Be Handed Over to Congress, DOJ Says https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-tax-returns-must-be-handed-over-to-congress-doj-says/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:27:54

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154021 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:28:21

• "The #EU Commission wants to ban cash payments above 10,000 euros and anonymous payments with “virtual cash” (cryptocurrencies)." https://chaos.social/@echo_pbreyer/106676444597565340          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:30:11

• US #eviction as symptom of a crashed economy (with media in denial about) https://www.salon.com/2021/07/31/millions-face-eviction-as-congress-last-minute-effort-to-extend-moratorium-falls-short/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:30:29

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #covid19 ☞ Opinion | #Biden Has Abandoned His Covid Worker Safety Pledge https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/31/biden-has-abandoned-his-covid-worker-safety-pledge          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:31:07

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Glen Ford’s #Journalism Fought for #BlackLiberation and Against #Imperialism https://truthout.org/articles/glen-fords-journalism-fought-for-black-liberation-and-against-imperialism/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:32:50

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Georgia ☞ Black Residents in Coastal #Georgia Are Holding Polluters Accountable https://truthout.org/articles/black-residents-in-coastal-georgia-are-holding-polluters-accountable/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:33:13

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Our Leaders Can Save Lives With the Stroke of a Pen https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/31/our-leaders-can-save-lives-stroke-pen "The single action of a governor or president can reset people’s lives"          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:33:54

• #PCLinuxOS Updates http://www.tuxmachines.org/comment/reply/151867         ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 09:37:59

• #Microsoft Knows That When Shareholders Realise #Azure Has Failed the Whole Boat Will Sink • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/01/microsoft-server-lies/ ䷉ #Techrights #fraud #layoffs | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/01/microsoft-server-lies/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 10:02:00

• Pinnacle of 21st century capitalism: few people becoming millionaires or even billionaires for packing water and soil inside plastics, then selling that plastic for like 1-3 dollars apiece. "SUCCESS" !!          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 10:06:13

• Today in #Techrights • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154022 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 11:29:49

• First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 5.13 Is Now Available for Download • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154023 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 11:30:10

• The paranoia at #Microsoft is well justified; they’ve been lying to shareholders to inflate share prices and they don’t really deliver the goods, just false hopes and unfulfilled promises • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/01/microsoft-server-lies/ ䷉ #Techrights #azure #clownComputing #CookingTheBooks | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/01/microsoft-server-lies/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 11:43:30

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154024 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 11:44:19

• Fixing The Missing OBS Features On #ArchLinux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZjTXVKYm2Q #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 11:48:31

• "We find out that Ubuntu’s website isn’t accessible before you pass the warning about cookies." ttps://goinglinux.com/shownotes.html#glp411          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 11:49:10

• #ubuntu or #canonical still spies on you (it did not end with Amazon and Scopes) http://techrights.org/2021/02/15/cancel-canonical/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 11:50:16

• "I'm not sure how to best handle this issue, this is a bigger multifaceted issue than individuals can really take on their own. It's a societal problem. It's bigger than just people or small groups of them, it's something that affects us all" https://christine.website/blog/social-media-psychic-cancer-2021-07-29          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 11:58:00

• Links 1/8/2021: 4MLinux 37.0, IBM Fluff, and USMCA Update • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/01/4mlinux-37-0/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/01/4mlinux-37-0/         ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:14:05

• #ProprietarySoftware and Security Issues • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154025 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:14:34

• Today’s 🅣🅤🅧 🅜🅐🅒🅗🅘🅝🅔🅢 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154027 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:15:57

• Audiocasts/Shows: Missing OBS Features On Arch Linux, Going Linux, and GNU World Order • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154026 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:16:15

• Well, "Inventor Gilbert Hyatt" is actually a charlatan https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/pto-rules-not-subject-to-the-paperwork-6449063/ see http://techrights.org/2018/10/06/tax-evasion-and-patents/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:25:02

• Actually, to game the honour system, over time more people throw their names into #patent applications, lending to this false idea that #patents need loads of brain power https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/07/conception-joint-inventors.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:29:25

• I can haz #monopoly on #narcotics ? Yes, if lawyers can profit from it! https://www.lifesciencesipreview.com/news/brands-urged-to-cast-a-wide-net-for-cannabis-tms-wipr-tm-live-4480          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:30:31

