Roy Schestowitz

• Rugby gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250223.txt    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:05:01

• "A shallow thought about DeepSeek" "The whale mascot is cute." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:06:12

• My SD card died gopher://sdfeu.org:70/0/users/glaciurso/phlog/2025-02-23__My_SD_card_died.md    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:06:46

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1215.jpg    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:09:06

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1565.jpg    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:09:13

• Mastodon gemini://moribundo.flounder.online/blog/057_toot.gmi    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:10:25

• tarot: i'm over decks gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/imoverdecks    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:11:14

• INTO THE HALL OF WORLDS gemini://caleb.smol.pub/heim2    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:11:38

• #Hérédité - Un film de Ari Aster - Avec Toni Colette, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro, Alex Wolff. gemini://txt-vostfr.devloprog.org/log/heredite.gmi    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:12:24

• "Finally bought some DNS, so this should no longer go offline. Starting over, but still running a server that is written in Oberon-07, which in turn is run by an instance of 'ncat'." gemini://gem.refahs.com/backOnline.gmi    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:13:25

• Zendesk laying off 51 workers in San Francisco https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/zendesk-sf-layoffs-20183262.php    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:16:39

• IBM CEO "AK: good news, then I got an excuse to layoff." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmge4e7x    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:18:09

• "Like the previous CEO and the one before, right?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmrjrdy2 "The mumbling id--t thinks of himself as the Maharaja of Delhi."    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:18:40

• "SW = IBM has adopted a purchasing of innovation vs developing it. That means IBM laid off redundant employees, because they will just buy them now. There is one VERY unique exception to the “no end in sight” rule, and that is support for acquired SW. IBM will offshore the support as it matures and moves to legacy." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:20:56

• RMS gives a public talk later today. Old: https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/tecnologia/Richard-Stallman-un-hacker-cruza-el-DF-20121019-0055.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:23:44

• Windows down sharply in Estonia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/estonia/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:48:38

• It used to be very dominant there https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/estonia/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:49:34

• activist's 'courage' https://www.dw.com/en/navalny-death-anniversary-scholz-hails-activist-s-courage/a-71628048    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 02:59:59

• Probably replaced it already https://www.dw.com/en/msc-can-china-replace-us-as-world-leader/a-71626675    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:00:29

• fight for justice https://www.dw.com/en/how-serbia-s-student-protesters-organize-fight-for-justice/a-71608717    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:01:13

• Free Speech https://www.truthdig.com/articles/how-elon-musk-blurs-the-lines-of-free-speech/ https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-16/salman-rushdie-musk-does-not-defend-freedom-of-expression-he-curates-the-discourse-of-the-extreme-right.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:02:36

• Nazi salute https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/french-far-right-leader-cancels-speech-after-bannon-gives-nazi-salute-20250222-p5le8d.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:03:08

• High-level officials normalising nazi symbolism while complicit media says it's "just a joke" or "a prank"... they know why they do this. https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-02-16/salman-rushdie-musk-does-not-defend-freedom-of-expression-he-curates-the-discourse-of-the-extreme-right.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:03:58

• Equating swastikas with free speech https://www.dw.com/en/vance-criticizes-germany-s-free-speech-laws-at-cpac-summit/a-71706133 https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-21/vance-criticizes-germanys-free-speech-laws-in-remarks-to-conservatives https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-jd-vance-s-free-speech-claims-debunked/a-71642886    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:05:05

• It is 'Sinister' to save the planet? https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-17/us-energy-secretary-attacks-sinister-net-zero-goals-singling-out-britain    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:06:09

• How oil and Gas Shape Diplomacy https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/02/17/the-geopolitics-of-energy-how-oil-and-gas-shape-diplomacy/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:06:31

• “Virtual Power Plants” for a Ponzi scheme of virtual "value"? https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2025-02-18/as-texas-energy-demand-soars-a-pilot-program-looks-to-bolster-grid-with-virtual-power-plants    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:07:02

• Inflation rose to 1.9% in January, with low prices on GST-free goods offsetting high energy costs https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cpi-january-1.7461552    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:07:32

• Clean-energy siting reforms bring return to good governance principles https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-clean-energy-siting-reforms-bring-return-good-governance-principles    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:07:59

• Indigenous Resistance Stalls Colombia's Potential Renewable Energy Boom in La Guajira https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-02-20/indigenous-resistance-stalls-colombias-potential-renewable-energy-boom-in-la-guajira    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:08:17

• Some Tesla owners in B.C. embarrassed by company's CEO amid charged political climate https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-tesla-owners-1.7460386    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:09:00

• Cities trim beef, add veggies for the climate https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/plant-food-cities-1.7457415    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:09:29

• Climate and environment take a back seat https://www.dw.com/en/german-election-climate-and-environment-take-a-back-seat/a-71643886 https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/18/palming-off-climate-disaster-to-the-next-generation/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:09:56

• Brazil will join OPEC+ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/brazil-opec-oil-exports-climate-1.7461964    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:10:14

• Sweden's Supreme Court rejects climate inaction lawsuit against the state ttps://www.thelocal.se/20250219/swedens-supreme-court-rejects-climate-inaction-lawsuit-against-the-state    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:10:28

• Newton’s Third Law and the Unequal Burden of Carbon Emissions https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/02/20/climate-injustice-newtons-third-law-and-the-unequal-burden-of-carbon-emissions/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:10:46

• Countries Warn Against Delaying Global Climate Assessment After US Exit https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-02-21/countries-warn-against-delaying-global-climate-assessment-after-us-exit    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:11:20

• Action on Climate Change May Look Different Than You Expect https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/21/action-on-climate-change-may-look-different-than-you-expect/ https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/21/capitalisms-frankenstein-climate/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:11:51

• Climate change could make more turtles female https://theconversation.com/climate-change-could-make-more-turtles-female-but-some-are-starting-to-adapt-249619    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:12:04

• EFF as political party https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-and-repro-uncensored-launch-stopcensoringabortion-campaign    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:12:51

• EFF was founded by 3 geeks... for Reproductive Rights https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/stop-censoring-abortion-fight-reproductive-rights-digital-age    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:13:30

• FTC Seeks Info on Big Tech User Bans https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-02-20/us-ftc-says-it-launches-inquiry-on-tech-censorship    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:14:09

• Technogarchy Goes to Washington https://www.projectcensored.org/technogarchy-washington-muskification-meta/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:15:10

• Cheeto Mussolini administration sparks fears of censorship to US arts scene https://www.dw.com/en/trump-administration-sparks-fears-of-censorship-to-us-arts-scene/a-71675389    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:15:26

• UPC is illegal. This is a fake 'court'. Why does the "IP Kat" let itself be run by Team UPC, legitimising attacks on constitutions and on justice? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-description-of-patent-should-always.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:16:58

• Five Iraqi Banks to Be Banned From U.S. Dollar Transaction https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-16/exclusive-five-iraqi-banks-to-be-banned-from-u-s-dollar-transactions-sources    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:17:44

• Those are ALL commercially at a loss because it's hype and probably a deliberate scam, too https://www.dw.com/en/german-ai-on-the-cutting-edge-but-commercially-at-a-loss/a-71593167 http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:26:05

• crypto post https://www.dw.com/en/argentina-milei-faces-impeachment-threat-over-crypto-post/a-71627300 http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:27:05

• satire can wreck reputations https://www.dw.com/en/no-laughing-matter-how-satire-can-wreck-reputations/a-71610611    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 03:27:47

• Libera.Chat shrank this past year https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=Libera.Chat    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 04:09:26

• Julian Assange virtually vanished from site and sight. Will there ever be some big comeback? His wife continues to post pro-Hamas and anti-USAID things, which means she cannot recognise how social control media clouds her view of the world. http://techrights.org/n/2024/10/05/The_Danger_of_Outsourcing_Your_Platform_to_Social_Control_Media.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 04:14:38

