Roy Schestowitz

• Ukraine's mineral riches could bankroll its postwar future. But what does Cheeto Mussolini's deal really mean? https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-minerals-war-russia-trump-1.7469840    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 02:49:02

• Russian State Media in the Russian embassy in the US https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-28/white-house-removes-russian-state-media-reporter-from-oval-office-official-says    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 02:49:28

• Upset by Cheeto Mussolini's Lurch to Russia https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-28/us-family-in-kyiv-mourns-son-killed-in-war-upset-by-trumps-lurch-to-russia    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 02:50:32

• GNU/Linux is making Windows intolerable to me gemini://drmollytov.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-03-01.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 02:52:30

• "I will, from time to time, look at various logs for errors. And when I looked at the error log for my web server, intermixed with errors I have no control over like this: [...]" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/03/01.1    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 02:54:02

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1571.jpg    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 02:54:41

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1221.jpg    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 02:54:46

• Ankle Bracelet https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-27/france-prosecutors-seek-year-with-ankle-bracelet-for-russian-consulate-attacker    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 02:56:43

• Ukrainian journalist Tetyana Kulyk killed by Russian drone in Kyiv region https://cpj.org/2025/02/ukrainian-journalist-tetyana-kulyk-killed-by-russian-drone-in-kyiv-region/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 02:57:16

• How Russia's war in Ukraine is poisoning the environment https://www.dw.com/en/how-russia-s-war-in-ukraine-is-poisoning-the-environment/a-64907471    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 02:58:30

• MSN: "Microsoft Outlook is DOWN: Thousands unable to access their emails"    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 03:11:42

• MSN: Microsoft Outlook Down: When Will Exchange Servers Be Back Up?    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 03:12:11

• MSN: Microsoft down! Massive outage strands users without email, apps    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 03:12:17

• What TikTok did: NYC McDonald's Bans Customers Under Age 20 Amid In-store Violence: 'No Parent and ID, No Entry' https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/if-youre-that-area-you-know-that-mcdonalds-horrible-says-local-tiktoker-almost-20k-followers-1731367    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 03:19:01

• Paying some nazi melon https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-22/poland-is-paying-for-ukraines-starlink-subscription-its-deputy-pm-says    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 03:20:57

• NuTyX 25.02.5 - how many downloaded it?    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 05:04:34

• "We are thrilled to announce Armbian Release 25.2, packed with significant updates across our entire ecosystem! These updates are aimed at enhancing functionality, expanding hardware support, and refining the user experience for both developers and everyday SBC users. Let’s dive into the exciting new features!" https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-v25-2/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 05:05:09

• "I Love Free Software Day" 2025: Hidden Projects https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250228-01.en.html Rename the org http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/10/If_Matthias_Kirschner_Loves_Free_Software_He_ll_Change_the_Name.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 05:06:10

• Microsoft front group in there https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-31.en.html http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/07/FSFE_Donate_to_Us_to_Co_Fund_With_Microsoft_the_Unpaid_Underage.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/FSFE_Now_Taking_Bribes_From_Microsoft_Its_Gold_Donor_the_Highes.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 05:07:46

• Giants https://xkcd.com/3055/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 05:08:00

• RNA https://xkcd.com/3056/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 05:08:10

• Excusing Yourself https://xkcd.com/3057/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 05:08:25

• Thousands report outage affecting Microsoft services like Outlook https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/thousands-report-outage-affecting-microsoft-20196503.php    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 05:12:32

• "Maybe Lump can send him back to India! Is he a US citizen?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn9ky0hv    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 05:16:19

• Wow, look at Windows https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/africa/#monthly-200901-202503    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:17:32

• "Youyeetoo recently listed a motherboard based on the MediaTek Genio 510/700 platform, built around the MT8390 and MT8370 processors." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/x8390abv4-development-board-with-mediatek-genio-510-700-and-pcie-expansion/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:30:22

• "One of the Grimmest Days in American Diplomacy" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/ukraine-us-relations-trump/681880/ "Friday marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy."    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:30:44

• "Writing in my native language | Matan Abudy" https://matanabudy.com/writing-in-my-native-language/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:31:50

• "Four Years and Five Weeks" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/28/four-years-and-five-weeks/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:32:05

• "Principles - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/principles    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:32:11

• "No, Donald: The US Owes Ukraine" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/ukraine-russia-trump-nato-war/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:32:33

• "Trump Ejects Zelenskyy From White House" https://kottke.org/25/02/trump-ejects-zelenskyy-from-white-house    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:32:43

• "Skype ditched peer-to-peer supernodes for scalability, not surveillance | ZDNET" https://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-ditched-peer-to-peer-supernodes-for-scalability-not-surveillance/ https://techrights.org/wiki/Skype_is_Spy_Campaign/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:32:58

• "AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:33:06

• "Five Ways Trump Is Sabotaging the United States" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/01/the-five-ways-trump-is-sabotaging-the-united-states/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:33:17

• "iTWire - Stripe’s total payment volume reaches AUD 2.2T as ‘longstanding investments in AI pay off’" https://itwire.com/it-industry-news/strategy/stripe%e2%80%99s-total-payment-volume-reaches-aud-2-2t-as-%e2%80%98longstanding-investments-in-ai-pay-off%e2%80%99.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:33:33

• iophk: unilateral disarmament, that'll end well ... https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-deprioritizing-russia-cyber-threat/ ("The Trump Administration Is Deprioritizing Russia as a Cyber Threat")    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:33:56

• "Jeffrey Epstein files mess: How the release blew up in Trump’s face" https://www.vox.com/politics/401996/jeffrey-epstein-files-influencers-pam-bondi iophk: they pretended to de a release so that the public gets nothing yet stops asking anyway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHEsSul6A3Y    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:34:26

