Roy Schestowitz

• #Apple Doesn’t Accept The GPL, Or Do They?? - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=zIvjY-ZlM6M ䷉ #boycottApple          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:17:52

• SJVN boosting #microsoft #proprietarySoftware again. #zdnet is finished. #boycottZDNet http://techrights.org/wiki/ZDNet#2021          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:21:32

• #KaOS 2021.08 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154664 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:26:33

• "It's been over two years since The #KhronosGroup acknowledged they were working on safety critical #Vulkan and now finally the 1.0 release is approaching" https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Vulkan-SC-1.0-Coming          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:30:04

• Jamie McClelland: Anyone still using gitweb? • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154665          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:30:37

• #Intel Posts #Linux Patches Bringing Up #DisplayPort 2.0 - DG2 Alchemist To Support DP 2.0 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-DisplayPort-2.0-Linux          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:31:26

• "I've just released version 1.1.9 of #plocate . It adds support for the -e (--existing) option from #mlocate , since I needed it and it's nice to be complete." http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2021-08-18-22-25_plocate_1_1_9_released.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:34:13

• Why outsource a #GSoC blog to #Microsoft #proprietarysoftware when you already, as part of the project, use a self-hosted #GitLab instance? Mentors should explain to students that #GitHub is freedom's enemy. https://dnuka.github.io/gsoc21-final-report.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:38:26

• MATE 1.26 Desktop Released With Some Wayland Support http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154658#comment-30622         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:40:33

• Arch Linux-based Manjaro 21.1.0 'Pahvo' now available with GNOME, Xfce, and KDE Plasma http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154592#comment-30623         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:42:48

• Notice how #zdnet and other #microsoft boosters try to wrap lots of #linux things in the "Microsoft" blanket. This is gross distortion. http://techrights.org/2021/08/16/assimilation-attacks-against-linux/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:44:31

• "I didn’t give up or go away: two Calamares releases happened at the beginning of august, some KDE Frameworks MRs of mine landed, and then my family did get on a bicycle and see some of the countryside." https://euroquis.nl//blabla/2021/08/18/summer.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:47:27

• "Smart" phones = legalised #malware working against you. "AppFlash collects user data as you use your device." https://www.maketecheasier.com/what-is-appflash-android/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:48:45

• #Watchtroll blowhard Gene Quinn pretends that granting loads of #fakepatents and courts accepting INVALID #patents is somehow "strong". They invert the meaning of words, then use straw man "big tech" to make it SEEM like they're the "Good Guys"! ("Note to Congress: Resist Big Tech Pleas to Weaken Strong Patents in Light of Recent Losses")          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:52:56

• IAM is the latest to write utterly fake 'news' for Team UPC; they've not entered a mode/mindset of just publishing loads of false headlines, hoping this can magically lead to the outcome they want (violating constitutions). There should be regulation against such propaganda campaigns.          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:55:07

• #Kernel: Linux 5.13.12, Linux 5.10.60, Linux 5.4.142, and DisplayPort 2.0 • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154666 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 01:57:46

• Scanning "private" content https://lwn.net/Articles/865756/" It is thus no surprise that #privacy advocates are up in arms about an #Apple plan"          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 02:05:26

• "a #kernel regression that breaks a significant number of apps. This problem has just been fixed, but it makes a good example of why preventing regressions can be so hard and how the kernel project responds to them when they do happen." https://lwn.net/Articles/864947/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 02:06:54

• Incremental improvements in Linux Mint 20.2 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153156#comment-30624         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 02:10:07

• TIL "vaxhole" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ckezhiq          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 02:20:13

• #LWN: Kernel Development Articles and Jonathan Corbet’s Upcoming Linux Talk • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154667 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 02:20:27

• Videos/Shows: Apple vs GPL, FLOSS Weekly on LF, and a Look at CarbonUI • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154668 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 02:20:40

• Watch the latest comments here. Another #ibm bloodbath later today? https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ciVYkmn          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 02:21:43

• "I learned a lot about good products out there like AWS. It helped me understand where things are going and ironically how awful the #IBM products were." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cosRGIK          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 02:22:39

• Rumours about Thursday #IBM #layoffs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1covCJzJ          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 02:23:57

• Warning: Campaign of #Disinformation by #TeamUPC http://techrights.org/2021/08/18/team-upc-weaponised-lies/ #upc #unitarypatent #europe          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 02:45:09

• #Techrights Bulletin for Wednesday, August 18, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 04:05:42

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

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 04:05:52

• #Vaccination is Good, But the Current Vaccination Strategy (of Overwhelming Fear/Hysteria) Will Fail to Convince Sceptical People http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/ #uk #covid19          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 04:38:01

• [Older] #GNU #Linux is a Lot More Dominant Than You Were Led to Believe http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153926          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 04:44:24

• Uptime in #TuxMachines and Upcoming Relocation http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154670 #gnu #linux #freesw          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 05:10:17

• #ZorinOS 16 Released with Stunning New Look and Array of Updates • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154669 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 05:10:46

• All the above are patently false; yet these serve to show how desperate #TeamUPC has become; it’ll likely get even worse in days to come because they’re metaphorically gasping for air and hope that news from #Germany can be distorted to say something else, misleading everybody http://techrights.org/2021/08/18/team-upc-weaponised-lies/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 05:12:47

• Uptime in Tux Machines and Upcoming Relocation • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154670 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 05:13:52

• "The reason why the Taliban took over #Afghanistan so fast is that the government forces and #Taliban forces in each area had negotiated deals in advance. They had been negotiating for someday surrender for a year or so." https://stallman.org/archives/2021-may-aug.html#18_August_2021_(Negotiations)          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 05:43:50

• RMS: "Poor people and descendants of disprivileged groups are much more likely to die if they get Covid-19, but not for directly biological reasons. It is because social factors cause them to be less healthy and get worse medical care." https://stallman.org/archives/2021-may-aug.html#18_August_2021_(Poor_people_and_Covid-19)          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 05:44:37

• #vaccination is good, but the communication strategy is bad if not terribly awful (there’s misunderstanding of why some people reject this vaccine; calling them all “anti-vax[x]ers” is counter-productive and over-simplistic) http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 05:45:09

• I still think there's likely some indictment of the way (based on various things that have happened since; an indictment would explain those things) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html #billgates #epstein          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 05:50:17

• #IBM is "A dying company" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpQURng          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 05:55:01

• #IBM gave power to a known psychopath, already arrested at least twice by that time, because his mother had power over IBM http://techrights.org/2020/05/27/real-history-of-microsoft/ #billgates          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 05:56:48

• #TeamUPC Should be Taken to Court by Clients (for Misleading Them, Only for Personal Gain) http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/upc-lies-for-profit/ #UPC #UnitaryPatent #EPO #patents          ☞

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

• Flashback: #TeamUPC in 2014 Saying #UPC Would Start Next Year (2015) http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/wouter-pors-on-upc-2015/ #patents #europe #corruption          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:17:29

• Another Relocation Impending • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/server-relocation/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/19/server-relocation/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:31:29

