Roy Schestowitz

• #Hardware Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155694 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:25:09

• #Programming Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155695 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:25:20

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155696 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:27:28

• "So what are the lessons learned here? Partners gravitate to what serves them best (the rep made more commission selling workday) and Power is shrinking because #IBM is not investing in the ecosystem (the ISV invested in Intel)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cPE0HId#replies         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:29:08

• Links 16/9/2021: Unifont 14.0.01, LibreOffice on ODF 1.3, Mozilla Pushing Ads (Sponsored ’Firefox Suggest’), and Microsoft Pushes Proprietary Direct3D via Mesa • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/15/libreoffice-on-odf-1-3/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/15/libreoffice-on-odf-1-3/         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:30:33

• #freenode was assassinated https://nitter.eu/builtbyph/status/1438250657010667524          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:32:41

• "closely resembles a generic linux TV streaming box that you can buy wholesale from the factory." https://boingboing.net/2021/09/15/150-qux-gadget-sure-looks-a-lot-like-this-generic-linux-tv-box-that-wholesalers-list-for-15.html          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:34:25

• Fueling automotive innovation through open source collaboration ⚓ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/fueling-automotive-innovation-through-open-source-collaboration ䷉ #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:35:19

• OnlyFans' ban and subsequent reversal exacerbates debate over #Section230 reform https://www.lumendatabase.org/blog_entries/onlyfans-bans-then-re-allows-pornography-section-230          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:35:46

• Florian @fosspatents Mueller should know better than to repeat #propaganda terms like "intellectual [sic] property [sic] rights [sic]" http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/09/intellectual-property-rights-might-not.html          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:37:30

• Linux kernel minimum compiler raised to GCC 5.1, allowing potential C11 use http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155692#comment-30981         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:52:03

• #JUVE the latest to promote lies and fake news for Team UPC; reckless propaganda to give people a false impression, lobbyism disguised as 'journalism' https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/people-and-business/latest-news-and-updates-on-the-unified-patent-court/ see http://techrights.org/2021/08/19/captured-media-telling-lies/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:55:51

• JUVE actually USED to do actual journalism http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Juve          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 00:56:36

• "problem with wayland is EGL, which is slow without GPU acceleration, and the GPU acceleration relies on proprietary hardware and bloated bad quality software stack" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-150921.html#tSep%2015%2022:22:48          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:52:34

• Self-hosting videos, less #dmca hassle http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-150921.html#tSep%2015%2011:53:58          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:52:45

• Hubble Tension https://xkcd.com/2516/ #xkcd          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:53:00

• #Microsoft installing #backdoors in GNU/Linux https://thehackernews.com/2021/09/critical-flaws-discovered-in-azure-app.html not new: http://techrights.org/2019/07/06/love-is-not-about-control/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:53:11

• Deleted Post: “ #LibreOffice is Becoming Dominated by a Bunch of Corporates, and Has no Place for the Enthusiastic Amateur.” • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/corporate-libreoffice/ Very saddening. We ought not hide problems. ䷉ #Techrights #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/corporate-libreoffice/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:53:27

• FOSS for #amateurradio • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155700 #freesw          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:54:02

• #Chafa 1.8: Terminal graphics with a side of everything • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155701 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:55:01

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155697 #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:55:49

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155698 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:56:20

• #KaliLinux 2021.3 Brings in Kali Live VM Support http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155629#comment-30983 #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:56:42

• #Kernel: Latest From LWN, Early Patches Bring #BPF to Linux Scheduler • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155699 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:57:14

• #Microsoft #Azure and Back/Bug Doors in GNU/Linux: Fool Me Once (Shame on You) / Fool Me Twice (Shame on Me) • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/microsoft-azure-bug-doors/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/microsoft-azure-bug-doors/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:57:34

• 𝓣𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 #IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/irc-log-150921/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/irc-log-150921/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 08:59:12

• Early Patches Bring BPF To The Linux Scheduler - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-BPF-Scheduler ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/09/16/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:01:19

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

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:01:29

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

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:01:40

• #Perl Monthly Report - August http://blogs.perl.org/users/mohammad_s_anwar/2021/09/monthly-report---august-2.html #programming          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:03:01

• #itsfoss still posting LF affiliate #spam https://news.itsfoss.com/lf-cloud-bootcamp-21/ LF != Linux http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Foundation          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:03:19

• "Unsubscribe Successful... You have now unsubscribed from Product News and Promotions communications from #Cloudflare ." #clownflare is sending me #SPAM to an email account from work just because my email address showed up somewhere. Screw you, clownflare!         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:03:47

• After studying two computers, including one of mine, I must conclude that #mozilla is just vandalising #email #encryption or that #thunderbird is ruining PGP due to incompetence. I deduce this based on the lack of fixes. They broke what used to work. #google (of GMail infamy) pays for this.          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:04:02

• ● NEWS ● #PapersPlease ☞ #DHS must explain failure to release e-mail files https://papersplease.org/wp/2021/09/15/dhs-must-explain-failure-to-release-e-mail-files/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:08:08

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Toronto Film Festival Asks #Google to Remove Links to Leaked #Netflix Screeners https://torrentfreak.com/toronto-film-festival-asks-google-to-remove-links-to-leaked-netflix-screeners-210915/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:08:37

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Movie Sharing: Customers of Major UK ISPs Receive Letters Demanding Cash https://torrentfreak.com/movie-piracy-customers-of-major-uk-isps-receive-letters-demanding-cash-210915/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:08:50

• ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ Foot pressure sensors detect Parkinson’s disease https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/foot-pressure-sensors-detect-parkinsons-disease/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:09:22

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist ☞ A perfect storm for #container shipping https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/a-perfect-storm-for-container-shipping/21804500          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:10:24

• ● NEWS ● #KenTsang #Health ☞ Why I decided to build my own vaccine booking search engine instead of using the Government’s one https://jxeeno.medium.com/why-i-decided-to-build-my-own-vaccine-booking-search-engine-instead-of-using-the-governments-one-c932ca72fb3d          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:10:49

• ● NEWS ● #BroadbandBreakfast #Health ☞ Members of Congress Request #Facebook Halt ‘Instagram For Kids’ Plan Following Mental Health Research Report https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/09/members-of-congress-request-facebook-halt-instagram-for-kids-plan-following-mental-health-research-report/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:11:10

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Health ☞ Congress will investigate claims that #Instagram harms teens https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/15/22675802/facebook-instagram-teens-harm-blumenthal-blackburn-markey-kids          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:11:27

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #patents #patent ☞ #Covid19 #Vaccine Makers Blasted for 'Unconscionable Profits,' #Monopolies , and Low Taxes https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/covid-19-vaccine-makers-blasted-unconscionable-profits-monopolies-and-low-taxes          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:12:26

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Patents Aren't Products (Yet) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/catalog-carceral-surveillance-patents-arent-products-yet          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:13:09

