Roy Schestowitz

• #Hardware Hacking: BreadBin and Arduino • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156510    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:02:29

• Impractical gimmick https://hackaday.com/2021/10/06/furter-burner-cooks-the-wieners-just-so/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:03:05

• #Openwashing #5G , #Ampere , and #Sony • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156511    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:06:40

• With French presidents occupying more than 80% of the time in such a position for 2 decades, partly owing to nepotism ( #AntónioCampinos is French and a friend of Battistelli), it seems like the #EPO became a failed project; the media isn’t ready to admit that correction is urgently needed (partly because the media receives bribes and threats from the EPO) http://techrights.org/2021/10/06/epo-founding-states/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:08:05

• #IPStars 2021: fake awards and #marketing 'endorsements' as the business model of a #propapagdamill of the #litigation 'industry, #managingip https://www.managingip.com/article/b1tvlt9wfdzynw/managing-ip39s-corporate-ip-stars-2021    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:10:04

• Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous greenwashing. EPO too does this nonsense. Can't make up this nonsense. https://www.managingip.com/article/b1twtzr77np5s3/lawyers-reveal-five-must-have-changes-for-going-green #monopolies and #litigation ... are GREEN    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:12:28

• Eight things to know about the patent filing process ⚓ https://www.udl.co.uk/insights/eight-things-to-know-about-the-patent-filing-process ䷉ #udl SALES disguised as legal advice. And there's a part about #epo further down.    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:21:35

• #epo #patent #monopolies on things that give you #cancer https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/367495/awaiting-vaping-verdict-altria-faces-challenge-to.html #patents    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:22:49

• These #patents are a menace to this planet because they merely prevent companies from coming to market with greener solutions, fearing #patent lawsuits, but this is an #EPO #greenwashing puff piece https://techxplore.com/news/2021-10-patent-sustainable-energy.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:24:36

• Top EPO Applicants (Six Nations/States of Seven Founding States) Approved Unlawful Strike Regulations, Illegally Crushing EPO Examiners http://techrights.org/2021/10/06/epo-founding-states-vs-epo-staff/ #europe #corruption #epo #patents #epc    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:30:00

• It seems clear that very large nations that account for the lion’s share of European #Patents (among European nations) are, on average, even more guilty than small nations which they love to blame; it’s not an old crisis because it persists to this day http://techrights.org/2021/10/06/epo-founding-states-vs-epo-staff/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:50:05

• "There is also a plan to incorporate all provisions concerning patents contained in other acts, which would lead to the repeal of the Act on the Filing of European Patent Applications and the Effects of European Patent in the Republic of Poland" (the #EPO and #UPC harm #poland but people don't decide, corporations so)    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:55:52

• Misleading headline; those are not actual courts but administrative tribunals that are rigged and corrupted by the Office https://www.floordaily.net/flooring-news/unilin-successfully-defends-laminate-waterproofing-patents-in-europe #Unilin should read http://techrights.org/2021/06/26/g-121-epo-catastrophe/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 00:58:57

• #EPO became a catastrophe on fire. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EPO    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 01:00:18

• "I started playing my favorite free and open source game 0 A.D." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_8HUuR8jGGg    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:39:47

• #FLOSSWeekly 650: Decentralizing #SocialControlNetworks - James Vasile https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/650    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:39:56

• #Rakudo Weekly News: 2021.40 It’s here! https://rakudoweekly.blog/2021/10/06/2021-40-its-here/ #RakuLang #programming    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:40:08

• #BunsenLabs put on a lot of weight since #Crunchbang and doesn’t support HiDPI out of the box. But there are other options. https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2021/10/06/bunsenlabs-put-on-a-lot-of-weight-since-crunchbang-and-doesnt-support-hidpi-out-of-the-box-but-there-are-other-options/ #gnu #linux    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:40:32

• xkcd: Air Travel Packing List ⚓ https://xkcd.com/2525/ ䷉ #xkcd    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:41:03

• #linux inside https://www.maketecheasier.com/review/redmagic-6s-pro/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:41:13

• Also #linux inside https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/get-a-look-inside-the-steam-deck-in-valves-latest-video https://liliputing.com/2021/10/steam-deck-how-to-disassemble-valves-handheld-gaming-pc-and-why-you-shouldnt.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:42:08

• #Twitch Data Leak 2021 Includes 125GB Private Data https://www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/twitch-data-leak-2021 #security #proprietarySoftware http://techrights.org/2021/10/01/microsoft-azure-is-a-security-breach/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:42:52

• "the only thing #gnu really needs is a better code forge" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-061021.html#tOct%2006%2023:34:36    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:43:25

• #Techrights Bulletin for Wednesday, October 06, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:43:52

• "sadly, linux2.6 did offer e2compress, and latest kernel doesn't anymore" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-061021.html#tOct%2006%2000:22:16    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:45:24

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

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:45:35

• #ibm #layoffs latest: "More re-arranging of deck chairs on the Titanic" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1d9MMFw9#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:46:04

• #ibm #dinosaur #ginni #trump "Maybe they will erase her from all the photos too just like in Soviet Russia." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1d9MMFw9#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:46:12

• Links 7/10/2021: Slimbook Battery 4, #FWUPD 1.7 Released • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/10/07/fwupd-1-7-released/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/10/07/fwupd-1-7-released/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:47:21

• #IBM / #RedHat Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156518 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:48:25

• #Programming Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156519 #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:51:01

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156512 #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:51:29

• #RedHat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Now Available As Beta http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156492#comment-31270    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:51:53

• Canonical launches #UbuntuFrame for embedded displays http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156494#comment-31269    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:52:18

• #Games: Godot Engine, Handheld Consoles With Linux, and "Linux Gamers Demolish Steam Hardware Survey" • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156513 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:52:43

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156514 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:53:03

• #pclinuxos / #pclos 3 more software updates: Open Broadcaster, Thunderbird, Signal http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156465#comment-31275 #gnu #linux    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:53:19

• #FWUPD 1.7 Released With Supporting More Hardware For Firmware Updates On Linux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156489#comment-31276 #gnu #linux    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:53:56

• Latest Steam Client Update Brings #PipeWire Desktop Capture on Linux, Reduces Vulkan Pre-Caching Sizes • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156515 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:54:06

• Audiocasts/Shows: #TLLTS , #FLOSSWeekly , 0 A.D. and More • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156516 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:54:30

• #BunsenLabs put on a lot of weight since #Crunchbang and doesn’t support HiDPI out of the box. But there are other options. • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156517 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:54:45

• Ｔｅｃｈｒｉｇｈｔｓ #IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 06, 2021 • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/10/07/irc-log-061021/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/10/07/irc-log-061021/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:56:34

• ● NEWS ● #JayLittle #Games ☞ Fun, Franchises and ReMastered Classic Games https://jaylittle.com/post/view/2021/10/fun-franchises-and-remastered-classic-games    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:57:01

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Games ☞ Valve opens up a Steam Deck to explain why it thinks you shouldn’t https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22713075/valve-steam-deck-teardown-repair-open    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:58:28

• ● NEWS ● #PCWorld #Games ☞ Valve tears down Steam Deck (but don’t you dare do this at home) https://www.pcworld.com/article/541718/valve-tears-down-steam-deck.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:58:40

• ● NEWS ● #AJVP ☞ Dear #Privacy Aware Android App Devs - Please Use UnifiedPush https://www.andrewjvpowell.com/articles/dear-privacy-aware-android-app-devs-please-use-unifiedpush    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 08:59:53

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Zuckerberg ☞ Zuckerberg’s Early Notes on #Privacy Now Haunt #Facebook in Suit https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-06/zuckerberg-s-early-notes-on-privacy-now-haunt-facebook-in-suit    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 09:00:02

• ● NEWS ● #CoryDoctorow #OpenAccess ☞ Open Access Ninja https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/05/masha-rides-again/#rogue-archivist    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 09:00:41

• ● NEWS ● #ReinoutVanRees #Python ☞ Dutch python meeting: structural pattern matching - Sebastiaan Zeeff https://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2021/10/05/01-structural-pattern-matching.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 09:59:02

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #FB ☞ Stoller says #Facebook shutdown shows company is 'incompetent' https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/575412-stoller-says-facebook-shutdown-shows-company-is-incompetent    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 09:59:29

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Health #Facebook #FB ☞ Facebook’s #whistleblower report confirms what researchers have known for years https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22712927/facebook-instagram-teen-mental-health-research    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:00:31

• ● NEWS ● #ThreatPost #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Canopy Parental Control App Wide Open to Unpatched XSS Bugs https://threatpost.com/canopy-parental-control-app-unpatched-xss-bugs/175384/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:01:04

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ ACE Anti-Piracy Coalition Takes Control of Dozens of Pirate IPTV Domains https://torrentfreak.com/ace-anti-piracy-coalition-takes-control-of-dozens-of-pirate-iptv-domains-211006/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:01:39

• ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #RIAA Secures 'Victory' Against #YouTube Rippers and Seeks $82 Million in Damages https://torrentfreak.com/riaa-secures-victory-against-youtube-rippers-and-seeks-82m-in-damages-211006/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:01:47

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Texas ☞ 'Another Day, Another Catastrophic Oil Spill': Leak in Texas Fuels Calls to 'Keep It in the Ground' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/another-day-another-catastrophic-oil-spill-leak-texas-fuels-calls-keep-it-ground    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:02:31

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ New Climate #Journalism Awards Honor Chroniclers of the 'Defining Story of Our Time' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/new-climate-journalism-awards-honor-chroniclers-defining-story-our-time    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:02:48