• Would be nice to see some reverse engineering of google dot com (page source) to figure out what this SEEMINGLY simple #search page actually does to people who land on it, to be used rather than use it          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:34:09

• REMINDER: #duckduckgo is NOT alternative to what #google does to you. It's a lie and a #fraud http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/duckduckgo-in-2021/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:35:03

• Today in #Techrights • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154671 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:38:11

• #IAM is the latest to write utterly fake ‘news’ for #TeamUPC along with #KluwerPatentBlog ; this is part of a pattern that has lasted nearly a decade and they’re basically fronting for a cabal of self-serving #law firms http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/upc-lies-for-profit/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:39:12

• #WouterPors on #UPC http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/wouter-pors-on-upc-2015/ #twoBirds #BirdAndBird #Liars          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:39:50

• The datacentre of our server will change soon; expect some downtime (Gemini and #IPFS unaffected) • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/server-relocation/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/19/server-relocation/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:40:27

• Still, no RMS talks since May. I hope he's not giving up on that. https://stallman.org/talks.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:41:16

• "An open letter in support of Richard Matthew Stallman being reinstated by the Free Software Foundation" stopped updating about a month ago when it hit exactly 6,800 sigs. https://rms-support-letter.github.io/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:42:10

• #LiberaChat at 45,138 users when checked. Nowhere near where #freenode was... before Lee sabotaged the whole thing. #IRC will hopefully enjoy a mass resurgence soon -- as a more decentralised set of protocols with distributed databases. There's WORK UNDERWAY towards this. https://netsplit.de/networks/top100.php          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:44:26

• #KaOS Linux 2021.08 Released with Fresh New Look, KDE Gear 21.08 with Plasma Mobile Apps • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154672 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:44:44

• First time I see US national #debt decreasing a bit. Trillions spent destroying nations like #afghanistan https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:47:01

• ● NEWS ● #Rachel ☞ Asking nicely for root command execution (and getting it) https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2021/08/17/pop/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:53:53

• ● NEWS ● #CVBJ #Distributions ☞ #Google #FuchsiaOS is already a reality and the Google Nest Hub begin to update to this software https://www.cvbj.biz/2021/08/18/google-fuchsia-os-is-already-a-reality-and-the-google-nest-hub-begin-to-update-to-this-software-technology/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:54:18

• ● NEWS ● #JeffGeerling #OpenHardware ☞ I made a custom ceiling mount for my camera https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2021/i-made-custom-ceiling-mount-my-camera          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:54:46

• ● NEWS ● #Medium #freesw ☞ Why You Should Care about Free Software... https://medium.com/codex/why-you-should-care-about-open-source-software-16b68953548c          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:55:10

• ● NEWS ● #Perl ☞ Perl & Raku: Best frenemies https://phoenixtrap.com/2021/08/17/perl-raku-best-frenemies/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:55:34

• ● NEWS ● #BitsOnDisk #Standards ☞ It's Time to Retire the CSV https://www.bitsondisk.com/writing/2021/retire-the-csv/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:55:57

• ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #fb ☞ #Instagram , #Facebook Remove Comments From Lizzo’s Account After Singer’s Tearful Video https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/lizzo-instagram-facebook-comments-1234999431/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:56:37

• Lots of COVIDiots around us, spreading the #covid19 virus near us (one of the hottest spots in England right now). Stop assuming that getting vaccinated means you cannot spread it. It is false.          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:58:16

• ● NEWS ● #ABC #Health ☞ Why People Who Brush Still Get Cavities https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-people-who-brush-still-get-cavities/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:58:34

• ● NEWS ● #NBC #Health ☞ This deadly 'kissing bug' has been mostly ignored. It shouldn't be, this author says. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/deadly-kissing-bug-mostly-ignored-shouldnt-author-says-rcna1678          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 06:58:45

• ● NEWS ● #Newsweek #ProprietarySoftware ☞ T-Mobile [Cracked] for 5th Time in 4 Years in Latest Breach; Nearly 50 Million Affected https://www.newsweek.com/t-mobile-hacked-5th-time-4-years-latest-breach-nearly-50-million-affected-1620710          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 07:00:22

• Where we are, in a 7-day period, about 1% of the population tested positive for #covid19 :/ ... worst in #manchester ... and going outside you'd soon see why. People stopped wearing masks, acting as though all is normal http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 07:02:19

• ● NEWS ● #NBC #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Proof of vaccination in a tap? Smartphone developers want to make it that easy https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/proof-vaccination-tap-smartphone-developers-want-make-easy-rcna1689          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 07:06:33

• ● NEWS ● #Vice #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Apple’s Double Agent https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqyz8/apples-double-agent          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 07:06:44

• ● NEWS ● #MichaelWest #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Digital Slaves: how Big Tech tracks us for profit https://www.michaelwest.com.au/digital-slaves-how-big-tech-tracks-us-for-profit/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 07:06:56

• ● NEWS ● #Reuters #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ Afghans scramble to delete digital history, evade #biometrics https://www.reuters.com/article/afghanistan-tech-conflict/afghans-scramble-to-delete-digital-history-evade-biometrics-idINL8N2PO1FH          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 07:07:17

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ No need to swap data for drinks, says privacy body https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58230932          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 07:07:30

• ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ [buzzword] gets a machine learning boost, from [buzzword] to [buzzword] https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/iot-gets-a-machine-learning-boost-from-edge-to-cloud/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 07:08:37

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #RCN Faces Yet Another Piracy Lawsuit, Now With a Site Blocking Demand https://torrentfreak.com/rcn-faces-yet-another-piracy-lawsuit-now-with-a-site-blocking-demand-210818/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 07:09:05

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #Telegram Copyright Lawsuits Pressure Messenger To Install Anti-Piracy System https://torrentfreak.com/telegram-copyright-lawsuits-pressure-messenger-to-install-anti-piracy-system-210818/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 07:09:15

• ● NEWS ● #Orac #science ☞ Quoth an “integrative” functional medicine doc: “I’m not a quack, I’m an early adopter” https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/08/18/quoth-an-integrative-functional-medicine-doc-im-not-a-quack-im-an-early-adopter/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:11:22

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews #Afghanistan ☞ Freezing Afghanistan’s Wealth: US Scrambles to Hit Hard with “Soft” Power https://www.mintpressnews.com/afghanistan-sanctions-us-scrambles-to-hit-hard-with-soft-power/278255/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:11:50

• ● NEWS ● #Shadowproof ☞ Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Who’ By Georgia English https://shadowproof.com/2021/08/18/protest-song-week-who-georgia-english/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:12:33

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Climate ☞ Where Best to Ride Out the Climate Apocalypse? The Billionaires’ Bunker Fantasies Go Mainstream https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/where-best-to-ride-out-the-climate-apocalypse-the-billionaires-bunker-fantasies-go-mainstream/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:12:51

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ An #Afghanistan Apportionment https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/an-afghanistan-apportionment/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:14:28

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Afghanistan ☞ The Choice Facing Afghans: Do a Deal With the Taliban or Flee https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/the-choice-facing-afghans-do-a-deal-with-the-taliban-or-flee/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:14:54