• iophk: ...by buying and then killing skype, microsoft was able to kill a competitor while offloading debt on to the acquisition watchout, BB, Jitsi-Meet, Jami, Mumble, Asterix ...    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:35:29

• "Ukraine's Zelenskyy gets warm welcome from UK's Starmer" https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-s-zelenskyy-gets-warm-welcome-from-uk-s-starmer/7993845.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:35:44

• "J.D. Vance Asked About Being 'Putin's Puppet' While Skiing in Vermont, On Video" https://www.tmz.com/2025/03/01/j-d-vance-skiing-vermont-putin-puppet-video/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:36:09

• "'SNL' Cold Open Takes On Trump/Zelenskyy, Mike Myers as Elon Musk" https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/snl-cold-open-trump-zelenskyy-mike-meyers-elon-musk-1236324528/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:36:20

• "Trump 'set up' Zelenskyy at the White House to 'appease' Putin? Susan Rice's explosive new claim" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/trump-set-up-zelenskyy-at-the-white-house-to-appease-putin-susan-rices-explosive-new-claim-101740886278130.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:36:40

• "Donald Trump gives Vladimir Putin knife to carve up world" https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/putin-is-ready-to-carve-up-the-world-trump-just-handed-him-the-knife-20250302-p5lg86.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:36:57

• "Putin uses NATO as an excuse for his war against Ukrainian statehood" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-uses-nato-as-an-excuse-for-his-war-against-ukrainian-statehood/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:37:04

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.404media.co/the-digital-packrat-manifesto/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:43:05

• "A push to revisit policy came in late 2023 when the Number Resource Organization (NRO) – the peak body for the five RIRs – decided to initiate a review of a document called ICP-2 that defines the criteria for establishment of new RIRs" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/02/internet_governance_update/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:45:38

• "I technically work "multiple" roles right now." ☛ https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2025/tech-contractors-class/ | Source: Jacky Alciné    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:48:36

• "It is notoriously difficult for claimants to succeed in a judicial review challenge against a regulator." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/gb-news-ofcom-jacob-rees-mogg-judicial-review/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:50:29

• "There is no link to the article — certainly not on the publisher’s website, but also not even on Apple News." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-news-open-web/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:50:35

• "This is a working model for news production everywhere—from towns like Bloomington to cities like Los Angeles." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/03/01/total-news/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:50:39

• "If it was really ratings, that does not explain why Morning Joe" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/msnbc-capitulation/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:50:44

• "Jeff Bezos has finally dropped the pretense." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/03/bezos-washington-post-free-market/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:50:52

• "Bezos has meddled in the editorial processes" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/02/jeff-bezos-great-emboldening/681886/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:50:56

• "shameful farce" ☛ https://ticotimes.net/2025/03/01/press-freedom-crisis-nicaraguan-journalists-forced-into-exile | Source: Cost Rica    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:51:00

• "Every company has a default." ☛ https://www.elliotcsmith.com/you-cant-delete-the-default/ | Source: Elliot C Smith    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:57:41

• "There are two steps I need to take when there’s something upsetting but complex to deal with: a situation outside of my scope, or a crisis, an emergency, financial issues, global changes or things I don’t understand or relational conflict or whatever." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/despite-the-horrors-the-laundry-must-be-done-despite-the-laundry-the-horrors-must-be-faced | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 11:57:54

• GNU/Linux above 2% in Japan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/japan/#monthly-200902-202503 compare to http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/statCounter_GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_Now_Measured_at_2_78_in_Japa.shtml and http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/02/Seems_Like_GNU_Linux_Usage_Doubled_in_Japan_Last_Year.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:03:17

• GNU/Linux has risen quite sharply in Mexico https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/mexico/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:07:04

• "Salmon are swimming again in the North Yuba River for the first time in close to a century. The fish are part of an innovative pilot project to study the feasibility of returning spring-run Chinook salmon to their historical spawning and rearing habitat in the mountains of Sierra County" ☛ https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/pilot-project-returns-spring-run-chinook-salmon-to-north-yuba-river |    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:30:33

• "The young spring-run Chinook salmon are part of a pilot project that may one day become a full reintroduction program, with the eventual goal of returning the fish to their historic spawning grounds in California’s mountains." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chinook-salmon-are-swimming-in-this-california-river-for-the-first-time-in-more-than-80-years-180986146/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:30:41

• Windows flirts with new lows in New Zealand https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/new-zealand/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:35:20

• Even worse here https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/new-zealand/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:36:31

• In Australia, mobile is about to be bigger than laptops/desktops https://gs.statcounter.com/platform-market-share/all/australia/#monthly-200902-202411    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:37:14

• So Windows is down to 62% on "desktop" https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/australia/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:38:42

• "The decision against Amazon by Minnesota’s Public Utilities Commission comes in a state that, like many others, is grappling with a recent spike in data center construction, with projects also planned by Meta and Microsoft" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/01/amazon-data-center-minnesota-diesel-generators/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:45:58

• "After nearly a decade of trying, Apple finally gave up its effort to produce an electric car last year, canceling a project that soaked up $10 billion." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/why-a-chinese-gadget-company-can-make-an-electric-car-and-apple-cant/articleshow/118640692.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:46:10

• "Solar provided almost 6 percent of total US electricity generation last year, but it’s been growing fast and is expected to supply “almost all growth” in electricity generation this year, according to the pre-Trump Energy Information Administration." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-solar-power-industry-is-trying-to-rebrand-as-maga-friendly/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:46:25

• "Plastic pollution is an urgent problem for the environment and human health. Microplastics are everywhere, from Antarctica to our brains" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-paper-straws-plastic-items.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:46:48

• "The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam saw significantly lower attendance Saturday after climate activist group Extinction Rebellion staged a so-called visitor strike, reserving thousands of tickets without showing up." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2025/03/01/extinction-rebellion-disrupts-rijksmuseum-attendance-mass-show | Source: NL Times    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:47:17