• "On behalf of the entire Creative Commons Board of Directors, I am delighted to announce the appointment of three new members of the Board: Glenn Otis Brown, Angela Oduor Lungati, and Jeni Tennison." https://creativecommons.org/2021/10/06/creative-commons-announces-new-board-members-angela-oduor-lungati-glenn-otis-brown-jeni-tennison/ change long needed: http://techrights.org/2021/04/04/an-elephant-in-the-room-creative-commons/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:03:35

• ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ Introducing raspberrypi dot com https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/introducing-raspberrypicom/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:05:55

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ #Facebook #Whistleblower to Congress: Regulate Big Tech. #SiliconValley Can’t Be Trusted to Police Itself https://www.democracynow.org/2021/10/6/facebook_hearing don't say "Big Tech"; it's a #microsoft propaganda: http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:06:56

• ● NEWS ● #Bloomberg #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Twitter Sells MoPub Ad Platform to #AppLovin for $1.05 Billion https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-06/twitter-sells-mopub-ad-platform-to-applovin-for-1-05-billion    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:08:25

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ What’s good, bad, and missing in the #Facebook whistleblower’s testimony https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22712512/facebook-whistleblower-testimony-analysis-congress-instagram-whatsapp    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:08:34

• ● NEWS ● #CSMonitor #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ #Facebook 's 'snow day': Massive outage reveals world's dependence https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2021/1005/Facebook-s-snow-day-Massive-outage-reveals-world-s-dependence    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:08:43

• ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Privacy #Surveillance #Google #FakeSecurity ☞ Google to auto-enable this security step for millions of accounts https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-security/google-to-auto-enable-this-security-step-for-millions-of-accounts/86808591    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:09:53

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Confidentiality ☞ A text message routing company suffered a five-year-long breach https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22713543/syniverse-hack-five-years-text-messages #Syniverse    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:12:46

• I once worked with people who instead of using encrypted email said that SMS was 'secure' and sent passwords through that. Fake #security cargo cults need to be phased out.    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:13:04

• ● NEWS ● #Vice #Confidentiality ☞ Company That Routes Billions of Text Messages Quietly Says It Was [Breached] https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xpm8/company-that-routes-billions-of-text-messages-quietly-says-it-was-hacked #Syniverse    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:13:20

• ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Confidentiality ☞ #Twitch confirms major data breach after its source code and secrets leak out https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22712365/twitch-data-leak-breach-security-confirmation-comments    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:14:48

• ● NEWS ● #PCWorld #Confidentiality ☞ Massive #Twitch hack reveals source code, creator payouts, and a Steam rival https://www.pcworld.com/article/541564/massive-twitch-leak-reveals-source-code-creator-payouts-and-a-steam-rival.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:14:59

• ● NEWS ● #VOANews ☞ US Rolls Out New Cybersecurity Requirements for Rail, Air https://www.voanews.com/a/us-rolls-out-new-cybersecurity-requirements-for-rail-air-/6260054.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:25:38

• ● NEWS ● #CSMonitor #Energy ☞ #Solarenergy is a new cash crop for farmers – when the price is right https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2021/1004/Solar-energy-is-a-new-cash-crop-for-farmers-when-the-price-is-right    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:26:12

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Politics ☞ Did the Constitution Pave the Way to Emancipation? https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/james-oakes-crooked-path/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:27:31

• ● NEWS ● #PatrickBreyer #Politics ☞ European Parliament Votes For Ban On Biometric Mass Surveillance https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/european-parliament-votes-for-ban-on-biometric-mass-surveillance/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:27:48

• #ibm imploding and looking for new #slaves on sweatshop level salaries by IT standards. "How do our Mainframe clients - still contributing revenue and profit to IBM - react to people without any technical knowledge and little English language skills being put in charge of complex problem resolution." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcQ8XJX#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:30:19

• ● NEWS ● #CreativeCommons #Politics ☞ #CreativeCommons Response to Wikimedia Foundation’s WIPO Observer Application Being Blocked https://creativecommons.org/2021/10/06/creative-commons-response-to-wikimedia-foundations-wipo-observer-application-being-blocked/ techrights.org/wiki/index.php/WIPO    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:30:52

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Politics ☞ #Facebook #whistleblower to meet with Jan. 6 committee: report https://thehill.com/policy/technology/575681-facebook-whistleblower-to-meet-with-jan-6-committee-report    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:31:08

• ● NEWS ● #CNN #Politics ☞ #Facebook #whistleblower to talk to January 6 committee https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/06/tech/facebook-whistleblower-january-6-select-committee/index.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:33:38

• #Microsoft #Windows TCO: ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Politics ☞ Bill requiring companies report cyber incidents moves forward in the Senate https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/575627-bill-requiring-organization-to-report-cyber-incidents-moves-forward-in    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:34:40

• #Microsoft #Windows TCO: ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Politics ☞ #TSA to issue regulations to secure rail, aviation groups against cyber threats https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/575580-tsa-to-issue-regulations-to-secure-rail-aviation-groups-against-cyber    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:35:29

• #Microsoft #Windows TCO: ● #Reuters #Politics ☞ U.S. to tell critical rail, air companies to report [breaches], name cyber chiefs https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-cyber-railways-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-to-tell-critical-rail-air-companies-to-report-hacks-name-cyber-chiefs-idUSKBN2GW1LP    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:36:21

• ● NEWS ● #BroadbandBreakfast #Misinformation #Disinformation ☞ City Loses Case for Streaming Revenues, 1/3 Get News from Facebook, Open Broadband Project https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/10/city-loses-case-for-streaming-revenues-1-3-of-americans-get-news-from-facebook-open-broadband-project-launches/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:37:34

• ● NEWS ● #GameRant #Censorship ☞ Resident Evil 4 VR Dialogue Reportedly Censored by #Facebook https://gamerant.com/resident-evil-4-vr-dialogue-censorship/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:38:01

• ● NEWS ● #TheHill #CivilRights ☞ Body cam footage shows #Minneapolis #police celebrating hitting protesters with rubber bullets https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/575665-body-cam-footage-shows-minneapolis-police-celebrating-hitting-protesters    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:41:45

• ● NEWS ● #ABC #CivilRights ☞ Body cam footage shows #Minneapolis #police allegedly 'hunting' anti-police brutality protesters https://abcnews.go.com/US/body-cam-footage-shows-minneapolis-police-allegedly-hunting/story?id=80434010    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:41:56

• ● NEWS ● #Forbes #CivilRights ☞ Exclusive: Government Secretly Orders #Google To Identify Anyone Who Searched A Sexual Assault Victim’s Name, Address And Telephone Number https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/10/04/google-keyword-warrants-give-us-government-data-on-search-users/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:42:44

• ● NEWS ● #BBC #CivilRights ☞ #SarahEverard vigil: #Police officers contacted arrested woman on #Tinder https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-58805186    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:43:02

• ● NEWS ● #TheSundayTimesUK #CivilRights #intimidation ☞ Fifty officers contacted me on dating app, says woman arrested at #SarahEverard vigil https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/woman-arrested-at-everard-vigil-says-officers-contacted-her-on-tinder-dating-app-mkvbj9xpp    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:44:10

• ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #CivilRights ☞ The French Catholic church acknowledges a staggering pattern of sexual abuse https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/10/06/the-french-catholic-church-acknowledges-a-staggering-pattern-of-sexual-abuse #religion offers safe harbour for #pedophilia too often    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:44:25

• ● NEWS ● #ITWire #Monopolies ☞ #EU to file anti-trust against #Apple over NFC chip: claim https://itwire.com/technology-regulation/eu-to-file-anti-trust-against-apple-over-nfc-chip-claim.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:45:09

• ● NEWS ● #Reuters #Monopolies ☞ EXCLUSIVE #Apple to face #EU #antitrust charge over NFC chip - sources https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-eu-antitrust-regulators-charge-apple-over-its-nfc-chip-tech-sources-2021-10-06/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:45:29

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #energy ☞ Ticking Time Bombs: #California Oil #Spill Spurs New Calls to Ban Offshore Oil Drilling https://www.democracynow.org/2021/10/6/ca_oil_spill    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:46:01

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ “Low-carbon” Misses the Point: Arguments Favoring Nuclear Power as a Climate “Solution” are Fundamentally Misframed https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/low-carbon-misses-the-point-arguments-favoring-nuclear-power-as-a-climate-solution-are-fundamentally-misframed/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:46:18

• #CreativeCommons adopting shallow and corporate "woke terms instead of focusing on its principal goals https://creativecommons.org/2021/10/06/introducing-inclusiveaccess-org/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:48:02

• Has CC Become a #Google Drone? • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/04/04/an-elephant-in-the-room-creative-commons/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/04/an-elephant-in-the-room-creative-commons/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:48:39

• ● NEWS ● #TheGrayZone #climate ☞ For the US, the climate plan is more walls and armed agents at the US-Mexico border https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/05/us-climate-plan-walls-armed-agents-mexico-border/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:49:11

• ● NEWS ● #Orac #misinformation ☞ Reining in doctors promoting COVID-19 misinformation https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/10/06/reining-in-doctors-promoting-covid-19-misinformation/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:58:43

• iophk: misogynists still gnaw at JKR https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dave-chappelle-criticized-defending-j-k-rowling-new-netflix-comedy-n1280928    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 10:59:44

• #apple junk https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/apple-sued-over-low-quality:7    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:00:16

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Biden Gives Democrats [sic] a Green Light to Weaken the #Filibuster for Debt Ceiling Votes https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/biden-gives-democrats-green-light-weaken-filibuster-debt-ceiling-votes    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:01:09

• I've long refused to call it "plastic surgery"; for about a decade I've only referred to it as "butchering" https://pagesix.com/2021/10/06/jamie-lee-curtis-slams-societys-plastic-surgery-obsession/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:02:09

• #aadhaar #india #surveillance https://neritam.wordpress.com/2021/10/05/there-are-four-to-five-kinds-of-people-who-support-aadhaar/ https://www.livemint.com/Politics/MEm1Qz7e9nlYiFT3KbSNeK/CIA-may-have-access-to-Aadhaar-data-claims-WikiLeaks-report.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:02:51