• “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me,” goes the old saying… • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/microsoft-azure-bug-doors/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #Microsoft #Azure | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/microsoft-azure-bug-doors/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:13:52

• Chris Sherlock, an insider of #LibreOffice , cautions about the direction of this very important and widely used project • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/corporate-libreoffice/ ䷉ #Techrights #DocumentFoundation #libo #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/corporate-libreoffice/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:14:46

• This is the company you trust with #github and #npm ????? https://www.wiz.io/blog/secret-agent-exposes-azure-customers-to-unauthorized-code-execution see http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/microsoft-azure-bug-doors/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 09:20:21

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ The Federal Government Just Can’t Get Enough of Your Face https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/federal-government-just-cant-get-enough-your-face          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:36:30

• ● NEWS ● #Shadowproof ☞ Twenty Years In A Security State: After Failing To Stop 9/11 Attacks, FBI Invented #Terrorists https://shadowproof.com/2021/09/15/twenty-years-in-a-security-state-after-failing-to-stop-9-11-attacks-fbi-invented-terrorists/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:37:07

• ● NEWS ● #EFF ☞ Lessons From History: Afghanistan and the Dangerous Afterlives of Identifying Data https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/lessons-history-afghanistan-and-dangerous-afterlives-identifying-data          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:37:25

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #cn ☞ The Winner in #Afghanistan : #China https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/the-winner-in-afghanistan-china/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:37:59

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Abort the Illegitimate Court: End the Filibuster and Pack it https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/end-the-filibuster-and-pack-it/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:38:26

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Following #Afghanistan Defeat: Can #EU Win Own ‘Independence’ from the US? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/following-afghanistan-defeat-can-eu-win-own-independence-from-the-us/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:39:05

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ A Forever Foreign Policy Debate https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/a-forever-foreign-policy-debate/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:39:17

• #Microsoft #Windows TCO: ● #TheHill #ProprietarySoftware ☞ General promises 'surge' to fight ransomware attacks https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/572203-general-promises-surge-in-effect-to-fight-ransomware-attacks          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:41:06

• #Microsoft #Windows TCO: ● #AssociatedPress #ProprietarySoftware ☞ General promises US ‘surge’ against foreign cyberattacks https://apnews.com/article/technology-europe-national-security-c4c8dace4708035d059be0fcd10e9e18          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:41:16

• ● NEWS ● #Vox #Environment ☞ What’s the worst that could happen? https://www.vox.com/22620706/climate-change-ipcc-report-2021-ssp-scenario-future-warming          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:04:05

• ● NEWS ● #Vox #Energy ☞ How to end the American obsession with driving https://www.vox.com/22662963/end-driving-obsession-connectivity-zoning-parking          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:04:27

• ● NEWS ● #Vox #Energy ☞ Biden’s SEC is ready to regulate cryptocurrency https://www.vox.com/recode/22663312/coinbase-sec-cryptocurrency-bitcoin          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:04:44

• ● NEWS ● #CopenhagenPost #Energy ☞ New agreement gives municipalities power to usher in zero-emission zones in cities https://cphpost.dk/?p=127953          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:05:01

• ● NEWS ● #RTL #Politics ☞ #Myanmar anti-coup protesters attack more cell towers https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1787044.html          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:06:12

• I think the funniest thing is, many who attack cell towers are themselves carrying around a cellphone. Don't they understand that NOT carrying one pretty much renders those towers or antennas powerless and obsolete? Except the risk of #cancer if they live very close to these...          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:07:52

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Politics ☞ Former U.S. operatives agree to $1.68M settlement over #mercenary [cracking] charges https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/572254-former-us-intelligence-operatives-agree-to-pay-over-168-million-to          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:08:05

• ● NEWS ● #Salon ☞ #NickiMinaj vows “I’ll never use #Twitter again” after backlash over viral #COVID19 #vaccine post https://www.salon.com/2021/09/15/nicki-minaj-vows-ill-never-use-twitter-again-after-suspension-for-viral-vaccine-post/ not allowed to say what happened to a friend???          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:10:55

• ● NEWS ● #NBC ☞ #Philadelphia to pay $2M to Black woman beaten by officers, separated from toddler during unrest https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/philadelphia-pay-2m-black-woman-beaten-officers-separated-toddler-during-n1279134          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:11:26

• ● NEWS ● #AssociatedPress #Internet ☞ Beatings, buried videos a pattern at #Louisiana State #Police https://apnews.com/article/police-beatings-louisiana-video-91168d2848b10df739d73cc35b0c02f8          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:12:08

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #Copyrights #Copyright ☞ #Reuters scribes claim exclusive three years after it came to light https://itwire.com/security/reuters-scribes-claim-exclusive-three-years-after-it-came-to-light.html          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:12:49

• Congrats to #twitter proving that #streisandEffect is still a thing. Sanctioning #nickiminaj helped the message reach billions, not millions.          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:14:28

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ Forced Entry: #NSOGroup Spies Secretly Seized Control of #Apple Devices by Exploiting Flaw in Code https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/15/apple_pegasus_spyware_emergency_security_update          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:15:00

• Say in #twitter that #covid19 #vaccines have #patents on them (factual) and they may ban you. Also, Twitter is being paid by those #patent holders: http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/bill-gates-pays-twitter/ @zoobab          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:16:13

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ A Boy Went to a COVID-Swamped ER. He Waited for Hours. Then His Appendix Burst. https://www.propublica.org/article/a-boy-went-to-a-covid-swamped-er-he-waited-for-hours-then-his-appendix-burst          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:16:40

• ● NEWS ● #KrebsOnSecurity ☞ Customer Care Giant TTEC Hit By #Ransomware https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/customer-care-giant-ttec-hit-by-ransomware/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:17:31

• ● NEWS ● #Orac ☞ Astroturf and think tanks manufacturing doubt about #COVID19 public health interventions https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/09/15/astroturf-and-think-tanks-manufacturing-doubt-about-covid-19-and-vaccines/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:19:04

• Joseph Menn (@josephmenn): "The at least until recently CIO of big VPN ExpressVPN is one of the three former U.S. intelligence operatives who agreed today not to fight charges they illegally helped UAE hack people. Kind of makes you think." | nitter ⚓ https://nitter.eu/i/status/1437885720169836544 ䷉ #nitter          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:20:31

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | #Climate Change Is the Symptom, Capitalism Is the Problem https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/15/climate-change-symptom-capitalism-problem          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:21:59

• ● NEWS ● #ClimateNewsNetwork ☞ To save the planet, cut down on milk as well as meat https://climatenewsnetwork.net/to-save-the-planet-cut-down-on-milk-as-well-as-meat/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:22:45

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Trump Says US Will Cease to Exist by 2024, Then Implies He'll Run for President https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-us-will-cease-to-exist-by-2024-then-implies-hell-run-for-president/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:23:25

