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  • [Older] The Roll-Out of #vista11 is the Perfect Time to Decide to Switch to #GNU #Linux https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/windows-11-roll-out.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:39:56


  • Crime and punishment https://i.redd.it/k6pe26ouuj181.png    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:40:11


  • #Microsoft ’s new Windows prompts try to stop people downloading Chrome https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/2/22813733/microsoft-windows-edge-download-chrome-prompts    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:40:24


  • #cat https://i.imgur.com/SthhXo3.jpeg    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:40:32


  • #FTC sues to block $40 billion #Nvidia acquisition of Arm https://www.protocol.com/ftc-lawsuit-block-nvidia-arm    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:42:17


  • "To me, this is reason enough never to use smart contracts for anything important. Human-based adjudication systems are not useless pre-Internet human baggage, they’re vital." https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/12/smart-contract-bug-results-in-31-million-loss.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:42:27


  • Opinions https://i.redd.it/k3rebrcqt2181.jpg    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:42:42


  • #KDEneon 20211202 https://neon.kde.org/ #kde #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:44:18


  • "Being near the expected site of a protest would be grounds for searching people to check for suspicious equipment, such as signs or handouts. Almost any sort of support for a protest would be grounds for imprisonment." https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#2_December_2021_(George_Monbiot)    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:46:38


  • Is techno-clutter ruining your life? https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/techno-clutter-farnell.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:47:07


  • #proprietarySoftware https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-336-02    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:47:21


  • #iFixit Guest Blog: Important Notes to Take From #Fairphone ’s Design Team https://www.fairphone.com/en/2021/12/02/ifixit-fairphone-4/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:49:12


  • When I lost more time writing a script than doing its task https://thecodinglove.com/when-i-lost-more-time-writing-a-script-than-doing-its-task    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:51:13


  • *Odd Showers* (1870) – The Public Domain Review ⚓ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/odd-showers/ ䷉ #publicdomainreview #publicdomain    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:52:26


  • #Mozilla Releases #Security Updates for Network Security Services https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/12/02/mozilla-releases-security-updates-network-security-services #Firefox    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:52:42


  • As if #nsa ever cared about real #security ... https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/12/02/nsa-and-cisa-release-part-iii-guidance-securing-5g-cloud see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:53:19


  • #microsoft #spam where it does not belong? :/ "Disclaimer: This blog post is about SUSE Linux Enterprise Server images on Azure and probably only useful to SUSE Employees who work with such images." https://openqa-bites.github.io/posts/2021-12-01-run-azure-image-on-hyperv/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:54:47


  • Sigh. Planet #opensuse = #microsoft #github with shilling of #proprietarySoftware and #spyware https://openqa-bites.github.io/posts/2021-12-02-hyperv-nested-guest/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 00:54:57


  • "He Declined the #FBI ’s Offer to Become an Informant. Then His Life Was Ruined." ⚓ https://theintercept.com/2021/11/30/fbi-informant-watchlist-reputation-damage/ ䷉ #theintercept    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:00:36


  • Steve Kemp: It has been some time.. https://blog.steve.fi/it_has_been_some_time__.html #deletegithub #microsoft    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:00:50


  • #deletegithub #microsoft https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/heroic-games-launcher-for-epic-games-appears-popular-with-over-100k-downloads/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:01:50


  • "Open 3D Engine (O3DE) from the Open 3D Foundation is what was once Amazon Lumberyard, now open source it's just had a first major stable release." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/open-3d-engine-o3de-sees-a-first-major-release-linux-support-in-preview    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:02:44


  • This Year I’m Thankful for the Revolt Against #TwoTier | Labor Notes ⚓ https://labornotes.org/blogs/2021/11/year-im-thankful-revolt-against-two-tier ䷉ #labornotes    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:04:20


  • #Pfizer Is #Lobbying to Thwart #Whistleblowers Exposing #Fraud ⚓ https://theintercept.com/2021/11/29/pfizer-whistleblower-reform-corporate-fraud/ ䷉ #theintercept    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:04:39


  • Activists Ask Pentagon to Reinvestigate Deaths in #Yemen ⚓ https://theintercept.com/2021/11/30/yemen-civilian-deaths-pentagon-investigation/ ䷉ #theintercept #ksa #middleEast    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:05:18


  • Valerie Strauss: #Covid19 brought new technology into elementary school. It’s time to remove it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/11/29/remove-technology-from-elementary-school/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:05:33


  • Developing A #GameEngine with #Perl • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158647 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:06:58


  • #Games: #Steam Next Fest, Heroic Games Launcher, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158646 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:08:10


  • Open 3D Engine ( #O3DE ) Update • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158645 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #Games    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:08:19


  • Legacy of countries invaded by the US for natural resources and imperialistic objectives https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/30/asia/afghanistan-hrw-report-taliban-killings-intl/index.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:10:27


  • Jonathan McDowell: Building a desktop to improve my work/life balance https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2021/12/desktop-work-life-balance.html #hardware    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:11:05


  • "There are many kernels to choose from on Linux and installing a new one isn't that difficult but there are some steps you will need to take." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=7_d4QHXwIKo    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:11:59


  • "how the #FDA ’s conflicts of interest with #BigPharma led to the creation of the EUA system and has resulted in unethical, illegal behavior from the agency during the COVID-19 crisis." https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/12/podcasts/fda-corruption-and-mandate-madness-with-meryl-nass-md-2/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:13:53


  • #RMS on #torture of #assange ..."They are worthless, because they rule out only a few special kinds of torture. Torture and brainwashing are standard practice in US prisons." https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#2_December_2021_(Assange_and_US_Torture)    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:14:06


  • Dr. Scholl’s Introduces New Amputation Kit For Dry, Cracked Feet ⚓ https://www.theonion.com/dr-scholl-s-introduces-new-amputation-kit-for-dry-cra-1848104252 ䷉ #theonion #satire    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:15:15


  • term "Big Tech" used by Richard Stallman, but #microsoft made up this term or proliferated it to distract from its crimes https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#2_December_2021_(FTC_and_Big_Tech) based on LEAKS: http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:17:54


  • RMS: "This behavior is what I would have expected from the KGB. It hurts that my country is guilty of it. The secrecy and arbitrariness of the no-fly list must be eliminated." https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#2_December_2021_(FBI_and_recruiting_non-US-citizens)    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:18:06


  • " #Spotify flaunts how it tracks what each user listens to, and invites users to boast about Spotify's knowledge of them. This devious scheme is all the more vicious because it operates at an emotional level which most the manipulated victims can't even recognize as manipulation." https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#2_December_2021_(Spotify_Wrapped)    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:19:07


  • There’s a new document with remarks by the EPO’s staff representatives and it concerns opportunities for women at the #EPO — a longstanding issue • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/02/epo-gender-awareness-report/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/02/epo-gender-awareness-report/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:19:20


  • "I am not an expert on pedagogy, but I know that those computers are running nonfree (unjust) software, and much of it has malicious functionalities -- snooping on the children, and addicting them to systems that manipulate them. So I concur with the recommendation." https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/11/29/remove-technology-from-elementary-school/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:20:09


  • #openSUSE 15.4 Alpha Build Available to Download and Test http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158634#comment-31941 #suse #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:20:42


  • #RK3399K based module and SBC can operate at -20 to 80℃ • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158644 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:22:43


  • #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158643 #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:28:55


  • #SystemdFree #Nitrux 1.7.1 Released with Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS, Maui Apps 2.1.0 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158640 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:29:33


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158641 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:31:38


  • Files and #GTK4 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158642 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #GTK    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:32:50


  • #NixOS 21.11 Now Available for Download http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158569#comment-31938 #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:33:56