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Entirely Unsurprising': #Merck Slammed for 4,000% Markup of Taxpayer-Funded Covid Drug https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/entirely-unsurprising-merck-slammed-4000-markup-taxpayer-funded-covid-drug #FamousCriminal #billgates works with them for profit: http://techrights.org/2010/03/22/image-redone-with-cartels/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:03:56

• #Sequoia 1.4 released - Announce - lists.sequoia-pgp.org ⚓ https://lists.sequoia-pgp.org/hyperkitty/list/announce@lists.sequoia-pgp.org/thread/LN6SDCDSZSYWR4LRECZOG2N4V5ZCZFBY/ #encryption #pgp    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:04:45

• Pope Francis expresses shame at the scale of child sexual abuse by clergy in #France ⚓ https://text.npr.org/1043610660 ask #billgates what he thinks (another round of "Bill says" articles?) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:05:57

• Future of Tallinn: English-language local election debate | 2021 Elections | ERR ⚓ https://news.err.ee/1608360546/english-language-local-election-debate-takes-place-wednesday #Tallinn #Estonia http://techrights.org/2021/09/05/estonia-business-as-usual/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:06:54

• iophk: with Windows, attack == breach; thus the spin in the media http://techrights.org/2021/10/01/microsoft-azure-is-a-security-breach/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:07:33

• Example where #brexit makes #uk worse than #eu https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292853-eu-votes-to-restrict-ai-use-in-law-enforcement-while-uk-rolls-it-out/ #newscientist paywall    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:08:20

• #HowTo Mitigate #Email #Privacy and #Security Risks: Practical Tips ⚓ https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/email-risks:c ䷉ #RobBraxmanTech    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:09:20

• TLS has becomg an MLM-like pyramid scheme that serves centralisation and #monopolies more than it serves actual, real #security (the centralised entities are themselves spies, too)    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:11:12

• "Accept his disgusting terms or you can't even read it." https://fosstodon.org/@mplammers/107054564180366982 #facebook #fb #surveillance #zuckerface #sociopath    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:12:52

• "Longer #copyright protection means fewer books are available, and they cost more" https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/107054621152315667    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:13:30

• "No facial recognition in public space!" https://mastodon.pirati.cz/@marcel_kolaja/107055831630522424 it is not actually effective, either. Oversold by profiteers, #falsemarketing    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:14:24

• Andrew Hewus Fresh: "Kind of amazing how much a few hours of meetings in a day wears me out." - BSD Network ⚓ https://bsd.network/@AFresh1/107058176098622699 ䷉ #AFresh1    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:15:40

• ● NEWS ● #TheRevelator #Plastic ☞ How to Turn Off the Tap on #Plastics Waste https://therevelator.org/plastic-book-cirino/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:17:03

• ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ Recent White House Study on Taxes Shows the Wealthy Pay a Lower Rate Than Everybody Else https://www.propublica.org/article/recent-white-house-study-on-taxes-shows-the-wealthy-pay-a-lower-rate-than-everybody-else    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:18:36

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Twitch ☞ Perfect Timing: Twitch Gets Compromised With Voluminous Leak Of Data Via Torrent https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211006/10272847713/perfect-timing-twitch-gets-compromised-with-voluminous-leak-data-via-torrent.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:19:53

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Twitter ☞ #ContentModeration Case Study: Twitter's Self-Deleting Tweets Feature Creates New Moderation Problems https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211006/15054247715/content-moderation-case-study-twitters-self-deleting-tweets-feature-creates-new-moderation-problems.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:20:41

• ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews #Palestine ☞ #Water as Weapon of War: Activists Say #Israel is Drying Out the West Bank to Drive Out Palestinians https://www.mintpressnews.com/water-weapon-war-activists-say-israel-drying-west-bank-drive-palestinians/278628/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:21:39

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog ☞ Only Two in 200 ‘Green Zone’ Events at COP26 Mention #FossilFuels https://www.desmog.com/2021/10/06/only-two-in-200-green-zone-events-at-cop26-mention-fossil-fuels/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:22:18

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #belgium ☞ Belgian Government Wants To Add #Encryption #Backdoors To Its Already-Terrible Data Retention Law https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211003/17223447690/belgian-government-wants-to-add-encryption-backdoors-to-already-terrible-data-retention-law.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:23:15

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | #Climate #Journalism Is Coming of Age https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/10/06/climate-journalism-coming-age    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:24:23

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Sanders Pushes Back After #Manchin Says He Doesn't Want to Create 'An Entitlement Society' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/sanders-pushes-back-after-manchin-says-he-doesnt-want-create-entitlement-society    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:24:53

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Tone Deaf #Facebook Did Cripple VR Headsets When Borked #BGP Routing Took Down All Of Facebook https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211005/11033447704/tone-deaf-facebook-did-cripple-vr-headsets-when-borked-bgp-routing-took-down-all-facebook.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:26:02

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Climate ☞ #BigOil Lobby Spending Millions to Gut Key Build Back Better Climate Provisions: Report https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/big-oil-lobby-spending-millions-gut-key-build-back-better-climate-provisions-report    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:26:52

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #FCC Finally Gets Off Its Ass To Combat SIM Hijacking https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211001/10253647675/fcc-finally-gets-off-ass-to-combat-sim-hijacking.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:27:41

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt # ☞ If Your Takeaway From Facebook's #Whistleblower Is That #Section230 Needs Reform, You Just Got Played By Facebook https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211005/16295147708/if-your-takeaway-facebooks-whistleblower-is-that-section-230-needs-reform-you-just-got-played-facebook.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:28:41

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Why Does Congress Fight Over Funding Childcare But Not #F35 ? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/10/06/why-does-congress-fight-over-funding-childcare-not-f-35s    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:30:24

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Protecting Workers Will Help Protect #Democracy https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/10/06/protecting-workers-will-help-protect-democracy    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:31:06

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Finance ☞ #LizWarren Probes “Corrupt” Link Between Tax System and Private Sector https://truthout.org/articles/elizabeth-warren-probes-corrupt-link-between-tax-system-and-private-sector/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:32:17

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Fracking ☞ Price Spikes Puncture Fracking’s Promise to Keep Natural Gas Prices Low https://www.desmog.com/2021/10/06/spikes-fracking-natural-gas-prices/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:32:59

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Overpopulation ☞ #UN Urges World to Act Now to Combat 'Looming #Water Crisis' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/un-urges-world-act-now-combat-looming-water-crisis    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:33:41

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Court Documents Show The #FBI Used A Whole Lot Of #Geofence Warrants To Track Down January 6th Insurrectionists https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211002/18364547684/court-documents-show-fbi-used-whole-lot-geofence-warrants-to-track-down-january-6th-insurrectionists.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:35:18

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Trump Is Gone, But the US Is Still Putting Migrants Through Hell https://truthout.org/audio/trump-is-gone-but-the-us-is-still-putting-migrants-through-hell/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:36:23

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Biden Gives Democrats Green Light to Weaken the Filibuster for #Debt Ceiling Vote https://truthout.org/articles/biden-gives-democrats-green-light-to-weaken-the-filibuster-for-debt-ceiling-vote/ #finance    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:37:26

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Report: Trump's Former Aides Plan to Defy January 6 Commission's Subpoenas https://truthout.org/articles/report-trumps-former-aides-plan-to-defy-january-6-commissions-subpoenas/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:38:43

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #ATandT Set Up And Paid For #OAN #Propaganda Network; Yet Everyone Wants To Scream About Facebook https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211006/07165947710/att-set-up-paid-oan-propaganda-network-yet-everyone-wants-to-scream-about-facebook.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:39:11

• #Kelloggs On Strrr-ike: 1,400 Workers Walk Off Job to Protect Benefits https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/kelloggs-strrr-ike-1400-workers-walk-job-protect-benefits    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:40:56

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #patents #monopoly #patent ☞ #Moderna Founders Make Forbes 400 Richest List as Company Refuses to Share Vaccine With Poor https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/moderna-founders-make-forbes-400-richest-list-company-refuses-share-vaccine-poor    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:41:37

• ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Internet ☞ Does An Internet Infrastructure Taxonomy Help Or Hurt? https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211002/01062847677/does-internet-infrastructure-taxonomy-help-hurt.shtml    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:42:35

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Russian Journalist Anna #Politkovskaya Was Killed 15 Years Ago https://www.thenation.com/article/world/anna-politkovskaya-anniversary/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:44:04

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ #StephenBreyer Is Getting Paid to Play Hamlet https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/breyer-court-book/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:44:43

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Closing #RikersIsland Is a Matter of Life and Death https://www.thenation.com/article/society/closing-rikers-island/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:45:36

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Police ☞ Peace Officers: a New Division of Salem Police Department https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/peace-officers-a-new-division-of-salem-police-department/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:47:11

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Nature #Wildlife ☞ #Biden Administration Defends Wildlife Services’ Killing of Eight Wolf Pups in Idaho https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/biden-administration-defends-wildlife-services-killing-of-eight-wolf-pups-in-idaho/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:47:41

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR #Disinformation #Misinformation ☞ Chinese ‘Disinformation’ and US #Propaganda https://fair.org/home/chinese-disinformation-and-us-propaganda/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:48:26

• ● NEWS ● #RobertReich #Finance ☞ The Democrats’ One Chance to Cut Child Poverty in Half https://robertreich.org/post/664344469162868736    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:48:55

• In Historic First, WHO Approves #Vaccine to Prevent #Malaria https://truthout.org/articles/in-historic-first-who-approves-vaccine-to-prevent-malaria/ Who stands to profit? #patent #monopolies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:49:42