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ #California Votes No: Governor Gavin #Newsom Survives Republican-Led Recall Effort https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/15/california_recall_gavin_newsom          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:23:55

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Finance ☞ #ElizabethWarren Calls for Breaking Up “Ungovernable” Scandal-Ridden #WellsFargo https://truthout.org/articles/elizabeth-warren-calls-for-breaking-up-ungovernable-scandal-ridden-wells-fargo/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:29:51

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #patent #patents ☞ Consumer Advocacy Group Reveals Portion of #Pfizer #Vaccine Recipe https://truthout.org/articles/consumer-advocacy-group-reveals-portion-of-pfizer-vaccine-recipe/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:30:37

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Over Half of States Have Rolled Back Public #Health Powers During #Pandemic https://truthout.org/articles/over-half-of-states-have-rolled-back-public-health-powers-during-pandemic/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:34:28

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Newsom Fends Off Recall Challenge as #California Voters Choose "No" on Ballots https://truthout.org/articles/newsom-fends-off-recall-challenge-as-california-voters-choose-no-on-ballots/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:35:03

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ 1 in 500 Americans Has Died From #COVID19 , New Analysis Shows https://truthout.org/articles/1-in-500-americans-has-died-from-covid-new-analysis-shows/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:36:42

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Biden Shouldn't Reappoint Powell to #FederalReserve . He's Soft on #WallStreet . https://truthout.org/articles/biden-shouldnt-reappoint-powell-to-federal-reserve-hes-soft-on-wall-street/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:37:11

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews ☞ How US Media Misrepresent the #Wuhan Institute of Virology's Laboratories and Safety Protocols https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-media-misrepresent-wuhan-institute-of-virology-lab-leak/278484/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:41:24

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ US #Drone Killed 10 Afghans After Mistaking Water Jugs for Bombs https://truthout.org/video/us-drone-killed-10-afghans-after-mistaking-water-jugs-for-bombs/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:41:48

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ A Night With Palestine’s Defenders of the Mountain https://www.thenation.com/article/world/beita-palestine-israel/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:42:18

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #bribery #patents #monopoly #greed ☞ Pharma-Funded Democrats Are Opposing a Crucial Drug-Pricing Plan https://truthout.org/articles/pharma-funded-democrats-are-opposing-a-crucial-drug-pricing-plan/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:42:43

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ U.S. Drone Killed 10 Afghans, Including Aid Worker & 7 Kids, After Water Jugs Were Mistaken as Bombs https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/15/kabul_afghanistan_drone_strike_aug29 #afghanistan          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:43:18

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Progressive Democrats Set Out to Defund the #FossilFuel Industry https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/federal-reserve-fossil-fuels/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:43:49

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ DOJ Asks Federal Judge to Block Enforcement of #Texas #Abortion Law https://truthout.org/articles/doj-asks-federal-judge-to-block-enforcement-of-texas-abortion-law/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:45:54

• Trusting Microsoft With Security is a Clown Show • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/azure-clown-show/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/azure-clown-show/         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:05:23

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | 664,000: In America, Fucking Remember https://www.commondreams.org/further/2021/09/14/664000-america-fucking-remember probably higher when you count total excess deaths....          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:18:59

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ #Newsom Urged to Deliver on Climate, Single-Payer as #California Voters Defeat Recall https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/newsom-urged-deliver-climate-single-payer-california-voters-defeat-recall          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:19:37

• #finland #pessimism #overpopulation #climate https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/19977-nearly-half-of-all-young-finns-believe-humanity-is-doomed-says-global-study-on-climate-change-anxiety.html          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:20:33

• #voanews buying time for #billgates ? https://www.voanews.com/europe/uk-court-ensure-sexual-assault-papers-can-be-served-prince-andrew see https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:24:37

• #softwarefreedomday https://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/VideoConferencing          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:24:54

• #billbc is corrupt. Taking bribes from #billgates (for about a decade now) and run by 'former' #microsoft #uk staff, it's not shamelessly pushing #spam for Microsoft.... as if it is "news" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58575954 see what they SHOULD have covered: http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/azure-clown-show/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:26:51

• #facebookKnew https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documents-show-11631620739 #facebook #fb #espionage #depression          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:28:08

• #police kills https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/philadelphia-pay-2m-black-woman-beaten-officers-separated-toddler-during-n1279134 iophk: taxpayer money, not garnished from cops' wages          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:29:10

• #geminiProtocol in place of #mailman gemini://rawtext.club/~sloum/geminilist/ gemini://soviet.circumlunar.space/oak/mailinglist/ gemini://tobykurien.com/cgi-bin/mailing_list.py #geminispace #freesw          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:35:53

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #BigPharma Secrets Revealed as Group Uncovers Portion of #Pfizer #Vaccine Recipe https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/big-pharma-secrets-revealed-group-uncovers-portion-pfizer-vaccine-recipe          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:38:13

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog ☞ In the #Louisiana Bayou, Dolphin Victims of #Hurricane #Ida Set the Stage for a Political Fight Over Coastal Restoration https://www.desmog.com/2021/09/15/louisiana-bayou-dolphins-killed-hurricane-ida-coastal-restoration-mississippi-diversion/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:38:48

• ● NEWS ● #TheRevelator #Wildlife #Nature ☞ Do #Species Awareness Days Work? https://therevelator.org/species-awareness-days/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:39:09

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #censorship ☞ #ContentModeration Case Study: #Twitter Removes 'Verified' Badge In Response To Policy Violations (2017) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210915/14410647568/content-moderation-case-study-twitter-removes-verified-badge-response-to-policy-violations-2017.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:41:55

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR #scotus ☞ ‘The Radical Right-Wing Majority of the Supreme Court May Well Overturn Roe v. Wade’ https://fair.org/home/the-radical-right-wing-majority-of-the-supreme-court-may-well-overturn-roe-v-wade/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:42:33

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR ☞ ‘Restrictions on #Abortion Are Invisible Because They Appear Based on Who You Are’ https://fair.org/home/restrictions-on-abortion-are-invisible-because-they-appear-based-on-who-you-are/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:43:13

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'We Are Clearly Not Fully Recovered': #OcasioCortez to Introduce Extension of Boosted Unemployment Benefits https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/we-are-clearly-not-fully-recovered-ocasio-cortez-introduce-extension-boosted          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:45:06

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | Congress Needs to Do More to End Estate Tax Manipulations That Benefit Billionaires https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/15/congress-needs-do-more-end-estate-tax-manipulations-benefit-billionaires          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:45:57

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ With #Texas at Center of #Abortion Fight, NARAL Backs Cisneros Over Cuellar for 2022 https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/texas-center-abortion-fight-naral-backs-cisneros-over-cuellar-2022          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:47:46

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ Opinion | Reducing #Energy Consumption: The Only Long-Range Solution to #ClimateChange https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/15/reducing-energy-consumption-only-long-range-solution-climate-change          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:48:23

