Roy Schestowitz

• https://invidious.baczek.me temporarily played videos and let them be downloaded too. Not anymore.    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:29:57

• "Doesn’t Alvind and His Pipmunks have to hold a minimum of time before selling; Right now on paper it’s about 86 million barring any out of the ordinary event even if there’s a dip to 230-220 in a year that’s still a big value; Then again it could go to 275 or more; Krabinaugh said he hopes it hits 300; Anyone know the approximate date for GDP" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmaj5zq3    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:40:40

• "the labor force is just being flooded with questionable engineers; planes, bridges, cars, ... are all going to be less reliable; on the plus side executives will immediately make more" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmqdy58a    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:41:31

• "IT work is no longer a white collar job. Universities are producing thousands of mediocre engineers, racking millions in tuition fees. India a country of 1.4 Billion is flooding the IT space with more low quality IT workers, offering their services very cheap. Corporations are showing more greed, to increase profit, they lower the cost. We cannot blame progress for the current situation." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmqdy58a    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:42:16

• "IT work is no longer a white collar job. Universities are producing thousands of mediocre engineers, racking millions in tuition fees. India a country of 1.4 Billion is flooding the IT space with more low quality IT workers, offering their services very cheap." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmqdy58a    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:42:34

• "Corporations are showing more greed, to increase profit, they lower the cost. We cannot blame progress for the current situation." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmqdy58a    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:42:40

• "There is no doubt this will happen. It has happened every year for the last 20 years I was at IBM. The last few years have been the worst in terms of numbers of experienced good employees with seniority and a high salary, and level of technical knowledge." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:44:01

• "The reduction in older US based workers isn’t being hid as an objective any more. It is accelerating more and more. No end in sight. If anyone has any insight into when and what teams will be affected this time" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:44:07

• "IBM has faced significant criticism for its treatment of older employees, with accusations of age discrimination becoming more prevalent in recent years. The company has consistently carried out layoffs, often affecting long-term employees, which has led many to feel that their years of experience and dedication are undervalued."    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:44:27

• "The ongoing trend of reducing staff, especially among older workers, has created an environment of insecurity and dissatisfaction, leaving many employees feeling mistreated and overlooked."    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:44:33

• Spring, M41, IC-2E gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/spring-m41-ic-2e.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:47:20

• "I bought a cheap used early 80s handheld VHF FM radio, an Icom IC-2E." gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/spring-m41-ic-2e.txt    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:48:07

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1214.jpg    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:48:51

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1564.jpg    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:48:56

• "I’m going through Helix themes. You know, for the text editor. The heisenberg theme has blinking comments." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:49:35

• "Suffice to say, things haven't improved and, as somebody with experience in the field of IT observability, both as a programmer and as a consultant, this is starting to drive me crazy." gemini://gemini.abiscuola.com/gemlog/monitoring.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:50:39

• "In April 2024, I mentioned in the post “gwit implementations” that gwit had no working clients yet. This may have been a big stopper since the project's inception for people piqued by it, since an intro site and a harsh specification don't leave much room for experimentation." gemini://oldest.gwit.site/log/_en/20250222--two-new-gwit-clients/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:51:43

• The Surprising Magnetic Bypass ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/hacking-flux-paths-the-surprising-magnetic-bypass/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:52:53

• KiCad 9 released with support for embedded files, tables in schematics, custom ERC/DRC errors, mouse scroll wheel actions, and more ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/21/kicad-9-release/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:53:13

• Enhancing Accessibility and Creative Tools in KDE Plasma Wayland ☞ https://www.kdab.com/enhancing-accessibility-and-creative-tools-in-kde-plasma-wayland/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:53:35

• Apple pulls end-to-end encryption feature from UK after demands for law enforcement access ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/apple-uk-encryption-advanced-data-protection-privacy/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:54:30

• Top House E&C Republicans query public for ideas on data privacy law ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/energy-commerce-request-for-information-data-privacy-standards/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:54:44

• Pete Hegseth Fires Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy’s Top Officer ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/hegseth-navy-lisa-franchetti.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:58:22

• Oral statement at 10th Session of the UN Open Ended Working Group on ICTs ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/oral-statement-10th-session-un-oewg-on-ict/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:58:51

• Our rights are at stake: it’s time to reclaim freedom of expression ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/principles-for-reclaiming-freedom-of-expression/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:59:09

• Freelance Software Developers in North Korean Malware Crosshairs ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/freelance-software-developers-in-north-korean-malware-crosshairs/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:59:30

• Microsoft's Market Share in Cameroon Falls to New Lows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Microsoft_s_Market_Share_in_Cameroon_Falls_to_New_Lows.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 03:59:42

• ORG response to Fashion Company Apple killing its data protection tools for UK users ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/org-response-to-apple-killing-its-data-protection-tools-for-uk-users-encryption/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:00:08

• "social cost of carbon" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-change-social-cost-of-carbon-executive-order | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:00:33

• Nice spot for afternoon coffee ☞ https://rubenerd.com/nice-spot-for-afternoon-remote-work-and-coffee/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:00:51

• Memories of underground car parks ☞ https://rubenerd.com/memories-of-underground-car-parks/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:01:18

• COSMIC Desktop Alpha 6 Released with Many Changes ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/cosmic-desktop-alpha-6-released    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:01:45

• Ubuntu 24.04.2 Released with HWE Kernel 6.11 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/ubuntu-24-04-2-released/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:03:39

• Slimbook Executive, long-term usage report 8 ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-executive-report-8.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:04:14

• How to Configure Static and Dynamic IP Addresses in Ubuntu 24.04 using Netplan ☞ https://net2.com/configure-static-and-dynamic-ip-addresses-in-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:04:32

• BitLocker is back-doored. Hopefully Larabel is aware of it. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.04-Mid-Desktop http://techrights.org/o/2015/11/14/microsoft-bitlocker-has-bugback-doors-windows-laptopdesktop-encryption-just-a-farce/ http://techrights.org/o/2014/07/31/microsoft-back-doors-admission/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:05:48

• Greg KH is the voice of GAFAM, as usual ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/videos/greg-kh-on-rust-in-the-kernel-why-wouldnt-we-want-that/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_It_Comes_to_Social_Control_Media_Linus_Torvalds_is_Channel.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:07:33

• Ubuntu 24.04.2 released with GNU/Linux 6.11 kernel and hardware enablement stack ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/21/ubuntu-24-04-2-linux-6-11-kernel-and-hardware-enablement-stack/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:07:43

• Michael Ablassmeier: virtnbdbackup 2.21 ☞ https://abbbi.github.io//virtnbdbackup-sparse/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:08:10

• Mastering. Yes, master. ☞ https://net2.com/mastering-linux-repository-updates-the-essential-guide-for-secure-and-optimized-package-management/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:08:53

• Calamares Installer 3.3.14 Brings Internal Improvements ☞ https://linuxiac.com/calamares-installer-3-3-14-brings-internal-improvements/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:09:33

