Roy Schestowitz

• ‘I could taste gunpowder in my mouth’: Woman in China mistakes firecracker for candy, bites on it ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/i-could-taste-gunpowder-in-my-mouth-woman-in-china-mistakes-firecracker-for-candy-bites-on-it    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:45:16

• Thailand buries 60 tonnes of durians contaminated with yellow dye; 26 exporters banned ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-buries-60-tonnes-of-contaminated-durians-26-exporters-banned    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:45:33

• India seeks to push pace of defence cooperation with South-east Asia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-seeks-to-push-pace-of-defence-cooperation-with-south-east-asia    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:45:52

• Asus China compensates and assists owners with damaged GPUs due to PCIe Q-Release Slim mechanism — confirms revision on the way ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/asus-china-compensates-and-assists-owners-with-damaged-gpus-due-to-pcie-q-release-slim-mechanism-confirms-revision-on-the-way    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:46:34

• Former US Federal Reserve adviser pleads not guilty in spy case ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/05/former-fed-advisor-pleads-not-guilty-china-spy-case/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:46:55

• China calls Australia’s DeepSeek ban ‘politicization of technological issues’ ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/06/china-australia-deep-seek-ban/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:47:13

• Did Taiwan ‘severely punish’ students for supporting unification with China? ☞ https://rfa.org/english/factcheck/2025/02/06/afcl-taiwan-student-china-unification/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:47:27

• China thanks Thailand for scam crackdown; militia frees foreigners ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/06/thailand-china-scams-release/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:47:44

• Vietnam builds islands in South China Sea amid tension, challenges ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/02/06/vietnam-china-malaysia-philippines-island-building/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:48:03

• Number of Japanese living in China falls to lowest in 20 years ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/06/china-fewer-japanese-nationalism-attacks-economy/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:49:58

• Trump’s China tariffs include Hong Kong, ending city’s separate status ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/06/china-hong-kong-tariffs-separate-status/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:50:10

• China’s Pooh-tin Jinping hails Thailand’s ‘strong’ action against scam call centres targeting Chinese people ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/06/chinas-xi-jinping-hails-thailands-strong-action-against-scam-call-centres-targeting-chinese-people/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:50:39

• T.X. Hammes proposes containerized weapons for US Navy merchant fleet in US Naval Institute Proceedings ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/insight-impact/in-the-news/t-x-hammes-proposes-containerized-weapons-for-us-navy-merchant-fleet-in-us-naval-institute-proceedings/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:51:09

• With US funding freeze, China nonprofits are facing extinction. They need emergency assistance ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-us-funding-freeze-china-nonprofits-are-facing-extinction-they-need-emergency-assistance/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 03:51:40

• SEO spamming aside, it looks like Ravioli DID write this text, for a CHANGE. Vista 12? Does not exist! https://betanews.com/2025/02/07/windows-12-linux-switch-requirements/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:06:45

• But HOW does he know what will happen in 2 years? HOW? [person sez] article. https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/le-monde-subscriptions-digital-ceo-louis-dreyfus/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:08:45

• £6.4m sale costs pushed Spectator into loss for 2023 ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/spectator-losses-2023-revenue-sale-2024/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:09:26

• US lawmakers introduce bill to ban DeepSeek on federal devices ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/06/us-lawmakers-introduce-bill-ban-deepseek-federal-devices/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:10:25

• Marko Elez cannot do nazi salute like MElon. He's not rich enough to make it seem "hip". "YOU MUST BE THIS TALL OR RICH TO BE A RESPECTABLE NAZI".    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:11:35

• He was just MElon's fall guy or gulashboy.    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:12:08

• This illegal "DOGE" thing is LITERALLY named after a Ponzi scheme (fake "coin").    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:13:05

• Democracy means many people get to vote for a crime syndicate taking power, based on disinformation online    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:13:39

• At 1.3 Billion Light-Years Wide, Quipu Is Officially The Biggest Thing in The Universe ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/at-1-3-billion-light-years-wide-quipu-is-officially-the-biggest-thing-in-the-universe    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:14:00

• Claim '2 Degree Target Is Dead' Triggers Debate Over Climate Scenarios ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/claim-2-degree-target-is-dead-triggers-debate-over-climate-scenarios    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:14:08

• Scientists Simulated Bennu Crashing to Earth in September 2182. It's Not Pretty. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-simulated-bennu-crashing-to-earth-in-september-2182-its-not-pretty    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:14:20

• New Non-Opioid Painkiller First in Decades to Win FDA Approval ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-non-opioid-painkiller-first-in-decades-to-win-fda-approval    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:14:50

• Bonobos Know Something You Don't Know, And Are Willing to Tell For a Price ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bonobos-know-something-you-dont-know-and-are-willing-to-tell-for-a-price    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:16:34

• Radioactive Dust Still Blows Over The Sahara From Cold War Nuclear Tests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/radioactive-dust-still-blows-over-the-sahara-from-cold-war-nuclear-tests    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:16:53

• Humans Are Evolving Before Our Eyes on The Tibetan Plateau ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-are-evolving-before-our-eyes-on-the-tibetan-plateau    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:17:11

• Lithuania’s economy expected to grow this year, inflation will rise – IMF ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2479966/lithuania-s-economy-expected-to-grow-this-year-inflation-will-rise-imf    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:17:25

• Bottomley (IBM) at FOSDEM promoting corporate nonsense, as usual    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:17:59

• MELon cannot visit Australia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-passes-tough-hate-crime-laws-with-mandatory-jail-time-for-nazi-salutes    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:19:08

• Nearly 20,000 live animals seized in global wildlife trafficking operation ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/nearly-20000-live-animals-seized-in-global-wildlife-trafficking-operation/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:19:47

• EU court upholds €320M fine against Poland over judicial reforms ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/eu-court-upholds-e320m-fine-against-poland-over-judicial-reforms/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:20:12

• Maryland federal judge blocks Convicted Felon executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/maryland-federal-judge-blocks-trumps-executive-order-ending-birthright-citizenship/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:27:02

• Israel withdraws from UN Human Rights Council ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/israel-withdraws-from-un-human-rights-council/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:28:18

• Recently fired NLRB chair sues Convicted Felon administration for alleged unlawful removal ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/recently-fired-nlrb-chair-sues-trump-administration-for-alleged-unlawful-removal/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:28:38

• Securing Public Sector Supply Chains is a Team Sport ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/02/06/securing-public-sector-supply-chains-is-a-team-sport/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:29:12

• What to Know About Canada’s Role in the Fentanyl Crisis ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/canada/canada-fentanyl-trump.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:29:49

• U.S. Waives Funding Freeze at Syria Camp Holding ISIS Fighters, but Future Is in Doubt ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/europe/trump-usaid-funding-syria-isis.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:30:27

• Japan’s Prime Minister Will Seek to Preserve Status Quo at Summit With Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/world/asia/japan-ishiba-trump-summit.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:30:44

• Political assassinations, police violence and lack of press freedom: 3 barriers to peace in Mozambique ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/political-assassinations-police-violence-and-lack-of-press-freedom-3-barriers-to-peace-in-mozambique/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:31:10

• Bits from Debian: Proxmox Platinum Sponsor of DebConf25 ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2025/02/proxmox-platinum-debconf25.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:31:55

• Living ‘day-by-day’ in Myanmar’s rebel camps ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/05/myanmar-kayah-rebels-state-building-photos/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:32:21

• Building a police force in the middle of Myanmar’s civil war ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/07/myanmar-karenni-state-police-force-photos/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:32:33

• News Corp results cite Sun traffic decline but growing Times subscriptions ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/sun-traffic-revenue-news-corp/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:32:55

• Benchmarked: Is ‘Monster Hunter Wilds’ Playable On Steam Deck? ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/02/05/monster-hunter-wilds-is-unplayable-on-steam-deck/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:33:25

• Pimoroni Interstate 75 W (RP2350) board is designed for HUB75 LED matrix panels ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/06/pimoroni-interstate-75-w-rp2350-board-is-designed-for-hub75-led-matrix-panels/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:34:06

• Valve shoots down rumors of RDNA4-based Steam Console — it routinely tests new hardware that isn't put into its own devices ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/valve-shoots-down-rumors-of-rdna4-based-steam-console-it-routinely-tests-new-hardware-that-isnt-put-into-its-own-devices    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:34:56

• Mozilla Thunderbird: Thunderbird Desktop Release Channel Will Become Default in March 2025 ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/02/thunderbird-desktop-release-channel-default-download/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:36:21

• An Hey Hi (AI) chatbot told a user how to kill himself—but the company doesn’t want to “censor” it ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/06/1111077/nomi-ai-chatbot-told-user-to-kill-himself/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:37:17

• CSG discusses censorship, passes Emergency Protect All Students Act ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/student-government/csg-discusses-censorship-passes-emergency-protect-all-students-act/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:38:23