• 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 Monday, February 24, 2025 at 04:53:41

• Departures by "RTO" are the layoffs they don't tell you about...    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 04:54:14

• the Origin of "Open Source" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MuKSD_himSE    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 04:58:51

• They tell us to trust a person whose own wife does not trust him and dumped him over this lack of trust http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/Journalistic_Malpractice_Helps_Bill_Gates_Cover_Up_His_Marriage.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:01:31

• Is news reporting in Cambodia becoming more dangerous? https://www.dw.com/en/is-news-reporting-in-cambodia-becoming-more-dangerous/a-71639204    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:03:25

• German carmakers face flagging sales in Southeast Asia https://www.dw.com/en/german-carmakers-face-flagging-sales-in-southeast-asia/a-71640172    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:03:57

• bans AI [sic] app "https://www.dw.com/en/deepseek-south-korea-temporarily-bans-ai-app/a-71634702    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:05:18

• AK said:”In order to protect my $86 million a year compensation I would do anything, including getting rid of expensive IBM dinosaurs“ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmr1wn7e    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:06:57

• "I've generally understood Gemini to be a poor media delivery platform since the focus is on textual information. Happy to be corrected on this." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Geminispace/24699    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:08:14

• "I definitely disagree. Gemini doesn't focus on textual information, it focuses on security and privacy, and as a result of that, it doesn't allow clients to load multiple files at once. This in effect makes documents one media type only, as the client cannot auto-request an image to display it on the page." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Geminispace/24699    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:08:47

• "One of the first capsules on Gemini was Konpeito, it was a bunch of music hosted over gemini. Futhermore, Gemini is described as a "protocol for file transfer" in its specification, and it has always been that. The textual focus on the homepage of the official capsule was added in much later."    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:09:11

• "After we had some discussion on BBS with the community (mainly the idea belongs to u/ps), I decided to implement a file sharing thingie for gemini, so it would be possible to do it without leaving the protocol or having to host your own capsule." gemini://hideout.cyber-cave.org/osiris-devlog/0-1-0.gmi    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:10:22

• Lowering salaries, yay! SUCCESS! https://www.dw.com/en/tesla-starts-hiring-in-india-after-modi-and-musk-meet/a-71645424    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:18:17

• Like cutting almost all Twitter staff, then STILL losing money (AND users)    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:18:43

• Let's do the same at a NATIONAL level    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:18:56

• Will MElon and ModiMusk negotiate outsourcing FAA to India, running over starlink so that he gets paid, too?    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:19:40

• The US is a bag of debt ("money") which those rich enough to BUY the system now offload to their offshore, tax-evading bank accounts. Like fall of the Soviet Union. What will be left? Snow, poverty, and US Vodka?    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:20:55

• Jannik Sinner's mild doping ban https://www.dw.com/en/tennis-world-in-uproar-after-jannik-sinner-s-mild-doping-ban/a-71665437    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:22:32

• German auto parts giant to slash thousands of jobs https://www.dw.com/en/german-auto-parts-giant-to-slash-thousands-of-jobs/a-71664680    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:23:41

• Media organizations call for UN action against attacks on journalists in North-East Syria https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/media-organizations-call-for-un-action-against-attacks-on-journalists-in-north-east-syria-78021    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:24:45

• DAANES calls for an end to the international silence on attacks against journalists in NE Syria https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/daanes-calls-for-an-end-to-the-international-silence-on-attacks-against-journalists-in-ne-syria-77972    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:26:26

• Journalist Egîd's last words: Do not despair https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/journalist-egid-s-last-words-do-not-despair-77970    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:27:21

• "brave journalist Egîd Roj" killed by Turkish drone in Tishrin https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/sdf-pays-tribute-to-brave-journalist-egit-roj-killed-by-turkish-drone-in-tishrin-77964    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:28:52

• Sportwashing crimes https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2025-02-20/tiger-woods-joins-another-white-house-meeting-as-pga-tour-moves-closer-to-saudi-deal    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:31:06

• Sportwashing with criminals: Saudi Investors to Meet With Cheeto Mussolini at White House ttps://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-02-20/pga-officials-saudi-investors-to-meet-with-trump-at-white-house-washington-post-reports    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:31:33

• Bought off https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/foxtel-s-new-owner-welcomes-saudi-dollars-in-deal-20250218-p5ld8e.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:32:12

• There are swords and strings attached    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:32:36

• What will future generations say about this? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/quick-facts-about-magnus-carlsen-net-worth-wife-why-hes-auctioning-off-his-jeans-1731256    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 05:34:26

• Virginia AG’s office says it was struck by ‘sophisticated cyberattack’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/12/virginia-attorney-general-cyber-attack/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:25:30

• Windows TCO https://www.yahoo.com/news/school-board-approves-letter-ag-120500466.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:26:09

• Kuwait busts large-scale cyber attacks https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-busts-large-scale-cyber-attacks-1.500036918    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:26:50

• Ransomware attack affects Michigan casinos and tribal health centers https://databreaches.net/2025/02/17/ransomware-attack-affects-michigan-casinos-and-tribal-health-centers/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:28:15

• Slovakia 'too expensive' https://spectator.sme.sk/business/c/ibm-to-lay-off-hundreds-in-bratislava    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:31:08

• Sorry no sorry? https://joe-steel.com/2025-02-14-Netflix-Says-Its-Brief-Apple-TV-App-Integration-Was-a-Mistake.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:35:26

• unprecedented wealth transfer https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/wealth-transfer-inequality-1trillion-1.7462837    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:36:58

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI BUY TODAY !! https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/apple-new-iphone-se-1.7462776    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:38:32

• Apple Drops Encryption Feature https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-02-21/apple-drops-encryption-feature-for-uk-users-after-government-reportedly-demanded-backdoor-access http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:39:10

• Apple Pulls Advanced Data Protection From the UK, in Defiance of UK Demand for Global Backdoor https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/apple_pulls_advanced_data_protection_from_the_uk    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:40:07

• Only after 'brigading' Torvalds https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/02/14/1842251/lead-asahi-linux-developer-quits-days-after-leaving-kernel-maintainer-role see https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_It_Comes_to_Social_Control_Media_Linus_Torvalds_is_Channel.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:40:57

• In LF 'universe', "Toxic" means "not working for (employed by) a sponsor" https://techrights.org/o/2021/05/07/trolling-the-real-community/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:41:41

• Top Linux Networking Commands and Troubleshooting Tips https://www.maketecheasier.com/top-linux-networking-commands-and-troubleshooting-tips/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:43:00

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (07/2025): Reviews and Improvements https://linmob.net/weekly-update-07-2025/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:43:09

• The "C" in LF is for capitulation https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/02/18/227222/linus-torvalds-would-reportedly-merge-rust-kernel-code-over-maintainer-objections    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:44:09

• Why NOW? https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/02/18/0953205/free-software-foundation-speaks-up-against-red-hat-source-code-announcement    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:49:45

• These cults send borderlne death threats to Pocock https://danielpocock.com/zizian-transgender-google-debian-open-source-linux-extremist-cult-phenomena/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:50:38

• 3.0 final almost there now! http://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/02/how-to-test-out-gimp-30-development-version-quickly-on-ubuntu.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 07:59:46

• Is our sleep getting worse? https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/400087/how-to-sleep-better-chronotypes-night-owl    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:04:07

• Student Athletes Don't Know How To Fuel With Food, Study Says https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-02-18/student-athletes-dont-know-how-to-fuel-with-food-study-says    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:07:55

• MElons https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/19/how-to-create-a-new-world-without-elons/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:09:46

• How to prove false statements? (Part 3) http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/02/19/how-to-prove-false-statements-part-3/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:14:55