• Gentoo Makes QEMU Cloud Deployment Easier ☞ https://linuxiac.com/gentoo-makes-qemu-cloud-deployment-easier/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:09:41

• COSMIC Desktop Alpha 6 Released, This Is What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/cosmic-desktop-alpha-6-released/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:09:58

• "Reviewing A Very Dodgy BSK-602 Adjustable Power Supply" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/reviewing-a-very-dodgy-bsk-602-adjustable-power-supply/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:11:01

• India’s Outrage Machine Devours a Star YouTuber Over a Crude One-Liner ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/world/asia/india-beerbiceps.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:11:20

• YTSubConverter – create styled YouTube subtitles ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ytsubconverter-create-styled-youtube-subtitles/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:11:41

• TTABlog Test: How Did These Recent Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals Turn Out? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/02/ttablog-test-how-did-these-recent.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:12:36

• "the final report of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions (the Hogue Commission) found no evidence of Canadian MPs collaborating with foreign states..." ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/02/the-hogue-report-was-a-missed-opportunity-to-tackle-transnational-repression-op-ed-for-the-globe-mail/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:14:07

• Pocket Device Tracks Planets And The ISS ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/pocket-device-tracks-planets-and-the-iss/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:14:36

• Chinese researchers find bat virus that enters human cells via same pathway as Covid-19 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-researchers-find-bat-virus-enters-human-cells-via-same-pathway-as-covid-19    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:14:51

• Did the Covid-19 Pandemic Change How You Travel? Let Us Know. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/travel/covid-pandemic-travel-changes-callout.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:15:21

• The Doctrinal Merger No One Asked For: How Enablement Swallowed Utility ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/rejection-treatment-enablement.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:15:34

• "I'll use the Steam Deck Rating from Valve (steam deck verified Verified, steam deck playable Playable, steam deck unsupported Unsupported and steam deck not rated Not Rated), plus the ProtonDB rating to help you decide on what to play. Compatibility may be slightly different since the games are from various stores." https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_It_Comes_to_Social_Control_Media_Linus_Torvalds_is_Channel.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:18:42

• "This release also introduces a new Tux-Alt theme and modernizes the Qt 6 binary packages for Linux systems." https://9to5linux.com/peazip-10-3-archive-manager-improves-integration-with-gnome-and-kde-plasma    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:19:03

• Is Eurostack’s ‘European Alternative’ Too Guided by America’s Vision? ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/is-eurostacks-european-alternative-too-guided-by-americas-vision/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:20:35

• Ole Obermann Ditches Fentanylware (TikTok) — Does He Know Something We Don’t? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/21/ole-obermann-tiktok-ditches/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:21:37

• The FOSS Force Almost Open Tech News Quiz (2/21/25) ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/the-foss-force-almost-open-tech-news-quiz-2-21-25/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:22:17

• No, LibreOffice Doesn’t Turn 40 This Year, but StarOffice Would if It Were Still Around ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/libreoffice-does-not-turn-40-this-year-but-its-deceased-grandmother-does/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:22:28

• The ‘tepid Liberal centrism’ of Mark Carney ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-tepid-liberal-centrism/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:22:50

• John Fetterman on Convicted Felon’s “Raw Sewage,” and What the Democrats Get Wrong ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/john-fetterman-on-trumps-raw-sewage-and-what-the-democrats-get-wrong    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:24:05

• "This week Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off with updates on the rapidly approaching Hackaday Europe and the saga of everyone’s favorite 3D printed boat." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/hackaday-podcast-episode-309-seeing-wifi-a-world-without-usb-linux-in-nes-in-animal-crossing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:24:22

• Two Columnists on the Convicted Felon-Putin Alliance ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/opinion/trump-putin-ukraine.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:24:53

• Genetic Algorithm Runs On Atari 800 XL ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/21/genetic-algorithm-runs-on-atari-800-xl/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:25:13

• Norway officially joins Drone Coalition for Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/21.02.2025-norway-officially-joins-drone-coalition-for-ukraine.a588806/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:25:41

• Another aid shipment goes from Latvia to Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/21.02.2025-another-aid-shipment-goes-from-latvia-to-ukraine.a588695/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:25:50

• Trump’s Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg speaks to wounded Ukrainian troops during ‘emotional’ visit to military hospital ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/21/us-news/keith-kellogg-speaks-to-wounded-ukrainian-troops-at-military-hospital/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:26:01

• Facts about Ukraine 🇺🇦 ☞ https://rubenerd.com/facts-about-ukraine/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:26:34

• Charai in National Interest: Convicted Felon and His Three MEloneteers: A New U.S.-Russia Approach to Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/insight-impact/in-the-news/charai-in-national-interest-trump-and-his-three-musketeers-a-new-u-s-russia-approach-to-ukraine/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:27:09

• Exclusive: EU's Costa says 'no credible negotiations with results' without Ukraine, EU ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250221-eu-council-chief-costa-says-no-credible-negotiations-with-results-without-ukraine-eu    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:27:16

• Standing in solidarity with Ukraine ☞ https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/02/22/standing-in-solidarity-with-ukraine/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:27:43

• US refuses to co-sponsor draft UN resolution condemning Russia aggression in Ukraine ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/us-refuses-to-co-sponsor-draft-un-resolution-condemning-russia-aggression-in-ukraine/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:27:59

• Lithuanian MEP calls for ‘cordon sanitaire’ around Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2494054/lithuanian-mep-calls-for-cordon-sanitaire-around-trump    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:28:10

• UN General Assembly Weighs Competing Resolutions Marking 3rd Anniversary Of War In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-general-assembly-resolution/33323854.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:28:22

• U.S. Envoy Calls Zelenskyy ‘Courageous Leader’ Amid Escalating Tensions Between Convicted Felon and Kyiv ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-trump-kellogg-criticial-minerals-deal-resources/33323344.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:28:31

• China’s hopes to be Ukraine peacemaker collide with its goals on Convicted Felon, trade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-hopes-to-be-ukraine-peacemaker-collide-with-its-goals-on-trump-trade    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:28:45

• Once-occupied Ukraine towns try to stay defiant amid fear over Russia gains ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0221/russia-ukraine-war-anniversary-anxiety    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:28:56

• Ukraine Promises Swift Deal for Minerals as Convicted Felon Cuts Kyiv Out of Peace Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-minerals-peace.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:29:06

• As Russia Talks Peace, Moscow Threatens New Ukraine Region ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/world/europe/russia-ukraine-peace-talks.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:29:19

• "Can Ukraine stand without America?" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/21/can-ukraine-stand-without-america | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:29:45

• "in Switzerland for months" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/21/russians-and-americans-have-been-holding-secret-unofficial-talks-on-ukraine-war-in-switzerland-for-months-reuters | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:30:03