• Patent propagandist in the pockets of the litigation industry (Dennis Crouch) keeps moaning about PTAB just doing its job ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/obviousness-decision-construction.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:45:11

• Watchtroll is promoting fascism in the name of patent extremism https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/02/06/reject-biden-administrations-eleventh-hour-patent-power-grab/id=185680/ truly disturbing site http://techrights.org/wiki/Watchtroll/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:46:38

• Same talking point as Dennis Crouch; their goal is to keep FAKE patents intact https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/02/06/cafc-affirms-ptabs-obviousness-finding-despite-erroneous-claim-construction/id=185705/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:47:26

• More fake patents = more crude blackmail    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:47:45

• Software Patent: $1,000 awarded for AutoConnect user profile patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/2/6/1000-awarded-for-autoconnect-user-profile-patent-prior-art    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:51:21

• Kangaroo Courts like UPC are illegal; why does JUVE keep promoting illegal 'courts? Because it's paid to do so. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/interdigital-launches-attack-on-disney-at-multiple-venues-including-upc/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:52:38

• New Nintendo Patent Suddenly Confirms Switch 2 Rumor ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/02/06/new-nintendo-patent-suddenly-confirms-switch-2-mouse-features/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:53:41

• KDE Gear 24.12.2 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/gear/24.12.2/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:56:27

• They don't mention the person behind it is st strangling women? And that it's basically a massive GPL violation, too? https://venturebeat.com/ai/github-copilot-previews-agent-mode-as-market-for-agentic-ai-coding-tools-accelerates/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:57:33

• Also, why does sean michael kerner run propaganda pieces for Microsoft and GPL violations now?    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:58:16

• My Hey Hi (AI) Python Coding Test: Surprising Results ☞ https://thenewstack.io/my-ai-python-coding-test-surprising-results/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 04:59:36

• Tecnoseta revives the silk industry with open-source innovation ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/02/06/tecnoseta-revives-the-silk-industry-with-open-source-innovation/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:00:24

• The Unbreakable Multi-Layer Anti-Debugging System, (Thu, Feb 6th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31658    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:01:06

• Model/View Drag and Drop in Qt - Part 1 ☞ https://www.kdab.com/modelview-drag-and-drop-part-1/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:01:54

• Freedom Costs Five Cents a Can ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23975    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:02:05

• Kickstarting your journey with Red Bait OpenShift Virtualization and Rubrik ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openshift-virtualization-and-rubrik    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:03:16

• Red Hat promoting slop ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/small-language-models-what-are-they-and-why-should-fsis-care    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:03:48

• CentOS Connect and FOSDEM 2025 ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/centos-connect-and-fosdem-2025/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:04:03

• If Orban loses some weight, then EU can fire him. Shove him down a cannon and fire him at Moscow.    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:05:22

• Karisma and Privacy International’s Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5515/karisma-and-privacy-internationals-submission-un-special-rapporteur-extreme-poverty    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:06:27

• PI’s submission in advance of the consideration of the United Kingdom at the 77th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5516/pis-submission-advance-consideration-united-kingdom-77th-session-committee-economic    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:06:35

• Joint submission in advance of the consideration of Kenya at the 77th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5517/joint-submission-advance-consideration-kenya-77th-session-committee-economic-social    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:06:46

• Joint stakeholder report reagrding the 49th Universal Periodic Review – Kenya ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5518/joint-stakeholder-report-reagrding-49th-universal-periodic-review-kenya    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:06:59

• Smartphones: A lifeline or a dangerous distraction? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/entre-nous/20250206-smartphones-a-lifeline-or-a-dangerous-distraction    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:08:21

• 14 Reasons Why You’ll Love Fairphone’s Audio Range ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/02/06/14-reasons-why-youll-love-fairphones-audio-range/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:08:59

• A Professor Put Her Class on TikTok. Thousands Enrolled in a Digital H.B.C.U. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/style/hillmantok-tiktok-hbcu.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:09:36

• TikTok’s ‘Environment of Uncertainty’ Is a Boon for Snapchat, Says Snap CEO ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/05/tiktok-environment-of-uncertainty-is-a-boon-for-snapchat/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:10:06

• TikTok Sale Reportedly Getting ‘Slow-Rolled’ By the Chinese Government Amidst Broader Trade Negotiations ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/06/tiktok-sale-reportedly-slow-rolled-by-the-chinese-government/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:10:34

• I secretly wished the Fentanylware (TikTok) ban had succeeded.☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/06/tiktok-ban-at-stanford/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:11:07

• TikTok owner’s new Hey Hi (AI) project brings Albert Einstein back to life in shockingly real deepfake — generated from a single image ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/tech/tiktok-linked-ai-project-creates-deepfake-video-from-single-image/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:11:31

• "AK thinks these people are the wrong shade of brown. IBM leaving Africa is a welcome move, no need for IBM junk." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:13:06

• "For many (probably most) workloads, it is much easier to say "just throw some more Intel/AMD cores at the problem and it'll work out fine". Whether it's a cloud offering like AWS, or something done in-house, you can rest assured that your favorite app will run fine on Intel/AMD, and it will be supported for a long while because that's what the rest of the world uses."    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:13:52

• "IBM is no longer the big fish in the sea. It is a specialty provider, and so it has to be extra-special to get anyone's attention these days. Selling POWER may work, but it didn't work very long when Sun did it with SPARC. I see no reason why IBM will get anything out of it except maybe a (very) few years of license revenue." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkenz8p9    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:13:58

• "I buy tea about once a year. I also buy a lot of coffee but I have never compared the two. Probably a mistake. At one point I weighed the coffee beans for my Mokka pot and got 17g." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-02-07-tea    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:17:00

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1199.jpg    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:18:41

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1549.jpg    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:18:47

• "She’s quite the big girl (remember we thought she was a he? continues to show you how much we know. She has a couple of brown spots on the forehead that looked like little horns." gemini://tilde.team/~jmcs/gemlog/2025-02-08-updates-on-a-lamb.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:19:46

• "The notion of a drone in music is varied; it may be a hum or a buzz or a note or maybe even a chord produced by a sustaining instrument. Or it may not be sustained." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/02/08/notions.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:20:43

• "There's been an interesting side effect of the current speed running of collapse that appears to be going on. Interesting may be too strong of a word." gemini://tirohia.smol.pub/1738978612    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:21:43

• déménagement gemini://tilde.club/~didje/2025_02_07_demenagement.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:22:08

• "I guess this is my first post, this blog will be a sort of personal thoughts page. There’s no schedule or any real order to things. In fact, I might post multiple times in a day." gemini://powder.smol.pub/hello-humanity    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:22:56

• "What I think is going on is that Linux has decided to optimize its NFSv4 client statistics to only include the NFS v4 operations that it actually uses" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NFSv4ServerAndClientRPCStats | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:45:07

• "Ben Garside, Senior Learning Manager, discusses his takeaways from UNESCO's International Day of Education 2025 focusing on AI and Education." They're pushing Microsoft hype and Ponzi schemes instead of education. ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/unescos-international-day-of-education-2025/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:46:49

• "DNS resolvers including Google, Cloudflare, Cisco, and Quad9" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/rightsholders-target-vpn-providers-in-french-court-to-block-piracy-250207/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:47:08

• "You're going to get a vanilla-ization of music culture as automated material starts to edge out human creators" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/ai_training_data_committee/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:47:36

• Software Patents: "Back in the early 2000s, an MP3 file, typically around 3.5MB, was considered small." ☛ https://idiallo.com/blog/listen-mp3-is-free | Source: Ibrahim Diallo    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:49:22

• Launch of the Hiatus Coalition ☛ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/02/07/launch-of-the-hiatus-coalition-to-resist-ai-and-its-world/ | Source: La Quadature Du Net    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:53:06

• The Case Of Asif Rahman ☛ https://thedissenter.org/dissenter-weekly-more-on-asif-rahman-cia/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:53:51

• DOGE ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:54:51

• "sensitive system at the Treasury Department" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-cars-treasury-examine | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:57:02

• Coup in everything but name ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:57:20

• Southern California ☛ https://therevelator.org/earth-doesnt-burn/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:58:24

• Orban ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/02/07/orban-calls-usaid-a-dark-conspiracy | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 05:59:06

• "Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for February 7th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/games-to-claim-from-prime-gaming-february-7-edition-round-up-for-steamos-linux-and-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:02:35

• "It seems it's increasingly rare to have a major game release that doesn't come filled with lots of issues. The latest is Sid Meier's Civilization VII from Firaxis Games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/civilization-vii-gets-a-mixed-reception-on-steam-firaxis-say-theyre-listening-and-put-up-a-small-roadmap/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:04:43

• "You have to hand it to the people in suits at the top, they all sure do love AI, and the latest to be bullish about it is Take-Two's CEO Strauss Zelnick." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/take-two-ceo-believes-ai-will-actually-increase-employment-and-productivity/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:04:54

