Roy Schestowitz

• [Meme] Companies Don't Get to Define What They Are (We Need to Check and Verify) http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/defining-oneself-with-pr/ The fictional idea of "liberal" press and "liberal" tech companies... #deception #marketing #factChecking #ibm #microsoft          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:01:19

• Linux overview | Zorin OS 16 core - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=SqAISUFTYLg ䷉ #video #invidious          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:01:31

• Is #Proton an emulator? - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Budl40WgkA0 ䷉ #video #invidious          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:02:32

• Vote in the #Ubuntu 21.10 wallpaper competition https://ubuntu.com//blog/vote-in-the-ubuntu-21-10-wallpaper-competition          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:03:56

• #cat from MinceR （ΦωΦ） https://vid.pr0gramm.com/2021/07/19/45ad82c003be65f7.mp4          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:05:36

• #freesw ... when one site goes down and the source code is free, someone will clone it https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007027.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:07:08

• #ibm #layoffs "I think IBM (as well as many others) is banking on the short-term corporate memory to engage them again and again: where the C-suite is changing on a 12-18 months basis" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpDYTRw          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:07:26

• "OpenShift is not even an #IBM brand... it is a #RedHat brand, but that is OK because ... most customers don't want to touch #OpenShift . Why would they? When #Kubernetes is free!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpDYTRw          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:08:01

• " #IBM doesn't even use Watson for RAs lol - there was a retention patent they gloated a few years ago that will never be implemented. Its antiquated excel spreadsheets run by bean counters executed top down" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpmRROA          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:09:09

• "The people running IBM brand are even a joke now. TY’s team has gone to sh1t and they do nothing other than excerpt their arrogance." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpDYTRw          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:10:20

• #FSF Meeting every Friday: Help us update the Free Software Directory https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/meeting-every-friday-help-us-update-the-free-software-directory #gnu #irc          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:10:45

• Recent 'articles' about #unitarypatent or #upc aren't legal advice but an aggressive and ongoing #lobbying campaign against the law. If some practising firms are midled by this lobbying campaign, the #patent #litigation profiteers will profit from their own lies while undermining constitutions          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:17:28

• Imperialistic Blacklist Machines: Racist #IBM and #RedHat — Just Like Donald Trump — Have Turned #Fedora Into an Utterly Racist Project That Blacklists, Shuns and Permanently Bans People Based on Their Nationality Alone http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/ http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM #ibmboycottn          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:17:40

• "Is it possible that someone still believes that #IBM cares so much about employees that it gives red flags to prepare them for layoffs? " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cqi7ooS          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:24:47

• #layoffs at #IBM "It is something that everyone knows, one should be always ready, however, there are still people who are surprised by layoffs. Some people who got laid off told me that there were no indications at all that they could be cut." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cqi7ooS          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:25:51

• Days ago we were in the 'dirtiest' area in #manchester in terms of new #covid19 cases. Thankfully we're no longer painted as such (outlier), but it is still risky out there. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/interactive-map/cases          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:28:29

• "You have fun being fired with no package, no warning, and no recourse." #ibm #layofs #covid19 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ckezhiq#replies http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:29:32

• "At this point #IBM has only three working business units: Finance - make all the decisions even though they don't understand the business; Legal - says No to things because saying Yes could be risky for them; HR - protects the company from the employees and administers RAs' https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1c5TfOLE#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:30:29

• "Seriously, what does a people manager do? The ones I've seen have no technical ability and no clue of their employees day to day." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1c5TfOLE#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:31:16

• "If you are going to a competitor, don't tell them if you want to stay for the 2 weeks and get paid. Otherwise, they can let you go almost immediately without pay for those 2 weeks. Lesson learned!" #ibm #exodus https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpRivYC#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:32:02

• #ibm #layoffs "Expertise in sociopathy . Then the world of corporate cesspools are your oyster." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cobxvuh#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:33:00

• Today’s 🅣🅤🅧 🅜🅐🅒🅗🅘🅝🅔🅢 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154733 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:33:16

• 10 Things to Do After Installing elementary OS 6 “Odin” • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154732 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:33:30

• Links 20/8/2021: Reasons to Switch From Windows to GNU/Linux, Release of OpenSSH 8.7 • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/release-of-openssh-8-7/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/20/release-of-openssh-8-7/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:33:44

• #ibm #layoffs that LOUSY 'media' is NOT reporting on!! "Can confirm that 60% - 70% of U.S. marketing team laid off this week. Looks like a large consultancy is advising them on this." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/184dZszC#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:34:54

• " #IBM has a way of relentlessly refusing to utilize the true strength of their workforce. Reducing people to resources. What could go wrong. Disgusting virtue signalling evil top leadership." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpB00fq#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:36:07

• "you can slip a pro- #IBM c-level executive from one of the corrupt consultancies. In my view, this has worked well but i wonder if it will work once you have gone through the whole ecosystem and burned everything." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpDYTRw#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:37:45

• Remember that #novell was destroyed by a person from #ibm (Ron), who gave the company to #microsoft http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Ron_Hovsepian          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:38:29

• MATE Desktop 1.26 Released After 18 Month of Development http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154658#comment-30641 #gnu #linux #gnome          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:39:42

• #Games : Deflection, Chronicon, and Proton • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154726 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:39:58

• #openSUSE #Tumbleweed – Review of Weeks 2021/32 & 33 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154712#comment-30642 #suse #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:40:30

• #Ubuntu : The 21.10 Wallpaper Competition, Snap Usage Metrics, and More HowTos • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154727 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:41:14

• #OpenSSH 8.7 released • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154728 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:41:27

• "It’s sad to say this but #IBM has brought overt #racism to Free software, including #Fedora ." #redhat #intolerance http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:43:14

• #Proton 6.3-6 Adds Support for Blood of Steel, Guardians VR, and Many Other Games • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154736 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:46:21

• #FreeSoftware NOT as in `free speech,` NOR as in `free beer` • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154729 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:46:35

• Quick App Launcher #Ulauncher Has New Beta Release Which Fixes Crashes Due To #GTK4 Incompatibility, Improves Fuzzy Matching • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154735          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:46:52

• 8 Reasons to Switch from Windows to Linux • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154730 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:47:26

• #AMD : SEV-SNP, Free Software (or "Open-Source") Portal, and More Kernel Work • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154734 #GPL #Hardware #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:47:43