• It has been hijacked by corporations and heterosexual (usually male) oligarchs in pursuit of #pinkwashing PR https://www.galvnews.com/opinion/editorials/article_6f0fb7a4-bfd3-5dd9-bd9d-351cf3db6350.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:32:21

• When #patent extremists dislike a decision it means it's making society better off https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/what-to-know-about-the-supreme-court-s-5238108/ https://www.iam-media.com/law-policy/arthrex-analysis-iprs-expensive-uspto-director-power          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:34:56

• Ewww.... Steve Brachmann at #watchtroll in an act of plutophilia... "Bezos and Branson (and Musk)" http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Watchtroll          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:36:43

• Oligarch worship will NEVER, under any circumstances, make you look honourable and rich. It'll just make you seem like a damn fool. #plutophilia #corporateMedia #reputationLaundering #perceptionManagement http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/bill-gates-pays-twitter/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:39:05

• Wow. Watchtroll (James Edwards) now says "The Patent Infringer Lobby" in reference to people who demand higher #patent quality or better compliance with the law. That's so gross on so many levels. Then again, typical #watchtroll http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Watchtroll          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:40:37

• #watchtroll also bemoans "Another Setback for Gil Hyatt in Suit Against USPTO". Look what scummy people that site is fronting for! http://techrights.org/2018/10/06/tax-evasion-and-patents/ also #iancu http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Andrei_Iancu          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:42:39

• "According to U.S. Courts and as reported by #IPLaw360 earlier today, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ( #CAFC ) Judge Kathleen #OMalley announced on July 27 that she will retire, leaving a vacancy on the court as of March 11, 2022." The #patent #cartel will try to shoehorn a mole as before (Rader, Michel etc): http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Federal_Circuit_%28CAFC%29          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:44:31

• #SouthAfrica now allows computer-generated fake 'inventions'. Yet ANOTHER crisis for South Africa... http://techrights.org/wiki/Software_Patents_in_South_Africa          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:46:53

• Watch #freenode in these graphs https://netsplit.de/networks/top10.php          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:49:09

• #Microsoft propagandist #IEEE unsurprisingly promoting #patent mythology https://spectrum.ieee.org/patent-power #patents #monopolies          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:52:31

• Oh! My! Lord! Amy Sandys has turned into a laughable copypasta parrot of EPO lies; she's literally helping to spread propaganda of criminals who hijacked the EPO!] https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/latest-news-on-ip-and-coronavirus-in-europe/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:54:57

• This is totally illegal, but #criminal behaviour, #courtstacking and overt #corruption don't seem to bother the #litigation 'industry' https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1096502/european-patent-office-further-extends-pilot-for-opposition-hearings-by-videoconference see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 12:57:06

• #Lutris 0.5.9 Beta Released With Epic Games Store Support, DXVK-NVAPI/DLSS, Gamescope • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154028 #TuxMachines #deletegithub #ProprietarySoftware          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:10:32

• "Whitney joins Robbie Martin to discuss the new wave of hype surrounding ‘Domestic Terrorism’, how the ‘War on Terror’ was merely a prelude to a larger domestic crackdown on political dissidents and the extreme measures taken in times of ‘Continuity of Government’" https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/08/press/media-roots-radio/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:12:19

• #murdoch media celebrates a travesty in #southafrica https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/patently-brilliant-ai-listed-as-inventor-for-first-time-mqj3s38mr https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/patently-brilliant-ai-listed-as-inventor-for-first-time/news-story/e04be5f5de22d3f443e432ffe158eb02 http://techrights.org/wiki/Software_Patents_in_South_Africa          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:14:54

• Is #China too muddying the water by mixing together totally different laws using a misnomer and propaganda term, "IP"? Or does it boil down to dishonest translations by litigation firms (opportunists looking for fights)? https://www.mondaq.com/china/trademark/1095604/china-ip-updates-july-2021          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:17:38

• Maybe inadvertently, Stephen Thaler has inadvertently exposed the total stupidity of today's #patent system https://www.innovationaus.com/can-a-patent-be-granted-to-a-machine/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:24:30

• More #patents on -- or related to -- #COVID19 basically mean more #monopolies rather than actual solutions https://www.prweb.com/releases/trippbio_receives_notice_of_allowance_from_the_u_s_patent_office_for_therapeutic_treatment_of_covid_19_infections/prweb18069370.htm          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:26:02