• How to fight back in the war against spam texts https://www.vox.com/technology/400340/how-to-stop-scam-texts don't have a device that receive texts, mmmmkay?    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:15:31

• Cinnamon Extensions https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=df02ap4GZQE    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:31:20

• Artists And Creators Should Stop Disowning Their Work https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=jFKcfapSy4k    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:31:57

• Plasma Mobile and Phosh tested https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=nCSs4CbxZHk    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:32:13

• Learn to Love the Magic of AWK in Linux https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=tMvZHxSyAr4    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:32:31

• OpenMandriva 25.01 "ROME" Gnome overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=5I5ZbQcKMio    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:32:48

• Switch to RSS for your online media! https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=-5MtaffecZU    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:33:22

• Solus 4.7 overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=OL9yEUIirIY    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:34:20

• MX Linux 23.5 overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ouNYc4Eq8KY    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:34:33

• "Graperain’s RK3568 single board computer is a compact platform for embedded applications, powered by a quad-core Cortex-A55 CPU at 2.0GHz." https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-like-board-incorporates-rk3568-cpu-gbe-port-and-m-2-2242-slot/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:38:20

• "Elon Musk at CPAC 2025: a transcript | The Verge" https://www.theverge.com/elon-musk/617090/elon-musk-cpac-2025-transcript    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:38:33

• "US Senate confirms Kash Patel to head FBI" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/us-senate-confirms-kash-patel-to-head-fbi-1862500    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:39:14

• "Arab Leaders To Meet in Saudi Arabia to Counter Trump Gaza Plan" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/arab-leaders-meeting-to-counter-trump-gaza-plan-1862499    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:39:41

• "Elon Musk vows to 'fix' X feature over Ukraine and Volodymr Zelensky" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/elon-musk-vows-to-fix-x-feature-over-ukraine-and-zelensky/articleshow/118435516.cms    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:40:26

• "Brazil's top court orders Elon Musk's X platform to pay fine" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/brazils-top-court-orders-elon-musks-x-platform-to-pay-fine/articleshow/118435736.cms    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:40:37

• "EU digital chief: will propose plans to ease digital regulation" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-digital-chief-will-propose-plans-to-ease-digital-regulation/articleshow/118416701.cms content-free statements    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:40:51

• "'Served its purpose': Elon Musk bats for early deorbiting of Nasa Space Station - The Times of India" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/served-its-purpose-elon-musk-bats-for-early-deorbiting-of-nasa-space-station/articleshow/118435068.cms    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:41:51

• "Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2025/0222/Trump-fires-chairman-of-the-Joint-Chiefs-of-Staff-and-two-other-military-officers    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:42:02

• "Trump fires Joint Chiefs chairman, Navy head in DOD leadership purge" https://www.navytimes.com/pentagon/2025/02/22/trump-fires-joint-chiefs-chairman-navy-head-in-dod-leadership-purge/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:42:14

• "Trump ousts top military leader in latest Pentagon upheaval" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-pentagon-joint-chiefs-caine-brown-1.7466026    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:42:24

• "Trump Fires Top U.S. General In Major Shakeup Of Pentagon Leadership" https://www.rferl.org/a/brown-hegseth-trump-pentagon-defense/33323867.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:42:39

• "No Kings! Around the Partisan Bend on DOGE [sic] and Ukraine" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/23/no-kings-around-the-partisan-bend-on-doge-sic-and-ukraine/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:42:53

• "The Libertarian Suicide Pact - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-libertarian-suicide-pact    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:43:05

• "Trump administration puts thousands of workers on leave, cutting U.S. jobs at foreign aid agency" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-s-agency-for-international-job-cuts-1.7466508    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:43:15

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

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:43:26

• "Zelensky Offers to Resign in Exchange for Ukrainian NATO Membership - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/23/zelensky-offers-to-resign-in-exchange-for-ukrainian-nato-membership-a88128    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:43:42

• "Germany shifts rightward: Our experts answer the big questions about the country’s election" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/germany-shifts-rightward-our-experts-answer-the-big-questions-about-the-countrys-election/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:44:01

• "Germany's Merz vows "independence" from Trump's US after election win" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/24/germany-election-conservatives-merz-afd    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:44:14

• "Germany's Merz Eyes 'Independence' From U.S., Airs Worries About NATO's Future" https://www.rferl.org/a/merz-germany-trump-nato-ukraine-russia-election/33325458.html iophk: for decades, Germany had been the US' biggest ally in Europe, perhaps in the world    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:44:40

• "Ekspert advarer danske virksomheder: Regn med USA spionerer via Google og Microsoft | Version2" | Expect the US to spy via Google and Microsoft | https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/ekspert-advarer-danske-virksomheder-regn-med-usa-spionerer-google-og-microsoft http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Techrights_Disconnected_From_the_United_States_Two_Years_Ago.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:45:44

• "Betet är sämre än på flera år: ”En vinter olik någon annan” | SVT Nyheter" | The pasture is worse than it has been in several years: “A winter unlike any other” | https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/sapmi/betet-ar-samre-an-pa-flera-ar-en-vinter-olik-nagon-annan    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:46:14

• "Regeringen vill förbjuda Onlyfans" | The government wants to ban Onlyfans | https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/02/24/regeringen-vill-forbjuda-onlyfans/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:46:43

• "Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Office has launched a disinformation campaign against The Eastern Frontier Initiative (TEFI), a consortium of independent publishers from Central and Eastern Europe" ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/02/23/tefi-rejects-hungarian-sovereignty-office-attacks | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:47:52

• "On the back of a report that LaLiga and Telefonica sought enhanced blocking measures to counter use of Encrypted Client Hello" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/did-a-court-really-authorize-internet-service-providers-to-block-cloudflare-250223/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:48:11

• "The world has changed a lot since then. The [Internet] has evolved, and so have I" ☛ https://susam.net/mathbin-is-shutting-down.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:48:27

• "The Trump administration will press on with its antitrust cases against Amazon and Meta, a top official said on Thursday" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/donald-trump-admin-to-press-ahead-with-amazon-meta-antitrust-cases/articleshow/118434521.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:51:47

• "The chief executive of streaming giant Netflix on Thursday announced a $1 billion investment to produce some 20 films and TV series in Mexico" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/netflix-to-invest-1-billion-in-mexico-over-next-4-years/articleshow/118428515.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:52:31

• "The Annual Report provides an overview of APNIC’s performance in 2024" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/23/2024-annual-report-now-available/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:53:10

• "The Federal Court has found that Telstra made false or misleading representations relating to the upload speed of residential broadband [Internet]" ☛ https://itwire.com/government-tech-news/technology-regulation/telstra-found-to-have-%e2%80%98misled-nearly-9,000-belong-customers%e2%80%99-over-broadband-speed-claims.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:53:19

• "The station's content is produced entirely by Afghan women." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-women-s-radio-station-to-resume-broadcasts-after-taliban-say-they-re-lifting-suspension/7984936.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:54:07

• "As a result, however, I've got very lax about capital letters in social communications" ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/do-capital-letters-matter-in-alt-text/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:54:15

• "“You’re the greatest cutter,” Trump said in a conversation with Musk on X, formerly Twitter." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-fire-federal-workers-who-ignore-email-1235276801/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:54:25

• "I had essentially built an incredibly successful career in an industry that was collapsing" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/02/23/2025/reporters-launch-new-tiktok-like-news-platform | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:55:35

• "In a new book, Why Nothing Works, the author Marc Dunkelman goes a bit further into history to pinpoint where American media lost its way" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/02/23/2025/when-did-the-media-go-wrong-a-new-book-blames-robert-caro | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:55:44

• "It nearly got him killed, when hooded men broke into his house and tried to shoot him." ☛ https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-02-23-dale/ | Source: Dan Sinker    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:56:20

