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  • 24 hours left for 2021 here... http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159675    

posted Thursday, December 30, 2021 at 23:53:36


  • #uk #covid19 positives 01-01-2020 until 01-05-2020 (4 months combined): 181,397 UK COVID-19 cases announced today (for the day): 189,213   

posted Thursday, December 30, 2021 at 23:56:06


  • Ted Is Perfect For The Task https://assets.amuniversal.com/3f89f3a038ea013a8a21005056a9545d #dilbert    

posted Thursday, December 30, 2021 at 23:57:23


  • People of WordPress: Collins Agbonghama https://wordpress.org/news/2021/12/people-of-wordpress-collins-agbonghama/ "he now makes a living using WordPress and the web." #wordpress #gpl #www #freesw    

posted Thursday, December 30, 2021 at 23:58:25


  • 24 hours have passed and #twitter did not even REPLY to my appeal, let alone processed it http://techrights.org/2021/12/29/straw-man-censorship/ #censorship #microsoft #osi #socialcontrolmedia    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:00:17


  • #fsfe doesn't like it when I call it Gulag (Google) Deutschland. It even tried to get #twitter to kick me off the platform for it... (that failed) http://techrights.org/2021/12/22/fsfe-censorship/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:01:31


  • Judging the "success" of FOSS NGO by how much money it is amassing is like judging the worth of a person by bodyweight    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:02:29


  • Urgent Assignment https://assets.amuniversal.com/3ce3141038ea013a8a21005056a9545d #dilbert    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:08:39


  • Rule number one for 'FOSS' NGOs like FSFE, OSI, LF, SFC: Do NOT 'disparage' our sponsors. Rule number one for monopolies and oligarchs: fund (bribe) all the 'FOSS' NGOs that might otherwise say something negative about us. #bribery #scam http://techrights.org/2020/04/30/copyleft-conf-2020/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:18:12


  • Stallman (2020) said: "I don't do any kind of digital payments, and the reason is the systems that exist do not respect the user's privacy, and that includes Bitcoin. Every Bitcoin transaction is published." It's also causing #pollution https://www.fudzilla.com/news/51317-stallman-gives-cryptocurrencies-the-thumbs-down    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:24:21


  • "LOL, you only get a third jab? LOSER!" https://www.arabnews.com/node/1993741/middle-east    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:25:53


  • #7Zip 21.07 is out https://www.neowin.net/news/7-zip-2107/ #freesw #gpl    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:26:49


  • #pfizer CEO insinuated #israel was an experiment to him (he called it "world's lab"). Only 45% of the people there agreed to take "booster". That's even less than the #uk (49%). The more they bring out those "booster of booster of booster..." (while cases still soar), the more sceptical people get. Good vaccines aren't like this...    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:31:46


  • "The Iranian regime is secretly executing dozens of children every year in violation of international law, according to a rights group." https://www.arabnews.com/node/1993636/middle-east    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:33:41


  • He shot the wrong animal https://beatricedailysun.com/news/national/tiger-at-florida-zoo-shot-to-death-after-pulling-mans-arm-into-enclosure-sheriffs-office/article_694d5b08-a19c-5679-a351-f9eb79a84510.html    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:37:05


  • #uk #copaganda ... people who kill people... love penguins... aawwww jubbly lovely https://www.suasnews.com/2021/12/royal-navy-supports-international-research-into-penguin-population/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:40:24


  • #torygraph : the army isn't killing people, it is SAVING ANIMALS!! That's what we have troops with firearms for... saving the world! #uk #copaganda https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/26/royal-navys-mission-one-remote-places-earth-study-shrinking/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:42:04


  • Combination of tucatinib and neural stem cells secreting anti-HER2 antibody prolongs survival of mice with metastatic brain #cancer https://www.pnas.org/content/119/1/e2112491119    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:44:12


  • Long enough for me to get some tea... https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/12/31/this-gear-turns-only-once-every-346-quintillion-years/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:49:03


  • #vpn companies were always as dodgy as hell, more so than their customers https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/nordvpn-under-investigation-in-california-for-making-it-difficult-to-cancel/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:51:06


  • Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159731 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 00:51:25


  • #Techrights Bulletin for Thursday, December 30, 2021 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:09:09


  • #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 31, 2021 at 07:09:18


  • Goodbye #CentOS 8 and Thanks for Everything! • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159732 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:42:53


  • postmarketOS 21.12 improves Firefox UI and support - http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159687#comment-32339   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:44:34


  • A message from FSF president Geoff Knauth: Will you support user freedom by helping to reach our membership goal before December 31? • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159733 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:44:50


  • #IBM uses deep pockets to push itself as the 'standard' https://www.itsfoss.net/red-hat-donates-10000-and-the-flatpak-package-will-be-official/ #redhat #flatpak    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:46:08


  • Mico - A USB microphone based on Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU - CNX Software ⚓ https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/12/31/mico-a-usb-microphone-based-on-raspberry-pi-rp2040-mcu/ ䷉ #Linux #GNU #Hardware #cnxsoftware    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:49:53


  • #Exe 20211228 is released. #devuan based #gnu #linux distro. https://sourceforge.net/projects/exegnulinux/files/iso/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:51:01


  • #Kernel : Intel and BLAKE2s in Linux • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159734 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:51:32


  • #ArcoLinux 22.01.10 is out. "SURPRISE WE RELEASE THE ISOS EARLIER THAN PLANNED AAG ON 25/12/2021 OFFICIAL RELEASE ON 01/01/2022" https://www.arcolinux.info/ #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:53:27


