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  • World's Deadliest Spider Has Been Harboring a Killer Secret ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-deadliest-spider-has-been-harboring-a-killer-secret    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:17:58


  • Human Arms Keep Growing an Extra Artery, And Here's Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/human-arms-keep-growing-an-extra-artery-and-heres-why    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:18:08


  • Antarctica's Ice Melt Could Awaken Hidden Volcanoes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/antarcticas-ice-melt-could-awaken-hidden-volcanoes    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:18:23


  • Potential World First: Wild Doorbell Video Records Sound of Meteorite Crash ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/potential-world-first-wild-doorbell-video-records-sound-of-meteorite-crash    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:18:43


  • IRS commissioner to step down before his term ends, letting Trump advance his own pick ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/01/irs-commissioner-to-step-down-before-his-term-ends-letting-trump-advance-his-own-pick/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:19:19


  • Inside the Conservative Party’s growing alliance with right-wing Hindu groups ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/hindu-conservative-party-alliance-right-wing/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:20:54


  • South Korean First Lady Kim Keon Hee’s health declining: Reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/first-lady-kim-keon-hees-health-declining-reports    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:21:41


  • Food poisoning mars second week of free meals roll-out in Indonesia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/food-poisoning-mars-second-week-of-free-meals-rollout-in-indonesia    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:21:57


  • ‘Sheep for hire’: Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg’s dangerous plan for Europe ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250117-sheep-for-hire-trump-musk-and-zuckerberg-s-dangerous-plan-for-europe    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:22:09


  • Thermalright Grand Vision 360 Review: It’s not a competition, it is a massacre (again) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/liquid-cooling/thermalright-grand-vision-360-review    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:23:09


  • Analysts halve Nvidia Blackwell cabinet shipment forecasts for 2025 — prediction contrasts Hey Hi (AI) boom ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/analysts-halve-nvidia-gb200-blackwell-shipment-forecasts-for-2025-prediction-contrasts-ai-boom    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:23:16


  • Top Hey Hi (AI) companies score badly on risk and safety assessments, ahead of Paris summit ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20250117-top-ai-companies-score-badly-on-risk-and-safety-assessments-ahead-of-paris-summit    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:23:41


  • Baltic states 'concerned' about U.S. Hey Hi (AI) chip exclusion ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/17.01.2025-baltic-states-concerned-about-us-ai-chip-exclusion.a584063/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:23:48


  • Spain Overhauls Domestic Violence System After Criticism ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/technology/spain-domestic-violence-algorithm.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:24:04


  • Prince Harry’s Suit Against Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids Set to Start ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/world/europe/prince-harry-murdoch-news-group-trial.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:24:17


  • 'Progressive trend: In the past 30 years we've seen 60 countries liberalise their abortion laws' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250118-progressive-trend-in-the-past-30-years-we-ve-seen-60-countries-liberalise-their-abortion-laws    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:24:47


  • Diplo Revenge Porn Lawsuit Voluntarily Dismissed After Court Rules Accuser Must Reveal Identity ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/17/diplo-lawsuit-dropped-january-2025/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:25:06


  • On a Raid With Syria’s New Security Forces ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009887912/syria-rebels-security-latakia.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:25:49


  • Thai PM reassures Chinese tourists on security ahead of Chinese New Year ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-pm-to-reassure-chinese-tourists-on-security-ahead-of-lunar-new-year    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:26:04


  • EXPLAINED: Why is Vietnam’s police ministry overseeing a large telecom? ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/01/17/vietnam-mobifone-takeover/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:26:33


  • Lithuania to send troops, security officers to Kosovo ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2463076/lithuania-to-send-troops-security-officers-to-kosovo    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:26:48


  • Israel cabinet passes ceasefire deal with Hamas ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/israel-cabinet-passes-ceasefire-deal-with-hamas-developing-story/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:27:09


  • Jimmy Lai paid ex-US officials US$3.25 million to advise Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen, prosecutors tell national security trial ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/17/jimmy-lai-paid-ex-us-officials-us3-25-million-to-advise-taiwans-tsai-ing-wen-prosecutors-tell-national-security-trial/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:27:41


  • Explainer: What is the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute and why was it raided by national security police? ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/18/explainer-what-is-the-hong-kong-public-opinion-research-institute-and-why-was-it-raided-by-national-security-police/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:28:18


  • Israeli security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250117-israeli-security-cabinet-approves-gaza-ceasefire-deal    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:28:31


  • 'Ironic that Trump is taking credit' for Gaza ceasefire deal, John Bolton says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20250117-ceasefire-in-gaza-trump-takes-credit-for-putting-biden-s-deal-over-the-line-says-john-bolton    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:30:44


  • Minister Ben-Gvir threatens to resign if the Gaza ceasefire deal is approved ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250117-national-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir-threatens-to-resign-if-the-gaza-ceasefire-deal-is-approved    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:30:56


  • How HHS has strengthened cybersecurity of hospitals and health care systems ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/hhs-cybersecurity-health-care-systems-hospitals/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:31:21


  • Closing software-understanding gap is critical to national security, CISA says ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-darpa-software-understanding-gap-report/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/04/25/CISA_Has_a_Microsoft_Conflict_of_Interest_Problem_CISA_Cannot_A.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:31:57


  • Treasury sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company, affiliate for Salt Typhoon hacks ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/treasury-sanctions-chinese-cybersecurity-company-salt-typhoon-hacks/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:32:15


  • TSA extends cyber requirements for pipeline owners ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/tsa-extends-cyber-requirements-for-pipeline-owners/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:33:52


  • LTV: Rēzekne's executive dismissed over possible security concerns ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/17.01.2025-ltv-rezeknes-executive-dismissed-over-possible-security-concerns.a584077/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:34:21


  • Microsoft bundles Office Hey Hi (AI) features into Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 and raises prices ☞ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/16/24345051/microsoft-365-personal-family-copilot-office-ai-price-rises    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:36:34


  • Move to Free software ASAP ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/microsoft-365-sees-43-percent-price-hike-thanks-to-copilot-existing-customers-safe-until-renewal    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:36:42


  • TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/01/ttablog-test-how-did-these-three-recent.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:37:32


  • Rising tide of violence against South African municipal officials and councillors ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/rising-tide-of-violence-against-south-african-municipal-officials-and-councillors/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:38:21


  • Apple Halts Hey Hi (AI) News Alerts After Major Mistakes ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/apple-halts-ai-news-alerts    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:38:36


  • ESP32 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/18/a-pda-from-an-esp32/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:39:13


  • Trump 2.0 and women's rights: What is at stake this time around? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-51/20250117-trump-2-0-and-women-s-rights-what-is-at-stake-this-time-around    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:39:35


  • Public Health and Former CDC Experts Warn Against Renewed Misuse of Title 42 Public Health Authority ☞ https://phr.org/news/public-health-and-former-cdc-experts-warn-against-renewed-misuse-of-title-42-public-health-authority/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:40:21


  • Stays of District Court Litigation Pending Appeal of IPR Decisions ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/district-litigation-decisions.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:41:02


  • Avant Location mobile station patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/17/avant-location-mobile-station-patent-prior-art-found    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:41:24


  • $2,000 awarded for Empire IP entity EMM Innovations multimedia patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/1/17/2000-awarded-for-empire-ip-entity-emm-innovations-multimedia-patent-prior-art    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:42:01


  • "The patent monopoly has expired" ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/astellas-and-hoyng-rokh-monegier-defend-bladder-patent-the-hague/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:42:29


  • Microsoft's proprietary spyware GitHub and any "apps" for it should be avoided ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-github-desktop-on-arch-based-linux-such-as-manjaro/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:43:50


  • Open hardware RP2350B boards offer up to 16MB flash, 8MB PSRAM, microSD card slot, 48x GPIOs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/17/open-hardware-rp2350b-boards-offer-up-to-16mb-flash-8mb-psram-microsd-card-slot-48x-gpios/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:44:27


  • Antony Blinken’s Exit Interview ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/antony-blinkens-exit-interview    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:44:40


  • The Unfinished Business the Biden Administration Is Handing Back to Donald Trump ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/the-unfinished-business-the-biden-administration-is-handing-back-to-donald-trump    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:44:54


  • Pluralistic: Fu-Schnickens (17 Jan 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/17/holy-batfu-its-an-apple/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:45:08


  • RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/health/rfk-jr-covid-vaccines.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:45:30


  • SAS Amatola begins maritime security patrol ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/sas-amatola-begins-maritime-security-patrol/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:46:05


  • TikTok set to 'go dark' in US on Sunday as Supreme Court ban looms ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250117-us-supreme-court-upholds-law-banning-tiktok    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:46:24