• "Developer Slothwerks have announced their upcoming turn-based card-battler Bramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story will have full Steam Deck support at launch." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/a-deck-builder-for-busy-people-bramble-royale-a-meteorfall-story-plans-full-steam-deck-support-for-launch/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:05:42

• "Vampire Therapist is a narrative adventure / visual novel with a sprinkle of dark comedy that was nominated for a BAFTA in 2024, and now it's expanded with the Vampire Therapist - Couples Therapy DLC." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/bafta-nominated-narrative-adventure-vampire-therapist-gets-a-couples-therapy-dlc/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:06:48

• "A game where you explore serene lakes, rivers, and oceans. Catch rare fish, upgrade your gear and reel in legendary catches - with your loyal pup by your side." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/cast-n-chill-is-a-gorgeous-looking-pixel-art-idle-fishing-game-coming-soon/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:07:36

• "Can you truly call yourself a "gamer" if you haven't at least spent a good few hours doing nothing but digging a hole? I have answered the call and my hole has been dug." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/please-dont-distract-me-im-trying-to-dig-a-big-hole-over-here/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:08:18

• "Everwarder asks: how long will your light last? Not very long in some of my attempts. It's a fresh feeling spin that merges tower defense with a bit of roguelite action together, as you attempt to break through the darkness." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/everwarder-is-a-fresh-tower-defense-roguelite-hybrid-about-clearing-the-darkness/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:09:19

• "GamingOnLinux gets nothing from our partnership with Fanatical here." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/safe-in-our-world-team-up-with-fanatical-for-a-big-charity-game-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:09:28

• "Asking for DONATIONS to build the best consumer protection database of all time" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/asking-for-donations-to-build-the-best:a    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:10:11

• "U.S. Attorney General Ends Task Force Targeting Assets Of Russian Oligarchs" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-oligarchs-justice-department-kleptoculture-bondi/33306008.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:10:24

• "Trump spurs tsunami of calls to Democrats' phones: "Fight harder"" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/democrats-congress-trump-musk-doge-calls    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:10:45

• "Trump DOJ ends task force aimed at seizing Russian oligarchs' assets" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-02-06/trumps-justice-department-ends-biden-era-task-force-aimed-at-seizing-assets-of-russian-oligarchs    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:11:11

• "But is it legal? Musk’s DOGE strips agencies before judges can rule." https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0207/musk-doge-lawsuits-constitution-congress    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:11:30

• "Elon Musk Does Europe" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/elon-musk-europe-tech-populism/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:11:42

• "Elon Musk's Assault on the Government Has Canceled a Human Trial for a Promising HIV Vaccine" https://futurism.com/neoscope/usaid-trial-hiv-vaccine    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:11:57

• "Trump and Musk Are Destroying the Basics of a Healthy Democracy" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/civil-service-trump/681572/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:12:05

• "‘It’s tectonic’: U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe | Science | AAAS" https://www.science.org/content/article/it-s-tectonic-u-s-foreign-aid-freeze-deals-blow-research-around-globe    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:12:45

• "Elon Musk's reply to DOGE update: This morning, 20 consulting contracts .... were terminated for immediate savings of $26 million - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/elon-musks-reply-to-doge-update-this-morning-20-consulting-contracts-were-terminated-for-immediate-savings-of-26-million/articleshow/118021093.cms    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:13:07

• Is dragon water the solution to the natural and climate crisis? | "Er dragevann løsning på natur- og klimakrisa? | Lars Egelands blogg" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://larsegeland.com/2025/02/07/er-dragevann-losning-pa-natur-og-klimakrisa/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:13:36

• "Germany: Tesla sales plunge almost 60% in January" https://www.dw.com/en/germany-tesla-sales-plunge-almost-60-in-january/a-71533790    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:13:59

• "Trump has shot the UN: Only time will tell if it survives" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/02/07/trump-has-shot-the-un-only-time-will-tell-if-it-survives/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:14:12

• "[NATO] allies discussed sending troops to Greenland after Trump threats" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/07/nato-countries-discuss-sending-troops-to-greenland/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:14:26

• "What Happened When Elon Musk and Donald Trump Pulled the Rug on USAID" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-interview-usaid-humanitarian-collapse-1235259251/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:14:38

• "FOSDEM 2025 - Lessons learned Open Sourcing the UK's [COVID] Tracing App" https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4411-lessons-learned-open-sourcing-the-uk-s-covid-tracing-app/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:15:12

• sandler and kuhn are USians, but they still try to dominate discussions in the EU https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6153-the-growing-body-of-proprietary-infrastructure-for-foss-development-repeating-bad-history/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:15:43

• "As Internet Enshittification Marches On, Here are Some of the Worst Offenders" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/02/06/1043254    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:15:54

• iophk: E.E.E. -- step 1 https://linuxiac.com/microsoft-wsl-may-soon-embrace-arch-linux/ ("Microsoft’s WSL May Soon Embrace Arch Linux") http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/07/Microsoft_Entryism_Microsoft_Dominated_Linux_Foundation_Canonic.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:16:38

• iophk: richard forgot Calligra and LibreOffice https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/microsoft_365_price_rises/ ("Microsoft 365 price rise notifications hit inboxes") http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/15/Microsoft_and_the_Sunk_Cost_Fallacy.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:26:41

• "Trump’s Talk of a Gaza Takeover Masks a More Immediate Disaster" https://dawnmena.org/trumps-talk-of-a-gaza-takeover-masks-a-more-immediate-disaster/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:26:52

• "The Dehumanization Is the Point" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-musk-dehumanization-fascism/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:27:13

• "Musk’s X doubled in value, Saudi prince says" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/07/2025/musks-x-doubled-in-value-with-payments-and-video-integration-saudi-prince-says    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:27:25

• "Trump closure of USAID shuts down aid programs around the world" https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2025/0207/trump-usaid-doge-foreign-aid    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:27:42

• "Democratic AGs allege Trump administration is freezing federal funds despite court order" https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/02/07/dc/democratic-ags-allege-trump-administration-is-freezing-federal-funds-despite-court-order/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:27:55

• "MAGA’s Sickening Hypocrisy: From ‘Save The Children’ To ‘Defund The Org That Actually Saves Children’" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/magas-sickening-hypocrisy-from-save-the-children-to-defund-the-org-that-actually-saves-children/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:28:59

• "Zelensky suggests a ‘deal’ as Trump demands rare earth minerals from Ukraine" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/zelensky-suggests-a-deal-as-trump-demands-rare-earth-minerals-from-ukraine-101738960901605.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:29:20

• "Finland Moves to Ban Russian Nationals From Buying Property - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/06/finland-moves-to-ban-russian-nationals-from-buying-property-a87892    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:29:33

• "Three years later, Lara’s lawsuit was still a going concern" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/nevada-court-shuts-down-federal-civil-forfeiture-loophole-that-bypassed-state-restrictions/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:49:44

• "Some deadlines are now coming due: On Friday" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0207/office-return-federal-employees-trump | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:50:40

• ""Not a single one of defendants' actions to dismantle USAID" has received congressional approval, notes the suit" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/02/07/usaid-trump-rubio-sued-cuts | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:51:03

• "If we want to effectively fight for the right to repair, it's important to realize that unrepairability is just a symptom; in today's technological culture, the root of the problem almost always comes down to a lack of software freedom." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/the-right-to-repair-supports-software-freedom | Source: FSF    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:52:04

• "The mission of this Wiki is to document a new generation of consumer exploitation that bears no resemblance to issues of the 1950s-1990s." ☛ https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Main_Page | Source: Rossmann Repair Group Inc    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:52:48

• "Russia said earlier on Thursday it had withdrawn the accreditation for Le Monde's Moscow correspondent Benjamin Quénelle, in retaliation for Paris's refusal to issue a visa to a Russian reporter." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-06/france-condemns-russian-decision-to-revoke-le-monde-journalist-accreditation | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:53:51

• "Justice must be served in journalists’ killings" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/sri-lankan-top-prosecutor-seeks-to-discharge-key-suspects-in-journalists-murder/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:54:14

• "Russian authorities on Friday designated the Norwegian online news publication The Barents Observer as an “undesirable” organization, a day after Europe’s top human rights court ruled against its ban inside Russia." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/russia-labels-barents-observer-undesirable-after-european-court-ruling-a87897 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:54:34

• "The Taliban must immediately rescind its suspension of Radio Begum’s operations and allow the station to resume its reporting without interference" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/taliban-detains-2-media-workers-suspends-women-run-broadcaster-radio-begum/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:54:55

• "Mamuka Andguladze, chair of local rights group Media Advocacy Coalition, told CPJ that authorities have yet to prosecute a single police perpetrator of violence against journalists" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/georgian-journalists-assaulted-obstructed-while-covering-renewed-protests/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:55:21

• "The sentencing of journalists Chadha Hadj Mbarek and Chahrazad Akacha is a clear example of how the Tunisian government is using judicial harassment to crush press freedom and independent journalism" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/tunisian-journalist-chadha-hadj-mbarek-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:55:46