  • 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 #IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 30, 2021 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/irc-log-301221/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/31/irc-log-301221/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:55:29


  • ● NEWS ● ☞ Literate Korn Shell http://zeus.jtan.com/~chohag/ksh/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:57:21


  • ● NEWS ● #Africa #Botswana ☞ In Botswana, heavy metal bands' fame and fortune grow online in pandemic https://news.trust.org/item/20211229015803-lacax/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:57:46


  • ● NEWS ● #BBC #Health ☞ #TikTok moderator sues over 'psychological trauma' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59819664    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:58:10


  • ● NEWS ● #NPR #Health ☞ More than a million Americans have died from overdoses during the #opioid epidemic https://text.npr.org/1069062738    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:58:23


  • ● NEWS ● #TheVerge #ProprietarySoftware ☞ Fortnite servers were down for five hours, but now the game is back online https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/29/22858478/fortnite-down-servers-offline-banned-epic-games-store    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:59:32


  • ● NEWS ● #Salon ☞ With #fascism coming, America responds: LOL who cares? Let's Netflix and chill https://www.salon.com/2021/12/30/with-fascism-coming-america-responds-lol-cares-lets-netflix-and-chill/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 07:59:52


  • ● NEWS ● #CCC #Energy ☞ Optimising public transport: A data-driven bike-sharing study in #Marburg https://media.ccc.de/v/rc3-2021-cwtv-279-optimising-public-tran    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:00:19


  • ● NEWS ● #BBC #Overpopulation ☞ Crocodiles turn on humans amid #Iran #water crisis https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59571711    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:00:51


  • ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes #Censorship ☞ Palestinians raise alarm over #Facebook content 'suppression' https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/social-media/palestinians-raise-alarm-over-facebook-content-suppression/88604726    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:01:16


  • ● NEWS ● #TheSundayTimesUK #PressFreedom ☞ BBC calls in Met Police over fear of attacks on journalists after David Amess murder https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-calls-in-met-police-david-amess-attacks-journalists-8gx90s7k3    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:02:11


  • ● NEWS ● #TheSundayTimesUK #PressFreedom ☞ Man charged after BBC journalist Nick Watt chased into Downing Street by lockdown protesters https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-journalist-chased-into-downing-st-by-lockdown-protesters-tg593wt9d    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:02:20


  • ● NEWS ● #IndiaTimes ☞ #Metaverse is unsafe for women already! Reports of groping, harassment rising in VR games https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/social-media/metaverse-is-unsafe-for-women-already-reports-of-groping-harassment-rising-in-vr-games/88604409    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:02:54


  • ● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #Monopolies ☞ #ATandT Gets “Favorable” IRS Ruling on Discovery-WarnerMedia Merger https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/discovery-warnermedia-merger-favorable-tax-ruling-irs-1235068056/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:03:13


  • "third-most viewed story was about a Turku firm that patented a [COVID] drug" https://yle.fi/news/3-12240860 #Patents #Patent #covid19 #monopolies    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:03:45


  • ● NEWS ● #EFF #Broadband #internet ☞ Every State Has a Chance to Deliver a “Fiber for All” Broadband Future: 2021 in Review https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/every-state-has-chance-deliver-fiber-all-broadband-future-2021-review    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:38:44


  • ● NEWS ● #EFF #proprietarySoftware☞ Shining a Light on Black Box Technology Used to Send People to Jail: 2021 Year in Review https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/shining-light-black-box-technology-used-send-people-jail-2021-year-review    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:39:37


  • ● NEWS ● #MintPressNews #fakeleft ☞ Biden's “Diplomacy Is Back” Falls Flat as 2021 Middle East Policy a Miserable Flop https://www.mintpressnews.com/biden-diplomacy-is-back-falls-flat-2021-middle-east-policy-miserable-flop/279348/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:40:46


  • iophk: misogynists /still/ having a go at JK Rowling for her views on Brexit and the Tories https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59816888    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:41:18


  • #GhislaineMaxwell found guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls ⚓ https://text.npr.org/1066219689 ䷉ #npr takes bribes from #billgates so he's not mentioned at all http://techrights.org/2020/09/28/non-denying-and-false-denials/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:42:58


  • "Four victims took the stand to ..." https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/587710-five-takeaways-from-the-ghislaine-maxwell-verdict iophk: a carefully curated testimony I presume http://techrights.org/2020/09/28/non-denying-and-false-denials/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:43:43


  • Man kills tiger by provoking tiger https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-attacked-tiger-reaching-enclosure-florida-zoo-authorities/story?id=81996838    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:44:17


  • "Movie screening and extended discussion with the directors and editors, part of the #WikiLeaks team." https://mastodon.social/@emergeheart/107537178510240584    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:45:50


  • ● NEWS ● #RobertReich #insurrection #goldenDawnald ☞ The Real Meaning of January 6 https://robertreich.org/post/672010546164449280    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:46:40


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Huawei #china ☞ Internal Documents Show Huawei Is Staying On The Cutting Edge Of Oppression Tech https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211218/14003948143/internal-documents-show-huawei-is-staying-cutting-edge-oppression-tech.shtml    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:47:43


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ Russia designates #PussyRiot activists, #Holod Media chief editor, and others as ‘foreign agents’ https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/12/30/russia-designates-pussy-riot-activists-holod-media-chief-editor-and-others-as-foreign-agents    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:48:40