• "US President Donald Trump's latest war on the climate includes withdrawing support for any research that mentions the word." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-trump-war-climate-science-dystopian.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:54:18

• "In early February, molecular astrophysicist Clara Sousa-Silva discovered something alarming: crucial scientific data she needed for her research had vanished from federal government servers." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/03/climate-data-noaa-musk-doge/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:54:36

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:55:56

• "Richards, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, was a tribal relations specialist at the Huron-Manistee National Forests." ☛ https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/trump-cuts-hit-forest-service-michigan-critics-fear-catastrophic-loss | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:56:01

• "published by Gawker 10 years ago. Another (a list of his masseuses) was entirely redacted. And the others had been previously released during the 2021 trial of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Nothing was new here." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/401996/jeffrey-epstein-files-influencers-pam-bondi | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 12:57:31

• Richard Stallman Speed Paint https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=7pEEuRR1fzc    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:00:18

• "A French travel blogger who was among the first group of Western tourists" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/2025/03/01/north-korea-french-tourists-rason/ | Source: RFA    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:01:04

• "In a memo to all civilian defense employees" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/02/28/dod-civilians-ordered-to-respond-to-what-did-you-do-last-week-email/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:01:17

• "After years of Russian cyber aggression against the United States and its longtime allies" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-deprioritizing-russia-cyber-threat/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:02:02

• "A Minneapolis man who allegedly expressed admiration for the truck attack in New Orleans" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-02-28/minneapolis-man-charged-with-trying-to-join-the-islamic-state-group | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:03:34

• "His arrest comes just months after U.S. authorities deported eight Tajik citizens with alleged IS ties" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/new-york-arrest-islamic-state-isis-manuchekhri/33331826.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:04:04

• "But each country is also acting to limit screen use at school and in the home at a national level." ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250228/how-the-nordic-countries-are-tackling-the-scourge-of-screens | Source: The Local SE    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:05:36

• "Afghanistan’s hard-line Islamist Taliban rulers say they no longer consider the Doha agreement" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-united-states-doha-agreement/33331666.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:24:09

• "ordered U.S. Cyber Command" ☛ https://therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:24:26

• "all planning against Russia" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/28/report-defense-secretary-hegseth-orders-cyber-command-halt-russia-planning/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:24:44

• "Sometimes I have to remind my colleagues that out in the real world" ☛ https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/03/01/dear-apple-add-disappearing-messages-to-imessage-right-now/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:52:28

• "As expensive as a plane flight" ☛ https://blog.cr.yp.to/20250118-flight.html | Source: DJ Bernstein    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 13:52:48

• [Old] "Since 29-year-old systems administrator Edward Snowden began leaking secret documentation of the NSA's broad surveillance programs, the agency has reassured Americans that it doesn't indiscriminately collect their data without a warrant" ☛ https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/06/20/leaked-nsa-doc-says-it-can-collect-and-keep-your-encrypted-data-as-long-as-it-takes-to-crack-it/ | Source: Forbes    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:03:41

• "Here I was, a decadent European minding my own European business, pondering art and chocolate and the price of diesel, when, just a day ago, I accidentally came across an article that mentioned something called Android System SafetyCore being installed on people's phones without consent." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/android-safetycore.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:03:56

• "The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) on Thursday announced that a data broker must shut down its business for three years for failing to comply with the state’s Delete Act, which requires certain brokers to register with the state." ☛ https://therecord.media/california-shuts-down-data-broker-for-failing-to-register | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:04:05

• "The complaints are grounded in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU, due to which Meta had introduced ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram that require users to purchase a paid subscription while other users continue to receive a free service funded by revenues from advertising" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/meta-sued-over-targeted-advertising-practices-in-europe/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:04:22

• Bad times for Twitter in the UK https://gs.statcounter.com/social-media-stats/all/united-kingdom/#monthly-202003-202503    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:05:59

• Reddit up in Germany, apparently https://gs.statcounter.com/social-media-stats/all/germany/#monthly-202003-202503    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:07:06

• "I clicked banner ads as a kid constantly. This was back in the day when ads were simple animated GIFs that a webdev would put on their page. Heck, I was so silly, I even collected the things!" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/have-you-ever-clicked-on-an-ad/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:07:24

• "Surfshark operates from the Netherlands. This country is supportive of privacy. However, it also takes part in international intelligence-sharing agreements. ProtonVPN operates from Switzerland. This country has some of the strongest privacy laws globally." ☛ https://greycoder.com/surfshark-vpn-vs-protonvpn-quick-comparison/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:07:40

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/28/payday_from_hell_as_several/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:09:48

• Also Windows TCO ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/briefs/nebraska-cybersecurity-liability-bill-moves-closer-to-becoming-law/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:09:54

• Social Control Media: "monitoring possible Russian interference " ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/28/denmark-monitoring-possible-russian-meddling-in-greelands-upcoming-elections-a88209 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:10:28

• Also Social Control Media ☛ https://therecord.media/german-government-denies-election-interference-successful | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:10:37

• "In an internal memo sent out Wednesday and obtained by the New York Times" ☛ https://futurism.com/google-sergey-brin-60-hour-week-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:12:25

• "I just watched one of the creepiest videos ever — in terms of AI, robotics, and potential futures" ☛ https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/blog/if-we-want-continued-growth/ | Source: Simone Silvestroni    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:13:08

• "techy-sounding handwave" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/01/feeding-the-dreams-of-ai-venture-capital-if-you-want-the-vc-money-just-promise-magic/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:13:15

• "It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit" ☛ https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/ |    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:13:23

• "While such disclosure may be important for feature films, it is clearly crucial for documentaries." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-01/documentary-film-artificial-intelligence-hollywood-archival-producers-alliance | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:13:29