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ How LGBTQ+ Content is Censored Under the Guise of "Sexually Explicit" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/how-lgbtq-content-censored-under-guise-sexually-explicit          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:16:08

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist ☞ Why #Mozambique invited foreign troops to fight its jihadists https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2021/08/12/why-mozambique-invited-foreign-troops-to-fight-its-jihadists          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:17:58

• ● NEWS ● #TheTelegraphUK #Afghanistan ☞ #Taliban kill protesters who tried to raise Afghan flag https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/08/18/taliban-militants-shoot-protestors-across-afghanistan/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:19:55

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Afghanistan ☞ Outside the wire https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/19/20961811/taliban-afghanistan-radio-in-a-box-djs-news-war-us-army          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:20:32

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews #Afghanistan ☞ #Taliban Violently Disperse Protest After Vowing No Retribution https://www.voanews.com/us-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal/taliban-violently-disperse-protest-after-vowing-no-retribution          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:21:20

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Afghanistan ☞ #CNN reporter in Afghanistan: 'No way' civilians can get past #Taliban https://thehill.com/homenews/media/568379-cnn-reporter-in-afghanistan-no-way-civilians-can-get-past-taliban          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:21:46

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Afghanistan ☞ What is #Sharia law? What does it mean for women in Afghanistan? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-27307249          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:22:12

• ● NEWS ● #NBC #Politics ☞ The #Taliban wants the world to think they've changed. But have they? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/taliban-wants-world-think-they-ve-changed-have-they-n1276947          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:25:07

• ● NEWS ● #Joinup #Politics ☞ #Denmark [has] begun working on a guide on the use of open source within the public sector https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/national-working-group-open-source-denmark          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:25:22

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #Politics ☞ #MikeLindell lashes out as cyber expert demands $5M reward for debunking #election data https://www.salon.com/2021/08/18/mike-lindell-lashes-out-as-cyber-expert-demands-5m-reward-for-debunking-election-data/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:25:47

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Politics ☞ Serbian president dares #Twitter to delete his account https://thehill.com/policy/technology/568388-serbia-president-dares-twitter-to-delete-his-account          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:28:07

• ● NEWS ● #NBC #Politics ☞ Serbian president challenges #Twitter : ‘Delete my account!’ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/serbian-president-challenges-twitter-delete-account-rcna1699          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:28:26

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Misinformation ☞ #Algeria : The forest fires that led to an artist's lynching https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-58260855          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:29:40

• ● NEWS ● #BusinessInsider #China #Apple #Censorship ☞ A new report is accusing Apple's engraving service of censoring political phrases in its China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan stores https://www.insider.com/apples-engraving-service-censoring-political-phrases-china-hong-kong-taiwan-2021-8 next up: China scans your files with Apple http://techrights.org/2021/08/10/apple-snitch/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:32:36

• ● NEWS ● #AppleInsider #Censorship ☞ #Apple applied list of terms censored in China to #Taiwan & #HongKong https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/223447 what next for PPC? Will China report users with "illegal" material about independence? http://techrights.org/2021/08/10/apple-snitch/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:36:44

• ● NEWS ● #CitizenLab #Censorship #CPC #CCP ☞ Engrave Danger: An Analysis of Apple Engraving #Censorship across Six Regions https://citizenlab.ca/2021/08/engrave-danger-an-analysis-of-apple-engraving-censorship-across-six-regions/ add or combine this with Apple's latest step: http://techrights.org/2021/08/10/apple-snitch/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:37:37

• ● NEWS ● #RTL #Censorship ☞ #Cambodian court jails union leader for two years over border comments https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1772143.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:39:01

• ● NEWS ● #NBC #CivilRights ☞ From pay to visibility, bosses have ways to get remote workers back https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/pay-visibility-bosses-have-ways-get-remote-workers-back-n1277115          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:43:14

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Meditations on Loving the Land https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/meditations-on-loving-the-land/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:43:53

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #spiked #astroturfing #deregulation ☞ Freedom of Speech According to the Gospel of #Koch https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/freedom-of-speech-according-to-the-gospel-of-koch/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:44:47

• Will Privacy Activist Max Schrems’ New Legal Action Against Facebook at EU’s Highest Court Prove to Be His Most Important Yet? - PIA VPN Blog ⚓ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/will-privacy-activist-max-schrems-new-legal-action-against-facebook-at-eus-highest-court-prove-to-be-his-most-important-yet/ he should take on #microsoft too: http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:46:44

• iophk: this needs to happen with "powerpoint" https://www.cracked.com/article_31021_google-has-been-avoiding-genericide-the-scariest-word-in-trademark-law.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:47:43

• ● NEWS ● #Site36 #Germany #de ☞ Germany: #Bavaria upgrades police aerial surveillance https://digit.site36.net/2021/08/18/germany-bavaria-upgrades-police-aerial-surveillance/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:49:38

• ● NEWS ● #Site36 #Germany ☞ Germany: Further step towards the introduction of „Cell Broadcast“ https://digit.site36.net/2021/08/18/germany-further-step-towards-the-introduction-of-cell-broadcast/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:49:52

• #surveillance #apple #SoCalledSmart #bloat #mawlare :(https://boingboing.net/2021/08/18/new-smartphone-has-more-ram-than-a-macbook.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:51:14

• "I've been taking some interest in the FSF as it relates to Linux. In particular, I've watched a few video interviews of Richard Stallman. I think he's right on many points, such as the idea that we're being tracked, and the chance for inclusion of backdoors in many software products" https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/general-10/richard-stallman-4175699322/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:52:08

• #ibm #redhat and #encryption ... https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/understanding-and-verifying-security-diffie-hellman-parameters Do you trust them? http://techrights.org/2021/01/30/fake-security/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:54:06

• iophs "misusing twitter in place of official channels of communication is an increasing problem now and being further normalized" #twitter #imperialism #censorship #sociacontrolmedia #mindcontrol e.g. http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/bill-gates-pays-twitter/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:58:18

• "Russian intelligence services worked with prominent ransomware gangs to compromise U.S. government and government-affiliated organizations, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Analyst1." http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/08/17/1117217#1167937)          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 09:59:15

• 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 #IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/irc-log-180821/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/19/irc-log-180821/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:00:14

• #MATE 1.26 Desktop Environment Released with Initial Wayland Support, Updated Apps • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154673 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:01:10

• "The US losing face in #Afghanistan, at the price of so many deaths, putting millions at risk, is no surprise for anyone who followed the releases of #WikiLeaks along the years." https://mamot.fr/@jz/106771475441442396          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:06:41

• "Julian #Assange, an innocent man and heroic truth-teller, has been sent back to his prison cell by a judge who considers his suffering and the risks to his life "arguable"." https://mastodon.online/@kavn/106763963210436810          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:07:53

• "With the Afghanistan 🇦🇫 debacle unfolding, I think this is an opportune time to watch this video. The Goal Is Endless War. Americans and the world should be asking: all that blood and treasure spent, what was actually achieved?" https://masto.1146.nohost.me/@lps/106773699030912663          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:08:44