  • #openSUSE Leap 15.4 Alpha Builds Begin For Testing http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158634#comment-31939 #suse #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:34:08


  • Civil society defends affordable broadband in New York - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/civil-society-defends-affordable-broadband-new-york/ ䷉ #accessnow    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:40:57


  • #ProprietarySoftware https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/12/02/cisa-and-fbi-release-alert-active-exploitation-cve-2021-44077-zoho #zoho    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:42:09


  • #Xen 4.16 Released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158648 #GPL #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:42:29


  • #gulag mocks #mozilla #firefox #security whilst also funding it https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/this-shouldnt-have-happened.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:45:29


  • "UPDATE: On December 1, a federal district court blocked the law because it is likely to violate the First Amendment. #Texas Governor Abbott signed the bill into law on September 9." https://www.accessnow.org/texas-social-media-bill-unconstitutional/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:50:08


  • #ProprietarySoftware https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-336-01    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:52:16


  • #OSI hooks up with #Microsoft -connected #OpenLogic for a survey https://opensource.org/node/1147 see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/OpenLogic    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:54:37


  • Oh, dear, #linuxfoundation https://linuxfoundation.org/blog/state-of-finops-survey-2022-built-by-and-for-the-finops-community/ this is your supplier/partner: "Windows 2000 Microsoft-IIS/5.0" https://sitereport.netcraft.com/?url=research.net    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:57:32


  • #linuxfoundation is a self-satirising org. About #linux ...    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:58:27


  • #ProprietarySoftware : "Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an administrator account login without password authentication and remote code execution with root privileges." https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-336-03    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:58:58


  • #Microsoft : Still a #NationalSecurity Threat • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/10/29/microsoft-national-security-threat/ ䷉ #Techrights #backdoors | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/10/29/microsoft-national-security-threat/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 01:59:43


  • irk Eddelbuettel: drat 0.2.2 on CRAN: Package Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2021/12/02#drat_0.2.2    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:00:27


  • Thank you, Richard, awesome stuff! https://twitter.com/hughsient/status/1466176496880476162    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:01:19


  • #Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158649 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:01:38


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158650 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:01:58


  • "Clippy" in #rustlang ... no kidding! What next? Bob? https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/12/02/Rust-1.57.0.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:04:09


  • LF and friends pushing #ProprietarySoftware as "open" https://www.fosslife.org/whats-difference-between-open-core-and-open-source #openwashing    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:08:08


  • #LibreOffice Technology DevRoom Call for Papers https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/12/02/lo-technology-devroom-cfp/ #freesw #fosem #freesoftware #europe    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:08:59


  • Law on the protection of national symbols: a threat to freedom of expression on social networks in Mauritania - Access Now ⚓ https://www.accessnow.org/protection-of-national-symbols-mauritania/ ䷉ #accessnow | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/03/#latest    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:27:28


  • Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Cat Keyboard | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2021/12/02/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-cat-keyboard/ ䷉ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/03/#latest    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:29:33


  • Events and ’Studies’ (Marketing Stunts) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158651 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:31:34


  • #Graphics : #RAD V,# Intel, and Vulkan • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158652 #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:32:11


  • Links 3/12/2021: Nitrux 1.7.1 and #Xen 4.16 Released • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/02/xen-4-16-released/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/02/xen-4-16-released/   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:43:23


  • Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158653 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:43:39


  • "OpenSuSE is a trojan horse itself on UEFI and reenables Secure Boot behind your back" http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-021221.html#tDec%2002%2023:27:55    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:54:46


  • When you make a formal complaint about #nhs #privatisation and the privatiser finds out: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-021221.html#tDec%2002%2021:40:04    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:55:37


  • Working to make #techrights IRC logs in Gemtext also http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-021221.html#tDec%2002%2010:49:52    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 02:57:33


  • #OpenShift Security Hardening for the healthcare industry ⚓ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/openshift-security-hardening-healthcare-industry ䷉ #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:02:27


  • Internet Shutdowns Often Ordered for 'Routine Policing' in India: Parliamentary Panel ⚓ https://thewire.in/government/internet-shutdowns-often-ordered-for-routine-policing-in-india-parliamentary-panel ䷉ #thewire    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:07:40


  • Edit video on Linux with Kdenlive | ⚓ https://opensource.com/article/21/12/kdenlive-linux-creative-app ䷉ #FreeSW #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:14:47


  • "Did you ever watch a movie because you already knew the soundtrack?" https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/movie-soundtrack/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:21:41


  • Gift inspiration for makers on the Arduino Store | Arduino Blog ⚓ https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/12/02/gift-inspiration-for-makers-at-the-arduino-store/ ䷉ #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/03/#latest    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:29:07


  • The Month in #WordPress – November 2021 https://wordpress.org/news/2021/12/month-in-wordpress-november-2021/ #cms #freesw    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:41:12


  • "The election for The Document Foundation’s Board of Directors is running, and we have live Q+A sessions with the candidates." https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/12/02/tdf-board-of-directors-election-2021-second-live-qa-session-video/ #documentfoundation #libreoffce    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:44:06


  • #greenwashing #sport [sic] https://hackaday.com/2021/12/02/motorsports-are-turning-to-alternative-fuels/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:47:05


  • Our New Countdown Calendar for Works Entering the Public Domain – The Public Domain Review ⚓ https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2021/12/new-public-domain-countdown-calendar/ #publicdomainreview    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:47:43


  • #Notcurses needs to #deletegithub to convey the impression it cares about freedom. #freesw    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:52:23


  • "It is quite amazing that the Elliott company already managed to fit their 1960s computer into a shoebox-sized footprint." https://hackaday.com/2021/12/01/listening-to-the-sounds-of-an-1960s-military-computer/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:56:14


  • "Recently at Endless we had a week of focused working on projects which are not our day-to-day work. It was called ‘Endless Orange Week’, and everyone was encouraged to explore a topic of their choosing." https://tecnocode.co.uk/2021/12/02/runtime-control-of-debug-output-endless-orange-week/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 03:59:27


  • #ChromeOS , #GNU Linux , macOS or Windows: The benefits of each OS for your laptop • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158654 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:01:45


  • #Chrome OS 96 Update Released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158655 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:02:03


  • #Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, December 02, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:06:27


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

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:06:36


  • ● NEWS ● #JohnGoerzen ☞ Recovering Our Lost Free Will Online: Tools and Techniques That Are Available Now https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10231-recovering-our-lost-free-will-online-tools-and-techniques-that-are-available-now    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:13:07


  • ● NEWS ● #GnuPG #Mozilla #Thunderbird ☞ EMailClientsThunderbird https://wiki.gnupg.org/EMailClients/Thunderbird    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:13:36


  • #GNUpoke 1.4 released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158656 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:13:59


  • ● NEWS ● #PCMag #Licensing ☞ Trump's #SocialControlMedia Site Quietly Admits It's Based on #Mastodon https://www.pcmag.com/news/trumps-social-media-site-quietly-admits-its-based-on-mastodon    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:15:37


  • ● [Old] ● #JoeDavis #Programming ☞ Advent of #Awk 2019 https://jo.ie/advent-of-awk-2019.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:17:02


  • ● NEWS ● #Hungary ☞ Complaint against Kövér, EP delegation disappointed, inbound flights banned from #SouthAfrica and Karácsony pulls back veto https://insighthungary.444.hu/2021/12/02/complaint-against-kover-ep-delegation-disappointed-inbound-flights-banned-from-south-africa-and-karacsony-pulls-back-veto    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:18:08


  • ● NEWS ● #taiwannews #taiwan #tw #Hardware ☞ #Nvidia rumored to dump Samsung and stay with TSMC for all new GPUs https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4361911    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:19:29