  • TikTok Makes Last-Minute Push as Supreme Court Is Poised to Rule on Ban ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/technology/tiktok-ban-lobbying-washington.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:46:37


  • Goodbye TikTok, Ni Hao RedNote? + A.I.’s Environmental Impact + Meta’s Masculine Energy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/podcasts/hardfork-tiktok-rednote-environment.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:46:50


  • Instagram and YouTube Prepare to Benefit From a Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/technology/instagram-youtube-tiktok-ban.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:47:04


  • How Fentanylware (TikTok) Evaded a Ban Again and Again, Until Now ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/technology/tiktok-ban-sale-supreme-court.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:47:12


  • Is the Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban a Chance to Rethink the Whole Internet? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/is-the-tiktok-ban-a-chance-to-rethink-the-whole-internet    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:47:19


  • [Meme] Fentanylware (TikTok) Banned in the United States, Next Up European Union (EU) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/17/Meme_Fentanylware_TikTok_Banned_in_the_United_States_Next_Up_Eu.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:47:31


  • Supreme Court upholds Fentanylware (TikTok) ban, but Biden says he won’t enforce it ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/17/china-tiktok-supreme-court-ban/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:47:45


  • What is the RedNote app and why are Fentanylware (TikTok) users moving there? | RFA Insider #24 ☞ https://rfa.org/english/rfainsider/2025/01/17/tiktok-ban-rednote-xiaohongshu-trump/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:47:53


  • US Supreme Court upholds Fentanylware (TikTok) ban ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/us-supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-ban/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:48:11


  • What is RedNote? Xiaohongshu – the Chinese app taking the US by storm ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/15/what-is-rednote/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:48:23


  • Tech: US Tiktok users flock to Chinese social control media app RedNote ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250117-us-tiktok-users-flock-to-china-s-rednote    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:48:31


  • Trump says US and China to 'solve many problems' after phone call with Pooh-tin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250117-trump-says-us-and-china-to-solve-many-problems-after-phone-call-with-xi    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:48:41


  • US Supreme Court upholds Fentanylware (TikTok) ban slated to start TODAY ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250117-us-supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-ban-slated-to-start-on-sunday    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:48:56


  • Supreme Court Officially Upholds Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban — Biden Administration Signals It Won’t Enforce January 19th Sale Deadline ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/17/tiktok-ban-law-upheld/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:49:25


  • Following Supreme Court Decision — And Trump’s Call with the Chinese President — Fentanylware (TikTok) CEO Thanks President-Elect for Vowing to Help the App Remain in the US ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/17/tiktok-ceo-trump-video/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:50:13


  • Is Threads Becoming More TikTok-Like With Added Music? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/17/is-threads-becoming-more-tiktok-like-with-added-music/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:50:27


  • How to Take Action on Inauguration Day and Beyond ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/how-to-take-action-on-inauguration-day-and-beyond    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:50:55


  • Supreme Court unanimously upholds law banning Fentanylware (TikTok) ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/17/supreme-court-unanimously-upholds-law-banning-tiktok/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:51:26


  • Fentanylware (TikTok) ttself is dangerous for Free Speech. It's a censorship powerhouse working for CCP. ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/supreme-courts-tiktok-ruling-sets-dangerous-precedent-for-free-speech/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 02:52:21


  • How to Reset Forgotten Ubuntu Password in 2 Minutes https://itsfoss.com/how-to-hack-ubuntu-password/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:01:55


  • "If you have an aging computer and want to repurpose it, these lightweight Linux distributions will serve you for years to come." https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-lightweight-linux-distributions-that-will-bring-your-old-pc-back-to-life/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:02:37


  • 7 Docker containers that make Linux the perfect OS for a home lab https://www.xda-developers.com/docker-containers-that-make-linux-perfect-for-a-home-lab/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:03:03


  • "Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” has now been released, with software updates and security fixes promised until 2029. You can download it now on your PC." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-22-1-release/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:03:23


  • "Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" is all about refining the user experience, both under the hood and on the visual side. These are the highlights of the new update" https://www.notebookcheck.net/Linux-Mint-22-1-launches-with-new-power-modes-updated-APT-packaging-and-more.948816.0.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:03:53


  • Kali Linux: The ultimate cybersecurity tool for beginners and pros alike https://geeksided.com/kali-linux-the-ultimate-cybersecurity-tool-for-beginners-and-pros-alike    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:04:15


  • How to use the dstat command https://www.networkworld.com/video/3805019/how-to-use-the-dstat-command.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:05:03


  • "If you're wondering which apps take priority on your new Linux machine, these 10 will help you get the most out of the OS." https://www.zdnet.com/article/10-linux-apps-i-install-on-every-new-machine-and-why-you-should-too/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:05:34


  • "I'll use the Steam Deck Rating from Valve (steam deck verified Verified, steam deck playable Playable, steam deck unsupported Unsupported and steam deck not rated Not Rated), plus the ProtonDB rating to help you decide on what to play." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/games-to-claim-from-prime-gaming-jan-17-edition-round-up-for-steamos-linux-and-steam-deck/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:06:11


  • Flathub Makes It Easy to Find Mobile Apps with New 'On the Go' Section https://news.itsfoss.com/flathub-mobile-apps-feature/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:06:40


  • LibreOffice us "an app"? https://www.lifewire.com/linux-apps-for-chromebook-8774819    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:07:17


  • What Is Package Management in Linux and How Does It Work? https://mhmmuneef.medium.com/what-is-package-management-in-linux-and-how-does-it-work-b6c1cfce2d6f    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:11:35


  • "Recently there's been some issues with the Battle.net launcher updates breaking again, and a fix for it is available in Wine, which this GE-Proton release has pulled in along with other fixes." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ge-proton-9-23-released-with-a-battlenet-fix-for-linux-steam-deck/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 03:12:08


  • iophk: Putler laughs as a NATO member prepares to attack and invade another NATO member https://futurism.com/the-byte/trump-dispatching-elon-buddy-greenland "That'll leave him off the hook economically and strategically from Ukraine and thus free up resources to move on to the Baltic nations and/or Moldova and Romania"    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 04:24:20


  • "Microsoft Announces Workforce Cuts in Key Divisions, Including Security and Gaming"    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 04:30:20


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1529.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 04:37:15


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1179.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 04:37:20


  • Nouvelle gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2461    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 04:37:44


  • "I've written a couple of times now about wrestling with my involvement in music as a hobby. I've been doing a bit more thinking on this, as part of an ongoing project to get more in touch with myself and what it is I actually want. So, what keeps me involved with music?" gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2025-01-18.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 04:38:23


  • New Tea - Heaven Surveyor gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250118.txt    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 04:39:15


  • "If you ever wanted to assassinate me, just be a fun and nice person to meet and then invite me somewhere. I will come." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2462    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 04:40:36


  • iophk: "Bytedance's Tiktok is apparently blocked in the US now. It would be too much to hope for that they follow India's lead and keep it that way. There is no backbone in the US and, furthermore, the federal government being disbanded today at least in practice."    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:10:48


  • "GE-Proton 9-23 is out now as the latest update for the community-maintained version of Valve's Proton that pulls in lots of quick-fixes" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ge-proton-9-23-released-with-a-battlenet-fix-for-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:17:24


  • "Kickstarter recently featured the HackCable, a USB-C cable designed for cybersecurity research and system testing." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/hackcable-usb-c-keystroke-injection-cable-with-rp2040-or-esp32/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:17:47


  • "KDE Plasma es el escritorio más popular de 2024" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/01/17/kde-plasma-es-el-escritorio-mas-popular-de-2024/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:18:05


  • techdirt attacks free speech again; it conflates censorship by china with "free speech" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/17/in-upholding-the-tiktok-ban-scotus-compromises-and-with-it-the-first-amendment/ ("In Upholding The TikTok Ban, SCOTUS Compromises, And With It The First Amendment")    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:18:44


  • "TikTok set to 'go dark' in US on Sunday as Supreme Court ban looms" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250117-us-supreme-court-upholds-law-banning-tiktok    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:18:55


  • "Cheeto had a call with China's Xi about TikTok and trade" https://www.axios.com/2025/01/17/trump-call-with-chinas-xi-tiktok-and-trade    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:19:14


  • national collapse starting Sun: "It's Not Clear Who Will Lead the Pentagon When Trump Takes Office. What Happens Then?" https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-01-18/its-not-clear-who-will-lead-the-pentagon-when-trump-takes-office-what-happens-then    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:19:44


  • "‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/magazine/curtis-yarvin-interview.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:19:56


  • iophk: digital rights supported by the EFF ... for certain subgroups only. "Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/mad-meta-dont-let-them-collect-and-monetize-your-personal-data    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:20:55


