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  • Some unnamable juice. gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1480    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 00:23:02


  • Tech illiteracy gemini://tilde.team/~smokey/logs/2023-07-18-tech-literacy.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 00:24:05


  • My Gemini Retrospective gemini://gemini.dimakrasner.com/my-retro.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 00:24:47


  • Consent gemini://idiomdrottning.org/consent    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 00:25:29


  • "There is an aforism, “a rising tide lifts all boats”, made popular by a speechwriter in the JFK administration who snarfed it from the regional New England Council in the early sixties." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/tide    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 00:27:22


  • Help! The antenna on my textie talkie is broke! gemini://dimension.sh/~textmonger/2023-07-18-01-help-the-antenna-on-my-textie-talkie-is-broke.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 00:28:41


  • Cameo Layoffs Leave Video App With Fewer Than 50 Employees https://www.thewrap.com/cameo-layoffs-50-employees-remain/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:31:46


  • The Murdoch Journal (WSJ): "Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Still Committed to $75 Billion Merger, Sources Say". How is that EVEN NEWS??? This is just shallow lobbying.    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:44:14


  • Amazon lays off more people and inadvertently unveils new strategy to mass fire employees https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/amazon-lays-off-more-people-and-inadvertently-unveils-new-strategy-to-mass-fire-employees-12882372.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:45:30


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D656.jpg    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:49:18


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D982.jpg    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:49:24


  • So it's been a month, huh? gemini://laniakea.rodoste.de/journal/2023-07-18-so-its-been-a-month-it-seems.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:50:10


  • "In this guide, I'd like to share with you how to install Alpine Linux, so it runs entirely from RAM, but using its built-in tool to handle persistency. Perfect setup for a NAS or router, so you don't waste a disk for the system, and this can even be used for a workstation." gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-alpine-linux-from-ram-but-persistent    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:51:46


  • Melody Chop Shop gemini://thrig.me/blog/2023/07/18/melody-chop-shop.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:52:22


  • Old Computer Challenge V3 gopher://phlog.z3bra.org/0/old-computer-challenge-v3.txt    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:53:01


  • "Added [Gila2023], which presents “zip-zip trees”, which claim to offer the balanced depth of a treap or binary search tree that has been constructed with uniform random insertions, while being strongly history independent." gemini://dcreager.net/2023/07/18-reading-log.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:54:00


  • ANTENNA DOWNTIME TOMORROW AS WELL gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2023-07-18-antenna-downtime-tomorrow-as-well.gmi "Renovating takes more time than it should…"    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:55:24


  • EU ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/17/metas-threads-didnt-launch-in-the-eu-is-that-showing-the-failure-or-success-of-the-digital-markets-act/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:56:24


  • GNU Shepherd 0.10.2 released https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-07/msg00004.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 01:57:14


  • Global inflation expectations remain high despite central bank interventions ☞ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/23894-global-inflation-expectations-remain-high-despite-central-bank-interventions.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:07:19


  • JUVE, a sponsored propagandist of illegal agenda (pushing for illegal patent 'court'), on the corrupt EPO upholding its own decisions ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/epo-upholds-compugen-patent-for-immunotherapy-cancer-treatment/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:08:37


  • Vision Works IP automotive patent challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2023/7/14/vision-works-ip-automotive-patent-challenged    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:08:52


  • $2,000 for Jeffrey M. Gross entity, Gametronics, signal control patent prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2023/7/17/2000-for-jeffrey-m-gross-entity-gametronics-signal-control-patent-prior-art    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:09:09


  • EPO’s Patent Invalidity and Low Patent Quality Issues Get the Attention of Christian Wichard (Deputy Director General at Germany’s Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection) ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/07/17/christian-wichard-and-epo/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:09:18


  • More Red Flags in Proxima Systems ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/07/17/deeper-look-at-proxima-systems/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:10:51


  • GDPR, Greater London Authority’s Web Site (or GLA IT in General), and Data Breaches ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/07/17/gdpr-gla/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:10:59


  • [Meme] Truth is Not Tolerated in This Industry (Because Truth “Doesn’t Look Good”) ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/07/17/truth-doesnt-look-good/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:11:11


  • [Meme] When Obeying Laws Means Making Less Money ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/07/17/obeying-laws-and-profits/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:11:20


  • Tough Times for Invidious and Odysee (LBRY Protocol) ☞ http://techrights.org/2023/07/17/fate-of-lbry-protocol/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:11:28


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GNU Shepherd 0.10.2, Meson 1.2, and GNU/Linux Desktop Genome Browsers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/GNU_Shepherd_0_10_2_Meson_1_2_and_GNU_Linux_Desktop_Genome_Brow.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/GNU_Shepherd_0_10_2_Meson_1_2_and_GNU_Linux_Desktop_Genome_Brow.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:12:18


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): IBM/Red Hat: Lying (Sponsored) Media, AlmaLinux to 'Fork' RHEL, and Fedora Magazine ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/IBM_Red_Hat_Lying_Sponsored_Media_AlmaLinux_to_Fork_RHEL_and_Fe.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/IBM_Red_Hat_Lying_Sponsored_Media_AlmaLinux_to_Fork_RHEL_and_Fe.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:12:25


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Content Management Systems (CMS): OffSec Chooses Kiwi TCMS and Shirish Agarwal Rants About Cookies in WordPress ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_OffSec_Chooses_Kiwi_TCMS_and_Shi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Content_Management_Systems_CMS_OffSec_Chooses_Kiwi_TCMS_and_Shi.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:12:30


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): My Report From Akademy 2023 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/My_Report_From_Akademy_2023.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/My_Report_From_Akademy_2023.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:12:36


  • WOW! Now that the news is out Microsoft laid off OVER A THOUSAND last week Microsoft seems to have Googlebombed with chaff... to push that out of view/visibility    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:19:29


  • All those things aren't even clickable again    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:20:06


  • What goes on inside Microsoft and what will all those liars (who last week said over 200+ employees were laid off) do? Will there be follow-up stories to correct what they wrote?    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:21:16


  • "From time to time I need to work with web APIs. These normally allow computers to communicate online. But, it might be necessary for people to work with APIs to connect a business to a new service or to automate tasks." gemini://pwshnotes.flounder.online/gemlog/2023-07-18-web-api-articles.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:25:28


  • the internet feels like it's dying gemini://daintyeco.smol.pub/fragile2    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:26:10


  • "It’s weird how the shift from workers vs owners to pluralists vs populists has been presented as this new phenomenon by commentators like Norris and Inglehart, the latter arguing that it’s because of how the new generation has new values." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/populism    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:27:24


  • "One is when people use it to shut down others. The difference between “I need a break from thinking about this” vs “you need to give up! You need to stop trying!”. The latter is what’s not OK." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/doomers-over-the-line    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:28:16


  • Free Speech gemini://ainent.xyz/gemlog/2022-04-30-free-speech.gmi "I hesitated to even write this, but it needs said. I did tone it down just a bit, in the interest of legitimate dialogue."    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:29:06


  • 42 Open-source Laravel Packages To Enrich Your Laravel Project ☞ https://medevel.com/42-os-laravel-packages/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:49:09


  • Josef Strzibny: Running SASS and Tailwind side by side in Rails https://nts.strzibny.name/running-sass-and-tailwind-side-by-side-rails/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:50:29


  • 40 Open-source Laravel Projects ☞ https://medevel.com/33-os-for-laravel-developers/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:50:37