• "[...] Analysts say these restrictions are justified, as tests show DeepSeek not only collects excessive user data but also filters sensitive topics and promotes Chinese government narratives more aggressively than Baidu and WeChat. [...]" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-mandarin-china-s-deepseek-banned-by-several-countries-out-of-censorship-fear-/7965806.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:56:09

• Microsoft already censors the hell out of those chatbots; why aren't those banned, too? https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:56:58

• "United Healthcare is mad about a video a doctor posted on Instagram and TikTok and it's hired a defamation lawyer to get it removed." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/in-luigi-we-trust/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:57:19

• "UnitedHealthcare is mad about a video a doctor posted on Instagram and TikTok and it’s hired a defamation lawyer to get it removed." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/unitedhealthcare-is-mad-about-in-luigi-we-trust-comments-under-a-doctors-viral-post-2000560543 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 06:57:39

• Maybe UnitedHealthcare and gulagboy should make a pact and try to censor critics by calling everything the opposite of what it is.    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 07:01:40

• "Everyone, everywhere, regardless of their age, background, or political views, deserves access to information from a wide range of perspectives and books that reflect their lived experiences." ☛ https://www.ala.org/news/2025/01/book-bans-are-real | Source: American Library Association    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 07:01:55

• "Why should anyone, whatever religious views they have chosen to adopt, have the right to use the police or courts to guard against being offended?" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/07/blasphemy-laws-are-incompatible-with-free-speech/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 07:02:14

• Ukraine and Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda online ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/07/ukraine-calls-russian-pop-song-sigma-boy-a-weapon-in-moscows-information-war-a87908 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 07:03:18

• "UnitedHealth asked Donald Trump’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/02/amazon-bezos-unitedhealth-trump-sec/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 07:03:54

• "This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together." ☛ https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-getting-political/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 07:04:12

• "I allow one exception for the blanket claim I just made." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/07/on-undermining-the-administrative-state/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 07:04:36

• "Billions of dollars were wiped off the stock markets internationally, including in Australia, where stocks tied to AI dropped dramatically overnight." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/australia-bans-chinese-ai-company-deepseek-after-it-knocks-billions-of-dollars-off-the-stock-market | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 07:05:32

• "Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and economy found in language" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-02-07/whale-songs-follow-the-laws-of-human-languages.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 07:05:56

• "Ofc WaPo would write this - it's owned by AWS!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkeng2qk    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 07:07:00

• "If accurate, this will mean that power consumed by all those data facilities is set to increase by 50 percent in just a couple of years" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/datacenter_energy_goldman_sachs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:20:57

• "To be fair, criticism of NEVI is warranted." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/biden_ev_charger_program_unplugged/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:21:17

• "The combustion engine version of the Chevy Blazer is reportedly being discontinued and will eventually only be offered as an EV" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/608804/gm-chevy-blazer-gas-discontinued-2025-ev-only | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:21:37

• "Let's walk through what this might look like for a particular city to undercut PG&E's rates." ☛ https://kevin.burke.dev/kevin/norcal-cities-new-utility/ | Source: Kevin Burke    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:23:23

• "Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda is confident that the Baltic electricity grid synchronisation with the Continental European system will go smoothly" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2480603/lithuanian-president-confident-baltic-power-grid-switch-will-go-smoothly | Source: LRT    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:23:35

• "The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN), founded on Labor Day weekend 1965, is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2025." ☛ http://www.arrl.org/news/view/hurricane-watch-net-turning-60-seeking-net-control-operators | Source: ARRL    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:24:16

• "A Times review of online and public records found that people and entities linked to Darkhorse have acquired more than 100 acres in and around Whispering Pines since 2021." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-02-07/joshua-tree-national-park-land-sales | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:24:26

• "Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their unqualified, unelected, unwanted henchmen want to dismantle the government services that keep our communities thriving, healthy, and safe from polluters" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/epa-trump-unconstitutional-funding-freeze.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:24:39

• "Musk loyalists, most of whom appear to be young male software engineers" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/musk-doge-techies-young-what-we-know-1235256687/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:25:54

• "it remains unclear whether the Trump administration had completed the process necessary to officially appoint Rubio to the role" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-second-term-live-updates/ | Source: ABC    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:26:12

• "their new boss—and has been their boss, apparently" ☛ https://www.404media.co/national-archives-workers-unsure-if-marco-rubio-has-secretly-been-their-boss-for-weeks/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:26:54

• "On the face of it, it seems quite damning." ☛ https://theconversation.com/experts-have-challenged-the-medical-case-against-lucy-letby-what-about-the-statistical-evidence-249221 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:27:23

• "was paid $25,000 last year by a film company owned by a Russian national" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/07/patel-fbi-russia-lopatonok/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:27:45

• "There's really no better gift to Putin and Xi than for the world to see that the United States is a completely unreliable friend" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/02/07/trump-soft-power-diplomacy-tariffs | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:30:10

• "younger, inexperienced people working for Elon Musk" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-doge-threat-risk-leaked-secrets-1235260239/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:30:31

• "Fired by Previous Job for Leaking Company Secrets" ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-doge-boy-fired-leaking | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:30:48

• "introducing an inherently flawed and wildly unreliable technology" ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-doge-ai-government | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:31:09

• "app downloads of TikTok" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/02/07/2025/gen-z-nihilism-over-chinese-tech-fears-shows-gulf-with-washington | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:31:27

• "Many of Trump’s orders are illegal, and unconstitutional, and brazenly so. Most good-faith lawyers can see that, but “good faith” does not describe..." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/courts-cant-stop-the-trump-musk-coup/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:31:48

• "The Taxpayer Data Protection Act from Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., and 141 of her Democratic colleagues would prohibit the Treasury secretary" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/elon-musk-doge-treasury-payments-systems-house-bill/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:32:13

• "managing personnel files on nearly 2 million federal employees" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/aclu-doge-congress-musk-data/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:32:38

• "Krause is a private equity looter. He's the guy who basically invented the playbook for PE takeovers of large tech companies" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/broccoli-hair-brownshirts/#shameless | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:33:16

• "Tesla.Sexy LLC controls dozens of web domains, including at least two Russian-registered domains" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen-on-musks-doge-team-graduated-from-the-com/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:33:46

• "Many Americans chose not to believe what they were saying. Will we now believe what we are seeing?" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/opinion/trump-musk-christian-nationalism.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:34:23

• "We need to dust off those “in the event of an emergency” disaster response procedures dealing with the failure of federal government" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111283/elon-musk-doge-and-the-evil-housekeeper-problem-government-technology/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:34:49

• "instructors are teaching classes in gardening" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/style/hillmantok-tiktok-hbcu.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:35:43

• "not just read but write code on two of the most sensitive systems in the US" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/treasury-department-doge-marko-elez-access/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:36:06

• "Musk’s DOGE crew lacked high-enough security clearance to access that information" ☛ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/usaid-security-chiefs-put-on-leave-after-trying-to-stop-musks-team-from-accessing-classified-info-officials-say | Source: PBS    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:36:54

• "The billionaire tech magnate has never been elected to office or been confirmed by the Senate for a high-level government job" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/elon-musk-doge-usaid-treasury-government-rcna190450 | Source: NBC    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:37:20

• "I’m not sure what best practices are here. Let’s Encrypt lets you issue a cert for multiple subdomains." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/tls-down-for-a-few-hours/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:38:54

• What media won't say: Brin, born in Russia, sponsored Trump. Now he wants to profit from military contracts with Trump.    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:40:54

• "Britain has ordered Apple to give it unprecedentedly broad access to encrypted user data stored on Apple's data cloud, the Washington Post newspaper reported on Friday." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/uk-orders-apple-to-open-up-users-encrypted-cloud-data-report-says/articleshow/118019129.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:41:00

• "While making a show of feeding a government agency "into the wood chipper," billionaire Elon Musk's lackeys have secretly been feeding another's sensitive data into AI software." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-doge-data-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:41:18

• "Between 2011 and 2023, at least 74 governments contracted commercial firms to obtain spyware or digital forensics technology." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/spyware-is-spreading-far-beyond-its-national-security-role/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:41:48

• "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor client in Rust. Now we're announcing the latest release, Arti 1.4.0." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/arti_1_4_0_released/ | Source: Tor    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:43:02

• "The latest BSD Now! also reminded me of the Do-Not-Stab HTML header as well, which satirises online tracking and surveillance." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/but-you-can-just-disable-your-phone-stabbing-you/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:43:40

• "The case, filed in federal court in New York City, alleges the Trump administration allowed Musk's team access to the Treasury Department’s central payment system in violation of federal law." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2025-02-07/19-states-sue-to-stop-doge-accessing-americans-personal-data | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:44:38

• "About 13% of the U.S. population holds a federal student loan, the lawsuit says." ☛ https://therecord.media/university-of-california-students-sue-education-department-doge | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:46:09