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Georgia ☞ #ACLU Files Suit to Block 'Brazen' Effort in Georgia to Thwart Black Voters https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/30/aclu-files-suit-block-brazen-effort-georgia-thwart-black-voters    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:49:10


  • "It's been a rough year for our community of tech policy advocates, with us losing two of our own, Sherwin Siy in July and then Elliot Harmon in October." https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211107/21152047896/remembering-techdirt-contributors-sherwin-elliot.shtml    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:55:57


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow #patent #monopolies ☞ Noam Chomsky: Corporate #Patents & Rising Anti-Science Rhetoric Will Prolong #Pandemic https://www.democracynow.org/2021/12/30/noam_chomsky_corporate_patents_rising_anti    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:56:40


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt ☞ DHS, ICE Begin Body Camera Pilot Program With Surprisingly Good Policies In Place https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211226/12382048179/dhs-ice-begin-body-camera-pilot-program-with-surprisingly-good-policies-place.shtml    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:57:36


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Delta Cuts Paid Sick Leave for Workers With #COVID19 After #Lobbying for #CDC Change https://truthout.org/articles/delta-cuts-paid-sick-leave-for-workers-with-covid-after-lobbying-for-cdc-change/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 08:59:17


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ #Chomsky Blasts the “Torture” of Julian #Assange & Biden’s Provocative Acts Against #China https://www.democracynow.org/2021/12/30/chomsky_blasts_the_torture_of_julian    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:00:35


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation #Tutu ☞ Desmond Tutu Spoke Truth in the Face of Oppression https://www.thenation.com/article/world/desmond-tutu-obit/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:01:10


  • New Documents Prove Tennessee County Disproportionately Jails Black Children, and It’s Getting Worse — ProPublica ⚓ https://www.propublica.org/article/new-documents-prove-tennessee-county-disproportionately-jails-black-children-and-its-getting-worse ䷉ #propublica    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:02:02


  • "Dear CEOs—your 'business needs' are not worth the life of a single worker." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/30/after-cdc-change-it-lobbied-delta-slashes-paid-sick-leave-workers-covid    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:04:20


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #police ☞ DC Metro PD's Powerful Review Panel Keeps Giving Bad Cops Their Jobs Back https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211219/09111448146/dc-metro-pds-powerful-review-panel-keeps-giving-bad-cops-their-jobs-back.shtml    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:06:03


  • ● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ Noam #Chomsky on Rising #Fascism in U.S., #ClassWarfare & the #Climate Emergency https://www.democracynow.org/2021/12/30/noam_chomsky_on_rising_fascism_in    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:06:12


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Missouri ☞ Missouri Governor Still Expects Journalists To Be Prosecuted For Showing How His Admin Leaked Teacher Social Security Numbers https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211230/11460648201/missouri-governor-still-expects-journalists-to-be-prosecuted-showing-how-his-admin-leaked-teacher-social-security-numbers.shtml    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:06:47


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Climate ☞ Encampment Near Biden's Delaware Home Calls for Declaration of Climate Emergency https://truthout.org/articles/encampment-near-bidens-delaware-home-calls-for-declaration-of-climate-emergency/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:08:01


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Climate ☞ Chomsky: Rising Anti-Science Rhetoric Feeds the Pandemic and Climate Crisis https://truthout.org/video/chomsky-rising-anti-science-rhetoric-feeds-the-pandemic-and-climate-crisis/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:08:11


  • Noe enough. They still evade too much. And those grifters STEAL from taxpayers, too https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/a-perfect-storm-has-elon-musk-paying-11-billion-in-tax/ prosecute the evaders. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-offshore-wealth-idUSBRE86L03U20120722    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:09:34


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation # ☞ Join a Union—but Also Join a DAO https://www.thenation.com/article/society/dao-crypto-union/ DAOs = decentralized autonomous organizations    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:09:54


  • 2022, Our Sixteenth Year • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/welcome-2022/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW #HNY | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/31/welcome-2022/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:18:29


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Climate ☞ “Don't Look Up” at that Movie;  At Least Not to Fight Climate Change! https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/dont-look-up-at-that-movie-at-least-not-to-fight-climate-change/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:19:04


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #facebook #Censorship ☞ Oversight Board Overturning #Instagram Takedown Of Ayahuasca Post Demonstrates The Impossibility Of Content Moderation https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211215/05563248124/oversight-board-overturning-instagram-takedown-ayahuasca-post-demonstrates-impossibility-content-moderation.shtml    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:19:54


  • 1.5 days later #twitter has STILL not responded to my appeal. #censorship #microsoft #osi http://techrights.org/2021/12/29/straw-man-censorship/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:20:41


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Florida Agency Spent $200K on PR Firm After Being Accused of Withholding Aid https://truthout.org/articles/florida-agency-spent-200k-on-pr-firm-after-being-accused-of-withholding-aid/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:21:54


  • #twitter : chokepoint for oversensitive self-serving dictators like #fsfe http://techrights.org/2021/12/22/fsfe-censorship/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:23:09


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Delaware ☞ Near President's Delaware Home, Encampment Calls on #Biden to 'Declare a #Climate Emergency' https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/30/near-presidents-delaware-home-encampment-calls-biden-declare-climate-emergency #covid19 response shows that priority was all along "the economy" even if millions die    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:24:06


