Roy Schestowitz

• projects and orgs that try to cancel or distance themselves from their makers: mastodon, nixos, linux, osi, docker, theregister, w3c, eff, apple, microsoft (when gates was getting implicated in divorce over esptein), lots more... seems like society is so sick that it acts like this. fsf sort of reversed course.    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 02:28:18

• gentoo did this only after daniel had sold out to microsoft... that was at least understandable    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 02:29:12

• "Microsoft is a never-ending nightmare for game developers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjwt9xsx    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 03:46:43

• Look what Microsoft did to the founder of Minecraft    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 03:47:11

• "So many exclamation marks! IBM is a great company to work for. Sounds like you got fired. Good luck in your new job at the McDonald's drive-thru!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjwfnagq    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 03:48:16

• "When was there discretionary spending at IBM? Sr VPs reporting to the CEO have no discretionary spending. They like to think paying salaries is discretionary." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjvyqnec    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 03:48:47

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1191.jpg    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 03:49:43

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1541.jpg    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 03:49:48

• In Response to Alex Schroeder's "Why Blog?" gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/1-30.gmi "Another friend tried to proposition me later that summer (I chickened out at the last minute). I fell for one of her friends, who she'd met online, and who was in town for the summer.    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 03:50:33

• "The Reg FOSS desk spent some quality time downgrading Ubuntu to restore graphics acceleration. How and why would we do this?" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/nvidia_gpu_ubuntu_downgrade/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 03:54:32

• Ubuntu itself is less relevant https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/01/ubuntu-dev-matrix-move-confirmed    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 03:54:57

• With Wine 10 update, run your Windows app on Linux better than ever https://www.zdnet.com/article/with-wine-10-update-run-your-windows-app-on-linux-better-than-ever/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 03:59:21

• "Many Linux distribution development teams overlook this issue, and by considering it, they might be better able to bring new users into the fold." https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-the-easiest-thing-linux-developers-can-do-to-win-more-users/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:00:19

• Microsoft-sponsored propaganda site refers to openwashing as "Linux moment" https://www.geekwire.com/2025/ex-google-apple-engineers-raise-10m-to-give-ai-its-linux-moment-with-new-open-source-platform/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:01:30

• Intel has three new Battlemage GPUs hidden in Linux drivers https://www.club386.com/intel-has-three-new-battlemage-gpus-hidden-in-linux-drivers/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:01:57

• Intel's Latest Linux Driver Hints At Several More Discrete Arc Battlemage GPUs https://hothardware.com/news/intel-linux-driver-hints-more-discrete-arc-battlemage-gpus    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:02:32

• TPM is an attack on freedom; its proponents are pushing GAFAM and IBM agenda against true security one can audit https://www.militaryaerospace.com/computers/article/55263873/sysgo-trusted-computing-for-linux-embedded-computing    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:03:32

• Same for this; they focus on the language it's written it, not how it gets installed https://cybersecuritynews.com/hackers-using-sparkrat-in-wild/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:06:11

• Many people quit Facebook over this https://www.neowin.net/news/facebook-apparently-banning-people-from-posting-linux-related-content-on-its-platform/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:06:42

• Facebook censors Linux posts, calls FOSS project "cybersecurity threat" with mysterious inconsistency https://www.notebookcheck.net/Facebook-censors-Linux-posts-calls-FOSS-project-cybersecurity-threat-with-mysterious-inconsistency.953999.0.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:07:05

• Facebook has started banning users for mentioning Linux OS https://hi-tech.ua/en/facebook-has-started-banning-users-for-mentioning-linux-os/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:07:58

• "This release also ships with the Zen Browser, a Firefox-based web browser with many modern and innovative features." https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-2025-01-released-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-and-kde-plasma-6-2    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:08:42

• This is merely a CLAIM https://www.notebookcheck.net/Servers-and-data-centers-could-use-30-less-energy-with-a-simple-Linux-update.953645.0.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:09:46

• Again, merely a claim parroted as fact https://www.networkworld.com/article/3811688/new-tweak-to-linux-kernel-could-cut-data-center-power-usage-by-up-to-30.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:10:40

• Microsoft tattoos on hardware https://www.computerworld.com/article/3811657/linux-gets-support-for-the-copilot-key.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:11:18

• "Facebook is being accused of censoring posts about Linux, including banning any that mention DistroWatch.com, citing “cybersecurity threats” of all things." https://www.webpronews.com/facebook-censors-comments-on-linux-cites-cybersecurity-threats/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:12:09

• "Social notworking site Facebook is censoring posts mentioning Linux-related topics, according to Linux news and discussion site DistroWatch." https://www.fudzilla.com/news/60440-facebook-censors-linux-topics    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:12:26

• Automox Launches Real-Time Linux CVE Data to Outpace NVD Delays www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/01/28/3016418/0/en/Automox-Launches-Real-Time-Linux-CVE-Data-to-Outpace-NVD-Delays.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:12:53

• "System76's computers are great and built specifically for Linux, though they can be a bit expensive at times. Now, the company's excellent Meerkat Mini tiny PC is getting a refresh with new Intel CPUs." https://www.howtogeek.com/system76-meerkat-mini-pc-2025/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:13:13

• How to see file permissions on Linux https://www.networkworld.com/video/3811611/how-to-see-file-permissions-on-linux.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:13:34

• "I use Windows as my primary OS for my work, and it's good on its own. However, to become a perfect OS that can take care of everyone's needs, I believe it can borrow some features from Linux. Here are those." https://www.xda-developers.com/features-windows-needs-steal-from-linux/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:14:01

• "Does Facebook hate Linux? The social media site has been upsetting Linux fans for mysteriously taking down user posts mentioning the OS." https://uk.pcmag.com/social-media/156470/facebook-accidentally-blocks-users-from-posting-about-linux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:14:20

• Facebook is blocking Linux topics and channels with no apparent reason https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/facebook-is-blocking-linux-topics-and-channels-with-no-apparent-reason/ar-AA1y0zNr    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:14:41

• "After almost two years of absence, System76’s Meerkat mini Linux PC is back and more powerful than ever with Intel Core Ultra processors, up to 62% faster RAM, and other updates." https://9to5linux.com/system76s-meerkat-mini-linux-pc-is-back-with-intel-core-ultra-cpus-and-faster-ram    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:14:56

• Intel Adds In Three New Battlemage PCI IDs At Linux Driver, Hinting Towards Release of New dGPU Models https://wccftech.com/intel-adds-in-three-new-battlemage-pci-ids-at-linux-driver/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:15:20

• "The System76 Meerkat is a mini PC that ships with either Ubuntu or Pop!_OS software pre-installed. It’s basically a rebranded version of an Intel or Asus NUC with the System76 logo on the lid, but it stands out from most mini PCs by shipping with a GNU/Linux distribution rather than Windows." https://liliputing.com/system76-meerkat-goes-meteor-lake-linux-mini-pc-spec-bump/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:16:38

• SLOP SPAM SLOP SPAM SLOP SPAM SLOP SPAM SLOP SPAM SLOP SPAM SLOP SPAM SLOP SPAM SLOP SPAM SLOP SPAM https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/open-sources-complexities-in-2025-from-sustainability-to-security-177480.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 04:16:56

• Dictator Administration Use of Guantánamo to Detain Immigrants Threatens Abuse, Inhumane Conditions, Health Harms: PHR ☞ https://phr.org/news/trump-administration-use-of-guantanamo-to-detain-immigrants-threatens-abuse-inhumane-conditions-health-harms-phr/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:38:23

• The Insurrectionist's health secretary pick faces critical Senate grilling ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250129-donald-trump-s-healthe-secretary-pick-faces-critical-senate-grilling    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:38:52

• 'I am not anti-vaccine,' Robert F. Kennedy Jr tells US Senate hearing ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250129-i-am-not-anti-vaccine-rfk-jr-tells-us-senate-hearing    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:39:22

