Roy Schestowitz

• [Meme] [Teaser] Put the Ballot in This Box... • TɘↄHᴙigHTꙅ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/09/meme-antonio-campinos-in-riga/ ䷉ #Techrights #latvia #riga #euipo #epo | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/09/meme-antonio-campinos-in-riga/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:13:40

• #mozilla 'gets' the web sooooo much that it's outsourcing the #firefox videos to #youtube (owned by the real masters of Mozilla). #www savvy? Not so much anymore...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:18:20

• Manjaro Cinnamon Switches Default Browser To Vivaldi http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155438#comment-30921 testament to the state of #mozilla ... as some choose #ProprietarySoftware over it          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:20:29

• Not everything needs a GUI. Trying to put together a regex with a GUI is like choosing to paint a picture from the command line.          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:24:01

• Crazy. Evidence has shown vaccines help old people survive but hardly limit the spread of coronavirus. Now they try to impose these on KIDS just to sell more PATENT LICENCES in RICH COUNTRIES (while in poor countries elderly people get nothing)??? https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/08/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:26:33

• Don't try to make SENSE of vaccination policies. Your mind might blow.          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:27:10

• In the US they have begun VACCINATING ZOO ANIMALS INSIDE CAGES... while elderly people in poor countries receive no doses. #patent #patents #monopoly #ArtificiallyInflatedPricing #cartel          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:28:33

• In #pfizer "world's lab" (what the CEO called it) the deaths per capita are about the same as in the US this summer. In "world's lab" about 95% of adults are covered by the #patent licence and get 3 jabs; in US it's hardly 50%. #patents #HardFacts          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:30:35

• What really counts most are excess deaths. IF your government releases data to that effect. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/09/03/borisnaro-data/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:32:16

• Nobody in #china dies from COVID-19. All those excess deaths are the fault of "malicious CIA Hip-Hop culture" and "evil computer games that corrupt our youth"...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:33:22

• #EUIPO chief #AntónioCampinos (before he was parachuted into the top role of the #EPO ) meets his rigga’ in #Riga http://techrights.org/2021/09/09/meme-antonio-campinos-in-riga/ #latvia          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:34:16

• This is good news: "Judge Lucy Koh Tapped for Ninth Circuit Alongside Seven Other Biden Nominees to Federal Bench". Koh has been tough on #fakePatents http://techrights.org/2018/03/10/judge-koh-vs-immersion-patents/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 00:36:03

• #mozilla : use #firefox instead of #google Chrome even though Google sponsors us (antitrust avoidance) and we outsourced this promotional Firefox video to GOOGLE ;-) https://blog.mozilla.org/en/videos/feel-good-when-you-get-online-with-firefox/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 01:08:00

• "Yesterday, September 2, the U.S. state of Texas’ legislature passed a bill that aims to stop social media companies from “censoring conservative views.” This bill and others like it across the United States have been drafted in direct response to platforms’ removal of misinformation" https://www.accessnow.org/texas-social-media-bill-unconstitutional/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 01:08:39

• " #RcppSMC provides Rcpp-based bindings to R for the Sequential Monte Carlo Template Classes (SMCTC) by Adam Johansen described in his JSS article." http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2021/09/09#rcppsmc_0.2.5          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 01:10:14

• #gnu #linux users and developers need to quit #google #youtube .. IN DROVES http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155374#comment-30916 Google is NOT your friend...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 01:26:03

• I've quit linking to #youtube and #twitter (directly) because these are both instruments of social manipulation by the rich and powerful interests, inc. cover-ups http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/bill-gates-pays-twitter/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 01:27:39

• THIS IS NOT THE ISSUE. The issue is 1) we don't know the potency of these products 2) they hardly prevent transmission 3) many ADULTS still reject them! Leave the kids out of it... at least until full clinical trials (5-10 years) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/08/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 01:30:09

• Colonialism by WIPO with misuse of the word "right" (like they used to say slave ownership was a "right") http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/09/aripo-member-states-adopt-kampala.html          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 01:31:58

• By Western standards many of these are #fakepatents for faked 'growth' (only the #litigation firms stand to benefit) https://www.iam-media.com/law-policy/china-surge-in-business-method-patents-continues-while-japan-and-south-korea-also-see-growth          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 01:35:29

• "patent generally relates to a call-to-action lockout on a mobile device" = #swpats = #fakepatents https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/9/9/2000-for-vitek-ip-prior-art #uspto #ptab          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 01:36:25

• EPO did something illegal (as usual), then rigged the courts, and after 'legalising' this offence by abusing courts it kindly asks for our view on it? https://www.mondaq.com/patent/1109322/the-epo-conducts-a-survey-on-users39-experience-with-vico-proceedings-in-opposition see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:01:45

• #euipo and #epo pandering to identity #politics https://epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210908.html distracts from the abuses: http://techrights.org/2019/07/04/epo-budget-for-media/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:03:20

• "it's OK, daddy works for #euipo so I am above the law..." http://techrights.org/2017/02/08/immunity-and-impunity-euipo/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:04:22

• It should not be permissible to sell #patents AT ALL. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/patent/1088546/assignor-estoppel-when-can-a-party-challenge-a-patent-they-sold          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:05:02

• #patent bubbles need to burst far faster than this: "Domestic applicants filed 10% fewer Australian standard applications than in 2019." https://blog.patentology.com.au/2021/09/did-pandemic-affect-2020-australian-pct.html          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:07:18

• TIL #openRC is outsourced to #microsoft and #gentoo , its steward, is happy to link to Microsoft #ProprietarySoftware programs ('sites') instead of maintaining local copies (that it controls) of C code. No lessons learned from the GitHub/Microsoft breach?          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:17:33

• GitHub is Microsoft’s Proprietary Software and Centralised (Monopoly) Platform, But When Canonical’s Account There Gets Compromised Suddenly It's Ubuntu's Fault? • TɘↄHᴙigHTꙅ ⚓ techrights.org/2019/07/14/blaming-canonical-for-github/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: techrights.org/2019/07/14/blaming-canonical-for-github/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:18:33

• "HEY HI" spammed around as a buzzword again https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/09/10/wio-lite-ai-an-stm32h725a-cortex-m7-board-for-ai-vision-applications/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:30:29

• Hardly anything has changed or improved this past week (since I wrote this) http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/09/03/borisnaro-data/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:33:06

• How "to ditch X11/gtk/qt support entirely" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-090921.html#tSep%2009%2012:57:35         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:34:30

• "If #BillGates had no money, he certainly wouldn't be the kind that got by very well." http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-090921.html#tSep%2009%2021:55:23         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:35:44

• #Gofore just got a contract from #epo but no details given https://virtual-strategy.com/2021/09/08/gofore-plc-gofore-plcs-business-review-1-31-august-2021-growth-continued-in-august-through-competitive-tendering-gofore-included-in-two-framework-agreements-in-europe/ sometimes it's hidden: http://techrights.org/2019/09/07/serco-epo-deal-censored/ http://techrights.org/2019/09/06/epo-outsourcing-to-serco/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 02:42:00