• "Meta issued an apology for an "error"" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/instagram-apologizes-murders-feeds | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:13:40

• "Today’s algorithm showed me around 70 murders, 100+ accidents, and around 115 violence videos" ☛ https://www.404media.co/instagram-error-turned-reels-into-neverending-scroll-of-murder-gore-and-violence/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:13:55

• "It is dangerous for the environment and for the workforce" ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/ai-danger | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:14:14

• "The technology, called accent translation, coupled with background noise cancellation" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/worlds-largest-call-centre-uses-ai-to-hide-indian-accents-sometimes-it-s-hard-to-understand-101740888355048.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:14:24

• Proprietary junk ☛ https://louplummer.lol/getting-untangled/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:14:49

• "The pharmaceutical industry helped build factory farming. Now it’s muddying the debate over meat’s carbon footprint." ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/401172/antibiotics-meat-pharmaceutical-industry-agriculture | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:17:09

• "relying on WHO recommendations? What’s the plan?" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/26/health/news-fda-meeting-to-choose-flu-vaccine-composition-canceled-without-explanation/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:18:31

• "Through one lens, the Tamagotchi vape could be interpreted as an exploration of sacrifice, or maybe even mutual destruction; studies continue to show that vaping is terrible for you — and so, to ensure the life of their beloved Tamagotchi" ☛ https://futurism.com/vape-tamagotchi | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:18:37

• "After my medical discovery the other day, my doctor strongly advised me not to sit any longer than 60 minutes at a time, and to walk around 10–15 minutes after." ☛ https://jarunmb.com/posts/researching-standing-desks | Source: MB    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:18:49

• "I have been slowly working on a book." ☛ https://computer.rip/2025-03-01-the-cold-glow-of-tritium.html | Source: Computers Are Bad    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:33:07

• "It didn’t exist, so I added what I could: [...]" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/created-the-om-3-wikipedia-page/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:33:17

• "When Stanford launched an investigation into the breach of a protected database" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/fired-scientist-replace-cancer-data-insults | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:49:42

• "Now, starting Sunday, two more missions are set to follow within a single week" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/lunar-landings-in-a-week-for-nasa-s-private-moon-fleet/7993730.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:50:37

• "To understand this concept, it is helpful to think about the idea of extra dimensions." ☛ https://beuke.org/ekpyrotic/ | Source: Fabian Beuke    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:50:46

• "I’m sweeping a lot of drama under the rug." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/02/28/Moved | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:52:43

• "It really does seem as though every team can use no-but engineers to some extent." ☛ https://www.scottsmitelli.com/articles/no-but-engineer/ | Source: Scott Smitelli    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:54:44

• "Until I realized… None of us really knows what we want" ☛ https://nesslabs.com/liberating-uncertainty | Source: Ness Labs    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:54:53

• "There’s no right or wrong answer you just need to find what works for you." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/03/01/my-struggle-with-a-physical-notebook-for-planning/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:55:05

• "I found blogging to be as useful as journaling but available to the world and not needing to buy a book or journal." ☛ https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2025/my-ambitions-with-blogging/ | Source: Jacky Alciné    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:56:33

• Disaster in the Oval Office: Dems lead Zelensky, Ukraine off a cliff with pressure to reject mineral deal ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/03/01/opinion/dems-lead-zelensky-ukraine-off-a-cliff-with-pressure-to-reject-mineral-deal/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:57:04

• Macron reopens debate on European nuclear umbrella after Convicted Felon-Zelensky showdown ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250301-macron-reopens-debate-on-european-nuclear-umbrella-after-trump-zelensky-showdown    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:57:44

• Dihydroxyacetone Man-Zelensky clash: ‘Lowest point’ in relations between US and Ukraine, expert says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250301-trump-zelensky-clash-lowest-point-in-relations-between-us-and-ukraine-expert-says    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:57:53

• Zelensky   

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:58:24

• Republicans defend Convicted Felon after Oval Office row with Zelensky ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250301-republicans-defend-trump-after-oval-office-row-with-zelensky    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:58:32

• Dihydroxyacetone Man-Zelensky clash ‘violent’ and 'predictable’, analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250301-trump-zelensky-clash-violent-and-predictable-analyst-says    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:58:47

• European leaders voice support for Ukraine after White House row ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250301-european-leaders-voice-support-for-ukraine-after-white-house-row    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:58:57

• Row between Convicted Felon and Zelensky erupts at White House ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250301-row-between-trump-and-zelensky-erupts-at-white-house    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:59:18

• Ukrainians 'in state of shock' after Convicted Felon-Zelensky Oval office spat ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250301-ukrainians-shocked-by-trump-zelensky-oval-office-spat    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:59:27

• Detention of journalist in Russia over Ukraine conflict sparks international concern ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/detention-of-journalist-in-russia-over-ukraine-conflict-sparks-international-concern/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:59:44

• European Leaders To Hold Crisis Talks In London After Zelenskyy’s Clash With Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/london-starmer-europe-ukraine-zelenskyy-loan-summit-russia/33332840.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 14:59:54

• They should call it the Oven Office if it's run by orange-coloured swastika-giving 'men'    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:01:03

• Zelenskyy Gets 'Warm' Welcome, Big Loan From British PM On Eve Of Summit ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-london-starmer-white-house-trump/33332749.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:01:10

• The Imperialist Philosopher Who Demanded the Ukraine War ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/the-imperialist-philosopher-who-demanded-the-ukraine-war    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:01:23

• Shocked by Convicted Felon Meeting, Zelensky and Ukraine Try to Forge a Path Forward ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/world/europe/trump-zelensky-us-ukraine-russia-meeting.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:01:34

• Nazi Oven Office Showdown ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/briefing/oval-office-showdown.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:01:52