• "In 2006, Phoenix Services and Mark Fisher (collectively, Phoenix) acquired a company called Heat On-The-Fly and its patent to protect a purported proprietary #fracking process. Heat-On-The-Fly, and later Phoenix, sought to enforce the #patent against numerous parties" https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/federal-circuit-lacks-appellate-9770440/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:27:56

• "the number was still consistent with a general level of #patents opposed which is around 25% higher than the more or less uniform level which prevailed from 2011 to 2016" https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1089334/epo-oppositions-update Quality has fallen http://techrights.org/2021/03/25/epo-potential-improvements/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:29:50

• JUVE has been warped into an advertising board for #litigation firms but it's thinly covered as a news site, where even the "news" is marketing. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Juve          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:31:47

• EPO "mafia" misuses #EPO funds for #reputationlaundering purposes; this helps distract from the #crimes and buy loads of self-serving puff pieces. This does not bother the media, which becomes complicit in cover-up of all the crimes. http://www.exhibitoronline.com/news/article.asp?ID=21795          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:35:33

• Racist #ibm pretends to be ethical https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/stay-involved-with-call-for-code/ to sell more #proprietarySoftware e.g. http://techrights.org/2021/07/27/ibm-openwashing/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:39:35

• Racist #ibm (anti-blacks #eugenics company): "Join the Call for Code for Racial Justice community in Slack" ... yeah, join #proprietarySoftware #spyware ... for justice          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:41:53

• The Full Story (With References) of #IBM ’s Role in a Purge of Black People and Mixed-Race Couples • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/ibm-powered-purges/ ䷉ #Techrights #history #bigblue #whiteSupremacy | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/08/16/ibm-powered-purges/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:43:35

• Was #Microsoft Ever First in the Market? • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/01/microsoft-myths/ ䷉ #Techrights #history #revisionism #astroturfing | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/01/microsoft-myths/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 13:54:57

• They almost make it sound like cash is the problem https://weartv.com/news/local/deputies-man-robs-pace-publix-gets-away-with-cash          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:07:56

• LOL! #microsoft #propaganda site #VisualStudioMagazine has outsourced to #clownFlare and it is down.          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:10:00

• In many cases the #surveillance itself is the crime, but selective enforcement means that high-level criminals who conduct the spying don't get punished for it https://www.fastcompany.com/90659445/violent-crime-is-up-expanding-the-surveillance-state-is-not-the-solution          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:13:26

• #warontherocks cheering for the conversion of a beautiful island into imperialistic warzone which pollutes everything while protecting nobody (it becomes the target) https://warontherocks.com/2021/07/fully-fund-the-guam-defense-system/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:16:45

• 48 State AGs File Appeal In Antitrust Case Against Facebook ⚓ https://www.tampafp.com/48-state-ags-file-appeal-in-antitrust-case-against-facebook/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:17:24

• #apple and #google both get to spy on you and then relay the data they've collected to states. But Apple cultists insist this is WONDERFUL! https://www.macrumors.com/2021/07/28/google-maps-widget-support/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:18:41

• Feds’ demand for software standards could boost enterprise security | Network World ⚓ https://www.networkworld.com/article/3624394/feds-demand-for-software-standards-could-boost-enterprise-security.html get rid of #proprietarySoftware with its notorious #backdoors          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:19:29

• EDGE EDGE EDGE EDGE EDGE EDGE ... #buzzwords BS https://www.arcweb.com/blog/wago-debuting-their-new-edge-controller-edge-computer          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:21:07

• Meanwhile #pakistan releases the murderers https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/ruth-pearl-dead.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:23:52

• Newsletter 101 - July 2021 news | ReactOS Project ⚓ https://reactos.org/blogs/newsletter-101/ ䷉ #reactos still copying a "BURNING PLATFORM" http://techrights.org/2021/05/03/statcounter-may-2021/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:25:09

• #WSL and #WSL2 have been SUCH UTTER failures that: 1) #microsoft refuses to reveal how many use it. 2) key staff quit (no longer working on it) and 3) Microsoft pretends that the underlying issue is, HOW to install it. WSL IS AN ATTACK ON GNU/Linux. It MUST fail.          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:39:38

• Crooks and liars from #gartner infamously shills this truly awful product https://www.tomshardware.com/news/last-itanium-shipment as noted in http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gartner_Group #gartnergroup          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:42:00

• #microsoft as a company lies so much that you can quite safely invert its statements to say the exact opposite and very often you would be correct          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:43:33

• #LibreOffice 7.2 RC2 is available for testing • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154029 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:43:48