  • ● NEWS ● #PCWorld #Hardware ☞ #FTC sues to halt #Nvidia Arm purchase https://www.pcworld.com/article/557139/ftc-sues-to-halt-nvidia-arm-purchase.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:19:43


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Health ☞ How to arrange for your digital legacy https://www.theverge.com/22812264/digital-legacy-death-estate-google-apple-how-to    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:21:28


  • ● NEWS ● #BroadbandBreakfast #Health ☞ Frances #Haugen , U.S. House Witnesses Say #Facebook Must Address Social Harms https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/12/frances-haugen-u-s-house-witnesses-say-facebook-must-address-social-harms/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:21:38


  • ● NEWS ● #Quillette #Health ☞ What is Happening to My Profession? https://quillette.com/2021/11/30/what-is-happening-to-my-profession/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:22:20


  • ● NEWS ● #RTL #Health ☞ WHO warns world creating 'toxic' recipe for new variants like MEGATRON https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1826468.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:23:12


  • ● NEWS ● #NDTV #Health ☞ MEGATRON Could Be Dominant In #France Within Weeks, Says Adviser https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/omicron-could-be-dominant-in-france-within-weeks-says-adviser-2634137 the #patent #cartel looks at this like more business, not incentivised to SOLVE the issue    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:23:49


  • ● NEWS ● #TheEconomist #Health ☞ Where are America’s lead pipes? https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/12/02/where-are-americas-lead-pipes    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:24:09


  • ● NEWS ● #ComputerWorld ☞ #Microsoft under fire in #Europe for #OneDrive bundling; legal fight brewing https://www.computerworld.com/article/3642834/microsoft-under-fire-in-europe-for-onedrive-bundling-legal-fight-brewing.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:24:43


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #ProprietarySoftware ☞ #Zoom might pay you $25 as part of a class-action settlement https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/2/22814758/zoom-class-action-lawsuit-zoombombing-encryption-settled    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:25:27


  • ● NEWS ● #RollingStone #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ #FBI Document Says the Feds Can Get Your #WhatsApp Data — in Real Time https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/whatsapp-imessage-facebook-apple-fbi-privacy-1261816/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:26:26


  • ● NEWS ● #NPR #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ #Debt collectors can now text, email and DM you on #socialcontrolmedia https://text.npr.org/1060597759    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 04:26:44


  • ● NEWS ● #VOANews ☞ Can Europe Compete With China's Belt and Road Initiative? https://www.voanews.com/a/can-europe-compete-with-china-s-belt-and-road-initiative-/6337145.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:45:24


  • ● NEWS ● #Reuters ☞ #Trump campaign demonized two Georgia election workers - and death threats followed https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-threats-georgia/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:47:48


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Ping!! How Those #Trump / #Russia Stories Got Shopped to the Media https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/alfa-bank-ping-russiagate/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:48:18


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #Energy ☞ Someone stole $120 million in [cryptocurrency] by [cracking] a DeFi website https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/2/22814849/badgerdao-defi-120-million-hack-bitcoin-ethereum    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:49:38


  • ● [Old] ● #Bikepacking #Energy ☞ Rails to Trails: Bikepacking Finnish Lapland (Film) https://bikepacking.com/plog/rails-to-trails-finnish-lapland-film/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:49:47


  • ● [Old] ● #TeemuVidgren #Energy ☞ Bikepacking in Åland https://teemu.online/2021/09/06/bikepacking-in-aland/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:50:28


  • ● NEWS ● #ScientificAmerican #Overpopulation ☞ Humans Are Doomed to Go Extinct https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/humans-are-doomed-to-go-extinct/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:51:02


  • ● NEWS ● #TheJewishVoice #Politics ☞ House Republicans Press #Facebook #Whistleblower Frances Haugen, Democrats On Big Tech Censorship Concerns https://thejewishvoice.com/2021/12/house-republicans-press-facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-democrats-on-big-tech-censorship-concerns/ Do not say 'Big Tech' http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:52:45


  • ● NEWS ● #Gannett #Politics ☞ Federal judge blocks #Texas law that would have opened doors for right-wing lawsuits against #socialcontrolmedia https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/12/01/judge-blocks-texas-facebook-youtube-law/8831600002/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:53:28


  • #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/03/microsoft_365_notification_storm/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:54:51


  • #LibreOffice 7.3 - New Features, Release Info and Everything You need to know • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158657 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freesw    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:56:09


  • #KDDockWidgets 1.5.0 Released • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158658 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:56:43


  • Best #FreeSW Alternatives to Corel AfterShot Pro • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158659 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:57:11


  • 4 Stat Commands in Linux with Example for Beginner Users • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158660 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:57:29


  • See #CarlaSchroder Talk Linux Online - and Maybe Win a Book or Other Cool Swag • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158661 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #txuchick   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:57:53


  • Introduce the different #Fedora Linux editions • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158662 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:58:09


  • Best #FreeSW Software – November 2021 Updates • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158663 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 08:58:28


  • ● NEWS ● #Salon #Disinformation #Misinformation ☞ #Georgia election workers sue far-right website "The Gateway Pundit," citing "campaign of lies" https://www.salon.com/2021/12/02/georgia-workers-far-right-website-the-gateway-pundit-citing-campaign-of-lies/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:00:22


  • ● NEWS ● #taiwannews #taiwan #tw #Disinformation #Misinformation ☞ #Twitter removes more than 3,000 accounts related to state-linked information operations https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4363960    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:00:39


  • ● NEWS ● #RTL #Disinformation #Misinformation ☞ #Twitter shuts #propaganda accounts in six countries https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1826897.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:01:23


  • ● NEWS ● #RollingStone #Disinformation #Misinformation ☞ All She Wanted Was to Dance. Then #TikTok Spun a Conspiracy Theory That She’s a Serial Killer https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tiktok-true-crime-conspiracy-theory-fake-1264687/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:01:40


  • ● NEWS ● #TheHill #Disinformation #Misinformation ☞ #Facebook taking steps to secure accounts of activists, journalists, officials https://thehill.com/policy/technology/583972-facebook-taking-steps-to-secure-accounts-of-activists-journalists-officials    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:01:54


  • ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #DRM ☞ #Netflix Can’t Recruit Disney’s Fox Executives, Appeals Court Rules https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/appeals-court-netflix-poaching-1235056525/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:02:15


  • ● NEWS ● #Reuters #Patents #Patent ☞ Moderna could be sued over #vaccines as court upholds Arbutus patents https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/moderna-loses-appeal-challenging-arbutus-vaccine-patents-2021-12-01/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:02:47


  • #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158664 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:03:19


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ January 6 Commission Votes to Forward Contempt Charges for #Trump DOJ Official https://truthout.org/articles/january-6-commission-votes-to-forward-contempt-charges-for-trump-doj-official/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:09:29


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Poll Finds Most Young Americans Say US #Democracy Is “In Trouble” Or “Failed” https://truthout.org/articles/poll-finds-most-young-americans-say-us-democracy-is-in-trouble-or-failed/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:09:53


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ As MEGATRON Emerges in US, GOP Accused of Trying to 'Sabotage Our Pandemic Response' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/omicron-emerges-us-gop-accused-trying-sabotage-our-pandemic-response stop politicising this    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:10:33


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #JoeTrmup ☞ #DonaldBiden Admin Reimposes "Remain in Mexico" Policy That Started Under #Trump https://truthout.org/articles/biden-admin-reimposes-remain-in-mexico-policy-that-started-under-trump/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:11:09


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #scotus ☞ #OcasioCortez Flames Supreme Court for Allowing #Kavanaugh to Rule on #Abortion https://truthout.org/articles/ocasio-cortez-says-assault-accusations-should-bar-kavanaugh-from-abortion-ruling/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:11:44