• Dictator restricts access to gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/trump-restricts-access-to-gender-affirming-treatment-for-transgender-youth/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:39:37

• Down with discussion boards ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/discussion-boards/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:40:28

• Freeze to US aid hits Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar hard ☞ https://rfa.org/english/laos/2025/01/29/southeast-asia-us-funding-freeze-impacts/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:40:46

• The Junk Science of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-junk-science-of-robert-f-kennedy-jr    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:41:01

• 5 Takeaways From R.F.K. Jr.’s First Confirmation Hearing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/us/politics/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-takeaways.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:41:17

• Leaving the W.H.O. Could Hurt Americans on a Range of Health Matters ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/health/who-us-withdrawal.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:41:34

• State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/health/trump-pepfar-freeze.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:41:53

• Latvia unveils its first children's precision medicine center ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/30.01.2025-latvia-unveils-its-first-childrens-precision-medicine-center.a585758/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:42:03

• Malaysian police arrest 4 after 2 cars ram into crowd outside KL nightclub ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vehicles-ram-into-crowd-outside-kl-nightclub-malaysian-police-on-the-hunt-for-drivers    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:42:30

• Thai lawyer petitions court for release of detained Uyghurs ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/30/uyghurs-detained-thailand-petition/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:42:45

• Thailand expects high-speed rail link to China to operate from 2030 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-expects-high-speed-rail-link-to-china-to-operate-from-2030    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:43:36

• China takes aim at ‘race-to-the-bottom’ competition ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-takes-aim-at-race-to-the-bottom-competition    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:44:03

• Nvidia stock drops again thanks to rumors of expanded China chip sanctions by Convicted Felon administration ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-stock-drops-again-thanks-to-rumors-of-expanded-china-chip-sanctions-by-trump-administration    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:44:22

• With acoustic blast, China ups aggression in disputed waters: Philippine Navy ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/01/29/philippines-china-aggression/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:44:47

• Ethnic Mongolian dissident Hada gets Nobel Peace Prize nomination ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/29/china-mongolian-dissident-nobel-peace-nomination/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:45:03

• As a village waits to be swallowed by Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis, once-defiant residents are unsure of their fate ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/01/30/as-a-village-waits-to-be-swallowed-by-hong-kongs-northern-metropolis-once-defiant-residents-are-unsure-of-their-fate/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:45:35

• Is DeepSeek a proof of concept? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/sinographs/is-deepseek-a-proof-of-concept/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:46:27

• DeepSeek challenges the supremacy of US tech companies in Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/deepseek-challenges-the-supremacy-of-us-tech-companies-in-ai/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:47:08

• How to Setup Syslog Server on Ubuntu Server 24.04​ ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-setup-syslog-server-on-ubuntu-server-24-04/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:48:17

• Paper Tape – With LASERs! ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/29/paper-tape-with-lasers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:48:45

• iophk: microsoft "is really desperate to control the files themselves, not just the format: https://boingboing.net/2025/01/30/fed-up-with-the-microsoft-365-price-hike-heres-a-cheaper-version.html spam like that is *_everywhere_* and they are spreading the "PC or Mac" falsehood. Macintoshes *_are_* PCs"    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:53:24

• iophk: Likewise spam like this: https://boingboing.net/2025/01/29/dont-know-how-to-code-good.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:53:44

• "It's important to not draw attention to the specifics while at the same time alerting to the campaign and, most important of all, drawing attention to the technologies which microsoft is copying and trying to compete against."    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 08:54:27

• Google offers ‘voluntary exit’ to all US platforms and devices employees https://www.theverge.com/news/603432/google-voluntary-exit-platforms-devices-team GAFAM    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 09:03:53

• Dragon Age Developers Reveal They’ve Been Laid Off After BioWare Puts ‘Full Focus’ on Mass Effect https://pc-tablet.com/dragon-age-developers-reveal-theyve-been-laid-off-after-bioware-puts-full-focus-on-mass-effect/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 09:05:05

• World Without Choices https://casbs.stanford.edu/loop-how-technology-creating-world-without-choices-and-how-fight-back https://jonathanhaidt.com/anxious-generation/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:07:05

• "Must we stand helplessly-by as leaders very deliberately put ever-more unreliable and untrustworthy tech right at the heart of modern existence?" https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/notoneofus/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:07:45

• "This is a "Dr. Strangelove" moment. We've allowed very important technology that the world depends on to fall into the hands of unfit guardians, pretenders, perhaps trait ors to tech who are unable to handle the responsibility." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/notoneofus/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:07:53

• Supercon ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/29/supercon-2024-joshua-wise-hacks-the-bambu-x1-carbon/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:10:16

• Taylorator Makes Mischief On The Airwaves ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/29/taylorator-makes-mischief-on-the-airwaves/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:14:25

• Brushless ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/29/going-brushless-salvaging-a-dead-drill/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:16:43

• "Even before entering the mystical realms of UHF design, radio frequency (RF) circuits come with a whole range of fun design aspects as well." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/01/29/using-guanella-baluns-as-impedance-transformers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:17:17

• "A few years in Early Access and it's now complete. Luden.io have released the 1.0 update for Learning Factory, a chilled factory building automation sim about supplying cats on Mars with everything they need." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/relaxed-factory-automation-sim-learning-factory-1-0-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:20:51

• "Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is quickly approaching release and it's looking good, to the point that Warhorse Studios have announced that it will be playable on Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-from-warhorse-studios-confirmed-playable-on-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:21:37

• "Collabora have announced they've taken over development of libsurvive, an open source lighthouse tracking system for VR. It's now moved over to their GitHub to continue to expand." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/collabora-take-over-libsurvive-development-an-open-source-vr-lighthouse-tracking-system/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:22:07

• Moving to GitHub me and means moving to Microsoft and proprietary tools    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:23:57

• "You can get a free game from Fanatical, plus a bunch of great discounts during the Lunar New Year Sale and there's also the new Fanatical Favorites Bundle." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/get-112-operator-free-during-fanaticals-lunar-new-year-sale-plus-a-new-fanatical-favorites-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:25:17

• "From the teams that gave us the popular SnowRunner and MudRunner, the next-gen construction simulation RoadCraft is looking great." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/next-gen-construction-simulation-roadcraft-gets-a-new-trailer-and-release-date/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:26:31

• "With the NTSYNC driver landing ready for the Linux kernel 6.14 release, there's now an open Merge Request to actually hook up support for it in Wine." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/ntsync-driver-support-heads-to-wine-in-a-new-merge-request/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:27:03

• "Ready for a fresh and unusual experience? The End of the Sun is out now with Linux support taking you across time in this Slavic fantasy adventure." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-end-of-the-sun-is-a-slavic-fantasy-time-travel-adventure-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:29:20

• "Released back in December that I missed, developer Tim Krief put up Fallacy Quiz, a game that tests your ability to identify misleading or incorrect reasoning." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/put-your-thinking-cap-on-for-fallacy-quiz-a-game-that-will-test-your-reasoning-skills/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:31:06

• "NVIDIA today released the 570.86.16 Beta driver for Linux which includes various new features, and a few good bug fixes too. Quite an exciting one too since it brings support for VRR on systems with multiple displays." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/nvidia-beta-driver-570-86-16-released-with-vrr-for-multiple-displays-and-lots-of-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:37:41

• "It's short, it's cute, it's free with Linux support and it's out now on Steam." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/free-bite-sized-photography-platformer-batography-out-now-on-steam/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:38:58

• "The free, open source and cross-platform RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 is now finally available and it brings with it a whole lot of new features and content." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/open-source-rts-0-a-d-alpha-27-released-bringing-a-new-vulkan-renderer-new-maps-amd-fsr-and-lots-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:42:46