• "Trump says America stands to gain $500 billion, but there’s reason to doubt his math." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/cards/washington-demands-access-to-ukraine-s-natural-resources-trump-says-america-stands-to-gain-500-billion-but-there-s-reason-to-doubt-his-math | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:30:20

• "I can tell you that I never look for books on scAmazon or Apple. Lulu I'd be more apt to get books from especially if they'll print me a copy." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-02/msg00017.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 04:31:22

• Archive Request https://xkcd.com/3052/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:38:15

• KM3NeT https://xkcd.com/3053/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:38:28

• Scream Cipher https://xkcd.com/3054/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:38:42

• Legal Corner: MIA or Dead Contributors - Does It Matter For Your Software Project? https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250217-01.en.html says the 'FSFE', which tried to throw the founder of the real FSF (which it fakes) under the bus http://techrights.org/o/2020/08/22/fsf-fsfe-dispute/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:40:22

• "keynote on the Apple litigation" from a Microsoft-bribed group (without disclosing the conflict of interest) https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250220-01.en.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:42:12

• Pop!_OS 24.04-alpha6 is out    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:42:28

• "Wine 10.2 is the latest development released with new features now available for the Windows compatibility layer, plus they also recently put up vkd3d 1.15." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/wine-10-2-and-vkd3d-1-15-released-with-more-bluetooth-driver-progress-and-support-for-setting-thread-priorities/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:44:32

• "Valve have released a fresh update to the special Proton Hotfix version." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/proton-hotfix-updated-to-fix-marvel-rivals-and-indiana-jones-on-steam-deck-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:44:44

• "One police officer dead and four more injured in France knife attack by 'terror suspect who yelled Allahu Akbar' | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14424665/police-officer-dead-five-injured-suspected-terror-knife-France.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:47:34

• "For No Reason in Particular Here's a Bunch of Games Where You Kill Nazis" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/for-no-reason-in-particular-heres-a-bunch-of-games-where-you-kill-nazis/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:48:12

• "Elon Musk says federal workers must explain what they did last week or resign" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/22/musk-doge-federal-workers-email    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:48:42

• "Party of one: Donald Trump’s 75 minutes at CPAC talking about himself" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/22/donald-trump-cpac-speech    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:49:00

• "King Trump" https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-02-22/king-trump.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:49:10

• "This time, the anti-Trump resistance is in the courts" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-22/this-time-the-anti-trump-resistance-is-in-the-courts.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:49:22

• "The EU in the new geopolitical context: past and future challenges" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/02/21/the-eu-in-the-new-geopolitical-context-past-and-future-challenges/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:49:33

• "Russians and Americans have been holding secret unofficial talks on Ukraine war in Switzerland for months — Reuters" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/21/russians-and-americans-have-been-holding-secret-unofficial-talks-on-ukraine-war-in-switzerland-for-months-reuters    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:49:44

• "Americans, Russians have held undisclosed talks on Ukraine in Switzerland, sources say" https://www.reuters.com/world/americans-russians-have-discussed-ukraine-war-through-swiss-side-channel-sources-2025-02-20/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:49:55

• "US President Donald Trump: Emperor Donald can pretty much do whatever he wants to whomever he wants" https://www.theage.com.au/national/emperor-donald-can-do-whatever-he-wants-to-whomever-he-wants-20250223-p5led2.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:50:06

• ... sez BS. "Donald Trump makes a Big announcement just a day after meeting Apple CEO Tim Cook - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/donald-trump-makes-a-big-announcement-just-a-day-after-meeting-apple-ceo-tim-cook/articleshow/118495379.cms    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:50:24

• "Trump injects DOGE [sic] into agency regulatory decisions" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/02/trump-injects-doge-into-agency-regulatory-decisions/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:50:35

• "Connolly wants clarification of Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/02/connolly-wants-clarification-of-elon-musks-role-in-the-trump-administration/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:50:45

• "What Trump’s Purge Could Mean for the Military" https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2025/02/trump-military-purge-washington-week/681805/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:51:02

• "The DOGE [sic] Project Will Backfire" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/doge-elon-trump-government/681796/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:51:09

• "What Could Happen if the U.S. Abandons Europe" https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/what-could-happen-if-the-us-abandons-europe    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:51:24

• "A Half Century of Failure to Reform the FBI Has Gifted Patel With Alarming Power" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kash-patel-fbi-abuses-church/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:51:38

• "Musk says on X that feds must explain what they did last week — or resign" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/22/musk-email-federal-workers/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:51:51

• "Elon Musk Threatens FBI Agents and Air Traffic Controllers With Forced Resignation If They Don't Respond to an Email" https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-forced-resignation-email-twitter/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:52:04

• "Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-donald-trump-new-york-president-failure-b2702966.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:52:18

• "The Original Cast of “Saturday Night Live”: 40 Amazing Photos of Gilda Radner From “SNL” in the 1970s" https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/gilda-radner-snl.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:52:26

• "WEBM is one of the most popular video formats used for web streaming. MP3 is one of the formats used for audio playback." ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/webm-to-mp3-how-can-you-convert-in-linux/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:54:15

• Linux Tips and Tricks ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/linux-tips-and-tricks-with-recent-updates/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:54:26

• "13 Reasons to choose GIMP over Photoshop!" ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/open-source-photoshop-alternatives-top-5-list/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:54:41

• Can Latvia's forest owners and farmers adapt to climate change? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/22.02.2025-can-latvias-forest-owners-and-farmers-adapt-to-climate-change.a588797/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:59:08

• OSM Hack Weekend February 2025 ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2025/02/22/osm-hack-weekend-karlsruhe-february-2025.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 05:59:59

• This Week in Plasma: Refinements All Around ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/22/this-week-in-plasma-refinements-all-around/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:01:11

• 2025-02-22: State of virtualizing the BSDs on Fashion Company Apple Silicon ☞ https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250222.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:05:23

• 2024 Annual Report now available ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/23/2024-annual-report-now-available/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:06:02

• Slopwatch: Anti-Linux Machine-Generated FUD (LLM Slop) From GBHackers, CybersecurityNews, and Guardian Digital, Inc (Google News Promotes Slop Plagiarism, Misinformation) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Slopwatch_Anti_Linux_Machine_Generated_FUD_LLM_Slop_From_GBHack.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:06:21

• Censored: Debian Zizian transgender vigilante comparisons in open source GNU/Linux communities ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/Censored_Debian_Zizian_transgender_vigilante_comparisons_in_ope.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:06:32

• "Sweden’s Lesser-Known History In Computing" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/datasaab-swedens-lesser-known-history-in-computing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:08:20

• Zelenskyy And Putin Must 'Get Together' To End War In Ukraine, Convicted Felon Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskiy-zelenskyy-putin-trump-lutnick-minerals-ukraine-russia/33323524.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:08:30

• Baltic and North Sea states vow to pressure Russia's 'shadow fleet' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/22.02.2025-baltic-and-north-sea-states-vow-to-pressure-russias-shadow-fleet.a588825/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:09:02