• "RSS is not dead, but Google sure tries to make it so." https://toot.liw.fi/@liw/106770026129245882 #alphabet #gulag #surveillance (and #google also seems to be doing this to #mozilla which it partly controls)          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:09:48

• "Microsoft's slow changing of everything on github (which I am not using) from referencing "git" to "the #github command line tool." https://icosahedron.website/@Truck/106771394847305855 #microsoft #deletegithub #EmbraceExtendExtinguish http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_Github          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:11:00

• Jan Wildeboer used to boast about buying iPhones for him and his family. I hope he had stopped showing off that foolishness. https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/106776396384234685 #ibm #redhat          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:12:04

• "The Sacklers are a multigenerational family of drug dealers, descended from the pioneer of the benzo epidemic, whose family drug business, Purdue Pharma, jumpstarted the opioid epidemic with its drug Oxycontin. The epidemic's US body count is past 800,000." https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/106778334260950345          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:12:49

• "Many people have written to me "scolding me" because I did not say goodbye properly and that they were not expecting it, and it is true, I did not do it well. Saying "I'm leaving" in an audio that by the way was not about closing anything, was not the right thing to do." https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=es&u=https://masgnulinux.blog/2021/08/16/explicaciones/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:13:56

• "No reason to stay at IBM unless you like being mentally ra--d." #ibm #redhat #exodus #collapse https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpQURng#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:15:56

• #TMobile Breach Exposed SSN/DOB of 40M+ People https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/t-mobile-breach-exposed-ssn-dob-of-40m-people/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:16:19

• "I don’t like Joe Biden. I think his working class shtick is as phony as a street corner Rolex. He’s a liar." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/in-praise-of-joe-biden/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:17:27

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ #Texas Governor Greg Abbott Tests Positive for #Coronavirus After Banning Mask & #Vaccine Mandates https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/18/greg_abbott_texas_coronavirus          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:18:21

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Afghanistan ☞ “People Are Thirsty for Peace”: Afghans Wary of #Taliban as Group Vows to Uphold Rights https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/18/bilal_sarwary_afghanistan_taliban_united_states          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:18:47

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Long Overdue': #EPA Bans All Food Uses of #Neurotoxic #Pesticide #Chlorpyrifos https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/long-overdue-epa-bans-all-food-uses-neurotoxic-pesticide-chlorpyrifos          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:19:19

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Afghanistan ☞ Ex-Official Matthew Hoh, Who Resigned over Afghan War, Says U.S. Mistakes Helped #Taliban Gain Power https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/18/matthew_hoh_afghanistan_war          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:19:56

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Afghanistan ☞ Opinion | Decades of Disaster: Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/decades-disaster-biden-right-end-war-afghanistan          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:20:10

• ● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork #climate ☞ Hotter water leaves smaller and less mobile fish https://climatenewsnetwork.net/hotter-water-leaves-smaller-and-less-mobile-fish/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:20:57

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Education ☞ Stanley Aronowitz, Who Taught Us #Teaching Must Be Political, Has Passed https://truthout.org/articles/stanley-aronowitz-who-taught-us-teaching-must-be-political-has-passed/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:21:27

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Florida ☞ Reporter Gets Death Threats After #DeSantis Press Sec. Tweets Attacks Against Him https://truthout.org/articles/reporter-gets-death-threats-after-desantis-press-sec-tweets-attacks-against-him/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:22:25

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #DeSantis ☞ #Florida Moves Closer to Punishing Districts Defying DeSantis's Ban on Mask Rules https://truthout.org/articles/florida-moves-closer-to-punishing-districts-defying-desantiss-ban-on-mask-rules/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:22:36

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #TEXAS ☞ #TX School District Includes Masks in Dress Code to Sidestep Abbott's Mandate Ban https://truthout.org/articles/tx-school-district-includes-masks-in-dress-code-to-sidestep-abbotts-mandate-ban/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:24:12

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #TEXAS ☞ #TX Governor Gets Rare COVID Treatment While Banning Mask and Vaccine Mandates https://truthout.org/articles/tx-governor-gets-rare-covid-treatment-while-banning-mask-and-vaccine-mandates/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:24:24

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #bezos ☞ The #NLRB Says #Amazon Cheated in the #Bessemer Union Election. What Happens Next? https://truthout.org/articles/the-nlrb-says-amazon-cheated-in-the-bessemer-union-election-what-happens-next/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:25:02

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Taliban ☞ Progressive Caucus Urges US Diplomacy With Taliban https://truthout.org/articles/progressive-caucus-urges-us-diplomacy-with-taliban/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:25:36

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Taliban ☞ US Urged to Aid Afghan Journalists Seeking Safe Passage Amid Reports of Taliban Beatings https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/us-urged-aid-afghan-journalists-seeking-safe-passage-amid-reports-taliban-beatings          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:26:23

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Taliban ☞ Opinion | The Taliban Surrendered in 2001 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/taliban-surrendered-2001          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:26:35

• "Condemning U.S. military action in #Afghanistan as an abject and deadly failure" that benefited #Taliban https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/twenty-years-war-have-failed-progressive-caucus-urges-us-diplomacy-taliban          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:27:53

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Health ☞ Video Games, Once Demonized, More Regularly Utilized For Positive Health Benefits https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210818/10062947382/video-games-once-demonized-more-regularly-utilized-positive-health-benefits.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:28:16

• ...here we go again with #covid19 "version inflation" https://truthout.org/articles/lambda-variant-raises-dire-concerns-about-the-pandemics-future-trajectory/ very bad strategy: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:29:28

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Advocates Urge #Biden to Move Faster to Resettle Afghan #Refugees https://truthout.org/video/advocates-urge-biden-to-move-faster-to-resettle-afghan-refugees/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:29:53

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #covid19 ☞ I’m a #Louisiana Pediatric Surgeon Watching Kids Suffer From COVID. This Is Real. https://truthout.org/articles/im-a-pediatric-surgeon-in-louisiana-watching-kids-suffer-from-covid-its-real/ someone should tell #borisnaro too: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/07/20/mass-infection/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:30:58

• "if you work outdoors, then by all means get vaccinated. Given the known long-term harms of merely contracting the thing (or “long COVID”), it makes sense to never contract the thing at all, irrespective of vaccination." http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:31:41

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #covid19 ☞ Has Your #School Had a COVID Outbreak? Is Your District Following #CDC Guidelines? Help Us Report. https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/are-americas-schools-and-colleges-safe-are-students-actually-learning-help-us-find-out          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:32:06

• Very, very disappointing to see how many #gsoc projects/students outsource their blog and work to #microsoft #proprietarySoftware ATTACK ON FREE SOFTWARE. Their mentor and #google should teach them to #deletegithub rather than go there... http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_Github          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:34:18

• Any #gsoc project that is outsourcing to #github is, in some sense, harming #softwarefreedom and helping a company that attacks #freesw e.g. by encouraging mass #gplviolation http://techrights.org/2021/07/21/microsoft-plots-osi/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:35:40