• That's quite the accent... Jose Obama? No. Don’t Say Goodbye (Official Video) - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=DUAXUwJpsTY ䷉ #video          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:50:56

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Lack of Trusted Authority Is Why #Covid19 Is Kicking Our Butts https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/15/lack-trusted-authority-why-covid-19-kicking-our-butts          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:51:47

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ Opinion | Beware: Big Oil Lies About the Climate https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/15/beware-big-oil-lies-about-climate          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:52:15

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ New Climate Analysis Shows Near Total Global Failure to Meet 1.5°C Targets https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/new-climate-analysis-shows-near-total-global-failure-meet-15degc-targets          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:52:27

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Call Them Now': Ire Aimed at 3 Democrats Endangering Plan to Lower Drug Prices https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/call-them-now-ire-aimed-3-democrats-endangering-plan-lower-drug-prices          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:53:48

• For over a month now @meduza_en RSS feed has been defunct. Third or fourth time in 2 years! And they don't even respond when you report it to then. Are they tech-savvy at all? If not, maybe we can help?          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 12:59:13

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | #Inequality Is Holding Back the Economy, Not #Unemployment https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/15/inequality-holding-back-economy-not-unemployment          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:09:01

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | No, The World Is Not Welcoming Afghan Refugees as It Should https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/15/no-world-not-welcoming-afghan-refugees-it-should          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:09:33

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ House Dems Unveil Bill to Stop #WallStreet From Destroying the Planet https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/house-dems-unveil-bill-stop-wall-street-destroying-planet          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:10:42

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ 'It's Gonna Be $3.5 Trillion': Sanders Holds the Line Against Right-Wing Democrats https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/its-gonna-be-35-trillion-sanders-holds-line-against-right-wing-democrats          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:11:02

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Mistrial Declared In #Backpage Founders' Trial; After DOJ Ignores Judge's Rules Regarding What It Could Present https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210914/17070747562/mistrial-declared-backpage-founders-trial-after-doj-ignores-judges-rules-regarding-what-it-could-present.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:13:25

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Global Indigenous Coalition Echoes Call to Postpone #UN #Climate Talks https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/global-indigenous-coalition-echoes-call-postpone-un-climate-talks          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:15:42

• #ICC Approves Probe Into 'Drug War' Atrocities Carried Out by #Duterte Regime https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/icc-approves-probe-drug-war-atrocities-carried-out-duterte-regime          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:16:27

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #UN Human Rights Chief Calls for Global Halt to Sales of Dangerous AI Technologies https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/15/un-human-rights-chief-calls-global-halt-sales-dangerous-ai-technologies          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:20:34

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #FCC Will Take A Closer Look At ISP/Landlord #Broadband #Monopolies https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210908/07430447520/fcc-will-take-closer-look-isp-landlord-broadband-monopolies.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:22:22

• ● NEWS ● #uk #themet #london ☞ London's Top Cop Says 'Big Tech,' #Encryption Are Letting The Terrorists Win https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210913/15031047556/londons-top-cop-says-big-tech-encryption-are-letting-terrorists-win.shtml terrorists kill ALMOST NOBODY compared to air pollution and #covid19          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:23:34

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ It Took a Village of Hippies: the Founding of #Greenpeace https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/it-took-a-village-the-founding-of-greenpeace/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:25:39

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #Trump Donor Who Propped Up His $2 Billion Hotel Business With $96 Million In #COVID19 Loans Threatens Website For Publishing Facts And Opinions https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210912/17573647550/trump-donor-who-propped-up-his-2-billion-hotel-business-with-96-million-covid-loans-threatens-website-publishing-facts-opinions.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:26:28

• #KDE Plasma 5.23 “25th Anniversary Edition” Enters Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155706 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:27:56

• #PinePhone Specs • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155707 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:28:25

• What’s New in Linux Kernel 5.14: 8 Major Improvements • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155708         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:28:55

• Excellent Free Tutorials to Learn Arduino • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155709         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:29:24

• #KStars v3.5.5 Released! • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155710 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #KDE         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:29:44

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155711 #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 13:30:12

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #Satire Site Gets Ridiculous Threat Letter From #Baseball Team; cc's #BarbraStreisand In Its Response https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210914/23021747563/satire-site-gets-ridiculous-threat-letter-baseball-team-ccs-barbra-streisand-response.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:30:00

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Energy ☞ #Federal Drilling and #Fracking Update: Biden Promised a Ban – He’s Doing the Opposite https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/federal-drilling-and-fracking-update-biden-promised-a-ban-hes-doing-the-opposite/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:31:07

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Internet ☞ Musk's #Starlink Pre-Order Subscribers Say Customer Service Is A No Show https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210909/07424747530/musks-starlink-pre-order-subscribers-say-customer-service-is-no-show.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:32:19

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Trademarks ☞ Scouts #BSA Seek To End Girl Scouts' #Trademark Lawsuit By Brazenly Claiming No Confusion Does Or Will Exist https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210915/10164047565/scouts-bsa-seek-to-end-girl-scouts-trademark-lawsuit-brazenly-claiming-no-confusion-does-will-exist.shtml          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:33:05

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Plot to Destroy Sagebrush on the #Bighorn https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/the-plot-to-destroy-sagebrush-on-the-bighorn/ #Nature #Wildlife          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:34:02

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Finance ☞ #Inflation Moderates in August https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/inflation-moderates-in-august/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:34:33

• ● NEWS ● #EFF #burma ☞ #Surveillance Self-Defense Guides Now Available in Burmese https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/surveillance-self-defense-guides-now-available-burmese          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:35:10

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Finance ☞ #Sweatshops Won’t Help the World’s Poor, but Unions Could https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kristof-krugman-sweatshops-bangladesh/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:35:45

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Blinken ☞ Blinken Derangement Syndrome https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/blinken-derangement-hawley/ "salary of $221,400. He is the first cabinet member in the presidential line of succession."          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:36:49

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Global Vaccine Inequity Could Make Migration Harder Than Ever https://www.thenation.com/article/world/covid-pandemic-migration-asylum/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:37:17

• ● NEWS ● #Shadowproof ☞ Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Another Life Goes By’ By Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram https://shadowproof.com/2021/09/15/protest-song-week-another-life-goes-by-christone-kingfish-ingram/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:38:10

• ● NEWS ● #EFF #Censorship ☞ Texas’ Social Media Law is Not the Solution to Censorship https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/texas-social-media-law-not-solution-censorship          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:38:38

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation # ☞ Blinken and Biden Are Right: #Afghanistan Is Not #Saigon https://www.thenation.com/article/world/afghanistan-war-vietnam-2/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:47:57

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Nutrition ☞ The Case for Legalizing Psychedelics https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/the-case-for-legalizing-psychedelics/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:48:21