• How Johnson, Who Put His Job at Risk to Save Ukraine Aid, Flipped for Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/us/politics/johnson-ukraine-trump.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:02:07

• Just a warning for ANY other world leader to not even bother visiting the Nazi Oven Office... unless it's to suck the Dihydroxyacetone Man's b---s ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/trump-zelensky-us-ukraine-russia.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:03:06

• Romanian far-right supporters hold protest rally ahead of election re-run ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250301-romanian-far-right-supporters-hold-protest-rally-ahead-of-election-re-run    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:03:29

• Asking people to suck up to him... by blackmailing them ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-industry-minister-seeks-exemption-from-trumps-tariffs    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:05:44

• I Loved ‘Anora,’ but I Still Hope It Loses at the Oscars ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/opinion/anora-oscars-russian-propaganda.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:05:56

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

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:06:49

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

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:07:31

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

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:07:53

• "Today I learned of a new way to accidentally lose data 'written' to disk, courtesy of this Fediverse post summarizing a longer article about CouchDB and this issue" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SyncJournalFilesOnOpen | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:08:15

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

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:08:31

• How To Install Swift Programming Language on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-swift-programming-language-almalinux-9/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:08:53

• How to use Scrapy on Raspberry PI: Build your Personal Web Crawler ☞ https://peppe8o.com/use-raspberry-pi-as-your-personal-web-crawler-with-python-and-scrapy/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:11:08

• How To Setup UFW Firewall on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/setup-ufw-firewall-linux-mint-22/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:12:05

• How To Install Neo4j on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-neo4j-manjaro/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:14:33

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

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:14:39

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

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:14:47

• 🔤SpellBinding — DUHORSG Wordo: INNER gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-03-02.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:29:18

• "Wanted to mention that I've chosen, for the first time, a copyleft license for one of my projects: MPL 2.0! (incompatible with secondary licenses)." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/25989    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:30:02

• "I just finished reading Tom King and Mitch Gerad's Mister Miracle, and want to write a review of that, but I've also got a bundle of links built up, so this comes first." gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2025/03/weekly-links-11.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:30:54

• "I recently listened to an interview with Polygon's comics critic Susana Polo where, among other things, she talked about Mister Miracle and the phrase "Darkseid is."" gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2025/03/mister-miracle.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:31:45

• "We've painted such a bad picture of leadership that many young people who are about to become managers/leaders think that the ultimate form is #3. In trying to reach #3, they end up in #4." gemini://nader.pm/dont-glorify-the-hostile-leaders/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:32:35

• "A few days ago I finally 100%'d the game, getting all the achievements on the Steam versions, it wasn't fun and it was not worth it, I'll not recommend anyone to do that. The worst thing is that I thought I was finally free from playing the game, but I was wrong. The next day I started to play a SL1 challenge (finishing the game without leveling up), and now I've beaten at least 6 bosses already." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2512    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:33:57

• "RFC 6265 brought order to a world of chaos. It was good. It made things a lot better. With this spec, it was suddenly much easier to write compliant and interoperable cookie implementations." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/03/01/my-cookie-spec-problem/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:35:47

• "I’ve been using the Z Shell (a.k.a. Zsh) for a very long time now." ☛ https://batsov.com/articles/2025/03/01/back-to-the-basics-zsh-without-oh-my-zsh/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:36:05

• "I recently wanted to run a hacked up version of a NFS monitoring program written in Python under PyPy" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/PyPyExposesCloseBug | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:36:33

• "This attitude of low-stakes programming is what prevents us from ever discovering the rules and patterns which will regularly produce programs on which people can actually rely." ☛ https://mediocregopher.com/lab/how-to-program-good/ | Source: Mediocregopher    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:38:10

• "I am currently in the process of porting (or rather, reimplementing from scratch) an old Macintosh game to the Apple II, and I wanted it to have acceptable sound. Like this: [...]" ☛ https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2025/03/01/apple-ii-a-simple-way-to-play-sound-samples/ | Source: Colin Leroy-Mira    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:38:27

• "When I stash changes in git, it’s usually work that is independent of the branch I’m working on. If I have work in progress that does belong on a particular branch, then I’ll create a WIP (“work in progress”) commit on that branch instead." ☛ https://www.brandonpugh.com/blog/git-stash-without-the-branch-name/ | Source: Brandon Pugh    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:38:37

• "I was curious and I decided to test it out. I wrote a small C++ program which opens 10,000 files. The files are opened and closed immediately. However, there are 10,000 distinct (empty) files. It is a simple test: there is no writing and the files do not remain open long." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/03/01/how-fast-can-you-open-1000-files/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:39:02

• "I will, from time to time, look at various logs for errors. And when I looked at the error log for my web server, intermixed with errors I have no control over like this: [...]" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/03/01.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:39:12

• DeepSeek brings disruption to AI-optimized parallel file systems, releases powerful new open-source Fire-Flyer File System ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/deepseek-releases-powerful-new-parallel-file-system-fire-flyer-fire-system-made-open-source    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:41:26

• "related change was also highlighted by mozilla.org commenter jkaelin" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/02/mozilla_introduces_terms_of_use/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:43:16

• LibreWolf ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf | Source: David Revoy    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:43:41

• "Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain, has a few new features. Below is a summary." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/02/28/artemis-changelog-3 | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:43:55

• "This post is not about how I ported this instance over to Coolify" ☛ https://lmika.org/2025/03/01/running-peertube-in-coolify.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:45:44

• "Five of those servos actuate the 3D-printed fingers on Rigsby’s robot hand (the top two fingers have two joints each). He used an Arduino UNO Rev3 board to control them, but couldn’t use the typical RX and TX (0 and 1) pins for communication over the serial bus. For that reason, he included a serial bus module meant specifically for driving servos like these." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/02/28/this-three-fingered-robot-hand-makes-use-of-serial-bus-servos/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:46:22