• #Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, September 09, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:23:40

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

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:24:13

• Finalising next article aboyt #latvia , ETA 6AM/30 mins. #epo #corruption #techrights          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:27:16

• "Virologist David LV Bauer recognizes that vaccination is crucial protection against Covid-19. He explains how anti-vaxxers took a statement out of context and used it to misrepresent him as an anti-vaxxer." https://stallman.org/archives/2021-jul-oct.html#9_September_2021_(Vaccination_out_of_context)          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:30:59

• #California bill seeks to halt prison-to-ICE deportation pipeline https://www.reuters.com/world/us/california-bill-seeks-halt-prison-to-ice-deportation-pipeline-2021-09-07/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:32:25

• Manjaro Cinnamon changes to Firefox from Vivaldi as default web http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155438#comment-30922browser         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:44:49

• Best Linux Text Editors: The 20 Text and HTML Editors Reviewed • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155476 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:45:20

• Top 15+ Fast and Secure Remote Desktop Clients for Linux • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155477 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:45:35

• #Privacy -Screen DRM API With Intel Support Ready Now That GNOME Is Prepared To Use It • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155484 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:50:05

• #WindowsDefender = #microsoft #security THEATRE. If they wanted to really protect you, they'd delete WINDOWS ITSELF. Also #nsa back doors are considered OK, so don't tell us about security... http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:54:05

• This thing (nis)named #WindowsDefender is only trying to defend #microsoft from competition          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:54:53

• #WindowsDefender says torrent is bad. Because you might download an operating system that is not #windows ... same when you try to get #qemu even from official sources. #microsoft #antitrust violation, but who would bother when they bribe and mislead authorities? http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:57:17

• #microsoft = organised crime, thinly disguised as a company that makes something (as opposed to buying companies that do, sometimes using moles like Elop) http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 05:58:26

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155485 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 06:04:30

• EPO Exposé: The Besieged Baltic States – Part IXX – The #EUIPO Connection • TɘↄHᴙigHTꙅ ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/baltic-euipo-connection/ ䷉ #Techrights #Europe #EPO #Latvia | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/10/baltic-euipo-connection/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 06:08:34

• "I thought #IBM decide to close down all offices due to delta? You'd have to be nuts to even consider going back in the office." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cIOKnBM#replies         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 06:15:48

• "Not the case with maximum ibmers as #ibm hasn't got that much money LOL " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cKiRnF7#replies         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 06:16:50

• #Mikron MIK32 - Made in Russia 32-bit RISC-V MCU offers features similar to STM32L0 MCU - CNX Software ⚓ https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/09/10/mikron-mik32-made-in-russia-32-bit-risc-v-mcu-stm32l0-mcu/ ䷉ #Linux #GNU #Hardware #cnxsoftware          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 06:18:43

• #ArcoLinux 21.09.11 is released. https://www.arcolinux.info/ #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 06:20:28

• "supports the Unity Operating System (UOS) and Kylin both of which are Linux distributions for the Chinese market" but those should be offered as PREINSTALLED (or option for it). DO NOT impose #microsoft #malware with #nsa back doors on people. https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/09/10/beelink-lzx-a-zhaoxin-kx-6640ma-based-x86-mini-pc/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 06:22:03

• The Baltic ‘crusade’ of Tony, son of the “Carnation Revolution”, goes more than a decade back • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/baltic-euipo-connection/ ䷉ #Techrights #latvia #riga #euipo #epo | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/10/baltic-euipo-connection/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 06:23:29

• [Meme] The Coloniser Campinos, Preying on the Poor http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/campinos-colonies/ #epo #euipo #africa #latvia #patents          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:09:47

• ● NEWS ● #EricWBailey #Programming ☞ What they don’t tell you when you translate your app https://ericwbailey.design/writing/what-they-dont-tell-you-when-you-translate-your-app/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:10:30

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #Education ☞ Why won't Donald Trump go away? Because Americans can't tell appearance from reality https://www.salon.com/2021/09/09/why-wont-donald-trump-go-away-because-americans-cant-tell-appearance-from-reality/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:10:45

• ● NEWS ● #Salon #Health ☞ Years after 9/11, first responders are still dying from exposure. This is their story https://www.salon.com/2021/09/09/first-responders-on-911-continue-to-die/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:11:02

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ #Twitter takes on #Facebook Groups with invite-only Communities https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/8/22661649/twitter-releases-communities-facebook-groups-reddit-competitor farming people and their secrets          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:12:35

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ #Facebook developing machine learning chip: Report https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/next-gen-technologies/facebook-developing-machine-learning-chip-report/86072325 data-mining minds          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:15:14

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ #Twitter is beginning to test labels for bot accounts https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/9/22665748/twitter-automated-account-bot-labels-tweets-test farming people          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:15:26

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #Environment ☞ #Climate change: Fossil fuels must stay underground, scientists say https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58494391          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:16:35

• ● NEWS ● #EuropeanCommission #Politics ☞ The impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy: Final Study Report https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection/document/79021          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:18:48

• ● NEWS ● #CNET #Politics ☞ #Texas Gov. #GregAbbott signs social media 'censorship' bill into law https://www.cnet.com/news/texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-social-media-censorship-bill-into-law/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:19:27

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Misinformation ☞ Warren urges #Amazon to fix algorithm 'feeding misinformation loops' https://thehill.com/policy/technology/571355-warren-urges-amazon-to-fix-algorithm-feeding-misinformation-loops          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:20:03

• ● NEWS ● #RTL #Misinformation ☞ This image from an episode of The Simpsons has been digitally altered to add a reference to vaccines https://today.rtl.lu/news/fact-check/a/1784284.html          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:20:25

• ● NEWS ● #ABC #Censorship ☞ High Court finds media outlets are responsible for #Facebook comments in Dylan Voller #defamation case https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-08/high-court-rules-on-media-responsibility-over-facebook-comments/100442626          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:21:10

• ● NEWS ● #Quillette #Censorship ☞ The Good Death— #CancelCulture and the Logic of Torture https://quillette.com/2021/09/09/the-good-death-cancel-culture-and-the-logic-of-torture/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:21:32

• ● NEWS ● #dawn #pk #pakistan ☞ Afghan journalists tell of #Taliban beatings after covering protests https://www.dawn.com/news/1645431/afghan-journalists-tell-of-taliban-beatings-after-covering-protests          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:23:16

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews ☞ Afghan Media Say #Taliban are Jailing, Attacking News Crews During Kabul Protests https://www.voanews.com/press-freedom/afghan-media-say-taliban-are-jailing-attacking-news-crews-during-kabul-protests          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:23:25

• ● NEWS ● #YLE ☞ Parliament unanimously approves "Water is ours" citizens' initiative https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/parliament_unanimously_approves_water_is_ours_citizens_initiative/12091938          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:26:10