• "Tickets to the Met Gala are at least $30,000 a pop, though it seems AOC, a young New York City Congresswoman who identifies as a democratic socialist, did not pay for the ticket herself." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/aocs-tax-the-rich-gown-is-designer-protest-meant-to-dull-class-struggle-2/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:49:14

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The Resilience of #India Walton https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/buffalo-mayor-india-walton/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:50:12

• "The gooey name GWOT, otherwise known as the Global War on Terrorism, is some two decades old" https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/messianic-failure-pursuing-the-gwot-jabberwock/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:51:04

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Debacle of "Nation Building" in #Afghanistan and #Iraq https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/the-debacle-of-nation-building-in-afghanistan-and-iraq/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:51:43

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Though Cracks Appear, Empire Remains in the #DNA of the U.S. https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/though-cracks-appear-empire-remains-in-the-dna-of-the-u-s/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:52:09

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ 20 Years Later, Undocumented Immigrants Who Aided 9/11 Recovery & Cleanup Efforts Demand Recognition https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/15/9_11_undocumented_immigrant_workers          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:52:31

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Why I’m Still Not Convinced by 9/11 Conspiracy Theories https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/why-im-still-not-convinced-by-9-11-conspiracy-theories/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:53:01

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The 2nd Afghan War and Retreat from Central Asia https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/the-2nd-afghan-war-and-retreat-from-central-asia/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:53:38

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #activism ☞ August Calendar https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/august-calendar/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:54:17

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ A Confederacy of the Malicious https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/15/a-confederacy-of-the-malicious/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:54:59

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Who’s to Blame in The White Lotus? https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/white-lotus/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:57:25

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #abortion ☞ Problem Solved https://www.thenation.com/article/society/greg-abbott-abortion/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:58:01

• Today in #Techrights • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155712 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:58:21

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ #California Says “No” https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/california-recall-results/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 14:58:56

• Home Assistant Amber – A #RaspberryPi CM4 based automation gateway (Crowdfunding) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155681#comment-30984         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:00:46

• Links 16/9/2021: KStars 3.5.5 and #Chafa 1.8 • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/kstars-3-5-5/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/kstars-3-5-5/         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:22:23

• #ProprietarySoftware and #Security Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155713 #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:22:52

• #Devices and #Programming • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155714 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:23:08

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155715 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:23:28

• #LibreOffice 7.2 Gets First Point Release, More Than 85 Bugs Were Fixed • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155716 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:23:43

• "The numbers in that table are downright scary. #IBM is soon almost out of this list if this continues." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cPE0HId#replies         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:26:44

• "There was a layoff the beginning of August, but not sure the current status of Watson Health (the healthcare part of #IBM and NOT the computer)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cO3HbBU#replies called after this man: http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:27:58

• "I wonder if that is the code for "let's get rid of the older generation workers, rebrand the job title, and let's hire younger workforce?"" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cLF8ipd#replies #ibm          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:29:08

• "Eff it. I retired. Suck it #IBM " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cKiRnF7#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:29:51

• #ibm #layoffs in #spain now. "IBM wants to get under 200K employees, so until that target is reached, layoffs will continue across the globe." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cRwyyMx#replies         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:30:46

• "The best way to think of any large organization, not least #IBM , is as a set of feudal fiefdoms." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cRmLYiA#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:32:05

• A quick and spontaneous video about this morning's post regarding a major new revelation that reaffirms a longstanding trend; Microsoft conflates national security (back doors) with #security • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/azure-clown-show/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/azure-clown-show/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 15:33:23

• Watch for the panzer https://img.pr0gramm.com/2021/08/27/6b08ae59e6eba70c.jpg         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 16:31:46

• Cyanide & Happiness: question https://files.explosm.net/comics/Kris/question.png         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 17:10:35

• TIL that #google now censorx #montyPython in #youtube for #hatespeech ... confirming what so many of us warned about, inc. Mr. Bean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiqDZlAZygU         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 17:12:36

• Techrights Examines a Wide Array/Range of #GeminiProtocol Clients/Browsers • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/comparing-gemini-clients-or-browsers/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/comparing-gemini-clients-or-browsers/         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 17:41:11

• If #Git Can be Done Over the Command Line and E-mail, It Can Also be Done Over Gemini (Instead of Bloated Web Browsers) • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/geminispace-git/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/geminispace-git/         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:36:41

• It’s time enterprise businesses place their complete trust in open source • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155717 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:40:03

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155718 #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:40:40

• #Plasma 25th Anniversary Edition Beta • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155719 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #KDE         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:41:16

• #ibm #layoffs "Rumor has it 401k 49 1y 50 4y and non-401k 50+ 3y - Mostly non-401k B9+ rushed to get the prize. Head of Inhuman reso. among the first to file the paperwork." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cRwyyMx#replies         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:42:48

• "Any info on what #IBM was offering in #Spain for a "Voluntary" layoff?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cRwyyMx#replies         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:43:17

• Is Watson dead? Again? "Rumor is that a deal will be announced by EOM" #ibm #exodus #collapse https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cO3HbBU#replies         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:44:48

• #ibm buying back its own shares, just like #microsoft (to embezzle and defraud shareholders) "I like that comment. "manage the business or manage the stock". Neither has gone well it seems." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cRmLYiA#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:46:01

• First Look: #Ubuntu 21.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155720 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:47:15

• #SailfishOS Verla introduces a new sharing system, camera updates, and more • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155721 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:47:38

• Cool happenings in #Fedora Workstation land • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155722 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:48:22

• After spending many months examining an array of different types of software for Gemini (including but not limited to clients/browsers) we take stock of what exists, what’s supported (it varies a bit) • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/comparing-gemini-clients-or-browsers/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/comparing-gemini-clients-or-browsers/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:52:38

• In order to keep #Git lean and mean whilst at the same time enabling mouse (mousing and clicking) navigation we encourage people everywhere to explore gemini:// • 𝔗𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔰 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/geminispace-git/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/16/geminispace-git/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:54:02

• #LibreOffice 7.2.1 Community available for download • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155723 #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 18:57:46

• #HowTo install #GhostBSD 21.09.06 - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MFTGgL5-OG4 ䷉ #unix #bsd          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:02:42

• "The developer has confirmed that it will have full #GNU #Linux support at release." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/09/get-out-together-in-escape-simulator-a-game-with-highly-interactive-escape-rooms          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:06:34

• "Slender Threads: Prologue gives you a small slice of what to expect from the full point and click thriller and it's out now with a #GNU #Linux version." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/09/check-out-the-first-hour-of-a-point-and-click-thriller-in-slender-threads-prologue          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:09:11

• Stable Kernels: 5.14.5, 5.13.18, 5.10.66 and 5.4.147 • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155724 #GPL #kernel #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:11:18

• FANTASTIC! #BoilingSteam : Powered By #Gitea … and Much More! https://boilingsteam.com/boiling-steam-powered-by-gitea-and-much-more/ #git #selfhosting          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:15:22