• "Five of those servos actuate the 3D-printed fingers on Rigsby’s robot hand (the top two fingers have two joints each). He used an Arduino UNO Rev3 board to control them, but couldn’t use the typical RX and TX (0 and 1) pins for communication over the serial bus." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/02/28/this-three-fingered-robot-hand-makes-use-of-serial-bus-servos/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:46:34

• "Five of those servos actuate the 3D-printed fingers on Rigsby’s robot hand (the top two fingers have two joints each)." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/02/28/this-three-fingered-robot-hand-makes-use-of-serial-bus-servos/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:47:20

• "While details remain fairly minimal at this stage" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/linux-mint-cinnamon-menu-is-getting-a-makeover/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:48:27

• "Ultramarine Linux differs from standard Fedora in several ways: [...]" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/ultramarine-linux-fedora-made-easy-and-beautiful-for-everyone/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:49:02

• "obviously open source" ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/looking-for-the-perfect-web-stats-open-source-tool.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:49:22

• "The GhostBSD project maintains a desktop-focused build of FreeBSD." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12368 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:49:38

• How Fungi Move Among Us ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/science/climate-mycorrhizal-fungus-networks.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:56:39

• South Korean protesters rally as impeachment verdict nears ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreans-to-rally-as-yoons-impeachment-verdict-nears    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:56:52

• ST Picks: Destination Pyongyang - North Korea reopens to visitors, including S’poreans ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/st-picks-destination-pyongyang-north-korea-reopens-to-visitors-including-sporeans    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:57:13

• Malaysian journalist arrested for allegedly soliciting, receiving $6,000 bribe ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-journalist-arrested-for-allegedly-soliciting-receiving-6000-bribe    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 15:57:36

• Ubuntu Pack – Ubuntu remix ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ubuntu-pack-remix/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 16:42:35

• Kaisen GNU/Linux – distribution for infrastructure worker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kaisen-linux-distribution-infrastructure-worker/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 16:42:57

• Another Day and Another LLM Slopfest From Madame Day at the Slopfarm LinuxSecurity.com ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/01/Another_Day_and_Another_LLM_Slopfest_From_Madame_Day_at_the_Slo.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 16:43:24

• "Ubuntu 25.04 is almost upon us, which makes this a good time to look back at just how much Canonical's popular Linux desktop has changed over the past ten years. The answer? Both more and less than you might expect." https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-what-ubuntu-linux-looked-like-10-years-ago/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 16:48:06

• "Linux Mint leader Clement Lefebvre announced today in the February 2025 monthly newsletter some of the things they are working on for their popular Ubuntu-based distribution, including a revamped Cinnamon app launcher." https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-plan-revamped-application-launcher-for-the-cinnamon-desktop    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 16:52:22

• How often do you use Linux apps on ChromeOS? https://www.androidpolice.com/thread/how-often-do-you-use-linux-apps-on-chromeos/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 16:52:44

• lame question as ChromeOS is itself GNU/Linux    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 16:53:00

• Sparky news 2025.02 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2025-02/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:01:21

• "I was always intrigued by these kinds of electronic projects when I was young [...]" gemini://rrees.smol.pub/fm-transmitter    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:02:16

• Snowdrop Flower gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2513    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:02:58

• Disabled Malaysian boy seen crawling in school gets walkers from kind donors after video went viral ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/disabled-malaysian-boy-seen-crawling-in-school-gets-walkers-from-kind-donors-after-video-went-viral    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:10:11

• HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE RIDICULOUSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-teams-up-with-japan-in-race-against-china-for-quantum-tech-superiority http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Hype_Watch_Weeks_After_Microsoft_Disappointed_Investors_With_He.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/IBM_s_CEO_Has_Become_a_Stochastic_Buzzword_Generating_Machine.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:11:04

• "I know each country has their own rules for severance vacation pay due to affected employees. In any case more cuts while Alvind and his Sh1tMunks feed like pigs" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn2hy3cd    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:12:54

• "Unfortunately President Trump does not look forward to working with IBM or Alvind Klishna as he (Trump) hasn't been paid a large enough bribe to engage the Trump Federal business." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn8gay0a    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:13:22

• Maybe AK needs to come to the Oven Office to let Cheeto and the MElon grill him into submission, then be "compensated" for it with contracts (or weapons to push back against an invading army)    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:14:25

• "Losing contracts with the Feds isn't a big deal if you want to keep up your DEI principles and values....on the other hand if you're looking for every nickel and dime in the budgets to stay afloat and give Alvind his next 100 million dollar bonus ... maybe Alvind better apply for a USAID grant of some sort or the other." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jnamsga3    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:15:14

• "Once those contracts are gone, we can get rid of even more of those useless USA IBMers!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jnamsga3    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:15:26

• "It’s the corporate equation As goes revenue so goes headcount. IBM China has dried up as China has decided to inwardly focus. IBM sees no future revenue potential there given the current political environment. As such headcount has to come down." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jnamfh1q    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:17:09

• Malaysia; GNU/Linux UP again https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/malaysia/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:19:55

• And similar in Indonesia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/indonesia/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:20:34

• Singapore 6% GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/singapore/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:21:04

• W3Schools says GNU/Linux at 4% https://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:35:38

• HP says 90% of products for the U.S. will be made outside of China by October ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/hp-says-90-percent-of-products-for-the-u-s-will-be-made-outside-of-china-by-october    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:37:05

• Thousands of Chinese nationals held in Myanmar scam centres to be repatriated, Thailand says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/01/thousands-of-chinese-nationals-held-in-myanmar-scam-centres-to-be-repatriated-thailand-says/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:49:00