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Monopolies ☞ U.S. Antitrust Cops Unveil Data Backing #Facebook #Monopoly Case https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-08/u-s-antitrust-cops-unveil-data-backing-facebook-monopoly-case          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 07:26:28

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | On Deregulation and Covid Masks, Libertarians Are Loud. On Female Liberty, Deafening Silence https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/09/deregulation-and-covid-masks-libertarians-are-loud-female-liberty-deafening-silence          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:04:12

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #RoKhanna Vows to Put Big Oil, PR Firms in Hot Seat 'Like the Big Tobacco Hearings' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/ro-khanna-vows-put-big-oil-pr-firms-hot-seat-big-tobacco-hearings          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:04:44

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ “Humane”: #Yale Historian Samuel Moyn on “How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War” https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/9/us_wars_abroad_history_samuel_moyn          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:05:21

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog ☞ ‘Majority of #FossilFuels Must Stay in Ground to Meet 1.5C Goal’ https://www.desmog.com/2021/09/09/fossil-fuels-oil-gas-coal-climate-targets/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:06:12

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog ☞ Tory Peer Nicky Morgan Joins ‘Fossil Bank’ Santander After Calling for Greener Financial System https://www.desmog.com/2021/09/09/nicky-morgan-joins-fossil-bank-santander/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:07:06

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Abortion ☞ #Texas Providers May Face Jail Time for Prescribing Abortion Pills https://truthout.org/articles/texas-providers-may-face-jail-time-for-prescribing-abortion-pills/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:07:30

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Abortion ☞ DOJ Sues the State of Texas Over Its Restrictive Anti-Abortion Law https://truthout.org/articles/doj-plans-to-sue-the-state-of-texas-over-its-restrictive-anti-abortion-law/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:08:30

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ AOC Pans Greg Abbott’s Pledge to End Rape in Texas: “GOP Laws HELP Abusers” https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-pans-greg-abbotts-pledge-to-end-rape-in-texas-gop-laws-help-abusers/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:09:14

• #china impact on what we see and cannot see ... https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hollywood-should-stop-self-censoring-to-appease-china-ppdkkcmlk paywall          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:29:23

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ 88,000 tons of radioactive waste – and nowhere to put it https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/09/88000-tons-of-radioactive-waste-and-nowhere-to-put-it/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:30:08

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Sept. 11 - Day of Warning https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/09/sept-11-day-of-warning/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:30:30

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR ☞ Civilian Deaths Aren’t News for Fox News https://fair.org/home/civilian-deaths-arent-news-for-fox-news/ #murdoch #newscorp          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:31:16

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ Declassifying the 9/11 Investigation https://www.propublica.org/article/declassifying-the-9-11-investigation          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:31:40

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ “Turning Point”: Legacy of the U.S. Response to 9/11 Is Terror, Domestic Surveillance & Drones https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/9/turning_point_docuseries_9_11_20th          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:31:53

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Caving to #NRA and Pro-Gun Democrats, Biden Withdraws #ATF Nominee https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/caving-nra-and-pro-gun-democrats-biden-withdraws-atf-nominee          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:32:25

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Failing Key #Climate Test, Biden Nominates #FossilFuel 'Crony' to Federal Energy Post https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/failing-key-climate-test-biden-nominates-fossil-fuel-crony-federal-energy-post          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:33:28

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Nearly 18 Million US Adults Couldn't Afford a Prescription Medication This Year: Study https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/nearly-18-million-us-adults-couldnt-afford-prescription-medication-year-study          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:33:47

• Cancel the #patents https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/health-advocates-say-bidens-global-covid-19-summit-must-be-more-just-pr #patent #monopolies #hoarding #greed          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:42:53

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Florida Judge Shoots Down Ron DeSantis’s Mask Ban for Second Time in 2 Weeks https://truthout.org/articles/florida-judge-shoots-down-ron-desantiss-mask-ban-for-second-time-in-2-weeks/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:43:29

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Biden Set to Mandate Vaccinations for Federal Workers With No "Opt-Out" Options https://truthout.org/articles/biden-to-mandate-vaccinations-for-all-federal-workers-with-no-opt-out-options/ so 12 months of #clinicalTrials is the "new standard" now? Not 5-15 years?          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:44:11

• #atlassian was bad enough already; now it'll be joined by #proprietarySoftware people from #clownflare too https://itwire.com/people-moves/cloudflare-co-founder-joins-atlassian-board.html #cloudflare #surveillance          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:46:22

• 9/11 was a blessing for #oil giants and war companies https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/09/09/we-had-never-heard-of-bin-laden-how-was-this-linked-to-us-what-9/11-was-like-for-afghans          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:46:53

• #programming with shell scripts https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/how-to-use-shell-environment-variables:4 I did some shell scripting for gemini as recently as yesterday; it is super-portable, unlike #programming 'frameworks'          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:48:03

• #techrights is on pace or en route to exceeding 500,000 page requests over gemini:// for this month alone          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:50:28

• #yle at 95. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/yle_celebrates_95_years_of_public_service_broadcasting/12092272 it helped us with http://techrights.org/2021/08/26/finland-good-brother-networks/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:52:05

• #ibm and #patentTrolls for #swpats in #europe https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection/document/79021 they claim to speak for "Open Source"...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:53:38

• #EPO President #AntónioCampinos is still doing in former Portuguese colonies what #BenoîtBattistelli used to do in former French #colonies (and beyond) • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/campinos-colonies/#comments ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/10/campinos-colonies/#comments          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:55:07

• 𝓣𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 #IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 09, 2021 • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/irc-log-090921/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/10/irc-log-090921/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:55:55

• #geminiSpace growing: "Currently, our database includes 371,501 URIs" gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi 160k requests in 9 days (Sept.) in #techrights : gemini://gemini.techrights.org/stats/index.gmi          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 08:59:46

• Peter Hansteen: Recent and not entirely recent changes in #OpenBSD that make life better https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=no&u=https://www.digi.no/artikler/debatt-nylige-og-ikke-helt-nylige-endringer-i-openbsd-som-gjor-livet-bedre/512893          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:00:51

• #OpenBSD : - What lured me into this https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=no&u=https://www.digi.no/artikler/debatt-openbsd-det-som-lokket-meg-inn-i-dette/513068 #bsd #unix          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:01:30

• #afghanistan and #au https://www.dawn.com/news/1645390/australia-to-cancel-mens-test-match-with-afghanistan-if-taliban-ban-womens-cricket #cricket #taliban          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:03:07

• They also use this report to push #swpats in #europe https://mastodon.social/@danie10/106900787810403583 hardly surprising given who's behind it: http://techrights.org/2021/01/31/openforum-europe-lf/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:04:05

• #misinformation vs #disinformation https://www.salon.com/2021/09/08/greg-abbott-is-not-ignorant--hes-a-liar-why-the-difference-matters-for-the-future-of-democracy/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:04:37

• The criminals of #Microsoft are once again shifting blame for their shoddy 'software', blaming either the users or the attackers... while putting back doors in their OWN software: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:06:11