• "Such a mechanism would enable the government to independently access and read encrypted data, both within the UK and potentially for users worldwide." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/home_office_apple_backdoor_order/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 08:46:24

• "This comes after years of the UK government’s steadily mounting assault on encryption, from the Investigatory Powers Act to the Online Safety Act." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/uk-orders-apple-to-break-encryption-worldwide-while-world-is-distracted/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:03:43

• "Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/07/apple-encryption-backdoor-uk/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:03:52

• "As reported, the British government’s undisclosed order was issued last month, and requires the capability to view all encrypted material in iCloud." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/uks-demands-apple-break-encryption-emergency-us-all | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:04:09

• "Privacy International is alarmed that the United Kingdom have used an unfettered power that undermines every Apple users’ privacy and security globally." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/press-release/5520/press-release-united-kingdom-goes-after-apples-encrypted-data | Source: Privacy International    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:04:30

• "The other reason I’ve heard companies identify for their SSO tax is customer support." ☛ https://alexgaynor.net/2025/feb/07/sso-tax-smart-business-bad-security/ | Source: Alex Gaynor    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:05:01

• Windows TCO: "The investigation into the attack revealed that hackers had access to the non-profit healthcare system’s network between August 16 and August 27" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/information-of-883000-stolen-in-crippling-attack-on-hospital-sisters-health-system/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:09:59

• Windows TCO: "UDMI, a medical imaging center in New York, says threat actors accessed certain information on its systems for a brief period on November 26" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/430000-impacted-by-data-breaches-at-new-york-pennsylvania-healthcare-organizations/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:10:08

• Windows TCO: "payment card information including CVV numbers" ☛ https://therecord.media/avery-products-ransomware-data-breach-notification | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:16:07

• Windows TCO: "payout by a Fortune 50 company" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/ransomware_costs_analysis/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:16:15

• "However, I will say that the social media brigading just makes me not want to have anything at all to do with your approach." ☛ https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/2/6/1292 | Source: Linux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:23:16

• "Maybe the problem is you" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/linus_torvalds_rust_driver/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:23:34

• Social Control Media: "However, I will say that the social media brigading just makes me not want to have anything at all to do with your approach."    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:24:28

• "Because if we have issues in the kernel development model, then social media sure as hell isn't the solution. The same way it sure as hell wasn't the solution to politics."    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:24:48

• "It has problems, but problems are a fact of life. There is no perfect."    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:25:04

• ""How about you accept the fact that maybe the problem is you," said Torvalds, who several years ago acknowledged his own difficulty with diplomatic online interaction. "You think you know better. But the current process works."    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:25:25

• Torvalds now uses the same term Tecchrights uses. How much does he read the site? Social Control Media: Where 'Cancel Culture' Thrives http://techrights.org/o/2020/06/08/twitter-cancel-culture/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:27:47

• This fallout was predicted years ago. 2022: http://techrights.org/o/2022/09/21/going-rusty-faster/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:28:10

• "The company said it has been using Anthropic's Claude AI model, through Amazon's Bedrock generative AI platform, which has helped reduce the average customer service resolution time by 87% and is resolving thousands of customer requests each day." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ride-hailing-platform-lyft-ties-up-with-anthropic-for-ai-powered-customer-care/articleshow/118016927.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:31:47

• "Dale, our Treasurer, is preparing a financial statement for our annual return to the IRS. We currently have $968.61. There was no money transferred from the previous site but we have received several donations and subscriptions." https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=25/02/04/106248    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:37:46

• "Perhaps surprisingly, kolie discovered a significant security hole in the Rehash software which had been present since the original site began, and possibly from before that" https://soylentnews.org/meta/article.pl?sid=25/02/04/106248    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 09:58:58

• "At the end of January, we learned of a security gap in Apple silicon chips from M2 and A15 onwards that allows attackers to access sensitive data." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2599487/can-apple-still-be-trusted-i-mean-yes.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:15:18

• "According to Sony’s PSN status page, account management" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/608946/playstation-network-down-outage | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:15:25

• Facebook owner Meta to carry out expected company-wide layoffs on Feb 10 https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/facebook-owner-meta-to-carry-out-expected-company-wide-layoffs-on-feb-10-125020800496_1.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:16:39

• Meta to Begin Previously Announced Workforce Reduction https://www.pymnts.com/meta/2025/meta-to-begin-previously-announced-workforce-reduction/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:17:04

• Infosys layoffs (Microsoft proxy) https://startupnews.fyi/2025/02/08/infosys-layoffs-pay-hikes-and-expansion-key-updates/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:18:14

• "This year, I will have existed twenty years without glasses and twenty years with." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/02/twenty-years-of-glasses/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:19:41

• "This time, we shall focus on the Slimbook Titan" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-titan-report-5.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:20:28

• "Framework laptops, for example, have a modular design that makes it easy to swap out old parts for new ones, thus extending the life of the laptops." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2583679/why-im-switching-to-an-eco-friendly-laptop.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:20:37

• "The lottery system also benefits employers by simplifying the selection process." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20142328 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:22:02

• "dismantling the Education Department" ☛ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/trump-targets-dept-of-education-in-hostile-takeover/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:22:10

• [Old] "Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde used her sermon to deliver a pointed message to the new president." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/washington-national-cathedral-bishop-trump-1235242803/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:22:59

• "I could choose so many things here, but the one that really stands out to me is the second computer I ever had, which was the Macintosh LC that we got in 1991." ☛ https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/02/blog-question-challenge-2025-part-2-technology-questions | Source: Adam Newbold    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:23:12

• "This is the 76th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-lou-plummer | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:25:46

• "I need a title for this phenomenon of quoting sayings to debunk them but you just end up explaining the original saying. There’s probably a logical fallacy with a fancy Latin title that someone should point me to." ☛ https://aj.bourg.family/accidentally-proving-the-point/ | Source: AJ Bourg    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:25:58

• "There is a hidden value in blogging. There’s an old Zen saying: “Chop wood, carry water.” You do it not for the applause but because it needs doing." ☛ https://andysblog.uk/why-blog-if-nobody-reads-it/ | Source: Andy Hawthorne    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:26:11

• "It's funny because it's true. The big difference, however, is that neither your blog nor mine is trash." ☛ https://birming.com/hidden-treasure-blogging/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:26:39

• "These questions were written by a Bear Blog user named Ava, adapted to other platforms by Kev Quirk, and answered by too many people in my feeds to keep track of. I enjoy reading everyone’s responses, so here are mine." ☛ https://tylersticka.com/journal/blog-questions-challenge/ | Source: Tyler Sticka    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:34:29

• "SSL 2.0 turns 30 this Sunday" ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31664 | Source: SANS    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:45:15

• "Just like any other dynamically growable container structure, Go slices come with a few gotchas." ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/slice_gotchas/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:46:01

• "I never liked Steve Jobs as a person. I liked Woz. As a geek, I could relate to Woz. But Jobs, he just seemed like a power-hungry business asshole." gemini://gem.sdf.org/beej/blog/2025-02-07-lifedeath.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:49:56

• 🔤SpellBinding — GIWLNRK Wordo: MYOPE gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-08.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:51:21

• "I tend to get annoyed when I see the term "think tank" or "content creator", as it's difficult for my feeble mind to see how things can happen without at least some level of thinking or things being created that aren't to some degree content" gemini://vigrey.com/journal/thought-leader    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:52:51

• "It have became a norm that I have to travel by train. Usually 3-4 hour rides, often with working WiFi. This in good as I usually can do some work done." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2025_02_02.txt    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:53:38

• "A bit of a controversial post here. I believe 99% of Gemini users use Gopher as well." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250208-gopher_is_better_than_gemini.txt    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:55:11

• "I got fired in January 2024 and hired only 8 months later but just able to start working on November. Moved from Brazil to Thailand so you can imagine that my life and my head was kinda in a crazy state. Now it's almost all settled in and I can get back to my personal projects and rants." gemini://ivanodintsoff.smol.pub/longtimenoposting    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:56:01

• "Every so often, I come across random, weird, and unexpected things on the internet. I thought it would be neat to share them here from time to time. This is the second run." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-02-08-random-weird-things-ii.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:56:40

• "I've made fanzines before. Been part of a couple of really seriously fancy fanzine projects even. Made several submissions to a really fun print-on-demand RPG fanzine, and edited another that was printed and stapled on an office printer. It's been awesome." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2025-02-08-that-constant-wish-to-make-a-fanzine.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:57:14

• submitting   

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:59:10

• "You can now have your capsule crawled on-demand by submitting the URL to your capsule to the below link: [...]" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/25002    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 12:59:16

• "It was mainly productive at work. As with all corpos now we're being targeted on how we can get our teams to use AI more, so as a senior manager I'm stuck between really disliking generative AI and having to set an approach for using it." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2492    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:01:14