• "Koranbrännaren Salwan Momika skjuten till döds | SVT Nyheter" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/sodertalje/person-hittad-skjuten-i-sodertalje    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:44:00

• camera-based dynamic pricing https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/krogers-brings-nyc-style-pricing-to-rest:b ("Krogers brings NYC style pricing to rest of America")    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:44:15

• "The Parallels Between Trump's Republican Party and China's Cultural Revolution" https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/27/trump-transition-us-election-republican-party-china-cultural-revolution/ paywall    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:49:27

• "What a year, huh? – eay.cc" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://eay.cc/2025/what-a-year-huh/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:49:37

• "Trump Administration Use of Guantánamo to Detain Immigrants Threatens Abuse, Inhumane Conditions, Health Harms: PHR" https://phr.org/news/trump-administration-use-of-guantanamo-to-detain-immigrants-threatens-abuse-inhumane-conditions-health-harms-phr/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:50:03

• cartoon https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/bonus-daily-cartoon-turn-turn-turn    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:50:56

• "Access to this page has been denied" (blocked by gratuitous javascript) https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5114493-elon-musk-trump-allies/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:51:24

• "Trump 2.0 and the fracture of US cyber power" https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2025/01/29/trump-20-and-the-fracture-of-us-cyber-power/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:52:02

• "Protect Your Privacy on Bumble" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/protect-your-privacy-bumble    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:52:25

• "Trump Said We Should Kill Drug Dealers. Then He Appointed One as Health Secretary" https://futurism.com/neoscope/trump-execute-dealers-rfk-jr    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:52:50

• "Trump Is Drawing on Cold War–Era Repressive Tactics" https://jacobin.com/2025/01/trump-immigration-cold-war-repression/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:53:05

• "The Imminent Consequences of Trump’s Executive Orders" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/01/30/the-imminent-consequences-of-trumps-executive-orders/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:53:16

• "Putin, Trump and the shaking of Europe’s political map" https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-28/putin-trump-and-the-shaking-of-europes-political-map.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:53:29

• "Justice minister seeks tougher punishment for street-gang_[sic]-related crimes" https://yle.fi/a/74-20140417    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:54:28

• "Did Donald Trump Freeze Hiring of Air Traffic Controllers? What We Know - Newsweek" https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-freeze-hiring-air-traffic-controllers-washington-crash-2023348    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:54:43

• "Hamas confirms death of October 7 mastermind Mohammed Deif" https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250130-hamas-confirms-death-of-october-7-attacks-mastermind-mohammed-deif    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:55:09

• The battle over encryption gains new momentum | "Striden om kryptering tar ny fart" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/01/31/striden-om-kryptering-tar-ny-fart/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:55:41

• iophk: "tax" in one country is not the same as "tax" in another because you get different things for the money https://www.thelocal.dk/20250130/how-does-pay-for-software-developers-in-the-nordic-countries-compare-to-germany ("How does pay for software developers in the Nordic countries compare to Germany?")    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:58:00

• No wonder axios has so many layoffs; here's axios weaponising divisive politics to shame politicians into "call[ing] Edward Snowden a "traitor"" https://www.axios.com/2025/01/30/tulsi-gabbard-edward-snowden-traitor    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 10:59:32

• "Air traffic controllers are particularly understaffed. Twenty-six critical air traffic facilities are staffed below the FAA’s 85-percent threshold, according to the US Department of Transportation." https://www.wired.com/story/washington-dc-plane-crash-everything-we-know-so-far-black-hawk-faa-potomac-american-airlines-psa/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:00:14

• "Even Windows 10 cannot escape the new Outlook" https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/outlook_arrives_on_windows_10/ misses the point that Outlook is not email but an attack on email (proprietary extensions, surveillance, back doors and so on)    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:01:48

• "Over 100,000 People Urge Congress to Begin Impeachment Investigation Against President Trump" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/over-100000-people-urge-congress-to-begin-impeachment-investigation-against-president-trump    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:02:01

• "Donald Trump Is Just Watching This Crisis Unfold" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-airplane-crash/681511/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:02:21

• "Donald Trump’s War on Meritocracy" (i.e. kakistocracy) https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/donald-trump-dei-meritocracy/681520/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:02:29

• "Donald Trump’s Cabinet of Revenge" https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/donald-trumps-cabinet-of-revenge    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:02:41

• ‘Grassroots’ ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/30/cenovus-funded-grassroots-groups-that-oppose-climate-laws-document-reveals/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:09:35

• "A new report from consultancy firm Mediavision provides data on IPTV piracy that the Swedish government didn't want to hear." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-sweden-mulls-viewing-ban-as-illegal-subscriptions-soar-25-250130/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:10:22

• Snowden ☛ https://thedissenter.org/snowden-blasts-senators-gabbard-dni-hearing/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:12:27

• How To Install GParted on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-gparted-manjaro/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:16:24

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

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:16:43

• How To Install Caddy Web Server on Fedora 41 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-caddy-web-server-fedora-41/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:17:00

• "Over the years there have been various different approaches to authenticating email senders, but it’s a continual arms race." ☛ https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2025/01/29/the-death-of-email-forwarding/ | Source: Mythic Beasts Ltd`    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:17:51

• "I’ve been doing this CSS thing for over 15 years and I’ve seen a lot of change in that time. A lot of the time, I see a new CSS feature and immediately get excited about how helpful it’s going to be for me and the team in the long term." ☛ https://piccalil.li/blog/css-nesting-use-with-caution/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:18:07

• How To Install Apache Tomcat on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-tomcat-centos-stream-10/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:18:21

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

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:18:29

• "One thing I’ve learned about cybersecurity, particularly during my time here at the Internet Storm Center is this" ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31638 | Source: SANS    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:19:02

• "We are introducing API keys as an easy to use alternative to MD5 hashed passwords, which we plan to deprecate later this year." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/ed_shryane/using-api-keys-in-the-ripe-database/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:19:55

• "To display system metrics stored in an archive, starting from 14:00, in an interactive manner similar to the top tool: [...]" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/monitoring-red-hat-ansible-automation-platform-using-performance-co-pilot | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:22:35

• Email protocols: What is the difference between SMTP, POP3, and IMAP? https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/email-protocols-smtp-pop3-imap/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:22:45

• "But even if you’re comfortable with the basics" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/python-tricks-data-scientists/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:26:00

• "Upskilling and reskilling" is an MBA buzzword ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/upskilling-and-reskilling-2025-advance-your-career-red-hat-training-and-certification | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:29:52

• Build and deploy a ModelCar container in OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/01/30/build-and-deploy-modelcar-container-openshift-ai    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:32:29

• How to implement C23 #embed in GCC 15 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/01/30/how-implement-c23-embed-gcc-15    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:33:13

• What is the ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED Error and how to fix it? ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/what-is-the-err_connection_closed/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:33:52

• Red Hat sponsored site as Red Hat megaphone ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/video-interviews/navigating-linux-container-challenges-with-scott-mccarty/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:34:53

• Another Slew of Fake Articles About 'Linux' and 'Security' From Brittany Day at linuxsecurity.com (Spamfarm/Slopfarm) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/Another_Slew_of_Fake_Articles_About_Linux_and_Security_From_Bri.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:37:24

• "This process, called distillation, is common across the A.I. field." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/technology/openai-deepseek-data-harvest.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:50:45

• "Now that DeepSeek has come for OpenAI, the ChatGPT maker is suddenly crying foul, whining that the upstart lab did exactly what it did to human creatives: vacuumed up its work and used it to build a competing product." ☛ https://futurism.com/openai-deepseek-permission-ai-stealing | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:50:54

• Scam Altman ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/01/29/deepseek-ai-model-openai-sam-altman/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:51:17

• "ChatGPT maker OpenAI has become the subject of widespread mockery online after whining that buzzy Chinese AI startup DeepSeek stole its intellectual property" ☛ https://futurism.com/openai-mockery-stole-work-deepseek | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:51:46