• #hecticgeek has turned into a bit of a referral spam site. Sad because they used to have decent articles...          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:17:11

• #Games: Escape Simulator, Total War: WARHAMMER III, and More • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155725 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:20:59

• This might misleading some people. You can never really delete a #gmail account. You mark is as deleted, so you yourself cannot access it anymore. #google and its partners in governments and spy agencies keep all your data. https://www.maketecheasier.com/delete-gmail-address/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:32:55

• Oh enough of this buzzwordOps. Can we get back to getting stuff done instead of mindless marketing? https://linuxhandbook.com/humanops/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:36:21

• I don't agree with Richard Stallman on this, but #billgates -funded propaganda mill (that he keeps linking to all day long) has persuaded him that freedom is compatible with forcing people to get vaccines tested for only a few months. https://stallman.org/archives/2021-jul-oct.html#16_September_2021_%28Vaccine_requirement_mandate%29          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:39:26

• There should also be no #vaccine mandates on vaccines that are monopolised by #patents (unlike Salk's for example). #patent #monopolies          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:41:38

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155726 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:41:53

• #LinuxFoundation = #BigBanks https://linuxfoundation.org/press-release/the-linux-foundation-and-fintech-open-source-foundation-announce-keynote-speakers-for-open-source-strategy-forum-london-2021/ money, not communities          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:43:11

• Ubuntu Podcast will end soon. So they decided to push #ProprietarySoftware like #windows and #DRM like Steam. :/ https://ubuntupodcast.org/2021/09/16/s14e28-tanks-rewarding-gender/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 19:45:14

• #Ubuntu Blog: Snap Performance Skunk Works – Ensuring speed and consistency for snaps https://ubuntu.com//blog/snap-performance-skunk-works-ensuring-speed-and-consistency-for-snaps #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 20:03:03

• #BSDNow 420: #OpenBSD makes life better https://www.bsdnow.tv/420 #bsd #unix          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 20:15:09

• "To be honest, Gemini is a simple enough protocol that you can almost keep the whole thing in your head. And the common law's clear enough about non-codified things." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007127.html          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 20:21:34

• #KDE Plasma 5.23 Beta Released As The 25th Anniversary Edition http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155719#comment-30985          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 20:29:44

• #Darktable 3.6.1 Released with New Camera Support & Various Bug-fixes http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155660#comment-30986         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 20:30:32

• #suse useless. Promoting #microsoft and #proprietarySoftware https://www.suse.com/c/microsoft-runs-sap-on-suse-solutions/ see http://techrights.org/2020/08/05/suse-is-still-helping-microsoft/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 20:35:32

• Hidden cost of bloat, but Microsoft-funded Ars 'Tech'nica spins this as an "Open Source" problem https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/travis-ci-flaw-exposed-secrets-for-thousands-of-open-source-projects/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 20:37:39

• Running Linux 5.15-rc1 Causing A New Slowdown... Here's A Look - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux515-compile-regress&num=1 ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/09/16/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 20:38:48

• Linux 5.16 To Add Quirk For The Steam Deck, Other DRM-Misc-Next Changes - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=First-DRM-Misc-Next-For-5.16 ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 20:39:36

• Watch commands and tasks with the Linux [sic] watch command | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/21/9/linux-watch-command ䷉ #FreeSW #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 20:52:43

• " #OpenSSL 3 has entered #AlpineLinux , and we have been switching software to use it over the past week." #security #freesw https://ariadne.space/2021/09/16/the-long-term-consequences-of-maintainers-actions/#respond          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:02:02

• Primed for #PineTime • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155727 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:02:35

• Miss the point that this is Mozilla pushing ads ("sponsored") under the guise of "suggest" into Firefox https://linuxiac.com/firefox-suggest/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:04:19

• #Firefox will "suggest"... that you visit a sponsor of #mozilla          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:05:19

• #mozilla is a #privacy dumpster fire. And that fire is called #firefox http://techrights.org/2021/07/07/mozilla-data-stewardship-slant/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:06:30

• #mozilla keeps leaning on moral relativism. "We don't spy as much as our Sugar Daddy, Google, so it's acceptable for is to spy on #firefox users... just a bit". Screw moral relativism. Move to #falkon or similar. http://techrights.org/2021/01/26/try-falkon/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:08:04

• #geminiProtocol : Another Server for the Pile https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007128.html needs to #deletegithub to be taken more seriously though. #microsoft #proprietarySoftware          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:10:54

• Racist #ibm will be laying off Spaniards by the thousands. "Some of us we cannot connect the dots with today's events." #spain #es #layoffs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cRwyyMx#repl         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:12:50

• Racist #ibm because it has been supported by evidence for a whole century (including present time) http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM#Racism         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:13:54

• To tackle #racism we need to abolish/eradicate racist companies like #ibm and #microsoft / #github instead of rather innocuous words like "master" http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/minds-of-profound-racists/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:15:18

• #Pgpool II 4.2.5 released. https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgpool-ii-425-released-2303/ #postgres #postgresql #psql          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:17:01

• "The #pgexporter community is happy to announce the initial release version 0.1.0" https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgexporter-010-2305/ #postgres #postgresql #psql          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:17:43

• Leading with buzzwords and celebrating meaningless #marketing junk reinforce by crooked media https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/9/cio-role-what-next #ibm #redhat          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:19:42

• #microsoft = RedMond #ibm = #RedHat Corrupt 'analysts' (and media quoting those fake 'experts', funded by IBM and Microsoft) = #RedMonk         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:21:05

• #mozilla selling #vpn = dodgy https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-vpn-adds-advanced-privacy-features-custom-dns-servers-and-multi-hop/ see their VPN partners: http://techrights.org/2020/06/25/mozilla-comcast/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:22:19

• Baker is the Jim Zemlin of #mozilla ... taking up all the cash, fails to understand the product, invites all sorts of dodgy companies, including #microsoft (this is what happens when you do NOT understand the product or the community!!!) http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/the-linux-racket/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:24:01

• Very #gnu #linux centric https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/09/16/adlink-com-hpc-ampere-altra-80-core-arm-server-module-targets-embedded-applications/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:25:35

• LibreOffice Master Document Fixes https://blog.allotropia.de/2021/09/16/libreoffice-master-document-fixes/ extra points for NOT fearing the use of the work "master" (I bet racist #ibm will poo in its diapers over it) http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/minds-of-profound-racists/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:28:31

• Czech translation of #LibreOffice Impress Guide 7.0 is here! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/09/16/czech-translation-of-impress-guide-7-0-is-here/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:29:59

• "By popular demand from our staff and community members, this edition of cybersec charcha will explore the basic digital security hygiene practices everyone should follow and how they protect your information from falling into the wrong hands." Rule #1: avoid all #proprietarySoftware (presumed breach) https://internetfreedom.in/5-cybersec-charcha-cleaning-up-your-digital-hygiene/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:31:48