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Bernie #Sanders Says Key Obstacle to Passing Reconciliation Is Corporate Media https://truthout.org/articles/bernie-sanders-says-key-obstacle-to-passing-reconciliation-is-corporate-media/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:50:18

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Police Reform Is Not Enough to Protect Black Lives https://truthout.org/video/police-reform-is-not-enough-to-protect-black-lives/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:50:53

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #McConnell Says He'll Allow Vote on Raising Debt Ceiling Through December https://truthout.org/articles/mcconnell-says-hell-allow-vote-on-raising-debt-ceiling-through-december/ how much debt are USian babies born with now? https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:52:32

• ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #climate ☞ Tory MP Backing Net Zero Took £5,000 Donation From Chair of Top Race Car Manufacturer https://www.desmog.com/2021/10/06/tory-mp-backing-net-zero-took-5000-donation-from-chair-of-top-race-car-manufacturer/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:53:48

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Debt ☞ Republicans Lie That It’s Democrats’ — Not Trump’s — Debts That Need to Be Paid https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-lie-that-its-democrats-not-trumps-debts-that-need-to-be-paid/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:56:33

• #KDEGear 21.08.2 Is Out to Improve Dolphin, Okular, Konsole, Gwenview, Kate, and Other Apps • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156520 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:57:32

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156521 #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 11:57:57

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | #StevenDonziger and the Judicial Executioners of the Corporate State https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/10/06/steven-donziger-and-judicial-executioners-corporate-state    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:00:26

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Senate Must Pass Voting Rights Reform So States Can Protect Democracy https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/10/06/senate-must-pass-voting-rights-reform-so-states-can-protect-democracy    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:01:41

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ White House to Restore Key Elements of Nation's 'Bedrock Environmental Law' Gutted by Trump https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/white-house-restore-key-elements-nations-bedrock-environmental-law-gutted-trump    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:03:17

• ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Health ☞ AZ Gov Can't Restrict Money From Schools With Mask Rules, Treasury Dept Says https://truthout.org/articles/az-gov-cant-restrict-money-from-schools-with-mask-rules-treasury-dept-says/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:04:03

• ● NEWS ● #Tor #torproject ☞ New Release: #TorBrowser 10.5.8 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1058    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:04:48

• What is the media stopped shying away from talking about #overpopulation (for fear of 'offending' religions and parents)? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/10/06/what-if-eating-animals-was-main-cause-climate-and-biodiversity-crises    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:06:02

• If #commondreams stands for freedom, why does it want to FORCE everyone to get this particular vaccine and why does it attack people who don't agree? https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/holy-hell-idahos-far-right-lt-gov-bans-vaccine-mandates-governor-out-state he does not oppose vaccines but MANDATES. Not the same thing.    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:07:50

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #europe ☞ 'Historic Moment': #EU Approves Call for Sweeping Ban on Facial Recognition Surveillance https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/historic-moment-eu-approves-call-sweeping-ban-facial-recognition-surveillance    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:08:14

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Ultimate #DrugWar Crackdown https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/the-ultimate-drug-war-crackdown/ "there have been crackdowns — big crackdowns."    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:09:26

• The war on rich tax evaders should be vastly bigger than any war on drug pushers, but the former group bribes politicians to 'legalise' these crimes and instead fight the bi-product of #inequality . Reset the system, prosecute and arrest these evaders who bribe.    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:11:14

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #imperialism #spaceJunk ☞ No #Militarization of Space Act https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/no-militarization-of-space-act/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:11:36

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #fr ☞ #France and the Fraying of #NATO https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/france-and-the-fraying-of-nato/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:13:06

• ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #Police ☞ “Becoming Abolitionists”: Derecka Purnell on Why Police Reform Is Not Enough to Protect Black Lives https://www.democracynow.org/2021/10/6/abolition_book    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:15:19

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The #GatesFoundation Avoids a Reckoning on Race and Power https://www.thenation.com/article/society/gates-foundation-colonialism/ #famouscriminal #billgates well overdue for his THIRD arrest. http://techrights.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation_Critique#2021    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:16:22

• #GatesFoundation "foundation partnered closely with pharmaceutical companies even as Big Pharma prioritized delivering vaccines to the most lucrative markets." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/gates-foundation-colonialism/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:18:32

• "The Nation examined 30,000 charitable grants the foundation has awarded over the past two decades and found that more than 88 percent of the donations—$63 billion—have gone to recipients in the wealthiest, whitest nations, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and European countries." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/gates-foundation-colonialism/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:19:30

• "As far back as 2009, a study in The Lancet highlighted the same problem in the Gates Foundation’s work in global health: It funds the rich to help the poor." ” https://www.thenation.com/article/society/gates-foundation-colonialism/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:20:01

• 2010 #bribery by #billgates after criticism: #GatesFoundation Pays the Lancet Journal - Now Distorts Academic Literature Too • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2011/01/10/lancet-gates-exxon-mobil/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2011/01/10/lancet-gates-exxon-mobil/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:20:46

• "The #GatesFoundation is testing the limits of its power by refusing to engage with the rapidly expanding conversation around decolonization." #billgates should be indicted already. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/gates-foundation-colonialism/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:22:13

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #UK ☞ US/UK Blocking #UN Effort to Enshrine Clean #Environment as Universal Human Right https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/usuk-blocking-un-effort-enshrine-clean-environment-universal-human-right    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:23:15

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #afghanistan ☞ #Taliban Fashion and Why It Matters https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/taliban-fashion-and-why-it-matters/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:24:09

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ OO7: License to Kill? https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/oo7-license-to-kill/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:26:25

• ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'This Wasn't Justice. This Was Cruelty': Calls to Abolish #DeathPenalty Follow Ernest Lee Johnson Execution https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/06/wasnt-justice-was-cruelty-calls-abolish-death-penalty-follow-ernest-lee-johnson    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:28:05

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation #nytimes ☞ A Massive Fail on Crime Reporting by The New York Times, #NPR https://www.thenation.com/article/society/crime-reporting-failure/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:28:20

• ● NEWS ● #FAIR ☞ Media Praise ‘Mavericks’ for Blocking Aid to American People https://fair.org/home/media-praise-mavericks-for-blocking-aid-to-american-people/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:28:46

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Globalization Meets Entropy...and We Lose https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/globalization-meets-entropy-and-we-lose/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:28:57

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Venezuela ☞ Forbes Reveals Why the US Government Is Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/forbes-reveals-why-the-us-government-is-trying-to-extradite-venezuelan-diplomat-alex-saab/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:31:12

• ● NEWS ● #TheNation # ☞ Rethink, Not Reform https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rethink-not-reform/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:33:19

• #Climate #Journalism Is Coming of Age https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/climate-change-journalism-awards/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:33:40

• "Beyond expressing their standard horror at the “murder of babies,” OR activists..." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/baby-talk-fascists-reflections-on-a-summer-encounter/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:34:54

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Mounting Confusion of President Biden’s National Security Policy https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/the-mounting-confusion-of-president-bidens-national-security-policy/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:35:13

• "Humanism means helping people, and secular means doing it without supernatural religion." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/nine-decades-of-secular-humanism/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:35:58

• "The difference between cocaine and crack cocaine is almost entirely one of pH, the relative scale of acidity or alkalinity. Regular cocaine in its original plant form, coca leaf, is commonly consumed by people across the mountainous parts of South America" https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/10/06/its-algorithm-stupid    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:36:53

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Abolition, Cultural Freedom, Liberation https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/abolition-cultural-freedom-liberation/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:37:23

• ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #Psychiatry Films and Politics: Filmmakers Take Issue with my CounterPunch Review of Their Doc https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/06/psychiatry-films-and-politics-filmmakers-take-issue-with-my-counterpunch-review-of-their-doc/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:37:45

• "Hmmmm. . . Big Bleu looking to ramp-up headcount in low cost Eastern European countries means RAs are coming in high-cost geographies." #ibm #layoffs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcQ8XJX#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:39:01

• #NVIDIA #Vulkan Beta Driver 470.62.05 rolls out for #Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/10/nvidia-vulkan-beta-driver-4706205-rolls-out-for-linux    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:41:04

• #mozilla spinning #firefox #spyware as "data" "science" https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2021/10/06/my-first-time-experience-at-the-scipy-conference/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:45:17

• #Games: The Long Dark, Old Games, and Valve • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156522 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:45:32

• #NVIDIA Driver Releases • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156523 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 12:48:17

• "are you really an IBMer...? You do realize, any IBMers can subscribe to any blogs in w3 pages? Get on with the modern #IBM way." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1d7cgO15#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:00:11

• #cat https://i.imgur.com/Dd1hjjJ.mp4   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:00:55

• #ProprietarySoftware Leftovers (Mostly #Microsoft ) • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156524 #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:01:24

• Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156525 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:02:01

• Links 7/10/2021: #KDEGear 21.08.2 and Tor Browser 10.5.8 • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/10/07/kde-gear-21-08-2/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/10/07/kde-gear-21-08-2/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:01:24

• "This tutorial will explain how to install it on Ubuntu, use DuckDuckGo" -- STOP RIGHT THERE! Bad idea. https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2021/10/how-to-use-ungoogled-chromium-browser-on-ubuntu.html see http://techrights.org/2021/03/15/duckduckgo-in-2021/ or http://techrights.org/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:11:10

• But Abhishek, it's NOT FOSS. #itsfoss #ProprietarySoftware https://itsfoss.com/install-vivaldi-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:12:25

• #ibm #redhat pushing #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware to people. WHY WOULD I WANT SUCH A COMPANY ON MY SERVERS? https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2021/10/07/how-test-pull-requests-web-browser    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:14:24