• "Existing intellectual property law is enough to guide artists into the age of generative AI, the US Copyright Office has concluded in a new report published on January 29." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/can-you-copyright-generative-ai-the-answer-surprisingly-originates-with-the-camera-in-a-key-us-copyright-office-report | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:51:56

• "Based on the fundamental principles of copyright, the current state of fast-evolving technology, and the information received in response to the NOI, the Copyright Office concludes that existing legal doctrines are adequate and appropriate to resolve questions of copyrightability." ☛ https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf | Source: US Copyright Office    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:52:14

• "When I became a programmer many moons ago, the last thing I ever thought I’d need to know about was intellectual [sic] property [sic] (IP) law. Oh well, more fool me." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/u-s-blocks-open-source-help-from-these-countries/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:52:49

• Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is a stenographer for LF; now he's talking for the LF in a Microsoft- and Microsoft LF-funded site http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Joab_Jackson_and_The_New_Stack_Publishing_Microsoft_Spam_E_E_E_.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:54:06

• Trademarks: "But not the Super Mario shop in Costa Rica, it seems." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/29/nintendo-loses-after-trying-to-oppose-the-trademark-for-a-costa-rican-grocery-store/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:55:17

• "In September 2023, the EU Commission designated the first gatekeepers, which then had to comply with the DMA by March 7, 2024." ☛ https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/open-letter-dma-2025 | Source: Threema GmbH    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:58:02

• "first attempt to stop a merger by a new Trump administration that is expected to take a softer approach to mergers." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/justice-department-sues-to-block-14-billion-juniper-buyout-by-hewlett-packard-enterprise/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:58:32

• "When a vendor abuses you, that's not punishment for you being a cheapskate and wanting to use services for free" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/30/landlord-telco-industrial-complex/#captive-market | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 11:58:53

• sjvn became a butler for the Zemlins and IBM or redhat. He sold out.    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:18:27

• IBM has turned Red Hat into an ocean of buzzwords and fluff https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/building-trust-foundations-security-safety-and-transparency-ai    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:26:15

• "partner engagement" https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-announces-latest-updates-global-partner-engagement-experience connected to Microsoft https://www.redhat.com/en/authors/stefanie-chiras    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:27:24

• Red Hat + MSFT - Stefanie Chiras keynote ... go suck up to Bill Gates, get promoted at IBM https://www.redhat.com/en/about/videos/red-hat-microsoft-stefanie-chiras-keynote    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:28:14

• Adrian Bridgwater's promotional 'articles', cited by the companies he is writing about (or for) https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2025/01/27/red-hat-a-solution-means-eminently-adaptable-software/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:29:16

• Red Hat Supports Bank NXT to Drive Operational Efficiency and Enhance Customer Experience https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-supports-bank-nxt-drive-operational-efficiency-and-enhance-customer-experience    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:29:33

• Red Hat: we proudly promote Ponzi schemes https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/11-red-hat-ai-videos-you-may-have-missed https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:30:15

• "Career climbing" = the art of sucking up, like Jono Bacon did to Mark Shuttleworth (MS) and then the other MS (Microsoft) http://techrights.org/o/2019/04/08/jono-bacon-works-for-microsoft/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:32:21

• Page 7 in this article also shows stefanie chiras, part of the Bill Gates suck-up charade http://techrights.org/o/2019/04/08/jono-bacon-works-for-microsoft/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:33:44

• We need to live in a world where wealth is not proportional to evil or working (e.g. sucking up) for evil    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:34:26

• But they call it Utopia. Yes, they like to say (in oligarchs-owned media) that it is "utopian" to believe public good will be rewarded rather than evil deeds. That same media portrays raiders and rich nazis as "philanthropists" and geniuses.    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:35:55

• NYTimes 2019 (broke the Bill Gates marriage): https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:37:04

• How much did the FAMOUS CRIMINAL pay the NY Times for THIS spam?? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/technology/bill-gates-tech-billionaires-memoir.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/technology/bill-gates-tech-billionaires-memoir.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:37:09

• Fake 'review' of a PILE OF LIES in "book" form https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/books/review/source-code-bill-gates.html SPAM. This is now an actual service from NY Times. They're spread lies for a payment.    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:38:25

• They think it's not a matter if WHETHER publishes take the bribe but HOW BIG the bribe needs to be https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:38:29

• (publishers)    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:38:53

• "This alarm clock is pretty versatile and can be either a stationary device or made portable with the ability to receive power from batteries—like the original Game Boy DMG." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/wake-up-in-style-with-this-raspberry-pi-pico-game-boy-pokemon-themed-alarm-clock | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:39:16

• "Project archival is a single piece in a larger supply-chain security puzzle: by exposing archival statuses" ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/01/30/pypi-now-supports-archiving-projects/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:40:52

• "If you need a file-like object that stores bytes in memory in Python, chances are you you’re using Pytho’s built-in io.BytesIO()." ☛ https://pythonspeed.com/articles/bytesio-reduce-memory-usage/ | Source: Python Speed    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:41:03

• "But of course there’s much more, and so let’s look at the mathematics of Taylor Swift." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/the-mathematics-of-taylor-swift/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:41:45

• "The EOL event for a major version of an open source software package is more challenging than just missing out on new features that will only be incorporated into future versions." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/12-critical-open-source-projects-losing-security-support-in-2025/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:41:54

• "The best experience is for this whole nightmare flow not to exist at all. I know I know, security blah blah blah, but zooming all the way out, this experience is rough." ☛ https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/the-ux-of-login-codes/ | Source: Brad Frost    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:42:04

• Google: Your Only Option is Surveillance Giant Google YouTube (Coming Soon: Mandatory DRM and Attestation?) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Google_Your_Only_Option_is_Google_YouTube_Coming_Soon_Mandatory.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:43:23

• Indian Data Biases statCounter For or Against "Linux" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Indian_Data_Biases_statCounter_For_or_Against_Linux.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:43:52

• Jack M. Germain (LinuxInsider) Seems to Have Turned to LLM Slop, Graphics Slop, and B2B SPAM ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/30/Jack_M_Germain_LinuxInsider_Seems_to_Have_Turned_to_LLM_Slop_Gr.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:44:15

• Windows TCO: "The breach was detected on January 26 and NYBCe called in outside experts to assist with the remediation." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/ransomware_attack_at_new_york/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:45:45

• Windows TCO: "One of the largest independent blood centers serving over 75 million people across the U.S. has been hit by a ransomware" ☛ https://therecord.media/ransomware-attack-new-york-blood-center-forces-workarounds | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:46:15

• Windows TCO: "cybersecurity incident at the University of Notre Dame" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/university-of-notre-dame-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:46:45

• Windows TCO: "alternative ways of disseminating important information such as the weather forecasts have been put in place" ☛ https://therecord.media/south-african-weather-service-cyberattack | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:46:53

• OCSP ☛ https://www.feistyduck.com/newsletter/issue_121_the_slow_death_of_ocsp | Source: Feisty Duck    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:48:07

• "In a move that has surprised many, Let’s Encrypt, the world’s leading provider of free, automated" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/lets-encrypt-phases-out-expiry-notifications/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:50:21

• "Moreover, it provides a formal and transparent mechanism for individuals, corporations, and organizations to contribute to Alpine Linux’s infrastructure—a feature that many community members have requested over the past several years." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/alpine-linux-expands-funding-model-with-open-collective-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:53:59

• "By partnering with Open Collective, Alpine aims to diversify its sources of financial support and mitigate the potential risks associated with relying on just a handful of donors." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/alpine-linux-expands-funding-model-with-open-collective-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:54:04

• FSF Blogs: Organize a community meetup in your area ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/organize-a-community-meetup-in-your-area    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:55:18