• ...it is notable or noteworthy, moreover, that #microsoft spreads #racism for profit http://techrights.org/2021/03/03/microsoft-blame-shifting-tactics/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:07:01

• #microsoft #windows and other Microsoft stuff is not designed to be used by the computer owner by the software owner (Microsoft) and the #nsa et al          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:08:38

• Blaming users for opening malicious documents overlooks the facts that documents aren't supposed to run programs. Not that today's #www is much better, even without #activeX ....          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:09:42

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ LA School District Is Considering Mandatory Vaccinations for Students 12 & Older https://truthout.org/articles/la-school-district-is-considering-mandatory-vaccinations-for-students-12-older/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:46:17

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews ☞ How #Chevron Used the Law and the #FBI to Target Whistle-Blowing Lawyer Steven Donziger https://www.mintpressnews.com/chevron-used-legal-system-fbi-to-target-whistleblower-steven-donziger/278426/          ☞ <<<<

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:46:48

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Legacy of the US Response to 9/11 Is Terror, Domestic #Surveillance and #Drones https://truthout.org/video/legacy-of-the-us-response-to-9-11-is-terror-domestic-surveillance-and-drones/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:47:16

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog ☞ Coastal Tribes in #Louisiana Are in Desperate Need After Ida Wallops Their Communities https://www.desmog.com/2021/09/09/coastal-tribes-louisiana-desperate-need-hurricane-ida/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:47:44

• ● NEWS ● #TheRevelator #Wildlife ☞ How Wildlife Rescuers Can Protect Public Health https://therevelator.org/wildlife-surveillance-system/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:48:03

• #eon / #eonNext told me a week ago (on Friday) a boss would phone me back. But nobody phoned me back. I kept waiting. Now they keep me on the line for aaaaaagggggesss, just waiting to ask them why they did not keep the promise and did not phone back. #npower takeover should have been blocked! eON abuses customers.          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:49:59

• ● NEWS ● #CreativeCommons ☞ Meet the CC Summit Presenter: Juan Miguel Palma Peña https://creativecommons.org/2021/09/09/meet-the-cc-summit-presenter-juan-miguel-palma-pena/ nevertheless: http://techrights.org/2021/04/04/an-elephant-in-the-room-creative-commons/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 09:50:59

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Democrats May Tie Disaster Relief to Raising #Debt Ceiling, Putting #GOP in a Bind https://truthout.org/articles/dems-may-tie-disaster-relief-to-raising-debt-ceiling-putting-gop-in-a-bind/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:01:50

• #eon / #eonNext are soooo annoying. The customer disservice people are trained to obstruct and it took me more than 15 minutes just to get them to accept that I can file a complaint with them. They keep going round and round in loops. #npower was so much better, but eON swallowed them...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:03:30

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Line3 Resisters Light the Way in a Battle for Life on Earth https://truthout.org/articles/line-3-resisters-light-the-way-in-a-battle-for-life-on-earth/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:04:38

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Many #FBI Files on 9/11 Remain Classified. Victims' Families Want Them Released. https://truthout.org/articles/many-fbi-files-on-9-11-remain-classified-victims-families-want-them-released/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:05:20

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ How the #WarOnTerror Created the “Muslim American” https://www.thenation.com/article/society/muslim-american-race/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:07:56

• ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ Remembering Intel 740 | Custom PC #218 https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/remembering-intel-740-custom-pc-218/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:08:20

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ EFF Activists To Lead Protest Demanding #Apple Cancel iPhone Scanning Program and Keep Its #Privacy Promises To Customers https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-activists-lead-protest-demanding-apple-cancel-iphone-scanning-program-and-keep          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:09:10

• #eon #eonnext consistently bad https://nitter.eu/Kentsnaps1/status/1436237080372330498          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:12:05

• So-called 'smart' meters. Which even their own clients say fail to work a lot of the time... https://nitter.eu/antisocialist83/status/1436080123195891713          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:13:27

• Yup, this is #eon / #eonnext in a nutshell https://nitter.eu/nuffield_girl/status/1435956149086392321          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:15:39

• #eon / #eonnext said they'd file a formal complaint for me, but a week ago they said a supervisor would phone back. Nobody ever did. One week. So it would not shock me if the formal complaint too gets (or already got) "lost in the mail" so to speak....          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:17:43

• #pfizer https://nitter.eu/Lanna70115/status/1436241133336674304          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:18:52

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #activism ☞ Heading Into the Fall https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/heading-into-the-fall/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:19:19

• ● NEWS ● #EFF #Surveillance ☞ The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: #Prison Gaming and AR/VR Services https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/carceral-surveillance-catalog-prison-gaming-and-arvr-services          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:20:54

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ Don’t Stop Now: Join EFF, Fight for the Future at Apple Protests Nationwide https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/dont-stop-now-join-eff-fight-future-apple-protests-nationwide          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:25:42

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'The Last Thing We Need': #OcasioCortez Urges Californians to Vote No on #Newsom Recall https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/last-thing-we-need-ocasio-cortez-urges-californians-vote-no-newsom-recall          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:26:20

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Tax These Moochers': Top 1% Dodge $163 Billion in Taxes Each Year https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/tax-these-moochers-top-1-dodge-163-billion-taxes-each-year https://www.reuters.com/article/us-offshore-wealth-idUSBRE86L03U20120722          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:48:26

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Appalled' by Vaccine Booster Plans, WHO Chief Rebukes Big Pharma, Rich Nations https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/appalled-vaccine-booster-plans-who-chief-rebukes-big-pharma-rich-nations          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:50:48

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Biden to Issue Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/biden-issue-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-federal-workers after just one year of #clinicalTrials          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:52:49

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Patents #monopolies #greed ☞ Opinion | Vaccine Mandates and #Patent Waivers for the Common Good https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/09/vaccine-mandates-and-patent-waivers-common-good          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:53:56

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Digital Death Penalty? Legal Battle over Piracy Disconnections Heats Up in Appeals Court https://torrentfreak.com/digital-death-penalty-legal-battle-over-piracy-disconnections-heats-up-in-appeals-court-210909/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:55:39

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Funimation #DMCA Notices Shut Down Pirate Anime Apps, Force Others to Consider Future https://torrentfreak.com/funimation-dmca-notices-shut-down-pirate-anime-apps-force-others-to-consider-future-210909/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:55:54

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The Fierce, Enduring Legacy of America’s Anti– #Afghanistan #War Protests https://www.thenation.com/article/world/photos-afghanistan-war-protests/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 10:57:20

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Kathy Hochul’s Future Ambitions Create an Opening for the Left https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/kathy-hochul-housing-ny/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:06:31

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #militarism #imperialism ☞ The $8 Trillion Cost of Failure https://www.thenation.com/article/world/afghanistan-war-spending/ US became LESS safe, not safer...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:07:03

• So many people out of work, bit let's compare two very awful economies... https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/09/cheap-fun-job-growth-under-trump-and-biden/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:07:44