• 2 Years After #Microsoft Hijacked #GitHub for Monopoly #Fedora Still Has Well Over 100 Projects in Microsoft’s GitHub (Not Even Counting Red Hat’s and Systemd) • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/06/19/microsoft-hosted-fedora/ ䷉ #IBM #RedHat | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/06/19/microsoft-hosted-fedora/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:17:15

• Proprietary vendor lock-in is something to be avoided, not advertised. https://www.howtoforge.com/what-is-efs-elastic-file-system-in-aws-and-how-to-use-it/ #amazon #aws #clowncomputing    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:18:15

• How much mining and burning does it take to manufacture one of these? https://hackaday.com/2021/10/07/diy-solar-ebike-goes-around-the-world-we-hope/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:21:19

• My Favorite Warnings " A Belated Introduction | Tom Wyant [blogs.perl.org] ⚓ http://blogs.perl.org/users/tom_wyant/2021/10/my-favorite-warnings-a-belated-introduction.html ䷉ #perl #programming    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:23:23

• #BBC #Microbit Reads Morse Code With MakeCode | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2021/10/06/bbc-microbit-reads-morse-code-with-makecode/ ䷉ #hackaday    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:25:07

• "The danger of the vulnerability mitigates the fact that the problem manifests itself only in the recently released version 2.4.49 and does not affect all earlier releases." Good reason NOT to adopt things too quickly. https://www.itsfoss.net/vulnerability-in-apache-http-server/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:27:16

• #clowncomputing nonsense and other #marketing fluff like "IaaS" = run by suits, not geeks and technical people = avoid http://thomas.goirand.fr/blog/?p=394    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:28:40

• With #clowncomputing the highest price or the component with the cost is the vendor lock-in associated with #outsourcing so DON'T DO IT. #marketing scam. http://techrights.org/2020/06/10/the-bezos-leaning-ploy/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:30:21

• #github is NOT free. Stop spreading this lie for #microsoft ... #vendorLockin #proprietarySoftware #Surveillance    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:30:54

• #redhat "Use storytelling and empathy to show the impact of technology" = #greenwashing and pseudo-woke pretences https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/10/it-metrics-3-lessons-learned #ibm does it a lot: http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:32:39

• DMA-BUF Support In #WebRTC https://jgrulich.cz/2021/10/06/dma-buf-support-in-webrtc/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:34:10

• #ibm is collapsing. "go on linkedin and type in the search bar "ibm last day" and see how many pop up under "post"! it's insane" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcQ8XJX#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:36:43

• Pitfalls of #dns "The .club TLD is entirely down (name servers reply but with error code SERVFAIL) so the 29 Gemini capsules under .club are unreachable." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007277.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:38:22

• To be published in #techrights around midnight today: The EPO’s Overseer/Overseen Collusion — Part V: Germany Says “Ja” (it's about #germany role in enabling #epo #corruption that plagues #europe in the name of #patent litigation)    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:42:07

• Last week: Angela #Merkel ’s Coalition Has Not Helped #EPO Staff and Not Even Bloggers Blackmailed by EPO Management • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/10/02/merkel-epo-legacy/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/10/02/merkel-epo-legacy/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:43:45

• #LibreOffice QA/Dev Report: September 2021 https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:45:24

• #UPC opponents like @zoobab will certainly want to see tonight's series about #upc #collusion with the German officials. http://techrights.org/2021/10/02/merkel-epo-legacy/ https://joindiaspora.com/posts/21714819 #unitarypatent    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:54:44

• #KDEneon 20211007 https://neon.kde.org/ #kde #gnu #linux    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:56:07

• Progress report: Asahi Linux brings forth a usable basic desktop on Apple's M1 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156507#comment-31280   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 13:57:52

• #linux #googlebombing by #microsoft #propaqanda sites this week, leveraging the dead/dying WSL2 to somehow push #vista11 under the pretence that it's about "LINUX" http://techrights.org/2021/10/05/microsoft-puff-pieces/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 14:07:18

• I see #billgates funded 'news' sites in #africa (the #propagnda arm he runs with bribes) calling everyone who reject one particular jab "anti-vaxxer". Gates needs to be indicted already. He has harmed billions of people.    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 14:08:55

• the #ferenOS Web site has a "follow" button but it's misleading; there's no RSS feed, they're outsourcing to a #socialcontrolmedia #surveillance site that can OBSTRUCT/HIDE following. Don't do those things. #outsourcing HURTS your site. You give some for-profit company a gatekeeper status. Many learned from their mistake in #google #youtube    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 14:15:34

• Avoid #socialcontrolmedia for audience. I want to follow YOU or YOUR site, not some account of some OTHER SITE controlled by people who are not you. #outsourcing begets unwanted shadowbans, #censorship etc.    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 14:17:43

• Outsourcing to #amazon #surveillance and #censorship platform; not what I'd typically expect to find in Planet #debian https://www.hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/2021/10/07/enumerating-aws-iam-accounts.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 14:19:06

• #FSF Announces #LibrePlanet 2022 Plans • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156526 #GNU #freesw #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 14:20:47

• IMHO, #fsf should almost never mention #linux at all (the #kernel context at least), seeing that the #linuxfoundation attacks the #gpl and pretends #gnu does not exist. LF (VERY corrupt institution) needs to collapse; the sooner, the better. Linux itself WILL survive this. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_Foundation    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 14:22:29

• #GNUnano 5.9 was released • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156527 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 14:23:04

• #FerenOS 2021.10 — iterative improvements • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156528 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 14:23:35

• CVE-2021-41773 - Apache web server Path traversal - Blueliv ⚓ https://www.blueliv.com/cyber-security-and-cyber-threat-intelligence-blog-blueliv/cve-2021-41773-apache-web-server-path-traversal/ ䷉ #blueliv    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:05:27

• That sounds like a dicky headline https://risingsunchatsworth.co.za/185089/covid-19-opens-doors-for-local-entrepreneur/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:08:03

• #monsanto should go to Hell. #Bayer is still slaughtering people and they pretend to be feeding people, when in fact preying on them with #patents while pushing with seeds #cancer -causing chemicals http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/10/guest-post-monsantos-conspicuous.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:11:29

• Longtime #TeamUPC liar #AnnsleyMerelleWard (shilling for #patenttrolls by publishing completely fake news for them) is trying to portray opposition to a #patent cartel as disingenuous, not even revealing the conflict of interest (colleagues, employer) http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/10/guestpost-opinion-skirting-frand.html #WilmerHale    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:14:41

• Last month: [Meme] A Cat (or Kat) That Sold All Its Souls... • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/09/01/ipkitten-selling-the-soul/ ䷉ #Techrights #ipkat #ipkitten | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/09/01/ipkitten-selling-the-soul/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:16:03

• 1 hour ago: #IBM is a dead company, it is only a question of time before it is completely split into pieces and sold. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcQ8XJX#replies #redhat    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:23:36

• Mins ago: "We've had nothing but problems with TEM and TBMR the last several years. Now with #kyndryl we can push #IBM tools aside and use what works." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcoWio4#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:24:23

• [Meme] #IBM is NOT a Friend of #FreeSoftware • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/ibm-led-mob/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/07/05/ibm-led-mob/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:24:58

• #OpenForum Europe ( #IBM et al) and #LinuxFoundation Are Boosting and Cooperating With Enemies of Software Freedom • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/01/31/openforum-europe-lf/ ䷉ #Techrights #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/01/31/openforum-europe-lf/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:25:42

• #ibm "How are you making the work place save? Have you seen that the numbers of people who are vaccinated and getting covid are going up? Or are you saying we need to all get vaccinated to protect those who are already vaccinated?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcpKk6M#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:26:38

• #ibm uses #covid19 to sell mass #surveillance (very lucrative business right now) http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/     

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:27:20

• "I am vaccinated but do not think it should be forced on everyone." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcpKk6M#replies Related: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/09/22/uk-vaccine-progress/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:28:40

• "call someone anti-vax is like calling them rac-ist..... just to put them down and shut them up when in fact they are not.. I am not anti vax, I have the vax.. but I am anti mandate!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:29:40

• #microsoft #windows #vista11 ... it sucks, but let's have a WINDOWS Mandate. It'll be a "job creator" (man existing PCs thrown away), no? More sales, more money.    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:30:43

• 20 mins ago: " #IBM is a cr-p company. Nobody with any actual talent wants to work for them. If you're still stuck there, make them fire you and sue the ba----ds." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:31:23

• "Excellent News?? #IBM is jettisoning the last few intelligent people still working for them." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:32:02

• "Yeah, great way to push more people out without severance... Also note the date... December 8 is the deadline, that means no 401K match payments if you refuse to get vaccinated and get fired! Aren't these #IBM Execs smart?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:32:52

• "I cant wait to see what they mandate next. Im glad I dont have to make decisions like this myself." #ibm #layoffs #exodus https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:33:23

• "Pure insanity. Why should anyone be vaccinated with an extinct virus if they already had delta" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcpKk6M#replies #ibm    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:34:30

• 2020: Beyond Shameful: Microsoft and IBM Lobbyist David Kappos Uses COVID-19 Lies to Push for Software Patents From the Back Door, Undermining What Courts Have Determined • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/10/02/ibm-swpats-2020/ ䷉ #Techrights #IBM #swpats #covid19 | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/10/02/ibm-swpats-2020/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:35:35

• #ibm is profiting from #covid19 http://techrights.org/2021/06/14/vaccine-spam-in-linux-news/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:36:32

• #ibm knows how to avoid layoffs; give workers a reason to resign en masse. "The shot is required even if you have natural immunity from a prior COVID infection." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bXWpA8r#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:37:54

• "Many people were mouthing on this thread about how that would violate medical privacy laws or how it violates international law or how vaccines were too new and unsafe/unproven etc etc." #ibm #layoffs https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bXWpA8r#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:38:45