• One invidious instances that still works OK: https://iv.melmac.space/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 08:57:16

• "banned, shadow banned, demonetized, or otherwise censored" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/20/fcc-launches-probe-censorship-big-tech-platforms/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:06:15

• "sources that mention Elon Musk/Donald Trump spread misinformation" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/618109/grok-blocked-elon-musk-trump-misinformation | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:06:48

• "Myanmar is the worst-affected country worldwide, with 85 shutdowns last year, research by the digital rights group Access Now found." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/report-in-record-year-of-internet-shutdowns-myanmar-leads/7985585.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:07:08

• "Artificial intelligence is being used to influence democratic processes in Africa. Deepfakes, cheap fakes and fake news are all weapons that can be produced cheaply and endlessly. So how can citizens protect themselves?" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/ai-disinformation-could-threaten-africas-elections/a-71698840 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:09:01

• "The proliferation of misinformation, spread due to error or mistake, and disinformation, which is designed to deliberately mislead or influence, is on the rise globally." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/climate-mis-and-disinformation-is-rife-could-you-spot-fake-content-online/7c4jtri9k | Source: SBS    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:09:16

• "What a lie. And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the mainstream media" ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250221/musk-aims-slur-at-danish-astronaut-over-abandoned-iss-crew | Source: The Local DK    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:09:47

• "A longtime former employee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an agency in the midst of curtailing its anti-misinformation and disinformation work under President Donald Trump" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/leland-dudek-ross-foard-social-security-cisa-misinformation/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:10:18

• "What is allowed at the polling station, what makes a vote invalid? As with every election, disinformation and false claims about the German election 2025are also circulating online." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-false-claims-on-german-election-debunked/a-71725096 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:10:34

• "Foreign assistance fills the liminal space between harder and softer forms of power" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-02-22/usaid-foreign-assistance-soft-power | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:11:29

• [Old] "I wrote this for Forbes, who asked me to write something about the qualities we look for in founders." ☛ https://www.paulgraham.com/founders.html | Source: Paul Graham    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:11:52

• "Recently I was part of a conversation on the Fediverse that sparked an obvious in retrospect realization about computer security" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/InstitutionSecurityVsYourSecurity | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:15:15

• "Some of that bonus cash, though, might be coming from Meta's latest round of layoffs, which saw around 3,700 people" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/22/meta_pumps_executive_bonuses/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:15:36

• "Cook aims to maintain a strong relationship with Trump". Gays4Nazis? ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apples-tim-cook-meets-with-trump-as-tariffs-threaten-iphones/articleshow/118437967.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:15:59

• "If your answer was (i) you can stop reading here (and don’t bother commenting to justify your position)." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/23/dispensing-with-the-us-centric-financial-system/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:18:40

• "Despite efforts to transition to renewables, much of the energy consumed by data centres still comes from fossil fuels." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20145451 | Source: YLE    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:19:50

• "According to the event's organizer on Tuesday, BYD and EVE are among the 79 Chinese companies participating in the annual exhibition." ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/02/419_392480.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:19:58

• "fired hundreds of employees at the already short-staffed US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) — the only government agency whose main goal is to conserve animals, ecosystems" ☛ https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/400608/trump-doge-jobs-layoff-fish-wildlife-service | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:24:17

• "PR companies of serving as “enablers to planetary destruction” by having “aided and abetted” a campaign of climate denial and greenwashing on behalf of their fossil fuel clients, the “godfathers of climate chaos.”" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/23/how-a-new-york-pr-agency-helped-the-u-s-oil-industry-conquer-australia/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:24:35

• "Normally in northern Sweden, it would snow, then stay cold, which would keep the snow soft and allow reindeer to dig through it." ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250224/sami-reindeer-herders-apply-for-emergency-aid-as-climate-crisis-bites | Source: The Local SE    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:25:12

• "The photograph actually depicts the second flag-raising" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-story-behind-the-world-famous-photograph-of-us-marines-raising-the-american-flag-during-the-battle-of-iwo-jima-180986055/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:26:59

• "That's a pretty extreme example but not an inaccurate one." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/are-we-self-segregating-on-social-media | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:27:49

• "German elections" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/23/the-german-elections-a-view-from-below/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:28:06

• Don the con is helping con artists ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/trump-2-0-brings-cuts-to-cyber-consumer-protections/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:28:36

• "Russia is rebuilding and reconstructing its military" ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250221/baltic-war-in-two-years-what-does-denmarks-threat-analysis-really-say | Source: The Local DK    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:29:09

• "So, the way we respond and the way we act today will also have an influence on how the US will respond and act tomorrow" ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250221/we-are-in-a-very-very-critical-period-rasmussen-says-danish-rearmament-is-crucial | Source: The Local DK    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:29:47

• "There is no official figure available for the total firings or layoffs" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/02/a-comprehensive-look-at-doges-firings-and-layoffs-so-far/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:30:22

• "just get rid of the state" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/from-madisons-vision-to-musks-dystopia | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:30:42

• "The layoffs began the same day for teams in Asia and Europe, Middle East and Africa, two of the sources said." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-restructures-trust-and-safety-team-lays-off-staff-in-unit-sources-say/articleshow/118414158.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:31:45

• "The result from Gartner – a staggering one considering the attention heaped on big data and its various hype-oriented successors – found that in a survey of chief data and analytics (D&A) officer" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/data_survey_analyst/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:34:54

• "The word underpaid seems too friendly. In the case of the open source developers I know, they don't get any money" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41592446    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:36:50

• "We now have the bizarre situation that anyone with any sense can see that America is no longer a reliable partner, and that the entire US business world bows to Trump’s dictatorial will" ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:39:53

• "Starting Friday, U.K. users who attempt to access the feature on their phones or computers will be denied. Users who already had Advanced Data Protection turned on will be able to continue using it for now" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/apple-uk-encryption-advanced-data-protection-privacy/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:40:26

• "That same report predicted that Apple would soon be disabling their end-to-end encrypted iCloud backup feature (called Advanced Data Protection) for all U.K. users. On Friday, this prediction was confirmed: [...]" ☛ https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/02/23/three-questions-about-apple-encryption-and-the-u-k/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:40:57

• "The company did not explicitly say why it removed a crucial feature that protects iCloud data with end-to-end encryption" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-pulls-advanced-data-protection-for-new-uk-users-amid-backdoor-demand/ | Source: Security Week http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:41:14

• "Apple noted that some data stored in iCloud is still protected by E2EE, including health info, iMessages and FaceTime calls." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/rather_than_add_a_backdoor/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:41:28

• "We want the features of the future, without sacrificing our data privacy, cybersecurity, reliability and integrity." ☛ https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/removing-jeff-bezos-from-my-bed | Source: Truffle Security Co    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:41:58

• "By effectively criminalizing Moira’s ability to even contemplate an abortion, prosecutors undermined state law guaranteeing her right to make her own reproductive decisions." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/aclu-statement-on-maryland-supreme-court-ruling-in-abortion-surveillance-case | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:42:11

• Windows TCO: "a kind of passivity among defense officials" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/pentagon/2025/02/21/darpa-touts-formal-methods-for-nipping-cyber-disasters-in-the-bud/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:42:51

• Windows TCO: "critical infra" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/former-nsa-cyber-command-chief-paul-nakasone-enemies-cyberspace/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:43:10

• "A student at a high school in Dak Lak province told Radio Free Asia that on Feb. 18, he received a text message from his class’s Youth Union secretary" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/02/24/students-facebook-to-lam-ideology/ | Source: RFA    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:43:39

• "The memorandum mentions the digital services taxes (DSTs) were introduced to capture profits from revenue that tech companies generate in one country but collect in another." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/trump_administration_dst_countertariffs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:44:09

• "These tourists aren't just imperiling themselves. The throng of thrillseekers is also impeding rescue workers trying to reach the area, according to local authorities." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/tourists-active-volcano-selfies | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:44:20