• Apropos, #linuxfoundation has just SOLD another keynote slot to a company that VIOLATES the #GPL in... #LINUX (and this doesn't make sense until you realise LF doesn't care about Linux, only money) http://techrights.org/2020/04/28/openwashing-vmware-after-gpl-abuses/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:36:50

• I don't understand why #lxer now (well, an hour ago) helps #microsoftTim -- a #microsoft operative in 'reporter' clothing -- shill #proprietarySoftware and .NET ... I mean, news is not THAT slow, is it? Better to post nothing than to help those who attack us          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:38:51

• Download Only Audio in MP3 Format With youtube-dl [Quick Tip] ⚓ https://itsfoss.com/youtube-dl-audio-only/ the #freesw project that thugs at #microsoft nuked... until there was so much backlash and mass exodus (in protest)          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:40:13

• When you choose #microsoft #github for your code you are helping #racism http://techrights.org/2021/07/29/github-is-racism/ #deletegithub          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:41:02

• #github is part of the #microsoft strategy against #linux and #gnu / #gpl http://techrights.org/2020/08/27/outsourcing-linux-to-microsoft-github/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:43:40

• Sprinkling some pixie dust on #surveillance https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/8/data-literacy-5-best-practices #buzzwords #bigdata #redhat #ibm          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:45:19

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ Audit Confirms That a Program for Brain-Damaged Kids Arbitrarily Denied Claims and Overspent on Perks https://www.propublica.org/article/audit-confirms-that-a-program-for-brain-damaged-kids-arbitrarily-denied-claims-and-overspent-on-perks          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:46:47

• #Htop - An Interactive Process Viewer for Linux ⚓ https://www.tecmint.com/htop-linux-process-monitoring/ ䷉ #TecMint #FreeSW #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:47:40

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #theft #policestate ☞ #Massachusetts #Police Can Easily Seize Your Money. The DA of One County Makes It Nearly Impossible to Get It Back. https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-police-can-easily-seize-your-money.-the-da-of-one-county-makes-it-near-impossible-to-get-it-back.          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:51:13

• Even worse than #ibm #redhat refusing to render some of its 'Web' sites without #proprietarySoftware #javascript ... its sites crashing my browser (it wasn't like this until last year). Red Hat is going down the drain very fast. The skilled people are leaving... leaving behind them those unskilled and incapable of finding employment elsewhere.          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:52:47

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog ☞ How Politicians and Lobby Groups Tried — And Failed — To Co-opt Legitimate Concerns Over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods https://www.desmog.com/2021/08/18/low-traffic-neighbourhoods-politicians-lobby-groups/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:53:30

• I stand by the analogy I made yesterday: receiving a job offer from #ibm / #redhat right now is like being enlisted to join the Afghan Army and fight the Taliban... right now.          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:55:16

• Why does the editor of #lxer push #microsoft spam from #theregister ? News is now THAT slow. http://techrights.org/2021/02/28/the-register-microsoft-pr/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:56:46

• Git 2.33 Released with New Optional Merge Strategy Named ‘merge-ort’ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154581#comment-30625 quit referring to #github like #microsoft now owns #git         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 10:58:47

• "Speaking of the science, we already know being vaccinated does not prevent one from becoming a carrier and passing it on, it just significantly improves chances of survival especially among the elderly and other vulnerable groups with already-serious/underlying conditions." http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:01:50

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog ☞ Despite Rising COVID-19 Cases in Children, #Louisiana Parents Push Back Against the Governor’s Mask Mandate https://www.desmog.com/2021/08/18/covid-19-children-louisiana-mask-mandate-tpusa/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:02:14

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Court Orders Injunction Against #RomUniverse To Permanently Shut Down, Destroy #Nintendo ROMs https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210817/11120647378/court-orders-injunction-against-romuniverse-to-permanently-shut-down-destroy-nintendo-roms.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:03:38

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #California Regulators Say #TMobile Lied To Gain Sprint Merger Approval https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210817/07070947375/california-regulators-say-t-mobile-lied-to-gain-sprint-merger-approval.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:04:27

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Louisiana ☞ Army Corps Orders Environmental Review of Proposed Formosa #Plastics Plant in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ https://www.desmog.com/2021/08/18/army-corps-environmental-review-formosa-plastics-plant-louisiana-cancer-alley/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:06:26

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Devin Nunes' Deposition Goes Off The Rails, As He Keeps Suing (And Actually Gets A Minor Victory In One Suit) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210816/17572047373/devin-nunes-deposition-goes-off-rails-as-he-keeps-suing-actually-gets-minor-victory-one-suit.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:07:16

• "At the moment, at least here in the UK, our government is targeting youngsters and children to make the numbers look better and hide the loss of vaccination momentum, which is nevertheless increasingly evident." http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:08:31

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Appeals Court Says Iowa's #AgGag Law Is About 50 Percent Constitutional https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210815/14374147365/appeals-court-says-iowas-ag-gag-law-is-about-50-percent-constitutional.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:09:07

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Censorship ☞ Content Moderation Case Study: #BoingBoing Begins Disemvoweling The Trolls (2007) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210818/15321447384/content-moderation-case-study-boingboing-begins-disemvoweling-trolls-2007.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:10:41

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Lawmakers Demand Answers From #FDA on Timeline of #Covid19 #Vaccines for Kids Under 12 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/lawmakers-demand-answers-fda-timeline-covid-vaccines-kids-under-12          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:12:00

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #patent #patents #monopoly ☞ Opinion | #Profiteering From #Vaccine Inequity: A Crime Against Humanity? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/profiteering-vaccine-inequity-crime-against-humanity          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:12:24

• Their #proprietarySoftware is still crap, no matter whose "side" you are on https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210814/15490047360/judge-says-voting-machine-company-can-continue-to-sue-trumps-buddies-over-bogus-election-fraud-claims.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:13:25

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'The World Is Watching': Indigenous Critics of Line 3 Meet With UN Human Rights Expert https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/world-watching-indigenous-critics-line-3-meet-un-human-rights-expert          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:13:57

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #DeJoy ☞ 'A Big Win': #USPS Must Turn Over Docs About DeJoy's Potential Conflicts of Interest https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/big-win-usps-must-turn-over-docs-about-dejoys-potential-conflicts-interest          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:14:28

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Refugees ☞ Advocates Call on #Biden Admin to Move Faster on Resettling Afghan Refugees https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/18/afghan_refugee_resettlement_biden_admin          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:14:58

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ As #Covid19 Cases Rise, Global Task Force Lays Out How to Avert Future #Pandemics https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/covid-19-cases-rise-global-task-force-lays-out-how-avert-future-pandemics first solve the current one; we NOT EVEN NEAR!          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:15:36

• "I could just as well mention #patent #monopolies and ‘cartel’ pricing — a subject worth tackling separately so as to not muddy the water by mixing different issues (both legitimate, but economic arguments aren’t the same as safety)." http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:16:24

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #tx ☞ #Texas Supreme Court Says Dems Who Fled State to Block #VoterSuppression Package Can Be Arrested https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/texas-supreme-court-says-dems-who-fled-state-block-voter-suppression-package-can-be          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:17:37