• ScriptHaus – organize scripts and bash one-liners ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/scripthaus-organize-scripts-bash-one-liners/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:55:50

• Carapace – multi-shell multi-command argument completer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/carapace-multi-shell-multi-command-argument-completer/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:56:05

• Facebook admits that the GNU/Linux topic crackdown was 'in error' and has been fixed ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-admits-that-the-linux-topic-crackdown-was-in-error-and-has-been-fixed    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:56:42

• "In the above post, DistroWatch notes that it is aware of the supposed lifting of its ban but that the account still seems to be locked" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-admits-that-the-linux-topic-crackdown-was-in-error-and-has-been-fixed | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:58:22

• There are MANY lessons here, Andy covers some of these: https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/notoneofus/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:58:53

• "The banning of Dépêche Guinée represents an escalation of the Guinean communications regulator’s censorship efforts" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/01/guinean-regulator-bans-news-site-depeche-guinee/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:58:59

• "China’s dissidents struggling" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/china/2025/01/30/china-lunar-new-year-dissidents-separated-loved-ones/ | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:59:27

• "impacts the freedom tools" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/executive-order-state-department-sideswipes-freedom-tools-threatens-censorship | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:59:40

• NOT accidentally ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/facebook-accidentally-blocks-users-from-posting-about-linux | Source: PC Mag    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:00:09

• "Not long after Navalny’s death, his memoirs were released under the name The Patriot." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/01/30/navalny-a-patriot-and-an-imperialist/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:00:34

• "For instance, when users ask about issues like the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests" ☛ https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/deepseeks-ai-raises-censorship-concerns-avoids-speaking-on-many-china-related-topics-462531-2025-01-30 | Source: Business Today    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:00:42

• "Momika argued that his protests targeted the religion of Islam, not Muslim people" ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/01/501_391251.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:01:09

• "The permit granted in connection with the demonstration is covered by my client’s intent." ☛ https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/salwan-momika-iraqi-refugee-burnt-quran-2023-massive-protests-shot-dead-in-sweden-2672353-2025-01-30 | Source: India Today    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:01:48

• "Salwan Momika, Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam campaigner, was shot dead in Sweden before court verdict" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/salwan-momika-iraqi-man-who-carried-out-several-quran-burnings-in-sweden-shot-dead-five-people-arrested/article69158970.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:02:05

• "Christian Iraqi who burned Qurans at a slew of protests" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/salwan-momika-man-who-burnt-quran-in-2023-sparking-huge-protests-shot-dead-in-sweden-7593887 | Source: NDTV    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:02:19

• "Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant in Sweden, set off enormous protests when he burned a Quran in 2023" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/europe/salwan-momika-quran-sweden-killed.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:02:34

• "Mr Momika carried out a series of anti-Islam protests, sparking outrage in many Muslim-majority countries." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdx2wqpg7zo | Source: BBC    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:02:54

• "Salwan Momika, 38, an Iraqi refugee, was shot in a house in Sodertalje town near Stockholm on Wednesday." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/man-shot-dead-sweden-ahead-court-verdict-over-koran-burning-2025-01-30/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:03:11

• "In August of that year, Sweden's intelligence service Sapo" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250130-koran-burner-shot-dead-in-sweden | Source: France24    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:03:40

• "preliminary investigation has been opened" ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/sweden-arrests-five-people-for-shooting-death-of-quran-burner/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:03:55

• "Salwan Momika’s 2023 burning of the Quran drew ire in the Muslim world." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/30/sweden-quran-burning-salwan-momika/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:04:18

• "The censorship engine is ramping up as Facebook, Google and Amazon toady-up to Trump. The US tech oligarchy is on course to suppress all talk of Software Freedom" ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/notoneofus/ | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:05:01

• "Swedish media reported Momika was streaming live on TikTok when he was shot." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/30/salwan-momika-quran-burnings-trial-reportedly-shot-dead-sweden | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:05:25

• "The Bogotá-based Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP) said Gómez was well known for his morning news program on Rumba del Café" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/01/colombian-journalist-oscar-gomez-agudelo-shot-dead-at-radio-station/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:07:26

• "You can see the problem. In dark mode, the background remains pale yellow but the text is white and totally illegible apart from the blue links. Not nice at all." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/improved-accessibility | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:07:54

• "Federally employed military spouses who work remotely for their agencies “should” be allowed to continue to do so, according to a joint memo from the federal agencies in charge of budget and personnel." ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/01/29/federal-military-spouse-workers-should-be-able-to-continue-remotely/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:08:21

• "The Justice Department has ordered the civil rights division to halt much of its investigative activity dating from the Biden administration and not pursue new indictments" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/22/justice-civil-rights-freeze-shutdown/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:09:01

• "As has often been said of (and so often proved by) the Trump Administration: the cruelty is the point" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/29/hi-kids-do-you-like-police-violence-trumps-doj-shuts-down-civil-rights-division/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:09:22

• "The Teamsters union has been pushing for a new contract that includes improved paid family leave, seniority rights, increased sick time" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/give-fair-contract-else-18000-costco-workers-prepare-strike-over-pay-conditions-1730571 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:09:45

• "A Tibetan writer and former elementary school teacher, imprisoned for having contact with Tibetans living abroad and making a prayer offering to the Dalai Lama, has been placed under strict surveillance following his release from jail in November 2024." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/01/30/tibet-writer-released-under-surveillance/ | Source: RFA    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:10:22

• "$500 million in funding for 2025 to support its work, such as investigating human rights abuses around the world from Syria to Sudan, warning that lives hang in the balance." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/un-rights-chief-seeks-500-million-in-2025-warning-that-lives-are-at-risk/7956627.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:10:43

• "While women’s rights had advanced under the Weimar Republic, Nazi ideology claimed women’s place was in the home as wives and mothers." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2025/0130/sisters-in-science-women-physicists-olivia-campbell | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:11:32

• "Last year the Biden FCC passed a new rule that would help bring Wi-Fi access to school kids who struggle to do their homework online" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/30/ted-cruz-blocks-fcc-plan-to-bring-mobile-wi-fi-to-school-kids-for-a-very-very-stupid-reason/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:13:25

• "influencers" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/news/social-media-influencers-join-white-house-briefings-1857759 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:15:13

• "Pulling children into the system" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/30/pulling-children-into-the-system | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:15:28

• "Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the U.S. technology industry" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-meta-ceos-defend-hefty-ai-spending-after-deepseek-stuns-tech-world/articleshow/117736162.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:20:35

• "Amazon is restructuring and laying off employees in its communications and sustainability divisions." ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-is-laying-off-more-employees-calling-them-unnecessary-layers-and-/articleshow/117734618.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:20:49

• "infrastructure as a service" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/infrastructure-laundering-blending-in-with-the-cloud/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:21:06

• "Gutting the Cyber Safety Review Board as it was investigating how China's Salt Typhoon breached American government and telecom" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/gutting_us_cyber_advisory_boards/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:21:20

• "it wasn’t that long ago that one of Silicon Valley's most prominent and influential venture capitalists, Marc Andreessen" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-11-marc-andreessen/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:21:30

• "CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement appeals to many of the new administration’s talking points" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/24339131/meta-content-moderation-fact-check-zuckerberg-texas | Source: The Verge | Zuckerberg = Kappo    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:26:50

• "Lobbyists representing Microsoft Corp, 2023" ☛ https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/lobbyists?cycle=2023&id=d000000115 | Source: Open Secrets    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:27:26

• [Old] "One of those episodes came at the end of last month when the Department of Defense" ☛ https://prospect.org/power/2024-06-11-defense-department-microsofts-profit-taking/ | Source: The American Prospect    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:27:38

• "Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is committed to tracking and protecting against cyber threat activity." ☛ https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/adversarial-misuse-generative-ai/ | Source: Google    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:28:03