  • Lingo3D: Open-source 3D Game Development Framework with React ☞ https://medevel.com/lingo3d/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:50:51


  • US-China cooperation needed in face of global warming, says John Kerry ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230718-us-climate-envoy-says-new-us-china-cooperation-needed-in-of-face-global-warming    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:51:28


  • No, Spain's environment minister didn’t take a private jet to a climate conference ☞ https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20230717-no-the-spanish-minister-for-ecological-transition-didn-t-take-a-private-jet-to-a-climate-conference    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:51:42


  • US special envoy Kerry holds talks in China aimed at reviving climate diplomacy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20230717-us-special-envoy-kerry-holds-talks-in-china-aimed-at-reviving-climate-diplomacy    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:51:52


  • New Zealand PM Calls for Deepening Cooperation With China ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/New-Zealand-PM-Calls-for-Deepening-Cooperation-With-China-20230717-0010.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:52:07


  • Finland must do more to meet climate goals despite drop in emissions in 2022 ☞ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/23897-finland-must-do-more-to-meet-climate-goals-despite-drop-in-emissions-in-2022.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:52:26


  • Florida’s Vanishing Sparrows ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/floridas-vanishing-sparrows    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:52:34


  • US envoy John Kerry says climate cooperation could redefine US-China ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-envoy-john-kerry-says-climate-cooperation-could-redefine-us-china-ties    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:52:46


  • Why We Should Politicize the Weather ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/opinion/weather-climate-politics-republican.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:53:02


  • Kerry Says U.S. and China Must Set Aside Politics to Tackle Climate Change ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/world/asia/john-kerry-china-climate.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:53:32


  • At No Labels Event, a Few Disagreements on Policy Seep In ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/no-labels-manchin-huntsman-event.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:53:42


  • "Relentless" heat wave spreads across southern U.S. ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/07/16/brutal-heat-wave-peaks-southwest-records-set    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:53:57


  • Extreme weather shows how climate is going off the rails ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/07/17/heat-waves-extreme-weather-globe-climate    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:54:56


  • "As the nation’s clean energy industry ramps up to join the global race to build new power sources, a cabinet minister has reignited the decades-long climate wars in Australia." ☛ https://michaelwest.com.au/clean-energy-gets-dirty-as-politics-of-transition-flare/ | Source: Michael West Media    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:55:02


  • Brazil: EIB lends €300 million to Banco Santander Brasil for small-scale solar energy investments ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_23_3896    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:55:33


  • "Modelling released on Tuesday shows renewables construction and installation costs rising by one-fifth on average, but the energy source remains more cost effective than new gas or coal plants." ☛ https://michaelwest.com.au/renewable-energy-projects-not-immune-to-inflation-sting/ | Source: Michael West Media    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 02:57:17


  • Jose Hunter: My Career Goals ☞ https://josecodes.hashnode.dev/my-career-goals    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:01:31


  • Free Speech Upsets Powers That Be ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/srichman/2023/07/17/free-speech-upsets-powers-that-be/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:02:59


  • TextToSpeech improvements for Qt 6.6 ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-texttospeech-improvements-in-qt-6.6    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:04:00


  • Espressif ESP-SR enables on-device speech recognition framework on ESP32-S3 and ESP32 WiSoCs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/07/17/espressif-esp-sr-enables-on-device-speech-recognition-framework-on-esp32-s3-and-esp32-wisocs/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:04:42


  • DeSantis, Haley and Pence Attack Democrats in Speeches Supporting Israel ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/desantis-israel-biden.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:14:40


  • In Congress, Democrats’ Rift Over Israel Flares on Eve of Herzog Visit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/congress-israel-democrats.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:14:54


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:15:12


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Programming/Development Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Programming_Development_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Programming_Development_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:15:17


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:15:27


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and Debian FOSS Activity Report From Ben Hutchings ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_and_Debian_FOSS_Activity_Report_From_B.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_and_Debian_FOSS_Activity_Report_From_B.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:15:47


  • Microsoft making a ton of noise right now. Will that distract from the large scale of layoffs it "implemented" silently? IBM did the same.    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:32:03


  • Cameron Kaiser: Floodgap downtime ☞ http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2023/07/floodgap-downtime.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:43:37


  • Junta blames ‘terrorist drones’ for Sagaing bombing ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/myanmar-weekend-bombings-07172023054920.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:44:16


  • Don't overlook the fact Saudi Arabia partly owns Twitter (and has for over a decade); it has moles inside the sniff out dissidents and it censors the platform for the entire planet ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2023/07/when-govts-and-citizens-wage-twitter-wars-can-we-learn-anything-from-saudi-arabi/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:56:55


  • You cannot advocate human rights in Twitter because the mere act of posting in Twitter is an affront to human rights.    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 03:58:14


  • Techrights Bulletin for Tuesday, July 18, 2023 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:07:33


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

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:07:39


  • Restaurant association obtains exemption from anti-smoking law ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/health/suspension-granted-against-anti-smoking-law/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:31:57


  • Overbooking is a HUGE scam. Let the scammers pay for it. ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/supreme-court-airlines-must-partly-refund-overbookings/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:32:49


  • "fully compensate survivors" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-paid-out-less-than-one-percent-of-claims-new-mexico-wildfire | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:33:42


  • But the US always has endless money 'for' Ukraine (for military contractors, not for Ukraine, they just send illegal cluster munitions for Ukrainians and Russians to kill one another, civilians included)    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:35:19


  • Turkey sees record-breaking electricity, water consumption amid heatwave ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/society/281631-turkey-sees-record-breaking-electricity-water-consumption-amid-heatwave    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:36:48


  • Nineteen forest fires erupt in a day in Turkey's south, west ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/crisis/281597-nineteen-forest-fires-erupt-in-a-day-in-turkey-s-south-west    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:37:13


  • Highest-ever increase on fuel taxes sparks outrage in Turkey ☞ https://www.bianet.org/english/economy/281594-highest-ever-increase-on-fuel-taxes-sparks-outrage-in-turkey    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:37:29


  • Running GNU/Linux? ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/pc-console-looks-like-steam-machine-smaller-xbox-series-s    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:38:12


  • WP Briefing: Episode 60: Sneak a Peek at WordPress 6.3 with Special Guest Mike Schroder ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2023/07/episode-60-sneak-a-peek-at-wordpress-6-3-with-special-guest-mike-schroder/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:39:09


  • Bash Basics Series #6: Handling String Operations ☞ https://itsfoss.com/bash-strings/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:39:36


  • Pretty Print a JSON String in Python ☞ https://tecadmin.net/pretty-print-a-json-string-in-python/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:40:58


  • ESP32-S3 based Arduino Nano ESP32 board supports Arduino and MicroPython programming ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/07/18/esp32-s3-based-arduino-nano-esp32-board-supports-arduino-and-micropython-programming/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:41:23


  • Books and Zines gemini://gemini.cyberbot.space/gemlog/2023-07-18-bookszines.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:43:50


  • Acceptance isn't where 'you' think it is gemini://dimension.sh/~textmonger/2023-07-18-02-acceptance-isnt-where-you-think-it-is.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:44:35


  • Book Review: Mindstar Rising gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2023/202307/20230718-book-review-mindstar-rising.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:45:39