• #IBM is NOT (!!!) what it tells you to it is. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php?title=IBM          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:49:28

• In the age of ‘slush funds’-level PR (marketing budget set aside, or money that buys puff pieces in the cheap/corruptible media) ordinary people need to be careful and actually check if we're told the truth about the companies http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/defining-oneself-with-pr/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:49:55

• The ethnic-cleansing #IBM has brought overt #racism to Free software, showing that nothing has truly changed since its dark past with Nazi Germany (or the Nazi Party) as its second-largest client http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 01:51:01

• Don't get covid. Some people take it very hard. https://globalnews.ca/news/7688491/coronavirus-erection-covid-19/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 02:30:32

• "If you're a power IRC user or like to get indepth, Kiwi now uses the raw IRC protocol directly in the browser." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-200821.html#tAug%2020%2006:18:36          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 02:33:32

• "German Railway on strike" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-200821.html#tAug%2020%2010:34:07          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 02:34:18

• "the FSF maneuvered itself into a disaster" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-200821.html#tAug%2020%2023:59:24         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 02:35:48

• Yes or no? https://files.catbox.moe/66m6qr.png         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 03:25:28

• "IBM is in a very layoff-y mood. Not that the media bothered mentioning it; maybe it expects journalism to just be repetition of a bunch of press releases from #IBM rather than investigation of what many insiders say this week." http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 03:40:18

• Corporate #racism "lurking behind the curtain of corporate PR and creative story-telling. They paint themselves with rainbows while constantly reinforcing exclusion, bigotry, and privilege." http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 03:41:03

• "Those who fail to see how 'Big Tech' promotes racism may have been cheaply indoctrinated (brainwashed on the cheap with ‘slush funds’), mostly by manipulative deflection tactics. It helps distract from their own actions." http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 03:41:53

• GNOME's Magnifier Will Now Avoid Double Painting The Desktop https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNOME-Magnifier-Double-Paint #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 03:43:36

• Selling your personal data? For a discount? How much is #garmin spamming these sites to shill its gadgets? #surveillance https://www.maketecheasier.com/deal/garmin-instinct-outdoor-watch/ cautionary tale: https://news.trust.org/item/20210820080622-5wjww/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 03:46:12

• So-called 'hacking' https://www.accessnow.org/to-protect-human-rights-identify-and-disrupt-australias-hacking-bill/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 03:47:05

• #Proton 6.3-6 Released With More Games Running http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154736#comment-30643         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 03:52:03

• This is what #mozilla has turned into.. #facebook ... tweets... off-topic fluff https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/best-tweets-august-16-cybersecurity-facebook-data-onlyfans/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 03:53:32

• #MXLinux -21 Fluxbox beta 1 iso images for testing • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154737 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 03:57:56

• #Techrights Bulletin for Friday, August 20, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:05:58

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

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:06:08

• LIVE Distro Review: Manjaro 21.1 "Pahvo" (GNOME Edition) - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=seT5PsV-Ijc ䷉ #video #invidious #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:09:56

• " #Focalboard is released as an open-source project under MIT license." https://medevel.com/focalboard-os/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:14:02

• #RaspberryPi Display Driver Patches Updated For 4K@60Hz Support - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Raspberry-Pi-4K60-v7 ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/08/21/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:37:55

• Shame about the #rustlang ... awful framework that's controlled by #ProprietarySoftware #monopolies https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=SixtyFPS-0.1-Rust-Toolkit          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:40:14

• "But did you know that when using Firefox for Android, your finger is actually 6x7 millimeters large? Now you do!" https://overengineer.dev/blog/2021/08/20/webcompat-finger-radius.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:41:21

• Racist #Fedora Community Blog: Friday’s Racist Fedora Facts: 2021-33 https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fridays-fedora-facts-2021-33/ who did you BAN this time? http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/ #ibm #redhat          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:47:39

• ASUS N5105I-IM-A - A Jasper Lake mini-ITX motherboard with Celeron N5105 SoC - CNX Software ⚓ https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/08/20/asus-n5105i-im-a-a-jasper-lake-mini-itx-motherboard-with-celeron-n5105-soc/ back doors in these chips though...          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:49:56

• "A new testing/rolling line of Sparky 7 (next stable) is ready to upgrade. The next Sparky 7 code name is “Orion Belt”" https://sparkylinux.org/new-testing-line-of-sparky-7/ #sparkylinux #debian #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:50:50

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154738 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:51:29

• Best 12 #freesw #socialcontrolmedia management tools for Business ⚓ https://medevel.com/os-social-media-projects/ ䷉ #medevel | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/08/21/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:52:24

• "For the past 10 weeks, I have been working on implementing active resource management in #GNOME as a part of Google Summer of Code 2021." https://nishalkulkarni.tumblr.com/post/660059966501158912          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:54:59

• #ibm #layoffs "Layoffs (RAs) shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who is familiar with their team's financial performance. Admittedly, for those who work in internal functions, it might be more difficult to know if their execs aren't transparent." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cqi7ooS#replies         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:59:01

• Should we stop flying to our #freesoftware conferences? • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154739 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 04:59:21

• #SparkyLinux 6.0 is out and SparkyLinux 7.0 will follow. Very promising #gnu #linux distro from #poland with some decent following...          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 05:01:35

• #Devices /Embedded: ASUS, Raspberry Pi Display Driver, and Waterproof Machine • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154740 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 05:02:05

• PR disguised as 'article'? https://betanews.com/2021/08/20/kubuntu-focus-xe-linux-laptop-sale/ see http://techrights.org/2020/10/18/news-as-spam/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 05:05:05

• #SuperTuxKart Elite Training Arc + Racing With Viewers - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=iX0ANV9Y6i4 ䷉ #video #invidious #multimedia | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/08/21/#latest          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 05:07:29

• "As many people know, I collect stuffed animals." https://ariadne.space/2021/08/21/a-tail-of-two-bunnies/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 05:09:02

• "The only reason I know people somewhat miss #ibm is now easy the workload is. Let’s you work 10 hours a week." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpB00fq#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 05:20:43

• Way More Than A Week In #Tok • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154741 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #KDE         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 05:32:35

• "Latest years, Perl core teams positively try to implement Object-Oriented feature to Perl core. I hope my review helps a little." http://blogs.perl.org/users/yuki_kimoto/2021/08/objectpad-review-yuki-kimotos-2021-08-21---constructor-argument.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 05:43:58