• Hong Kong revives abandoned Kuk Po border village in alternative tourism push ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/02/hong-kong-revives-abandoned-kuk-po-border-village-in-alternative-tourism-push/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:49:44

• "cryptographic signing of measurement results." (PCR Machine Crypto) ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/01/making-a-pcr-machine-crypto-sign-its-results/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:50:20

• Practice While You Work ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/01/practice-while-you-work/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:50:56

• "This Gesture Sensor Is Precise, Cheap, Well-Hidden" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/01/this-gesture-sensor-is-precise-cheap-well-hidden/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:51:28

• Dihydroxyacetone Man is returning the US to isolationism and Yalta-style spheres of influence – opinion ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2497120/trump-is-returning-the-us-to-isolationism-and-yalta-style-spheres-of-influence-opinion    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:52:03

• Daily Dose of Broccoli Sprout Extract Helps Blood Sugar, Study Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/daily-dose-of-broccoli-sprout-extract-helps-blood-sugar-study-shows    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:52:38

• "Quantum" HYPE HYPE HYPE☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-new-quantum-tech-could-revolutionize-how-we-navigate-the-world http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Hype_Watch_Weeks_After_Microsoft_Disappointed_Investors_With_He.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/IBM_s_CEO_Has_Become_a_Stochastic_Buzzword_Generating_Machine.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:53:28

• Women Talk More Than Men After All, And By Quite a Lot ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/women-talk-more-than-men-after-all-and-by-quite-a-lot    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:54:01

• New Evidence Reveals Evolution Itself May Actually Be Evolving ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-evidence-reveals-evolution-itself-may-actually-be-evolving    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:54:11

• Sad Case of The Youngest Person Ever Diagnosed With Alzheimer's ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sad-case-of-the-youngest-person-ever-diagnosed-with-alzheimers    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:54:27

• Head Lice Are Digging In, But There's a Simple Way to Get Rid of Them ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/head-lice-are-digging-in-but-theres-a-simple-way-to-get-rid-of-them    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:54:36

• Former defective chip maker Intel directors strongly oppose TSMC takeover, call for defective chip maker Intel fabs spinoff ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/former-intel-directors-strongly-oppose-tsmc-takeover-call-for-intel-fabs-spinoff    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:55:21

• Lawsuit Against Panama Challenges Detention of Convicted Felon Deportees ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/world/americas/panama-migrants-us-lawsuit.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:55:51

• Families of apartheid victims file lawsuit against govt for inaction ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250301-families-of-apartheid-victims-sue-state-for-inaction    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:56:10

• China tells its Hey Hi (AI) leaders to avoid US travel over security concerns: WSJ report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-tells-its-ai-leaders-to-avoid-us-travel-over-security-concerns-wsj-reports    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:57:07

• Dihydroxyacetone Man To Bolster Security At Mexican Border With 3,000 Additional Troops ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-mexico-border-troops-trump-migration/33332838.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:57:24

• "The Bus Pirate 5 Sure Can Glitch" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/01/the-bus-pirate-5-sure-can-glitch/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 17:58:00

• "Alvind does not want to work with Orange Man" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jn8gay0a    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:00:13

• Debian Brasil: Debian Day 2024 in Pouso Alegre - Brazil ☞ https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday2024-pouso-alegre-report/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:10:25

• █████ https://planet.debian.org/rss20.xml ██████████████████████ Sat, 01 Mar 2025 17:39:21 +0000 ███████ Debian Brasil: Debian Day 2024 in Santa Maria - Brazil    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:11:31

• Hong Kong-based singer-songwriter Khalil Fong dies aged 41 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/01/hong-kong-based-singer-songwriter-khalil-fong-dies-aged-41/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:13:08

• Kevin Fenzi: Misc bits from late February 2025 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/03/01/misc-bits-from-late-february-2025/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:14:56

• GPG Updates 2025 ☞ https://euroquis.nl//blabla/2025/03/01/gpg.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:15:11

• Passengers boarding flights in S. Korea must carry power banks on person from March 1 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/passengers-required-to-carry-power-banks-e-cigarettes-on-person-starting-tomorrow    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:16:03

• Getting Serial Sloppers to Knock the Habit of Plagiarism by LLM Slop (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/01/Getting_Serial_Sloppers_to_Knock_the_Habit_of_Plagiarism_by_LLM.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:16:39

• Justice Will Find Its Way at the End (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/01/Justice_Will_Find_Its_Way_at_the_End.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:16:46

• March Already, Rumours of I.C.B.M. Layoffs in Brazil (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/01/March_Already_Rumours_of_IBM_Layoffs_in_Brazil.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:16:52

• Sucking Up to Fascists (Like IBM's Watson Sucked Up to Adolf Hitler in the 1930s) Did Not Help I.C.B.M. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/01/Sucking_Up_to_Fascists_Like_IBM_s_Watson_Sucked_Up_to_Adolf_Hit.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:16:59

• Skype is Dead, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Shuts It Down in a Few Months (for Good) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/28/Skype_is_Dead_Microsoft_Shuts_It_Down_in_a_Few_Months_for_Good.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:17:11

• [Video] Full Video of Richard Stallman's Talk Earlier This Month in Italy (Nexa, Turin) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/28/Video_Full_Video_of_Richard_Stallman_s_Talk_Earlier_This_Month_.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:17:18

• POLL: Framework Desktop: Is it for You? ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/poll-framework-desktop-is-it-for-you/index.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:18:40

• Tropic Square TROPIC01 is an auditable, open architecture, tamper-proof RISC-V secure element (SE) for IoT and microcontrollers ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/01/tropic-square-tropic01-is-an-auditable-open-architecture-tamper-proof-risc-v-secure-element-se-for-iot-and-microcontrollers/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:19:35

• Door Kickers 2 Review ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/door-kickers-2-review/index.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:25:39