  • "In 1990 there was an operating system called BeOS developed by Be Inc. BeOS was meant to be a "multimedia" focused alternative to Mac OS and Windows. Unfortunately BeOS failed to gain traction, and Be Inc was acquired by Palm, Inc in 2001. Despite that, BeOS lives on today thanks to the wonderful work of the Haiku project." gemini://alextheuxguy.mooo.com/2023-07-18.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:46:30


  • Bubble v6.0: Atom Feeds, Expanded Help gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Bubble/3241    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 04:47:11


  • Elon Musk’s Twitter: Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/elon-musk-twitter-everything-you-need-to-know/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:23:34


  • No, just pushed by IBM, the PROPRIETARY company https://linux.slashdot.org/story/23/07/17/0159246/is-wayland-becoming-the-favored-way-to-get-a-gui-on-linux    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:26:46


  • How to encrypt a file within seconds in Linux! https://systemweakness.com/how-to-encrypt-a-file-in-linux-challenge-with-prize-5e53e28fa890    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:28:47


  • "– Linux-Red Hat wars expand" https://insidehpc.com/2023/07/hpc-news-bytes-sc23-china-tech-export-controls-linux-wars-expand-chiplet-scale-out-quantum/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:29:25


  • "Linux-friendly": how Microsofters blame on "Linux" things that have nothing to do with it https://cybernews.com/security/zimbra-email-zero-day-bug/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:30:50


  • How to Install 32-Bit Linux On An Old Mac https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-32bit-linux-on-mac/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:31:32


  • Slackware celebrates 30 years in the Linux distribution world https://www.itpro.com/software/open-source/slackware-celebrates-30-years-in-the-linux-distribution-world    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:32:01


  • Joining cargo cults https://www.makeuseof.com/set-up-rust-development-environment-on-linux/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:32:38


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Solus 4.4 “Harmony” Released with Secure Boot Support, Linux 6.3, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/08/Solus_4_4_Harmony_Released_with_Secure_Boot_Support_Linux_6_3_a.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/08/Solus_4_4_Harmony_Released_with_Secure_Boot_Support_Linux_6_3_a.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:38:18


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux Shells: Bash, Zsh, and Fish Explained ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Linux_Shells_Bash_Zsh_and_Fish_Explained.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Linux_Shells_Bash_Zsh_and_Fish_Explained.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:38:37


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): This beautiful Linux distribution makes it easy to migrate from any OS ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/This_beautiful_Linux_distribution_makes_it_easy_to_migrate_from.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/This_beautiful_Linux_distribution_makes_it_easy_to_migrate_from.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:38:44


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Vanilla 4.0 release ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Vanilla_4_0_release.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Vanilla_4_0_release.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:38:50


  • Solus Is Back, but Can It Survive Its Troubled Past? https://fossforce.com/2023/07/solus-is-back-but-can-it-survive-its-troubled-past/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:40:31


  • Outsourced to Gulag. Get your proprietary crap to watch Samba? https://lwn.net/Articles/938524/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:47:08


  • Cython 3.0.0 https://cython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/src/changes.html#major-themes-in-3-0-0    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:47:59


  • No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking.. and Leaking… and Leaking… https://www.databreaches.net/no-need-to-hack-when-its-leaking-and-leaking-and-leaking/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:49:35


  • Phoenician Medical Center notifying 162,500 patients of attack that “disrupted” IT systems https://www.databreaches.net/phoenician-medical-center-notifying-162500-patients-of-attack-that-disrupted-it-systems/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:49:59


  • CalPERS CEO gives update on data hack that exposed Social Security numbers, birth dates https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/calpers-board-gives-data-hack-231457239.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:51:06


  • Henry Ford Health confirms data breach affecting 168,000 patients https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/07/17/henry-ford-health-confirms-data-breach-affecting-168000-patients/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 05:53:28


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): MakuluLinux 4K Text to Image Generator ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/MakuluLinux_4K_Text_to_Image_Generator.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/MakuluLinux_4K_Text_to_Image_Generator.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 06:38:57


  • Father of Linus Torvalds in the news https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10038236    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 06:42:55


  • New: Nils Torvalds https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jvsFl1nT6yY    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 06:44:20


  • Nils Torvalds: crazies sent my son to see therapists because they couldn't stand the thought their code sucked and wasn't wanted in Linux.    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 06:45:35


  • Wireshark 4.0.7 Released, (Sat, Jul 15th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30030    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 06:46:20


  • DShield Honeypot Maintenance and Data Retention, (Thu, Jul 13th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30024    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 06:46:48


  • Loader activity for Formbook "QM18", (Wed, Jul 12th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30020    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 06:49:33


  • The Guardian should know. It ruins the lives of people by DEFAMING them. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/18/lives-are-ruined-in-an-afternoon-how-social-media-shaped-the-huw-edwards-story    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:05:48


  • In the case of Julian Assange, The Guardian (Bill Gates-bribed defamation mill) played a role in the arrest, i.e. the attack on all journalists around the world. The Guardian should be dismantled. It is still working for high-profile criminals under the guise of "left"...    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:07:04


  • The conclusion of the Huw Edwards saga is, people should avoid social control media. Don't read it, don't write to it. Let it rot and die.    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:08:22


  • Spain Fines Apple and Amazon $218 Million for Elbowing Out Small Retailers https://english.aawsat.com/technology/4439731-spain-fines-apple-and-amazon-218-million-elbowing-out-small-retailers    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:10:51


  • Controlling network access to ICS systems, (Mon, Jul 3rd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/30000    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:11:35


  • DShield pfSense Client Update, (Fri, Jun 30th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/29994    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:12:19


  • GuLoader- or DBatLoader/ModiLoader-style infection for Remcos RAT, (Thu, Jun 29th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/29990    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:12:53


  • banksters as mechanisms of slavery and colonialism ☞ https://qz.com/the-g20-isnt-taking-the-debt-of-poor-countries-seriousl-1850648221    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:14:01


  • A South Korean Apology ☞ https://reason.com/2023/07/17/photo-a-south-korean-apology/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:14:21


  • Polos CH32Vxx 32-bit RISC-V MCU boards starts at $1.99 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/07/18/polos-ch32vxx-32-bit-risc-v-mcu-boards/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:14:56


  • An Internet Champion for Africa: Remembering Pierre Ouédraogo ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2023/07/an-internet-champion-for-africa-remembering-pierre-ouedraogo/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:15:32


  • Chinese chip firm wins trade secrets case against US company ☞ https://itwire.com/technology-regulation/chinese-chip-firm-wins-trade-secrets-case-against-us-company.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:16:21


  • Canada's massive wildfire problem is worsening ☞ https://qz.com/canadas-massive-wildfire-problem-is-worsening-1850647931    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:51:09


  • Earth's Day Was Stuck at 19.5 Hours Long For Over a Billion Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-day-was-stuck-at-19-5-hours-long-for-over-a-billion-years    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:51:31


  • Air Quality Worsens Again as Canada Wildfires Smoke Returns to U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/wildfire-smoke-canada-ny-air-quality.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:51:58


  • Cybercriminals stole $666 million from cryptocurrency projects in first half of 2022 ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2023/07/cybercriminals-stole-666m-from-crypto-projects-in-h1-2023/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:52:47


  • Elon Musk said Twitter's ad revenue has halved ☞ https://qz.com/elon-musk-twitter-ad-revenue-50-percent-cashflow-1850646614    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:54:33