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge ☞ Epic wants #Fortnite to be the last game standing — so it’s stealing ideas https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/20/22633239/epic-fortnite-impostors-among-us-stole-idea          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:33:02

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Games ☞ Computer Space and beyond: 50 years of gaming https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58281812          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:33:11

• ● NEWS ● #HaikuOS #Haiku #beos ☞ 20 Years of Haiku https://www.haiku-os.org/news/2021-08-18_20_years_of_haiku/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:33:32

• ● NEWS ● #OpenSSH ☞ Announce: OpenSSH 8.7 released https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/2021-August/039543.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:34:01

• This week in #KDE: some cool new stuff! • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154742 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:35:52

• ● NEWS ● #DennisYurichev #Programming ☞ Fun with regular expressions: part I https://yurichev.com/news/20210819_RE1/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:38:42

• ● NEWS ● #DennisYurichev #Programming ☞ Fun with regular expressions: part II https://yurichev.com/news/20210819_RE2/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:38:57

• ● NEWS ● #DennisYurichev ☞ Fun with regular expressions: part III https://yurichev.com/news/20210819_RE3/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:39:21

• ● NEWS ● #DennisYurichev ☞ Fun with regular expressions and verification using CBMC: part IV https://yurichev.com/news/20210819_RE4/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:39:37

• #Linux Phones: Here are Your Options • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154743          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:40:05

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154744 #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:40:19

• ● NEWS ● #Quillette #Education ☞ As US #Schools Prioritize Diversity Over Merit, China Is Becoming the World’s STEM Leader https://quillette.com/2021/08/19/as-us-schools-prioritize-diversity-over-merit-china-is-becoming-the-worlds-stem-leader/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:40:56

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #Health ☞ The Topic Of Masks In Schools Is Polarizing Some Parents To The Point Of Violence https://text.npr.org/1028841279          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:41:24

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Health ☞ #Facebook suppressed report that made it look bad https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/20/22634841/facebook-most-viewed-content-report-look-bad          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:41:58

• ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes ☞ #Facebook , Fearing Public Outcry, Shelved Earlier Report on Popular Posts https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/technology/facebook-popular-posts.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:42:14

• ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Adobe to Acquire Frame.io in Deal Valued at $1.28B https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/adobe-to-acquire-frame-io-deal-valued-at-1-275-billion-1235000110/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:46:55

• ● NEWS ● #CNET #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Laptop vs. Chromebook: How are they different and which works better for you https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/laptop-vs-chromebook-how-are-they-different-and-which-works-better-for-you/ Chromebook IS a laptop, albeit locked down... like many other laptops          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:47:08

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #China ☞ China passes new personal data #privacy law, to take effect November 1 https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/china-passes-new-personal-data-privacy-law-to-take-effect-november-1/85485581          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:47:42

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #China ☞ China passes strict data #privacy #law protecting personal data https://thehill.com/policy/technology/568746-china-passes-strict-data-privacy-law-protecting-personal-data          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:47:54

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Afghanistan ☞ Africa's jihadists: What #Taliban takeover of Afghanistan means https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-58279439          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:48:41

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Afghanistan ☞ Afghanistan: #Taliban 'tortured and massacred' men from Hazara minority https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58277463          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:49:29

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Afghanistan ☞ Afghanistan: #Taliban carrying out door-to-door manhunt, report says https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58271797          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:49:41

• ● NEWS ● #NPR ☞ The #Taliban Seized Her City. Now America's Red Tape Stops Her From Fleeing https://text.npr.org/1028615104          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:52:58

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaToday #Taliban ☞ Strangled, muscles sliced off: Nine men of #Hazara minority killed by Taliban in Afghanistan https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/afghanistan-taliban-kill-nine-hazara-men-in-ghazni-province-1843181-2021-08-20          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:53:11

• ● NEWS ● #JNS #Taliban ☞ 2021 #Afghanistan is not 1975 #Vietnam https://www.jns.org/opinion/2021-afghanistan-is-not-1975-vietnam/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:53:26

• 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 #IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 20, 2021 • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/irc-log-200821/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/21/irc-log-200821/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:54:37

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill ☞ Researchers identify key #QAnon influencer ‘GhostEzra’ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/568723-researchers-identify-key-qanon-influencer-ghostezra          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:54:37

• ● NEWS ● #JNS ☞ Can the West be honest about the Islamist threat? https://www.jns.org/opinion/can-the-west-be-honest-about-the-islamist-threat/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:56:12

• ● NEWS ● #TheTelegraphUK ☞ #Streatham attack: Jihadist could have been sent back to prison before stabbing frenzy, inquest rules https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/08/20/streatham-terror-attack-could-have-prevented-inquest-rules/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 08:57:34

• #ibm #layoffs "My understanding is the FLMs are given the list of RAed people at the last minute. They know the relative rankings of their people per band but do not know where the “RA line cut” will be made." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cqi7ooS#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:02:24

• ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes #Environment ☞ This Is the World Being Left to Us by Adults https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/opinion/climate-un-report-greta-thunberg.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:02:39

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Energy ☞ #GM recalls all Chevy Bolts for fire risk https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/20/22634721/gm-recall-chevrolet-bolt-battery-fire-fix-problems          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:03:28

• ● NEWS ● #Reuters #Energy ☞ The electric vehicle boom is pay-dirt for factory machinery makers https://www.reuters.com/world/china/electric-vehicle-boom-is-pay-dirt-factory-machinery-makers-2021-08-20/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:03:39

• ● NEWS ● #Reuters #Energy ☞ #GM expands Chevy Bolt EV recall for fire risk, will take $1 billion hit https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gm-recalling-73000-bolt-evs-cost-1-billion-halts-sales-2021-08-20/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:03:50

• ● NEWS ● #BroadbandBreakfast #Energy ☞ House Democrats Fight Against Anti-[Cryptocurrency] Measures in Senate-Passed Infrastructure Bill https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/08/house-democrats-fight-against-anti-crypto-measures-in-senate-passed-infrastructure-bill/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:10:11

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Finance ☞ #Facebook teams up with #Indifi to help provide loans to small businesses https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/brand-solution/facebook-teams-up-with-indifi-to-help-provide-loans-to-small-businesses/85485660          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:10:40

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes ☞ For bank regulators across the world, tech giants are now too big to fail https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/for-bank-regulators-across-the-world-tech-giants-are-now-too-big-to-fail/85480647          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:11:01