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Big Oil’s Delay Tactics Are the New #Climate Science Denialism https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/big-oil-climate-denial-exxon-chevron/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:12:08

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Republican FreeDumb is Killing Us https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/09/republican-freedumb-is-killing-us/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:22:16

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Battle of the #Plutocrats in #Virginia https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/09/battle-of-the-plutocrats-in-virginia/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:22:55

• ● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork #Wildlife #Nature ☞ #Amazon fires are rising threat to Brazil’s great #rainforest https://climatenewsnetwork.net/amazon-fires-are-rising-threat-to-brazils-great-rainforest/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:23:54

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | An Unwillingness To Abide Lost Cause Idolatry Any Longer: Robert E. Lee Comes Down At Last https://www.commondreams.org/further/2021/09/09/unwillingness-abide-lost-cause-idolatry-any-longer-robert-e-lee-comes-down-last          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:24:58

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #War ☞ Opinion | The Moral Idiocy and Suicidal Tendency of #EndlessWar https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/09/moral-idiocy-and-suicidal-tendency-endless-war          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:25:28

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Australia #AU ☞ As World Burns, Morrison Says Australia's Sticking With #Coal https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/world-burns-morrison-says-australias-sticking-coal          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:26:09

• #Valve Releases Major Steam Client Update with New Downloads Page, Linux Improvements • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155486 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:26:30

• #Cozy – modern audio book player • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155487 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:26:46

• Building an open source community health analytics platform • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155488 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:27:29

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | 20 Years of Wasted Money and Missed Opportunities Since 9/11 https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/09/20-years-wasted-money-and-missed-opportunities-911          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:29:17

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ #RashidaTlaib Corrects Jim Clyburn: '$3.5 Trillion Is the Floor' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/rashida-tlaib-corrects-jim-clyburn-35-trillion-floor          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:30:05

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Time for Waiting Is Over': Biden's New #Vaccine Requirements Target US Workforce https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/time-waiting-over-bidens-new-vaccine-requirements-target-us-workforce one year is far too short for #clinicalTrials ...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:31:21

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | The Dixie Fire and the Day I Became a #Climate Refugee https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/09/dixie-fire-and-day-i-became-climate-refugee          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:31:43

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Address the Global Public #Health Crisis: Ban #Glyphosate Now! https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/09/address-the-global-public-health-crisis-ban-glyphosate-now/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:32:48

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Game-Changer': #Biden DOJ Applauded for Suing #Texas Over New #Abortion Ban https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/game-changer-biden-doj-applauded-suing-texas-over-new-abortion-ban          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:33:35

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155489 #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:34:07

• What #Patent #Colonialism Looks Like • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/epo-patent-colonialism/ ䷉ #Techrights #EPO #Patents | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/10/epo-patent-colonialism/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:42:34

• [Meme] 'Open Source' Study/Report From the #EuropeanCommission Promotes #SoftwarePatents in #Europe http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/study-european-commission/ h/t @zoobab of @ffii #swpats          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:09:48

• Today in #Techrights • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155490 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:14:03

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #ATandT Whines About Spectrum Hoarding Now That #TMobile Is Doing It https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210907/10581247517/att-whines-about-spectrum-hoarding-now-that-t-mobile-is-doing-it.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:18:42

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ New Opportunities For Progressives in an Evolving Middle East? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/09/new-opportunities-for-progressives-in-an-evolving-middle-east/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:19:03

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Twenty Years After 9/11: a Health Worker's Perspective https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/09/twenty-years-after-9-11-a-health-workers-perspective/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:19:26

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #RuneScape ☞ Another Mod War: Jagex Demands Shutdown Of HD RuneScape Mod, Retracts After Public Backlash https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210909/10183947532/another-mod-war-jagex-demands-shutdown-hd-runescape-mod-retracts-after-public-backlash.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:20:16

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Step Up and Do the Right Thing': Groups Urge Congress to Pass Build Back Better Bill https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/step-and-do-right-thing-groups-urge-congress-pass-build-back-better-bill          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:21:10

• #eON or #EONNext #Energy Limited Possibly the #UK ’s Worst Energy Supplier http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/09/10/eon-next-energy-limited/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 12:31:23

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #police ☞ Body Cam Video Shows Cop Killing A Harmless Dog Within 15 Seconds Of Arriving At The Scene https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210827/18462947448/body-cam-video-shows-cop-killing-harmless-dog-within-15-seconds-arriving-scene.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:18:02

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #TX ☞ #Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Announces On Twitter The Livestreaming On Facebook Of His Signing Of A Bill That Removes 1st Amendment Rights For Both https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210909/15002147534/texas-gov-greg-abbott-announces-twitter-livestreaming-facebook-his-signing-bill-that-removes-1st-amendment-rights-both.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:18:17

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Damned If You Do; Damned If You Don't: ProPublica's Bizarre Reporting On #WhatsApp Abuse Reports https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210908/17311947529/damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-dont-propublicas-bizarre-reporting-whatsapp-abuse-reports.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:19:58

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The End of White Hegemony? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/09/the-end-of-white-hegemony/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:20:29

• This video discusses the latest two “news” items from the EPO (first in about a month!) and part 19 of the current series, which ends tomorrow • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/epo-patent-colonialism/ ䷉ #Techrights #EPO #Europe #Corruption | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/10/epo-patent-colonialism/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:22:06

• #OpenForum Europe and a German #patenttroll have issued this report, which on the surface looks like advocacy regarding (or for) software freedom… until one looks more closely • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/study-european-commission/ ䷉ #swpats #europe          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:23:44

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ So Long to a Sense of Community https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/09/so-long-to-a-sense-of-community/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:24:53

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | How Can America Wake Up From Its Post-9/11 Nightmare? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/09/how-can-america-wake-its-post-911-nightmare          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:25:22

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Sixth Circuit Reaffirms It's A Fourth Amendment Violation To Chalk Car Tires For Parking Enforcement Purposes https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210828/18314947457/sixth-circuit-reaffirms-fourth-amendment-violation-to-chalk-car-tires-parking-enforcement-purposes.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:25:54

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Why USA Goes to War https://www.thenation.com/article/world/money-war-machine/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:26:20

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ In Buffalo, Progressive India Walton Fights Off 'Sore Loser' Democratic Mayor and GOP Allies https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/buffalo-progressive-india-walton-fights-sore-loser-democratic-mayor-and-gop-allies          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:26:52

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #sharing #openaccess #science ☞ #SciHub Celebrates 10 Years Of Existence, With A Record 88 Million Papers Available, And A Call For Funds To Help It Add AI And Go Open Source https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210908/03560147519/sci-hub-celebrates-10-years-existence-with-record-88-million-papers-available-call-funds-to-help-it-add-ai-go-open-source.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:28:56

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #Connecticut Court Orders Blogger To Turn Over Electronic Devices To Cop Suing Over Alleged #Defamation By Blog's Commenters https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210902/16521747491/connecticut-court-orders-blogger-to-turn-over-electronic-devices-to-cop-suing-over-alleged-defamation-blogs-commenters.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:30:15