• "For representation with constructor tag validation code must consider the value of "tag" key to be able to validate whatever is associated with "value" key, which is usually less convenient (or just impossible) with declarative validation libraries, like Aeson or Pydantic." gemini://tilde.pink/~kaction/log/2025-02-08.1.gmi    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:02:05

• IBM layoffs and leadership blamed. "Marvin Bishna is a reprobate too ! The finest among the fine and better than what you would expect from a regular Tamil BS artist." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfggs39    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:07:57

• GNU/Linux up, Windows down https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/oman/#monthly-200902-202502 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/oman/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:32:38

• GNU/Linux now 5% in Burkina Faso https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/burkina-faso/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:35:49

• "I said earlier (twice) that PDF is the Devil Incarnate. This is not really true. Font rendering in general is the Devil Incarnate." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/kerning-and-kerning-in-a-widening-gyre/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:37:05

• "I have an unapologetic and, I'd like to think, pragmatic take on testing. I want tests to run fast, not be flaky and not be brittle." ☛ https://www.openmymind.net/Using-Generics-To-Inject-Stubs-When-Testing/ | Source: Karl Seguin    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:37:14

• "Fuzz testing is incredibly effective for mechanically discovering software defects, yet remains underused and neglected. Pick any program that must gracefully accept complex input" ☛ https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/02/05/ | Source: Chris Wellons    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:37:29

• "while you are copying the data, another thread is modifying either the source or the destination? The result is fundamentally unpredictable and almost surely a programming error." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/02/07/thread-safe-memory-copy/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:37:51

• "The still very new package zigg which arrived on CRAN a week ago just received a micro-update at CRAN." ☛ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/02/07/#zigg_0.0.2 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:41:25

• "I went out to find an alternative editor I'd actually like, and I settled at CodeRunner." ☛ https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/going-to-a-simpler-code-editor-coderunner/ | Source: Vincent Lammens    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:41:46

• "professor of law at the University of California, Irvine, and the former UN Special Rapporteur" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111328/inside-the-race-to-archive-the-us-governments-websites/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:43:01

• "First, a little historical background." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/inflation-in-mediaeval-china/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:43:20

• "Here are some of the insights I've had looking back." ☛ https://www.visualmode.dev/a-decade-of-tils | Source: VisualMode LLC    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:44:53

• "My website file structure is split up into two parts: [...]" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/02/07/redesigning-the-structure-of-my-blog-images-folder/ | Source: James G    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:45:53

• "With thanks to the MediaWiki volunteers maintaining Postgres support, the pgsql@ team at FreeBSD team for maintaining the port" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/a-month-with-mediawiki-powered-by-postgres/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:46:55

• Windows down to 23% in Orban.RU https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/hungary/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:47:55

• "The gold sources can be found in the binutils-with-gold-2.44.tar tarballs. Going forward, odd numbered releases of the binutils (2.45, 2.47, etc) will just have the binutils.2.xx.tar tarballs, whilst even numbered releases will have both the binutils-2.xx.tar and the binutils-with-gold-2.xx.tar tarballs." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-02/msg00001.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:49:30

• Windows fell below 5% in Sudan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/sudan/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:51:06

• Sri Lanka is prisoner of Microsoft. Unlike India. Why? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/sri-lanka/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 13:52:45

• "Tor Browser 14.0.6 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1406/ | Source: Tor    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:12:42

• "I'm excited to share that there are eight newly promoted subsystem maintainers for Ghostty." ☛ https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-subsystem-maintainers | Source: Mitchell Hashimoto    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:13:42

• "Less than a month after its previous 7.24 release, Calibre, the beloved open-source eBook management software, has rolled out version 7.25, packed with handy enhancements." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-7-25-released-custom-icons-kindle-kfx-support-and-more/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:13:51

• "The OpenBGPD project (essentially a subproject of the OpenBSD project), have released their latest work in the OpenBGPD 8.8 release." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250207192657 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:14:05

• This Week in GNOME: #186 Media Parsing ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/02/twig-186/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:15:38

• Nobody thought MElon would do DOGE with some Nazis from the Austro-Hungarian failure? Where people are so poor they can only yearn back to ~100 years back?    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:16:57

• How can _any_ org or person justify _still_ posting in X/Twitter? How? Addiction for sure...    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:17:30

• "In particular, Torvalds said he takes issue with how social media is geared to generate as much engagement as possible." https://    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:18:09

• "The whole 'liking' and 'sharing' model is just garbage. There is no effort and no quality control," https://www.sciencealert.com/the-inventor-of-software-that-runs-social-web-absolutely-detests-modern-media    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:18:36

• "In fact, it's all geared to the reverse of quality control, with lowest common denominator targets, and click-bait, and things designed to generate an emotional response, often one of moral outrage." - Torvalds    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:19:00

• When Microsoft became his bosses https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18000698    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:19:53

• Torvalds: "I have a hard time really seeing what the heck Ballmer is doing. First the monkey dance, then the chair throwing. At some point he called Linux 'un-American', apparently because he doesn't like the competition." https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=15065    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:21:05

• Didn't recognise the company she worked for was a cancer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42944283    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:22:16

• Torvalds already blasted Facebook for being cancer or disease well more than a decade ago. But search engines are broken, so it got memory-holed.    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:25:15

• Gavin Clarke = Microsoft mole https://www.theregister.com/2013/01/04/torvalds_kernel_bug_rage/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:26:24

• 2011: "You do have a Facebook page, but I feel it's a fake one. Linus: The real reason is, I spend all my time reading emails"    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:29:41

• "recovery phrases for crypto" ☛ https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/kaspersky-researchers-find-screenshot-reading-malware-on-the-app-store-and-google-play-211011103.html | Source: Engadget    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:45:53

• "There are plenty of cool Amiga setups, past and present. A towerized Amiga 1200 with a Blizzard PPC accelerator? Sweet." ☛ https://www.datagubbe.se/coolestamiga/ | Source: Carl Svensson    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:47:11

• "The main board powering the unit is a Raspberry Pi Zero." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-slim-cyberdeck-uses-two-raspberry-pis | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:47:20

• "Active MOOs" ☛ https://moolist.com/active.php | Source: MOOList.com    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:53:41

• "In this step-by-step guide, I’ll walk you through the entire setup process, ensuring that your server is not only functional but also secure and optimized for future use." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/ubuntu-server-setup/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:54:21

• "Finally, because DORA requires organisations to think horizontally about overall operational resilience, there’s debate over which team — IT, ops, compliance, risk" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/dora-is-here-is-financial-services-prepared-to%20continue-innovating-in-balance-with-compliance-requirements | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:54:53

• "Ubuntu’s security model follows this philosophy. Instead of chasing the illusion of an unbreakable system, it deploys a deep, multi-layered defense" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-security-defense-in-depth | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:56:12

• "For AWS users, you have two options: upgrade to a newer LTS version or upgrade to Ubuntu Pro" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-20-04-lts-end-of-standard-support-options-for-aws | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:56:21

• Migrate to RHACM Policy Generator with OpenShift 4.16 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/02/07/migrate-rhacm-policy-generator-openshift-416    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 14:59:10

• Software Pliability ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/software-pliability/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:09:58

• Slovaks Turn Out For Major Protests Against PM Fico ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/slovakia-protets-russia-eu-ukraine-fico/33307291.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:11:16

• North Korea to punish people for spreading ‘rumors’ of soldiers dying in Russia ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/02/07/north-korea-hiding-soldier-death-russia-ukraine/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:11:28

• North Korean soldiers back on Russia's front line, says Zelensky ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250207-north-korean-soldiers-back-on-russia-s-front-line-says-zelensky    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:11:36

• Ukraine Marks 6 Months Since Launch Of Kursk Operation ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-zelenkiy-zelenskyy-kursk/33306365.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:11:48

• Goings On Turns a Hundred ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/goings-on/goings-on-turns-a-hundred    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:12:10

• North Korea’s Kim at crossroads after suffering casualties in Ukraine war – will his gambit pay off? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-at-a-crossroads-after-casualties-in-ukraine-war-will-his-gambit-pay-off    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:12:33

• Some more epo tonight or tomorrow. We'll be publishing many leaks this month.    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:35:51

• At a Draft Site in Ukraine, an Anguished Wait for a Chance to Say Goodbye ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/world/europe/ukraine-war-troops-draft-recruitment.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:48:14

• "Russian FSB releases video showing violent arrests of women accused of planning terrorist attacks for Ukrainian intelligence" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/07/russian-fsb-releases-video-showing-violent-arrests-of-women-accused-of-planning-terrorist-attacks-for-ukrainian-intelligence | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:49:06

• Latvia among 12 countries asking G7 to act on Russian energy revenues ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/07.02.2025-latvia-among-12-countries-asking-g7-to-act-on-russian-energy-revenues.a586900/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:52:36

• What to know about Latvia connecting to Europe's electricity network ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/07.02.2025-what-to-know-about-latvia-connecting-to-europes-electricity-network.a586848/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:52:55