• Confronting the false belief that #Microsoft ever innovates anything of significance or is “first” in some market/s • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/01/microsoft-myths/ ䷉ #Techrights #azure #layoffs #revisionism | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/01/microsoft-myths/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:44:57

• LOL. #Microsoft #ZDNet managed to do an article entitled "Ransomware: These are the two most common ways hackers get inside your network" which mentions "RDP" all the time but never "WINDOWS". SO typical! http://techrights.org/2021/05/02/ransomware-task-force/ http://techrights.org/2021/07/19/microsoft-national-security/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:48:18

• Overlooked issue https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2021/aug/01/donating-hair-to-make-wigs-for-cancer-patients-2338494.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:48:55

• "As the largest developing country, China's air quality has always been a focus of research. Air pollution is formed by a complex set of mechanisms, and various factors have been demonstrated to have an impact on it, including meteorological conditions, socio‐demographic characteristics, built environment factors, etc." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-94159-8          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:50:51

• Disgusting to see all the #femmewashing of thieving billionaires through their wives. As if to condemn hoarding and grifting of "sexist" or something...          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:52:22

• Melinda Gates may not be sexist, but that does not mean she cannot be racist: http://techrights.org/2020/06/25/philanthropic-racism/ #whiteSupremacy #eugenics          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:53:57

• More #clowncomputing hype. As if servers in #games are a new thing. With #novell #netware we gamed over the network (or "CLOWNNNNN") back in the mid 90s https://yourstory.com/2021/07/how-the-power-of-the-cloud-will-evolve-the-gaming-/amp          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:55:13

• #zuckerberg : #facebook users are "dumb fucks". Also: #instagram users are "blind fucks..." https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/30/22587544/instagram-twitter-tiktok-accessibility-blind-low-vision see context: https://www.esquire.com/uk/latest-news/a19490586/mark-zuckerberg-called-people-who-handed-over-their-data-dumb-f/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:56:24

• Sandals Foundation. A foundation that does less harm than all those oligarchs' tax-evading 'foundations'... https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/observer-west/sandals-foundation-great-shape-inc-teach-the-teacher-programme-returns_227387          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:57:57

• #Germany knew its disaster warning system wasn’t good enough – why wasn’t it improved? https://www.thelocal.de/20210730/germany-knew-its-disaster-warning-system-wasnt-good-enough-why-wasnt-it-improved-2/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 14:59:04

• Contains #microsoft #malware https://www.itpro.co.uk/operating-systems/33629/a-complete-guide-to-raspberry-pi-os see http://techrights.org/2021/02/21/raspberry-pi-and-a-plan/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:00:16

• Judge any society by how it treats its most vulnerable... https://news.trust.org/item/20210730090015-7bysq          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:01:52

• #programming for kids https://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/code-for-fun-children-learn-engineering-through-camp-games/article_03f2d2be-5377-5548-a6ec-27287cb44103.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:05:01

• #zdnet sister site #techrepublic now does the same SPAMMING that ZDNet has long done. Under accounts like "TechRepublic Academy" they post referral spam and make that look like 'articles'. #corruptmedia #spam          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:06:52

• "Support during the isolation of the pandemic was crucial for everyone but especially so for members of the Genesis Club, struggling with serious mental health issues yet unable to access the physical location they had come to rely on." https://eu.worcestermag.com/story/lifestyle/2021/07/29/virtual-clubhouse-has-been-vital-addition-genesis-club/8068680002/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:08:40

• [Trigger warning] lots of awful files in a "BURNING platform" https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/755730/possible-malware-interfering-with-internet/ #windows #microsoft #backdoors          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:09:57

• Back in the days #LSE in #London habitually made headlines because of downtimes. That was when it ran on #microsoft #windows because Microsoft crooks paid them to fake a 'success story'. No stories (uneventful) since they moved to #gnu #linux ...          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:11:28

• "Google ranks you on searches." And maybe the problem is the Web, not your Web SITE. We need to replace the Web because it's insecure, bloated crap. That's not how it was originally designed. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/378198          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:13:33

• #USPS Gets Hit With Lawsuit Over Social Media Snooping - Reason.com ⚓ https://reason.com/2021/07/29/usps-gets-hit-with-lawsuit-over-social-media-snooping/ ䷉ #reason          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:14:34