• "[Chris] had an idea. When playing VR games like BeatSaber, he realized that spectators without headsets weren’t very included in the action." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/01/steamvr-controller-controlling-addressable-leds/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:26:20

• Syria prepares for new transitional government ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250301-syria-prepares-for-new-transitional-government    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:27:04

• Progress planning The Meanderer ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202503/progress-planning-the-meanderer.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:27:39

• "NASA Official Warns Staff About Publicly Displaying Their Badges" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/nasa-official-warns-staff-trump-harassment-federal-workers | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:28:28

• "We don’t want to see anybody die" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-rubio-marocco-canceled-programs-gaza-syria-congo-hiv-ebola | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:28:45

• Google's newest moonshot delivers internet by firing lasers through the air — Taara project upgrades to tiny 13mm photonic chips placed 1km apart ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/googles-newest-moonshot-delivers-internet-through-lasers-firing-in-the-air-taara-project-upgrades-to-tiny-13mm-photonic-chips-placed-1km-apart    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:29:04

• "Typically, if you’re shooting 35 mm film, you’re using it in an old point-and-shoot or maybe a nice SLR" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/01/using-four-rolls-of-film-to-make-one-big-photo/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:29:29

• Guido Günther: Free Software Activities February 2025 ☞ https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_February_2025.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:30:33

• Docker Engine 28 Strengthens Container Security ☞ https://linuxiac.com/docker-engine-28-strengthens-container-security/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:31:08

• Incus 6.10 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/incus-6-10-container-and-virtual-machine-manager-released/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:31:28

• Monthly News – February 2025 ☞ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4811 "Hi everyone, Many thanks for your donations and support. Here are the news for this month. Important Firefox Update On March 14, 2025, a root certificate used by Firefox will expire."    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:32:56

• US lawmaker moves to impeach federal judge for blocking Convicted Felon administration’s foreign aid freeze ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/us-lawmaker-moves-to-impeach-federal-judge-for-blocking-trump-administrations-foreign-aid-freeze/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:34:07

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Citrix Podio ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-citrix-podio/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:36:27

• VirtualBox – powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/virtualbox/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:36:36

• HyperDX – observability platform ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hyperdx-observability-platform/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:36:48

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5922    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:37:44

• Linux Mint Devs Plan Revamped Application Launcher for the Cinnamon Desktop ☞ https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-plan-revamped-application-launcher-for-the-cinnamon-desktop    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:38:27

• 8 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Boot Utilities ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bootutilities/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:38:43

• which – show the full path of commands ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/which-show-full-path-commands/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:38:50

• OrcaSlicer – G-code generator for 3D printers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/orcaslicer-g-code-generator-3d-printers/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:39:03

• Memorize – store flashcard sets ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/memorize-store-flashcard-sets/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:39:10

• oyomu – CLI comic collection manager and reader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/oyomu-cli-comic-collection-manager-reader/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:39:17

• Michael Ablassmeier: pbsav - scan backups on proxmox backup server via clamav ☞ https://abbbi.github.io//pbsav/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:39:57

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:42:04

• As Prices Soar and Services Shut Down (Even YouTube Starts Demanding Money for the Original or a Tolerable Experience) It's Time to Explore the Real Alternatives (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/01/As_Prices_Soar_and_Services_Shut_Down_Even_YouTube_Starts_Deman.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:42:08

• POPs, and collectables for the sake of them ☞ https://rubenerd.com/pops-and-collectables-for-the-sake-of-them/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:43:03

• Cyclone Garance hits France's Reunion Island, kills at least three ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250301-cyclone-garance-hits-france-s-r%C3%A9union-island    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:43:56

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Is Rootin’ for Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/opinion/trump-is-rootin-for-putin.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:44:42

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Dressing Down of Zelensky Plays Into Putin’s War Aims ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/world/europe/trump-zelensky-putin.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:44:51

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Berates Zelensky and Putin Benefits ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010020790/trump-berates-zelensky-and-putin-benefits.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:45:24

• Five Ways Convicted Felon Is Sabotaging the United States ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/01/the-five-ways-trump-is-sabotaging-the-united-states/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:45:49

• Android System SafetyCore prude filter nonsense ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/android-safetycore.html    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:46:12

• [Updated] Debian Brasil: Debian Day 30 years in São Carlos - Brazil ☞ https://debianbrasil.org.br/blog/debianday-30-anos-sao-carlos-report/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:47:01

• Why Are Cassette And CD Players So Big Now? ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/01/why-are-cassette-and-cd-players-so-big-now/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:48:01

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Putin-Like Cull of the White House Press Pool ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/trumps-putin-like-cull-of-the-white-house-press-pool    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:48:27

• VA reverses course after putting some Veterans Crisis Line hires on hold ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2025/02/va-puts-some-veterans-crisis-line-hires-on-hold-as-it-considers-putting-remote-jobs-in-office/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:49:40

• Effect of COVID-19 on Indigenous access to education spurs international concern ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/effect-of-covid-19-on-indigenous-access-to-education-spurs-international-concern/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 18:50:10

• Introducing /e/OS 2.8 – Now Available! https://e.foundation/leaving-apple-join-e-os-installation-workshop-in-argentina/    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 19:11:56

• TUXEDO 20250226 and Linuxfx 11.25.03 are also out    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 19:12:17

• And Then There Were None gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250302.txt    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 19:14:09

• POWER9 OS update and other news gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2025_03_01.txt    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 19:14:48

• "I usually read through midnight.pub through gemini and its inconvenient to have to open another separate browser just to post or reply here and so I usually don't. I know gemini user input is limited which is nice but I wonder if there is way to still participate?" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2514    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 19:16:05

• $478,000 now raised by FSF in winter https://www.fsf.org/appeal    

posted Sunday, March 02, 2025 at 19:17:39