• Roads icy in western and eastern Latvia Friday ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/07.02.2025-roads-icy-in-western-and-eastern-latvia-friday.a586846/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:53:16

• Baltic grid synchronisation is more geopolitical than technical switch – Litgrid head ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2481297/baltic-grid-synchronisation-is-more-geopolitical-than-technical-switch-litgrid-head    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:53:30

• "Arrested on ‘terrorism’ charges for setting off a firecracker" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/07/destroying-a-life | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:55:23

• "Russia strikes new aid deal with Abkhazia Moscow announces new support for breakaway Georgian region after visiting presidential candidate vows to revisit investment agreement" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/07/russia-strikes-new-aid-deal-with-abkhazia | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:55:41

• "U.S. Justice Department disbands task force searching for assets of sanctioned Russian billionaires" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/07/u-s-disbands-task-force-searching-for-assets-of-sanctioned-russian-billionaires-the-guardian | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:56:11

• One in five Latvian residents has time for Belarus dictator Lukashenko ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/07.02.2025-one-in-five-latvian-residents-has-time-for-belarus-dictator-lukashenko.a586891/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 15:56:28

• Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’ ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen-on-musks-doge-team-graduated-from-the-com/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:10:20

• "Trump’s special envoy says U.S. prepared to ramp up sanctions against Russia to end war" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/07/trump-s-special-envoy-says-u-s-prepared-to-ramp-up-sanctions-against-russia-to-end-war-new-york-post | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:11:11

• "serves Syria’s interests" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/07/new-syrian-authorities-open-to-keeping-russian-military-bases-if-it-serves-syria-s-interests-the-washington-post | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:12:04

• "Granddaughter suspected in disappearance of former Russian mayor and wife after allegedly posing as her grandfather in text messages" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/07/granddaughter-suspected-in-disappearance-of-former-russian-mayor-and-wife-after-allegedly-posing-as-her-grandfather-in-text-messages | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:12:40

• "Kanye West calls himself a Nazi" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/07/russian-fashion-designer-gosha-rubchinskiy-announces-departure-from-yeezy-brand-after-rapper-ye-calls-himself-a-nazi | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:13:55

• "moonlight as couriers and taxi drivers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/07/labor-dispute-exposes-cracks-in-russian-air-traffic-control | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:14:39

• Dictator Says He Will 'Probably' Meet With Zelenskyy Next Week ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-trump-zelenskyy-putin/33307239.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:15:48

• 'Intensive' Diplomacy As U.S., Ukraine Work Out Details Of Peace Plan, Zelenskyy Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-trump-zelenskiy-zelenskyy-putin-diplomacy/33307631.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:16:06

• Russia experts decode Convicted Felon-Putin dynamics ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/06/russia-experts-decode-trump-putin-dynamics/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:16:24

• Female tech leaders highlight diversity as key to innovative decision-making ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/07/women-tech-leaders-gender-diversity-team-building-champions-awschampionsofchange/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:16:56

• Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 3 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-4-beta-3/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:17:28

• If you get fired from Facebook right now, you'll have this terrible stigma ("low performer") and nobody elsewhere will hire you. This is Facebook staining the people it is discarding as a "departure gift". https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/meta-mass-layoffs-mark-zuckerberg-led-tech-giant-to-fire-over-3-000-lowest-performers-next-week-101739013227316.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:25:14

• Meta to begin layoffs across operations in Africa, Europe, others next week https://nairametrics.com/2025/02/08/meta-to-begin-layoffs-across-operations-in-africa-europe-others-next-week/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 16:25:59

• Gaming GNU/Linux Distro Targets Children with Trans Cartoons ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/gaming-linux-distro-targets-children    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:04:40

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

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:05:30

• Tree Command in GNU/Linux with Examples ☞ https://idroot.us/tree-command-linux/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:05:41

• How To Install Postman on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-postman-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:05:58

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

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:16:00

• How To Delete PPA Repository in Ubuntu ☞ https://idroot.us/delete-ppa-repository-ubuntu/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:16:05

• Ubuntu 24.04: How to Install a Command (or Package) ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/ubuntu-24-04-how-to-install-a-command-or-package/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:16:23

• How to Install Terraform on Ubuntu 24.04 GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-terraform-on-ubuntu-24-04-linux/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:18:45

• Scientists Just Revealed How to Cook The 'Perfect' Egg ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-revealed-how-to-cook-the-perfect-egg    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:19:25

• How to [Attempt to] Get Republicans to Object ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/07/how-to-attempt-to-get-republicans-to-object/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:19:57

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1008502/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:20:49

• Ross Burton: Fact-checking Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot with Yocto Project release names ☞ https://www.burtonini.com/blog/2025/02/07/yocto-llm/ "they are first-rate bullshit artists"    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:23:17

• Back to storytelling mode ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1062/back-to-storytelling-mode    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:24:00

• So the Microsoft Chaffbot is basically like Spamnil, except the YouTube clickfraud    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:27:06

• Hackaday Podcast Episode 307 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/07/hackaday-podcast-episode-307-cnc-tattoos-the-big-chill-in-space-and-pcb-things/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:27:47

• “The way to control government is to control the computers” ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/podcasts/hardfork-doge-spotify-tools.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:28:12

• Trump’s Boogeyman: D.E.I. ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/trumps-boogeyman-dei    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:28:40

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ergonomic Next-Gen Keyboards but Didn’t Know to Ask ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-ergonomic-next-gen-keyboards-but-didnt-know-to-ask/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:29:23

• Michael Meeks: "It turns out doing expensive things in the JS keystroke handler" ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-02-06.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:30:25

• Go-Kart ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/07/all-you-need-to-make-a-go-kart-from-harbor-freight/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:31:23

• UPC is a fake and illegal court; but then again, UPC is deciding on a lousy and mostly untested product here and JUVE got paid to promote the illegalities of the UPC ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/battle-over-covid-vaccines-reaches-upc-promosome-biontech-pfizer/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:33:04

• Illegal immigration down in January, but SANDF had hands full with contraband smugglers ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/illegal-immigration-down-in-january-but-sandf-had-hands-full-with-contraband-smugglers/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:33:31

• Screenshot-Reading Malware ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/screenshot-reading-malware.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:34:07

• Spyware reportedly used against Latvian numbers through WhatsApp ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/07.02.2025-spyware-reportedly-used-against-latvian-numbers-through-whatsapp.a586847/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:34:21

• EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.6.2 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/easyos-daedalus-series-version-662-released.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:35:38

• EasyOS Scarthgap-series version 6.6.2 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/easyos-scarthgap-series-version-662-released.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:35:55

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Dead Letter Dept - 2025-02-05 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-02-05-edition/index.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:37:26

• Extinguish https://linuxiac.com/microsoft-wsl-may-soon-embrace-arch-linux/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:39:01

• Thunderbird Shifts to Monthly Major Releases ☞ https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-shifts-to-monthly-major-releases/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:39:31

• Calibre 7.25 Released: Custom Icons, Kindle KFX Support, and More ☞ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-7-25-released-custom-icons-kindle-kfx-support-and-more/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:39:39

• Emmanuel Kasper: Wireless headset dongle not detected by PulseAudio ☞ https://00formicapunk00.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/wireless-headset-dongle-not-detected-on-by-pulseaudio/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:40:07

• Snal GNU/Linux – Arch based live distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/snal-linux-arch-based-live-distribution/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:42:30

• OnlyOffice Desktop Editor 8.3 Added Fashion Company Apple iWorks, PDF Stamps Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/onlyoffice-83-apple-iworks-pdf-stamps/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:44:36

• Ubuntu Desktop Director of Engineering Has Only One Blog Post. It Promotes Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Windows. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/Ubuntu_Desktop_Director_of_Engineering_Has_Only_One_Blog_Post_I.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:44:45

• The Hyper7-R4 is ridiculous and I want it ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-hyper7-r4-is-ridiculous-and-i-want-it/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:47:01

• "Systems that are unequivocably Free Software are necessary if we want to retain any kind of hope for the future of computer systems. At least some of the other scenarios Doctorow describes are cartels doing stuff that was made illegal during the Teddy Roosevelt administration for a reason, but they've learned how to get away with it." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/02/06/1043254#1392069    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:48:34

• My (first ever) good vitamin D reading! ☞ https://rubenerd.com/my-first-good-vitamin-d-reading/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:49:33

• You can say 'LF' and Microsoft (controller of LF) BOTH bribe this site based on the lousy explanation at the top, evading Freedom https://thenewstack.io/open-source/ see also http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/08/Microsoft_sponsored_The_New_Stack_Publishing_Microsoft_Windows_.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Joab_Jackson_and_The_New_Stack_Publishing_Microsoft_Spam_E_E_E_.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:55:50

• Perceived truth (PERCEIVED) is nowadays just some "PRODUCT". It is "ON SALE".    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:56:34

• Exposing all that incredible genAI hubris ☞ https://rubenerd.com/exposing-all-that-incredible-genai-hurbris/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:57:37