  • Threads Reaches One-Fifth the Number of Weekly Active Users on Twitter — In A Week ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/07/17/threads-achieves-weekly-active-users-twitter-week/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:55:05


  • "Chinese officials demand satirical singer-songwriter delete his Twitter account" ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/crazy-zhang-07172023151111.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:56:03


  • DeNazis fires staff, scales back travel as polls dip below 20% ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/07/17/desantis-fires-staff-travel-trump    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:58:09


  • So Elon Musk promoting DeNazis was not enough. Maybe Twitter should start endorsing Trump again and make a back room deal in Moscow (I get you elected, you bail Twitter out).    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:59:04


  • Twitter’s Elon Musk reports ‘negative cash flow, due to 50% drop in advertising revenue’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20230716-twitter-s-cash-flow-still-negative-as-elon-musk-takeover-sees-advertising-plummet    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 07:59:37


  • "e-court-if-cops-are-going-to-digitally-wiretap-a-facebook-account-they-need-a-wiretap-order/">New Jersey Supreme Court: If Cops Are Going To Digitally Wiretap A Facebook Account" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/17/new-jersey-supreme-court-if-cops-are-going-to-digitally-wiretap-a-facebook-account-they-need-a-wiretap-order/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:00:10


  • How To Change Hostname on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/change-hostname-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:00:46


  • How To Install ExifTool on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-exiftool-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:02:41


  • How To Install 7-Zip on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-7-zip-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:02:53


  • AQEMU GUI for QEMU compiled in OE ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202307/aqemu-gui-for-qemu-compiled-in-oe.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:03:52


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/18/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/18/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:04:22


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Aetina introduces fanless NVIDIA Jetson Orin embedded box PCs with Ubuntu 20.04 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Aetina_introduces_fanless_NVIDIA_Jetson_Orin_embedded_box_PCs_w.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Aetina_introduces_fanless_NVIDIA_Jetson_Orin_embedded_box_PCs_w.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:04:27


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The systemd Controversy: A Beginner's Guide to Understanding the Debate ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/The_systemd_Controversy_A_Beginner_s_Guide_to_Understanding_the.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/The_systemd_Controversy_A_Beginner_s_Guide_to_Understanding_the.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:04:33


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): VirtualBox 7.0.10 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/VirtualBox_7_0_10.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/VirtualBox_7_0_10.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:04:38


  • "Social media needs to burn." https://doctorow.medium.com/let-the-platforms-burn-6fb3e6c0d980    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:05:37


  • "Law enforcement agencies often command an outsized portion of city and county budgets." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/17/if-the-crime-rate-goes-down-after-half-a-cop-shop-quits-what-are-we-even-paying-for/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:38:14


  • 5th amendment ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/17/top-court-in-illinois-says-compelling-password-production-isnt-a-fifth-amendment-violation/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:39:05


  • "A Lendlease spokesman on Tuesday confirmed the company will lay off about 740 people." ☛ https://michaelwest.com.au/property-giant-lendlease-to-lay-off-740-employees/ | Source: Michael West Media    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:40:35


  • "I present to you my complete and working guide to installing NixOS on a Raspberry Pi 4." ☛ https://mtlynch.io/nixos-pi4/ | Source: Michael Lynch    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:41:59


  • "The only way to navigate to it is via keyboard navigation. Hit your Tab ⭾ button!" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/this-link-is-only-available-by-keyboard-navigation/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:42:07


  • "These days, modern versions of su interpret 'su -' as 'su -l' (via)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/SuDashHistory | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:42:38


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:44:01


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:44:10


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:44:19


  • "In this guide, I'd like to share with you how to install Alpine Linux" ☛ https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2023-07-14-alpine-linux-from-ram-but-persistent.html | Source: Data Swamp    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:46:27


  • "Apparently, desktop Linux use measures 3.08 percent, lagging about a quarter behind the usage of ChromeOS at 4.15 percent." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/18/linux_desktop_debate/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 08:46:35


  • "It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 21 and 21.1 to version 21.2." ☛ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4550 | Source: Linux Mint    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 09:59:27


  • "The Squirrel Box is a small, remote device that measures key soil metrics, like pH levels, moisture content, ambient conditions" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/07/18/the-squirrel-box-aims-to-bring-trust-to-smart-agriculture/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:00:42


  • "This paper presents the Squirrel Box, a robust device for outdoor soil and environmental monitoring, providing data on soil metrics" ☛ https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3597512.3600209 | Source: ACM    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:00:50


  • "Beyond controlling the geared DC and servo motors" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/07/18/this-remote-controlled-highly-mobile-robot-features-a-4dof-arm-and-an-onboard-camera/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:01:58


  • "MiuraKit isn’t any one robot, but rather a set of tools and designs that can be combined to build robots and shape-changing interfaces." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2023/07/18/miurakit-simplifies-pneumatic-robot-design/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:02:12


  • "Neo6502 Firmware development update. Paul Robson does amazing work, and on top of his super Basic he added Apple ][ compatible mode." ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2023/07/18/neo6502-firmware-update-neo6502-prototypes-are-on-the-web-for-developers/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:02:44


  • "I’ve been doing my email using the Mimestream app for the last six weeks or so, and apparently I’m not going back to Gmail-in-the-browser" ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/07/18/Mimestream | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:03:46


  • Our favourite thing about the weekend was noticing just how many exhibits were powered by Raspberry Pi." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/sneak-peek-inside-the-first-ever-open-sauce-event-in-san-francisco/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:04:27


  • "The Cloud Development Kit for Terraform (CDKTF) is an alternative to the traditional HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL)." ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/iac-terraform-cdk/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:08:05


  • "Lessons on code quality start in the first few weeks of learning to program [...] But it is so easy to lose sight of why." ☛ https://www.pathsensitive.com/2023/07/ | Source: James Koppel    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:09:13


  • "In data analysis and manipulation tasks" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2023/07/efficiently-finding-duplicate-rows-in-r-a-comparative-analysis/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:09:38


  • "Python is a high-level general-purpose language that supports classes as part of its built-in object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm." ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/python-closures-decorators/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:10:19


  • MSFT layoffs then... and now... then: 10,000+ in a month, then thousands each month. Now: 1000+ in ONE WEEK!!    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:11:34


  • "Still, it’s worth considering what we lose if our area codes, prefixes, and line numbers are slowly washed away by the sands of time." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/07/phone-number-technology-infrastructure/674735/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:22:21


  • "In-N-Out did not respond to a request for comment" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/in-n-out-face-masks-not-allowed-where-and-why-rcna94842 | Source: NBC    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:24:13


  • "On the other hand, as Rosa Cohen points out, we must understand demotivation as an emotional state that can have different causes" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/society/2023-07-17/children-sophophobia-what-is-it-and-why-does-it-occur.html | Source: El País    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:24:25


  • "But the opposite of controlled burns isn’t no burns, it’s out-of-control burns: wildfires." ☛ https://doctorow.medium.com/let-the-platforms-burn-6fb3e6c0d980 | Source: Cory Doctorow    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:25:41


  • "It’s as though we are building engines without understanding the science of combustion" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/un-security-council-ai.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:26:10


  • Wikipedia is gamed to death for years already, well before chatbots ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/magazine/wikipedia-ai-chatgpt.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:26:41


  • "I called 1-800-Discover to tell them how to reproduce it and expose the user’s account credentials" ☛ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2023/07/19/i-found-and-reported-a-security-vulnerability-on-discover-banks-mobile-web-site/ | Source: DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer)    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:28:33