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ With MEGATRON in US, GOP Hard-Liners Are Still Trying to Thwart Vaccine Mandates https://truthout.org/articles/with-omicron-in-us-gop-hard-liners-are-still-trying-to-thwart-vaccine-mandates/ they make it sound like it's all about politics; that's a tactic    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:12:49


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Georgia ☞ Dems Hopeful #StaceyAbrams Will Win Governor’s Seat After Georgia’s Blue Wave https://truthout.org/articles/dems-hopeful-stacey-abrams-will-win-governors-seat-after-georgias-blue-wave/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:13:28


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Biden to Announce New #COVID19 Approach, Including Reimbursements for At-Home Tests https://truthout.org/articles/biden-to-announce-new-covid-approach-including-reimbursements-for-at-home-tests/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:14:23


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #SCOTUS ☞ If SCOTUS Restricts Abortion Access, Marginalized People Will Be Hurt Most https://truthout.org/video/if-scotus-restricts-abortion-access-marginalized-people-will-be-hurt-most/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:14:44


  • Dave Lane: #mycovidrecord #nz - Mastodon - NZOSS ⚓ https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight/107369835155109014 ䷉ #lightweight    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:15:43


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #patent #patents ☞ Celebrities Urge Hollywood to End Support for Big Pharma’s #Vaccine #Monopoly https://truthout.org/articles/celebrities-urge-hollywood-to-end-support-for-big-pharmas-vaccine-monopoly/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:16:56


  • Ubuntu is the brains behind Xiaomi's Half Life-esque CyberDog http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158597#comment-31946   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:18:37


  • ADLINK LEC-RB5 – A Qualcomm QRB5165 SMARC module designed for drones and robots http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158604#comment-31945   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:19:04


  • Systemd-Free Nitrux 1.7.1 Released With Linux Kernel 5.15 LTS http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158640#comment-31944   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:19:42


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #climate ☞ Opinion | Eco-Fear: Mental Health in the Age of #ClimateEmergency https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/02/eco-fear-mental-health-age-climate-emergency    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:21:55


  • 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 #IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 02, 2021 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/03/irc-log-021221/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/03/irc-log-021221/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:24:39


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Utah ☞ Welfare Is So Hard to Get in Utah, Some Feel They Must Join LDS Church for Aid https://truthout.org/articles/welfare-is-so-hard-to-get-in-utah-some-feel-they-must-join-lds-church-for-aid/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:25:12


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #Hollywood & #Netflix Demand Millions From Pirate Streaming Giant PrimeWire https://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-netflix-demand-million-from-pirate-streaming-giant-primewire-211202/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:25:51


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ Triller Celebrates Win Over Pirate YouTuber But Judge Slashes Damages https://torrentfreak.com/triller-celebrates-win-over-pirate-youtuber-but-judge-slashes-damages-211202/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:26:01


  • Does #FreeSoftware Always Mean Better #Privacy ? ⚓ https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/does-free-software-always-mean-better:2 ䷉ #BrodieRobertson    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:28:11


  • Maybe one day I'll wake up to see a "Bill Gates says" article I can actually smile at. Like... "Bill Gates says, please release me from prison"    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:30:18


  • Migrant crisis: The Channel beaches that host a lethal trade in human hope - BBC News ⚓ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59419963 ䷉ #bbc    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:32:44


  • Young Americans are raising alarms about the state of U.S. #democracy in a new poll https://text.npr.org/1060429939    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:33:20


  • #Reddit Gets New Real-Time Features Including Live Voting and Comments Count, Typing Indicators, More | Technology News ⚓ https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/reddit-features-live-upvote-count-comments-typing-reading-indicators-update-rollout-2634047 ䷉ #gadgets    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:34:24


  • Lawsuit: #Gulag Employees Were Fired for Upholding "Don’t be Evil" Code - SoylentNews ⚓ https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/12/02/0425222 ䷉ #soylentnews #doKnowEvil #alphabet #google    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:35:11


  • :( iophk: "the US has been out of the race for a generation; it is about to make that a permanent change" http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2021/12/all-kids-left-b.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:35:45


  • #dailyFail and the false equivalence (next level is, they compared you to Hitler) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10262167/GP-likened-Rowling-Savile-doctor-accused-novelist-not-safe-kids.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:36:36


  • #Microsoft colleges https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-12-02 #dilbert    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:39:14


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ #MLB Removes References To Current Players On MLB.com Due To Lockout https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211202/08550348040/mlb-removes-references-to-current-players-mlbcom-due-to-lockout.shtml    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:41:33


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ “The Viral Underclass” https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/the-viral-underclass/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:41:52


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #socialcontrolmedia ☞ Josh Hawley Thinks We Should Break Up #Twitter Because He Doesn't Like The Company's Editorial Choices https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211201/17485648038/josh-hawley-thinks-we-should-break-up-twitter-because-he-doesnt-like-companys-editorial-choices.shtml    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:42:44


  • "While confusing government public health messages—doubtless the result of medical experts being overruled by politicians—have resulted in most people ditching masks in all situations." https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/once-more-unto-the-breach-cassandra/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:43:46


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Honduras ☞ Opinion | Historic Election In Honduras Defies #Authoritarianism https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/02/historic-election-honduras-defies-authoritarianism    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:46:41


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #BigPharma #patents #patent #monopoly ☞ Nearly 300 Artists, Celebrities Demand Hollywood End 'Disturbing' Support for Big Pharma's Vaccine Monopolies https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/nearly-300-artists-celebrities-demand-hollywood-end-disturbing-support-big-pharmas    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:47:24


  • ● NEWS ● #RaspberryPi #RasPi #GNU #Linux ☞ Record numbers of young people have sent us ideas for #AstroPi Mission Space Lab 2021/22 https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/young-people-space-experiment-ideas-astro-pi-mission-space-lab-2021-22/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:48:15


  • ● NEWS ● #CreativeCommons ☞ #UNESCO Recommendation on Open #Science Ratified https://creativecommons.org/2021/12/02/unesco-recommendation-on-open-science-ratified/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 09:48:34


  • ● NEWS ● #KrebsOnSecurity ☞ Ubiquiti Developer Charged With Extortion, Causing 2020 “Breach” https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/12/ubiquiti-developer-charged-with-extortion-causing-2020-breach/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:43:55


  • ● NEWS ● #DeSmog #Climate ☞ Since Congress Lifted Crude Export Ban in 2015, US has Dropped ‘Climate Bomb’ on the World https://www.desmog.com/2021/12/02/congress-crude-oil-export-ban-climate-change/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:44:20


  • ● NEWS ● #ProPublica ☞ Utah Makes Welfare So Hard to Get, Some Feel They Must Join the LDS Church to Get Aid https://www.propublica.org/article/utahs-social-safety-net-is-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-what-does-that-mean-if-youre-not-one    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:44:47


  • ● NEWS ● #EFF #patents ☞ Livestreamed Hearing Monday: EFF Urges Appeals Court to Allow Public Access to Documents in #PatentTroll #Litigation https://www.eff.org/press/releases/livestreamed-hearing-monday-eff-urges-appeals-court-allow-public-access-documents    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:45:26


  • ● NEWS ● #ProjectCensored ☞ College Degrees Less Beneficial for First-Generation Grads - Validated Independent News https://www.projectcensored.org/college-degrees-less-beneficial-for-first-generation-grads/ "The Covid-19 pandemic has only worsened these disparities."    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:46:19


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | War World III May Arrive Sooner Than You Think https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/02/war-world-iii-may-arrive-sooner-you-think US empire rotting and collapsing, looking for who to blame other than itself    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:48:07


