Roy Schestowitz

• "You are giving a description of a company on life support. Even for a dying entity, the life support machine has to be reliable, No such thing with the current cabal of executives running IBM these days." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqnh1dcf    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:31:14

• "FYI IBM isn't welcomed in the new employment world. 3 job interviews but when IBM comes up the facial expression changes. One person said I should just list my IBM projects like a consult does on a detailed resume, just say consulting and end client the work was done for. bad day to give up..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqffgwez    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:36:39

• "Speak to clients and see if the IBM name carries weight.. I was on the inside for a long time, when I would indicate my role to a client they all wanted to talk, until they heard where I worked. Now I work outside IBM and the interactions with clients is so much more interactive." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq79tj52    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:38:52

• "I heard this rumor in 2023 that they planned to close the Dallas office. Some people knew it and told me about it. They announced it to some people in Dallas and the ones I know are looking for new opportunities, they don't plan to move to Austin." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqpf83dx    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:39:20

• Bubble imploding https://voip.review/2025/03/31/microsoft-pulls-back-data-centers-raising-market-concerns/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:43:00

• Eidos Montréal Lays Off 75 Employees as Work on ‘Mandate’ (Fable?) Ends https://wccftech.com/eidos-montreal-lays-off-75-employees-as-work-on-mandate-fable-ends/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:43:24

• Embracer Group's Eidos-Montréal studio confirms more layoffs, this time affecting "up to 75" people https://www.eurogamer.net/embracer-groups-eidos-montreal-studio-lays-off-up-to-75-employees    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:44:12

• Microsoft layoffs. "Absolutely right. Time to write to write to whitehouse and senator grassley" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jnpep676    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:47:40

• Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai, signalling a broader pullback from China https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3304621/microsoft-shutters-ai-lab-shanghai-signalling-broader-pullback-china    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:49:15

• Microsoft closes AI lab in Shanghai, signaling growing rift, SCMP reports https://www.tipranks.com/news/the-fly/microsoft-closes-ai-lab-in-shanghai-signaling-growing-rift-scmp-reports    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:49:19

• Microsoft Closes AI & IoT Lab in Shanghai as US-China Tech Tensions Rise https://slguardian.org/microsoft-shuts-down-ai-iot-lab-in-shanghai/amp/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:49:26

• Deus Ex and Guardians of the Galaxy studio Eidos Montreal hit by layoffs https://www.neowin.net/news/deus-ex-and-guardians-of-the-galaxy-studio-eidos-montreal-hit-by-layoffs/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 05:49:54

• iophk: There is some anti-revisionism needed in regards to Microsoft having afflicted society with sub par software, systems, and politics for 50 years    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:08:52

• "I am once again sharing a simple Python script (using only modules in Python’s standard library) for the OFFLine-FIRst SOftware CHallenge." gemini://degrowther.smol.pub/20250331_offlfirsoch    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:25:12

• "For the last three years, I’ve been working on Offpunk, a command-line gemini and web browser." gemini://ploum.net/2025-04-01-xkcdpunk.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:28:51

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1601.jpg    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:29:29

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1251.jpg    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:29:34

• "Paper Birch bark is an assortment of colors that is a gradual blend from white to reddish-brown. The white bark is a milk-white." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250330-0.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:30:56

• "We went to see the private botanical garden of the Eisenhut gardening center in Gabarogno, across the lake and up the hill from Locarno. They claim to have about a thousand camellia variants and about six hundred magnolia variants" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-03-29-magnolia-park    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:31:41

• "I added an additional integrator, bring the computer up to four integrators." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250331-0.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:32:31

• "a few yellow reeds sway to the soothing rhythm of the wind. the yellow hue of the sun, illuminating their dance. the water, having filled the lake a long time ago, resting. at ease. still life, but alive. ever-changing." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2558    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:33:11

• For the record, Gulagboy's "lawyers" have resorted to rude, condescending, and bullying language, behaviour etc. Even as recently as one day before the court was notified accordingly, as required. This is no way to do justice. In his mate's case, this is a man who strangles women and SLAPPs to try to hide what he did.    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:36:08

• Shouting and table-pounding as the same vulgar behaviour one might expect from a serial strangler of women, who Microsoft happily hired and put in charge of things.    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:37:44

• Tux Machines "famous" in YouTube? https://yewtu.be/watch?v=KP_cgqaMPb0    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 06:45:54

• "Weeks after giving apparent Nazi salutes on stage Elon Musk claims the left doesn’t know what Nazism is" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-nazi-salutes-left-wisconsin-b2724454.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:01:04

• "Vance’s posturing in Greenland was not just morally wrong. It was strategically disastrous" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/31/trump-greenland-us-morally-wrong-strategy-disastrous    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:01:13

• "Sweden announces more Ukraine military aid worth $1.6 billion" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/sweden-announces-more-ukraine-military-aid-worth-1-6-billion-101743424356315.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:01:23