  • "Week of Con" ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvjv48/week-of-cone-activist-group-is-protesting-driverless-cars-by-disabling-them-with-traffic-cones | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:28:50


  • Openwashing ☛ https://gizmodo.com/meta-and-microsoft-introduce-open-source-llama-2-ai-1850652165 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:29:45


  • Openwashing in Microsoft spamsite ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/18/1076479/metas-latest-ai-model-is-free-for-all/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:29:55


  • Openwashing, do not be misld ☛ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-07-18/meta-makes-public-its-chatgpt-rival-llama.html | Source: El País    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:30:03


  • Typo watch: 'Millions of emails' for US military sent to .ml addresses in error ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/18/us_military_mali_email_typos/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:33:59


  • "This decision “does not ban Facebook or Instagram in Norway," Tobias Judin" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/meta-faces-100k-daily-fine-norway-regulator-privacy-101342705 | Source: ABC    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:34:53


  • "kids' conversion to Islam" ☛ https://text.npr.org/1183935523 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:35:38


  • "most noteworthy component of the announcement message about the TikTok-WMG deal" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/07/18/warner-music-group-tiktok-deal-july-2023/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:35:46


  • "Today, Tennessee is a model of one-party rule. It has a Republican governor and legislature." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/tennessee-republican-partisanship-one-party-state/674732/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:38:10


  • "an Article II" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/donald-trumps-plan-to-make-the-presidency-more-like-a-kingship | Source: New Yorker    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 10:38:46


  • "However, observers say, the loss of territory in Somalia likely pushed al-Shabaab to carry out attacks elsewhere." ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2023/07/al-shabaab-attacks-surge-in-somalia-as-atmis-troops-withdraw/ | Source: ADF    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:09:40


  • "It is hard to see any military logic behind the dramatically different Russian reactions to NATO’s Nordic enlargement" ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-was-never-about-nato/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:09:51


  • "With a sepia hue and the smell of a campfire engulfing the East Coast, the immediate effects of human-caused climate change" ☛ https://fair.org/home/as-skies-turn-orange-media-still-hesitate-to-mention-whats-changing-climate/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:36:47


  • "The purpose of the activation is the production of maps and data of the affected region" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1215712/copernicus-system-activated-to-map-burned-areas/ | Source: Greece    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:36:57


  • "In May alone, the mercenaries of the Turkish occupation cut down a total of 2,124 olive and pomegranate trees in the occupied Afrin region" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/ecology/ecocide-in-turkish-occupied-afrin-continues-68363 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:37:07


  • "We're developing a new AI-based drone technology to quickly detect forest fires and provide situational awareness when extinguishing the fires" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/europe-and-canada-are-burning-what-can-we-do-to-prevent-wildfires/a-62725149 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:37:19


  • "According to the company's website, passengers can expect to pay between 60 and 80 euros — depending on the day of travel" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20041541 | Source: YLE    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:37:51


  • "Note in particular that traders don't actually believe that USDT is safe" ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2023/07/ny-fed-metastablecoins.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:38:09


  • "The move also follows warnings from cybersecurity researchers about abuses committed using the firms' snooping products" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/18/us_sanctions_commercial_spyware/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:40:02


  • "He eventually moved to Cyprus, a European Union island nation that has become a favored destination in recent years for surveillance firms and cyberintelligence experts." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/us/politics/spyware-blacklist-israel-us.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:40:28


  • "So, the Saudi people can use Twitter but so can the government and boy, does the government use Twitter." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2023/07/when-govts-and-citizens-wage-twitter-wars-can-we-learn-anything-from-saudi-arabi/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:40:53


  • [Old] "What many did not know is that some of the groundwork for the blockade had already been laid on social media platforms like Twitter." ☛ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/7/21/the-fake-twitter-accounts-influencing-the-gulf-crisis | Source: Al Jazeera    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:41:12


  • "Bill C-18 made its way through the legislative process" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2023/07/what-if-it-isnt-a-bluff-the-consequences-of-the-governments-epic-bill-c-18-miscalculation-begin-to-set-in/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:41:22


  • "The slow collapse of Twitter has inspired a host of would-be successors." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/twitter-threads-new-suggested-rules/674709/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:41:40


  • "the introduction of democracy into the Arab world in this way is a complete illusion that will lead to anarchy in the Middle East." ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/07/18/10-years-later-the-deceptive-results-of-the-arab-spring/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:42:25


  • "Authorities in Belarus have arrested a prominent journalist working with the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/belarus-arrests-prominent-journalist-continued-crackdown-dissent-101396786 | Source: ABC    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:43:17


  • "When asked about the missing chats, a Reddit spokesperson pointed Gizmodo to an announcement the platform made last month" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/reddit-just-deleted-every-message-you-sent-before-2023-1850648803 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:43:49


  • "The France-based founder of the Gulagu.net human rights group, Vladimir Osechkin, helped Filatyev escape Russia for France in August 2022" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-paratrooper-war-ukraine-asylum-france/32508741.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:44:03


  • "The buyouts and layoffs come amid a broader reorganization at Penguin Random House" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/top-editors-penguin-random-house-accept-buyout-offers-101361461 | Source: ABC    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:45:40


  • "At the blockade, Maile met up with other Native Hawaiian professors who were opposed to the project." ☛ https://breachmedia.ca/native-hawai%ca%bbians-take-fight-against-canadian-backed-telescope-to-the-un/ | Source: Breach Media    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:45:52


  • "Instead of protecting freedom of the press, to which he pledged allegiance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in April" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/julian-assange-is-dangerously-close-to-extradition-for-revealing-us-war-crimes/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:46:08


  • "This is the first time a publisher has been charged under the Espionage Act for disclosing government secrets." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/07/18/julian-assange-is-dangerously-close-to-extradition-for-revealing-us-war-crimes/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:46:21


  • "Burkinabè authorities should immediately reverse the suspension of French television news channel La Chaîne Info (LCI) and stop censoring local and foreign media coverage of the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso and the Sahel region" ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/07/18/burkina-faso-suspends-third-french-media-outlet-in-under-8-months/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:46:32


  • "Australian business and government have joined the global chorus warning about the risks artificial intelligence (AI) poses to humanity." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2023/07/artificial-intelligence-working-poor-australia-robodebt-welfare-exploitation/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

POSTED wEDNESDAY, jULY 19, 2023 AT 11:48:31


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Enhancing Your Privacy with Encrypted Emails on /e/OS ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Enhancing_Your_Privacy_with_Encrypted_Emails_on_e_OS.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Enhancing_Your_Privacy_with_Encrypted_Emails_on_e_OS.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 11:56:32


  • "Some influencers are members of SAG-AFTRA, but even those who aren’t are still beholden to the rules of the strike." ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/sag-aftra-issues-strike-guidance-specifically-influencers-confusion-rcna94747 | Source: NBC    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:00:06


  • "SAG-AFTRA’s strike formally began this past Friday" ☛ https://gizmodo.com/sag-aftra-wga-strikes-support-does-and-donts-faq-1850648707 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:00:13


  • "She and her coworkers walked out after Amazon retaliated by refusing to accommodate her when she sustained an injury on the job." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2023/07/amazon-warehouse-workers-pontiac-michigan-strike-teamsters/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:04:53