  • "Greedy Landlords Are Massively Price-Gouging Rents After LA Wildfires" https://futurism.com/the-byte/landlords-price-gouging-la    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:24:05


  • (Upcoming) famous quotes | "(Kommende) berømte citater | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/kommende-beroemte-citater    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:24:28


  • "Why Saudi Arabia is so keen on the Turkish KAAN" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/saudi-arabia-turkey-kaan/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:24:38


  • "GOP flirts with magical thinking on paying for Trump's tax cuts" https://www.axios.com/2025/01/17/congress-trump-tax-cuts-spending    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:24:51


  • "Washington dad is pictured after attempting medieval 'honor killing' on daughter for refusing arranged marriage | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14264265/pictured-mother-father-strangle-daughter-honor-killing-Lacey-Washington.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:25:13


  • "Scotland’s largest haggis maker creating new recipe to meet US rules" https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jan/18/scotland-haggis-maker-macsween-us-rules    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:25:22


  • "Why 'Father of Economics' Adam Smith will be spinning in his grave as CHEETO NAZI assumes office" https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-father-of-economics-adam-smith-will-be-spinning-in-his-grave-as-donald-trump-assumes-office-4948992    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:25:49


  • "Introduction to LibreOffice" https://odysee.com/@WritingDoneRight:a/intro-to-libreoffice:7    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:26:01


  • "Goodbye Salesforce, hello Socket | Read the Tea Leaves" https://nolanlawson.com/2025/01/18/goodbye-salesforce-hello-socket/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:26:10


  • iophk: what payload does it carry? https://www.pcworld.com/article/2581392/microsoft-begins-forcing-windows-24h2-updates-on-consumer-pcs.html ("Microsoft begins forcing Windows 24H2 updates on PCs")    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:26:32


  • iophk: gushes over how wonderful CCP censorship and manipulation campaigns are https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/internet-censorship-tiktok-ban/681361/ ("America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet")    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:26:53


  • "US democracy 'cannot survive' an unaccountable presidency" https://www.dw.com/en/us-democracy-cannot-survive-an-unaccountable-presidency/a-71330079    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:27:13


  • "A Russian-Iranian inaugural gift for Trump" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/a-russian-iranian-inaugural-gift-for-trump/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:27:25


  • iophk: Meta (Faecebook) is always backpedalling. "A brief history of Mark Zuckerberg's apologies" https://apnews.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-apology-c7055b654f63a23d09b6a96388dfa2b4 "14 years of Mark Zuckerberg saying sorry, not sorry about Facebook - Washington Post" https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/business/facebook-zuckerberg-apologies/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:28:33


  • "Why Mark Zuckerberg's 14-Year Apology Tour Hasn't Fixed Facebook" https://www.wired.com/story/why-zuckerberg-15-year-apology-tour-hasnt-fixed-facebook/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:29:25


  • "Those capable of quickly bypassing video game copy protection are revered by impatient pirate players." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/mame-devs-spent-628-years-cracking-protection-on-712-retro-games-250118/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:29:53


  • "When did VCRs get popular? It’s hard to give an exact date." ☛ https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-the-vcr-became-popular-and-legal/ | Source: David L Farquhar    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:31:04


  • Inside South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s Life in Jail ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/world/asia/south-korea-president-yoon-jail-life.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:35:22


  • South Korea’s President Yoon attends court hearing on extending detention ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-president-yoon-to-attend-court-hearing-on-extending-detention    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:35:31


  • When the Retirement Community Goes Bankrupt ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/health/retirement-community-bankruptcy.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:36:08


  • A look at Convicted Felon's controversial nominations for cabinet ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250118-a-look-at-trump-s-controversial-nominations-for-cabinet    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:36:20


  • "Microsoft's $13 billion funding" (illegal buyout) ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/the-ftc-is-concerned-about-big-tech-ai-startup-partnerships-microsoft-open-ai-raises-alarms | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:37:28


  • "One of the major FTC concerns is the so-called 'circular spending' practice, under which startups spend their received money on services their investors offer, notes Bloomberg."    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:37:59


  • "A new UEFI vulnerability has been discovered that is spread through multiple system recovery tools." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/new-uefi-vulnerability-bypasses-secure-boot-bootkits-stay-undetected-even-after-os-re-install | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:50:53


  • "The technical protection of digital content against unauthorised copying is a wicked problem both technically and politically" ☛ https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/Papers/SEv3-ch24.pdf | Source: uni Cambridge    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:51:01


  • [Old] "Consider a future device … in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:51:33


  • "Barry Keevins, of Sussex News and Pictures" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/photography/alamy-sends-journalist-460-bill-for-posting-link-to-their-own-story/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:51:40


  • [Old] "musician used footage of officers searching his home in music videos criticizing that search" ☛ https://www.aclu.org/cases/cooley-v-foreman-aka-afroman | Source: ACLU    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:52:18


  • [Old] "Joseph Edgar Foreman, also known as "Afroman" recently failed in his effort to have the court dismiss a lawsuit" ☛ https://www.ficlaw.com/blog/afroman-cant-have-his-cake-and-eat-it-too |    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:52:41


  • "The breached data didn't include the content of calls and texts" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-likely-stole-fbi-call-logs-from-att-that-could-compromise-informants/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:53:02


  • "Indigenous rights and decolonial group" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/01/17/horrific-russias-indigenous-activists-decry-sweeping-terrorist-designation-a87652 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:53:16


  • "Six journalists were taken into custody during house raids in Van and Istanbul on Friday morning in line with an investigation launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/journalist-reyhan-hacioglu-in-custody-the-free-press-will-not-be-silenced-77503 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:56:15


  • "A 37-year-old journalist has filed a complaint with the Sanjaynagar police after allegedly getting death threats from drug peddlers." ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/journalist-files-complaint-against-peddlers-for-death-threats/article69112807.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:56:26


  • "McBride said there are “loads of good journalists” in the UK but that “you’re much more likely to be able to do that sort of journalism if you’re at somewhere where that’s prioritised" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/sam-mcbride-belfast-telegraph-mediahuis/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:56:47


  • "Journalists accused Guardian bosses of attempting to derail the four-day industrial action, which was held in protest against the controversial sale of its sister title The Observer to Tortoise, a loss-making start-up." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/17/guardian-accused-undermining-strikes-using-ai-write-stories/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:57:09


  • "The number of arrests of independent media representatives in Belarus has reached 42, and the country is placed 167 among 180 by the World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-state-tv-svaboda-slova-fourth-part-propaganda-film-rferl-yuras-zyankovich-/33279666.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:57:34


  • "In 10 of the 15 regions that make up Nicaragua, journalists, TV anchors, radio hosts and even local reporters — who detail the goings on in their communities on Facebook pages — have disappeared" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-18/journalists-on-the-verge-of-extinction-in-nicaragua.html | Source: El País    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:57:56


  • "Through the political case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Biden became the first president to secure an Espionage Act conviction against a journalist." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/bidens-legacy-the-world-is-more-unsafe-for-journalists/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 05:58:19


  • "Seyni Amadou, editor in chief of Canal 4 TV, has been arrested, said CAP-Medias-Niger, which represents media workers in the country." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/niger-journalist-held-after-channel-suspended-association-/7942127.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:00:48


  • "Azerbaijan is among the worst jailers of journalists in the world, with more than a dozen behind bars, according to a report released this week by the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/journalists-in-azerbaijan-face-trials-jailings-travel-bans/7941072.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:01:19


  • "Watchdogs estimate about 1,500 journalists fled Russia after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and escalated its repression of dissent and independent media." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/press_freedom_russia_exile_media_prague_homesick/7941756.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:02:05


  • "The “Freethought Matters” guest is Amanda Jones, author of the bestselling new book, “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.”" ☛ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/freethought-matters-guest-is-librarian-heroically-championing-right-to-read/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:03:52


  • "The sentences come as Russia -- in the midst of a massive crackdown during its Ukraine offensive -- seeks to punish Navalny's associates since his unexplained death in an Arctic prison colony last February." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-sentences-navalny-lawyers-to-years-behind-bars/7940230.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:04:08


  • "Russia's Justice Ministry on Friday added more journalists to its list of so-called foreign agents, including reporters for Voice of America, Current Time and the BBC." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/journalists-at-voa-current-time-bbc-added-to-russia-s-so-called-foreign-agent-register/7941382.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:04:22


  • "September 2019 The Washington Post reports that while images of Hong Kong democracy protests and police crackdowns are common on most social media sites, they are strangely absent on TikTok." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/how-tiktok-grew-from-a-fun-app-for-teens-into-a-potential-national-security-threat/articleshow/117346131.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:04:43