• US proposes Ukraine UN text omitting mention of occupied territory ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250222-us-proposes-ukraine-un-text-not-condemning-russia    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:15:25

• Zelensky faces pressure to sign US access deal for Ukraine's mineral deposits ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250222-us-pushes-zelensky-to-sign-ukraine-resources-deal    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:15:40

• Europe anticorruption group commends Ukraine progress in corruption prevention ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/europe-anticorruption-group-commends-ukraine-progress-in-corruption-prevention/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:16:02

• Britain To Unveil Large Package Of Sanctions On Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/britain-sanctions-zelenskiy-zelenskyy-lammy/33324642.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:16:13

• Dictator Determined To 'Get The Money Back' In Potential Mineral Deal With Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ukraine--russia-zelenskiy-zelenskyy-minerals/33324313.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:16:34

• U.S. Pressing Tough Demands in Revised Deal for Ukraine’s Minerals ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/world/europe/ukraine-trump-minerals.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:16:50

• UN General Assembly Weighs Competing Resolutions Marking Third Anniversary Of War In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-general-assembly-resolution/33323854.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:16:58

• Putin (Stalin) and Cheeto (Hitler) decide how to divide Ukraine and its natural resources among each other. Is Poland next? Been there before...    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:17:59

• How To Install Franz Messaging on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-franz-messaging-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:19:00

• How To Install Chromium on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-chromium-opensuse/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:19:22

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

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:23:46

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

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:24:15

• How to Create a 3D Printing Timelapse ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/how-to-create-a-3d-printing-timelapse    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:24:37

• "Like other platforms that host user-generated content, this massive code library occasionally runs into copyright infringement issues." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/dmca-notices-took-down-31151-github-projects-last-year-250222/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:25:31

• "Becoming Led Zeppelin" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/before-he-formed-led-zeppelin-jimmy-page-played-a-prom-in-ohio | Source: New Yorker    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:25:40

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/22/ink-spattered-pitchforks/#racehorse-semen | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:28:17

• "It sounds like a nice idea, especially if you’ve ever had the experience of bothering people you’re sharing a plan with for their part of a bill" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/617928/att-will-let-you-split-your-bill-with-people-on-your-plan | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:30:08

• "Poland said Saturday it has been paying for Ukraine's Starlink subscription and will continue to do so" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/poland-pays-for-ukraine-s-starlink-subscription-says-its-deputy-pm/7984648.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:30:18

• "Yes, but: King's family is concerned that Trump's order to release records about his assassination could revive the FBI's attempts to discredit him — efforts that sought to exploit his indiscretions with women and undermine his legacy, sources close to his relatives told Axios." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/02/21/malcolm-x-fbi-files-mlk-ben-crump-trump | Source: Axios    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:30:55

• "In my post on the topic, I mentioned that a well-functioning press pool would at this point band together and fight back on behalf of the AP. After all, an attack on one member of the press is, in fact, an attack on all of them in the long run." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/associated-press-sues-trump-officials-after-ban-over-gulf-of-mexico-america-nonsense/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:31:21

• "observers see larger reasons to be concerned about the freedom of the press" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0222/trump-news-media-first-amendment-gulf | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:31:59

• "The 49-year-old is suing Guardian News and Media (GNM) over a series of articles, including one from April 2021 which said 20 women who knew Clarke in a professional capacity had come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/noel-clarke-guardian-appeal-libel-trial/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:32:53

• "Balls has been political editor at The Spectator for the past two years, having previously worked as its deputy political editor, political correspondent and diary editor." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/katy-balls-times-spectator/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:33:41

• "In Sudan, the RSF and SAF fight to control the narrative on social media. Misinformation and disinformation have erupted, endangering the lives of civilians as well as dangerously altering public opinion." ☛ https://timep.org/2025/01/14/beyond-the-battlefield-sudans-virtual-propaganda-warzone/ | Source: The Tahrir Institute    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:35:11

• "As the Pew Research Center reports, a new poll looking at Zuckerberg — alongside fellow beloathed billionaire Elon Musk" ☛ https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-makeover-annoying-poll | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:35:56

• "a manager without political clout" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/weak-managers/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:36:19

• "Using sound recordings to monitor whale populations isn't new" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-underwater-mics-machine-aid-whale.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:37:25

• "When load shedding returned three weeks ago — after a break of 10 months" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/load-shedding-is-back-stage-3/259619/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:37:59

• "That was one of the real joys of riding to me." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/bike-life/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:38:09

• "One of the foods that the world most loves is at risk because of climate change" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/why-chocolate-is-so-expensive-right-now/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:39:08

• "In the 10 countries in the world that have the most golf courses" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/renewable-energy-land-usage-golf-courses.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:39:19

• "The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/upshot/doge-musk-trump-errors.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:40:08

• "noble rebalancing of constitutional authority" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/21/trump-eo-tries-to-destroy-whatever-corporate-regulatory-oversight-hasnt-been-already-killed-by-doge-and-the-supreme-court/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:40:21

• "inadequate focus" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/ground-water-levels-falling-drastically-in-hyderabad-despite-above-normal-rainfall-1862794 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 06:42:41

• "Amid de facto dictatorships, besieged reformers, and popular demands for change" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/02/bukele-arevalo-central-america-democracy/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:18:03

• "The suspect in a Friday stabbing at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin had antisemitic motives, Berlin police said on Saturday." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/suspect-in-berlin-stabbing-wanted-to-kill-jews-police/a-71712971 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:18:24

• "The attack in Mulhouse took place near a covered canal-side market." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/france-knife-attack-leaves-1-dead-several-wounded/a-71715934 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:18:56

• "Allahu Akbar" ☛ https://nypost.com/2025/02/22/world-news/algerian-terrorist-kills-one-injures-several-in-knife-attack-in-france/ | Source: NYPost    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:19:15

• "without any doubt an act of Islamist terrorism," ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-22/knife-attack-in-east-france-kills-one-injures-two-media-says | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:19:36

• "A civilian passer-by who intervened was fatally injured, the PNAT said in a statement" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250222-knife-attack-in-france-leaves-one-dead-five-police-officers-injured | Source: France24    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:20:32

• "A knife attack in Mulhouse, eastern France, on Saturday resulted in one civilian's death and serious injuries to two police officers" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/knife-attack-in-france-leaves-one-dead-macron-labels-it-islamist-terror-act/articleshow/118494928.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:21:28

• "Allahu Akbar" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/22/fatal-knife-attack-in-mulhouse-france-also-injures-police-officers | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:21:54

• "Three more officers were lightly wounded in the attack in the city of Mulhouse" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/dead-several-police-officers-wounded-in-knife-attack-in-france/7984606.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:23:21

• "The big picture: U.S. District Court Judge Amir Ali decided not to hold the State Department and Office of Management and Budget in contempt" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/02/21/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-judge-order | Source: Axios    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:23:58