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ For Stanley Aronowitz https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/for-stanley-aronowitz/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:18:13

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #NDA ☞ There's a Growing Backlash Against Tech's Infamous Secrecy. Why Now? https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210816/21520947374/theres-growing-backlash-against-techs-infamous-secrecy-why-now.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:18:44

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #GOP State Officials Take Step Toward Overseeing #Elections in Georgia's Heavily Democratic Fulton County https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/gop-state-officials-take-step-toward-overseeing-elections-georgias-heavily          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:19:20

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #IPCC ☞ Opinion | Dangerous Thinking: Carbon Capture Technology Won't Solve Our #Emissions Problems https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/dangerous-thinking-carbon-capture-technology-wont-solve-our-emissions-problems          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:19:45

• #LibreOffice 7.2 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154674 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:21:35

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154675 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:21:57

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Progressive Democrat Morgan Harper Launches Campaign Against Rep. Tim Ryan for #Ohio Senate Seat https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/progressive-democrat-morgan-harper-launches-campaign-against-rep-tim-ryan-ohio          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:23:42

• "Corporate democrat" isn't a useful term. It's like "moderate radical" as one word cancels the other.          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:24:29

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ How the #Pandemic Changed Young People’s Relationship to Substances https://www.thenation.com/article/society/how-the-pandemic-changed-young-peoples-relationships-to-substances/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:24:50

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #greed #patents #hoarding ☞ WHO Decries Vaccine Inequity as a 'Shame on All Humanity' as US Moves Ahead With Boosters https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/who-decries-vaccine-inequity-shame-all-humanity-us-moves-ahead-boosters          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:25:11

• "Working from home all the time is a privilege." #covid19 #coronavirus #uk http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:26:31

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ War, #Herbicides and Moral Disengagement https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/war-herbicides-and-moral-disengagement/ #warcrimes          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:27:05

• #US usage of chemical weapons in #vietnam isn't just a #warcime but a long-lasting war crime such as landmines, ensuring the deaths 1) of many civilians, indiscriminately and 2) for a long time to come (even after wartime). Where's accountability? All I see is #assange in prison for #wikileaks exposing the crimes.          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:28:51

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Documents of the Revolution: Unpublished Che Guevara Letters https://www.thenation.com/article/world/che-guevara-cuba-castro/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:29:09

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Disappearance of the Natural Death https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/the-disappearance-of-the-natural-death/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:30:26

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Afghanistan ☞ Cable Anchors on the Afghan Withdrawel https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/cable-anchors-on-the-afghan-withdrawel/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:30:53

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Climate ☞ #ClimateChange is a Public Health Emergency https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/climate-change-is-a-public-health-emergency-2/ #Environment          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:31:19

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The New Variant https://www.thenation.com/article/society/the-new-variant/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:32:17

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #afghanistan ☞ “There is No Military Solution.” Time to Get Real About It. https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/there-is-no-military-solution-time-to-get-real-about-it/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:32:50

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #Vietnam Redux https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/vietnam-redux/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:33:02

• As a matter of priority, the media should quit all the baseless fear-mongering, such as claiming people won’t be able to fly or find employment without getting vaccinated (as a fallback, testing exists)" http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:33:42

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Islamabad ☞ There Goes the Neighborhood: #Pakistan Is Uneasy Over the Taliban’s Return https://www.thenation.com/article/world/pakistan-taliban-victory-isi/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:34:08

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Why Many Veterans Terminate Their Souls https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/why-many-veterans-terminate-their-souls/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:34:22

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Climate ☞ #Yurok Youth Ask Secretary of Interior Deb #Haaland About State of North Coast Salmon, Climate Crisis https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/yurok-tribe-confronts-deb-haaland-over-climate-change-and-the-dire-state-of-north-coast-salmon/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:35:14

• "Before humans, animals existed without destroying the entire world." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/gnomes-and-chimps/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:35:49

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Texas ☞ Finding Loophole in Abbott's Mask Mandate Ban, Texas School Board Adds Face Coverings to Dress Code https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/finding-loophole-abbotts-mask-mandate-ban-texas-school-board-adds-face-coverings          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:36:38

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Afghanistan ☞ The #Taliban Take #Kabul https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/18/the-taliban-take-kabul/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:37:21

• #BananaPi BPI-M2S Amlogic A311D SBC comes with dual GbE, HDMI & MIPI interfaces • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154676 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:37:47

• 6 Best #FreeSW Replacements for ls • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154677 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:38:19

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Biden ☞ Dozens of Democrats to Biden: Revoke Permits for Line 3 Pipeline https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/dozens-democrats-biden-revoke-permits-line-3-pipeline          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:39:10

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ What Is College Really Worth? https://www.thenation.com/article/society/what-is-college-really-worth/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:41:14

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | Supplemental Security Income: Let's Strengthen It and Make History! https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/supplemental-security-income-lets-strengthen-it-and-make-history          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:41:40

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | From Soil to Society: A Systems Approach to Change https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/soil-society-systems-approach-change          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:41:55

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #culture ☞ Sandi Tan’s Magical Americana https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/sandi-tan-lurkers-review/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:42:12

• Links 19/8/2021: KaOS 2021.08 and a Look at CarbonUI • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/carbonui/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/19/carbonui/         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:58:38

• 9 #Firefox Addons to Protect Your Online Privacy - Make Tech Easier ⚓ https://www.maketecheasier.com/protect-privacy-in-firefox/ but don't be fooled; #mozilla does not value your #privacy http://techrights.org/2021/07/07/mozilla-data-stewardship-slant/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:00:36

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154682 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:00:56

• #BSDNow : " #OpenZFS snapshots, #OpenSUSE on Bastille, printing with netcat, new #opnsense 21.1.8 released, new #pfsense plus software available, and more." https://www.bsdnow.tv/416          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:04:12

• Reminder that #microsoft is still run by criminals https://www.theverge.com/22630319/microsoft-windows-11-default-browser-changes see also http://techrights.org/wiki/Bill_Gates_Deposition          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:05:35

• "Summer is here. Despite the current situation of the world, I hope you can still enjoy a bit of sunshine and the breezing air wherever you are." #mozilla #firefox https://blog.mozilla.org/sumo/2021/08/18/whats-up-with-sumo-august-2021/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:10:27

• Audiocasts/Show: The Linux Link Tech Show, BSDNow, and Bad Voltage • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154683 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:11:12

• "Issues around gender inequality and social injustices affect us all as a result of our interconnectedness as human beings - and are consequences of the decisions made by previous generations. This is the opinion of Oscar-winning and globally acclaimed, South African-born actress, Charlize Theron." https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/97/219121.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:11:55

• How can #redhat still publish this fluff when its leadership is racist #ibm ? https://opensource.com/open-organization/21/8/leadership-cultural-social-norms          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:25:50

• OTOH, I am happy that #redhat is promoting this today https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/mattermost-collaboration-platform so tell racist #ibm to stop imposing back door (Slack) on ALL staff and move to #freesw ...          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:27:28