• "The probe comes after DeepSick launched its R1 AI model. The company claims R1 matches or exceeds leading models" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-and-open-ai-investigate-whether-deepseek-illicitly-obtained-data-from-chatgpt | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:28:49

• "increasingly available at low cost or free" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/30/deepseek-microsoft-meta-investors/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:29:12

• "In a wide-ranging question-and-answer session with Meta employees on Thursday, Mark Kappoberg, the company’s chief executive" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/technology/mark-zuckerberg-meta-trump.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:29:49

• Mark Kappoberg. "According to WSJ, Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to lose the frivolous lawsuit Trump" ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/30/mark-zuckerberg-agrees-to-turn-meta-back-into-a-pogrom-machine/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:29:59

• "Now, the attorneys told the court in the November letter, no ruling would be needed in the case." Mark Kappoberg pays Cheeto. ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-meta-x-settlements/681503/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:30:24

• "Facebook parent Meta filed a notice regarding the settlement in a federal court in San Francisco." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-01-29/meta-to-pay-25-million-to-settle-trumps-2021-lawsuit-over-suspended-accounts | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 13:30:34

• "What's more, neither of them have had contact with any males in over a decade." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/possibly-fatherless-shark-1.7444899 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:23:30

• "The three standalone systems — known as Anole, Desert Willow, and Burksol, located in Seagoville, Midlothian, and Afton, Texas, respectively — are expected to reach commercial operations in the first half of 2025." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-storage/battery/backing-texas-grid-resilience-investment-firm-acquires-nearly-1-gwh-battery-energy-storage-portfolio/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:23:52

• "Using Fitbit-style accelerometer data" ☛ https://theconversation.com/swimming-in-the-sweet-spot-how-marine-animals-save-energy-on-long-journeys-246833 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:24:02

• "The Turkey Point station is equipped with pressure-based and microwave water level sensors, satellite transmitters, as well as rechargeable batteries and solar panels." ☛ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/jan25/hudson-river-ports-navigation.html | Source: NOAA    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:24:40

• "Just over a week after firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard" ☛ https://futurism.com/america-deadliest-air-crash-trump | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:26:11

• "The study showed that the southwest coast has seen a steady rise in extreme rainfall events" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/extreme-climate-events-impacting-southwest-coast-says-study/article69159564.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:28:50

• "A new resource dedicated to small and medium-sized digital infrastructure providers in Europe" ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/michael_oghia/why-small-and-medium-size-operators-should-care-about-sustainability/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:28:59

• "Moments after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s all-hands comments to employees were widely leaked" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/meta/603812/meta-warns-leakers-leaked-memo | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:29:34

• "Ms Gabbard, an Iraq war veteran accused of echoing Russian and Syrian propaganda" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/30/disguised-whistleblower-centre-question-tulsi-gabbard-assad/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:29:47

• "Lazarus Group primarily forked open source projects for this campaign, we're told." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/lazarus_groups_supply_chain_attack/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:30:50

• "introduce a ban on social media for under-16s" ☛ https://theconversation.com/australias-social-media-ban-shows-how-extreme-the-technology-debate-has-become-theres-a-better-way-245123 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:31:08

• "But Gen Z are not somehow inherently anti-democratic." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-gen-democracy-authoritarianism.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:31:25

• "As authorities investigate the fourth Baltic Sea cable-cutting incident in recent months" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/nato-eu-on-high-alert-as-undersea-cable-attacks-escalate-in-baltic/7956600.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:32:33

• "At least 11 Baltic cables have been damaged since October 2023" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2025/01/28/11-baltic-cables-damaged-in-15-months-pushing-nato-to-boost-security/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:32:45

• "In fact, within Europe (and the European side of [NATO]) the Europeans have ceded political agency to Turkey" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/01/30/on-the-end-of-nato-a-european-perspective/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:33:09

• "Although both these tykes are ostensibly poised to rip and tear through America's federal agencies" ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-kids-gutting-opm-doge | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:33:47

• "the new OPM food chain" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-office-personnel-management-opm-neuralink-x-boring-stalin/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:34:16

• "The Chinese generative artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek has had a meteoric rise this week" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/exposed-deepseek-database-revealed-chat-prompts-and-internal-data/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:35:01

• "Since its inception" ☛ https://letsencrypt.org/2025/01/22/ending-expiration-emails/ | Source: Let's Encrypt    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:35:14

• IBM mass layoffs by "RTO" loophole: "There hasn’t been a supercommuter option in the parts of the company that have been RTO’d." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjkfstx4    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:37:53

• IBM mass layoffs by "RTO" loophole: "I know 3 people in CIO that got super commuter approved one week after the RTO mandate was announced." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjkfstx4    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:38:02

• IBM seems to be using all the options to induce layoffs without calling them layoffs: PIPs/performance review, RTO, mandates to move or change location/role (then they reset the contract, hence no severance, which is what they've just done at Microsoft)    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:40:22

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:41:18

• "So much debt and yet ....Alvind still gets a supersized bonus for lying to investors. How does that work ? Is that because he is hiring more Indians or because he dropped China Research like a hot potato in 2024 ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjwy6gsq    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:41:23

• "IBM management has brought down our debt by $1.5 billion over 12 months. This is fantastic news - it means that IBM will be debt-free in only 40 more years!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjwy6gsq    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:41:56

• "Will IBM be around in 40 years ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjwy6gsq    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:42:01

• "that will be easier for businesses to adhere to." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/data-privacy-laws-should-work-for-people-not-for-businesses | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:58:36

• "The legal filing takes issue with the Amazon Ads SDK, a software library that the e-commerce giant provides to third-party app makers to serve ads, while also allegedly collecting user data." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/amazon_sued_for_snarfing_sensitive/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:58:46

• "Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced at a press conference on Thursday that the government is speeding up the introduction of a law which would allow police to secretly monitor communications of children under the age of 15." ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250130/swedish-government-speeds-up-introduction-of-law-to-monitor-childrens-communications | Source: The Local SE    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:59:01

• Lots of ad hominem attacks by the ICBM apologists https://ibmandtheholocaust.com/edwin-black-retractions    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 15:02:48

• "Our analysis of apps shows that concerns around privacy and security are already very significant. Our Static Application Security Testing analysis of the Liberal Democrat’s MiniVan App found that it was deployed with infrastructure with a history of security vulnerabilities." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/app/uploads/2025/01/ORG-Voters-Privacy-and-Election-Canvassing-Apps-Report-1.pdf | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 15:03:00

• "In this report we analyse the technical architecture, and associated privacy policies, of the canvassing apps used by the Liberal Democrat, Conservative, and Labour parties during the 2024 general election." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/moral-hazard-voter-data-privacy-and-politics-in-election-canvassing-apps/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 15:04:52

• "Open Rights Group’s investigation raises concerns about privacy and security of political parties’ canvassing apps." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-voter-data-privacy-concerns-over-apps-used-by-political-parties/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 15:05:21

• Social Control Media: "Speaking at an workshop on adoption of Automated and Intelligent Machine-Aided Construction (AIMC) technology in highway construction" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/flagging-people-using-social-media-to-report-problems-gadkari-asks-officials-to-address-highway-quality-issues/articleshow/117753269.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:09:17

• "I think I’ve come to the conclusion that on these no/less algorithm-driven platforms I prefer following more accounts, though I could probably trim the Bluesky number down a bit" ☛ https://chrismcleod.dev/blog/follower-count/ | Source: Chris McLeod    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:09:43

• "The world has changed since 2004, though. Social media began feeding the feeling of always being left out of something." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/01/fomo-is-good/681505/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:10:08

• "The [Internet] is growing more hostile to humans. Google results are stuffed with search-optimized spam, unhelpful advertisements, and AI slop." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/01/reddit-answers-ai-chatbot/681502/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:10:34

• Kapo-berg wants to Make Facebook Great Again ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/602961/zuckerberg-make-facebook-great-again-og | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:10:59