• "The suspect, born in Algeria, allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” during his stabbing spree, Le Parisien reported." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/22/one-dead-and-two-injured-in-french-knife-attack/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:24:18

• "Analysts are pointing to management and funding issues for Vietnam’s planned north-south" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/vietnam-s-railway-drive-raises-risk-of-mismanagement-debt-traps-analysts-say/7984359.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:28:06

• "The bodies of hostages taken on 7 October were returned to Israel in a disturbing spectacle." ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025/02/the-horror-of-hamass-parade-of-hostage-coffins | Source: New Statesman    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:28:34

• "ow, we’re in a good position to understand what’s going on. We’ve been fighting this secret power since its earliest incarnations (arguably the 1990s) and monitor such laws arising elsewhere (to our knowledge no other Parliament has ever allowed its government to use such extreme powers post-WWII)." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/5531/pis-opinion-how-uk-government-making-security-harder-everyone | Source: Privacy International    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:32:00

• "ow, we’re in a good position to understand what’s going on. We’ve been fighting this secret power since its earliest incarnations (arguably the 1990s) and monitor such laws arising elsewhere" ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/5531/pis-opinion-how-uk-government-making-security-harder-everyone | Source: Privacy International    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:32:16

• "The Home Office’s actions have deprived millions of Britons from accessing a security feature. As a result, British citizens will be at higher risk of their personal data and family photos falling into the hands of criminals and predators." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/org-response-to-apple-killing-its-data-protection-tools-for-uk-users-encryption/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:32:50

• "The company made the encryption tool inaccessible today at 3 p.m. local time. Customers who activated Advanced Data Protection, or ADP, earlier can continue using it for now." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/21/apple-disables-advanced-data-protection-uk-backdoor-request/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:33:28

• "The UK Government has given themselves the power to serve companies anywhere in the world notices that order them to undermine the security of their users, products, or services in secret." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5530/apple-and-long-secret-arm-uk-government | Source: Privacy International    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:34:18

• "An order to block Department [sic] of Government Efficiency representatives from Treasury Department payment systems was extended Friday night by a federal judge" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/treasury-payments-systems-doge-judge-ruling/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:35:33

• "What makes these attacks particularly concerning is their repeatability." ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/02/21/the-1.5b-bybit-hack-the-era-of-operational-security-failures-has-arrived/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:42:28

• "However, as HTTPS adoption has surged, the threat landscape has also evolved." ☛ https://medium.com/@boblord/open-letter-to-browser-and-os-makers-12d65aa314f7 | Source: Medium    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:42:42

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2616362/unblockable-ads-now-litter-microsofts-windows-surface-app.html | Source: PC World    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:44:28

• "For those of you who are aware, yes, Mastodon is one part of the fediverse." ☛ https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/twitter-chat-work-on-mastodon/ | Source: Gregory Hammond    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:52:12

• "Despite its success, YouTube has faced significant challenges." ☛ https://theconversation.com/youtube-was-born-from-a-failed-dating-site-20-years-on-the-worlds-biggest-video-platform-faces-new-challenges-250164 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:52:30

• "Luxury dining in London is becoming even more exclusive—not just due to the food, but because of the price of securing a table." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-are-swanky-london-restaurants-hotels-charging-100-reservations-1731297 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:52:56

• "Penadés works on the evolution of drug-resistant bacteria" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/22/google-co-scientist-ai-cracks-superbug-problem-in-two-days-because-it-had-been-fed-the-teams-previous-paper-with-the-answer-in-it/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:54:08

• "Using LLMs well involves extracting value from what they’re good at and avoiding wasting time at what they’re bad at." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/beyond-prompting/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:55:01

• "Federal and state governments are now using AI for everything from determining eligibility for welfare benefits to predicting child abuse and criminal activity." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/02/ai-algorithms-government-services-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:55:46

• "If the Mac is to be the computer for the rest of us, it also needs to give access to more advanced controls by scripting its actions. This article traces some of the more significant attempts to bring scripting to the rest of us." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2025/02/22/a-brief-history-of-scripting-the-mac/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:57:27

• ""For twenty years, a great war has raged. A console war, between the two great powers, Sony and Microsoft. ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/20/xbox-boss-surrenders-in-the-great-console-wars/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:58:34

• "HP recently instituted a mandatory 15-minute wait time for customers calling its hotline for service." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/hp-intentionally-made-customers-hold-for-15-minutes-for-telephone-customer-service-then-quickly-canceled-it-due-to-backlash | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:59:05

• "The hottest ticket in New York on Friday was the Luigi Mangione hearing" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/law/617946/luigi-mangione-unitedhealth-ceo-february-hearing-protest | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 10:59:39

• "In response to the outcry and lawsuits, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO), blocking the policy from taking effect nationwide on February 10." ☛ https://www.the-scientist.com/federal-court-extends-block-on-nih-funding-cuts-72717 | Source: LabX Media Group    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:00:19

• "I’ve been trying to increase the amount of movement I do in the day and I’ve come to realise there’s no perfect way to do this." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/02/22/dont-worry-about-tracking-steps-just-walk/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:00:36

• "I always used a fountain pen. I tried a lot of the available (but not completely crazy) type of writing tool, but only a fountain pen felt right. It was the tool hat made my writing style the most readable." ☛ https://crys.site/blog/2025/pen/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:02:21

• "While younger photographers embrace cheap compact cameras and film, digital camera manufacturers are still engaged in resolution overkill. I think I know how we got here" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/digital-cameras/why-are-we-obsessed-with-image-quality-while-compact-camera-loving-youngsters-have-no-interest-in-this-outdated-arms-race | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:03:21

• "This is the 78th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Ben Werdmuller and his blog, werd.io" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-ben-werdmuller | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:04:22

• "Over the years, job seekers have developed fears that software might filter them out for unforeseeable reasons." ☛ https://thebaffler.com/outbursts/hiring-squad-marz |    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:04:33

• "A group of billionaires are attempting to dismantle public education in the second largest state in the country." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/02/texans-need-to-wake-up-to-how-school-vouchers-benefit-a-group-of-billionaires-lawmaker-says.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:04:55

• "In this chapter, we explore methods for global pairwise alignment, that find the minimal number of edits between two genomic sequences." ☛ https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/pairwise-alignment/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:06:10

• "Our pupils are never static; they constantly adjust in response to both external and internal factors. The most well known is that they control how much light enters the eye, just like a camera aperture." ☛ https://theconversation.com/your-pupils-change-size-as-you-breathe-heres-why-this-new-discovery-is-important-250435 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:07:20

• "One of Musk's buddies, billionaire Jared Isaacman, who has flown twice to space with SpaceX, is President Trump's nominee to become the next head of NASA." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-elon-musk-deorbit-international-space.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:10:53