• "The Time article says repeatedly that LLMs “hacked” the system. What this means is that one LLM successfully edited a text file the researchers told it about" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/23/ai-hacks-system-to-cheat-at-chess-because-the-researchers-told-it-how-to/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:45:13

• "Suddenly productivity goes up and the economy is growing at a faster rate. When that happens, we'll be fine as an industry." ☛ https://futurism.com/microsoft-ceo-ai-generating-no-value | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:46:32

• "Here, Fabian Stelzer notes that you can post tweets containing both malicious instructions and unique keywords in a way that will cause any future query to Grok that mentions those keywords to misbehave in a way that you define: [...]" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/23/grok-3-indirect-prompt-injection/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:58:21

• "All subsequent models, including Grok 3, which was released earlier this week, remain closed source, demonstrating Musk's hypocritical stance on the matter." ☛ https://futurism.com/hypocrite-elon-musk-criticizing-openai-open-sourcing-chatgpt-grok | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 09:58:35

• "Researchers in Cisco’s threat intelligence unit say the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Salt Typhoon successfully broke into US telco networks via old, unpatched vulnerabilities, stolen login credentials and basic ‘living-off-the-land’ (LOTL) tactics." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-details-salt-typhoon-network-hopping-credential-theft-tactics/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:01:35

• "Last year somebody reported a problem with the DOS 3.3 SYS.COM command when used with NetDrive." ☛ https://www.brutman.com/Adventures_In_Code/DOS_33_SYS_Bug_Hunt/DOS_33_SYS_Bug_Hunt.html | Source: Michael B Brutman    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:01:58

• "What was this voodoo that I did on my computer? Simply put, it’s an open-source project called WinApps." ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/02/23/winapps-windows-linux-rdp-explanation/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:02:20

• "Apple might introduce its in-house Wi-Fi chip with the iPhone 17 series, replacing the Broadcom chip." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/iphone-17-series-may-feature-apples-in-house-wi-fi-chip-1862728 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:02:36

• "In many cases, they also observed extensive damage to myocardial tissue, or heart muscle." ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/study-food-plastic-containers | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:06:17

• "A specialized iPhone app was used to block [Internet] access" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/block-internet-phone-results | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:07:59

• "commercial beekeepers" ☛ https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/bee-almond-tree-california-20164083.php | Source: San Fancisco    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:08:13

• "“No one is aware of the massive nature of this year’s die off,” said Steve Ellis, a Minnesota beekeeper. “It is unprecedented.”" ☛ https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/02/23/beekeepers-say-catastrophic-honeybee-losses-are-cause-for-alarm | Source: MPR News    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:09:33

• "The past few days for me were a mixture of sadness, listlessness and relief that her ordeal (and ours) was now over." ☛ https://roytang.net/2025/02/inevitable/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:09:55

• "especially if you’re prone to anxiety" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/turning-off-notifications/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:11:02

• Want to be Efficient? Disable Notifications. Read and Reply in Large Batches. http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2019/05/27/reply-in-large-batches/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:11:41

• "What's more, there was an unexpected extra: the Alzheimer's patients had a higher breathing rate than the control patients" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-way-you-breathe-could-reveal-a-hidden-sign-of-alzheimers | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:11:49

• Derek Sivers ☛ https://sive.rs/ulysses | Source: Derek Sivers    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:19:19

• "There are some caveats to that study" ☛ https://futurism.com/young-coders-ai-cant-program | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:19:27

• If people in the world who report facts cannot get justice and cannot speak freely, then the media internationally is in effect dead. It means the only safe "journalism" is repeating what corporations and rich people say, even the obvious lies...    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:21:05

• Media in the US is in effect dead already because audience gateways like Facebook and Twitter now work directly for the dictator. They can decide which publisher/s live and die.    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:22:40

• "Dr. Jack Henderson, principal investigator of the study from the University of Surrey's School of Mathematics and Physics" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-unexpected-nucleus-prompts-reevaluation-atomic.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:23:10

• "Statistical significance is a cornerstone of data analysis" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/statistical-significance-guide-for-researchers-and-analysts/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:23:26

• "The ISS is aging, and before Musk's intervention, the plan was to deorbit it in 2030." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/elon_musk_iss_mogensen_insult/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:23:56

• "The ARRL Solar Report" ☛ http://www.arrl.org/news/view/the-arrl-solar-report-2 | Source: ARRL    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:24:11

• "This came into force for folks phoning up the call center in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy on February 18." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/hp_ditches_15_minute_wait_time_call_centers/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:25:14

• "I feel that such claims about the IndieWeb not "taking off" are either stating the obvious or, if that's not the intention, completely missing the point. It's like saying that gardening hasn't taken off because most people buy their vegetables at the supermarket." ☛ https://susam.net/indieweb-does-not-need-to-take-off.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:25:31

• "I can proudly say that K4WLD was awarded to me in January 2025, and I still live in Pensacola! Now, life is imitating art" ☛ http://www.arrl.org/news/view/high-school-and-a-sci-fi-movie-spark-interest-in-amateur-radio | Source: ARRL    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:27:16

• "Making the next version of something is a completely different project than creating the conditions for the first version to happen." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/02/the-mona-lisa-problem/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:27:25

• "Maybe it is a time to embrace my beliefs into my life and start living, really living by them. Or maybe it is time to stop giving a fuck about things that could or could not happen and focus more on the life that is happening now. I have missed so many things already." ☛ https://www.michalzelazny.com/blog/waiting | Source: Michal Zelazny    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:27:36

• Raspberry Pi-Like Board Incorporates RK3568 CPU, GbE Port, and M.2 2242 Slot ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-like-board-incorporates-rk3568-cpu-gbe-port-and-m-2-2242-slot/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:28:22

• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 23rd, 2025 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-february-23rd-2025    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:28:41

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

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:30:33

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

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:30:39

• How to manage Audio using PulseAudio on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://net2.com/how-to-manage-audio-using-pulseaudio-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:31:08

• How to Install Python 3.10 on Ubuntu (24.04, 22.04, 20.04) – Step-by-Step Guide ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-python-3-10-on-ubuntu-24-04-22-04-20-04/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:31:22

• 4 New Effects Added to ‘Burn My Windows’ GNOME Extension ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/4-new-visual-effects-added-to-burn-my-windows-gnome-extensions    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:42:25

• "Lutris, a free and open-source gaming platform for Linux, has unveiled its latest version" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/lutris-0-5-19-brings-better-proton-handling/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:43:08

• "Eight months after its previous 3.6 release, IceWM, the lightweight window manager for the X Window System" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/icewm-3-7-window-manager-brings-enhanced-customization/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:47:56

• "Over a month after its previous 25.01 release, Niri, the scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor, rolls out a new 25.02 version" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/niri-25-02-wayland-compositor-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:48:27

• "Out of the six ways for me to store a QR code (in this case a yearly entry pass for a local museum)" ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/hand-made-qr-code | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:49:46

• "When people think of OCaml they are usually thinking of compiling code to a binary before they are able to run it." ☛ https://batsov.com/articles/2025/02/23/simple-ways-to-run-ocaml-code/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:50:23

• "Write a script to return the element before which you find the smallest gap." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/min-min.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:50:31

• "It’s an acceleration of a problem known as digital decay — or linkrot." ☛ https://www.vox.com/culture/400705/internet-purge-offline-government-website-archive-trump | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:51:15

• "About a month and a half ago I embarked on a project to both redesign my personal website and migrate my site generator from Jekyll to Eleventy." ☛ https://seanvoisen.com/blog/new-site-same-me/ | Source: Sean Voisen    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:52:26