• Short option parsing using getopt in C | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/21/8/short-option-parsing-c ䷉ #FreeSW #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:30:52

• #StartTLS in #LDAP " Firstyear’s blog-a-log ⚓ https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/html/2021/08/12/starttls_in_ldap.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:31:35

• #Mozilla: Rust, SUMO, and Privacy Advice for Firefox • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154684 #freesw #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:32:05

• More of this utterly misleading talking point now comes from #bristowUPC (link omitted) http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/upc-lies-for-profit/ #teamupc #unitarypatent #fakenews          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:34:16

• Realising that the #USPTO is still granting loads of fake #patents https://www.patentdocs.org/2021/08/teva-pharmaceuticals-intl-gmbh-v-eli-lilly-co-eli-lilly-co-v-teva-pharmaceuticals-intl-gmbh-and-teva.html #ptab #patent          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:35:58

• Automated translation from German: #BlackArch Linux: Distribution with security focus available in version 2021.09.01 https://marketresearchtelecast.com/blackarch-linux-distribution-with-security-focus-available-in-version-2021-09-01/133595/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:38:09

• Custom CPU/GPU Fan Curve Support For Some ASUS Laptops On Linux - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ASUS-WMI-Custom-Fan-Curves ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/08/19/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:38:54

• #Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19 )Treatment Guidelines https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:40:39

• #uk needs to sack the comms person http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/ given the nature of elections, it cannot also oust #borisnaro who encourages people to become maskless covidiots who fail to respect distancing         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:42:20

• The very inane premise that what matters here isn't the application/s you use but the underlying distro (most distros are largely the same, except wallpapers, default software etc.) https://analyticsindiamag.com/best-linux-distro-for-machine-learning/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:44:24

• DevC – Linus Torvalds “Nothing better than C” https://dwaves.de/2021/08/19/devc-linus-torvalds-nothing-better-than-c/ #LinusWasRight and he's besieged by #monopolies now: http://techrights.org/2020/08/31/linux-should-reject-github/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:45:45

• Yes, the most important decision you will ever make in your life is the choice of photograph that's on your desktop today... [sarcasm /] https://itsfoss.com/beautiful-ubuntu-wallpapers/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:47:26

• You can #boycottApple but at the same time hope it doesn't lose such dumb lawsuits over crap #patents https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/apple-must-face-apple-watch-patent-infringement-lawsuit-us-court/85001221          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:49:31

• The answer to this headline is a resounding "no!" (unless you turn to petty #patent offices that don't understand #patents and want more publicity/attention) https://www.skrine.com/insights/alerts/august-2021/can-artificial-intelligence-be-an-inventor-under-p #australia #southafrica http://techrights.org/wiki/Software_Patents_in_South_Africa          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:51:34

• "in theory yes, nano can replace vi and less, but in reality, it faults on large amount of data-files-streams" https://dwaves.de/2021/08/19/gnu-linux-what-to-do-if-there-is-no-vi-and-no-less-nano-can-do-both/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:52:59

• #intel keeps killing lots of overhyped companies (like #microsoft killed #hololens and then used it as a placeholder to justify government bailout from the Biden regime). Next to die: #microsoft and #intel https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/08/19/realsense-end-of-life-intel-is-phasing-out-its-realsense-3d-depth-cameras/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:57:59

• #intel is the other "i" which like #ibm is dying quite quickly http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:58:29

• #Kiwix returns in #Debian Bullseye • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154685 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 12:58:46

• #SDL2 Lands Long-Sought Geometry Render API - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=SDL2-Render-Geometry ䷉ #Phoronix #Games #Programming          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 13:00:46

• MATE 1.26 is out now with big changes like initial Wayland supporthttp://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154658#comment-30627         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 13:02:15

• #SparkyLinux 6.0 “Po Tolo” Released Based on Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀es.org/node/154679 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 13:04:51

• Proprietary Software and Security • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154678          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 13:05:16

• #LibreOffice 7.2 Community: Original and Phoronix http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154674#comment-30628         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:18:50

• Godot Engine - Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4 ⚓ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-3-4-beta-4 ䷉ #godotengine #deletegithub http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_Github          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:19:56

• Canonical and #DFI launch the first Ubuntu certified AMD-based #IndustrialPi | Ubuntu ⚓ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-and-dfi-launch-the-first-ubuntu-certified-amd-based-industrial-pi ䷉ #ubuntu | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/08/19/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:22:58

• #Ubuntu 21.10 Likely Sticking To The #GNOME40 Desktop - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-21.10-With-GNOME-40 ䷉ #Phoronix          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:24:24

• Sparky 6.0 “Po Tolo” http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154679#comment-30629         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:26:11

• #AMD To Optimize C3 Entry On #Linux By Finally Skipping The Cache Flush https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-Linux-Skip-C3-Cache-Flush          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:27:35

• Obscenely overpriced. #intel is irrelevant. https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/08/19/tiger-canyon-porcoolpine-fanless-tiger-lake-nuc/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:31:51

• A #geminiSpace gateway for #www is down. https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007023.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:33:44

• #Kernel: AMD, C Programming, and ASUS Laptops • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154686 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:35:49

• "implications of the decision in this recent contribution of mine entitled Linking and Copyright in the Shade of VG Bild-Kunst and available - for the time being - on SSRN. Later this year, it will be published by Common Market Law Review." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/not-yet-tired-of-linking-and-copyright.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:37:06

• "The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that the Boards of Appeal have revised some of their measures for the arrangement and conduct of oral proceedings" https://www.vorys.com/publications-2976.html Besieged courts http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:38:57

• Well, it is widely known (and proven) by now that the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the EPO is a rigged court ruled by criminals from the Office, not judges https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=8126da9e-ba84-43ac-820c-982072b1e11b see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:40:03

• Even a #propagandamill of #TeamUPC is dissenting now. The #lies went too far. https://www.managingip.com/article/b1t6l9vqz74wvt/opinion-upc-up-and-running-in-mid-2022-really see http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/upc-lies-for-profit/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:41:52

• #watchtroll has published "CAFC Dismisses USPTO’s Appeal on Expert Witness Fees in Hyatt II Based on Supreme Court NantKwest Analysis". Still propping up that bloody crackpot? http://techrights.org/2018/10/06/tax-evasion-and-patents/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:43:14

• #intel SPAM https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-arch-2021&num=1 Intel does not even like #linux ... see these LEAKS: http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:44:57

• #KaOS 2021.08 Ships http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154664#comment-30630         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:50:13

• Splitgate to remain in Open Beta 'for the foreseeable future', adds 2v2 Ranked mode | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/08/splitgate-to-remain-in-open-beta-for-the-foreseeable-future-adds-2v2-ranked-mode ䷉ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games 🐧          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:53:44

• #Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154687 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:55:48

• Best Kali Linux tools • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154688 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:56:13

• Upgrade Maui Apps in #Nitrux 1.5.1 https://nxos.org/tutorial/upgrade-maui-apps-in-nitrux-1-5-1/ #kde #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 14:58:21