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | #GOP Reject Vaccine Mandates for Men, But Demand Pregnancy Mandates for Women https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/02/gop-reject-vaccine-mandates-men-demand-pregnancy-mandates-women not a fair comparison; not everyone gets pregnant, whereas fools compare that to 100% of the population    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:49:14


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #Pentagon Blasted for 'Unacceptable Failure' to Reckon With Civilian Casualties https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/pentagon-blasted-unacceptable-failure-reckon-civilian-casualties    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:49:45


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ Documents Shows Just How Much The #FBI Can Obtain From (Pseudo)Encrypted Communication Services https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211201/16472848036/documents-shows-just-how-much-fbi-can-obtain-encrypted-communication-services.shtml not real encryption, not properly done: http://techrights.org/2020/11/27/encrypt-with-e2ee-in-depth-article/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:51:01


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Political Reality of #CriticalRaceTheory https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/the-political-reality-of-critical-race-theory/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:51:32


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Cannabis ☞ AOC, Joyce Introduce Bipartisan Bill for 'Immediate Relief' From Cannabis Convictions https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/aoc-joyce-introduce-bipartisan-bill-immediate-relief-cannabis-convictions    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:52:16


  • There's something very wrong when the media helps portray abortion and vaccines as political issues. But they like it like that; now they get to divide us not based on race, gender and class... now there's "unvaccinated class" they get to incite people against, causing sectarian conflict    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:54:21


  • What spreads #covid19 is not 'unvaccinated' [sic] people but rich people with #patent #monopolies and media control. #patents #monopoly    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:55:16


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Abortion #SCOTUS ☞ Opinion | Supreme Court Decision Could Fundamentally Alter Abortion Rights Throughout the Country https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/02/supreme-court-decision-could-fundamentally-alter-abortion-rights-throughout-country    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:55:56


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Healt ☞ 'For-Profit #Healthcare Hurts All of Us': Sacramento Approves Single-Payer Resolution https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/profit-healthcare-hurts-all-us-sacramento-approves-single-payer-resolution    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:56:20


  • Imagine a system that tries to maximalise the population's health rather than corporate protits of dozens of individuals who routinely do executive check-ups    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:57:18


  • ● NEWS ● #EFF #Internet ☞ InternetLab’s 2021 “Who Defends Your Data Brazil” Report Shows Improvement in Brazilian ISPs #Privacy Practices, But Gaps Remain https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/internetlabs-2021-who-defends-your-data-brazil-report-shows-improvement-brazilian EFF writes about #Brazil now; NOT A WORD ABOUT #EPO CORRUPTION (yet): http://techrights.org/wiki/EPO    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:58:33


  • 2020: @EFF Should Also Speak About the #EPO Granting #SoftwarePatents Against the Law • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/05/09/swpats-eff-europe/ ䷉ #Techrights #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2020/05/09/swpats-eff-europe/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 10:59:37


  • 2019: Electronic Frontier Foundation Makes a Mistake by Giving Award to #Microsoft #Surveillance Person • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2019/08/17/staying-focused/ ䷉ #Techrights | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2019/08/17/staying-focused/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:00:47


  • 2019: #EFF Ought to Focus on #SoftwarePatents - Maybe #EPO Scandals Too - Instead of Awarding (Publicity Stunts) and Rewarding Privacy Abusers • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2019/10/07/eff-corporate-money/ ䷉ #Techrights #swpats| ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2019/10/07/eff-corporate-money/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:02:00


  • ● NEWS ● #ProjectCensored ☞ #COVID19 Concerns Overshadow Pre-Existing Inequalities in #Education - Validated Independent News https://www.projectcensored.org/covid-19-concerns-overshadow-pre-existing-inequalities-in-education/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:02:48


  • ● NEWS ● #ProjectCensored #Education ☞ #Ohio State Board of Education Fails to Condemn “White Supremacy Culture” - Validated Independent News https://www.projectcensored.org/ohio-state-board-of-education-fails-to-condemn-white-supremacy-culture/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:04:23


  • ● NEWS ● #ProjectCensored #Education ☞ Student Affairs “Shadow Curriculum” Undermines Higher Education - Validated Independent News https://www.projectcensored.org/student-affairs-shadow-curriculum-undermines-higher-education/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:04:35


  • "Janine Jackson interviewed Elon University’s Enrique Armijo about the Alex Jones lawsuit for the November 19" https://fair.org/home/now-i-can-say-anything-about-you-and-not-be-sued-for-it/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:05:13


  • #Politico has been hijacked (bought) by 'German Murdoch'... the media hardly mentioned this. And it's weaponised by rich people's agenda now. https://fair.org/home/politico-doesnt-have-woke-police-it-has-staffers-calling-out-bad-journalism/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:10:37


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #WallStreet Has Deployed a Dirty Tricks Playbook Against #Whistleblowers for Decades, Now the Secrets Are Spilling Out https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/wall-street-has-deployed-a-dirty-tricks-playbook-against-whistleblowers-for-decades-now-the-secrets-are-spilling-out/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:11:16


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Climate ☞ How #ClimateChange Threatens Colleges Across the Country https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/college-campus-climate-forum/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:11:46


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Climate #Chomsky ☞ Noam Chomsky Says We Have no Right to Gamble with the Lives of Climate-Vulnerable People: Video https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/noam-chomsky-says-we-have-no-right-to-gamble-with-the-lives/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:11:56


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Libre Party and Presidential Candidate #XiomaraCastro Win Big in Honduras Elections https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/libre-party-and-presidential-candidate-xiomara-castro-win-big-in-honduras-elections/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:16:28


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #patents ☞ In Fighting #COVID19 , #patent #monopolies , Not #Antitrust , is the Real Problem https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/in-fighting-covid-19-intellectual-property-not-antitrust-is-the-real-problem/ patent cartels are, in some sense, also an antitrust issue    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:20:25


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ #5G Cell Towers: How the Game is Played https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/5g-cell-towers-how-the-game-is-played/ "5G is replacing the “macrocells” used in 4G networks because it is relatively smaller in size and cheaper" but there are downsides too and new #patent thickets    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:26:29


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Twitter ☞ Twitter's New 'Private Information' Policy Takes Impossible Content Moderation Challenges To New, Ridiculous Levels https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211201/17064248037/twitters-new-private-information-policy-takes-impossible-content-moderation-challenges-to-new-ridiculous-levels.shtml    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:27:20


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Broadband #internet ☞ Report: U.S. Has 9th Most Expensive Broadband On The Planet https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211129/07335748022/report-us-has-9th-most-expensive-broadband-planet.shtml    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:27:51


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Texas ☞ Texas Court Gets It Right: Dumps Texas's Social Media Moderation Law As Clearly Unconstitutional https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211202/00403748039/texas-court-gets-it-right-dumps-texass-social-media-moderation-law-as-clearly-unconstitutional.shtml    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:28:23


  • "One day prior to Thanksgiving, newspapers reported that Ian Fishback, a graduate of West Point and veteran of America’s “forever wars,” had died at the age of 42. No cause of death was given." https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ian-fishback-whistleblower-torture/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:28:57


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Finance ☞ Opinion | Lessons From #Eviction Court https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/02/lessons-eviction-court    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:29:42


  • ""Protecting the border" is essentially the same thing as protecting your own property, right? You've got to protect it from invaders, thieves—lawless jerks who want what you have." https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/02/our-shackled-planet    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:30:13


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Boebert ☞ 'There Must Be Consequences': Democratic Leaders Demand Boebert's Removal From Committees https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/there-must-be-consequences-democratic-leaders-demand-boeberts-removal-committees    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:30:55