• "I’ve been involved in the Web PKI since the mid-‘90s, when SSL certificates carried five- or ten-year lifetimes—long-lasting credentials" ☛ https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=974 | Source: Unmitigated Risk    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:53:02

• "Stenberg believes 20 billion is actually a low estimate for the number of Curl installations in the world" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/curls-daniel-stenberg-on-securing-180000-lines-of-c-code/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:53:11

• Elon Musk: The Fraudster trying to Destroy America! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpI8i-iTI6U    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:54:34

• HEIL THE GREAT DOGE EMPIRE!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UldI1xIb0E    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:55:07

• "My go to on the terminal is gdu, a disk usage analyzer similar to ncdu, which usually comes by default in some distros." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/storage-management-tools/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:59:02

• "This is a list of software and ideas developed or maintained by the OpenBSD project, sorted in order of approximate introduction." ☛ https://www.openbsd.org/innovations.html | Source: OpenBSD    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:59:18

• "In 2017 I installed a Pi-hole into my network and routed all my DNS traffic through it." ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2025/02/24/pi-hole-7-years-later/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 10:59:39

• "For reasons, I have a laptop running both Slackware Linux or OpenBSD." ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/lazy-uefi-multiboot-for-slackware-linux-and-openbsd/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 11:00:24

• "Why did fork fail? Easy: the box ran out of memory." ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/02/22/war/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 11:00:45

• "The good news is that the video does not exist. I know this, because neither does our friend Adnan here." ☛ https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-sextortion-scams-numbers-show-that.html | Source: BSDly    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 11:00:55

• "I came to realise the other day that, for reasons unbeknownst to me, I have very strong opinions on URL structures." ☛ https://vale.rocks/posts/strong-opinions-on-url-design | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 11:01:16

• "This isn't because JSON is the world's best format (JSON is at best the least bad format). Instead it's because JSON has a bunch of pragmatic virtues on a modern Unix system" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/JSONModernMachineReadableFormat | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 11:01:21

• "Recently, I've been working on a Pi router build with multiple 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports using Radxa's Dual 2.5G Router HAT." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/benchmarking-multiple-network-interfaces-once-linux-iperf3 | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 11:01:44

• Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/science/astroforge-launch-asteroid-mining.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:27:17

• Debt and Mental Health: How One Couple Found Help ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/business/debt-money-mental-health.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:27:47

• Pope Francis Suffering From Kidney Failure in Addition to Pneumonia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/world/europe/pope-francis-health.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:28:02

• Poverty, exploitation, and bed fees: Sex work in interwar Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2491362/poverty-exploitation-and-bed-fees-sex-work-in-interwar-lithuania    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:28:18

• What if the US leaves the IMF and the World Bank? ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/what-if-the-us-leaves-the-imf-and-the-world-bank/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:28:35

• President Yoon, South Korea Parliament prepare for final phase of impeachment trial ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/president-yoon-south-korea-parliament-prepare-for-final-phase-of-impeachment-trial    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:29:09

• North Korea confiscates dog fur-lined coats from civilians to clothe soldiers ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/02/23/north-korea-dog-fur-coat/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:29:31

• Death of Penang boy: Malaysia orders removal of ‘eyeball’ gummy candy online ads ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-health-ministry-orders-removal-of-eyeball-gummy-candy-online-ads    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:29:57

• Japan’s Emperor Naruhito hopes for peace, 80 years after end of World War II ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japans-emperor-hopes-for-peace-80-years-after-end-of-world-war-ii    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:30:34

• China urges US to stop weaponising economic and trade affairs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-urges-us-to-stop-weaponising-economic-and-trade-affairs    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:30:55

• China accuses Australia of ‘hyping’ Chinese naval live fire drills ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-accuses-australia-of-hyping-chinese-naval-drills    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:35:27

• Dictator tariffs shake up China’s factory heartland ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-tariffs-shake-up-chinas-factory-heartland    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:35:42

• Chinese take record 9 billion domestic trips during CNY: Report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinese-take-record-9-billion-domestic-trips-during-lunar-new-year-report    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:35:59

• Bookshelf: The conscience of the CCP, whose death triggered Tiananmen ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bookshelf-the-conscience-of-the-ccp-whose-death-triggered-tiananmen/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:36:34

• Colin Watson: Qalculate time hacks ☞ https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/qalculate-time-hacks.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:37:14

• Wireshark 4.4.4 Released, (Sun, Feb 23rd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31712    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:37:54

• Catholics Pray for Ailing Pope Francis at Sunday Mass ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/world/asia/mass-pope-francis-prayers-photos.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:38:22

• yuki-iptv – IPTV player with EPG support ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yuki-iptv-iptv-player-epg-support/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:40:38

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

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:40:48

• UbuntuDDE – remix flavor of Ubuntu with DDE ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ubuntudde-remix-flavor-ubuntu-dde/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:41:44

• Haml – markup language ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/haml-markup-language/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:41:56

• 16 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-console-based-diff-tools/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:44:51

• "After all, many of those H1B visa holders have no real IT skills, but come real cheap. You get what you pay for - and of course, more plane crashes. The cycle continues." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmvdvncg    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:45:17

• "Best thing to do is boycott IBM products and avoid them like the plague since they are not top of the line any more. After all, when you hit IBM executives in the pocketbook, and they cannot make their profit numbers, they will be called into one-one meetings and let go too." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmvdvncg    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:45:56

• Harper – English grammar checker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/harper-english-grammar-checker/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:48:09

• Warpinator – share files across the LAN ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/warpinator-share-files-across-lan/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:48:17

• Asynchronous Lint Engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/asynchronous-lint-engine/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:48:36

• Magnus – very simple screen magnifier ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/magnus-very-simple-screen-magnifier/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:48:48

• Exam Account Series ☞ https://www.linuxschools.com/wordpress/2025/02/23/exam-account-series/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:49:56

• Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli, Brittany Day (linuxsecurity.com), and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Misinformation, False Marketing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/Slopwatch_Brian_Fagioli_Brittany_Day_linuxsecurity_com_and_Micr.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:50:19

• (microsoft layoffs) "Anyone knows if the consulting division is effected? After all they had deep cuts before and already bare bone" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmk9amt5    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:52:50

• stallman talk starts shortly    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:55:00

• RationalWiki: "Richard M. Stallman (1953–), otherwise known as RMS, St. IGNUcius, and the Chief GNUisance, is the founder of the free software movement"    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 14:56:48

• Zig Claybourne on joy ☞ https://rubenerd.com/zig-claybourne-on-joy/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:08:46

• The worst year in shutdowns: a blow to democracy and human rights in Africa ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/africa-keepiton-internet-shutdowns-2024/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:09:25

• Worst year for internet shutdowns: Asia Pacific tops the 2024 shame list ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/asia-pacific-keepiton-internet-shutdowns-2024-en/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:09:45

• Digital violence in MENA : impunity and internet shutdowns in 2024 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/mena-keepiton-internet-shutdowns-2024-en/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:10:11

• Emboldened offenders, endangered communities: internet shutdowns in 2024 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-internet-shutdowns-2024-en/ "It’s official, 2024 was the worst year on record for internet shutdowns"    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:10:34

• Lives on hold: internet shutdowns in 2024 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/internet-shutdowns-2024/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:12:23

• Emboldened offenders, endangered communities: internet shutdowns in 2024 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/emboldened-offenders-endangered-communities/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:12:39

• Inmate Dies at N.Y. Prison as Corrections Officers’ Strike Continues ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/nyregion/auburn-prison-inmate-death.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:13:06

• The OpenVoiceOS Foundation aims to enable open-source privacy and customization for voice assistants ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/24/the-openvoiceos-foundation-aims-to-enable-open-source-privacy-and-customization-for-voice-assistants/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:13:43