• Sad to say that still, like a decade ago, half the articles that RMS links to are in #billgates #propandamill and it didn't bother him when I pointed this out to him. #mit threw him under the bus as sacrificial lamb/goat for Billy.          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:33:50

• Meanwhile, #obama #trump and #biden pump over a trillion dollars per year into state terrorism. But that's "OK", coz "We're the Good Guys(TM!" https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/anti-laundering-unit-goes-off-grid-fraying-afghan-ties-global-finance-2021-09-15/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:35:35

• What state terrorism looks like. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/11/investigations-us-drone-attack-killed-10-afghans-find-no-evidence-explosives-vehicle How many Afghans were killed by the US government compared to Taliban? Are we even allowed to ask such a question?          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:36:54

• #ibm #redhat : buy our stuff because we use cryptic buzzwords and push unnecessary complexity into your home/business https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/applying-devsecops-practices-kubernetes-security-analysis-and-remediation          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:38:08

• Shenandoah in #OpenJDK 17: Sub-millisecond GC pauses | Red Hat Developer ⚓ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2021/09/16/shenandoah-openjdk-17-sub-millisecond-gc-pauses          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:38:48

• #KDEneon 20210916 https://neon.kde.org/ #kde #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:40:40

• #Manjaro 21.1.3 is also out https://manjaro.org/ #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:41:23

• This is how CISA covers #Microsoft 'bug doors' inside Linux https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/09/16/microsoft-releases-security-update-azure-linux-open-management see http://techrights.org/2021/09/16/microsoft-azure-bug-doors/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:43:18

• #proprietarySoftware or #security holes in your grid (SCADA) https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-259-02          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:45:10

• #Jamaica is poised to end data #privacy https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/jamaica-digital-id/ treating human beings like mere assets of corporations and as "resources" or "Slaves"...          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:46:58

• Circassian Beauty in the American Sideshow – The Public Domain Review ⚓ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/circassian-beauties/ ䷉ #publicdomainreview ##publicdomain          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:48:59

• September 2021: nearly twice as many #covid19 cases confirmed compared to September 2020 and deaths too have almost doubled. If this was a double-blinded lab test, you'd be tempted to say #vaccine efficacy leaves much to be desired...          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:51:55

• #florida is the #china or the North Korea of the US; "we're doing fine against #covid19 because we hardly report deaths. We're fighting statistics instead of fighting the virus."          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:54:34

• Charlatans and frauds at #ZDNet now try to blame some malware that targets #WordPress on "Linux" and on the #programming language the malware is written in (Go); this isn't journalism and it's even lower than tabloid level. Part of a trend: http://techrights.org/2021/03/01/golang-fud/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:57:32

• Imagine #ZDNet blaming #Photoshop holes on #Windows and on C++ (if some #malware is coded in that language). http://techrights.org/2021/03/01/golang-fud/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:58:26

• Remember to #boycottZDNet ... this trashy #propagandamill is already dying. http://techrights.org/wiki/ZDNet#2021 #ZDNet          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 21:59:24

• #zdnet is NOT run by dumb people but by VERY MALICIOUS people who manipulate and lie for #microsoft et al. Remember to #boycottZDNet http://techrights.org/wiki/ZDNet#2021          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:00:40

• Democracy Now: #NSOGroup Spies Secretly Seized Control of #Apple Devices by Exploiting Flaw in Code - The Citizen Lab ⚓ https://citizenlab.ca/2021/09/democracy-now-nso-group-spies-secretly-seized-control-of-apple-devices-by-exploiting-flaw-in-code/ ䷉ #citizenlab #proprietarySoftware          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:02:16

• This is poppycock. #microsoft #windows undermines ALL #encryption at every level https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-encryption-software-for-windows/ even its own 'encryption' is backdoored: http://techrights.org/2014/07/31/microsoft-back-doors-admission/ http://techrights.org/2015/11/14/microsoft-bitlocker-has-bugback-doors-windows-laptopdesktop-encryption-just-a-farce/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:04:12

• "Ruby, unlike Python, makes lots of things implicit, and there's a special kind of if expression that demonstrates this well. It's often referred to as an "inline-if" or "conditional modifier", and this special syntax is able to return one value when a condition is true, but another value (nil, specifically) when a condition is false." https://opensource.com/article/21/9/python-else-less          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:05:21

• #WSL was always a security joke; it's compromised, totally controlled by #Microsoft , and only a fool would call that "Linux" https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/theory-confirmed-lumen-black-lotus-labs-discovers-linux-executable-files-have-been-deployed-as-stealth/article_d1c3f92a-9b06-5533-97df-48caec6da34c.html          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:08:40

• Replacing one #proprietarySoftware #snakeoil with another... without tackling the underlying root causes. https://www.hecticgeek.com/time-upgrade-from-antivirus-network-security-solutions/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:12:01

• echo is #gnu and not #linux https://www.tecmint.com/echo-command-in-linux/ we should correct sites which call GNU PROGRAMS Linux "COMMANDS" http://techrights.org/2020/01/02/gnu-programs-as-linux-commands/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:13:34

• #Macast DLNA Media Renderer: Easily Cast Videos, Music And Pictures From A Phone To Your Computer • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155728 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:13:45

• "Firefox Suggest" Needs to be renamed #FIREFOX ADVERTISEMENTS. Because #mozilla already admits pushing SPONSORED 'suggestions'. Mozilla is obsolete. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/firefox-suggest/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:15:39

• "I was talking to a Python programmer friend yesterday about debugging, and I mentioned that I really like debugging using a REPL. He said he’d never tried it and that it sounded fun, so I thought I’d write a quick post about it." https://jvns.ca/blog/2021/09/16/debugging-in-a-repl-is-fun/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:16:42

• #SUSE is boosting #Microsoft #CrowdStrike ... I lack words to express how I feel about SUSE... it's still #novell https://www.suse.com/c/suse-rancher-and-crowdstrike/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:17:53

• #Intel Seamless Update to enable BIOS/UEFI firmware updates without a reboot http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155639#comment-30988         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:19:56

• "LiveHelperChat is generously released under Apache-2.0 License (Open-source)." Hmmm... "generously"? Is this the right term? https://medevel.com/livehelperchat/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:21:40

• #ibm #redhat and #fedora : we were so busy eradicating not-so-offensive words and forgot about blind people http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155729          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:25:23

• Mesa's #LLVMpipe + Lavapipe Land FP16 Support - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LLVMpipe-Lavapipe-FP16 ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/09/16/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:26:25

• Google Is Successfully Using The Open-Source Qualcomm GL/#VLK Drivers On #Chromebooks - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Chromebooks-Mesa-QLCM ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:27:11

• Move to gemini. We don't give colours to links; users decide https://hackaday.com/2021/09/16/so-why-are-hyperlinks-blue-anyway/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:30:11