• "Well.. IBM has laid down its law. Time has come to put your money where your mouth was. Any of you ready to quit your job?" #ibm an avoid #layoffs it it drives AWAY its staff like this; but this assures collapse by brain drain/knowledge gaps https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bXWpA8r#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:39:37

• "I just flew back from England after having to go there for business. The USA border is definitely not wide open. Our plane 787 (United) had a 23% occupancy rate. The only folks on board were USA citizens and green card holders." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bXWpA8r#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:40:23

• "One irony of this discussion is that #IBM was involved in the creation of the New York State vaccination passport" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1bXWpA8r#replies see http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:41:14

• "The [existing] vaccine doesn't prevent infection or transmission. Makes absolutely no sense to mandate." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcpKk6M#replies see http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/09/22/uk-vaccine-progress/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:43:20

• There are going to be tons more resignations at #redhat and #ibm this coming week. Not that it wasn't happening this past month, plus the layoffs. IBM is a dead company walking, buying back its own shares and defrauding shareholders, splitting up for 'creative accounting' (buy a little time).   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:45:06

• When #ibm goes under, assuming #microsoft does not go under at the same time, the #linuxfoundation can end up dominated by #microsoft / #github ... ALL these monopolistic and obsolete cartels need to die ASAP. They're your enemies, even if they (mis)use the brand "LINUX".   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:46:41

• #covid19 is a real killer, but here in the #uk the lockdowns save lives, not the vaccines -- or barely, except for very elderly people (they've done nothing to stop the spread; they give people a false sense of confidence) http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/09/03/borisnaro-data/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:48:45

• Joke all you want or assume I'm joking (I'm not), it's perfectly possible #ibm CEO was advised to mandate #covid19 jabs just to drive away a big chunk of his staff. Otherwise, they might need to lay off like 50,000 workers and it looks brutal to shareholders. IBM cannot buy back its own shares forever without become debt-saddled.   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:50:54

• " #IBM does a mass #layoff every December so that they do not have to payout 401K matches." https://nitter.eu/sbsweeps/status/1446125939151106052   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:52:13

• Cynicism and sarcasm I assume: "I’m surprised a super variant that is immune to the vaccine hasn’t cropped up yet" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies not at all, we 'just' have 40,000 cases/day in the UK (where 90% of adults got the jab)    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:54:46

• #ibm #layoffs "I'm vaccinated but I would have no problem with working alongside coworkers who are not. It's ridiculous of the CEO and the Fed Govt to say "we follow the science". It's not science. It's politics and control." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:55:49

• 2 mins ago: "This virus has a >99% recovery rate and fully vaccinated people are still catching it. This so-called "science" is also completely ignoring the actual science of natural immunity. This is all insane." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:56:32

• #ibm does not want toi pay severance for layoffs, so it weaponises #covid19 now? "Personally, I believe the POS CEO sees an opportunity to thin the ranks without paying out RAs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:57:17

• 2 mins ago: "If they (they being either our POS #IBM CEO, the Fed Govt, or some other little man/woman with too much power) can mandate this, what else will they mandate?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:58:07

• #ibm trying to drive away the staff without compensation. "Also comical in a tragic way - a year ago these same people in our Fed Govt said they would never mandate this. Even our POS VP is on video saying she wouldn't take the vaccine, yet here we are." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 15:58:47

• "What happens when “fully vaccinated” is no longer 2 does but 3,4,5 …. ??" #ibm #covid19 #patents #monopolies https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:00:05

• #IceWM 2.8 window manager released • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156529 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:03:30

• For vaccine mandates to be reasonable the shots need to have high efficacy (we don't have that) and probably not shots but just one shot. Like #measles #polio etc. Back to the lab. Make better products, also no #patents this time around (equity matters, #monopolies are misplaced at times of crisis).   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:05:40

• Then again, what do you expect from an #ibm CEO whose TWO parents came from the Army? Authoritarianism. http://techrights.org/2020/10/24/militarised-elephants/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:09:26

• #Squid 5.2 is available • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156530 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freesw    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:10:34

• #ArsTechnica is spamming/googlebombing "LINUX" to push #malware ... #vista11 and #wsl2 (an ATTACK on GNU/Linux). Was Jim Salter paid/forced to do this? PR as 'news'? Remember #Microsoft CO-FOUNDER Ars UK. They're in Microsoft's pocket.    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:13:40

• 2 mins ago: "You are correct... it is only a question of time now until #IBM requires the 3rd shot... I would suspect that by early 2022 it will be a requirement." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies IBM will drive away lots of staff; when asked by shareholders, it'll say it 'protected' staff.    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:15:29

• #IBM CEO Arvind Krishna should worry more about getting ELDERLY people in #india (where he was born) vaccinated, not youngsters out of college in a rich country. The existing vaccines don't prevent the spread of the virus and don't save the lives of young people. #vaccination #equity #apartheid   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:17:47

• #vaccine #patent pools are a lot more concerned about pushing their products to kids in rich countries because it's a lot more profitable than saving vulnerable people abroad. #vaccination #equity #apartheid   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:19:05

• New #nhs #uk numbers published 20 mins ago. The jab worked so well that 122 more died (scaled to US population that's like 700 per day) and 41k new cases (like 300k/day in US). Same date last year (Oct. 7th): 18,307 new cases. Almost TRIPLED in one year.   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:25:38

• #uk #tories "Freedom Day" = Placeboris. Let's open up everything and delay the next crisis a few months.   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:27:30

• "the #EU considers someone recovered from covid equal to a vaccinated Person. So why is the “science” in America different?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:28:58

• Mins ago: "With no accommodations for covid survivors with anti bodies. Bye IBM!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies #ibm    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:29:44

• New: "Hope all you vaccinated folks have fun getting each other sick." My opinion: do now mandate if efficacy is low and the shots (not single shot, shots) do not prevent the spread. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcpKk6M#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:31:12

• #ExTiX 21.10 KDE Plasma together with Anbox ("Android in a Box" with Google Play Store pre-installed) :: Build 211007 • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156531 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:31:56

• Qt for Python release: 6.2 is here! 🐍 ⚓ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-python-release-6.2 ䷉ #qt needs to become #freesw and #kde should know a #proprietarySoftware deps need to be worked around ASAP    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:34:51

• Sudo 1.9.8: intercepting commands • Sudo Blog ⚓ https://blog.sudo.ws/posts/2021/10/sudo-1.9.8-intercepting-commands/ ䷉ #sudo    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:35:48

• Today we had 41k NEW #covid19 cases in the UK (pace of around 1.2 MILLION people infected PER MONTH). Last year we didn't get higher than this until 21-12-2020. 4 days before #xmas ... this #borisnaro strategy is untenable. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/07/20/mass-infection/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:38:32

• #IBM CEO "comes from a military background/family" (both parents) http://techrights.org/2020/10/24/militarised-elephants/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:44:13

• 9 mins ago: "Get vaxxed: still get covid, still transmit covid, subject to side effects. Not vaxxed: still get covid, still transmit covid, no side effects." Unless you're vulnerable/elderly, the advertised benefits are still hard to support. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:51:36

• They say we need to give 1-3 shots to kids (maybe 4, 5...), not even proven ones like polio and measles (which I totally support), in order to get "back to normal". Sorry, there's nothing "normal" about pushing kids to get these shots every 6 months or so... That's NOT normal.   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:54:10

• #ibm and #redhat employees ought NOT be surprised by AUTHORITARIAN policies if they actually know their management http://techrights.org/2020/10/24/militarised-elephants/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:54:55

• If #redhat and #ibm want to protect their workers and their families, they will allow them to work from home indefinitely. We still don't have drugs and shots that prevent the spread of #covid19 (numbers go down only if people isolate from one another).   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:56:33

• When people work from home we also start to tackle the #climate crisis. Air #pollution alone kills more, each year, than #covid19 has killed in the past 2 years combined.   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:57:48

• New: "20,000 US employees have already verified their shot status. I wonder how many people won’t confirm their status (whether they got the shot or not). I also wonder what percentage of people would be needed to to not provide their status for #IBM to back off of this mandate." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 16:59:05

• "On the other hand this gives IBM a great opportunity to reduce headcount in the name of “science.”" So #ibm not only profits from #covi19 (it sells things) but also weaponises it to get rid of workers WITHOUT PAYING SEVERANCE. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 17:00:19

• "calling them all “anti-vax[x]ers” is counter-productive and over-simplistic" (the term has long its meaning; that used to refer to parents who refuse to vaccinate their kids) http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/08/19/covid19-communication-strategy/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 17:02:18

• "The whole strike regulation has to be amended to conform to the ILO-AT judgement. It is simply illegal and it does not matter whether it has been adopted by the AC or not." http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/10/01/iloat-cases-epo-repays-excessive-strike-deductions-tensions-remain/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 17:06:54

• "I think the AC are just paying lip service to social peace and they’re perfectly happy with what has turned out to be just a slight variant of the #Batistelli regime." #epo #corruption http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/10/01/iloat-cases-epo-repays-excessive-strike-deductions-tensions-remain/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 17:07:40

• "Here we have another version of the game: the tail is wagging the dog! What happened under his predecessor is continuing! When the present tenant of the 10th floor has been appointed he was meant to restore social piece at the EPO." http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/10/01/iloat-cases-epo-repays-excessive-strike-deductions-tensions-remain/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 17:08:11

• Tonight at midnight #techrights will show #germany being complicit in illegal, UNLAWFUL, #epo regulation. #de #corruption    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 17:08:49

• "There is another problem lurking in the background. The #EPO has unilaterally decided to suppress the specific invalidity insurance for which staff has paid premiums for many years." http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2021/10/01/iloat-cases-epo-repays-excessive-strike-deductions-tensions-remain/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 17:09:34