• "Banks and technology companies say greater use of cloud computing is a win-win as it results in faster and cheaper services that are more resilient to [crackers] and outages." https://www.reuters.com/world/the-great-reboot/bank-regulators-tech-giants-are-now-too-big-fail-2021-08-20/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:12:21

• ● NEWS ● #NPR #Censorship ☞ High School Is Accused Of Censorship As Officials Rip Out Yearbook Pages On The News https://text.npr.org/1029898611          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:14:29

• ● NEWS ● #Reuters #Navalny #Censorship ☞ #Russia watchdog tells Google, Apple to remove Navalny app - report https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/russian-watchdog-tells-google-apple-remove-navalny-app-report-2021-08-20/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:14:41

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Censorship ☞ #OnlyFans shares its new policy banning sexually explicit content https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/20/22634785/onlyfans-new-terms-of-service-policy-banning-sex-masturbation          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:15:05

• ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #Censorship ☞ “Am I Going to Lose My House?”: #OnlyFans Pivot Leaves Adult Content Creators With Fewer Options https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/onlyfans-adult-content-creators-1235000760/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:15:47

• ● NEWS ● #ThreatPost #Censorship ☞ Web Censorship Systems Can Facilitate Massive DDoS Attacks https://threatpost.com/censorship-systems-ddos-attacks/168853/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:15:59

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Censorship ☞ #OnlyFans porn ban a 'kick in the teeth' for creators https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-58282653          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:17:29

• ● NEWS ● #MexicoNewsDaily #PressFreedom ☞ Journalist shot and killed in attack by commando in Veracruz https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/journalist-shot-and-killed-in-attack-by-commando-in-veracruz/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:18:14

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg ☞ #Twitter Faces Claim It Benefited From Child Sex Trafficking https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-20/twitter-faces-claim-it-benefited-from-child-sex-trafficking see http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/bill-gates-pays-twitter/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:20:24

• ● NEWS ● #NPR ☞ The #Taliban Swore To Kill An Afghan Doctor For Giving Birth Control To A Child Bride https://text.npr.org/1029000262          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:21:12

• ● NEWS ● #NewYorkTimes ☞ What is #Shariah law, and what does it mean for Afghan women? https://www.nytimes.com/article/shariah-law-afghanistan-women.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:21:47

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg ☞ Uber’s #California Ballot Win on Driver Pay Voided by Judge https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-21/uber-lyft-contractor-law-in-california-struck-down-by-judge          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:22:03

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ #Chicago Teachers to the Mayor: Put Human Needs Ahead of Banks https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/chicago-teachers-banks-lightfoot/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:23:04

• ● NEWS ● #Reuters #DRM ☞ #Deere lifts earnings forecast, but sees no let-up in inflationary pressure https://www.reuters.com/business/deere-quarterly-profit-surges-solid-farm-equipment-demand-2021-08-20/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:24:28

• ● NEWS ● #Vox #Monopolies ☞ The #FTC has refiled its case against Facebook https://www.vox.com/2021/8/19/22632826/facebook-ftc-lawsuit-antitrust-monopoly-lina-khan-instagram-whatsapp-path-circle          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:25:30

• ● NEWS ● #BroadbandBreakfast #Monopolies ☞ #FTC Complaint Against #Facebook , Amazon Warns of Antitrust Reforms, Tesla Under Investigation https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/08/ftc-resubmits-complaint-against-facebook-amazon-warns-of-antitrust-reforms-tesla-under-investigation/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:25:46

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Monopolies ☞ Hillicon Valley: Feds expected to reveal new strategy in #Facebook antitrust fight https://thehill.com/policy/technology/overnights/568473-hillicon-valley-ftc-expected-to-reveal-new-strategy-in-facebook          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:26:12

• ● NEWS ● #CreativeCommons ☞ #UKRI just released its open access policy https://creativecommons.org/2021/08/20/ukri-just-released-its-open-access-policy/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:28:36

• Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free to all https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/major-uk-science-funder-require-grantees-make-papers-immediately-free-all          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:30:36

• ● NEWS ● #CreativeCommons ☞ Meet the CC Summit Presenter: Primavera De Filippi https://creativecommons.org/2021/08/20/meet-the-cc-summit-presenter-primavera-de-filippi/ http://techrights.org/2021/04/04/an-elephant-in-the-room-creative-commons/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:31:19

• #Wikimedia Foundation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:31:40

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ As #Texas House Reaches Quorum, #GOP Poised to Advance #VoterSuppression Package https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/texas-house-reaches-quorum-gop-poised-advance-voter-suppression-package          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:33:13

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Despite #covid19 Threat, #Biden Admin Supports Letting Critical Jobless Aid Expire https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/despite-delta-threat-biden-admin-supports-letting-critical-jobless-aid-expire          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:33:48

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Afghanistan #Kabul ☞ Spencer Ackerman on How the U.S. War on Terror Fueled and Excused Right-Wing Extremism at Home https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/20/spencer_ackerman_war_on_terror          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:34:41

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Afghanistan #Kabul ☞ Spencer Ackerman: Today’s Crisis in Kabul Is Direct Result of Decades of U.S. War & Destabilization https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/20/spencer_ackerman_reign_of_terror          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:35:07

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Sanders Traveling to #GOP Districts to Pitch $3.5T Plan Ahead of 2022 Elections https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-traveling-to-gop-districts-to-pitch-3-5t-plan-ahead-of-2022-elections/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:36:17

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ For First Time on Record, Rainfall Observed at Peak of #Greenland Ice Sheet https://truthout.org/articles/for-first-time-on-record-rainfall-observed-at-peak-of-greenland-ice-sheet/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:37:20

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ The US's “War on Terror” Fueled and Excused Right-Wing Extremism at Home https://truthout.org/video/the-uss-war-on-terror-fueled-and-excused-right-wing-extremism-at-home/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:37:49

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Mo Brooks Criticized for Sympathizing With DC Bomb Threat Suspect's "Anger" https://truthout.org/articles/mo-brooks-criticized-for-sympathizing-with-dc-bomb-threat-suspects-anger/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:38:10

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Finance ☞ The $26 an Hour Minimum Wage? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/the-26-an-hour-minimum-wage/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:39:32

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Promoting #PopcornTime Piracy Costs Phone Store Employee Her Job and $6,250 https://torrentfreak.com/promoting-popcorn-time-piracy-costs-phone-store-employee-her-job-and-6250-210820/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:41:03