• What #banksters do is vastly worse than #Robinhood , but they control the system and thus get away with all their thieving crimes https://fortune.com/2021/07/29/robinhood-has-become-a-cultural-moment-now-even-bankers-worry-its-ipo-will-be-a-meme-palooza/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:16:06

• #OrangeNazi insisted #climate change was not a thing... https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/07/29/deadly-tornado-drives-kirt-walker-family-farm-nationwide-ceo/7638217002/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:17:41

• #apple fans are coming again? https://www.macworld.com/article/351956/apple-august-2021-new-releases-ios-macos-watchos-tvos-beta-services-apple-tv-plus.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:18:15

• "The group earlier in the week had indicated it would be filing complaints against #Michigan lawmakers and yesterday made good on the claim. The CMD filed its complaints with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson." https://wbckfm.com/campaign-finance-complaint-filed-against-rep-matt-hall/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:20:11

• #USPTO should vastly expand #PTAB if it truly values #patent quality rather than patent maximalist extravaganza https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/supreme-court-assigns-pto-director-a-8651103/ #patents          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:23:26

• "In 2021 the company received four additional patents including one issued by European Patent Office (EPO)." Fails to note that European Patents aren't often legitimate (not anymore) because the law isn't being obeyed. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/07/29/2271478/0/en/Cavitation-Technologies-Inc-CVAT-Significantly-Expands-Patent-Portfolio.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:25:13

• Paid-for #marketing stunts disguised as "awards". Follow the money... https://www.managingip.com/article/b1swys0478h3x4/lmg-life-sciences-awards-north-america-2021-shortlist-revealed this is also a propaganda mill of people who commit crimes and need PR services in "news" clothing.          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:27:32

• Forming yet more #monopolies around #COVID19 instead of tackling the problem as a matter of priority https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/genscript-announces-notice-of-allowance-for-us-patent-application-for-sars-cov-2-surrogate-virus-neutralization-kit-301342824.html          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:29:27

• Does it really need a more bloated site with frameworks and poor compatibility with older browsers? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154030          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:32:06

• With #clownflare and #amazon AWS (also Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook) a lot of the time when the government MANDATES we access the government's sites they actually redirect all our connections/requests to some American companies that spy on us for rogue agencies and worse          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:41:34

• Well, #SDL or #SDL2 will need to #deleteGitHub to be taken seriously again. Now they're pushing #proprietarysoftware of #Microsoft , so it is, in effect, a trap for developers (by extension) https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=SDL-2.0.16-Coming          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:45:09

• FOSS Patents: #InterDigital 's hole-in-one in #UK court builds tremendous pressure on Lenovo (Motorola Mobility) to take global cellular SEP license pursuant to Unwired Planet ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/07/interdigitals-hole-in-one-in-uk-court.html ䷉ #fosspatents | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/08/01/#latest          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:49:10

• Of course the #litigation giants will just look the other way and not mention that the EPO's Boards of Appeal are rigged and stacked (guess in whose favour) https://www.mondaq.com/uk/healthcare/1096994/epo-decision-t-9620-does-this-raise-the-inventive-step-bar-for-medical-use-inventions see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:51:04

• There's no such thing as "European Invention Patent" but #EuropeanPatent and #EuropeanPatents are not particularly good anymore https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oriental-yuhongs-hdpe-products-obtain-european-invention-patent-301344933.html see http://techrights.org/2021/03/25/epo-potential-improvements/          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:53:15

• #SouthAfrica now allows computer-generated fake 'inventions'. http://techrights.org/wiki/Software_Patents_in_South_Africa the #propagandamill of #litigation companies cheers the day #patents can be lowered to the bottom of the barrel https://www.managingip.com/article/b1sx9mh1m35rd9/dabus-south-africa-issues-first-ever-patent-with-ai-inventor          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:55:18

• British government, likely in the pockets of the #litigation and #protectionism #cartel , misuses triple #propaganda terms like "intellectual property rights" (they are neither property nor rights, often not intellectual either) ttps://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/facts-and-figures-patents-trade-marks-and-designs-data-2020/facts-and-figures-patent-trade-mark-design-and-hearing-data-2020          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:57:46

• Use the Linux terminal to see what files are on your computer | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/21/8/linux-list-files ䷉ #FreeSW #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 15:59:02

• #debian dev: "Kids are on summer staycation. This is not sustainable." In #japan the birth rates are already very low. http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2021-Aug-1.html.en#2021-Aug-1-10:29:33          ☞

posted Sunday, August 01, 2021 at 16:03:16