  • "Prisoners Defenders International, a Madrid-based opposition group, estimates Cuba is holding 1,161 political prisoners." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/media-advocates-say-jailing-of-journalists-in-venezuela-cuba-stifles-reporting-/7940793.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:07:05


  • "Now PayPal has admitted for the first time that Ms Kingley’s account was frozen owing to “content published by UsForThem relating to mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations and school closures”." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/18/proof-that-lockdown-critics-were-debanked-because-of-views/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:07:14


  • "What's worse, as Berlin historian Henrik Schönemann discovered while experimenting with the bot" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-anne-frank-blame-holocaust | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:12:23


  • "It's just so typical of what we see from Russia, [to] take advantage of an ongoing crisis for their own ends" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5259842 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:12:43


  • One criminal/scam supporting another ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/01/17/trump-donation-altman-openai-democrats-letter | Source: Axios http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/19/FTC_Realises_Microsoft_Buying_Fake_Clients_to_Fake_Revenue_Micr.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:13:42


  • Trump was always a magnet for rich criminals    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:13:57


  • "Remember how Zuckerberg was “done with politics”? Remember how he promised that he was going to stop doing what politicians demanded he do?" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/17/as-zuckerberg-goes-around-whining-about-biden-he-made-sure-to-first-get-his-new-approach-approved-by-trump/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:14:09


  • "TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/16/trump-inauguration-big-tech-ceos-in-attendance/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:14:42


  • "We were made aware of planned protests during the upcoming FOSDEM 2025 in response to a scheduled talk which is causing controversy." ☛ https://fosdem.org/2025/news/2025-01-16-protests/ | Source: FOSDEM    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:17:24


  • "When I went down to see Trump, I wondered if Elon would be there but it ended up being a meeting with just Trump and I and our two staff people" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bill-gates-trump-elon-musk-mar-a-lago-b2682032.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:18:49


  • "Whether I am engaging with the news, or with Musk tweeting constantly like a man with no job or friends" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/i-knew-one-day-id-have-to-watch-powerful-men-burn-the-world-down-i-just-didnt-expect-them-to-be-such-losers | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:19:05


  • "the war ends and sanctions are lifted." ☛ https://therecord.media/opentext-corporation-russia-undesirable-list | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:19:25


  • "The new structure proposed by Perplexity would allow for most of ByteDance's existing investors to retain their equity stakes and would bring more video to Perplexity, the report said, citing an unnamed source familiar with the situation." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/perplexity-ai-bids-to-merge-with-tiktok-us-reports/articleshow/117365267.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:19:39


  • "We stand ready to work with the European Commission and the U.S. administration to address our concerns." ☛ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/17.01.2025-baltic-states-concerned-about-us-ai-chip-exclusion.a584063/ | Source: Latvia    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:20:13


  • The FTC is concerned about Big Tech-AI startup partnerships — Microsoft-Open Hey Hi (AI) raises alarms ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/the-ftc-is-concerned-about-big-tech-ai-startup-partnerships-microsoft-open-ai-raises-alarms    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:20:56


  • M.2 CAN FD adapter adds CAN Bus support to hosts with a spare M.2 Key-B socket ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/18/m-2-can-fd-adapter-adds-can-bus-support-to-hosts-with-a-spare-m-2-key-b-socket/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:21:21


  • Dictator promises a quick end to the war in Ukraine. Russia is not convinced. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0117/trump-ukraine-russia-peace-putin    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:21:55


  • How Sheinbaum can strengthen US-Mexico ties in Convicted Felon’s first 100 days ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-sheinbaum-can-strengthen-us-mexico-ties-in-trumps-first-100-days/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:22:31


  • Russian drone, missile strikes kill at least three in Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250118-russian-drone-missile-strikes-kill-at-least-three-in-kyiv    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:22:46


  • Ukraine charges former pro-Russian MP with treason and incitement of hatred ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/ukraine-charges-former-pro-russian-mp-with-treason-and-incitement-of-hatred/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:23:12


  • Lithuanian drones for Ukraine get held up by red tape ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2460294/lithuanian-drones-for-ukraine-get-held-up-by-red-tape    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:23:24


  • At Least 3 Killed In Russian Strikes On Kyiv And Zaporizhzhya ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-strike-kyiv-zaporizhzhya-killed-january-2025/33280167.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:23:33


  • Russia says its forces capture two settlements in eastern Ukraine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-says-its-forces-capture-two-settlements-in-eastern-ukraine1    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:23:45


  • How Antony Blinken, America’s Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/antony-blinken-gaza-israel-ukraine.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:23:58


  • Russia Attacks Kyiv With Ballistic Missiles ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/world/europe/ukraine-kyiv-russia.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:24:07


  • What Convicted Felon Could Do on Ukraine, Iran, China and Crises Around the Globe ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/trump-deal-maker.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:24:25


  • Who are the “Elite”? ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2025/01/18/who-are-the-elite/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:25:14


  • A Russian-Iranian inaugural gift for Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/a-russian-iranian-inaugural-gift-for-trump/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:25:34


  • U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/cia-director-william-burns.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:25:52


  • “Malware” ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/18/investigating-usb-to-ethernet-dongles-with-malware-claims/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:26:19


  • Upcoming Belarus Election Cannot Be Credible In Current 'Repressive Environment,' Says Blinken ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-blinken-election-lukashenka-repressive-environment/33279722.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:27:14


  • Walgreens ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/walgreens-ceo-locking-up-merch | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:28:26


  • "assessment of the health of nearly 24,000 freshwater species" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-extinction-threatens-quarter-freshwater-species.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:28:51


  • [Old] "In Britain, smart metering has evolved into what may be the largest ever civilian project disaster." ☛ https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/Papers/SEv3-ch14.pdf | Source: uni Cambridge    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:29:19


  • "The security problems stem from outdated protocols, poor implementations, and weak design principles." ☛ https://smartgrid.ieee.org/bulletins/july-2018/security-and-privacy-concerns-in-smart-metering-the-cyber-physical-aspect |    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:29:38


  • "Ants are among the few species that can handle bidirectional traffic flows, much like our roads" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-traffic-reveals-ants-secrets-smooth.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:30:04


  • "The flight tracking website FlightRadar24" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/airplanes-divert-starship-explodes | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:30:28


  • "SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Starship" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/spacex-launches-seventh-starship-mock-satellite-deployment-test-2025-01-16/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:30:44


  • "Yes, I am. I'm currently assigned to the Palisades Fire. We started on 12-hour shifts, and now we're working full 24-hour shifts." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5258948 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:31:30


  • "The rise of 3.58 parts per million (ppm) recorded at Mauna Loa was above the predicted 2.84ppm from Britain's Met Office, while satellite measurements also showed large rises worldwide." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-carbon-dioxide-incompatible-15c.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:31:59


  • "Federal agencies gather all kinds of data — from air quality readings to research on extreme weather events. Researchers and advocates have been scrambling to save as much data as they can, a skill they honed during Trump’s first term." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/18/24346025/data-donald-trump-climate-environment-epa | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:32:36


  • "On October 22, 2024, Scotland resident Barbara Payne was cleaning up after a storm that tossed seaweed and other debris near her home on the Isle of Coll." ☛ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/jan25/nos-drift-card-1976-oil-spill.html | Source: NOAA    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:32:45


  • "I talk about streaming HTML" ☛ https://rinici.de/posts/streaming-html |    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:36:11


  • "fun buying something" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-4-brings-the-raspberry-pi-stream-deck-to-life | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:36:43


  • "Addition is harder than you'd expect, at least for a computer." ☛ http://www.righto.com/2025/01/pentium-carry-lookahead-reverse-engineered.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:37:52


  • "The base mechanism of a co-axial swerve drive robot is a swerve module that uses one axle" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/01/18/the-swervebot-is-an-omnidirectional-robot-that-combines-lego-and-3d-printed-parts/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:38:01


  • Who is FOSDEM named by? (The F) Richard Stallman. Who is trying to CRASH FOSDEM right now? Drew 'they drew me some naked kids, made me horny!' DeVault. FOSDEM organisers would be wise to realise what's going on here. The Microsofters already egg on Drew 'they drew me some naked kids, made me horny!' DeVault.    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:42:52


  • Links 19/01/2025: TikTok (Fentanylware) Now Banned in the US, Convicted Felon Talks to Fentanylware CEO and Pooh-Tin About Undoing the Ban Despite the Supreme Court Unanimously Upholding It http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/19/Links_19_01_2025_TikTok_Fentanylware_Now_Banned_in_the_US_Convi.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 06:53:14