• "Ex-NATO chief Willy Claes slams Donald Trump's anti-European stance: ‘Makes me sick’" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/exnato-chief-willy-claes-slams-donald-trumps-anti-european-stance-makes-me-sick-101743412399642.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:02:19

• "The world can still keep Trump in check" https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-world-can-still-keep-trump-in-check/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:02:53

• "Big tech is stuck in a swamp of its own making" https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/opinion_column_big_tech/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:03:03

• "The Final Session | hey.paris" https://hey.paris/posts/finalsession/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:03:17

• "MAGA is Bad for Business - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autocracy-is-bad-for-business    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:03:30

• "The Third Term Diagnosis - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-third-term-diagnosis    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:03:41

• "Mohawk Games continue releasing some pretty big updates to their Civilization like game Old World, with the latest aiming to fix up lots of issues and improve performance." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/historical-strategy-game-old-world-switches-to-vulkan-for-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:04:11

• "Cassette Beasts from Bytten Studio has a fresh update announced for release on April 7th, bringing in a number of extras to the already fantastic and unique monster catcher." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/cassette-beasts-is-getting-a-new-companion-character-and-story-quest/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:05:11

• "Valve's Steam Deck rating system is generally quite correct, but there are clearly some times when it isn't. Thankfully, Valve do go back over various games to re-test them and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has been hit with a downgraded rating." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/marvels-spider-man-2-has-lost-its-steam-deck-verified-rating/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:05:45

• "Due to get an experimental build for you to test it early tomorrow, controller support is coming to Satisfactory along with a whole bunch of other big upgrades." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/satisfactory-will-get-controller-support-with-the-massive-1-1-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:05:57

• "Russia will exploit Ukraine ceasefire to threaten Baltics" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/31/baltic-states-fear-ukraine-ceasefire-would-increase-russian-threat-to-the-region-the-financial-times | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:07:31

• A mix of buzzwords and hype: "Bringing AI-powered modernization to developers" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/new-updates-konveyor-ai-use-ai-driven-application-modernization-without-fine-tuning-model | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:08:55

• "Red Hat today announced the general availability of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.13" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-advanced-cluster-management-213-expands-hybrid-cloud-management-capabilities | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:09:14

• Still dabbling in a bubble which will implode: "vLLM, originally developed at UC Berkeley, is specifically designed to address the speed and memory challenges that come with running large AI models." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/meet-vllm-faster-more-efficient-llm-inference-and-serving | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:09:22

• "free trial" from company that took Debian and adds non-free things to it ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/automated-patching-for-the-linux-kernel | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:10:22

• Google and Canonical doing a marketing campaign in "study" clothing ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/securing-software-supply-chains-new-research-highlights-industry-vulnerabilities | Source: Ubuntu | http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Microsoft_Canonical_Continues_Its_FUD_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Ca.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/Microsoft_Canonical_Pays_IDG_to_Spread_FUD_Fear_Uncertainty_Dou.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:12:45

• "Lightspeed Studios / NVIDIA have recently updated Quake II RTX, their ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/nearly-two-years-after-the-last-update-quake-ii-rtx-1-8-is-out-with-quake-2-remastered-map-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:15:05

• "Now that the code for Command & Conquer Generals (along with other classic RTS games from EA) is open source, the community is working on getting it working natively on Linux without the need of Wine / Proton." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/linux-support-for-command-conquer-generals-zero-hour-is-coming-along-now-its-open-source/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:15:15

• "Work on the KDE Plasma desktop sounds like it continues to go very well, with some really important bug fixes arriving to make the experience a lot nicer." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/kde-plasma-6-3-4-fixes-the-most-common-plasma-crash-now-down-to-zero-very-high-priority-bugs/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:15:56

• "ProtonUp-Qt is a tool to add extra compatibility tools on Linux / Steam Deck like GE-Proton. A new release out now with version 2.12." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/protonup-qt-v2-12-brings-a-new-steam-deck-theme-and-support-for-proton-cachyos/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:17:43

• "Critter Cove is an open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/critter-cove-gets-a-major-performance-update-should-work-better-on-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:18:07

• "With an upgrade system that's a little inspired by the popularity of Vampire Survivors and all the games that followed" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/rogue-kingdoms-blends-tower-defense-with-vampire-survivors-action-and-will-have-full-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:19:31

• "Great news for gamers on the go as Monster Train 2 from Shiny Shoe / Big Fan Games is Steam Deck Verified." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/monster-train-2-is-steam-deck-verified-ahead-of-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:21:37

• "What could be the biggest surprise of the year — The Last of Us Part II Remastered releases on Steam on April 3rd, and Valve just gave it the green Steam Deck Verified checkmark." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/the-last-of-us-part-ii-remastered-is-steam-deck-verified/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:21:43

• Dissenter Weekly For March 31 ☛ https://thedissenter.org/dissenter-weekly-for-march-31/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:23:00

• Senators propose to abolish the TSA ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/03/31/senators-propose-to-abolish-the-tsa/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:23:20