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ Climate Campaigners Demand 'Action, Not Words' After Biden's 'Code Red' Comments https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/climate-campaigners-demand-action-not-words-after-bidens-code-red-comments #ClimateChange          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:30:46

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The Board Meeting https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/the-board-meeting/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:31:44

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Finance ☞ Scam the Rich: A Conversation With Novelist Marlowe Granados https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/marlowe-granados-happy-hour/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:32:27

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Censorship ☞ Impossibility Of Content Moderation: Scientist Debunking Vaccine Myths Gets A YouTube Strike For Medical Misinfo https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210828/17331647455/impossibility-content-moderation-scientist-debunking-vaccine-myths-gets-youtube-strike-medical-misinfo.shtml          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:32:50

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #EPA ☞ Conservationists and Locals Praise Biden EPA's Move to Protect Bristol Bay From Pebble Mine https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/09/conservationists-and-locals-praise-biden-epas-move-protect-bristol-bay-pebble-mine          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:33:34

• #Programming Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155491         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:41:21

• Links 10/9/2021: Firefox Ads and Sci-Hub Turns 10 • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/sci-hub-turns-10/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/10/sci-hub-turns-10/         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:52:46

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155492 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:53:01

• #devices leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155493 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:53:19

• "For most normal gamers it probably won't be a hugely relevant talk but for developers it could be an interesting one. The main thing is that #GNU #Linux had a presence at such a huge industry event." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/09/open-source-in-games-how-to-save-your-studio-time-and-effort          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:55:31

• "Spine is an upcoming PlayStation 4 emulator that's currently closed-source while it's under heavy development. It's also currently only available for Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/09/ps4-emulator-spine-gets-a-new-demo-release          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 15:56:21

• #uk numbers just in: Another 150 dead today with #covid19 and number of deaths rose 18.7% in the past week alone. Yes, one week. A lockdown in a month or two? Real death toll higher: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/09/03/borisnaro-data/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:03:04

• #Brazil 's Restrictive New #SocialControlMedia Rules Could Be an Omen For the Future of the #Internet https://time.com/6096704/brazil-social-media-rules/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:09:35

• "While this is generally true some of the systems in use today are rather dated (to put it mildly). A great example is the method that pilots use in poor visibility to “find” the runway; their Instrument Landing System (ILS), a technology invented in 1929." https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/efb-tampering-the-human-factor/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:11:52

• Linux 5.15 Readies More Code For Compile & Run-Time Detection Of Buffer Overflows - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.15-More-BO-Detection ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/09/10/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:15:28

• #Surveillance state incoming with #Australia ’s “hacking” bill - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/surveillance-state-incoming-with-australias-hacking-bill/ ䷉ #accessnow          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:16:51

• "The order has been circulating on social media, but is not available on the Government websites. The order does not lay out a factual justification for why the internet suspension is required, and does not justify the geographical extent of the suspension either." https://internetfreedom.in/as-the-farmers-protests-see-widespread-internet-shutdowns-iff-writes-to-the-haryana-home-ministry-urging-restraint/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:17:58

• #PipeWire Media Server 0.3.35 Released https://pipewire.org/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:19:55

• Why you should be more concerned about #internet shutdowns https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/09/1035237/internet-shutdowns-censorship-exponential-jigsaw-google/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:22:05

• #RayBan working with the #stasi on #espionage https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-live-smart-glasses-ray-ban-launch-1627443 give no money to the parent company of Ray-Ban (all the brands)...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:23:29

• #GNOME 41 RC1 Download with fixes beta bugs http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155432#comment-30925         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:26:05

• " #WordPress 5.4-5.8 are affected by multiple vulnerabilities. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected website." https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/09/10/wordpress-releases-security-update          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:30:15

• Games: Steam, Free Software, Tux and Fanny • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155495 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:30:28

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155494 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:30:45

• Six #Standards Recommendations for the #Biden Administration https://www.consortiuminfo.org/laws-regulations-and-litigation/six-standards-recommendations-for-the-biden-administration/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:31:34

• HEY HI HEY HI.... selling #hardware using buzzwords https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Hababa-Labs-Open-Compiler-AI "did we mention HEY HI???"          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:36:51

• Moving Forward After #CentOS 8 EOL ⚓ https://thehackernews.com/2021/09/moving-forward-after-centos-8-eol.html ䷉ #thehackernews #ibm #redhat          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:37:41

• #phoronix compares #microsoft #vaourware like Service Pack '11' to existing things... :/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:39:04

• #Ext4 vs #XFS – Which Filesystem Should You Use ⚓ https://linoxide.com/ext4-vs-xfs-which-one-to-choose/ ䷉ #linoxide | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/09/10/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:40:18

• #OpenSnitch Application Firewall 1.4.0 Adds eBPF And nftables Support, Allow/Block Lists • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155496 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:43:34

• #ibm #redhat #fedora "Being a community of diverse people from various backgrounds" https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/call-for-projects-and-mentors-for-outreachy-december-march-cohort/ racist liars: http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:48:30

• #Kernel: AMD/Radeon, Ext4 vs XFS, and Latest in inux 5.15 • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155497 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:50:16

• #freesw talent: how to capture it https://opensource.com/article/21/9/open-source-recruiting don't do what #ibm does. It has already caused many people from #redhat to flee....          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:53:43

• Those are mostly #gnu rather than #linux but #ibm #redhat is still trying to 'kill' the founder of GNU/Linux to rewrite history https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/linux-text-manipulation-tools          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:54:59

• #System76 Updates The 15" Pangolin with Ryzen http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155194#comment-30926         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:56:40

• #ibm #redhat is #cloudwashing https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/when-everything-cloud-does-os-matter again #clownComputing #buzzwords #nonsense          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 16:59:05

• #ProtonMail is not a legitimate #privacy tool. #FalseMarketing #sellout https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/09/protonmail-now-keeps-ip-logs.html          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:02:17

• #clowncomputing = you rely on lies told to you by #marketing people of another company/entity https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/07/protonmail_hands_user_ip_address_police/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:03:10

• #IBM #/RedHat / #Fedora Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155498 #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:05:29

• #liveslak -1.3.10 and new ISO images for #Slackware Live Edition • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155499 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:07:20

• "ProtonMail is an open-source webmail client distributed and licensed under GNU "General Public License" version 3." But the upstream provider is a rat/snitch https://medevel.com/neutron/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:10:30

• "We're wrapping up another great week with the following activities from the Apache community..." https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-news-round-up243          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:11:48

• "Debian 11 (Bullseye) comes with the mlt framework 6.24.0 and kdenlive 20.12.3. Unfortunately it was already too late (freeze) to build mlt with enabled OpenCV features, this are also required to use the motion tracker features, which are now still missing in the pure stable release." https://www.linux-dev.org/2021/09/kdenlive-mlt-status-in-debian-bullseye/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:12:33