  • "For former Adobe Illustrator (or Corel Draw) users, you know how crucial CMYK support is for print design, especially in vector." ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1061/cmyk-support-in-inkscape-could-be-a-game-changer-for-professional-print-designers | Source: David Revoy    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:22:07


  • "Don't panic. Yes, there were a bunch of CVEs, affecting potentially hundreds of thousands of users" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/rsync_vulnerabilities/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:22:31


  • "Major user-facing changes include: [...]" ☛ https://kodi.tv/article/kodi-21-2-omega-release/ | Source: Kodi Foundation    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:22:46


  • "For some, Zuckerberg’s recent decision to ditch fact-checkers in exchange for community notes" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/01/mark-zuckerberg-meta-trump-tech/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    
  • < "But experts contacted by Asia Fact Check Lab who examined the video say it appears to be authentic." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/factcheck/2025/01/16/korea-ukraine-soldiers-video-fact-check/ | Source: RFA    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:24:01


  • "ignores TikTok’s dreaded For You Page algorithm" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/supreme-court-bug-report/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:25:05


  • "retention order to X requiring it to preserve documents" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/eu_x_algorithm_changes/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:25:28


  • "The opinion (PDF) is predicated solely on data collection concerns." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/scotus-upholds-tiktok-ban/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:27:04


  • "officially going dark in the United States now that a federal ban on the app" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/18/24346883/tiktok-shutdown-offline-us-ban | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:27:22


  • "divest from its Chinese parent ByteDance" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/scotus_upholds_tiktok_ban/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:28:07


  • "Given that the ban’s deadline is before Trump is sworn in, it’s not clear whether Trump can actually extend it." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/18/24346677/white-house-tiktok-go-dark-threat-stunt-trump-90-day-extension | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:28:35


  • "European Commission adopted three new investigatory measures." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/european-commission-requests-information-from-x-under-the-digital-services-act/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:29:37


  • "TikTok refugees" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/technology/what-if-no-one-misses-tiktok.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:35:32


  • "TikTok announced it will shut down in the US on Sunday" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-faces-us-ban-deadline-as-users-brace-for-fallout/articleshow/117354671.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:36:02


  • "That’s because executive orders can help him circumvent Congress" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/395581/trump-executive-orders-immigration | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:38:00


  • "deadly melee between Chinese and Indian troops along the countries" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/18/tiktok-ban-russia-india-nepal/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:38:27


  • "and, by extension, the Chinese government" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/briefing/a-big-bold-tiktok-ban.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:39:24


  • "On Friday morning, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal by TikTok and parent ByteDance to halt a law" ☛ https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/tiktok-shutdown-definitive-statement-ban-enforcement-1236277844/ | Source: Variety    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:39:56


  • "department." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-trump-office-white-house | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:55:07


  • "A new report by the Middle East Forum stated that the Dearborn imam is “pro-Hezbollah.”" ☛ https://www.thejc.com/news/usa/hezbollah-imam-trump-inauguration-yeshiva-university-jtabl3vp | Source: The Jewish Chronicle    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:55:28


  • "significant history of extremism" ☛ https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/us-news/imam-who-refused-to-call-hezbollah-a-terrorist-organization-scheduled-to-deliver-a-benediction-at-trumps-inauguration/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:56:12


  • "Husham Al-Husainy is the imam of the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center in Dearborn, Michigan." ☛ https://www.meforum.org/fwi/fwi-news/anti-semitic-pro-hezbollah-imam-to-address-trump-inauguration | Source: ME Forum    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:56:59


  • "Frustrated by the Biden’s administration failure to reach achieve a ceasefire in Gaza" ☛ https://www.newarab.com/news/us-imam-husham-al-husainy-speak-trump-inauguration | Source: The New Arab    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:57:21


  • "In private discussions, the adjective that was most frequently used to describe the Trump phone call was rough." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/01/trump-greenland-crisis-denmark-europe/681371/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:57:56


  • Seems more like collusion regarding the "app" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/18/incoming-us-president-donald-trump-talks-trade-tiktok-with-chinese-leader-xi-jinping/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:58:46


  • "The freedom of association was not created to protect vicious criminals" ☛ https://apnews.com/article/denmark-bandidos-motorcycle-club-criminal-group-485dcbba52609532c89945b0f72b7944 | Source: Associated Press    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 10:59:10


  • "The popular OpenSSH remote-administration tool rolled out post-quantum crypto in 2022." ☛ http://blog.cr.yp.to/20250118-flight.html | Source: DJ Bernstein    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:00:16


  • "The company’s response reflects broader concerns over privacy and digital rights, as many fear that these measures are a step toward increased government surveillance online." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/vpns-are-not-solution-age-verification-laws | Source: EFF    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:01:06


  • "He stated that Paris was satisfied with the platform's cooperation" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/telegram-boss-admits-seriousness-of-french-allegations-source/articleshow/117356120.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:01:31


  • "ordered well-known web hosting provider GoDaddy Inc." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/16/ftc-orders-godaddy-strength-security-practices-years-data-breaches/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:01:55


  • "The six queried firms sell tools that businesses use to constantly tweak pricing, allowing retailers to algorithmically adjust and target what they charge consumers based on a variety of individual characteristics." ☛ https://therecord.media/surveillance-pricing-preliminary-ftc-report | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:02:25


  • "The TikTok ban is about US tech hegemony, not national security or protecting Americans’ data, which homegrown social media companies make a business of collecting and selling." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/01/tiktok-ban-china-data-surveillance/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:02:59


  • "Not surprisingly, GM was subsequently sued." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/17/ftc-bans-gm-from-selling-driver-location-data-for-5-years/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:03:54


  • "spoofed Google UI that it was using to trick Bing users" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344207/microsoft-bing-search-results-google-design-change-reversed | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:04:43


  • Privateering: "Here's a look at what these companies do — as well as some thorny ethical issues they raise. " ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5265301 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:06:19


  • Windows TCO: "The perpetrators reportedly accessed files belonging to Secretary Janet Yellen" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/chinese-hackers-infiltrated-us-treasury-secretarys-pc-attackers-had-access-to-over-400-pcs | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:08:30


  • Windows TCO: "This latest presidential mandate follows a year of unprecedented attacks by Chinese government" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/biden_cybersecurity_eo/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:08:40


  • "tools like Apple's summarizing tool are still struggling with "hallucinations," a problem some experts believe could be intrinsic to the tech." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/apple-halts-disastrous-ai-fake-news | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:10:16


  • "The account's avatar depicts a woman whose left arm is amputated above the elbow." ☛ https://futurism.com/instagram-asian-amputees-account | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:10:38


  • "Apple is pulling a feature that uses artificial intelligence to produce summaries of news stories after it repeatedly sent out error-ridden headlines" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-news-summaries-fake-headlines-1.7434136 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:11:06


  • "None of this should be surprising. Such AI "hallucinations" are a problem inherent to all large language models that nobody's solved yet, if it's even solvable at all." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/apple-engineers-ai-deep-flaws | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:12:01


  • "The site is strategically located close to military-scale aviation facilities." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/andurils-819k-arsenal-1-facility-largest-single-job-creation-project-ohio-1730261 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:12:27


  • "Unix had a longer evolution, with the first of many man pages written for formatting using nroff in 1971." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2025/01/18/a-brief-history-of-help/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:13:23


  • "Microsoft's feedback forums notes this has been rolling out for a few months on Word. While no one asked for the assistant, there doesn't appear to be a straightforward way to get rid of it." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/copilot_microsoft_365/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:13:51


  • "In the announcement post, Microsoft says that the price of Microsoft 365 will be rising from $7 to $10 per month for Personal subscribers and $10 to $13 per month for the Family bundle." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2581179/microsoft-follows-google-with-price-bump-forced-ai-365-bundles.html | Source: PC World    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:14:32


  • "These efforts are hyper-focused on back office, and on capabilities that are ready to go. There’s not a lot of [government R&D] work happening here" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/army/2025/01/army-readies-new-ai-guidance-based-on-lessons-learned/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:15:01


  • "strategic partnership" ☛ https://futurism.com/large-publisher-layoffs-openai | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:15:53


  • "The issue? That's far easier said than done." ☛ https://futurism.com/amazon-ai-powered-alexa-hallucinations-problem | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:16:29


  • "Exercising regularly can even benefit the gastrointestinal system, like gut motility, digestion and the gut microbiome." ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/01/are-there-benefits-to-exercising-while-taking-new-diet-drugs-ozempic-wegovy-semaglutide/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:17:24


  • "So apparently we live in a world where 180 seconds is considered long-form since it was too long for a platform whose focus was short-form videos." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/short-long-form | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:18:01


  • "In a demonstration video shared with Defense News" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2025/01/17/sweden-unveils-drone-swarm-to-be-paired-with-ground-troops/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:19:16