• #ibm became a laughing stock with worthless stock. Latest comments: "I am wondering how many more than the 20'000 employees are left in the US... [...] hahah so glad i left this company. HAHAHAHA LOSER IBM" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 17:12:26

• "Great job Krishna, you have confirmed what everybody already knew... You are a TYRANT!" #IBM CEO, whose two parents are from the military. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 18:41:57

• #ibm #layoff #vaccineMandate "Because "science" in this case is actually politics. The same exact leaders who are enacting these mandates said they would never receive shots under a Trump administration. This includes the current VP." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 18:42:57

• "IBM is using this requirement to avoid paying their portion to your 401k. by setting the deadline to 12/8, you have to be employed on 12/15 to get IBM 401k. Interesting don’t you think?" #ibm layoffs weaponising a virus to thwart obligations to staff. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 18:44:03

• #Google #Android Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156532 #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 18:48:44

• #AMD #Ryzen 9 5900HX / ASUS ROG Strix G15 Is A Nicer Experience On Ubuntu 21.10 • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156533 #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 18:49:03

• #spamnil again doing puff pieces and ads for #microsoft ... and this is basically what #linuxfoundation has become (and why it needs to be buried; #linux would survive OK without it) http://techrights.org/2021/09/24/spamnil-zdnet-lf-greenwashing-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:04:11

• How to hand over #Debian to #Microsoft https://idroot.us/install-mono-debian-11/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/Mono    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:06:37

• The person who worked very hard to push or force-feed #mono into #ubuntu and #ubuntu ... is not a full-time #microsoft employee. No evil deed goes unrewarded.    

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

• Roofing by Jesus https://files.catbox.moe/c3unku.png   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:08:38

• #microsoft #windows is #malware and #spying ... and IMHO governments should be required to ask a special permission to use such a thing at work https://www.maketecheasier.com/location-currently-in-use-windows-10/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:11:27

• "Gartner predicts..." #gartner is corrupt. Those who cite it are gullible or also corrupted by the same interests. https://searchbusinessanalytics.techtarget.com/news/252507769/Gartner-predicts-exponential-growth-of-graph-technology http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gartner_Group    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:13:08

• Brushwork study https://www.davidrevoy.com/article871/brushwork-study-202110 #kria #kde #gnu #linux #art    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:15:00

• "Following responsible disclosure, the issue has been rectified in #Yamale version 3.0.8. "This release fixes a bug where a well-formed schema file can execute arbitrary code on the system running Yamale," the maintainers of Yamale noted in the release notes published on August 4." https://thehackernews.com/2021/10/code-execution-bug-affects-yamale.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:16:35

• #PCLinuxOS Kernel Update/Upgrade http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156465#comment-31284   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:19:48

• Is #microsoft paying Brad Linder to push tons of #vista11 instead of #gnu #linux ? That would not be unprecedented. http://techrights.org/2008/11/10/summary-of-the-ms-bribed/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:22:59

• #GNU nano 5.9 Text Editor Comes with YAML Syntax Highlighting Support http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156527#comment-31286   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:26:26

• "An interview with #Facebook #whistleblower Frances Haugen. She concluded from her experience in the company that it would always choose to do more harm in order to make more money." https://stallman.org/archives/2021-jul-oct.html#7_October_2021_%28Interview_with_Facebook_whistleblower%29    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:28:02

• #GNU #Linux Fu: Globs Vs Regexp | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2021/10/07/linux-fu-globs-vs-regexp/ ䷉ #hackaday    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:28:47

• Straw man arguments like these do much harm: "Are you flat-Earthers as well?" So rejecting a shot that does not actually prevent the spread of #covid19 is the same as rejecting the fact of planets being round? Worse: generalising and calling them all "rednecks" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcpKk6M#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:31:46

• "The article does not mention that ocean acidification will kill all coral when it reaches a certain point. However, if we curb CO2 emissions, that will limit the acidification as well as limit global heating." https://stallman.org/archives/2021-jul-oct.html#7_October_2021_%28Coral_lost%29    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:38:41

• Another yuppie pipe dream. "No Free Lunch" https://hackaday.com/2021/10/07/creating-methane-from-captured-carbon-dioxide-and-the-future-of-carbon-capture/ the real solution is tackling consumption while acknowledging #overpopulation    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:44:23

• Opinion: instead of declaring non-solutions (or barely-solutions) a "solution" to #covid19 crisis maybe define home working (or even "lockdowns") the 'new normal' and start tackling #climate issues at the same time    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:48:25

• Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156534 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:49:32

• #CommaFeed, Read Your Favorite News In One Place Everywhere • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156535 #freese #selfhosting #deletegithub   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 19:50:13

• #IBM profits from the #surveillance associated with mass #vaccination , including all the "boosters" that are later made mandatory to maintain the same status http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:00:26

• Paul E. Mc Kenney: Rusting the Linux Kernel: Summary and Conclusions https://paulmck.livejournal.com/65056.html #linux #kernel getting bloatware from #microsoft #github based on false pretences/promises    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:01:54

• Linux overview | #Ubuntu Budgie 21.10 - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=HFdte3e0JFI ䷉ #video #invidious #gnu #linux    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:05:16

• "Last year, during lockdown, many discovered the importance of PDF forms when having to deal remotely with administrations and large organizations like banks." #pdf #accessibility #firefox https://hacks.mozilla.org/2021/10/implementing-form-filling-and-accessibility-in-the-firefox-pdf-viewer/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:18:23

• How the #IMF loan-sharks the #globalsouth https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/02/debt-trap/#global-arm-breakers #looting    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:21:30

• Richard Stallman: " #NewZealand has given up on trying to wipe out the current outbreak of Delta variant. It proves too transmissible to eradicate that way." https://stallman.org/archives/2021-jul-oct.html#7_October_2021_%28Giving_up_on_Delta_variant%29    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:22:43

• "It can be effective to defy the state, but when protests' main effect on ordinary people is to irritate them, they are counterproductive." https://stallman.org/archives/2021-jul-oct.html#7_October_2021_%28Insulate_Britain_activists%29    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:24:30

• #Kalendar : A New #KDE https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/aAXVyduUNBLY5meVhqeqwe #gnu #linux    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:27:59

• #Tails 4.23 is out • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156536 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #debian    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:41:10

• SJVN very late again http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156492#comment-31287   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:43:04

• #zdnet : YOU CANNOT SAY "MASTER"! It's racist! ZDNet today: "level up productivity by mastering Linux" (it's OK with #ibm and its mouthpieces say "master") https://www.zdnet.com/article/learn-to-streamline-daily-processes-and-level-up-productivity-by-mastering-linux-and-git-for-under-20/ see http://techrights.org/2020/10/13/ibm-and-masters/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:44:57

• Warning: the EU’s Digital Services Act could repeat TERREG’s mistakes - European Digital Rights (EDRi) ⚓ https://edri.org/our-work/warning-the-eus-digital-services-act-could-repeat-terregs-mistakes/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:47:54

• Nobody does #backdoors as well as #juniper and #cisco (or call them #bugdoors if you like; same effect) https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/10/07/cisco-releases-security-updates-multiple-products    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:48:49

• At least there's an "F" for freedom in that site... https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2021/10/06/decided-to-purchase-a-domain-for-2021/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:51:05

• #deletegithub #microsoft #nsa #proprietarySoftware #monopoly (otherwise a nice project) https://hackaday.com/2021/10/07/worlds-cheapest-and-possibly-worst-ir-camera/ http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_Github    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:52:15

• 3 more hours until 3+ posts about the blockbuster on #epo and how #germany enabled an illegal so-called #unitarypatent (I know @zoobab can make use of this info)    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:53:27

• Don't choose very 'exotic' TLDs. They might not be reliable at #dns level. https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/007279.html   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:54:10

• "I think the complete Executive Team (VPs and up) at IBM should prove to the rest of the employees that they are indeed vaccinated." #ibm https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:56:10

• (and yes, #ibm is collapsing, but companies never admit that about themselves or to shareholders. ASK IBM INSIDERS.)    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:57:13

• Sigh. #amazon affiliate #MARKETING #SPAM disguised as articles :/ https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-processor-for-gaming/ what kills the #www -- nowadays a spam farm http://techrights.org/2020/10/18/news-as-spam/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:58:43

• Saying "MASTER" is still OK, esp. when you're fake media posting PAID-FOR SPAM https://wccftech.com/mastering-linux-and-git-certification-bundle-discount/ also see http://techrights.org/2020/10/13/ibm-and-masters/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 20:59:56

• 6 Reasons Why Linux Phones and Laptops Aren’t Cheap • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156537 When your PC does not render you a "slave" of some corporation... #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:02:33

• " #IBM is now about "dis"-respect for the individual. First they rob the pension plan, with help from Bush Jr, while they outsource most jobs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:03:58

• Don't jump the queue to get medication that's marketed well but barely tested. It can take years for proper clinical trials to be conducted. That's why FDA (or FDAs) exist in the first place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandal   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:05:31

• #redhat under #ibm doesn't respect freedom https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/covid-19-vaccination-requirement-us-associates-and-contractors    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:10:31

• #IBM : 6 months to test a vaccine is long enough. Now we'll make you unemployed if you don't agree with us. Also: we profit from this: http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:11:49

• #ibm can of worms opening again today http://techrights.org/2020/08/16/ibm-powered-purges/ #redhat    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:12:27

• #redhat marketing itself as a "clown" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/future-connected-cloud-architecture #ibm #buzzwords    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:13:55

• The funny thing is that you can still work at #redhat or #ibm without being vaccinated for #polio and #measles ... but for #covid19 you MUST get something. Even though it's a multi-shot thing (3? 5? 7?) that leaves you in bed for days and doesn't stop the virus from spreading...    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:16:14

• #chromium is Hell. It's OSPS, "Open Source #ProprietarySoftware " of #Gulag https://bkhome.org/news/202110/diy-compile-chromium.html    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:20:00