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Within Decade, Planet's Natural World Facing Largest Mass Extinction Event Since Dinosaurs https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/30/within-decade-planets-natural-world-facing-largest-mass-extinction-event-dinosaurs    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:24:20


  • Streaming Until 2021 Is Finally Over - Invidious ⚓ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Y5TdBLxkSJc "Welcome to the Year of [GNU] Linux"    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:26:45


  • It's almost 2022 in #nz and the NZ-based #LinuxLite 5.8-rc1 is now ready https://www.linuxliteos.com/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:28:22


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #India Expands #Internet Blacklist to Tackle 'Hydra Headed Rogue Websites' https://torrentfreak.com/india-expands-piracy-blocklist-to-tackle-hydra-headed-rogue-websites-211230/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:34:14


  • ● NEWS ● #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights ☞ #LaLiga Wins Dynamic Court Injunction to Block 40 #IPTV Platforms https://torrentfreak.com/laliga-wins-dynamic-injunction-to-block-40-pirate-iptv-platforms-211230/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:34:23


  • He did not create a fake, corrupt foundation like #billgates https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/30/elon-musk-only-paid-11-billion-taxes-because-he-had-no-other-rational-choice #gatesfoundation should pay a ton in tax; Bill should be arrested. http://techrights.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation_Critique    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:35:37


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Florida ☞ #DeSantis Accused of Going 'Missing in Action' as Florida Faces MEGATRON Explosion https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/30/desantis-accused-going-missing-action-florida-faces-omicron-explosion    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:36:09


  • #borisnaro says we're better off now than a year ago. In other news, #covid19 has not yet killed as much as the 'Spanish' flu. Relativism for face-saving by #tories    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:37:55


  • ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #Florida ☞ After Years of Complaints, Florida Improves Pollution Monitoring Near Burning #SugarCane Fields https://www.propublica.org/article/after-years-of-complaints-florida-improves-pollution-monitoring-near-burning-sugar-cane-fields    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:38:33


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #FDA Expected to Authorize COVID Booster Shots for 12- to 15-Year-Olds https://truthout.org/articles/fda-expected-to-authorize-covid-booster-shots-for-12-15-year-olds/ But it barely kills them and these vaccines do not contain the spread, either...    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:39:43


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #GOPKKK Suggests Blue State Residents Moving to Red Ones Shouldn't Get to Vote https://truthout.org/articles/greene-suggests-blue-state-residents-moving-to-red-ones-shouldnt-get-to-vote/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:40:46


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Biden Administration Seeks to Overturn Trump-Era “Remain in Mexico” Policy https://truthout.org/articles/biden-administration-seeks-to-overturn-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-policy/ AFTER A WHOLE YEAR??    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:41:59


  • By keeping so many #trump policies in place/intact (e.g. weapons for Saudis, tax evasion legalised for the oligarchs) #biden won't be luring in any #trump supporters; nor will he secure the vote of people who reluctantly voted for him last year. This two-party dictatorship marches on towards collapse.    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:44:21


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #Sanders Pushes Workers to Organize as Advocates Celebrate "Year of the Worker" https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-pushes-workers-to-organize-as-advocates-celebrate-year-of-the-worker/ he should have been president, but #dnc and all the major media are owned by the oligarchs    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:45:01


  • Missing the point that this is about #patent #monopolies https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/30/vaccine-apartheid-shows-global-injustice-very-bad-public-health #monopoly #grifting #patents    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:45:43


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Revenge of the Nerds https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/neoliberalism-consultants/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:46:27


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ Unwelcome changes Russia’s #Health Ministry plans to overhaul its #cancer care system. Despite criticism, the new regulations take effect in January. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/12/30/unwelcome-changes    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:46:46


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159735 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:47:19


  • Let's see if in 2022 #eu officials and maybe some #de officials will finally crack down on #organisedCrime at the #epo (Europe's second-largest org after the EU itself)    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:48:36


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #goldenDawnald #insurrection ☞ Trump Sues January 6 House Committee Because It Might Find #Trump Wrongdoing https://truthout.org/articles/trump-sues-jan-6-house-committee-because-committee-might-find-trump-wrongdoing/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:49:12


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Guantánamo ☞ 'Anti-Democratic and Cowardly': US Building New Secret Courtroom at Guantánamo https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/30/anti-democratic-and-cowardly-us-building-new-secret-courtroom-guantanamo    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:49:31


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #DonaldBiden ☞ Pressure Grows on #Biden to Shut Down Trump-Era #Medicare #Privatization Scheme https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/30/pressure-grows-biden-shut-down-trump-era-medicare-privatization-scheme    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:49:58


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Wildlife #Nature ☞ Opinion | E.O. Wilson's Lifelong Passion for Ants and Conserving the World's #Biodiversity https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/30/eo-wilsons-lifelong-passion-ants-and-conserving-worlds-biodiversity    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:50:23


  • ● NEWS ● #Techdirt #Sprint #TMobile ☞ Dish's Hyped 5G Network (And 'Fix' For T-Mobile/Sprint Merger) Is Looking Rather Skimpy https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211228/07085948189/dishs-hyped-5g-network-fix-t-mobile-sprint-merger-is-looking-rather-skimpy.shtml    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:52:04


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | Humanity's Final Arms Race: UN Fails to Agree on 'Killer Robot' Ban https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/30/humanitys-final-arms-race-un-fails-agree-killer-robot-ban    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:54:05