• "Throughout recent years, LLM capabilities have outpaced evaluation benchmarks. This is not a new development." ☛ https://www.ruder.io/the-evolving-landscape-of-llm-evaluation/ | Source: Sebastian Ruder    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:18:52

• [Old] "There are many potential ways to use AI1 (and computers in general) for 2D animation." ☛ https://yosefk.com/blog/the-state-of-ai-for-hand-drawn-animation-inbetweening.html | Source: Yossi Kreinin    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:19:22

• "The recent boom in artificial intelligence gives us a fascinating glimpse of future possibilities" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/tools-for-addressing-fairness-and-bias-in-multimodal-ai/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:19:50

• "Certification is currently restricted to Authors Guild members and books penned by a single writer, but will expand “in the future” to include books by non-Guild members and multiple authors." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/602918/human-authored-book-certification-ai-authors-guild | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:20:08

• "As always, we recommend taking benchmarks with a grain of salt, but if Alibaba is to be believed, Qwen 2.5 Max – which can search the web, and output text, video, and images from inputs" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/alibaba_qwen_ai/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:34:19

• LLMs are NOT "hey hi"; "If confirmed, the claim could mark yet another escalation in the race to develop higher performance and more cost-efficient AI models among Chinese competitors, which have thrown Western tech markets into chaos." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/alibaba-china-ai-beaten-openai-deepseek | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:35:03

• "If you read these headlines and think, "That's funny, but it's absurd, because werewolves aren't real"... keep going, you're so close to figuring it out!" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/01/werewolf-futures/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:35:39

• "It’s also prompting customers, like Microsoft, Meta, 'Open'AI, Amazon, and Gulag to start working on their own AI processors." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24058186/ai-chips-meta-microsoft-google-nvidia | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:36:16

• "The latest DeepSeek security issue involves an exposed database discovered by Wiz Research, which added to concerns about the AI startup’s security and privacy controls." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/deepseek-security-data-leaks-jailbreaks/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:36:56

• "One part of such an effort might be to go back and retroactively add tags where they ought to be. For about the first decade of my blog, i.e. prior to around 2008, I rarely used tags to categorise posts" ☛ https://danq.me/2025/01/30/ai-blog-tags/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:37:16

• "startup also expects to use the cash to fund its money-losing business operations." ☛ https://futurism.com/openai-asking-investment | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:38:04

• "including log streams, API Secrets, and operational details." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/deepseak-leaks-user-chatlogs | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:38:38

• "Jiayi Pan, a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, claims that he and his AI research team have recreated core functions of DeepSeek's R1-Zero for just $30" ☛ https://futurism.com/researchers-deepseek-even-cheaper | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:39:28

• Just serves to show how TRASHY those LLMs really are. Worthless JUNK.    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:40:30

• "These include advanced deep learning methods, such as camera-based tracking and image analysis." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-01-multi-camera-tracks-dairy-cows.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:40:43

• "One thing I wonder about this ware is…where are the ROMs? Perhaps I’ll find out soon!" ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/name-that-ware-january-2025/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:41:12

• "The ware for December 2024 is a 2mm pitch, 64×64 LED panel purchased from Evershine Opto Limited." ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/winner-name-that-ware-december-2024/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:41:29

• "The 14 public libraries in the districts across Punjab are in crisis due to a shortage of librarians." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/public-libraries-in-dire-straits-26-of-28-librarian-posts-vacant-in-punjab-101738257900340.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:42:01

• "Now generally, at Ars Technica, it is not our policy to write stories strictly based on things Elon Musk says on X. However, this statement was so declarative, and so consternation-inducing for NASA, it bears a bit of explication." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-plan-for-elon-musk-to-bring-the-stranded-astronauts-home-asap-is-a-headache-for-nasa/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:42:26

• "Aurora is a “photonic” quantum computer, which means it crunches numbers using photonic qubits—information encoded in light." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/30/1110672/this-quantum-computer-built-on-server-racks-paves-the-way-to-bigger-machines/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:43:07

• "Most likely outcome is still a near miss" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/asteroid-near-earth-collision-2024-yr4 | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:43:41

• "I got some very valid pushback on this on a panel I was on last year." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2025/01/30/control/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:53:35

• "As one who can sometimes not let go of a bone once it's been picked up, I decided to do something about it." ☛ https://bobmonsour.com/blog/even-more-on-rss-ids/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:53:52

• "As I have written, several times over the last few days, I've made a change to the way that I create IDs for my RSS feed entries." ☛ https://bobmonsour.com/til/prepare-for-a-minor-flood-of-rss-entries/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:54:22

• "It’s kind of freeing and humbling and beautiful to see that if you being you is the point, then failure and success both serve you." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/ignore-this-if-you-are-a-complete-success | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:54:51

• "The modern internet demands your attention but rarely deserves it. Chronological feeds — slow feeds — allow you to filter out noise" ☛ https://coryd.dev/posts/2025/chronological-feeds-slow-feeds/ | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:55:22

• "all of my newsletters either get sent directly to Feedbin or are forwarded to Feedbin" ☛ https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/01/reading-newsletters-via-an-rss-reader-is-still-great/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 17:55:34

• "Arvind said: “More jobs to move to India to reduce costs and large debts ; this initiative will allow me to keep my job and many millions from my compensation “" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjwy6gsq    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:02:10

• Open Data ☛ https://www.404media.co/archivists-work-to-identify-and-save-the-thousands-of-datasets-disappearing-from-data-gov/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:03:54

• "As we celebrate this milestone, we want to honor our shared journey as a community." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/01/30/join-us-for-arduino-day-2025-celebrating-20-years-of-community/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:04:40

• "Raspberry Pi’s official magazine" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/the-magpi-celebrates-milestone-issue-with-150-raspberry-pi-people-and-projects/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:04:49

• "It’s worth noting that this update mainly addresses various issues without introducing new features." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/gstreamer-1-24-12-multimedia-framework-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:10:40

• "GParted (GNOME Partition Editor), the well-known free and open-source partition management tool for Linux, which provides a graphical interface for creating, resizing, moving" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/gparted-1-7-free-partition-manager-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:11:29

• "A bit more than one year ago, Tweag announced our open-source, universal formatting engine Topiary, based on the tree-sitter ecosystem." ☛ https://www.tweag.io/blog/2025-01-30-topiary-tutorial-part-1/ | Source: Modus Create LLC    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:11:37

• "My first idea for a new name: Rebble — a rebellious return of Pebble." ☛ https://daringfireball.net/2025/01/repebble | Source: John Gruber    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:12:22

• "In part A of this article I covered answers from several Large Language Models to questions about DragonFly BSD and FreeBSD." ☛ https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2025/01/30/installing-bsd-in-2025-part-0b-modern-myths-ai-ramblings-netbsd-and-openbsd/ | Source: Eerie Linux    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:16:02

• "Yesterday, I lost a couple of hours that I’ll never get back" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/tetris-has-turned-40-and-im-addicted-again-4966084 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:16:22

• Windows Bug Class: Accessing Trapped COM Objects with IDispatch ☞ https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2025/01/windows-bug-class-accessing-trapped-com.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:17:47

• Fake Reddit and WeTransfer Sites are Pushing Malware ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/01/fake-reddit-and-wetransfer-sites-are-pushing-malware.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:20:35

• 2025 elections and internet shutdowns watch ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/2025-elections-and-internet-shutdowns-watch/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:20:55

• Ten years of tracking transparency: the Transparency Reporting Index ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/ten-years-of-tracking-transparency/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:21:48

• Access Now demands U.S. lift sanctions blocking Syria’s digital recovery ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/open-letter-us-lift-syria-sanctions/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:22:14

• Transparency Reporting Index ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/transparency-reporting-index/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:22:35

• Freedesktop looking for new home for its GitLab instance ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1007032/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:23:22