• Fantastic to see #LibreOffice moving to #PeerTube as well!! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/10/07/10-more-videos-from-the-libreoffice-conference-2021/ #freesw    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:21:44

• History is on the side of #RMS , whereas the #LinuxFoundation is on the wrong side of history, given what #IBM already did with Nazi #Germany and what IBM still does a present http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:22:32

• #ibm #redhat has become little beyond a soup or salad of #buzzwords in the #marketing department (it is embarrassingly shallow; how many actual engineers left?) https://opensource.com/article/21/10/first-phases-devsecops-transformation    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:25:34

• #9to5Mac on Linux... when it's controlled by Apple via bad hardware http://www.tuxmachines.org/comment/reply/154786   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:28:09

• "The Jr. accountant that thought of this as a way to raid the “401k matching dollars fund” was awarded 250 blue points." #ibm exploiting #covid19 to rob the staff, fire the staff, without paying the severance (so it seems) https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:31:40

• When it comes to morale, real communities around #GNU / #Linux have the morale and motivation; #SUSE and #IBM cannot get them to work as unpaid volunteers or #slaves https://news.opensuse.org/2021/10/07/new-survey-aims-to-gain-pack-main-insights/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:35:30

• It's a miracle! Apache #OpenOffice 4.1.11 Released - Increased Font Size In Help, Other Mundane Changes https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Apache-OpenOffice-4.1.11    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:36:42

• #GNU Toolchain Begins Landing #RISCV Bitmanip/Zbs Instructions Support https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNU-Prepares-For-Bitmanip-Zbs    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:37:55

• This isn't a Linux issue; seems like a rootkit one has to put inside one's system, but they're conflating infection with something else and misplace blame https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/10/07/fontonlake-previously-unknown-malware-family-targeting-linux/ #ESET FUD    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:39:53

• Who should celebrate this? #apple or #linux users??? https://www.tomshardware.com/news/linux-finally-runs-on-apple-m1-mac-natively    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:40:37

• #chrome users to #google say, "SPY LESS!" #GULAG replies, "No! SPY FASTER!!" https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Chrome-RenderingNG-2021    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:45:22

• #Chromium / #Chrome Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156538 #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:54:41

• Release of #OpenOffice and News from #LibreOffice (Conference and QA/Dev Report) • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156539 #TuxMachines    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 21:55:00

• " #Texas does not restrict #IBM from mandating the vaxx. The order that Abbott gave would only force IBM to not ask you for your vaccine status to enter their buildings." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:03:29

• #OpenStack Xena, the 24th OpenStack release, is out http://thomas.goirand.fr/blog/?p=396    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:06:23

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: #RQuantLib 0.4.14: More Calendars plus Update http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2021/10/06#rquantlib_0.4.14    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:07:10

• Can't wait for #billBC to issue some more puff pieces telling me (in the headline even!) the lectures or words of wisdoms of a college drop-out who was enabling child traffickers. (For sex) #billgates Apropos: http://techrights.org/2020/08/06/gates-eng-police-search/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:08:29

• You need not mandate a vaccine when the results of it, among adopters, are positive. Like prevention of contraction, infection, and spread, without the need to get many "boosters". Desperate measures try to get states to do "sales" and media to do "marketing".    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:17:31

• #IBM / #RedHat Leftovers • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156540 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:18:04

• There's something wrong with you if you truly think that 'only' 1.2 million #uk infections of #covid19 per month is a "success story". Or you've lost track of what success actually means....    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:19:20

• #ibm isn't mandating #vaccines for #covid19 (yes, #redhat staff to)o because it'll help eradicate the virus. It just wants to get rid of a lot of staff. That's the sentiment among many IBMers anyway. IBM weaponises this crisis (won't let it "go to waste"...). A "good crisis"... profit: http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:21:13

• " #IBM will start firing proceedings against you on Dec 9 at the earliest. At the very least, they will give you the customary 2-week notice making your last working day fall after Dec 15. If IBM really wanted to make Dec 8 your last date, they would have set the vax deadline much earlier." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:24:27

• "I recently did mentoring a new Debian contributor. This is carried out in a framework with OSS Gate on-boarding." https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2021/10/07/171918    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:26:18

• "This offering from Google is false advertising. There is no means for an electricity customer to select the source of the electricity provided to their premises." #google #surveillance #spying #greenwashing #wsj http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=10059    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:27:27

• "Oculus is part of Facebook, a company that does many evil things including surveillance, censorship and tax avoidance, The Quest cannot be used without a Facebook account and it runs Android, a nonfree OS." https://blogs.fsfe.org/tobias_platen/2021/10/06/why-i-do-not-buy-the-oculus-quest/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:28:21

• "The Linux-driven SoC is also suitable for industrial IoT applications that require low power consumption, security, and connectivity, but do not require graphics." https://linuxgizmos.com/i-mx8x-lite-takes-on-iiot-and-vehicle-to-everything-applications/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:30:15

• 2 mins ago: "Why didn't my insurance company mandate this first?" #ibm #layoffs #covid19 #vaccineMandate #redhat https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:31:33

• A fork for the time-zone database? https://lwn.net/Articles/870478/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:35:10

• Improvements to GCC's -fanalyzer option https://lwn.net/Articles/869880/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:35:53

• #IBM turned #Tivoli to garbage and sold it away https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcoWio4#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:39:10

• Complete nonsense: "First off, this post shouldn't have been allowed on this forum: it has nothing to do with layoffs, or really IBM's business at all" NO! It has a LOT to do with layoffs when #ibm weaponises a virus to get rid of staff https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcpKk6M#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:40:38

• How to recruit more kernel maintainers https://lwn.net/Articles/870581/ #linux #kernel    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:46:53

• "Ts'o raised the often-heard concern of wide-ranging, cross-subsystem changes. How hard are those going to be when there is Rust code involved too?" https://lwn.net/Articles/870555/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:48:20

• Conclusion: is Linus happy? https://lwn.net/Articles/870585/ judging by his rapid aging in recent years??    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:49:15

• Linus #Torvalds seems or looks like a person who quit caring about his diet and thus his health. That can be -- albeit not unnecessarily -- a sign of fatigue and frustration. #linuxfoundation had the nerve to send him to therapists, based on a lie http://techrights.org/2021/06/27/blaming-torvalds/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:51:18

• #Kernel: Rust, BPF, and Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC) in Linux • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156541 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:51:37

• Days ago: Linus #Torvalds is Not in Charge Anymore, All Important Decisions Are Made by Monopolistic Corporations • 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤 ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/10/03/monopolistic-linus/ ䷉ #Techrights #GPL #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/10/03/monopolistic-linus/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 22:52:32

• #IBM Declares Defeat/Failure, 'Shuts Down' Campaign of Anti- #RichardStallman Rhetoric (Defamation) http://techrights.org/2021/10/07/ibm-vs-fsf-is-a-failure/ http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM#Attacking_Communities.2FVolunteers #redhat #rms #fsf   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:19:19

• LWN’s Coverage From the 2021 Kernel Maintainers Summit • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156542 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:19:53

• #Jshelter : #FSF 's New Tool Against Non Free #Javascript - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=YnVKAntXwUc ䷉ #video #invidious    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:20:48

• "In this video, we are looking at #MXLinux 21 RC1." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=aiBA-4io5xk #gnu #linux    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:21:35

• 10 Useful Features of @Brave You Didn’t Know Existed - Make Tech Easier ⚓ https://www.maketecheasier.com/brave-browser-useful-features/ ䷉ #maketecheasier | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/10/07/#latest    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:22:31

• WOT? Is it even LEGAL to push #listeningDevices to KIDS now? #surveillance #spying #espionage #bugs https://www.maketecheasier.com/deal/echo-dot-kids-tiger-echo-glow/    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:23:17

• Updated #ibm wiki at #techrights with the latest developments http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM#Attacking_Communities.2FVolunteers    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:24:47

• "not like this was a good job anyway. looks like its time to quit." #ibm is collapsing. But it doesn't want to fire people if it can convince them to leave and receive no compensation. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcx9MBR#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:25:50

• "What a complete id--t. You are the exact reason why this country is in decline. Every freedom we hold dear is at risk because of people like you. You want to silence views that you disagree with. This whole COVID thing IS political." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1dcpKk6M#replies    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:26:50

• #Finland joins #Sweden and #Denmark in limiting #Moderna COVID-19 vaccine | Reuters ⚓ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finland-pauses-use-moderna-covid-19-vaccine-young-men-2021-10-07/ ䷉ #reuters    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:27:42

• Even RMS is smart enough to know he needs to MANDATE the AUDIENCE wearing a mask and keeping a distance, as precondition for him giving a talk. He doesn't force anyone to get a jab or attend his talks. Masks are not intrusive. http://techrights.org/2021/10/06/richard-stallman-france-talks/   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:34:14

• #KDE Plasma 5.23 (25th anniversary edition) - New Breeze theme, accent colors, and #Wayland - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6kzggGR2OHo ䷉ #video #invidious    

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:34:34

• Screencasts and Videos: MX Linux 21 RC1, Ubuntu Budgie 21.10, KDE Plasma 5.23, and Jshelter • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156543 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:40:36

• #Istio 1.10.5 and #OpenStack Xena • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156544 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:44:21

• #Hardware That Spies, Runs Linux, and More • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156545 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:44:48

• #KDE : Job Offer, Kalendar Video, and Krita Story From David Revoy • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156546 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Thursday, October 07, 2021 at 23:45:01

• The EPO’s Overseer/Overseen Collusion — Part V: Germany Says “Ja” http://techrights.org/2021/10/07/germany-says-ja/ #europe #corruption #germany #unitarypatent #unifiedpatentcourt   

posted Friday, October 08, 2021 at 00:00:17