• FOSS Patents: Munich I Regional Court's third #patent #litigation division commenced its operation on Monday, first administrative decisions are already known ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/08/munich-i-regional-courts-third-patent.html ䷉ @fosspatents on his county 'hoarding' litigation 'business' http://techrights.org/2021/04/16/bundestagate-part-20/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 15:23:18

• And yet another complete lie as a headline from "Law Society of Ireland Gazette". Link omitted but see "http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/upc-lies-for-profit/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 15:25:41

• This is older, but watch how they hijack feminism to promote #patent extremism, trying to broaden scope of patents because of something about "women" https://www.worldipreview.com/news/extend-patent-bar-to-design-practitioners-say-academics-21046 see http://techrights.org/2018/08/02/design-patents-legitimacy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 15:29:11

• If your #patent is fake, does it matter who's challenging it at all? Seems like excuses and evasive tactics... https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/patent/1103236/ptab-denies-patent-owner39s-last-minute-discovery-request also, "owner" isn't the right term          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 15:34:27

• Clouding #patents in the buzzword that's 'IP' simply distracts from what's really going on; those aren't properties at all https://ventureburn.com/2021/08/why-a-clear-intellectual-property-strategy-is-critical-to-securing-venture-capital-funding/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 15:36:27

• 2020: The Web is Becoming More Proprietary and Means for Accessing the Web Likewise (Now With DRM and With Limited - by Design - Compatibility) • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/09/10/microsoft-internet-explorer-gen2/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/09/10/microsoft-internet-explorer-gen2/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:20:15

• "I have just officially announced to the management that I am leaving #IBM . One of the happiest days of my life. I was ready to accept any job that pays even less than IBM, but ended up with a contract with more than double increase of total compensation." #layoffs #collapse https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ckVW91L#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:21:18

• "No, I speculate the executive greed will accelerate the death spiral." #ibm #layoffs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpQURng#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:21:56

• "I tried for 34 years with many different job roles from very technical to 'parrot'. Was never was able to adopt to its (corporate) mentality. Stayed for the physical convenience of a regular paycheck and left a year ago for mental peace." #ibm https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1c8ORcXd#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:22:46

• In reality, IBM doesn't know how to do real software development. In name of Agile and use of fancy tools, what comes out is low quality , unreliable garbage which requires ton of hardware to run that market doesn't want." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1coVwKBt#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:23:24

• " #IBM cares about developers that's why they get moved to other products." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1coVwKBt#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:23:39

• #ibm #layoffs ... it's HAPPENING now. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1covCJzJ#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:25:38

• "Heard 50% of Marketing will be RA'd today." #ibm https://www.thelayoff.com/t/184dZszC#replies RA = resource action, e.g. layoffs          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:26:36

• In #geminiSpace when one #www gateway goes down several come into existence (the second and third here are quite new) https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007024.html I love #geminiProtocol !          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:39:22

• There are now 1525 known #gemini capsules. A few months ago there were only 1000. #techrights is still listed as the largest one. Source: gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:44:14

• Data is in. As of moment ago... #nhs says 113 more people dead with #covid19 which makes it 10% increase in deaths this past week alone. #borisnaro has turned #uk into Petri dish, so defy his so-called 'freedom' decree http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/06/22/lock-down-again/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:50:35

• August last year was so much better in the #covid19 handling sense, even though restaurants were opened and people given 50$ discounts to go there http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/13/covid-19-augusts/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:51:45

• August last year, when we had 50% discounts to go places (with masks, of course) and nevertheless stadiums were shut (as they should STILL be) http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Eat-Out-Help-Out          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:53:10

• How to tackle #covid19 and maybe #climate issues (not to mention #overpopulation -- the unspeakable issue) at the same time http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:54:44

• "First of all, as I’ve repeatedly said, if you work outdoors, then by all means get vaccinated. Given the known long-term harms of merely contracting the thing (or “long COVID”), it makes sense to never contract the thing at all, irrespective of vaccination." http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 16:58:12

• "Which is why I get angry when I read about governments holding back vaccine doses for research, or refusing to waive licensing fees for poorer countries." #patent #patents #monopolies #greed #hoarding https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2021/08/on-inappropriate-reactions-to-.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:01:31

• "Write a Firefox extension that will replace the nonfree Javascript code of some useful web site (when that nonfree code is blocked by LibreJS). Please see our guidelines and suggestions." #mozilla #firefox though is no longer suitable for #freesw causes IMHO. https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:03:18

• "The UK government plans a massive shift to using hydrogen as a fuel in vehicles. The crucial issue is how to produce that hydrogen." The real solution is to REDUCE the number of vehicles. Same for EVs; where does the power come FROM? https://stallman.org/archives/2021-may-aug.html#18_August_2021_(Hydrogen_for_vehicles)          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:04:23

• #ibm #layoffs today https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cp1eEaZ          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:05:02

• #ibm layoffs as rumoured: "All who have commented so far are wrong. This layoff is so massive within marketing that execs are doing it in mass (not flm) and having large meetings to review the package. The execs give 0 Fs, because they are part of the layoff." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cp1eEaZ          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:05:41

• #ibm looted by management before the hip sinks. "It looks to me it exists for executives to feed as long as they can. In some form it may still be selling something in 5 years and beyond..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpQURng#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:06:58

• #ibm #redhat puff pieces with #cloudwashing and other clown buzzword salad https://www.wraltechwire.com/2021/08/18/ibms-red-hat-cloud-play-is-doing-fine-but-analyst-sees-bigger-challenges/          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:07:56

• A Postmodern Villain - #ExistentialComics https://existentialcomics.com/comic/392         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:13:36

• JUVE is NOT a news site anymore, it is a #marketing shill and watch what it does now; PURE SHILLING! https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/ip-nominees-for-juve-awards-2021-revealed/ it USED to be a real news site http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Juve          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:14:59

• MOAR #UPC lies this afternoon. To name and shame the liars from #MayerBrown , their names are "Christoph J. Crützen (Frankfurt am Main), Benjamin Beck (Frankfurt am Main), Maximilian Kücking (Frankfurt am Main) and Dr. Ulrich Worm (Frankfurt am Main)" (people who lie to your face because of their financial agenda)          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:17:12

• I remember SJVN saying years ago Microsoft might hire Rust devs. No need to hire. They already handed over all their work and even things like meeting minutes to #microsoft FREE OF CHARGE. They're like a volunteer workforce of evil empire. #deletegithub          ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:24:20

• #Devices Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154689 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:30:29

• #Ubuntu: On Ubuntu 21.10 and GNOME 40 Desktop, GHF51 and EC90A-GH • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154690 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:30:43

• #Games: SDL2, Godot Engine, Splitgate • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154691 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:30:55

• #ProprietarySoftware and #Security • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154692 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:31:41

• Today’s 🅣🅤🅧 🅜🅐🅒🅗🅘🅝🅔🅢 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154693 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:31:55

• Links 19/8/2021: LibreOffice 7.2 Community and Best in Kali Linux • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/libreoffice-7-2-community/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/19/libreoffice-7-2-community/         ☞

posted Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 17:34:13