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Bungie Sues Elite Tech Boss, #Lavicheats & #VeteranCheats For Copyright Infringement https://torrentfreak.com/bungie-sues-elite-tech-boss-lavicheats-veterancheats-for-copyrigtht-infringement-210820/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:41:33

• ● NEWS ● #Tor #torproject ☞ New Release: #TorBrowser 10.5.5 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1055          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:42:16

• ● NEWS ● #Tor #torproject ☞ Join Tor Project's Documentation Hackathon: August 30 - September 3 https://blog.torproject.org/docshackathon-2021          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:42:37

• ● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork #climate ☞ Why the race for the Earth needs sport’s help https://climatenewsnetwork.net/why-the-race-for-the-earth-needs-sports-help/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:43:07

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Amid #Pandemic -Driven Liquid Oxygen Shortage, #Orlando Asks Residents to Slash Water Use or Face Boil Alert https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/amid-pandemic-driven-liquid-oxygen-shortage-orlando-asks-residents-slash-water-use          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:43:51

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Out of Control': Brazilian Amazon #Deforestation Hits Highest Level in a Decade https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/out-control-brazilian-amazon-deforestation-hits-highest-level-decade          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:44:38

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Red Heat in a Blue State https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/california-recall-covid/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:45:47

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Taliban ☞ Afghan Women and Girls Are Caught in the Cross Fire https://www.thenation.com/article/world/afghanistan-women-girls/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:46:28

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ The #CDC Only Tracks a Fraction of Breakthrough #COVID19 Infections, Even as Cases Surge https://www.propublica.org/article/the-cdc-only-tracks-a-fraction-of-breakthrough-covid-19-infections-even-as-cases-surge          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:47:33

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #OnlyFans ☞ OnlyPrudes: OnlyFans, The Platform For Sexually Explicit Content, Says No More Sexually Explicit Content (Except For Nudes) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210819/16281347390/onlyprudes-onlyfans-platform-sexually-explicit-content-says-no-more-sexually-explicit-content-except-nudes.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:47:56

• ● NEWS ● #Orac #Health ☞ The violent rhetoric of the #antivaccine movement, antimask #COVID19 update https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/08/20/the-violent-rhetoric-of-the-antivaccine-movement-antimask-covid-19-update/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:48:39

• ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ Raspberry Pi Zero waters your plants and records growth timelapse https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero-waters-your-plants-and-records-growth-timelapse/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:49:23

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Afghanistan ☞ Five Ways the U.S. Created and Prolonged the Afghan Crisis https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/five-ways-the-u-s-created-and-prolonged-the-afghan-crisis/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:50:13

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Afghanistan ☞ Why Did the Afghan Army Fold So Fast? Because They had Nothing to Fight For https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/why-did-the-afghan-army-fold-so-fast-because-they-had-nothing-to-fight-for/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:50:25

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ An Open Letter to #BillGates About his #Wyoming Atomic Reactor https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/an-open-letter-to-bill-gates-about-his-wyoming-atomic-reactor/ he needs to be arrested a third time http://techrights.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation_Critique          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:51:54

• ● NEWS ● #RobertReich ☞ The Media Bias No One is Talking About https://robertreich.org/post/660008794439417856          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:53:36

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Afghan-Led Coalition Gives #Biden Admin a Blueprint to 'Prevent Further Harm' to People of Afghanistan https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/afghan-led-coalition-gives-biden-admin-blueprint-prevent-further-harm-people          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:54:23

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Texas #Schools Allowed to Defy Abbott's Ban on Mask Mandates — for Now https://truthout.org/articles/texas-schools-allowed-to-defy-abbotts-ban-on-mask-mandates-for-now/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:56:26

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Will Americans Who Were Right on #Afghanistan Still Be Ignored? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/20/will-americans-who-were-right-afghanistan-still-be-ignored          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:57:42

• ● NEWS ● #TheRevelator ☞ Vanishing: An Augury of Antlers https://therevelator.org/vanishing-moose/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:58:56

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ New Writing and Management Role on EFF's Fundraising Team https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/new-writing-and-management-role-effs-fundraising-team          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 09:59:41

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #IPCC ☞ Game of Thieves in the #Amazon https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/game-of-thieves-in-the-amazon/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:00:11

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR ☞ Phyllis Bennis and Matthew Hoh on #Afghanistan Withdrawal https://fair.org/home/phyllis-bennis-and-matthew-hoh-on-afghanistan-withdrawal/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:00:56

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ Lawmakers Question #California Cap and Trade Policies, Citing ProPublica Report https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-question-california-cap-and-trade-policies-citing-propublica-report          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:01:50

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Rainfall Observed at Peak of #Greenland Ice Sheet for First Time on Record https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/rainfall-observed-peak-greenland-ice-sheet-first-time-record          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:02:54

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Report: #Trump Admin Deployed Feds to Bring Harsher Charges on #BLM Protesters https://truthout.org/articles/report-trump-admin-deployed-feds-to-bring-harsher-charges-on-blm-protesters/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:04:14

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Right-Leaning Columnist Calls #ForeverWar a “Myth” https://truthout.org/articles/right-leaning-columnist-calls-forever-war-a-myth/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:04:49

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Boebert Failed to Disclose Husband’s Nearly Half-Million #Energy Company Salary https://truthout.org/articles/boebert-failed-to-disclose-husbands-nearly-half-million-energy-company-salary/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:05:39

• #trump https://boingboing.net/2021/08/19/trump-is-the-greatest-embarrassment-in-the-history-of-our-country-in-this-montage-video.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:06:47

• iophk: #Fortnite is as much #socialcontrolmedia as game play https://www.salon.com/2021/08/20/mike-lindell-admits-to-hiding-gop-official-facing-fbi-probe-in-a-safe-house/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:08:24

• #wsj paywall, but it's about #china not only cracking down on tech #monopolies (corporate power in check) but also https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-passes-one-of-the-worlds-strictest-data-privacy-laws-11629429138          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:09:37

• #trump #alabama https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rally-alabama-city-declares-covid-state-of-emergency-1214952/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:10:48

• #kabul #afghanistan https://www.economist.com/briefing/2021/08/21/from-saigon-to-kabul-what-americas-afghan-fiasco-means-for-the-world          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:11:40