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Pandemic ☞ The "Graveyard Shift" in a Pandemic World https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/the-graveyard-shift-in-a-pandemic-world/ "San Francisco, enters what’s likely to be yet another almost rainless winter"    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:31:57


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ The Redwood Coast: Dispatches From a Forest in Distress https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/the-redwood-coast-dispatches-from-a-forest-in-distress/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:32:13


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'Protest Works': Cheers as Shell Signals Pullout of Cambo #Oil Field Project https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/protest-works-cheers-shell-signals-pullout-cambo-oil-field-project    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:32:36


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Green Groups Demand Answers About 'Flimsy' and Buried Biden Drilling Report https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/green-groups-demand-answers-about-flimsy-and-buried-biden-drilling-report    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:32:50


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Ecuador ☞ High Court Delivers 'Victory' for Rights of Nature Movement in Ecuador https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/high-court-delivers-victory-rights-nature-movement-ecuador    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:35:19


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation #scotus #Abortion ☞ We Are Witnessing the End of #RoeVWade https://www.thenation.com/article/society/abortion-dobbs-argument/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:37:05


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ #Abortion Under Attack: Supreme Court Hints It Will Uphold Mississippi’s Ban, Threatening Roe v. Wade https://www.democracynow.org/2021/12/2/scotus_mississippi_abortion_katie_watson abort #scotus ? ;-)    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:37:16


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation #scotus #Abortion ☞ Thinking Beyond #RoeVWade https://www.thenation.com/article/society/abortion-dobbs-roe/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:37:25


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #hawaii ☞ Opinion | #Honolulu Citizens Demand the Closing of the US Navy's Leaking Jet Fuel Tanks https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/02/honolulu-citizens-demand-closing-us-navys-leaking-jet-fuel-tanks    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:38:41


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #ksa ☞ New Report Urges #DonaldBiden to Stop Arms Sales Fueling Saudi 'Devastation' of #Yemen https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/new-report-urges-biden-stop-arms-sales-fueling-saudi-devastation-yemen    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:39:16


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Voting ☞ 200+ Groups to Democrats in Congress: No Holiday Recess Until You Pass Voting Rights https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/200-groups-democrats-congress-no-holiday-recess-until-you-pass-voting-rights    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:40:59


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #SCOTUS ☞ ​​Planned Parenthood CEO: If SCOTUS Restricts #Abortion Access, Marginalized People Will Be Hurt Most https://www.democracynow.org/2021/12/2/scotus_mississippi_abortion_mcgill_johnson    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:41:23


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ #AOC Laments How Accused Predator #Kavanaugh Ready to Rule on 'Whether to Legalize Forced Birth in the US' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/aoc-laments-how-accused-predator-kavanaugh-ready-rule-whether-legalize-forced-birth    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:41:39


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Fentanyl ☞ Groups Say Congress Should Reject Biden's Harmful Sentencing Proposal on Fentanyl-Related Drugs https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/groups-say-congress-should-reject-bidens-harmful-sentencing-proposal-fentanyl    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:47:23


  • #donaldBiden Rebuked for Plan to Implement 'Even Worse' Version of Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' Policy https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/biden-rebuked-plan-implement-even-worse-version-trumps-remain-mexico-policy    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:48:45


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Schumer ☞ Progressive Coalition to Schumer: No More Cuts to Popular Build Back Better Bill https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/02/progressive-coalition-schumer-no-more-cuts-popular-build-back-better-bill    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:50:43


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ How Much Could a #BananaRepublic Cost? https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/banana-republic/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:51:39


  • #israel should rename its ministry of health "Ministry of Pfizer", a private marketing agency disguised as a federal function    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:58:42


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Project UATX: New Universities, Old Problems https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/02/project-uatx-new-universities-old-problems/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 11:59:37


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Gragantua https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/gragantua/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:00:56


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #France ☞ As France Honors Black Artist Josephine Baker, Far-Right Pundit Éric Zemmour Launches Presidential Bid https://www.democracynow.org/2021/12/2/france_inducts_josephine_baker_into_pantheon    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:01:22


  • #FBIngtagram #FBI #FB #Facebook #WhatsApp https://mastodon.social/@pitrh/107367179069921337    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:06:29


  • Do not say "Big Tech" https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/107372946517323976 "Big Tech" is a #microsoft #lobbying ploy: http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:07:33


  • "The disease doesn't choose its victims based on politics. It just goes where it's easiest to go." https://democracy.town/@TonyStark/107367044624155804    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:08:06


  • #2FA is a #BigTech Scam! You Must Resist! ⚓ https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/2fascam:e ䷉ #RobBraxmanTech ought not say “Big Tech” http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:08:54


  • Instant self-harm: this guy is shilling #startpage which is a #surveillance scam https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/2fascam:e see http://techrights.org/wiki/Startpage    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:12:56


  • Portable game console runs #RetroArch on SigmaStar SSD202D processor • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158665 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:15:35


  • 14 Basic Tar Commands in #GNULinux with Examples for Newbies • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158666 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:15:58


  • #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158667 #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:16:14


  • "They are a #OpenBSD #VPS provider, and they donate 10% to OpenBSD." https://fosstodon.org/@thegnuguy/107378322915655406 #UNIX #BSD    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:27:34


  • #uefi 'secure' book strikes again. https://toot.liw.fi/@liw/107378463258997317 you know who to blame: http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI#2021    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:29:19


  • "Never forget: No trillion-dollar corporation is your friend." https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/107376231809834136 they're not even worth that much. It's like a #Ponzi scheme, propped up by taxpayers...    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:30:47


  • #Singapore #copyright https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/107378530828646464    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:31:46


  • "114 civil society organisations called for biometric mass surveillance to be completely banned in the EU in a joint statement" https://chaos.social/@echo_pbreyer/107376882448088959    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:32:52


  • A Look at #HeroicGamesLauncher on Linux - Boiling Steam ⚓ https://boilingsteam.com/a-look-at-heroic-games-launcher/ ䷉ #boilingsteam #games #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:34:59


  • The Return of the GOOD OLD DAYS (of Instant Messaging) - Invidious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFP-lWpR11U https://yewtu.be/watch?v=HFP-lWpR11U    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:48:34


  • "Nextcloud and 29 other companies have signed onto a complaint against Microsoft's bundling of its OneDrive file-sharing app with both Windows 10 and 11, saying it's nearly impossible for users to choose other file-sharing services.http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158424#comment-31943    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:49:34


  • #microsoft = #criminals https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/12/edge-messages-controversy/ older examples: http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:51:30


  • LOL. #apple products last you 3 years. https://linuxbsdos.com/2021/12/02/how-to-install-ubuntu-20-04-lts-on-a-macbook-air/ MinceR will love this...    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:54:39


  • #freesw = #sharing mentality. #microsoft = pusher mentality. #apple = #cult mentality.    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:56:53


  • Oh, please don't go there, #MakeUseOf ... #WSL and #WSL2 are AN ATTACK on #gnu #linux ... when you promote this garbage you help a company of criminals attack us. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/WSL    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:58:40


  • 3 GUI frameworks for writing user-friendly applications in Python | Enable Sysadmin ⚓ https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/write-GUI-applications-python ䷉ #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 12:59:36


  • "When people catch #Covid19 shortly after #vaccination -- before the #vaccine has time to become effective -- the faithful make an illogical leap and claim the vaccine killed them. They want to believe the vaccine is harmful, so they find excuses to be fooled by. Often it is fatal." https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#3_December_2021_(New_Guinea_Covid)    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:01:38


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158668 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:11:51


  • Another new #IRC network has made the cut. Self-hosting and decentrsalisation on the rise!! https://netsplit.de/networks/?query=applicant    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:14:27