  • "Yet as insurers demand higher rates and cancel policies amidst intensifying climate risks, they’re actively contributing to those risks." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2023/07/homeowners-insurers-exploit-climate-crisis-consumer-protections-deregulation/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:05:03


  • "According to the report, it would cost just over $14 billion—approximately 0.009% of global gross domestic product in 2022" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/un-report-reveals-165-million-people-plunged-into-poverty-in-the-past-three-years/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:05:22


  • "The SAG-AFTRA strike is a significant expansion of the scale and momentum of our struggle." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/writers-strike-update-gondelman/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:05:41


  • "In this blog post, we’ll discuss these new proposals, as well as ZONEMD." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2023/07/18/adding-zonemd-protections-to-the-root-zone/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:06:25


  • "There are 800,000 EU-based sellers on Amazon, and they have seen the junk-fees that Amazon charges them skyrocket" ☛ https://doctorow.medium.com/how-amazon-transformed-the-eu-into-a-planned-economy-dabc63b15449 | Source: Cory Doctorow    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:06:44


  • "Want a little more info on how Vampire Survivors came to be?" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/check-out-the-mini-vampire-survivors-documentary/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:09:00


  • "Game store GOG has launched the Make Classics Last Forever Sale, a good chance for you to pick up some retro beauties with money left to spare." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/pick-up-some-absolute-classic-in-the-gog-make-classics-last-forever-sale/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:09:09


  • "Set in a dystopian future, Full Void from OutOfTheBit Ltd is out now with Native Linux support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/cinematic-2d-puzzle-platformer-full-void-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:09:22


  • "Puzzle game lovers will want to check out Lovux, newly released from developer Mindlabor it's all about smashing glass." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/lovux-is-a-clever-glass-smashing-puzzle-game-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:10:10


  • "Cloning is the meticulous process of creating an exact replica of a live Linux server by employing the powerful rsync command-line tool" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/clone-linux-server/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:12:59


  • "Rsync (Remote Sync) is the most commonly used command for copying and synchronizing files and directories remotely as well as locally in Linux/Unix systems" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/rsync-local-remote-file-synchronization-commands/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:13:26


  • Proxmox Series #1: Installing Proxmox ☛ https://linuxhandbook.com/installing-proxmox/ | Source: Linux Handbook    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:14:37


  • Taking Linux Security To The Next Level With OpenSnitch Firewall ☛ https://ostechnix.com/opensnitch-application-level-firewall-for-linux/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:14:44


  • 🔤SpellBinding: AIUQRSM Wordo: HALTS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2023-07-19.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:19:53


  • As if the Ineffable is Always the More Attractive Choice gemini://thurk.org/blog/602.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:20:32


  • Lupa pages has been broken for nearly a week, no updates made //gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:22:05


  • Autocrats https://bianet.org/english/world/281647-turkey-saudi-arabia-sign-wide-range-of-agreements-during-erdogan-s-visit    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:24:53


  • Assassination? https://bianet.org/english/crisis/281668-bicyclist-killed-not-an-accident-but-a-murder    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:25:08


  • orange Nazi https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/trumps-january-6-target-letter-jack-smith/674738/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:25:40


  • Microsoft is failing and it suffers mass layoffs all the time. For now it's trying to squeeze money out of prisoners... to balance the books https://qz.com/microsofts-new-price-plans-for-ai-are-trying-to-make-ba-1850647481    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:26:45


  • strings https://reason.com/2023/07/18/sweden-learns-that-nato-has-strings-attached/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:27:19


  • "DO NOT WANT!!" https://www.dw.com/en/russian-deserters-keep-fleeing-abroad/a-66277704    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:27:32


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Vampire Survivors, GOG, Full Void, and Lovux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Games_Vampire_Survivors_GOG_Full_Void_and_Lovux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Games_Vampire_Survivors_GOG_Full_Void_and_Lovux.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:29:46


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:29:54


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware: Squirrel Box, AgriTech, MiuraKit, Raspberry Pi, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Open_Hardware_Squirrel_Box_AgriTech_MiuraKit_Raspberry_Pi_and_M.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Open_Hardware_Squirrel_Box_AgriTech_MiuraKit_Raspberry_Pi_and_M.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:29:59


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:30:08


  • Mozilla and spyware: "How to use Fakespot, the AI tool that helps you detect fake reviews" ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/how-to-use-fakespot/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 12:30:29


  • "Arduino announced yesterday a new development board from the Nano family." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/arduino-launches-nano-esp32-board-for-20-00/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:12:02


  • "The Alp Electronix RP2040-ESP32C3 Dev Board is a versatile and compact development board designed to meet the needs of both hobbyists and developers." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/dev-board-combines-rp2040-and-esp32-c3-module/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:12:10


  • "Framework have now put up the modular and customizable Framework Laptop 16 for pre-order featuring the latest AMD Ryzen CPUs and AMD Radeon GPUs." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/the-modular-framework-laptop-16-opens-up-for-pre-orders/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:15:11


  • "NVIDIA has released their latest Linux graphics driver update with version 535.86.05. So here's what's new and improved for you." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/07/nvidia-driver-535-86-05-out-now-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:15:44


  • MySQL high availability made charmingly easy | Ubuntu ⚓ https://ubuntu.com//blog/mysql-high-availability ䷉ Source: Ubuntu | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//ubuntu.com//blog/mysql-high-availability    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:17:07


  • LeakedSource Owner Quit Ashley Madison a Month Before 2015 Hack ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/07/leakedsource-owner-quit-ashley-madison-a-month-before-2015-hack/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:18:12


  • "Choke Points" ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/18/john_womack_jr_labor_power_strategy | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:18:52


  • CG, not HEY HI ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/broad-federal-publicity-right-risky-answer-generative-ai-problems | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:19:31


  • PRESS Act ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/eff-supports-press-act-protect-journalists | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:19:59


  • "Below, you’ll find links to actions you can quickly take to contact your lawmaker..." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:20:57


  • "Little bothers me more than having to manage passwords, certificates, and wasting time/effort dicking with two-factor authentication schemes - especially the latter because I usually have my phone's radio off because I dislike being interrupted by text messages and/or calls." gemini://dimension.sh/~textmonger/2023-07-19-03-dont-step-in-the-gila-monster-shit.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:30:25


  • mrpieceofwork needs a job...: Wednesday: I desperately need a job gemini://rawtext.club/~mrpieceofwork/gemlog/Jul-2023/20230719.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:31:22


  • Pondering conception and such gemini://dimension.sh/~textmonger/2023-07-19-02-pondering-conception-and-such.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:32:14


  • Racing to beat ew0k's plug pull gemini://dimension.sh/~textmonger/2023-07-19-01-racing-to-beat-ew0ks-plug-pull.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 16:32:50


  • Microsoft Cuts More Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/07/19/2023-layoff-tracker-microsoft-cuts-more-staff-report-says/?sh=49a82f252232    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:26:02


  • It should say over 1000 and not repeat the lie about "10,000" earlier this year (it was vastly more)    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:27:06


  • "Satya is a former H1B" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1nFLYrS1    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:28:27


  • "OP: SN is bringing over younger, hungriier cheaper H1Bs to replace ya" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1nERJuoA    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:28:55


  • One hour ago: "Canadians are being replaced by cheaper offshored employees from third world countries; a dollar saved is a dollar earned" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1nBcIcxt#replies    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:29:30


  • While ALL costs went UP https://www.seattletimes.com/business/seattle-area-workers-paychecks-shrank-in-2022-why-tech/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:30:47