• "The Civil Service Commission, the predecessor of the OPM, started mailing retirement files to Boyers in 1960" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/limestone-mine-elon-musk-retirement/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:13:00

• "The essence of this saying is simple yet profound: prepare and invest in yourself now to reap the benefits later." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/2025/02/22/writing-checks-to-yourself.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:13:56

• "Who knew such a thing could evolve from sharing that first essay?" ☛ https://robertbreen.com/2025/02/06/why-blogs-matter/ |    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:15:05

• "I’m slightly envious of those who can point to their very first blog post." ☛ https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2025/053/a1/blog_questions_challenge/ | Source: Paul Robert Lloyd    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:15:25

• "However, the thing is, no matter how much AI increases our productivity, at the end of the day" ☛ https://www.rugu.dev/en/blog/ai-productivity-trap/ | Source: Uğur Erdem Seyfi    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:15:37

• "What does every homelab server need? Storage! And this time I was lazy, connecting the drive and packing up before actually setting up the drive." ☛ https://blog.8bit.lol/2025/02/linux-add-drive | Source: Aadi Desai    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:18:38

• "Why do so many board spaces eat up too much precious shelf space? Whatever happened to small, nimble boxes with as much components and gameplay mechanics as possible crammed in?" ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/02/shelf-space/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:39:18

• "What a crazy thing that would be, certainly way too outlandish to ever be plausible because like I said the Nazis have been extinct since basically the entire world beat the shit out of them because they were widely recognized as the clear bad guys of modern history." ☛ https://hard-drive.net/hd/video-games/for-no-reason-in-particular-heres-a-bunch-of-games-where-you-kill-nazis/ |    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:39:30

• "Leaves is a tile-laying board game about growing a tree and having more of your leaves attached to the tree than your opponent." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/leaves-is-a-great-two-player-game/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:39:46

• "ArcaOS 5.1.1, over a year and a half in development, incorporates over 50 improvements and refinements" ☛ https://www.arcanoae.com/why-update-or-upgrade-to-arcaos-5-1-1/ | Source: Arca Noae    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:43:45

• NuTyX 25.02.5 available with cards 3.1.0 https://nutyx.org/en/news    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:44:28

• "I am back to daily driving macOS, for the first time since the PowerPC days." ☛ https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250222.html | Source: Brian Callahan    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:45:11

• "There are a few distinct additions to the Makulu Linux desktop that help to make it stand out" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/makulu-linux-brings-an-ai-toolbox-to-its-desktop-distribution/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:49:41

• "But it's very much a board I think you should be interested in." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/sifives-hifive-premier-p550-strange-powerful-risc-v-board | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:50:29

• "GIMP, which stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program is a popular and completely free photo editing software that's similar to Adobe Photoshop" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/software/gimp-review | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:50:56

• "Data without logs sure leaves us open for speculations." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/02/22/curl-website-traffic-feb-2025/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:52:13

• "I recently read an article that, among other things, apparently seriously urging browser vendors to deprecate and disable plain text HTTP" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/HTTPConnectionsPartOfLongTail | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:52:42

• "It is said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." ☛ https://ochagavia.nl/blog/solving-the-jit-calculator-challenge/ | Source: Adolfo Ochagavía    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:53:34

• "R-GPS is expected to cost $1 billion over the next five years." ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/space/2025/02/21/space-force-bumps-astrion-from-resilient-gps-program/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 11:53:53

• 6 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux GUI File Encryption Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-file-encryption-tools/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:10:34

• sxcs – minimal X11 color picker and magnifier ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sxcs-minimal-x11-color-picker-magnifier/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:10:45

• 15 Best Free and Open Source Web Project Management Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-web-project-management-software/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:10:53

• ccrypt – tool for encrypting and decrypting files and streams ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ccrypt-tool-encrypting-decrypting-files-streams/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:11:05

• Equibop – snappy Discord app ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/equibop-snappy-discord-app/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:11:28

• How to Install Latest Wireshark 4.4.4 in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/install-latest-wireshark-ubuntu/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:11:56

• phoronix helps Microsoft openwashing of DirectX now. Not cool, Mike.    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:13:40

• Teable – manage your data and connect your team ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/teable-manage-data-connect-team/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:14:43

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Surveillance Giant Google Files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-google-files/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:14:58

• Kickpad – experimental kick drum audio sample generator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kickpad-kick-drum-audio-sample-generator/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:15:08

• PeaZip 10.3 Archive Manager Improves Integration with GNOME and KDE Plasma ☞ https://9to5linux.com/peazip-10-3-archive-manager-improves-integration-with-gnome-and-kde-plasma    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:15:54

• "didn’t want to drop in a Linux computer — he was going for something a bit smaller." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/the-perfect-pi-pico-portable-computer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:17:22

• Shinken – flexible and scalable monitoring framework ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/shinken-flexible-scalable-monitoring-framework/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:18:08

• Fibbo – web-based game engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fibbo-web-based-game-engine/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:18:16

• Wordle CLI – play Wordle in your command line ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wordle-cli/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:18:28

• PeaZip 10.3 Boosts Performance with 25% Faster Startup ☞ https://linuxiac.com/peazip-10-3-boosts-performance-with-25-faster-startup/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:30:23

• Wine 10.2: Better Thread Handling, Wow64 Upgrades, and More ☞ https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-2-better-thread-handling-wow64-upgrades-and-more/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:30:33

• Niri 25.02 Wayland Compositor Brings Tabbed Columns, Shadows, and More ☞ https://linuxiac.com/niri-25-02-wayland-compositor-released/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:30:42

• Australia government pledges A$8.5 billion to healthcare as election looms ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-government-pledges-a8.5-billion-to-healthcare-as-election-looms    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:37:43

• Australian PM Albanese vows extra $7.2b for healthcare ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-pm-albanese-vows-extra-7-2b-for-healthcare    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:37:52

• Paris Agriculture Show 2025: Farmers want their income to reflect their efforts ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250222-paris-agriculture-show-2025-farmers-want-their-income-to-reflect-their-efforts    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:38:11

• Skip these common activities, doctors warn — unless you like spending time in the ER: ‘Worst of the worst’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/22/health/stop-these-common-activities-doctors-say-worst-of-the-worst/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:38:46

• Bags becoming ‘babies’: South Korea’s strange honorific twist ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/bags-becoming-babies-south-koreas-strange-honorific-twist    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:39:13

• As global bean prices surge, coffee planters in Johor are on a caffeine rush ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/as-global-bean-prices-surge-coffee-planters-in-johor-are-on-a-caffeine-rush    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:39:45

• Is Pooh-tin Jinping’s sudden embrace of business for real? China is left guessing. ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/is-xi-jinpings-sudden-embrace-of-business-for-real-china-is-left-guessing    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:40:07

• INTERVIEW: A former China correspondent examines identity and control under Pooh-tin ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/22/xi-jinping-npr-emily-feng-new-book/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:40:25