  • The #github crisis DEEPENS. The media does NOT talk about it. Details on Monday in #techrights (yes, someone got ARRESTED).    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:16:18


  • I use #github = I don't care much/enough about freedom I use #gitlab = I care a bit about freedom, I don't trust Microsoft, but I think I need to rely on some for-profit company for #git I use gogs/gitea etc. = I control my own goddamn code!   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:18:12


  • Developing A #GameEngine with Perl: Part 6 - A Colourful #Telnet Server http://blogs.perl.org/users/shawn1/2021/12/developing-a-game-engine-with-perl-part-6---a-colourful-telnet-server.html #Perl #programming    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:19:39


  • Until you CAREFULLY check the links you would think it's an article rather than SEO SPAM. https://net2.com/react-native-pros-and-cons/ The #www became a spamfarm and most people fail to see they read SPAM, they think they get info    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:21:28


  • TDF Board of Directors election, 2021 – Third live Q+A session video https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/12/03/tdf-board-of-directors-election-2021-third-live-qa-session-video/ #documentfoundation #libreoffice    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:28:46


  • While the oligarchs stockpile a fleet of private jets (e.g. #billgates hoarding several) they blame cow farts and poo for #climatechange https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/01/europe/cow-dung-methane-climate-warming-intl/index.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:37:34


  • " #BillGates and Epstein had several dinners together, met both in Seattle and at Epstein’s mansion in New York, and took a flight from New Jersey together on Epstein’s plane. But a refusal to divulge the total amount of meetings and clamming up about everything else is little else than an act of damage control." http://techrights.org/2020/08/15/philanthropy-of-bill-and-jeffrey/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:38:34


  • Even the Mainstream/Corporate Media is Trying to Study Why (or If) #BillGates and Epstein’s Sex Abuse Ring Were Closely Connected • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/08/09/freger-abc-news-faa/ ䷉ flight records requested. Did #faa deliver?    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:40:01


  • Bill Gates Lied to Mainstream Media About His Relationship With #JeffreyEpstein ⚓ http://techrights.org/2020/08/21/bill-gates-lies-re-jeffrey-epstein/ ䷉ #Techrights #billgates #microsoft | ♾ Gemini address: https://techrights.org/2020/08/21/bill-gates-lies-re-jeffrey-epstein/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:41:45


  • "This method won't eliminate all the methane emissions from cows. They also emit methane through farting." Misses the BIGGER picture (like private jets); demonises cows so that #billgates can sell PATENTED fake burgers he's investing in. #monopoly #patents https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#3_December_2021_(Cow_dung_reduce_emissions)    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:43:28


  • This will be misused against poor journalists... by rich people with expensive lawyers. Censorship in "privacy" clothing, like "right to be forgotten". https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/01/tech/twitter-remove-private-images-intl-scli/index.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:45:08


  • #twitter is NOT media but #socialcontrolmedia that's about the manipulation and #censorship for clients like #billgates and his class/investments http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/bill-gates-pays-twitter/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:45:59


  • ...It's a VERY dangerous assumption to make -- that #facebook and #twitter are "social" and "media". They are neither. They're propaganda tools for rich people to rent and ride, e.g. before election or during "crisis management"... or even military coup    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:47:24


  • "Twitter's new policy of deleting images posted without the consent of the people shown in the image seem well-meant, but could prohibit posting any street photography." https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#2_December_2021_(Twitter_new_policy)    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:48:34


  • "Lithium is important for defending the climate. We must not block lithium mining based on sentimentality alone." OK, here we diverge (RSS and RMS). RMS already speaks about #overpopulation (at personal risk/peril), but this is where it should be brought up. More mining of #lithium is missing the forest for the tree. https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#3_December_2021_(Thacker_lithium_mine)    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:51:34


  • Over time more and more sites that used to be OK -- and which I used to follow closely! -- have become #spamfarms (sponsored 'articles', affiliate 'marketing' etc.). It's frustrating. The #www is dying, diluting by spam disguised as info.    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:53:20


  • Even British publishers, such as #billBC and Bill's Guardian, are shamelessly funded by #billgates to constantly promote his for-profit investments and whiten his 'reputation'. He does the same in almost every country and laughs all the way to the plane (not his, Epstein's).    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:54:39


  • #Journalism 's Gates keepers - Columbia Journalism Review https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php #billgates #bribery #corruption #whitewashing    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:55:43


  • New: "In this conversation, Jacobin’s Luke Savage sits down with Schwab to discuss Gates’s media strategy, what lies ahead for the #GatesFoundation , and how billionaire-led big philanthropy has inserted itself into public interest journalism." https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/bill-gates-foundation-jeffrey-epstein-divorce-journalism/ #billgates #bribery #corruption #whitewashing    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:57:33


  • "published a lengthy investigation into Gates’s media contributions — a hitherto underexplored part of the Gates empire and the key to understanding Gates’s cozy relationship with the world’s imagemakers." https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/bill-gates-foundation-jeffrey-epstein-divorce-journalism/ #billgates #bribery #corruption #whitewashing    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:58:20


  • #twitter bans facts to protect oligarchs threatened by these facts. Twitter's business model: pay2ban http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/bill-gates-pays-twitter/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 13:59:20


  • #ProprietarySoftware Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158669 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:01:18


  • #indoctrination https://letgrow.org/a-business-fair-for-kids/ "This is NOT a classroom exercise!"    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:02:58


  • Student Privacy, FERPA and its weakening by the US Department of Education | Parent Coalition for Student #Privacy https://studentprivacymatters.org/ferpa-changes/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:04:25


  • Nation’s Embattled CEOs Announce We Just Gotta Do Better, Simple As That ⚓ https://www.theonion.com/nation-s-embattled-ceos-announce-we-just-gotta-do-bette-1848137460 ䷉ #theonion #satire    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:05:13


  • When you are a manager and you cause a death you do not expect a jail sentence https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/30/business/amazon-covid-cases/index.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:06:45


  • This guy is a disease on two legs https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tested-positive-covid-before-gold-star-families-event-book-2021-12?r=US&IR=T    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:08:11


  • Richard Stallman helps promote #billgates investments with #patents on them. Yes, #patent #monopolies ... maybe he should quit reading and linking so much to Gates-bribed 'news' sites. https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#2_December_2021_(End_transmission_HIV)    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:11:50


  • #nytimes attacks and smears those who use #satire to criticise the rich #wallstreet gangsters who operate the #newyorktimes https://news.theyesmen.org/p/the-yes-men-did-not-invent-disinformation    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:14:54


  • Fair Elections and U.S. Constitution Come Under Attack at ALEC Meeting https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2021/12/01/fair-elections-and-u-s-constitution-come-under-attack-at-alec-meeting/ #microsoft and #billgates both funded ALEC    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:18:56


  • #billgates -bribed 'guardian' is #greenwashing #microsoft now. When you are a "successful" criminal you get to bribe the media... and change truth or perception of it.    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:20:27


  • #NASA Delays #SpaceWalk After It Starts Snowing In Outer Space ⚓ https://www.theonion.com/nasa-delays-space-walk-after-it-starts-snowing-in-outer-1848137578 ䷉ #theonion #satire    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:21:57


  • #guardian will never cover #MicrosoftPapers because #billgates is the unofficial boss of #theGuardian so that's 'not allowed'... http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/The_Guardian also, notice how they NEVER mention Gates' ties to #JeffreyEpstein    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:30:02


  • Since WHEN does #NSA care about #security ???? https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/12/02/nsa-and-cisa-release-part-iii-guidance-securing-5g-cloud see https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-china-nsa-idUSBREA2L0PD20140322 and http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:41:40


  • In this latest issue of #PCLinuxOS Magazine a quarter is just #consumerism or Amazon "affiliate" spam https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202112/links.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:50:15