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #finance ☞ New Bill Proposes Cutting #Pentagon Spending to Fund Vaccines for Poor Nations https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/new-bill-proposes-cutting-pentagon-spending-fund-vaccines-poor-nations          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:12:51

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Overpopulation ☞ Opinion | How We Can Eliminate Food Insecurity in the US https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/20/how-we-can-eliminate-food-insecurity-us          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:17:01

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Finance ☞ #Debt and Disillusionment: the College Game https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/debt-and-disillusionment-the-college-game/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:20:24

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The American Dream of Secession https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/the-american-dream-of-secession/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:21:25

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Have #Democrats Become the Party of the Rich? https://www.thenation.com/article/society/democrats-rich-party-obama/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:22:36

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #Patriotism and Pollution: Making Environmental Protection a Priority in Vietnam https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/patriotism-and-pollution-confronting-vietnams-toxic-legacy/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:23:12

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #Afghanistan and the American Imperial Project https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/afghanistan-and-the-american-imperial-project/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:24:30

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Disinformation ☞ Defending Voters From Disinformation: Why I Sued the San Francisco Chronicle https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/defending-voters-from-disinformation-why-i-sued-the-san-francisco-chronicle/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:24:51

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #Korea and the #Climate Crisis https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/korea-and-the-climate-crisis/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:26:09

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #Afghanistan : a Complex Scenario https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/afghanistan-a-complex-scenario/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:26:39

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Wounded Paternalism: #Biden and the US Imperial Complex https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/wounded-paternalism-biden-and-the-us-imperial-complex/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:27:43

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Why Are We Minimizing the Story of the Would-Be Capitol Bomber? https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/capitol-bomb-threat-congress/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:28:14

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #environment ☞ The Eye of Nature Upon Us https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/the-eye-of-nature-upon-us/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:29:04

• #france https://medforth.biz/france-again-a-beheading-of-the-statue-of-the-virgin-mary-in-the-city-of-plouay/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:30:08

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Diplomatic Blackmail: Biden, #Iran and the Nuclear Agreement https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/diplomatic-blackmail-biden-iran-and-the-nuclear-agreement/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:30:43

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Bases are Loaded: 750 US Military Bases Still Surround the Planet https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/the-bases-are-loaded/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:31:18

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Climate ☞ Keepers of the Flame: Climate Chaos and Creeping Authoritarianism https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/keepers-of-the-flame-climate-chaos-and-creeping-authoritarianism/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:31:44

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Yemen ☞ If Congress is Yemen’s Only Hope, Yemen is Doomed https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/if-congress-is-yemens-only-hope-yemen-is-doomed/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:32:12

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Robinson Can Still Do the Socialist Thing at Current Affairs https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/robinson-can-still-do-the-socialist-thing-at-current-affairs/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:32:55

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Afghanistan ☞ Afghanistan: the Longest US #War Continues to a New Stage https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/afghanistan-the-longest-us-war-continues-to-a-new-stage/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:34:01

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #LarryElder is Trump’s Black Face https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/larry-elder-is-trumps-black-face/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:35:36

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Capitalism ☞ No Solutions Under Capitalism: Revolution is Required https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/no-solutions-under-capitalism-revolution-is-required/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:36:49

• #taliban https://www.rt.com/op-ed/532240-pay-taliban-reparations-war-uk/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:38:01

• #Taliban flag over #Kabul https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/311821          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:38:48

• #microsoft still committing competition crimes https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/08/19/2041232 among other crimes, e.g. http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:39:46

• 'Tech' as a weapon against people; neither enabler nor emancipator https://www.cracked.com/article_31031_four-nightmarish-tech-stories-that-didnt-get-enough-press.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:40:38

• "Give women the same rights and freedoms men have -- and a life of ease (vastly less hardship than at any time in human history -- and you'll find a bunch of lipsticked gibbering idiots who take it for granted...and then some." http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2021/08/the-deluded-idi.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:41:32

• "When a site asks you for your birthday, always say Jan 1, 1970. Everyone will think it's a bug" https://fosstodon.org/@arielcostas/106783133416253463          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:42:52

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Biden Forgiving Student #Debt of Disabled People, Totaling $5.8 Billion https://truthout.org/articles/biden-forgiving-student-debt-of-disabled-people-totaling-5-8-billion/ just because he knows they cannot pay it back anyway. Wow, how 'generous'....          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:44:27

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | We Need to Urgently Regulate Global #Meat and Dairy Companies to Cut Methane and Avoid Climate Breakdown https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/20/we-need-urgently-regulate-global-meat-and-dairy-companies-cut-methane-and-avoid          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:46:07

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Health ☞ Cut Military Spending to Deliver #Covid19 #Vaccines to the World https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/us-military-spending-covid-19-vaccines/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:47:35

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Politics ☞ Can Making Politics Boring Save American Democracy? https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/normal-politics-biden-democrats/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:47:53

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | The #War Party Still Runs Washington https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/20/war-party-still-runs-washington          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:48:41

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Haiti ☞ Listen to Haitians, Not to Those Promising to “Save” Them From Disaster https://truthout.org/articles/listen-to-haitians-not-to-those-promising-to-save-them-from-disaster/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:49:20

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The New Ozymandias: Twilight Reflections on the #Obama Presidential Center https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/the-new-ozymandias-twilight-reflections-on-the-obama-presidential-center/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:50:09

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #IPCC ☞ On the IPCC’s Latest #Climate Report: What Does It Tell Us? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/on-the-ipccs-latest-climate-report-what-does-it-tell-us/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:50:36

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Google ☞ Google Has Been Paying Wireless Carriers Billions To Not Develop Competing App Stores https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210819/12311847389/google-has-been-paying-wireless-carriers-billions-to-not-develop-competing-app-stores.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:51:06

• "The best thing Biden has done in his life is to pull the US out of Afghanistan." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/roaming-charges-23/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:51:43

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #cn #china ☞ Chinese Government Censors Back On Their #Karoake Song Banlist Bullshit https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210814/17525347361/chinese-government-censors-back-their-karoake-song-banlist-bullshit.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:52:16

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Monopolies ☞ #FTC Tries Tries Again With An #Antitrust Case Against #Facebook https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210819/17564847391/ftc-tries-tries-again-with-antitrust-case-against-facebook.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:52:53

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Nearly Half the World's Children at 'Extremely High Risk' for Facing Effects of Climate Crisis, Report Finds https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/nearly-half-worlds-children-extremely-high-risk-facing-effects-climate-crisis-report          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:53:32