• Tricked Out Miter Fence Has All The Features ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/tricked-out-miter-fence-has-all-the-features/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:41:39

• Mainland Chinese escaping stress set up home in Malaysia via MM2H scheme ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mainland-chinese-escaping-stress-take-to-life-in-malaysia-via-mm2h-scheme    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:42:07

• This New Drug Mimics The Health Effects of Living at High Altitude ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-new-drug-mimics-the-health-effects-of-living-at-high-altitude    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:42:51

• Yogurt Shows Great Potential Against Colon Cancer, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/yogurt-shows-great-potential-against-colon-cancer-study-reveals    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:43:03

• Cannibalism in Europe's Past Was More Common Than You May Realize ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cannibalism-in-europes-past-was-more-common-than-you-may-realize    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:43:43

• Green expected to come in fourth in German’s legislative elections ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250222-green-expected-to-come-in-fourth-in-german-s-legislative-elections    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:44:32

• KiCad ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/kicad-9-moves-up-in-the-pro-league/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:45:57

• "In Al Williams’s marvelous rant he points out a number of the problems with speaking to computers." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/multitasker-or-many-monotaskers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:46:55

• Big Day for Crypto Goes South After Bybit Hack ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/technology/crypto-exchange-bybit-hack.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 12:47:33

• "A Web-Based Graphics Editor For Tiny Screens" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/a-web-based-graphics-editor-for-tiny-screens/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:08:16

• China’s naval drill draws cautious response from Australia, New Zealand ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-naval-drill-draws-cautious-response-from-australia-new-zealand    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:08:29

• "Israel won’t withdraw from Gaza without security against Hamas" - says David Miller ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250222-israel-will-not-withdraw-from-gaza-without-a-security-structure-to-prevent-hamas-resurgence-says-aaron-david-miller    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:08:50

• UN Security Council demands Rwanda withdraw troops from eastern DR Congo ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250222-united-nations-security-council-demands-rwanda-withdraw-troops-from-congo    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:09:00

• Germany braces for pivotal elections as far-right makes further gains ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250222-germany-on-eve-of-elections-under-shadow-of-us-european-rift http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/27/When_Social_Control_Media_in_the_European_Union_is_Controlled_b.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:09:30

• Bybit Hack Drains $1.5 Billion From Cryptocurrency Exchange ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/bybit-hack-drains-1-5-billion-from-cryptocurrency-exchange/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:09:50

• "It's called Indian Business Machines for a reason." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jma144j9    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:11:01

• An ‘escape’ from the world: As Hong Kong bans ‘space oil’ drug, social workers urge care for teen mental health ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/23/an-escape-from-the-world-as-hong-kong-bans-space-oil-drug-social-workers-urge-care-for-teen-mental-health/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:13:44

• ELEGOO Saturn 4 Ultra 16K Review – A resin 3D printer tested with CHITUBOX slicer and ChituManager software ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/22/elegoo-saturn-4-ultra-16k-review-a-resin-3d-printer-tested-with-mercury-plus-3-0/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:15:41

• Pope Francis Put Church Above His Health, Vatican Observers Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/world/europe/francis-pope-church-health.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:16:13

• Ionic Wind explores ionized air for cooling servers, claims a 60% cost reduction ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cooling/ionic-wind-explores-ionized-air-for-cooling-servers-claims-a-60-percent-cost-reduction    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:16:49

• Cyanotype ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/22/cyanotype-prints-on-a-resin-3d-printer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:18:01

• The Rise of the Passive Spectator ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/the-rise-of-the-passive-spectator    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:18:51

• Understanding Python Virtual Environments: venv, pyenv, virtualenv, pipenv, and More ☞ https://net2.com/understanding-python-virtual-environments-venv-pyenv-virtualenv-pipenv-and-more/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:20:27

• "influencers" = social control media ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/world/europe/alternative-for-germany-youth.html see http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/27/When_Social_Control_Media_in_the_European_Union_is_Controlled_b.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:21:19

• Shaping Tomorrow at WordCamp Asia 2025 ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2025/02/shaping-tomorrow-at-wordcamp-asia-2025/ "Matt Mullenweg, WordPress Cofounder The flagship WordPress event started with a dedicated Contributor Day"    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:23:36

• Bringing back the Recommended Games List ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/bringing-back-the-recommended-games-list/index.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:23:52

• parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20250222 ('Grete Tange') released [stable] ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10729    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:24:24

• Launch Ubuntu 22.04 System Settings from Terminal: gnome-control-center ☞ https://net2.com/launch-ubuntu-22-04-system-settings-from-terminal-gnome-control-center/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:26:21

• "They Worked to Prevent Death." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-federal-workers-public-health-hhs | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:26:49

• "Social Security Administration" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-social-security-elon-musk-trump-closures-benefits | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:28:22

• At Nasrallah’s funeral, Hezbollah and Iran set to put on a ‘show of strength’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250222-at-nasrallah-s-funeral-hezbollah-and-iran-set-to-put-on-a-show-of-strength    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:28:51

• Shiri Bibas confirmed dead as her body returned to Israel following Hamas mix-up ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250222-shiri-bibas-confirmed-dead-as-her-body-returned-to-israel-following-hamas-mix-up    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:29:18

• Politicians Ought to Invite Dr. Richard Stallman and Prof. Eben Moglen to Speak About Policies, Licensing, Digital Sovereignty (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Politicians_Ought_to_Invite_Dr_Richard_Stallman_and_Prof_Eben_M.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:31:55

• Good Explanation of Why I.C.B.M. Has Chosen to Conceal Mass Layoffs (of 'Expensive' Staff) as "R.T.O." (Even For People Who Never Worked at the Office to Which They're Ordered to "Return") (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Good_Explanation_of_Why_IBM_Has_Chosen_to_Conceal_Mass_Layoffs_.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:32:53

• Microsoft's Serial Strangler and Matthew J. Garrett Join Forces in Trying to Gag Techrights (for Exposing Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Corruption and Crimes Against Women) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_and_Matthew_J_Garrett_Join_Forces_.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:33:01

• Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Proud to Host Free Software Talk by Richard Stallman ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Free_University_of_Bozen_Bolzano_Proud_to_Host_Free_Software_Ta.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:33:28

• The 67th Grammy Awards: Unforgettable Performances, Speeches, and Dedications to LA Wildfires ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/22/the-67th-grammy-awards/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:34:40

• Former NSA, Cyber Command chief Paul Nakasone says U.S. falling behind its enemies in cyberspace ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/former-nsa-cyber-command-chief-paul-nakasone-enemies-cyberspace/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:35:06

• Kyrgyzstan urged to ensure safety of imprisoned human rights defender ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/kyrgyzstan-urged-to-ensure-safety-of-imprisoned-human-rights-defender/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:35:34

• This Week in Linux 299: Mesa 25, Pi-hole v6, openSUSE, Serpent OS, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://thisweekinlinux.com/299    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:36:33