• Loomos Hey Hi (AI) smart glasses integrate GPT-4o, offer a 16MP camera and hi-fi audio for $199+ (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/24/loomos-ai-smart-glasses-integrate-gpt-4o-offer-a-16mp-camera-and-hi-fi-audio/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:14:26

• UN chief denounces Hamas parading of hostage bodies in Gaza ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/un-chief-denounces-parading-of-hostage-bodies-in-gaza/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:14:50

• Jonathan Dieter: Shaken trust ☞ https://www.jdieter.net/posts/2025/02/23/shaken-trust/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:16:25

• Welcome to APRICOT 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/24/welcome-to-apricot-2025/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:16:50

• FarmOS on Raspberry PI: Farm Management Software Open-Source ☞ https://peppe8o.com/farmos-on-raspberry-pi-farm-management-software-open-source/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:18:01

• "The FFmpeg Way" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/23/learn-assembly-the-ffmpeg-way/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:20:05

• Prodrug SPCs: invalidation action dismissed in Sweden ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/02/23/prodrug-spcs-invalidation-action-dismissed-in-sweden/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:22:01

• Kernel prepatch 6.14-rc4 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1011505/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:22:16

• 2024-02-23 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2025-02-23 "Well it's been awhile since my last "get off my lawn" old man rant but here I go again..."    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:24:06

• The So-called 'IT' Industry Became Somewhat of a Fraud Where People Equate Usage and Power Wasted With "Value" or "Success" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/The_So_called_IT_Industry_Became_Somewhat_of_a_Fraud_Where_Peop.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:28:08

• Things to Like About London (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/Things_to_Like_About_London.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:28:25

• The Significance of the Timing of the Ridiculous Letters From Brett Wilson LLP, Acting on Behalf of People From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/The_Significance_of_the_Timing_of_the_Ridiculous_Letters_From_B.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:28:39

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

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:28:51

• "The first Prism repo hosted at AuraGem will be Prism itself. This is to get the project out in the open as quickly as possible while it's still in development. Note that a ton of things are not implemented yet, especially forking, merging, diffing, and even multiple branches." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/25775    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:30:49

• if IBM lowers salaries of workers in north America, people would object or go on strike; if IBM replaces them with people abroad who get paid much less, IBM can call the protesters "racist" and insist "you must ignore them"    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:32:39

• 🔤SpellBinding: ADEIRTX Wordo: GAFFE gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-24.gmi    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:33:15

• "As we are all seeing, the new Republican administration has been following their Project 2025 agenda and utterly desomating many of the fundamental" gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/log/2025_trump_project_2025_and_the_fcc.gmi    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:34:08

• The king is dead. Long live the king gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2506    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:35:38

• In Case Rust Censors It (Rust Has Long Been All About Censorship), Here's a Critical Look at Rust's Goals ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/24/In_Case_Rust_Censors_It_Rust_Has_Long_Been_All_About_Censorship.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:39:00

• The Significance of the Timing of the Ridiculous Letters From Brett Wilson LLP, Acting on Behalf of People From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/The_Significance_of_the_Timing_of_the_Ridiculous_Letters_From_B.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:39:35

• 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) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_and_Matthew_J_Garrett_Join_Forces_.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:39:49

• 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") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Good_Explanation_of_Why_IBM_Has_Chosen_to_Conceal_Mass_Layoffs_.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:39:59

• Recent Improvements in Techrights ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/Recent_Improvements_in_Techrights.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:40:10

• Joining APRIL(.org), AGM weekend, Paris, 15-16 March 2025 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/23/Joining_APRIL_org_AGM_weekend_Paris_15_16_March_2025.shtml    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:40:17

• India high court rejects bail in hate speech case urging need for legal reforms ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/india-high-court-rejects-bail-in-hate-speech-case-urging-need-for-legal-reforms/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:41:56

• German Voters Took Note of Election Interference by Convicted Felon Administration Officials ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/world/europe/trump-us-germany-election.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:44:45

• Pong can now be played across 240 browser tabs — faviconic leverages tab favicons ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/pong-can-now-be-played-across-240-browser-tabs-faviconic-leverages-tab-favicons    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:46:18

• CS2 fans targeted by Streamjackers — viewers swindled out of crypto and Steam valuables ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/cs2-fans-targeted-by-streamjackers-viewers-swindled-out-of-crypto-and-steam-valuables    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:47:27

• New Microchip maXTouch M1 automotive touchscreen controllers support curved displays, physical Knob-on-Display technology ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/23/microchip-maxtouch-m1-automotive-touchscreen-controllers-curved-displays-physical-knob-on-display-technology/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:49:29

• North Korea shows signs of ramping up Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot use ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-shows-signs-of-ramping-up-chatgpt-use    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:50:01

• Supreme Court halts Convicted Felon attempt to fire head of whistleblower office – for now ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0223/Supreme-Court-halts-Trump-attempt-to-fire-head-of-whistleblower-office-for-now    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:50:46

• "LCD Stackup Repair" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/23/lcd-stackup-repair-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:55:32

• "Tearing Down A Rare Soviet Zenit 19" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/23/behind-the-lens-tearing-down-a-rare-soviet-zenit-19759926/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:56:18

• "Glucose Monitor Dissected" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/23/over-the-counter-glucose-monitor-dissected/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:57:01

• "12VHPWR Connector" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/23/does-the-12vhpwr-connector-really-wear-out-after-30-mating-cycles/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:59:43

• $1.5B in cryptocurrency stolen from Bybit in attack linked to North Korean hackers ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/23/1-5b-cryptocurrency-stolen-bybit-attack-linked-north-korean-hackers/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:00:33

• Kentaro Hayashi: Short journey to Mozc 2.29.5160.102+dfsg-1 ☞ https://kenhys.hatenablog.jp/entry/2025/02/23/221455    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:04:42

• Simon Ser: Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit ☞ https://emersion.fr/blog/2025/using-podman-compose-and-buildkit/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:05:07

• FAgram Desktop ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/fagram-desktop/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:11:54

• How to tell if FreeBSD needs a Reboot using kernel version check ☞ https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-determine-if-a-system-reboot-is-necessary/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:13:16

• This Raspberry Pi transparent display is made using a glass dome ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/this-raspberry-pi-transparent-display-is-made-using-a-glass-dome    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:13:57

• Germany's conservatives win parliamentary elections while far-right AfD surges, exit polls show ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250223-germany-s-conservatives-win-parliamentary-elections-while-far-right-afd-surges-exit-polls-show    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:15:20

• UN Security Council condemns M23 offensive in DRC ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/un-security-council-condemns-m23-offensive-in-drc/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:15:38

• The future of identity is digital: Why Digital IDs should be implemented now ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/the-future-of-identity-is-digital-why-digital-ids-should-be-implemented-now/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:16:14

• Security researcher finds vulnerability in internet-connected bed, could allow access to all devices on network ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/security-researcher-finds-vulnerability-in-internet-connected-bed-could-allow-access-to-all-devices-on-network    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:17:13

• Philippine, Japan ministers look to further build defence partnership ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-japan-ministers-look-to-further-build-defence-partnership    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:18:02

• US DOJ seeks to drop lawsuit accusing SpaceX of immigrant discrimination ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/us-attorneys-to-drop-lawsuit-accusing-spacex-of-immigrant-discrimination/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:19:25

• Some Agencies Urge Staff Not to Comply With MElon’s Performance Email ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/us/politics/elon-musk-email-federal-workers.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:20:49

• Bird Flu Can Spread From Humans to Cats With Fatal Consequences ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bird-flu-can-spread-from-humans-to-cats-with-fatal-consequences    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:22:38

• Scientists Confirm Your Pupils Change Size When You Breathe ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-confirm-your-pupils-change-size-when-you-breathe    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:22:51

• The Ancient Greeks Were Polluting The Planet Over 5,000 Years Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-ancient-greeks-were-polluting-the-planet-over-5000-years-ago    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:23:00