  • Online #Game Stores For #PCLinuxOS https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202112/page06.html #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 14:56:16


  • Valve shows off 'Design Validation' units of the Steam Deck | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/valve-shows-off-design-validation-units-of-the-steam-deck ䷉ #archlinux + #kde    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:19:16


  • This hurts #microsoft https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/steam-could-launch-for-chromebooks-soon-mentions-game-compatibility-reports    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:20:04


  • Highlights From December Issue of PCLinuxOS • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158670 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:20:22


  • Dinosaur survival MMO Path of Titans adds the #Allosaurus and baby dinos | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/12/dinosaur-survival-mmo-path-of-titans-adds-the-allosaurus-and-baby-dinos/ ䷉ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:22:11


  • #KDE Dev Reacts To Linus’ Linux Video.. But It’s Actually Rather Boring! - Kockatoo Tube ⚓ https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/tQLCZ6PKwgZWpew7iv9tFP    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:26:14


  • #microsoft #windows fan trying to get it going with #gnu #linux https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Qyj1go0jE6I    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:26:39


  • "First up in the news, a German state chooses Linux, #Slackware is closer to release, Cinnamon has an update, and more" https://mintcast.org/2021/12/03/375-linux-i-choose-you/ #mintCast #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:28:01


  • #Games: Heroic Games Launcher, Online Game Stores, Steam Deck and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158671 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:28:31


  • "Several people have expressed interest in how I go about creating the topic branches in the -rcu tree. So when I created branches earlier this week, I actually kept track." #linux #kernel https://paulmck.livejournal.com/66371.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:30:04


  • "WindowsIntegrated" https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2021/12/03/government-web-shells.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:41:40


  • Let's make a new rule: your computer program needs to be and remain small enough to fit on a floppy disk and use a floppy disk's worth of RAM    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:46:06


  • #OpenHardware /Modding: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, and Arduino • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158672 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:52:13


  • New Videos of #LibreOffice • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158673 #freesw #opendocument #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:52:36


  • #Audiocasts /Shows/Videos: #MintCast , Noodlings, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158674 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:53:36


  • #Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158675 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:53:50


  • #Kernel : Floppy Disks, AMDGPU, RCU, and #s2idle • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158676 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:54:21


  • #Fedora Community Blog: CPE Weekly Update – Week of November 29th – December 3rd https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/cpe-weekly-update-week-of-november-29th-december-3rd/ #ibm #redhat    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:56:36


  • #fedora #Outreachy Interns introduction – December 2021 to March 2022 https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/outreachy-interns-introduction-december-2021-to-march-2022/ racist #ibm #redhat pretending to be inclusive while doing this: http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:57:40


  • This is in Planet #fedora right now. For the lols? https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2021/12/02/manually-configuring-some-macos-apps/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:58:14


  • #ibm #redhat says, SLAVES WELCOME! Give us work for free. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/patches-welcome-how-contribute-upstream-glibc    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 15:59:50


  • Reminder: #ibm did not attack RMS. It attacked the FSF and the #freesw community. #redhat is just a slave of IBM since 2018 or 2019 (when they started to push to cancel Torvalds and Stallman). They want to control EVERYTHING. MASTER of ALL trades.    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:02:29


  • #centos is no longer a community; it's just full-time #ibm staff ("100% of the time") https://blog.centos.org/2021/12/introducing-centos-stream-9/ #redhat should have NEVER been sold    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:04:19


  • #ibm #redhat as megaphone of private firm called Bates. Hope they don't have a "Master" (master bates) https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/12/it-leadership-how-coach-rising-stars    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:08:06


  • Cynicism and criticism of #ibm and #redhat still VERY WELL justified given what they've done in recent years: http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:09:10


  • #ibm #redhat is just a fetical of razzle-daddle #clowncomputing and other laughable buzzwords https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/12/01/red-hat-ceo-says-open-source-development-is-the-future.html    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:10:07


  • FEEL THE FREEDOM, BABY! "IBM Cloud and Microsoft Azure" https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-and-celonis-make-hybrid-multicloud-reality-intelligent-business-execution #clowncomputing    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:11:14


  • " #RedHat is a sponsor of #TheNewStack ," it says at the bottom and this site does puff pieces about it sponsor. This is #corruption of #journalism by IBM, just like #Microsoft https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-fills-a-gap-with-openshift-data-science/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:14:32


  • #www = corporate and state-controlled #spamfarm    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:15:00


  • #ibm has a long, long tradition of corrupting the media. Over the past decade or more they've had a go at me several times. It always backfired on them. In a sense, maybe #microsoft merely copied #ibm on that too, just like with FUD and #swpats    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:16:52


  • #openSUSE Tumbleweed Rolls into December • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158677 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines $SUSE   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:22:52


  • #IBM / #RedHat / #Fedora Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158678 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:23:30


  • Ego trip for Daniel while his project is still controlled by #proprietarySoftware of #microsoft https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/12/03/why-curl-is-used-everywhere-even-on-mars/ #github is undergoing a quiet crisis. There are ARRESTS, too.    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:25:10


  • I like #curl (using it a lot!) and that's why I want Daniel Stenberg to take it off #github and liberate it from #microsoft shackles. #deletegithub    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:26:16


  • When I say #www became #spamfarm I refer to fake reviews like this new one https://www.linuxtechmore.com/2021/12/nordvpn-review.html Web = trash of all trash http://techrights.org/2020/10/18/news-as-spam/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:27:59


  • "New" old functionality with Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158679 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:33:14


  • Homebrew 16 Bit Computer Reinvents All The Wheels | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2021/12/03/homebrew-16-bit-computer-reinvents-all-the-wheels/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:35:20


  • "We have been working intensely for months for the Conan package manager to distribute Qt packages. Today, we are happy to provide you a technology preview." Pushing #proprietarySoftware https://www.qt.io/blog/installing-qt-via-conan-package-manager    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:36:32


  • If you examine the structure of #techradar you quickly see that it's a #microsoft #propaganda or #astroturfing platform even when it covers "linux"... you know where their funding comes from.    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:41:32


  • New headline: "Barely anyone has upgraded to Windows 11, survey claims" ... yes, we KNOW: http://techrights.org/2021/11/06/windows-still-goes-down/    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:42:59


  • #gnu #linux has higher market share than #vista11    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:43:35


  • My barber for many years has shut down shop, permanently. I only found out today. To make matters worse, not sure if panic buying is to blame but regular items in toiletries are gone; they have empty shelves, one must buy premium ones for twice the price    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 16:51:26


  • #Blender3d 3.0 Released as a Massive Update with Many New Features and Improvements • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158680 #freesw #GNU #art #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 17:07:27


  • #Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158681 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 17:07:37


  • Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158682 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 17:07:52


  • Links 3/12/2021: GNU Poke 1.4 and #KDDockWidgets 1.5.0 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/03/gnu-poke-1-4-a/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/03/gnu-poke-1-4-a/   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 17:10:47


  • #Microsoft #GitHub Exposé — Part IX to be published at #techrights on Monday. With #police starting to make some arrests it's getting hot under Microsoft's belly.    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 17:13:09


  • Blender 3.0 Shines As A Huge Update For This Leading Open-Source 3D Modeling Software http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158680#comment-31952   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 17:23:09


  • Dead https://files.explosm.net/comics/Dave/comicmorsecodenice1.png   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 17:25:36


  • iophk: #InternetArchive has a 2-1 matching campaign at the moment for donations    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 17:26:27


  • Temperatures headed toward -40C in #Lapland https://yle.fi/news/3-12216200 #finland #europe #eu    

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 17:28:13


  • Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158683 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 03, 2021 at 17:28:55



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