  • ● NEWS ● #ProPublica #Welfare ☞ The Cruel Failure of Welfare Reform in the Southwest https://www.propublica.org/article/the-cruel-failure-of-welfare-reform-in-the-southwest    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:54:28


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ 'That's Just Wrong': Sanders Slams Buffett for Refusing to Side With Striking Steelworkers https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/30/thats-just-wrong-sanders-slams-buffett-refusing-side-striking-steelworkers Buffett is an enabler of #famouscriminal #billgates who is in turn an enabler of #jeffreyepstein http://techrights.org/2020/09/28/non-denying-and-false-denials/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:55:31


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Trump #goldenDawnald ☞ Why Trump May Face Criminal Charges https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/why-trump-may-face-criminal-charges/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:56:07


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ On Foreign Policy, #Biden Should Have Taken Golf Lessons https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/on-foreign-policy-biden-should-have-taken-golf-lessons/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:56:27


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ What is Log4j? The Latest Internet Vulnerability https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/what-is-log4j-the-latest-internet-vulnerability/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:57:21


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Biden ☞ A Thorn in Biden's Side: the Revolving Door Project https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/a-thorn-in-bidens-side-the-revolving-door-project/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:58:47


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation #politics ☞ Cop Out https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/cop-out/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 09:59:08


  • Greetings in advance, as in some parts of the world 2022 is only 6 hours away (Japan) or 3 hours away (New Zealand) http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/welcome-2022/ #techrights    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:00:39


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Remembering Harry Reid, 1939–2021 https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/harry-reid-obituary/ "The most awkward job interview I ever had was with Harry Reid."    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:01:23


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia ☞ A (very) close-knit circle Russia’s Circle of #KindnessFoundation helps critically ill children by purchasing expensive drugs from providers with personal connections to top officials (including Putin himself) https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/12/30/a-very-close-knit-circle    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:01:54


  • ● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Michigan ☞ Michigan's Nonpartisan-Drawn Maps Give Dems Chance to Win State Legislature https://truthout.org/articles/michigans-nonpartisan-drawn-maps-give-dems-chance-to-win-state-legislature/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:02:25


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Union Head Rejects #CDC #Covid19 Guidelines That Put 'Corporate Interests' Over Pilot Safety https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/30/union-head-rejects-cdc-covid-guidelines-put-corporate-interests-over-pilot-safety like #uk #tories do: http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/07/20/mass-infection/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:03:15


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Look Up, Down and Everywhere https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/look-up-down-and-everywhere/ "Democratic Party pimping endless growth with all the same lies, etc." US 'growth' for a few decades has been just plunder by the oligarch, impoverishing over 300,000,000 USians    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:04:53


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #patent #patents ☞ #Texas Team Applauded for Giving What #BigPharma Refuses: A Patent-Free Vaccine to the World https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/30/texas-team-applauded-giving-what-big-pharma-refuses-patent-free-vaccine-world    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:05:28


  • #watchtroll the hive of sociopaths and #patent extremists (same thing) has been demonising those looking to broaden the reach of medicine by putting #patents in the backburner. http://techrights.org/wiki/Watchtroll    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:08:00


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Culture ☞ Crimes Against Culture https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/crimes-against-culture/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:08:25


  • Incredible day in #manchester ... 14 degrees!! Yes, 14. I'm eating melons...    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:09:29


  • Can't remember a NYE when you could comfortably walk around with T-shirt and shorts. 14 degrees in #manchester    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:10:48


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Booked Up: Ban These Books, Please (the Writers Need the Money) https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/booked-up-10/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:11:28


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch #Yellowstone #Nature #Wildlife ☞ Start Treating Yellowstone #Bison the Way They Deserve https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/start-treating-yellowstone-bison-the-way-they-deserve/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:12:05


  • ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Recovering Conscience: A Conversation with Carole Sargent https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/recovering-conscience-a-conversation-with-carole-sargent/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:12:41


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ The Politics of Syntax and Poetry Beyond the Border https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/ari-banias-interview/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:12:56


  • "we’re dealing with climate change in the face of petrobillionaire- and corporate-funded disinformation campaigns" https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/30/they-dont-want-us-looking-up/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:13:23


  • ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Tutu ☞ Opinion | Desmond Tutu, Rest in Power https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/30/desmond-tutu-rest-power    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:13:58


  • ● NEWS ● #meduza #ru #russia #MikhailFedyayev #Siberia ☞ ‘A mix of schadenfreude and fear’ The arrest of one of Russia’s richest men following a deadly mine explosion has pleased locals but raised worries about regional stability https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/12/31/a-mix-of-schadenfreude-and-fear    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:14:46


  • ● NEWS ● #TheNation ☞ Bette Midler’s Contempt Fuels Right-Wing [fanaticism] https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/bette-midler-rural-america/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:15:14


  • Links 31/12/2021: 7-Zip 21.07 and Goodbye to #CentOS 8 • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/goodbye-to-centos-8/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/31/goodbye-to-centos-8/   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:34:14


  • New #GNULinux Videos • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159736 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:34:50


  • #Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159737 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:35:03


  • Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159738 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:35:15


  • Post updated with latest figures for first and second jab http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2021/12/26/bbc-coronavirus-jabs-misinformation/ #covid19 #bbc #billbc #misinformation    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:47:19


  • Today in #Techrights • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159739 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:47:41


  • #Mico - A USB microphone based on Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159740 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:52:13


  • Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Intuit Mint • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159741 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:53:25


  • LOL! Waste of #energy and waaaay too expensive, contains #nsa back doors https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/12/31/com-express-type-10-tiger-lake-up3-module-targets-embedded-mobile-applications/ #intel is doomed, the workers are fleeing http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 10:59:54


  • WTH, #aaeon ? 28 watts for a "mobile" processor? Should these be diesel powered? Also, including #malware like #vista drivers on top of M.E. back doors? This product is NOT competitive. https://www.aaeon.com/en/p/com-express-cpu-modules-nanocom-tgu#downloads    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 11:03:55


  • Using #GNOME Screenshot Tool in Linux Like a Pro • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159742 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 11:04:20


  • #LinuxLite 5.8 Is Slated for Release on February 1st, 2022, Now Available for Testing • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159743 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 11:04:52


  • #Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159744 #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 11:12:45


  • Sky Noise: 40% of #covid19 vaccine appointments in the #uk are "no shows"    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 12:18:06


  • The man who brought GNU/Linux to IBM, Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The World Ahead 2022: Adjusting to New Realities: https://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2021/12/the-world-ahead-2022-adjusting-to-new-realities.html    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 14:09:17


  • 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021: 4 Years of #AntónioCampinos Failing and #EPO Granting Loads of Invalid #Patents • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/campinos-far-below-expectations/ ䷉ #Techrights #Europe | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/31/campinos-far-below-expectations/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 14:20:28


  • [Meme] #EPO ’Social Dialogue’: Blah Blah Blah Blah (But Nothing Gets Changed for the Better) • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/meme-epo-social-dialogue-blah-blah-blah-blah-but-nothing-gets-changed-for-the-better/ ䷉ #Techrights #Patents #Europe #Patent | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/31/meme-epo-social-dialogue-blah-blah-blah-blah-but-nothing-gets-changed-for-the-better/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 14:44:07


  • iophk: even Amnesty is colluding to avoid naming #patents https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/12/covid-19-wealthy-states-and-pharma-companies-catastrophically-failed-to-ensure-equal-access-to-vaccines-in-2021/ #patent #monopolies #greed #coverup    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 16:34:35


  • #Xfce ’s Apps Update for December 2021: New Releases of Xfce Terminal, Whisker Menu, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159745 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 16:50:49


  • #covid19 out of control in the #uk (new numbers just published)... another day, another 203 dead, 189,846 new cases, and now we're dealing with more than double the daily hospitalisations we had only a fortnight ago. Great job, #borisnaro ... with your Fiefdom Day PR stunt    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:01:42


  • Phoronix #microsoft hustling again today. Link omitted. SMH.    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:11:20


  • Tonight #techrights will release a 72-minute video explaining what the #osi is (or what it became)    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:12:15


  • #nhs data says daily hospitalisations and number of people in hospital with #covid19 about half what it was a year ago. As I said before, it's an improvement, it shows these vaccines help a bit, but probably not enough? https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/healthcare?areaType=overview&areaName=United%20Kingdom blow away the #patents on that. #patent #monopolies    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:15:19


  • Search for "ubuntu" news, get mostly Tutu eulogies. I suppose it was inevitable; corporate shark and multimillionaire Mark Shuttleworth co-opting a word contrary to what #canonical nowadays does: http://techrights.org/2021/07/09/canonical-ubuntu-microsoft/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:23:15


  • xkcd: Formatting Meeting ⚓ https://xkcd.com/2562/ ䷉ #xkcd    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:25:12


  • #Apple #AirTags Are Being Used to Track People and Cars https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/12/apple-airtags-are-being-used-to-track-people-and-cars.html #cars themselves are becoming the problem, too: http://techrights.org/2021/12/25/war-on-generalised-things/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:26:38


  • This title is NOT appropriate because #github is PROPRIETARY software and it gives POWER (or CONTROL) to #microsoft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEW5f7F94FY    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:29:27


  • For #apple , the small "i" stands for "idiots" or "ignoramus" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/technology/apple-airtags-tracking-stalking.html also see http://techrights.org/2021/12/25/war-on-generalised-things/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:31:12


  • Buying #apple is a class or status symbol. Not a positive one. To that same extent carrying water in piece of pottery on top of your head is a way to signal wealth...    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:32:54


  • #Libadwaita 1.0 Arrives to Kickstart a New Era of GTK App Development • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159746 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:33:57


  • IBM's Assassination of CentOS Effective Today http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159732#comment-32342   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:42:28


  • #Hugin 2021 Released! #HowTo Install via PPA in Ubuntu 20.04, 21.10 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159747 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:42:40


  • #ibm "Smart" = defecting from support of Hitler to supporting the Allies when Hitler was losing the war and after the US had entered it (making money from BOTH sides) http://techrights.org/2021/04/25/ibm-germany-history/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:44:41


  • "That announcement created a lot of different sentiments in the community and even more among the #CentOS Linux users." You don't say, DO you? WHAT kind of sentiments? Even what's left of #fedora "community" fled (it took that as an #ibm hint) https://fale.io/blog/2021/12/31/centos-linux-8-eol    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:46:41


  • #ibm is good at killing people and getting money from governments, i.e. from taxpayers. Right now it makes tons of money from governments looking to leverage #pandemic for mass #surveillance (billions of SUBJECTS, not customers) http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/ibm-and-rms-incompatible/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:48:14