• Wolves in Scotland Could Help Reduce Carbon in The Sky. Here's How. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/wolves-in-scotland-could-help-reduce-carbon-in-the-sky-heres-how    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:23:38

• Iustin Pop: Still alive, but this blog not really ☞ https://k1024.org/posts/2025/2025-02-24-still-alive/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:24:17

• Desktop GNU/Linux for gaming also suitable for general computing tasks in 2025 ☞ https://linuxbsdos.com/2025/02/23/desktop-linux-for-gaming-for-general-computing-tasks-in-2025/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:24:49

• Germans vote under shadow of far-right surge ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250223-germans-vote-under-shadow-of-far-right-surge    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:30:55

• Germany: Ukraine concerned three-party coalition formation will take time ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250223-germany-ukraine-concerned-three-party-coalition-formation-will-take-time    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:31:07

• 'Aerial terror': Zelensky condemns Russia's largest drone attack on Ukraine since start of war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250223-aerial-terror-zelensky-condemns-russia-s-largest-drone-attack-on-ukraine-since-start-of-war    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:31:24

• Turk Münir on psychotherapy and teaching migrant children in Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2494139/turk-munir-on-psychotherapy-and-teaching-migrant-children-in-lithuania    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:32:10

• Germany's Merz Eyes 'Independence' From U.S., Airs Worries About NATO's Future ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/merz-germany-trump-nato-ukraine-russia-election/33325458.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:33:24

• German Election Results Match Poll Predictions, Handing Victory To CDU/CSU ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33325069.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:34:00

• Polish President Duda Meets With Convicted Felon, Discusses Ukraine, Security Cooperation ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/poland--president-duda-zelenskyy-trump-washington-peace-talks/33324896.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:34:13

• Drone And Missile Attack On Ukraine, Casualties Mounting ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drones-missile-attack-war/33324872.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:34:38

• Talks 'Making Progress' As U.S. Sets Sights On Ukrainian Minerals ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-ukraine--russia-zelenskiy-zelenskyy-minerals/33324313.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:34:59

• No Kings! Around the Partisan Bend on DOGE [sic] and Ukraine ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/23/no-kings-around-the-partisan-bend-on-doge-sic-and-ukraine/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:35:52

• Zelensky Pushes Back Against U.S. Mineral Deal and Announces European Summit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/world/europe/ukraine-trump-mineral-deal.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:36:05

• "Zelensky says he’s willing to leave Ukraine’s presidency for sake of peace or NATO membership" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/23/zelensky-says-he-s-willing-to-leave-ukraine-s-presidency-for-sake-of-peace-or-nato-membership | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:36:41

• "anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/24/leaders-of-ukraine-s-key-allies-arrive-in-kyiv-on-anniversary-of-russia-s-full-scale-invasion | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:36:56

• "largest sanctions package on Russia since start of full-scale war" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/24/australia-imposes-its-largest-sanctions-package-on-russia-since-start-of-full-scale-war | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:37:21

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

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:38:39

• Jon Chiappetta: Getting Back Into Elliptic Curve Basics with C and OpenSSL ☞ https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/getting-back-into-elliptic-curve-basics-with-c-and-openssl/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:39:27

• The elusive desoldering station ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-elusive-desoldering-station/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:39:55

• "Rutherford’s gold-foil experiment." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/23/how-rutherford-proved-that-atoms-are-mostly-empty-space/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:40:22

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 8 (Feb 17 – 23, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-8-feb-17-23-2025/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:41:17

• PhotoPrism AI-Powered Photos App Released Its First 2025 Update ☞ https://linuxiac.com/photoprism-released-its-first-major-update-for-2025/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:42:03

• Docker Hub Drops Pull Consumption Fees ☞ https://linuxiac.com/docker-hub-drops-pull-consumption-fees/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:43:23

• Two special Amiga 4000s: Finishing Jools Repair ☞ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/two-special-amiga-4000s-finishing-jools-repair/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:44:00

• Rust edition 2024 annotated ☞ https://bertptrs.nl/2025/02/23/rust-edition-2024-annotated.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:47:34

• Pichai and Kapo-berg Aren’t MElon, But That Doesn’t Keep Them From Trying ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/pichai-and-zuckerberg-arent-musk-but-that-doesnt-keep-them-from-trying/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:48:08

• Is OSAID to Blame for OSI’s Latest Election Misstep? ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/is-osaid-to-blame-for-osis-latest-election-misstep/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:48:49

• The illusion of institutional neutrality ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/michigan-in-color/the-illusion-of-institutional-neutrality/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:50:53

• "If you're as big a fan of mini PCs as we are, you probably like their affordability, efficiency, and versatility. That's why they make a perfect pair with Linux." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-linux-is-the-perfect-os-for-your-mini-pc/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:51:43

• Richard Stallman's latest talk started 11 mins ago https://stallman.org/talks.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 17:12:00

• Windos almost all-time low in Barbados https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/barbados/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 17:17:48

• French Polynesia: Android 81%? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/french-polynesia/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 17:20:49

• Windows down sharply https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/denmark/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 17:21:21

• Starbucks lays off 1,100 corporate employees as coffee chain streamlines https://www.expressandstar.com/world-news/2025/02/24/starbucks-lays-off-1100-corporate-employees-as-coffee-chain-streamlines/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 17:23:01

• DOGE Layoffs Pose ‘Growing’ Risk To U.S. Economy And Markets, Says Apollo Economist https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/02/24/doge-layoffs-pose-growing-risk-to-us-economy-and-markets-says-apollo-economist/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 17:24:08

• The human cost of insidious tech layoffs https://www.thehrdigest.com/the-human-cost-of-insidious-tech-layoffs/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 17:25:12

• Crisis at Starbucks? 1,100 Corporate Layoffs Amid Struggles in U.S. and China https://www.panasiabiz.com/105395/crisis-at-starbucks-1100-corporate-layoffs-amid-struggles-in-u-s-and-china/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 17:26:10

• "If only there was some super-intelligence that could have foreseen and prevented this." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmq6hk7p    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 17:28:00

• "Think positive. Everything will be ok" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmq6hk7p    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 17:28:15

• Continental: German auto parts giant to slash thousands of jobs https://www.dw.com/en/continental-german-auto-parts-giant-to-slash-thousands-of-jobs/a-71664680    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 18:28:45

• Congo https://www.dw.com/en/calls-grow-for-congo-to-resolve-conflict-through-dialogue/a-71644884    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 18:29:15

• Why do whales and dolphins strand? https://www.dw.com/en/why-do-whales-and-dolphins-strand/a-55203547    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 18:30:14

• Vietnam https://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-approves-bold-reforms-to-streamline-ministries/a-71081333    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 18:56:11

• Cheeto Mussolini tariffs would up US prices for German cars https://www.dw.com/en/trump-tariffs-would-up-us-prices-for-german-cars/a-71676504    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 18:56:38

• The Myth of Jurisdictional Privacy https://codamail.com/articles/The_Myth_of_Jurisdictional_Privacy.html    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 19:08:56

• As US newspaper outages drag on, Lee Enterprises blames cyberattack for encrypting critical systems https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/as-us-newspaper-outages-drag-on-lee-enterprises-blames-cyberattack-for-encrypting-critical-systems/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 19:09:26

• Hundreds of Dutch medical records bought for pocket change at flea market https://databreaches.net/2025/02/19/hundreds-of-dutch-medical-records-bought-for-pocket-change-at-flea-market/    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 19:17:16

• There’s a new ransomware player on the scene: the ‘BlackLock’ group has become one of the most prolific operators in the cyber crime industry – and researchers warn it’s only going to get worse for potential victims https://www.itpro.com/security/cyber-crime/blacklock-ransomware-group-reliaquest    

posted Monday, February 24, 2025 at 19:17:44