• More of that very typical FUD trying to blame #Golang and #Google because people can write malicious software in some particular language. It also blames "Linux" even though it's not clear how the malicious programs get there in the first place and what that has to do with #Linux https://siliconangle.com/2021/09/09/new-chachi-malware-variant-designed-target-linux-systems/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:15:58

• "The build centers around a Raspberry Pi 4 and a 7″ LCD display" https://hackaday.com/2021/09/09/musical-cyberdeck-is-part-synth-part-midi-controller-and-all-cool/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:18:42

• #Security Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155500 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:20:55

• Five things to know before learning #Python | #RedHat Developer ⚓ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2021/09/10/five-things-know-learning-python ䷉ #programming          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:21:42

• Giving #ProprietarySoftware access to your microphone is always a bad idea and poor practice http://www.enricozini.org/blog/2021/debian/a-nightmare-of-confcalls-and-microphones #google          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:23:16

• Filling the sky with more junks instead of more birds https://hackaday.com/2021/09/09/aerodynamic-buoyant-blimp-budges-into-low-cost-cargo-commerce/ #consumerism          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:24:20

• #KDE Gear, Plasma, systemd Update in #Tumbleweed • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155501 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:25:44

• ...there is a resurgeance of FUD against #goland and Linux: along these lines: http://techrights.org/2021/03/01/golang-fud/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/01/golang-fud/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:27:45

• Cleaning up header bars in #GNOME • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155502 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:28:19

• #CatalinCimpanu 'fired' by #zdnet ? No posts in 7 months. The site as a whole became a lot less active and let us hope it is dying. #boycottZDNet http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:30:11

• At one point #zdnet did about 2 articles per day tagged "LINUX" and now it's just 2 in 8 days. #SJVN really needs to find a better place to write, not a place where they (actually did!) censor of criticism of #microsoft ... this #propagandaMill needs to perish and they use SJVN to borrow perceived credibility          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:32:51

• Ongoing discussion about how to further enhance user input in #geminiProtocol (e.g. for search) https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007100.html          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:40:46

• It is a positive sign that they will be using #BigBlueButton https://opensource.org/POSIFinalSched          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:48:41

• Having said that, #OSI #PracticalOpenSource itself is quite the farce: http://techrights.org/2021/08/12/diversity-as-a-product-on-sale/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:51:30

• When Did #Diversity Become a Product Sold to Corporations and to Privileged Autocrats? • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/08/13/diversity-as-sold-commodity/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/08/13/diversity-as-sold-commodity/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:52:03

• The most popular AMD Ryzen CPUs are finally getting optimized Linux support • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155503 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:53:30

• #AlmaLinux 8.4 on my #IdeaPad 3 - Decent, with a snag or two • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155504 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:55:14

• Ending lockdowns created a crisis for home pets, e.g. dogs and cats, not just the #climate and air quality. Get people to work from home; don't pamper the oligarchs who made a bad (risky) investment in "office estate"...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 17:57:00

• #krita #kde #freesw art: Yak Shaving https://www.davidrevoy.com/article861/yak-shaving          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:01:18

• #YOGA Image Optimizer – Graphical Tool to Convert & Compress PNG, JPEG, WebP • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155505 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:01:35

• "The Librem 5 is very, very close to being the only phone I carry around with me. But there are five things holding it back. Let's talk about them." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=E939fioA5bE          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:07:05

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155506 #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:08:24

• "The point of terrorism is to leverage the efforts of a small group in an attempt to modify the behavior of a much larger group." https://www.cringely.com/2021/09/10/bobs-9-11-post-from-20-years-ago-to-a-man-with-a-hammer/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:09:44

• Airplanes and airports are superspreader platforms. I hope the airlines die a quick death. The sooner, the better. The #climate and #pollution crisis is several times worse than #covid19          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:14:31

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155507 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:14:55

• Input mapping tool AntiMicroX 3.1.7 is out with improved Wayland support • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155508 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:18:46

• EU Begins Antitrust Investigation Into Google Assistant https://voicebot.ai/2021/09/09/eu-begins-antitrust-investigation-into-google-assistant-on-android/ when does the investigation into #microsoft crime start too? http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:20:19

• #microsoft strategy: commit the crimes, bribe officials, then also tell them to go after our competitors, instead http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:21:27

• Looking back on 30 years of #Linux history with Red Hat's Pete Zaitcev http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/154866#comment-30929          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:23:33

• Briar: The right open-source messenger for activists https://medevel.com/briar-an-open-source-developer-friendly-activists-messenger/ it is on #fdroid too, but I am sceptical but 'smart' phones have back doors: https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:27:33

• Get more out of the window title with #Konsole • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155509 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #KDE         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:28:46

• "As our tools of choice, C/GObject and Vulkan were used in both projects, maintaining our goal of keeping xrdesktop low level and thus providing a performant XR experience." https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2021/09/10/an-xrdesktop-summer-of-code/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:30:48

• #Uganda charges lawmakers allied to opposition leader with murder https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-charges-lawmakers-allied-opposition-leader-with-murder-2021-09-07/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:35:09

• "A lack of clarity on the Taliban's position on women in #Afghanistan has generated "incredible fear" across the country, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday, warning there were daily reports of curbs on the rights of women." https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/incredible-fear-among-women-across-afghanistan-un-official-2021-09-08/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:36:13

• [Satire] Inmate Granted Parole After Court Determines Release Poses No Threat To Prison’s Bottom Line ⚓ https://www.theonion.com/inmate-granted-parole-after-court-determines-release-po-1847629251 ䷉ #theonion          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:37:14

• #techrepublic returning error pages. Varnish defunct. Let's hope its sister site #zdnet is next... as they're front groups for malicious corporate agenda          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:39:19

• Musical Cyberdeck is Part Synth, Part MIDI Controller, and All Cool • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155510 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 18:40:42

• Links 10/9/2021: liveslak-1.3.10 and PipeWire 0.3.35 • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/liveslak-1-3-10/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/10/liveslak-1-3-10/         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 19:01:27

• #Programming and Standards • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155511          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 19:01:49

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155512 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 19:02:17

• "SpiderMonkey is the JavaScript engine used in Mozilla Firefox. This newsletter gives an overview of the JavaScript and WebAssembly work we’ve done as part of the Firefox 92 and 93 Nightly release cycles." https://spidermonkey.dev/blog/2021/09/10/newsletter-firefox-92-93.html          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 20:45:50

• Severe inability to name GNU and what GNU does https://linuxtechlab.com/is-linux-a-programming-language/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 20:48:14

• #Habana Labs HEY HI Driver Updates Submitted For Linux 5.15 - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Habana-Labs-Linux-5.15-Changes ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/09/10/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 20:50:26

• A new survivor has appeared in the latest Don't Starve Together update | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/09/a-new-survivor-has-appeared-in-the-latest-dont-starve-together-update ䷉ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/09/10/#latest          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 20:51:21