  • 'temps' and/or 'permatemps' at Microsoft, who lost their jobs, don't even get counted!    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:35:16


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Awesome Linux Game Tools: NoiseTorch-ng ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Awesome_Linux_Game_Tools_NoiseTorch_ng.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Awesome_Linux_Game_Tools_NoiseTorch_ng.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:35:35


  • Victoria ☛ https://michaelwest.com.au/commonwealth-games-could-head-back-to-the-uk/ | Source: Michael West Media    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:38:37


  • "British inflation has fallen by more than expected in June and was its slowest in more than a year at 7.9 per cent" ☛ https://michaelwest.com.au/britains-inflation-rate-slows-sharply-to-7-9-per-cent/ | Source: Michael West Media    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:39:27


  • "The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy is reporting the completion of a highly successful anti-piracy campaign to protect live cricket" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-coalition-boasts-massive-sports-streaming-disruption-campaign-230718/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:45:31


  • "Two photographers who filed a copyright lawsuit against Instagram after their images posted to the platform appeared on BuzzFeed News" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/instagram-not-liable-for-copyright-infringement-over-embedded-images-230718/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:45:43


  • "Ukrainian sources are telling media outlets it was a joint operation between the SBU and the Ukrainian Navy." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/07/18/ukraine-again-bombs-crimean-bridge/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:46:21


  • nato ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/07/18/brussels-global-women-for-peace-united-against-nato-meet-with-eu-parliament-nato-representatives/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:47:08


  • "We Buy Ugly Houses" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/behind-the-scenes-of-we-buy-ugly-houses-deal | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:47:50


  • How to Use the “Nursing Home Inspect” Database ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-use-updated-nursing-home-inspect | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:48:49


  • "Nursing Home Inspect" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/here-whats-new-in-nursing-home-inspect-database | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:49:12


  • Mint 21.2 is desktop Linux without the faff https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/19/mint_212/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:51:28


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): What Is Ubuntu Pro, and Is It Worth It ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/What_Is_Ubuntu_Pro_and_Is_It_Worth_It.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/What_Is_Ubuntu_Pro_and_Is_It_Worth_It.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:53:57


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Best of the Best: Top 10 Ubuntu-Based Linux Distros in 2023 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Best_of_the_Best_Top_10_Ubuntu_Based_Linux_Distros_in_2023.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Best_of_the_Best_Top_10_Ubuntu_Based_Linux_Distros_in_2023.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:54:04


  • "Itiot meeting" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2023/07/18/itiot-meeting-public-prosecutor-wants-racist-and-anti-semitic-police-in-frankfurt-to-be-punished/ | Source: Site36    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:55:06


  • "Sound Of Freedom" ☛ https://shadowproof.com/2023/07/18/tried-to-censor-sound-of-freedom-air-horn-my-story/ | Source: Shadowproof    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 17:55:49


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Stable kernels: Linux 6.4.4, and Linux 6.1.39 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_4_4_and_Linux_6_1_39.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_4_4_and_Linux_6_1_39.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:27:34


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Android_Leftovers.2.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Android_Leftovers.2.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:27:58


  • "In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, according to tax experts." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/07/18/how-harlan-crow-slashed-his-tax-bill-by-taking-clarence-thomas-on-superyacht-cruises/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:38:39


  • A very dangerous surrender to ByteDance ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/07/18/warner-music-group-tiktok-deal-july-2023/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:43:17


  • Letting Beijing control art and culture intentionally is dangerous ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/07/18/tiktok-elevate-launch/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:44:05


  • tiktok shilled by Wall Street Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/style/pinkydoll-social-media-livestream.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:45:11


  • The Sun is defying forecasts ☞ https://www.axios.com/2023/07/18/forecasting-space-weather-sun    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:45:36


  • Covid-time pets end up at shelters in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/environment/18.07.2023-covid-time-pets-end-up-at-shelters-in-latvia.a516854/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:46:01


  • US government suspends funding so that Wuhan lab ‘does not receive another dollar’ over stonewalling COVID probe ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/us-government-cuts-funding-from-wuhan-lab-off-report/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:46:20


  • Cremations spiked by more than 70% during China's first COVID-19 wave in Zhejiang ☞ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-cremations-07182023165830.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:46:44


  • Forbes: USA aid package to Ukraine includes Latvian-designed drones ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/18.07.2023-forbes-usa-aid-package-to-ukraine-includes-latvian-designed-drones.a516938/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:53:13


  • Tightening the Ukraine-NATO Knot ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2023/07/18/tightening-the-ukraine-nato-knot/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:53:23


  • ‘Real Heroes Don’t Fight for Villains’: From Soldier to Conscientious Objector ☞ https://original.antiwar.com/chris_karr/2023/07/18/real-heroes-dont-fight-for-villains-from-soldier-to-conscientious-objector/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:54:03


  • Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was never about NATO ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-was-never-about-nato/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:54:17


  • Putin’s biggest mistake was believing Ukrainians were really Russians ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-biggest-mistake-was-believing-ukrainians-were-really-russians/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:56:14


  • Russia strikes Ukraine's Odesa port for second night ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230719-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-russia-strikes-ukraine-s-odesa-port-for-second-night    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:56:36


  • Top US general says Ukraine’s counteroffensive is 'far from a failure' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230718-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-crimea-bridge-partially-open-to-traffic-russian-official    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:57:06


  • ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Today_in_Techrights.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/19/Today_in_Techrights.1.gmi ∎    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:57:28


  • Lithuania’s main port ready to ship Ukrainian grain, CEO says ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2037812/lithuania-s-main-port-ready-to-ship-ukrainian-grain-ceo-says    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:57:40


  • Ukraine, Russia Seek Alternatives After Collapse Of Black Sea Grain Deal ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-alternatives-black-sea-grain-deal/32508910.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:59:07


  • Russian Paratrooper Who Condemned War In Ukraine Gets Asylum In France ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-paratrooper-war-ukraine-asylum-france/32508741.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:59:26


  • U.S. General: Ukrainian Forces Making Progress Despite Minefields, Other Obstacles In 'Tough Fight' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-drones-crimea-attacks-donetsk/32508155.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:59:42


  • Dealing with crypto assets discussed at G-20 meet, said DPM Wong ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/dealing-with-crypto-assets-discussed-at-g-20-meet-said-dpm-wong    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 18:59:57


  • Finland's NBI interviewing witnesses, victims of suspected war crimes in Ukraine ☞ https://yle.fi/a/74-20041466    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:00:07


  • Why Russia’s grain deal snub isn’t just about attack on Kerch Bridge ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2023/0718/Why-Russia-s-grain-deal-snub-isn-t-just-about-attack-on-Kerch-Bridge    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:00:28


  • Russia Bombards Ukraine Port After Bridge Attack and Grain Deal Collapse ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/europe/russia-barrage-odesa-grain-bridge.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:00:42


  • Ukraine crisis and colonialism derail EU-Latin American summit ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2023/0718/Ukraine-crisis-and-colonialism-derail-EU-Latin-American-summit    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:00:52


  • The Ukrainian Children That Lost Their Dads to Putin’s War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/opinion/ukraine-russia-war-children.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:01:06


  • "In spring 2024, Vladimir Putin will run for Russia’s presidency once again, and his administration has decided that he should win with at least 80 percent of the vote. " ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/07/18/the-task-is-simple-get-80-percent | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:01:39