  • #ibm "values"#diversity as much as so-called #linuxfoundation does http://techrights.org/2021/12/15/lf-diversity-and-inclusion/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:48:54


  • #ibm 'diversity' is not what they want you to think http://techrights.org/2019/11/28/diversity-forms/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:49:35


  • #outreachy diversity, funded by ethnic cleansers http://techrights.org/2021/12/30/outreachy-funding/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 17:50:00


  • Lots of "meta" posts and articles today/this week, saying nothing new or interesting, just "top something" or "list of something". Please don't do these; they're pointless and clog up RSS feeds... ;-)    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:01:42


  • Profitable stupidity: Problem With The Product https://assets.amuniversal.com/bbcc856040d9013a8c65005056a9545d    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:35:40


  • The second Palm Tungsten, the Tungsten T, was introduced in November 2002. I still use it. So my PDA (like "smart" phone but a lot smarter and saner) will be 20 tomorrow.    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:37:49


  • My Year as a #DigitalVegan — Part VII — Staying the Course and Fake It Till You Make It? • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/article-on-digital-rights-in-2021-part-7/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/31/article-on-digital-rights-in-2021-part-7/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:38:00


  • #irc turns 34 this coming year! 3 years older than #linux the #kernel ... 1988 as opposed to 1991 but same month.    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:42:02


  • People should be proud of how old and long-lasting their stuff is (that means they care for it, they also take good care of it), not how "smart" or "new" something is. Remember: newer is not always better.    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:43:43


  • Not only money is a motivator, but good luck explaining that to pointy-haired bosses who judge everything and everyone buy income https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2021/12/it-leadership-3-ways-cios-can-show-gratitude-their-teams    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:46:46


  • #microsoft #github "only shows what I have published on github. I wanted to see how much activiity I had from my coding" ()perpetuating this illusion that code NOT GIVEN TO MICROSOFT FOR FREE DOES NOT EXIST!) http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2021-Dec-31.html.en#2021-Dec-31-20:50:01 #deletegithub    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:50:13


  • #ReproducibleBuilds (diffoscope): #diffoscope 198 released https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-198-released/ http://techrights.org/2021/04/29/with-sponsors-like-these/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:51:33


  • This is misleading, but an #ibm employee wants you to think #fedora is having an "amazing" time when in reality all that's left of the project is IBM (or #redhat -- technically the same) staff because volunteers fled after IBM had abolished/scuttled #centos https://fedoramagazine.org/looking-back-on-2021-and-ahead-to-an-amazing-new-year/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:53:41


  • Mr. Bryant should know better. #Microsoft is still attacking #Linux and it's also attacking (or bribing) the media to claim the very opposite https://yewtu.be/watch?v=NSqgp47BKKM ䷉ #video #invidious #multimedia    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 18:56:10


  • According to an internal (February 2021) publication from elected leaders of #EPO examiners, #AntónioCampinos has failed to enchant the staff and has performed “far below expectations” • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/campinos-far-below-expectations/ gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/31/campinos-far-below-expectations/ #swpats #patents    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 19:00:07


  • “I appreciate that for some of you, things may not be changing as quickly as you would like,” #AntónioCampinos said, but 2022 will be his fifth year in the Office (he was parachuted into the Office as President despite a lack of experience or an understanding of this institution) • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/meme-epo-social-dialogue-blah-blah-blah-blah-but-nothing-gets-changed-for-the-better/ #epo #europe #patents    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 19:01:27


  • #Fedora and IBM/Red Hat Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159748 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 19:01:39


  • Dr. #AndyFarnell continues sharing his ‘Tech Vegan’ experiences from this past year; this series will carry on well into the new year (2022) http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/article-on-digital-rights-in-2021-part-7/ #freesw #gnu #fsf #freedom   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 19:02:59


  • Project called "mold" using #proprietarySoftware #microsoft #monopoly for development and non-reciprocal licence. "I guess all the good names really are gone. I suppose it's better than "phlegm."" https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1299340-mold-1-0-1-released-as-newest-version-of-this-high-speed-linker    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 19:06:32


  • #KDE Has A New Desktop? - Kockatoo Tube ⚓ https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/uS2JoiV57BiWLoE5qQTttD ䷉ #gnu #linux #freesw    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 19:09:16


  • A New KDE Web Browser Approaches! - Kockatoo Tube ⚓ https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/fAXG7aMfXH5cJ5qGhmW6E8 #KDE #gnu #linux #freesw    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 19:10:04


  • Full Circle Magazine #176 https://fullcirclemagazine.org/2021/12/31/full-circle-magazine-176/ #gnu #linux    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 19:47:20


  • Why the #OpenSourceInitiative Cannot be Saved (It’s Too Heavily Controlled by Monopolies) • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/open-source-initiative-floundering/ ䷉ #Techrights #OSI #OpenSource #Microsoft | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/31/open-source-initiative-floundering/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 20:07:05


  • New Videos: KDE, ’Linux Daddies’, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159749 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 20:07:54


  • The #OpenSourceInitiative (OSI) is a floundering institution whose real budget is decreasing ( #Microsoft is just ‘laundering’ money through the OSI) and it doesn’t want people — especially paying members — to understand what’s really going on • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/open-source-initiative-floundering/ ䷉ #Techrights #OSI ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/31/open-source-initiative-floundering/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 20:11:11


  • #epo has redefined "dialogue" http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/meme-epo-social-dialogue-blah-blah-blah-blah-but-nothing-gets-changed-for-the-better/ #corruption #europe #patents    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 20:12:30