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #mainstreammedia ☞ Opinion | False Equivalence: The Media's Dangerous Bias https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/20/false-equivalence-medias-dangerous-bias          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:54:35

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Sensitive Data On Afghan Allies Collected By The US Military Is Now In The Hands Of The Taliban https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210820/10430947395/sensitive-data-afghan-allies-collected-us-military-is-now-hands-taliban.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:55:20

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Clearwater ☞ The Clearcut Kings: the Forest Service's Obsession With Supersized Clearcuts in the Northern Rockies https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/the-clearcut-kings-the-forest-services-obsession-with-supersized-clearcuts-in-the-northern-rockies/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:56:39

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'No Contracts, No Snacks': #Nabisco Workers on Strike Across US https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/20/no-contracts-no-snacks-nabisco-workers-strike-across-us          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:57:07

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #dk #denmark ☞ Edvard Eriksen Estate Goes After Another Danish City For Having A Mermaid Statue https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210818/13022547383/edvard-eriksen-estate-goes-after-another-danish-city-having-mermaid-statue.shtml          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:58:19

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Invitation to a Fiasco: U.S. Policy toward #China and #Iran https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/invitation-to-a-fiasco-u-s-policy-toward-china-and-iran/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:58:49

• #amd has poached tons of people from #intel (someone from Intel claims)          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:59:21

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Goodbye, Utopia https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/goodbye-utopia/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:59:44

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Overpopulation ☞ Opinion | A Viable Human Future Depends on Living With Less https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/20/viable-human-future-depends-living-less          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:00:21

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Health ☞ Baby Teeth Collected Six Decades Ago Will Reveal the Damage to Americans’ Health Caused by U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/baby-teeth-collected-six-decades-ago-will-reveal-the-damage-to-americans-health-caused-by-u-s-nuclear-weapons-tests/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:00:46

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Racism ☞ The Groundbreaking Decision That Just Struck a Blow to Our Racist Immigration Laws https://www.thenation.com/article/society/immigration-crime-law/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:01:30

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ America’s Global Imperialist Footprint https://www.thenation.com/article/world/americas-imperialist-footprint/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:01:50

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Ambrose Bierce’s Pro-Freedom Cynicism https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/20/ambrose-bierces-pro-freedom-cynicism/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:02:11

• #SparkyLinux 6.0 "Po-Tolo" Released Based on Debian 11 Bullseye • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154745 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:04:16

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154746 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:14:13

• 5 Best Free and Open Source Ruby Static Site Generators • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154747 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:17:26

• Links 21/8/2021: 20 Years of Haiku and Tor Browser 10.5.5 • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/20-years-of-haiku/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/21/20-years-of-haiku/         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:56:00

• #Programming Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154748 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:56:18

• #Tor and #Mozilla Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154749 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:56:51

• #FreeSoftware Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154750 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:57:35

• Today’s 🅣🅤🅧 🅜🅐🅒🅗🅘🅝🅔🅢 Leftovers • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154751 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:57:52

• Portland actually reached 47 degrees in summer. 47! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:08:02

• #gnu #linux on board and interesting form factor https://www.gsmarena.com/asus_chromebook_detachable_cz1_pairs_mediatek_kompanio_soc_with_shockproof_casing_-news-50603.php          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:14:10

• " #SparkyLinux 6.0 is a major upgrade that comes with updated packages, a new Debian 11 base, Linux Kernel 5.10, and still retains the support for 32-bit computers." http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154679#comment-30639         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:15:46

• #googleNews is going dooooooownhill. Yet another spam or #plagiarism site added to its index, #cvbj ("Central Valley Business Journal" sounds professional, but it's a fake site; does Google even manually check before adding??? Does it HIRE people do curate out the spam? Does it CARE?)          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:19:20

• Seems like borderline #openwashing https://medevel.com/ever-gauzy          ☞

POSTED sATURDAY, aUGUST 21, 2021 AT 12:20:50

• Provide us with technical data of your computer with probe so we can assist you https://arcolinux.com/provide-us-with-technical-data-of-your-computer-with-probe-so-we-can-assist-you/ UNLIKE #mozilla they do not PULL data out of your system...          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:22:04

• #azure layoffs having their impact on people, ready to make/take a leap? https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bJTDyiH         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:26:45

• " # Azure Compute is worst of all groups, specifically if get into PM roles - you can forget you have life outside work .." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/19eE5IuM#replies #azure failed. http://techrights.org/2021/07/31/azure-stagnating/         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:28:03

• "typical merger between any companies.... #Microsoft is the master, your company is the slave." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bXdS3Xb#replies         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:28:56

• Today, after 3 goalless games (and LOSSES), Guardiola must prove that #mancity can still score without Sergio. The state of the team and the morale fell since late May... only a long winning streak can compensate for it now.         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:31:18

• #football stadiums across the #uk should really be empty, but #billBC shills this nonsensical BS about it being somehow safe because of mass testing. Bollocks. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/category/sport/         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:32:54

• "You’re welcome to believe otherwise though. 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/ #azure         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:34:21

• Last comment: "The proponents of the UPC know too well that it would be the death knell of the UPC, and this is why any other solution is preferred. Whether this solution is legal does not seem to be a problem for those proponents." #upc #teamupc #fakenews #unitarypatent #epo http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/08/15/german-legislation-for-ratification-unified-patent-court-agreement-enters-into-force/         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:41:21

• #GeminiSpace is growing fast. You can really see rapid growth in traffic every month. #techrights now emphasises the Gemini:// canonicals. Recent site changes to improve clarity.          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:46:25

• "What I learned from this thread is that (a) people regret leaving IBM only because they did not have to do much work there and (b) people regret staying because they have so much work dumped on them due to departures and RAs." #ibm https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cpB00fq#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:49:49

• #ibm #layoffs "Spoke with a friend of mine in Systems Marketing (enterprise, not channel) last night. Just one person in his immediate org let go, but at least one entire team in channel marketing." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cp1eEaZ#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:50:50

• Dissent against the nonsense that it #patents for bots, taking note of #patent extremists from #cipa #uk http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/artificial-intelligence-system-as.html?showComment=1629458195424#c551546942198634441         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:55:11