• Muhammad Deif, Hamas Military Commander in Gaza, Is Dead ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/obituaries/muhammad-deif-hamas-dead.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:23:43

• Fighting in Myanmar’s Sagaing region prompts thousands to flee to India border ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/01/30/myanmar-fierce-fight-india-border/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:24:04

• Appeals Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Teenagers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/appeals-court-strikes-down-ban-handguns-teenagers.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:24:27

• Lithuanian border guards discover smugglers’ tunnel on border with Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2473648/lithuanian-border-guards-discover-smugglers-tunnel-on-border-with-belarus    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:27:06

• Lithuania’s MFA says it couldn’t assist citizens in trouble in Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2473473/lithuania-s-mfa-says-it-couldn-t-assist-citizens-in-trouble-in-belarus    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:27:46

• "reported corruption case" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/30/moscow-police-arrest-multiple-former-rusnano-executives-tied-to-anatoly-chubais-in-reported-corruption-case | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:28:00

• "state takeover of Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/30/russian-prosecutors-seek-state-takeover-of-moscow-s-domodedovo-airport-citing-foreign-control | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:28:24

• "part of deal to end war" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/30/e-u-officials-debate-returning-to-russian-gas-as-part-of-deal-to-end-war-financial-times | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:28:51

• "Syria’s new authorities ask Russia to hand over Assad" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/30/syria-s-new-authorities-ask-russia-to-hand-over-assad-reuters | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:29:38

• "Russian figure skaters" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/30/russian-figure-skaters-reportedly-among-passengers-in-washington-d-c-plane-crash | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:30:04

• "Russian kindergartens’ request for donated construction materials to help the war effort leaves parents baffled" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/30/like-someone-s-building-a-dacha | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:30:34

• "maintains a staff of paid escorts" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/30/anti-corruption-foundation-uncovers-evidence-that-russian-state-oil-giant-rosneft-maintains-a-staff-of-paid-escorts | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:31:08

• Married Russian Figure-Skating Stars Are Among Victims of Plane Crash Near Washington, D.C. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/europe/russian-figure-skaters-dc-plane-crash-vadim-naumov-yevgeniya-shishkova.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:31:59

• Pro-Russian Party In Georgia Cuts Ties With European Body - What’s At Stake? ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-georgian-dream-pace-tsulukiani-ceased-work/33296055.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:49:12

• Russian Champion Skaters Naumov, Shishkova Among Scores Of Passengers Dead In D.C. Plane Crash ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/world-champion-skaters-nauman-shishkova-passengers-washington-plane-crash/33296224.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:49:31

• Rīga says it's ready to unplug from Russian power grid ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/30.01.2025-riga-says-its-ready-to-unplug-from-russian-power-grid.a585829/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:50:59

• "Russian state media publishes battlefield photos from the Kursk region, showing destroyed AFU equipment and fallen Ukrainian soldiers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/30/russian-state-media-publishes-battlefield-photos-from-the-kursk-region-showing-destroyed-afu-equipment-and-fallen-ukrainian-soldiers | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:58:36

• "Why have many started going back?" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/01/30/the-world-doesn-t-want-to-deal-with-us-anymore | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 18:59:18

• "fictional state" says Mr. Moscow ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/30/romanian-presidential-candidate-calin-georgescu-says-ukraine-is-a-fictional-state-talks-post-war-partition | Source: Meduza http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/27/When_Social_Control_Media_in_the_European_Union_is_Controlled_b.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:00:11

• Kyiv’s Mayor Feuds With President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/europe/zelensky-klitschko-ukraine-martial-law.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:00:34

• China Supplying Key Chemicals For Russian Missiles, RFE/RL Investigation Finds ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/china-critical-minerals-russia-weapons-ukraine-2024/33295674.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:01:01

• At Least 6 Killed In Russian Drone Strike On Ukraine's Sumy ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/six-killed-russia-attack-shahed-drone-strike-ukraine-sumy/33297198.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:01:12

• Lithuania would consider sending peacekeepers to Ukraine – defence chief ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2473353/lithuania-would-consider-sending-peacekeepers-to-ukraine-defence-chief    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:02:13

• Lithuania sends short-range air defence systems to Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2473942/lithuania-sends-short-range-air-defence-systems-to-ukraine    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:02:23

• ‘This centre saved my life’: US aid cut hits charities for Ukraine war veterans ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250130-this-centre-saved-my-life-us-aid-cut-hits-ukraine-war-veteran-charities    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:02:49

• Trump’s out-of-the-box approach is perfect to help demilitarize Kaliningrad ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/trumps-out-of-the-box-approach-is-perfect-to-help-demilitarize-kaliningrad/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:06:23

• Ukrainian Holocaust survivor: Russia is waging ‘war of extermination’ ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukrainian-holocaust-survivor-warns-of-russias-war-of-extermination/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:06:41

• Why Sanctioning the ICC Would Be Terrible for Civil Liberties ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/why-sanctioning-the-icc-would-be-terrible-for-civil-liberties    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:07:15

• India races to build own Hey Hi (AI) models as DeepSeek leaps ahead ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-races-to-build-own-ai-models-as-deepseek-leaps-ahead    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:07:47

• Microsoft shares slide as cloud forecast, Hey Hi (AI) spending disappoint ☞ https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-beats-quarterly-revenue-estimates-2025-01-29/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:09:01

• GCompris 25.0 Open-Source Educational Suite Released with Five New Activities ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gcompris-25-0-open-source-educational-suite-released-with-five-new-activities    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:10:06

• NVIDIA 570 GNU/Linux Graphics Driver Promises VRR Support on Multi-Monitor Setups ☞ https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-570-linux-graphics-driver-promises-vrr-support-on-multi-monitor-setups    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:10:13

• Divine Attah-Ohiemi: Seeking Opportunities: Building a Career in Software Engineering and Beyond ☞ https://dev.to/0xfaker/seeking-opportunities-building-a-career-in-software-engineering-and-beyond-41k7    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:11:06

• LLM Slop Machines Are Not a Win for "Open Source" and If They Get Cheaper, It's Even Worse ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/LLM_Slop_Machines_Are_Not_a_Win_for_Open_Source_and_If_They_Get.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:12:03

• 75: Interrupt So Frequently ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23972    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:12:57

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Announcing Rust 1.84.1 ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/01/30/Rust-1.84.1.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:13:47

• Swinging back gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/swing    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:15:37

• 🔤SpellBinding: ACFMOTU Wordo: POUTS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-01-31.gmi    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:16:14

• "Was digging around figuring out how to actually do the pgp method." gemini://gemini.thebackupbox.net/~epoch/blog/keyoxide    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:17:13

• My cats gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2477    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:17:54

• ZINE ABOUT SMALL WEB - 5 issue is out gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2478    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:21:03

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 584 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/01/29/this-week-in-rust-584/    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:22:47

• Coordinated misinformation in mainstream media ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202501/coordinated-misinformation-in-mainstream-media.html    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:25:01

• Dictator floods the zone, leaving opposition drowning ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250130-trump-floods-the-zone-leaving-opposition-drowning    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:25:28

• Richard Stallman (RMS) Gave 3 Talks in India in Less Than a Week ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Richard_Stallman_RMS_Gave_3_Talks_in_India_in_Less_Than_a_Week.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:25:58

• Techrights Should be Even Faster Now ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/31/Techrights_Should_be_Even_Faster_Now.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:26:06

• Sharing is Caring (But Advocating Copyleft Makes You a "Target") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Sharing_is_Caring_But_Advocating_Copyleft_Makes_You_a_Target.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:26:15

• Richard Stallman Speech in Bengaluru, "Silicon Valley of India" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/29/Richard_Stallman_Speech_in_Bengaluru_Silicon_Valley_of_India.shtml    

posted Friday, January 31, 2025 at 19:26:23