  • #AMD 's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) should be a huge deal for #SteamDeck based on its Linux performance | Windows Central ⚓ https://www.windowscentral.com/amds-fidelityfx-super-resolution-fsr-can-be-huge-deal-steam-deck ䷉ #windowscentral    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 20:21:13


  • #Unitree Z1 Robotic Arm Can Pour You a Glass of Wine or Open the Door for You • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159750 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 20:24:16


  • 10 #Selfhosting Ideas You Can Build with #Yunohost Server • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159751 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 20:24:42


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159752 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 20:25:43


  • Alexander Mikhaylenko: Libadwaita 1.0 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159746#comment-32343   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 20:29:37


  • #Crowdfunded Astro Slide phone with slide-out keyboard, Linux support should ship in 2022 • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159753 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:07:51


  • Google #Android Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159754 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:08:06


  • Celebrate New Year 2022 by switching from Windows 11 to Linux Lite 5.8 RC1 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159743#comment-32344    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:09:50


  • "or Corona reason (!?) it is forbidden to buy or sell fireworks in Germany in 2021 https://www.zeit.de/2022/01/feuerwerksverbot-silvester-2021-corona " https://dwaves.de/2021/12/31/as-happy-as-possible-new-year-everyone-keep-on-rockin/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:13:48


  • Disappointing to see #medevel helping to promote #microsoft #proprietarySoftware ... Hamza Musa should know better https://medevel.com/dendron/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:26:44


  • " #Tumbleweed had a small dip, as the last two snapshots that moved to #openQA had to be stopped from being published. Nevertheless, we still managed to publish 6 snapshots before heading out to the new-year celebrations (1223…1228)." https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2021/12/opensuse-tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2021-52/ #opensuse    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:28:18


  • #Steam Deck Speed and Installer • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159755 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:28:55


  • #Libadwaita 1.0 Released For Kicking Off A New Year Of GNOME App Development http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159746#comment-32345   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:33:39


  • Will Anyone Actually Show Up at #CES on Wednesday? https://fossforce.com/2021/12/will-anyone-actually-show-up-at-ces-on-wednesday/ http://ifthisbetreason.com/2021/12/ces-rolls-the-dice-and-gambles-on-becoming-a-superspreader-event/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:42:19


  • "From Kate’s development perspective this year looks fantastic. If you track a bit the development via our merge requests overview page or even better participate yourself in our projects, you might have already noticed it ;=)" https://kate-editor.org/post/2021/2021-12-31-kate-in-2021/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:50:30


  • #Windows Central: Tired of Windows? It’s time to give Linux a try. • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159756 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:56:42


  • "COVID-19 remains an extremely dynamic part of the way that we live and experience the world. But even if optimism was in short supply (and less so after learning that as I was posting this, Betty White died just three weeks before her 100th birthday)" https://tedium.co/2021/12/31/tedium-trends-2022/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 21:59:24


  • Today’s #HowTos | #UNIX • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159757 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 22:02:35


  • #GIMP 2021 annual report • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159758 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 22:05:18


  • #Anklang takes over • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159759 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 22:06:48


  • #Security Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159760 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 22:11:20


  • Links 31/12/2021: #Libadwaita 1.0 and Hugin 2021 Released • Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2021/12/31/libadwaita-1-0/ ䷉ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/31/libadwaita-1-0/   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 22:26:37


  • #Kernel : Intel, Lenovo, and AMD • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159761 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 22:27:23


  • #Programming Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159762 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 22:27:34


  • Today’s 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159763 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 22:27:48


  • #LinuxMagazine • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159764 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 22:53:20


  • "We’ve been covering 3D printer hacking since the dinosaurs were roaming. This is the oldest, and still one of the strangest, posts that we could find in a quick search. Anyone care to find something older?" https://hackaday.com/2021/12/31/3d-printering-adding-a-web-interface-where-there-was-none-before/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 22:55:28


  • Threaded Wires Save Phone Numbers | Hackaday ⚓ https://hackaday.com/2021/12/30/threaded-wires-save-phone-numbers/ ䷉ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/31/#latest    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:02:00


  • A Tidy Cyberdeck That You Could Take Anywhere • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159765 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:02:15


  • Behold, the Deepest-Dwelling #Squid Known to Science | Hakai Magazine ⚓ https://hakaimagazine.com/news/behold-the-deepest-dwelling-squid-known-to-science/ ䷉ #hakaimagazine | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/12/31/#latest    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:16:40


  • Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159766 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:19:47


  • 4 metrics to measure sustainable open source investments. • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159767 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:22:42


  • Header Guards C++ https://linuxhint.com/header-guards-in-c/ #programming    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:29:38


  • Highlights from 2021 - Adventures in Linux and #KDE ⚓ https://pointieststick.com/2021/12/31/highlights-from-2021/ ䷉ #pointieststick    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:30:39


  • Use basegfx to convert angle unit – EasyHack • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/159768 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines   

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:33:34


  • David REVOY: Happy New Year 2022! https://www.davidrevoy.com/article888/2022    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:34:11


  • Last time #manchester had a 'proper' fireworks show https://yewtu.be/watch?v=NgtU9O0RpNk    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:38:16


  • No fireworks here this year, except the occasional crackers firing off rockets and stuff https://www.manchester.gov.uk/    

posted Friday, December 31, 2021 at 23:48:20



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