• "AI has become a buzzword and the possibility to get a lot of money from the state or equivalent. It is a hype and I fear that the hype will die out like preceding ones." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/08/artificial-intelligence-system-as.html?showComment=1629217000610#c1570607477925887715         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:56:09

• "EP 2928454 B1 was not granted until early 2020." https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/ceva-escalates-dispute-with-bayer-and-elanco-over-veterinary-drug/ #epo abandoned #patent quality: http://techrights.org/2021/03/25/epo-potential-improvements/ #europe #patents          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:59:21

• #patentTroll #Uniloc files to dismiss its appeal; Federal Circuit approves dismissal https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/8/18/uniloc-files-to-dismiss-its-appeal-federal-circuit-approves-dismissal see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Uniloc          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 13:00:18

• #UnrealEngine 4.27 is out now from Epic Games with plenty of Linux improvements | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/08/unreal-engine-427-is-out-now-from-epic-games-with-plenty-of-linux-improvements ䷉ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games 🐧          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 13:01:48

• Steam Play #Proton 6.3-6 is out now with lots of fixes and new game support | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/08/steam-play-proton-63-6-is-out-now-with-lots-of-fixes-and-new-game-support          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 13:02:30

• #KDE Plasma Introduces A New Overview Effect, Many Wayland Fixes http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154742#comment-30647         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 13:05:27

• Old: "Advancements described in a patent can be used in everyday scenarios, such as a recently issued patent to Samsung pertaining to new facial and iris recognition. But you can easily see the slippery slope" https://www.inventorsdigest.com/articles/soul-patents-can-creepy/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:04:24

• Another Round Of #Intel CET Patches, Still Working Toward Linux Kernel Integration - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-CET-v29 ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:07:55

• The NAX Linux Security Module is around "no anonymous execution" of pages." https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NAX-LSM-Module          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:09:21

• They ought to call it slave, not client, because it makes you enslaved by NSA and corporate raiders https://linuxiac.com/maestral-dropbox-client/#respond          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:11:29

• Birds in Sheffield (2020) http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Weekend-in-Sheffield/Weston-Park-Museum/20200118_094125         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:18:26

• "A lot has happened around bringing #KDE applications to Android since I last wrote about that here and spoke about it at #Akademy 2021. Here are some of the highlights." https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2021/08/21/kde-android-news-aug-2021.html          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:23:21

• #kjournald v0.0.2 https://cordlandwehr.wordpress.com/2021/08/21/kjournald-v0-0-2/ #gnu #linux #kde          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:27:23

• The Inner Workings (& Non-Workings) of #KDEConnect iOS https://lucaswangzx.xyz/kde_list/kde_2_kde_connect_architecture_overview #KDE          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:29:55

• So sad. The updates in the official #mancity Web site seem to have been mostly outsourced to #twitter (US/Saudi) or reduced to "tweets". As if they cannot just compose directly in a platform that THEY CONTROL. Not good. #socialcontrolmedia is corrosive. https://matchday.mancity.com/fixtures/first-team/2021/manchester-city-v-norwich-city/         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:39:57

• Who owns and controls #twitter for the most part? Follow the money, e.g. 1) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-34474798 2) http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/bill-gates-pays-twitter/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:40:59

• Nishit Patel: #GSoC final submission http://www.nishitpatel.tech/gsoc #gnome #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 14:53:27

• Joseon/Chosŏn IRC: Almost 5,000 Registered Channels (From Interim Freenode), But Only a Few Dozen Channels Have a Dozen or More Users • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/joseon-channels/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/21/joseon-channels/         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 15:56:28

• Pass out or pass away, Doc? https://hugelolcdn.com/i/767315.png          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 15:57:47

• "IBM has had a love hate relationship with the Channel since it was born in the mid-late 90’s IBM loves it’s lower cost (you only pay partners when they sell), but #IBM hates the lack of relationship with the end user customers" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cp1eEaZ#replies         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 15:59:58

• #ibm #layoffs #sales "Everyone in Channels should be canned. The whole organization is such a waste of resources. Totally redundant and unnecessary" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cp1eEaZ#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 16:00:46

• "They haven’t been around #IBM long enough if they are not aware of RAs. They happen every quarter. Most are smaller (death by 1000 cuts) but if you are paying attention and hear rumors you are at risk. Consider that no one is EVER safe EVER." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cqi7ooS#replies          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 16:01:44

• #techrights will publish a very long about #ibm layoffs very shortly. Transcoding and uploading in parallel at the moment.          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 16:02:34

• #mancity back in the groove? Let us hope... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwK7XjIqFrQ         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 16:05:41

• Saturday and over 100 #covid19 deaths again. Well done, #borisnaro https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ see http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/07/20/mass-infection/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 16:08:10

• #mancity putting on a good show today. https://matchday.mancity.com/fixtures/first-team/2021/manchester-city-v-norwich-city/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 16:27:25

• Many IBM Layoffs (in Marketing), But the Media Is Not Mentioning Those Layoffs At All http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/ibm-layoffs-in-marketing/ #redhat #ibm #layoffs #coverup #marketing         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 16:41:28

• [Meme] IBM Is Not Helping the Cause or Barely Helping GNU/Linux and Software Freedom • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/ibm-failing/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/21/ibm-failing/         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 17:00:22

• Today in #Techrights • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154752 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 17:03:18

• #Manchester City vs #Norwich City 5−0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynZffKrgYUA          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 17:21:57

• #CodeWeavers still hiring for a 'General Wine Developer' to work on Wine and Proton | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/08/codeweavers-still-hiring-for-a-general-wine-developer-to-work-on-wine-and-proton ䷉ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 17:26:08

• A listing of top (by number of users) channels in the ‘new’ #Freenode ; very few channels are active and our 5 channels there are an output of the bridge; some of the users are just bots • 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/joseon-channels/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/21/joseon-channels/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 17:28:11

• #IBM has a grip on the media, so many people won’t know about the recent layoffs; as if without IBM formally declaring those layoffs — set aside the exodus — the media lacks the authority to mention that it is happening http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/ibm-layoffs-in-marketing/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 17:28:39

• Since taking over Red Hat, back in late 2018, #IBM has practically done far too little for us; it repeatedly attacked the #FSF , it basically killed off #CentOS , and it is liaising with #Microsoft in its attacks on #copyleft http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/ibm-failing/          ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 17:29:16

• #Top 13 Best #GNOME Extensions That are Beautiful (2021 Picks) • 𝗧𝘂𝘅 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154753 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 17:29:37