• UK Government undermines security with demands for Fashion Company Apple users encrypted data ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/uk-government-undermines-security-with-demands-for-apple-encrypted-data/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:59:01

• Trimble Cityworks Customers Warned of Zero-Day Exploitation ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/trimble-cityworks-customers-warned-of-zero-day-exploitation/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 18:59:25

• PRESS RELEASE: United Kingdom goes after Apple’s encrypted data ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/press-release/5520/press-release-united-kingdom-goes-after-apples-encrypted-data    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:00:06

• Those are not trustworthy companies; this is a PR ploy ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/07/nuvoton-opentitan-security-chip-open-source-silicon-root-of-trust/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:01:13

• US surveillance aircraft crashes in southern Philippines ☞ https://rfa.org/english/asia/2025/02/07/philippines-us-military-plane-crash/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:01:29

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 6 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-6/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:02:51

• Tomas Tomecek: Lessons learned from running the Log Detective service ☞ https://blog.tomecek.net/post/lessons-learned-logdetective-service/ "Running an LLM inference server in production is a challenge"    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:03:02

• APNIC products: 2024 in review ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/07/apnic-products-2024-in-review/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:04:49

• Sept. 11 Plea Deal Includes Lifetime Gag Order on C.I.A. Torture Secrets ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/sept-11-plea-deal.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:06:31

• Monroe: CANCEL RMS... while I make lousy, low-quality caricatures hailing MElon as a universal genius.    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:07:10

• Nationalism As A Service (NaaS) by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Azure, Gutting the US Government for Profit ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/07/Nationalism_As_A_Service_NaaS_by_Microsoft_Azure_Gutting_the_US.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:07:31

• When people tell you "but Trump won the election" remind them that Putin and Lukashenko also "won the election".    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:08:50

• And false tweets also get many "likes"    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:09:19

• Let’s Encrypt ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/07/this-week-in-security-medical-backdoors-strings-and-changes-at-lets-encrypt/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:10:05

• CPico RP2350 is another Raspberry Pi Pico 2 alternative with USB-C, 8MB flash, 2MB PSRAM, BConnect I2C & debug ports ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/07/cpico-rp2350-raspberry-pi-pico-2-alternative-with-usb-c-8mb-flash-2mb-psram-bconnect-i2c-debug-ports/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:10:35

• How the Tiger Really Got His Stripes ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/how-the-tiger-really-got-his-stripes    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:11:58

• Health department declares hepatitis A outbreak in several counties, including Hennepin (copy) ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2025/02/07/health-department-declares-hepatitis-a-outbreak-in-several-counties-including-hennepin-copy/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:13:59

• Surgeons Transplant Engineered Pig Kidney Into Fourth Patient ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/health/fourth-pig-kidney-transplant.html    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:14:24

• How the tiny microbes in your mouth could be putting your health at risk ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111219/tiny-microbes-in-your-mouth-could-be-putting-your-health-at-risk/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:14:57

• Nazi pogroms in Michigan ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/administration/dr-nadav-davidovitch-speaks-at-school-of-public-health-prompting-protest-from-pro-palestinian-activists/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:15:52

• South Korea to see early spring, extended summer due to climate shifts: Meteorologist ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-to-see-early-spring-extended-summer-due-to-climate-shifts-local-meteorologist    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:21:12

• North Korea says its nuclear weapons not a ‘bargaining chip’: KCNA ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-says-its-nuclear-weapons-not-a-bargaining-chip-kcna-says    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:21:28

• What’s stopping more drivers in Malaysia from buying EVs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/whats-stopping-more-drivers-in-malaysia-from-buying-evs    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:21:45

• Another way Social Control Media kills - diverting resources from real need ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-influencers-apologise-for-faking-disappearance-in-indonesia-forest-for-views    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:23:04

• Supremacy, not co-existence ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-pm-anwar-ditches-controversial-plan-for-guidelines-for-muslims-attending-non-muslim-events    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:24:11

• statCounter Sees GNU/Linux Share Doubling in China Over the Past Year ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/07/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_Share_Doubling_in_China_Over_the_Pas.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:24:50

• Minimal GNU/Linux OS runs in a 6MB PDF document in Chrome — LinuxPDF leverages RISC-V emulator ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/minimal-linux-os-runs-in-a-6mb-pdf-document-in-chrome-linuxpdf-leverages-risc-v-emulator    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:24:57

• Shijima-Qt – New Native GNU/Linux App for Desktop Pets ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/shijima-qt-linux-app-desktop-pets/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:29:07

• octoscan – static vulnerability scanner ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/octoscan-static-vulnerability-scanner/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:32:40

• File Lock PEA – filesystem-level encryption ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/file-lock-pea-filesystem-level-encryption/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:32:48

• 15 Best Free and Open Source Console Email Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-console-email-clients/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:32:58

• Foto – simple image viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/foto-simple-image-viewer/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:33:24

• QR Scanner – QR scanner/generator app ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/qr-scanner-code-generator/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:33:36

• OpenWrt 24.10 released with GNU/Linux 6.6, TLS 1.3 by default, and 1970 supported devices ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/08/openwrt-24-10-released/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:33:44

• flxvwr – simple, cross-platform image viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/flxvwr-simple-cross-platform-image-viewer/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:34:00

• highlight.js – syntax highlighter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/highlight-js-syntax-highlighter/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:34:25

• Quickemu – run Linux, macOS, and backdoored Windows virtual machines ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/quickemu-run-linux-macos-windows-virtual-machines/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:34:32

• Remi Collet: 💎 PHPUnit 12 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/02/07/PHPUnit-12    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:36:59

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/06 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/02/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-06/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:37:31

• What's the Best Ubuntu Keyboard Shortcut? https://www.howtogeek.com/thread/whats-the-best-ubuntu-keyboard-shortcut/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:40:43

• How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication on Ubuntu https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-set-up-two-factor-authentication-on-ubuntu/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:41:05

• "The influencer has since switched to Fedora, praising its implementation of Flatpak as a superior alternative to Snaps." https://fudzilla.com/news/60497-ubuntu-s-charm-fading    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:41:46

• Linux kernel flaw added to CISA’s exploited vulnerabilities list https://www.scworld.com/news/linux-kernel-flaw-added-to-cisas-exploited-vulnerabilities-list this was patched ages ago http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/07/Linux_Kernel_Space_and_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_FUD.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:43:58

• "New since last covering include: BioShock Infinite Complete Edition, Surf World Series, AK-xolotl: Together, Sands of Aura and The Talos Principle: Gold Edition. Plenty more to come this month!" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/games-to-claim-from-prime-gaming-february-7-edition-round-up-for-steamos-linux-and-steam-deck/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:44:18

• FOSDEM 2025: Rust Runs Riot in Linux Despite Backlash https://thenewstack.io/fosdem-2025-rust-runs-riot-in-linux-despite-backlash/ https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/31/We_Turn_Out_to_Have_Been_Right_About_Rust.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:44:59

• Says "Google and Red Hat are sponsors of The New Stack." Forgets to mention Microsoft somehow... http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/08/Microsoft_sponsored_The_New_Stack_Publishing_Microsoft_Windows_.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/20/Joab_Jackson_and_The_New_Stack_Publishing_Microsoft_Spam_E_E_E_.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:46:32

• Sorry Steam Deck owners, Respawn is happy with its Apex Legends Linux ban https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam-deck/apex-legends-unlikely-to-reverse-linux-ban    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:48:22

• The Best Linux Distros for Privacy in 2025 https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/linux-distro-privacy/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:50:35

• How This Classic Video Game Helped Spread Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/how-this-classic-video-game-helped-spread-linux/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:51:13

• "This article isn’t a recap of Ghostty’s core features and USPs, though. It’s a look at what’s new in the latest release, Ghostty 1.1.0." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/ghostty-update-adds-server-side-decoration-support-on-linux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:51:45

• "DoomPDF dev returns with a new GitHub project." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/minimal-linux-os-runs-in-a-6mb-pdf-document-in-chrome-linuxpdf-leverages-risc-v-emulator    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:52:06

• The problem here is Microsoft, not "Linux", but Microsoft media mole Davey Winder is at it again, deflecting blame https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/02/07/windows-mac-and-linux-users-given-new-linkedin-security-warning/    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:53:19

• Linux Foundation is promoting scams https://www.biometricupdate.com/202502/credebl-comes-under-linux-foundation-decentralized-trust http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/07/Microsoft_dominated_Linux_Foundation_Still_Promoting_Scams_Open.shtml    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 19:54:38

• Ghostty Update Adds Server-Side Decoration Support on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/ghostty-update-adds-server-side-decoration-support-on-linux    

posted Saturday, February 08, 2025 at 20:13:15

• How to Use Ansible delegate_to to Run Task on Specific Host ☞ https://linuxbuz.com/devops/ansible-delegate_to-examples    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 02:49:27