  • "Every manufacturer must implement the essential requirements in Annex 1 Part 1 of the EU CRA in their products." ☛ https://embeddeduse.com/2025/01/17/eu-cra-essential-requirements-related-to-product-properties/ | Source: Burkhard Stubert    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:19:27


  • "US officials said Thursday that they believe the investments have made Ukraine’s drones more effective and deadly." ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/nytimes/1258961/us-reveals-once-secret-support-for-ukraines-drone-industry/ | Source: Greece    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:19:36


  • "The best thermal imaging cameras allow you to explore the world in a whole new way. They let you see, measure, and capture temperature differences, accurately and from a safe distance." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/buying-guides/best-thermal-imaging-camera#section-best-thermal-imaging-camera-overall |    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:19:42


  • "f you’re a competent software engineer at a large tech company, your time is in very high demand. Lots of people will want you to do things." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/predators/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:20:20


  • "The pumpkins were being given a dignified farewell. The Pumpkin Taker should always do his job this well." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/putting-pumpkins-out-to-pasture/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:22:24


  • "Maybe I should just use the golden radio and call it a day." ☛ https://chrisglass.com/2025/01/17/aspect-ratios-golden-arches-golden-ratios/ | Source: Chris Glass    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:22:34


  • "having a web page" ☛ https://mihobu.lol/blog-question-challenge-2025 | Source: Michael Burkhardt    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:24:28


  • "Seeing a whole bunch of unchanged behavior just reinforced the need to do a fresh start on this stuff." ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/01/17/fs/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:25:34


  • "If you are reading this, you probably came to the conclusion that EU NIS2 is applicable to your company." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/a-comprehensive-guide-to-nis2-compliance-part-2-understanding-nis2-requirements | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:26:25


  • "the tool is an extensible file system scanner" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/google-releases-open-source-library-for-software-composition-analysis/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:29:16


  • [Old] "This guide explores how to evolve Emacs into a robust Python IDE." ☛ https://blog.serghei.pl/posts/emacs-python-ide/ |    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:31:35


  • "The other day, I was daydreaming about what the "perfect language" for concurrency would look like, and one of the design options I was considering, was how useful were coroutines, and can they coexist with transactions?" ☛ http://concurrencyfreaks.blogspot.com/2025/01/can-transactions-and-coroutines-co-exist.html | Source: Concurrency Freaks    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:32:19


  • [Old] "We’ve looked mostly on trivial semigroup examples but before exploring more advanced and real-life use cases, I’d like to spend more time on exploring why associativity matters." ☛ https://chshersh.com/blog/2024-12-20-pragmatic-category-theory-part-03.html | Source: Dmitrii Kovanikov    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:32:36


  • [Old] "You define trivial fundamental blocks." ☛ https://chshersh.com/blog/2024-08-19-pragmatic-category-theory-part-02.html | Source: Dmitrii Kovanikov    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:33:13


  • [Old] "I’ve been using pure FP in production for 10 years. I programmed in Haskell, OCaml, Elm and PureScript." ☛ https://chshersh.com/blog/2024-07-30-pragmatic-category-theory-part-01.html | Source: Dmitrii Kovanikov    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:33:54


  • "One reason I find the bug interesting is that it exemplifies the sort of challenges that come up in systems programming." ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2024/11/29/#timing | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:34:20


  • "As you can see from the first blog post on this particular blog, I'm coming up on just 3 years of blogging here." ☛ https://bobmonsour.com/blog/blog-questions-challenge/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:37:47


  • [Old] "The chief reason? Incremental backup. It’s a game-changer, he said." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/postgresql-17-gets-incremental-backup-sql-queries-for-json/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:38:43


  • "ensuring that your transition to Mint 22.1 is successful" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-linux-mint-22-1-from-mint-22/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:40:21


  • "It offers the best of both worlds: Debian’s renowned stability and reliability" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/cinnamon-6-4-landed-in-lmde-6-faye/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:41:14


  • "About a month ago, an Arch Linux Reddit community moderator shared a survey with over 35 questions" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-community-survey-results/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:42:51


  • Microsoft MSN: Microsoft employees are hit once more by layoffs across multiple groups, including gaming (second wave of layoffs iin 2 weeks)    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:44:52


  • Maybe Microsoft can double its "investment" in 'open'AI so that the latter can "buy" services from Microsoft... while losing money. What a fraud, run by Scam Altman and Nadella.    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:45:47


  • The Unfinished Business the Biden Administration Is Handing Back to The Insurrectionist ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/the-unfinished-business-the-biden-administration-is-handing-back-to-donald-trump    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:56:50


  • This Week in Linux 294: GNU/Linux 6.13, GNU/Linux Mint 22.1, Rsync Security Bugs, openSUSE & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-294/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:57:43


  • Kevin Fenzi: Bits from mid jan 2025 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/01/18/bits-from-mid-jan-2025/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 11:58:44


  • Kodi 21.2 is Out! Significantly Faster Library Scan & Lots of Fixes ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/01/kodi-21-2-is-out/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:10:02


  • Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Uses Microsoft-Controlled Front Groups and LLM Slop in Order to Spread Microsoft-Directed Anti-Linux FUD ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/17/Guardian_Digital_Inc_linuxsecurity_com_Uses_Microsoft_Controlle.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:11:14


  • What Fake News Sites Are Doing to GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/18/What_Fake_News_Sites_Are_Doing_to_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:11:22


  • Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com) is Spamming the Web With Microsoft's Promotional LLM Slop About UEFI 'Secure' Boot (Which is Against Real Security) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/18/Guardian_Digital_linuxsecurity_com_is_Spamming_the_Web_With_Mic.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:15:41


  • Slopwatch: Too Lazy to Write Real Articles, Offloading to Chatbots Instead (LLM Slop About "Linux") (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/18/Slopwatch_Too_Lazy_to_Write_Real_Articles_Offloading_to_Chatbot.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:15:53


  • Great example of bloat https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.14-mountinfo    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:17:44


  • Like adding a shell and text editor to Linux (kernel)    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:18:16


  • HackCable: USB-C Keystroke Injection Cable with RP2040 or ESP32 ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/hackcable-usb-c-keystroke-injection-cable-with-rp2040-or-esp32/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:19:28


  • Dillo 3.2 Open-Source Web Browser Released to Celebrate 25th Anniversary ☞ https://9to5linux.com/dillo-3-2-open-source-web-browser-released-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:19:54


  • GitQlient – multi-platform Git client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gitqlient-multi-platform-git-client/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:55:03


  • How To Install Mastodon on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mastodon-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:56:43


  • How To Install ClamAV on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-clamav-linux-mint-22/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:57:27


  • How To Install Telnet on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-telnet-centos-stream-10/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:57:57


  • How To Install MEAN Stack on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mean-stack-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 12:58:24


  • How To Install MEAN Stack on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mean-stack-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:00:33


  • How To Install Express.Js on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-express-js-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:00:48


  • How to Install and Use Neo4j Graph Database on Debian 12 ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-and-use-neo4j-graph-database-on-debian-12/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:01:31


  • How to Install Odoo ERP Software on Ubuntu 24.04 Server ☞ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-odoo-on-ubuntu-24-04-server/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:01:39


  • Kushal Das: Dealing with egl_bad_alloc error for webkit ☞ https://kushaldas.in/posts/dealing-with-egl-bad-alloc-error-for-webkit.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:03:05


  • How to install KDE Plasma 6 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-kde-plasma-6-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts-linux/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:03:27


  • How to Install WordPress with Docker Compose on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-install-wordpress-with-docker-compose-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:03:55


  • Even Technical Articles and HowTos From UNIXMen Nowadays Seem to be LLM Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/17/Even_Technical_Articles_and_HowTos_From_UNIXMen_Nowadays_Seem_t.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:04:40


  • How to Install Snap on Fedora GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-snap-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:05:18


  • How to upgrade to GNU/Linux Mint 22.1 ☞ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4797    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:10:15


  • Cinnamon 6.4 Landed in LMDE 6 “Faye” ☞ https://linuxiac.com/cinnamon-6-4-landed-in-lmde-6-faye/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:10:50


  • Salix – Slackware-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/salix-slackware-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:20:48


  • tCalc – simple calculator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tcalc-simple-calculator/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:21:13


  • "A driver update for my graphics card broke my desktop. Software would freeze when launching, there were visual artefacts everywhere, and I had to type certain commands blind." ☞ https://rubenerd.com/stuff-doesnt-work/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:24:29


  • "Demographic" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:25:29


  • "Discard Similar Votes" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-north-carolina-supreme-court | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:25:51