  • Moscow Warns Ukraine Against Shipping Grain Across the Black Sea Without Its Consent ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/europe/moscow-ukraine-grain-black-sea.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:01:48


  • What about the US homeless? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/europe/us-ukraine-aid.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:02:11


  • Ukrainian Soldiers Fight to Reclaim Their Own Towns From Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/world/europe/ukraine-counteroffensive-soldiers.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:02:20


  • "On the night of July 18, the Ukrainian military shot down six Russian Kalibr missiles over Odesa, as well as 25 Shahed kamikaze drones in the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/07/18/ukraine-shoots-down-six-russian-missiles-and-25-drones-in-southern-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:02:42


  • Clownflare itself in an attack. Against many things on the Web. ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/07/18/cloudflare-report-reveals-disturbing-rise-ddos-attacks-critical-sectors/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:03:22


  • "double terrorist attack" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/07/18/russian-investigators-reportedly-believe-bridge-blast-may-have-been-result-of-double-terrorist-attack-involving-jet-skis | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:03:44


  • A Current War Collides With the Past: Remnants of World War II in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/europe/ukraine-world-war-ii.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:04:08


  • "Before last month, Mikhail Lobanov was an associate professor at Moscow State University (MGU) and a well-known trade union activist." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/07/19/the-kremlin-failed-to-kill-civil-society | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:04:37


  • Is Russia really siding with the UAE against Iran? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/russia-gcc-uae-iran-islands/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:04:58


  • From Khrushchev’s KGB to Putin: the deep roots of Russian influence in Africa ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230718-from-khrushchev-s-kgb-to-putin-the-deep-roots-of-russian-influence-in-africa    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:05:14


  • Lithuanian president calls on Latin America not to be ‘seduced’ by Russian propaganda ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2037127/lithuanian-president-calls-on-latin-america-not-to-be-seduced-by-russian-propaganda    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:05:36


  • Prigozhin arrives in Belarus, activists say ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2037054/prigozhin-arrives-in-belarus-activists-say    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:05:53


  • Arresting Putin Would be 'Declaration Of War,' South African President Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/arresting-putin-declaration-of-war-south-africa/32508867.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:06:03


  • Russia Extends Military Age Eligibility By Five Years For Reservists ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-extends-military-age-reservists-/32508838.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:06:23


  • "Overnight on July 18, nine drones were shot down by Russian air defense systems in eastern Crimea, while another 19 drones were suppressed by electronic warfare" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/07/18/annexed-crimea-head-says-peninsula-attacked-by-28-drones | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:07:12


  • "propaganda and justification of extremist ideology" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/07/18/bill-on-propaganda-and-justification-of-extremist-ideology-introduced-in-russian-state-duma | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:07:30


  • Wagner Mutiny is a Warning for African Countries Hosting Non-State Actors ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2023/07/wagner-mutiny-is-a-warning-for-african-countries-hosting-non-state-actors/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:08:00


  • Arresting Putin in South Africa Would Risk War, President Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/world/europe/putin-arrest-south-africa.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:09:10


  • Russia Ready to Supply Free Grain to African Countries -Kremlin ☞ https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Ready-to-Supply-Free-Grain-to-African-Countries--Kremlin-20230718-0026.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:09:19


  • Wagner Withdrawal Could Open Door for Chinese Security Companies ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2023/07/wagner-withdrawal-could-open-door-for-chinese-security-companies/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:09:40


  • Germany - Pro-Russian AfD Worker: Moscow's Man in the Bundestag ☞ https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-pro-russian-afd-worker-moscow-s-man-in-the-bundestag-a-5fb8d1ef-ee5b-44d2-9cce-850d19651be8    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:09:49


  • Russia Says Crimea Bridge Partially Reopened To Traffic After Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-crimea-bridge-partially-reopened/32508579.html    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:10:05


  • "said that women should give birth as early in life as possible rather than pursuing their education and building careers." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/07/18/russian-health-minister-says-women-should-give-birth-as-early-as-possible-rather-pursuing-careers | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:10:45


  • odesa ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/07/18/kremlin-calls-attack-on-odesa-retaliatory-strike-for-crimean-bridge-explosion | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:11:03


  • the browser has you gopher://triapul.cz/0/phlog/2023-07-19-the-browser-has-you.txt    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:22:39


  • Nasuni says it can restore millions of files hit by ransomware in seconds ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2023/07/18/nasuni-says-can-restore-millions-files-hit-ransomware-seconds/    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:23:07


  • it can delete Microsoft Windows?    

posted Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19:23:35


  • Old Computers, and Challenges gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2023-07-19_oldComputers.txt    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:11:42


  • "For the past 3 months I've been running OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on my laptop." gemini://lesogorov.site/glogs/2307/Linux-is-usable.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:13:29


  • "For example, I had a bit of a song-spoof writing/recording career back in my software days that I'd like to share in the Antenna realm, but have to worry about some psychopath who found a sentence of mine insufficiently polite tracking me/mine down to do real harm." gemini://dimension.sh/~textmonger/2023-07-19-04-dont-step-in-the-gila-monster-shit-addendum.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:14:22


  • Blueprinting Gemini Base Tests gemini://tilde.pink/~slondr/blueprinting-gemini-base-tests.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:17:06


  • "During my walks by the Tanana River, I'm growing accustomed now to seeing an abundance of a dozen or so familiar wild flowers. However, I came across one small patch which I wasn't familiar with Siberian Aster (photo)" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20230719-0.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:18:14


  • "I have to keep reminding myself that a lot of this formatting is a crutch for good writing, and only really exists in an ad hoc sense due to the digital publishing revolution." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Geminispace/3228    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:19:44


  • "There are a few one to three person companies out there that never grow any bigger, but all in all it looks to me like the vast majority of companies just want to grow and keep growing. New markets, more employees, bigger or more products, higher revenue, higher profits." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-01-25-why-do-corporations-have-to-grow.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:20:53


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D657.jpg    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:21:37


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D983.jpg    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:21:45


  • "WTF a is wrong with people putting torture scenes in fiction books." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/page/2023-07-19%20Torture%20in%20fiction    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:23:37


  • "I'm thinking about blocking all bots from my website. But where to start? How about this: Check the access.log file (I use Apache as my web server). If the User Agent Field contains the word "bot" that sounds like a candidate? Let's see!" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/page/2023-07-16%20Bots%20crawling%20my%20sites    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:24:23


  • "On fedi, I was having a conversation with @glenthefossa@yiff.life about open tables and said that it’s important to be aware of likely trade-offs when running open tables with high player fluctuation: on the plus side, there are a lot more players so fewer sessions cancelled and a large variety of characters and humans" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/page/2023-07-15%20Open%20table%20trade-offs    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:25:48


  • "These days, I run a Mojolicious server which keeps the script in memory and reruns it for every request. The webserver acts as a proxy server for all of this. And it's somewhat tricky: Every now and then there are processes that won't die, accumulating, see 2023-06-28 Reduced Site Functionality." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/page/2023-07-11%20Thinking%20about%20switching%20away%20from%20Oddmuse    

posted Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:26:44


  • "In June, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres backed a proposal by some artificial intelligence executives for the creation of an international AI watchdog body like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)." ☛ usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2023-07-16/un-security-council-to-hold-first-talks-on-ai-risks | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Monday, July 17, 2023 at 09:40:06



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