• Apparently bellingcat can be sued by Russians who live in Russia using lawyers in the UK (no sanctions?), owing to a very broken system, but Americans trying the same face an uphill battle. bellingcat is a political site, techrights is not. Maybe there will overhaul in laws after all those scandals in the coming years.    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:39:00

• What Stops Democracy from Backsliding? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/what-stops-democracy-from-backsliding    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:39:25

• Democracy 2025: "app" tells you how to vote http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/27/When_Social_Control_Media_in_the_European_Union_is_Controlled_b.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:39:52

• Linux Out Loud 106: Arch Redemption, Fedora Debates, and Hardware Mishaps ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-106/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:41:04

• This Week in Linux 299: Mesa 25, Pi-hole v6, openSUSE, Serpent OS, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-299/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:42:04

• A submission for CRANK: Restaurant QR codes ☞ https://rubenerd.com/a-submission-for-crank-restaurant-qr-codes/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:51:15

• Chimera 20250214 is out. GNU/Linux distro. http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/19/New_Releases_Alpine_3_18_12_3_19_7_3_20_6_and_3_21_3_Chimera_Li.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:51:58

• "Both the GNOME and Plasma images (the latter is still experimental) come with the latest versions of their respective desktop environments." https://chimera-linux.org/news/2025/02/new-images.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:52:34

• Feren 22.04-beta1 is out https://distrowatch.com/ferenos    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:53:30

• Venom 20250216 https://venomlinux.org/#    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:55:01

• Refracta 12.3 is out. This page is badly out of date: https://refracta.org/announce.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:56:54

• Puppy 10.0.10 is out https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=puppy    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 13:57:47

• "This patch release aims to consolidate all the security patches, bug fixes and other updates that have occurred since the previous stable release." https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/02/18/qubes-os-4-2-4-has-been-released/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:02:44

• opt-out must be done by "machine-readable" means http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/dutch-court-holds-that-tdm-opt-out-must.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:05:18

• Is Ferrari’s Testarossa trade mark up for grabs? The interplay between bad faith and a trade mark with a reputation http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-ferraris-testarossa-trade-mark-up.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:05:41

• 3D mark for glucose sensor invalid http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/abbott-v-sinocare-3d-mark-for-glucose.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:06:11

• Polishing the T-urtle https://blogs.perl.org/users/lichtkind/2025/02/polishing-thr-t-urtle.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:06:37

• CGI::Tiny - Perl CGI, but modern https://blogs.perl.org/users/grinnz/2025/02/cgitiny---perl-cgi-but-modern.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:06:50

• NEDELLA SEZ!! As "news"; "‘Microsoft missed the biggest business model…’: Satya Nadella predicts ‘AI won’t be winner-take-all’"    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:08:35

• Even some of the "Real" media became little better than LLM slop.    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:08:53

• Report: NetEase to Sell Off Majority of Its Overseas Teams, Potentially Closing a Dozen Game Studios https://mp1st.com/news/report-netease-to-sell-off-majority-of-its-overseas-teams-potentially-closing-a-dozen-game-studios    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:09:39

• Nazi past discovery leads St. Pauli to suspend fan song https://www.dw.com/en/nazi-past-discovery-leads-st-pauli-to-suspend-fan-song/a-71593223    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:12:23

• "Although COSMIC is very much a work-in-progress (i.e., unfinished, feature incomplete, and lacking polish) some intrepid folks already use it as their daily driver —though most folks eager to sample it will get a better impression from the upcoming COSMIC beta." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/cosmic-desktop-alpha-6-released    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:14:49

• A Beginner's Guide to Basic Ubuntu System Security ⚓ https://www.howtogeek.com/a-beginners-guide-to-basic-ubuntu-system-security/ ䷉ Source: HowTo Geek | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/a-beginners-guide-to-basic-ubuntu-system-security/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:15:43

• "The joy of using Linux is that there are so many choices. I'm someone who takes advantage of that choice, testing different Linux distros out there. However, when it comes to daily driving, I went with the flow and stuck with Ubuntu. I don't regret it." https://www.howtogeek.com/im-a-distro-hopper-but-heres-why-i-come-back-to-ubuntu-every-time/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:16:05

• "Linux is quietly gaining ground on Windows in the gaming space. But how well does it actually perform? Here's what I experienced." https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mainstream-gaming-2025/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:17:22

• "Check it out for the desktop-integrated artificial intelligence and stay for the different desktop layouts." https://thenewstack.io/makulu-linux-brings-an-ai-toolbox-to-its-desktop-distribution/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:18:06

• "Ready to ditch the setup headaches and jump straight into Linux? With a mini PC that has Linux preinstalled, you can skip the technical fuss and start exploring right away." https://www.howtogeek.com/mini-pcs-you-can-buy-with-linux-preinstalled/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:18:31

• "Nice to see that Valve can get moving so quickly on issues in popular games. Hopefully with SteamOS rolling out to more devices we'll see developers test their updates more often instead of things getting broken like this." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/proton-hotfix-updated-to-fix-marvel-rivals-and-indiana-jones-on-steam-deck-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:18:54

• Hands-on: Ueli is a launcher you can use on Windows, macOS, and Linux — and it's pretty good ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/hands-on-ueli/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/hands-on-ueli/    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:19:26

• Been a busy month and year for libreplanet-discuss so far https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-02/index.html    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 14:20:10

• 🔤SpellBinding — EHIKLPO Wordo: SERIF gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-23.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 15:26:46

• "Not many people seem to know that London has a decently preserved Mithraeum, the sacred space of the Mithras mystery cult. It's free to visit and periodically has a projection around the remains to try and give a feel for what a ritual may have been like in the space." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/london-mithraeum    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 15:27:35

• Odds & Ends gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20250222-oddends.txt    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 15:28:32

• Little Women (1880) gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/rgu/phlog/20250222.txt    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 15:29:14

• Internet Archive gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250223-internet_archive.txt    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 15:30:01

• How German football is fighting the far-right https://www.dw.com/en/recommended-how-german-football-is-fighting-the-far-right-both-inside-and-outside-the-stands/a-71614152    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 15:38:23

• free beer https://www.dw.com/en/german-city-lures-early-election-voters-with-free-beer/a-71623740    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 15:39:31

• fake honey production https://www.dw.com/en/turkish-fake-honey-production-on-the-rise/a-71626685    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 15:40:00

• Mementos gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/2-23.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 19:35:48

• "Out of the six ways for me to store a QR code (in this case a yearly entry pass for a local museum), the one I chose today was the worst, most unreliable, least efficient, but way coolest method: I drew it by hand in the back of my Techo Weeks paper planner. It took one hour but that includes starting over because I messed up the first attempt." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/hand-made-qr-code    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 19:36:40

• "A manifesto for respectful platforms that respect the rights of their users rather than trying to exploit them." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/respectful-platforms    

posted Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 19:38:00