  • Palestinians 'happy' and 'terrified' as ceasefire due to take effect ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250118-palestinians-happy-and-terrified-as-ceasefire-due-to-take-effect    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:33:33


  • ICC chief prosecutor meets with Syria's new leader al-Sharaa ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250118-icc-chief-prosecutor-karim-khan-meets-with-syrian-leader-in-damascus    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:35:45


  • HRW urges Thailand not to forcibly repatriate 48 detained Uyghur men to China ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/hrw-urges-thailand-to-refrain-from-forcibly-repatriate-48-detained-uyghur-men-to-china/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:36:04


  • JTAG & SWD Debugging On The Pi Pico ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/18/jtag-swd-debugging-on-the-pi-pico/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:36:52


  • FOSDEM is Called "FOSDEM" Because of Richard Stallman (RMS) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/18/FOSDEM_is_Called_FOSDEM_Because_of_Richard_Stallman_RMS.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:41:23


  • The FSF's 2024 End-of-Year Fundraiser Succeeds: Over $400k to Support Software Freedom ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/17/The_FSF_s_2024_End_of_Year_Fundraiser_Succeeds_Over_400k_to_Sup.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:41:53


  • President Biden is Right, "Free Press is Crumbling" and the United States Exports Its Media-Hostile Culture to Other Continents ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/17/President_Biden_is_Right_Free_Press_is_Crumbling_and_the_United.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:42:15


  • RMS 'Inauguration' in Montpellier (Government Administration) on January 20th ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/17/RMS_Inauguration_in_Montpellier_Government_Administration_on_Ja.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:42:36


  • Going to FOSDEM 2025 ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2025/01/18/kde-fosdem-2025-preview.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:44:43


  • UN raises alarm over rising ethnic violence in Sudan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/un-raises-alarm-over-rising-ethnic-violence-in-sudan/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:46:08


  • Los Angeles deputy pleads guilty to assaulting transgender man exercising free speech rights ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/los-angeles-deputy-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-transgender-man-exercising-free-speech-rights/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:46:47


  • "just as Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is ending support for the 32-bit backdoored Windows operating system." ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/ea-will-shut-down-the-origin-app-on-april-2025-company-asks-users-to-migrate-to-the-new-ea-app    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:47:46


  • Syria's new leaders reckon with reintegrating vestiges of Assad regime ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250118-syria-s-new-leaders-reckon-with-reintegrating-vestiges-of-assad-regime    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:49:56


  • Zero Trust and Entra ID Conditional Access, (Sun, Jan 19th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31602    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:51:33


  • Misleading. This is just a security disaster, not a solution, performance issues aside    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:52:41


  • The Henri Cartier-Bresson of South Korea ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-henri-cartier-bresson-of-south-korea    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:52:56


  • Server vs Desktop Components: What is the Difference? ☞ https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/server-vs-desktop-components/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:54:42


  • Microsoft auto-updates consumer PCs to backdoored Windows 11 24H2 — you can defer the update for five weeks ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-auto-updates-consumer-pcs-to-windows-11-24h2-you-can-defer-the-update-for-five-weeks    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:55:34


  • OrangePi 4A Review: Coming for the king ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/orangepi-4a-review "OrangePi’s alternative to the mighty Raspberry Pi makes a commendable claim for the throne, but it falls far short of the gold standard."    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:56:16


  • Raspberry Pi 4 brings the Raspberry Pi stream deck to life ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-4-brings-the-raspberry-pi-stream-deck-to-life    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:56:25


  • "I3C Bit-banging Fun For The RP2040" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/18/i3c-bit-banging-fun-for-the-rp2040/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:56:40


  • IRS commissioner to step down before his term ends, letting Convicted Felon advance his own pick ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/01/irs-commissioner-to-step-down-before-his-term-ends-letting-trump-advance-his-own-pick/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:57:28


  • Jimmy Lai paid retired US army general to advise Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen on Convicted Felon’s attitude, court hears ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/17/jimmy-lai-paid-retired-us-army-general-to-advise-taiwans-tsai-ing-wen-on-trumps-attitude-court-hears/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:57:47


  • US Senate moves forward with tougher immigration detention rules for theft-related charges ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/us-senate-moves-forward-with-tougher-immigration-detention-rules-for-theft-related-charges/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:58:29


  • Windows TCO ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/chinese-hackers-infiltrated-us-treasury-secretarys-pc-attackers-had-access-to-over-400-pcs    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:59:22


  • New UEFI vulnerability bypasses Secure Boot — bootkits stay undetected even after OS re-install ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/new-uefi-vulnerability-bypasses-secure-boot-bootkits-stay-undetected-even-after-os-re-install    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 13:59:51


  • Japan foreign minister to highlight defence spending, investment at Convicted Felon inaugural ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-foreign-minister-to-highlight-defence-spending-investment-at-trump-inaugural    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:00:38


  • Goodbye Salesfarce, hello Socket ☞ https://nolanlawson.com/2025/01/18/goodbye-salesforce-hello-socket/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:01:18


  • Happiness is a "fuel tank". And if empty, people can experience burnout or worse.    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:02:31


  • Ghostty Will Get You Excited About Using a Terminal Again ☞ https://thenewstack.io/ghostty-will-get-you-excited-about-using-a-terminal-again/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:02:49


  • Canada’s best response to The Insurrectionist’s aggression? Socialism ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-best-response-to-donald-trumps-aggression-socialism/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:03:46


  • A Salon Hair Wash Can Be a Serious Health Threat, Expert Says ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-salon-hair-wash-can-be-a-serious-health-threat-expert-says    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:04:19


  • Paleo Diet Debunked: Ancient Humans Ate Plants, Study Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/paleo-diet-debunked-ancient-humans-ate-plants-study-shows    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:04:35


  • Diamond From 400 Miles Deep Reveals a Water-Rich Environment ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/diamond-from-400-miles-deep-reveals-a-water-rich-environment    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:04:53


  • Physicist May Have Solved The Grandfather of All Time-Travel Paradoxes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicist-may-have-solved-the-grandfather-of-all-time-travel-paradoxes    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:05:20


  • Scientists Quantified The Harm of Sugary Drinks, And It's Devastating ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-quantified-the-harm-of-sugary-drinks-and-its-devastating    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:05:47


  • We Know Olive Oil Is Good For Us – Turns Out The Leaves Are Too ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/we-know-olive-oil-is-good-for-us-turns-out-the-leaves-are-too    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:06:08


  • Chefs reveal the one McDonald’s ‘special treat’ they can’t resist: ‘A safe place for me’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/01/18/lifestyle/chefs-reveal-the-one-mcdonalds-special-treat-they-cant-resist/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:06:23


  • Learn New Tools, Or Hone Your Skill With The Old? ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/18/learn-new-tools-or-hone-your-skill-with-the-old/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:07:41


  • Dictator told advisers he wants to visit China during his first 100 days in office: report ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/01/18/us-news/trump-told-advisers-he-wants-to-visit-china-during-his-first-100-days-in-office/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:08:02


  • China’s secretive build-up presents Convicted Felon with a difficult nuclear challenge ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-secretive-build-up-presents-trump-with-a-difficult-nuclear-challenge/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:08:21


  • Chinese sculptor’s The Insurrectionist as Buddha statues go viral, again, ahead of inauguration ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/19/chinese-sculptors-donald-trump-as-buddha-statues-go-viral-again-ahead-of-inauguration/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:08:58


  • Malaysia takes on Asean mantle but tempers expectations on Myanmar, South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-takes-on-asean-mantle-but-tempers-expectations-on-myanmar-south-china-sea    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:09:25


  • Dictator wants to visit China as president: Wall Street Journal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-wants-to-visit-china-as-president-wall-street-journal    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:09:34


  • Asean and China must start tackling thorny issues of South China Sea code, Philippines says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/asean-and-china-must-start-tackling-thorny-issues-of-south-china-sea-code-philippines-says    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:09:45


  • Misleading mooncake ads, vulgar content: China’s influencer network firms face regulatory clean-up ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/misleading-mooncake-ads-vulgar-content-chinas-influencer-network-firms-face-regulatory-clean-up    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:09:57


  • Taiwan delegation to take ‘highest blessings’ to Convicted Felon inauguration ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-delegation-to-take-highest-blessings-to-trump-inauguration    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:10:14


  • China ‘gives face’ by sending V-P to Convicted Felon’s inauguration, but it may not matter much ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-gives-face-by-sending-vp-to-trumps-inauguration-but-it-may-not-matter-much    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:10:31


  • Court extends detention of South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250118-court-extends-detention-of-south-korea-s-impeached-president-yoon-suk-yeol    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:11:59