• Turning laptop batteries into portable heaters?! https://hackaday.com/2021/09/16/ask-hackaday-whats-the-best-way-to-heat-a-tent-with-a-laptop/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:31:23

• #Anaconda accessibility improvements • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155729 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:34:57

• Christian F.K. Schaller: Cool happenings in #Fedora Workstation land • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155730 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #IBM         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:35:32

• Success at Apache: from Mentee to PMC https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/success-at-apache-from-mentee          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:37:09

• #canonical #vendorLockin and #proprietarySoftware ramp in #ubuntu https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/09/ubuntu-makes-firefox-snap-default          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:40:02

• #HowTo add system information to the #GNU #Linux desktop ⚓ https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/system-information-linux-desktop/ ䷉ #addictivetips | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/09/16/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:43:19

• #ibm "PR machinery works as never before and they have planned this ahead and momentum sized just at the same time big announcements where made public. Today's presidential visit was to back the Big Blew bet on a local cloud zone" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1cRwyyMx#replies          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:45:32

• #ibm is squashing prospects of any media reports about the ongoing layoffs while dodging the WARN Act (the same thing #microsoft does!) http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/ibm-layoffs-in-marketing/         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:46:34

• #geminiSpace #geminiProtocol "While I like a good technical blog as much as the next software engineer, does anyone know of some good non-technical capsules ? In particular I enjoy reading about hiking, gardening, and photography." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007129.html         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:47:32

• #LinuxMint ’s New Website is Live (And Yes, It Looks Fresh • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155731 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:47:51

• #techrights to exceed 31.5k blog posts this weekend or next week          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:48:50

• #GNOME redesign, Manjaro Cinnamon goes Vivaldi, and Steam Deck hype deflation - Linux news - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=cxpCVeoaduw ䷉ #video channels that #google wanted GAGGED: http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155374#comment-30916          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:50:27

• "A screencast in which we take a look at notes about #GNU #Linux I have saved over the last few years." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qdMbNm-CG4M          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:51:50

• LOL. So #windows #vista Service Pack '11' will reject even VMs without #tpm ... or: #microsoft meets foot; Fires off bullets at it!          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:53:07

• #microsoft doing so many irrational things with #windows #vista (or SP10 and SP11) that it's a sign of utter desperation. See http://techrights.org/2021/05/03/statcounter-may-2021/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:54:22

• No The #SteamDeck Won’t Play Every Game - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=GwFvqEUSJTA ䷉ #video #invidious #gnu #linux          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:55:41

• Argh. Titus shilling #microsoft #proprietarySoftware #Minecraft ... but in "Ubuntu" clothing. Pass.          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 22:56:33

• "The 1980s promised robotic servants were in reach. They’d clean up our houses. Bring us drinks. Usher in an era of leisure. We didn’t get robot butlers. But if we look around, we’ll find an army of robotic servants already automating away domestic drudgery." https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes/season-8/robot-as-servant          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:00:17

• "In the [buzzword] [buzzword] world, the focus might often be on the [buzzword] side of things" https://thenewstack.io/camel-k-brings-apache-camel-to-kubernetes-for-event-driven-architectures/ LOL. "Serverless"... come on, #ibm #redhat http://techrights.org/2019/07/13/buzzwords-confronted/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:02:15

• Buying a technology based on buzzwords is like marrying a person because of attire          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:03:21

• In September 2021 twice as many Americans die with #covid19 than last year (also September), but #biden will tell us it's "mission accomplished" because of those #patent pools he's STILL not issuing a waiver on (and efficacy is demonstrably unimpressive) https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:08:48

• Bad idea because it is technically #malware https://www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-teams-linux/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:10:32

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155732 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:13:43

• #XOrg Could Use More Help Improving & Addressing Its Security - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=X.Org-Security-Help-2021 ䷉ #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux 🐧 | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/09/16/#latest          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:14:23

• Videos/Shows: Command Line Heroes, New in Invidious (YouTube), #BSDNow , and #UbuntuPodcast • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155733 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:16:00

• #OpenZFS 2.1.1 Arrives As A Big Point Release - Phoronix ⚓ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenZFS-2.1.1-Released ䷉ #deletegithub #microsoft #proprietarySoftware http://techrights.org/2021/09/05/free-software-number-1-enemy/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:18:20

• "It is with sadness that we note the passing of the British writer, engineer, home computer pioneer, and entrepreneur, Sir Clive Sinclair, who died this morning at the age of 81 after a long illness." https://hackaday.com/2021/09/16/farewell-sir-clive-sinclair-inspired-a-generation-of-engineers/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:19:08

• #Graphics: XDC2021, Chromebooks, and #LLVMpipe • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155734 #Google #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:21:35

• Raspberry Pi-based Home Assistant Amber lets you build your own smart home hub (crowdfunding) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155681#comment-30990         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:23:27

• Linux #Kernel and #LinuxFoundation Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155735 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:24:06

• #Oracle sets its own #JDK free, sort of, for a while http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155649#comment-30991 #java         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:26:10

• Who does the #firefox blog consider to be its target audience, #mozilla ? https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/the-great-resignation-new-job-tips/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:27:01

• "I also taught myself coding. Well, I learned the basics of Java programming in school, but I kept on learning beyond that. My first projects were the typical mess that you’d expect from a beginner which has no idea what they are doing." https://blog.jabberhead.tk/2021/09/16/how-to-reach-craftsmanship/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:29:55

• #Canonical to Push More Snaps in #Ubuntu • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155736 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines         ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:33:07

• Stop buying crap like this: "Not only is this creepy, it also means that if the manufacturer were to shut down the server, the app would stop working entirely." https://hackaday.com/2021/09/16/hacking-a-robot-vacuum-to-write-a-replacement-app/          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:34:22

• "The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has released its annual report on key cyber security threats and trends for the 2020–21 financial year." https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/09/16/acsc-releases-annual-cyber-threat-report          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:36:45

• " #GStreamer is a powerful multimedia framework with over 30 libraries and more than 1600 elements in 230 plugins providing a wide variety of functionality. This makes it possible to build a huge variety of applications, however it also makes it tricky to ship in a constrained device." https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/generate-mininal-gstreamer-build-tailored-to-your-needs.html          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:39:25

• A couple of big features for #Thunar • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/155737 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:39:47

• #watchtroll shamelessly lobbies for #swpats even though nobody there is a coder!!! ("IPWatchdog LIVE Panel Asks if Federal Circuit is Killing #SoftwarePatents and Answers Definitively, ‘Yes’"). Well, sounds like great news, and well done, #cafc http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Watchtroll          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:42:08

• Oh, dear. Why is Joseph Matal (former #uspto interim Director) participating in #watchtroll ? Very poor taste! http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Watchtroll http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/USPTO          ☞

posted Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 23:43:33