• #ibm lying. "So first I was listening to the CEO office hours the other day, the CEO said IBM hires anywhere from 40K to 60K people a year!!! Wow, really?!? How many layoffs are required to achieve that hiring number" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cLF8ipd#replies         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 20:54:59

• "For those with family and kids on the way its much harder. I know many families at #IBM who don't send their kids to school or daycare because of COVID. I think once things start to settle down in 2022 you will see more people leave who have families." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cKiRnF7#replies         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 20:55:58

• #ibm "most hiring is Band 6/7 to do a Band 8/9 job... When the teams complain to the execs, they say just hire overseas for the higher levels." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cLF8ipd#replies         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 20:56:58

• #ibm "Was hired in '96 and RA'd [laid off] class of 2020. I learned that the personal pension will only accrue (earn) interest until I turn 65, then interest stops." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cI2ocFV#replies         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 20:57:56

• #fedora severely understaffed and without a community under #ibm (they do not wish to be slaves of this firm) https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fridays-fedora-facts-2021-36/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 20:59:14

• Quadratic algorithms are slow (and hashmaps are fast) ⚓ https://jvns.ca/blog/2021/09/10/hashmaps-make-things-fast/ ䷉ #jvns #programming          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:00:21

• Cancel all #patents associated with #covid19 https://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2021/09/tuesday-press-conference-mocs-civil-society-and-labor-leaders-urge-biden-to-launch-global-plan-to-en.html #patent #monopolies #greed          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:02:00

• We already have way more than enough problems on this planet, so "Asteroid Threat" seems like a distraction https://hackaday.com/2021/09/10/nasa-are-squaring-up-against-the-asteroid-threat/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:07:31

• "delivery of goods involving a server in communication with a customer’s computer through a user interface via the Internet." = #swpats = #fakepatents https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/9/10/2000-for-consumeron-prior-art #uspto #ptab          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:11:55

• #microsoft #windows #fail https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/08/bork/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:13:19

• Virtualization: Containers and VMs with Proxmox VE 7.0 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/153091#comment-30932         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:18:10

• The developers of #GhostBSD have released version 09/21/06 of the free Unix derivative. http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155373#comment-30931         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:18:42

• El Salvador's bitcoin experiment splits crypto community amid major price decline https://www.marketwatch.com/story/el-salvadors-bitcoin-experiment-splits-community-amid-major-price-decline-11631135674 https://www.tomshardware.com/news/elon-musk-accused-bitcoin-market-manipulation          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:22:57

• [Old] #RaspberryPi Treat Dispenser Rewards Good Dogs https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-instagram-treat-dispenser          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:25:13

• You ought not use ANY version of #microsoft #windows https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/raspberry-pi-pico-solar-system-display back doors are perpetual, versions are a money-draining scam http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:31:19

• Windows... DA BEST https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/758016/current-version-of-bsod-after-problems-installing-updates/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:31:51

• #RSSGuard would be wise to #deletehgithub https://www.neowin.net/news/rss-guard-402/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_Github          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:35:55

• #VoidLinux: excellent choice for more advanced Linux users • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155513 #GNU #Linux distro that needs to #deletegithub         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:40:48

• #ibm causing chaos for many https://www.enterpriseai.news/2021/09/10/as-centos-linux-loses-support-dec-31-cloudlinux-moves-in-to-help-centos-users/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:43:24

• #Wine 6.17 Announcement • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155514 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:49:01

• #Litigation giant Finnegan (, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP): PAY US OR THE SKY WILL FALL https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/trademark/1109428/file-it-or-lose-it          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:51:26

• Wine development release 6.17 is out with continued work for the GDI syscall interface http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155514#comment-30933         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 21:54:55

• #EPO case law is patently rigged and oughtn't be copied anywhere https://www.iam-media.com/litigation/english-court-of-appeal-brings-sufficiency-test-line-epo-case-law see http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:21:34

• Complete propaganda as some of these are obstacles designed to give advantage to foreign firms https://www.cnbctv18.com/economy/rd-ip-standardisation-are-key-elements-for-an-innovative-india-10674611.htm see, e.g. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Software_Patents_in_India          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:30:06

• Microsoft blames the users for its software being broken and incapable of protecting users https://marketresearchtelecast.com/thursday-tesla-laser-twitter-deletion-cell-broadcast-windows-attacks/151286/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:31:46

• #EPO wasting money again, bribing the media, bribing host nations (vote-buying), and distracting from its many crimes https://www.epo.org/news-events/news/2021/20210910.html sometimes it promotes frauds too: http://techrights.org/2018/05/04/theranos-epo-fraud/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:34:39

• Issuing a whole press release just to announce that one's #patents aren't deemed fake in #PTAB 's eyes (it can be appealed to #CAFC , still https://www.streetinsider.com/PRNewswire/PTAB+Affirms+Patentability+of+Parus+Claims/18924877.html #uspto          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:36:35

• Owing to #epo coverage in #techrights we've been getting more leaks and tips from/about other institutions. We'll be covering a lot of abuses in years to come. The media's failure to cover issues works in our favour...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:38:06

• This morning I opened a formal complaint in #eon / #eonNext and since then no updates, no phonecalls, nothing http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/09/10/eon-next-energy-limited/ we'll see if something happens Monday...          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:39:31

• With the #techrights wiki added to #geminiSpace (about 1,000 pages) we'll soon exceed 38.000 pages in total, in gemini:// alone... gemini://gemini.techrights.org/wiki/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:41:04

• #internet news is a sort of fictional thing because 20 years ago it did exist and money was invested in it. Nowadays #socialcontrolmedia dooms it, replacing it with #misinformation and for-profit #disinformation for the most part. Because that's where the money is: PR and lies.          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:43:29

• How I Research Stuff https://tedium.co/2021/09/10/digital-research-advice/ "like this Charlie Sheen-inspired piece about alternative medicine, or this piece on bottle deposits."          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:44:34

• #Mozilla has nothing of value left to say. So, here are some 'tweets'... https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/best-tweets-matrix-blues-clues-september-10th/          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 22:45:54

• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Evolution of Language ⚓ https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/evolution-of-language ䷉ #smbc         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 23:05:20

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155515 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 23:10:32

• Challenging #DavidKappos , Seeking Accountability Over His Corporate Legacy as #IBM / #Microsoft 'Mole' Inside the U.S. #Patent and Trademark Office http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/challenging-david-kappos/ @zoobab          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 23:22:39

• #Kernel: Linux Habana Labs Driver and Microsoftisation • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155516 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 23:23:21

• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Thought ⚓ https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/thought-2 ䷉ #smbc          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 23:39:37

• [Meme] 12 Years of Corporate Deplorables Running the #USPTO http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/corporate-uspto/ #swpats #google #ibm #microsoft          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 23:43:55

• [Meme] #EPO and #EUIPO Aren’t Democratic Institutions http://techrights.org/2021/09/10/rigging-epo-and-euipo/ #europe #corruption #eu          ☞

posted Friday, September 10, 2021 at 23:59:40