  • Protesters breach Seoul courthouse after impeached South Korea President Yoon arrested ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/protesters-breach-courthouse-after-impeached-south-korea-president-yoon-arrested/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:12:11


  • Bread, soup, soy milk: South Korean leader’s life in jail ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/bread-soup-soy-milk-south-korean-leaders-life-in-jail    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:12:21


  • South Korean court extends impeached president’s detention, angering supporters ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-court-extends-president-yoons-detention    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:12:32


  • 294: GNU/Linux 6.13, GNU/Linux Mint 22.1, Rsync Security Bugs, openSUSE & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://thisweekinlinux.com/294    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:13:41


  • Petter Reinholdtsen: What is the most supported MIME type in Debian in 2025? ☞ http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/What_is_the_most_supported_MIME_type_in_Debian_in_2025_.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:14:53


  • Russia sentences three lawyers for aiding Alexei Navalny amid international condemnation ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/russia-sentences-three-lawyers-for-aiding-alexei-navalny-amid-international-condemnation/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:15:56


  • Russian court sentences Navalny lawyers to years behind bars ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250118-russian-court-sentences-navalny-lawyers-to-years-behind-bars    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:16:04


  • Priority by Two Days: TTAB Grants Cancellation in Domain Name Dispute Turned Trademark Battle ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/01/priority-cancellation-trademark.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:17:30


  • Everyone is asking the wrong questions about Fentanylware (TikTok) ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/jan/18/usa-should-require-bytedance-to-open-source-tiktok/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:19:50


  • Will Convicted Felon crack the mystery of Covid-19’s origin? ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/will-trump-crack-the-mystery-of-covid-19s-origin/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:20:19


  • Health Secretary Defends Biden’s Covid Vaccine Mandates and Social Media Efforts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/xavier-becerra-health.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:20:49


  • Stealth AirTag ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/18/stealth-airtag-broadcasts-when-moved-an-experiment/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:22:24


  • "Putting Cheap Motorcycle Tachometers To Work" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/18/putting-cheap-motorcycle-tachometers-to-work/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:24:05


  • TikTok C.E.O. Plans to Attend Convicted Felon Inauguration ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/us/politics/tiktok-ceo-trump-inauguration.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:25:03


  • Dictator Is Said to Consider Executive Order to Circumvent Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/politics/trump-tiktok-executive-order.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:25:14


  • "Influencers and destinations await the fallout." ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/travel/tiktok-travel-trends.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:26:27


  • In TikTok’s Final Hours, Users React to a Nationwide Ban of the App ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/style/tiktok-ban-final-hours.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:26:44


  • Biden and Convicted Felon Weigh In as Fentanylware (TikTok) Threatens to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/technology/17tiktok-goes-dark-sunday-apple-google.html    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:27:00


  • Fentanylware (TikTok) going "dark" as a PR stunt should be more evidence for SCOTUS that the core issue isn't privacy but psychological manipulation, to name just one    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:28:16


  • [Meme] Fentanylware (TikTok) Banned in the United States, Next Up European Union (EU) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/17/Meme_Fentanylware_TikTok_Banned_in_the_United_States_Next_Up_Eu.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:28:49


  • Myanmar military regime enters year 5 in terminal decline ☞ https://rfa.org/english/opinions/2025/01/18/opinion-myanmar-battlefield-opposition-zachary-abuza/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:31:25


  • ‘More sad than shocked’: Tiktok content creators contemplate a future without the app ahead of ban ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/18/more-sad-than-shocked-tiktok-content-creators-contemplate-a-future-without-the-app-ahead-of-ban/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:31:46


posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:31:58


  • TikTok app to 'go dark' in the US on Sunday ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250118-tiktok-to-go-dark-in-the-us-on-sunday    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:32:45


  • Following Supreme Court Decision — And Convicted Felon’s Call with the Chinese President — Fentanylware (TikTok) CEO Thanks President-Elect for Vowing to Help the App Remain in the US ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/17/tiktok-ceo-trump-video/ so it'll become propaganda tool FOR US fascism. Isn't that lovely?    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:33:25


  • RedNote: The Fentanylware (TikTok) Alternative Dominating Now! ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/rednote-tiktok-alternative    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:33:35


  • Fentanylware (TikTok) addicts rushing to RedNote and people running away from X (Melon) to BlueSky or from Musk-Trump to somewhere else are addicts, not rational people. If they thought lucidly, they'd identity the issue: it's not a brand, it's the modality. Social control media is toxic.    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:35:27


  • Brain ABIs, and ahe allure (or not) of sleeping in ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-allure-or-not-of-sleeping-in/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:37:06


  • TikTok to go dark for 170M US users after app announces services will be ‘temporarily unavailable’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/01/18/business/tiktok-to-go-dark-for-170m-us-users-after-app-announces-services-will-be-temporarily-unavailable/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 14:38:19


  • Trump Just FURIOUSLY SNAPPED At Seth Meyers OVER THIS https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=ST71nMLUtoc    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 15:02:53


  • # I bet this comes with an automatic compacting bit-bucket for disposing of all that network noise gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/01/18.1    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 15:53:24


  • "These are my notes on refurbishing a laptop with a broken screen hinge to a NixOS home server. A coworker recommended Colmena for managing NixOS on remote machines, so I decided to give it a try." gemini://log.pfad.fr/2025/fde-nixos-colmena-passwordless-reboot/    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 15:54:03


  • Windows less than 5% in Cameroon https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/cameroon/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 16:49:17


  • Fell to 28% in Brunei https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/brunei-darussalam/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 16:49:57


  • 5% in Yemen https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/yemen/#monthly-200902-202501    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 16:50:38


  • The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250119.txt    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 16:52:06


  • "F1 in 2024 started off looking like a walkover for Verstappen, then got more interesting, then he won any way. In 2025 things should start off more even, so we might get an entertaining season." gemini://freeshell.de/f1/2025-01-19_Is_this_going_to_be_a_good_year_.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 16:53:41


  • 🔤SpellBinding: BGIRNOK Wordo: SHYLY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-01-19.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 16:54:01


  • "I got a little caught up playing with the CSS, but I think it's time to make a little introduction post." gemini://sorrel-sour.smol.pub/intro    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 16:55:29


  • Stella Assange gave up on YouTube as social control media https://yewtu.be/channel/UC7VY_cUCjd9EbiOoO5LuxjA    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 16:56:59


  • But she still works for (gets manipulated) by MElon in "x". This means MElon Trump exercises influence over Assange.    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 16:57:39


  • Slavoj Žižek Unveils the Secrets Behind Russia's Propaganda Machine https://yewtu.be/watch?v=O6T8vfqQk2c    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 17:38:45


  • JD Vance is wrong about AfD, Nazis https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-jd-vance-is-wrong-about-afd-nazis/a-71212825    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 17:41:07


  • MElon approves? https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-conservative-leader-open-to-talks-with-far-right/a-71221489    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 17:41:41


  • HMPV https://www.dw.com/en/what-to-know-about-the-hmpv-outbreak-in-china/a-71230553    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 17:42:25


  • Wonder who did this and WHY... wonder on.... https://www.dw.com/en/two-baltic-sea-cables-repaired-after-suspected-sabotage/a-71232886    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 17:42:52


  • illegal abortions https://www.dw.com/en/more-iranian-women-forced-into-illegal-abortions/a-71229081    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 17:44:00


  • "was that to cut your severance or to protect them from getting sued? the sole purpose of 'companies' like IBM nowadays is to shovel money upwards to the executives and shareholders neither group is useful and produce jack squat " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jhpaexjq    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 20:02:16


  • Libera.Chat getting smaller and smaller in recent months https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=Libera.Chat    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 20:05:14


  • "We are very glad that the judge saw the case for what it is. There's even encouragement to end it." http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/01/19/Why_We_Have_Essentially_Won_the_Hearing.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 20:06:45


  • OFTC upwards https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=OFTC    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 20:09:29


  • Germany: Inflation rose to 2.6% in December https://www.dw.com/en/germany-inflation-rose-to-2-6-in-december/a-71228623 https://www.dw.com/en/france-and-germany-falter-as-trump-presidency-looms/a-71210372    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 20:24:53


  • meddling https://www.dw.com/en/european-leaders-decry-elon-musk-s-meddling/a-71227690    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 20:25:49


  • 'reduce censorship' https://www.dw.com/en/meta-ends-fact-checking-to-reduce-censorship/a-71238829    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 20:26:20


  • "Let's say one accepts resources to build some software. These resources might include grant money and volunteer time. Explicitly or implicitly, the resources are intended for pursuing some specific objective." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-01-18_a-failure-mode-for-ngos-making-free-software.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 19, 2025 at 20:31:05



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