• "The Psychological Effects of Climate Change" ☛ https://therevelator.org/psychological-effects-climate-change/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:23:58

• Advocates Demand End to Abuse-Ridden NYPD Unit Adams Favored ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/nyc-nypd-community-response-team-eric-adams-police-abuse | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:24:36

• New: Local development with JetBrains IDEs in OpenShift Dev Spaces ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/03/31/new-local-development-jetbrains-ides-openshift-dev-spaces    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:27:21

• "Spring is in the air, which means it’s time to swap stuffy winter layers to fresh air — and maybe confront the dust bunnies that moved in while you were busy." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/fakespot-spring-cleaning-shopping/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:29:38

• "If you are not a citizen of a Schengen country, you should check the visa requirements and exemptions for entry into Germany." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/03/31/osc-visa-info/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:29:49

• "Also, when it comes to publishers and journals, are they only responsible for integrating AI seamlessly into their workflows?" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/31/are-we-fumbling-in-the-dark-or-laying-a-strong-foundation-for-ai-education/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:52:09

• "Some Hollywood studios are reportedly earning money from fake AI-generated movie trailers on YouTube, against the wishes of the union representing actors" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/639440/youtube-ai-fake-movie-trailer-crackdown-monetization | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:52:45

• "Unlike other leading UK-based newsbrands like News UK’s The Times and The Sun, the Financial Times, The Guardian and Future, the BBC has not signed licensing or tech partnerships with any AI companies to date." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-to-open-up-conversation-with-ai-providers-and-invest-further-in-tiktok/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:53:11

• "The idea that copyright law in the UK is unclear – it’s not. Scraping for commercial purposes without a licence is unlawful." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/page-view-targets-clickbait/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:53:27

• "Shah insists xAI infringed on his trademark." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/grok-trademark-dispute-name/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:54:35

• "The fine - the first by any antitrust regulator over Apple's App Tracking Transparency tool" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-03-31/apple-hit-with-162-million-french-antitrust-fine-over-privacy-tool | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:55:12

• "The Autorité de la concurrence has fined Apple €150,000,000 for abusing its dominant position in the sector" ☛ https://www.autoritedelaconcurrence.fr/en/press-release/targeted-advertising-autorite-de-la-concurrence-imposes-fine-eu150000000-apple |    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 07:55:20

• "When two Internet cables in the Baltic Sea were reported as broken last November, we turned to RIPE Atlas to examine the damage." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/emile-aben-how-the-internet-routed-around-damage-in-the-baltic-sea/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:00:22

• "I sat down at a cafe a few days ago, hungry and ready to order. But there were no menus at the tables - just a QR code on a hockey puck." ☛ https://www.joanwestenberg.com/im-tired-of-pretending-tech-is-making-the-world-better/ | Source: Westenberg    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:00:59

• turkey   

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:05:06

• "It added that Medin also facilitated communication between the PKK and the press." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-30/turkey-arrests-swedish-journalist-over-alleged-terrorist-connections-to-a-pro-kurdish-group | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:05:19

• "If justice is silent, the people will speak," one banner held aloft in the crowd read." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/turkey-istanbul-protests-2025-imamoglu-arrest-erdo%c4%9fan-rival/33363894.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:07:12

• "But how could you speak out loudly if you’re not an American citizen?" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/yale-professor-fascism-canada | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:07:41

• "When prompted for specific examples of Musk's misinformation, Grok cited his dissemination of false voter fraud allegations" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-chatbot-grok-just-labelled-elon-musk-top-misinformation-spreader-x-1732267 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:08:13

• "Among Canadians in Silicon Valley, the rift between the two nations is sparking a new kind of national pride, as well as a lot of uncertainty." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/canada-startups-silicon-valley-trump-annexation/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:08:42

• "The Trump mob has a bunch of crackpot theories." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/30/techbro-theories-of-everything/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:08:59

• "and upon inspection there was no damage to the aircraft" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kite-confiscated-apparently-hitting-united-plane-washington-area-rcna198742 | Source: NBC    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:09:47

• "Federal regulations prohibit kite-flying near an airport." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/united-airlines-kite-collision-washington-dc-b2724421.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:09:57

• "We’re proud that Raspberry Pi has been awarded the London Stock Exchange’s Green Economy Mark" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pis-prestigious-green-economy-mark-for-sustainable-practices/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:11:16

• "The truth, however, is much more interesting." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/the-signal-chat-leak-and-the-nsa.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:11:59

• "President Donald Trump gave TikTok a 75-day reprieve from the ban after he took office in January" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-banned-trump-map-countries-downloads-b2724441.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:12:19

• "Mind you, this is the same government that decided to sic the Department [sic] of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on all government agencies in search of fraud without a single forensic accountant to its name." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/privacy_dead_opinion/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:12:56

• "Trump is the realization of decades of warning about ubiquitous private and public surveillance – that someday, all of this surveillance would be turned to the systematic dismantling of human rights and punishing of dissent." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/31/madison-square-garden/#autocrats-of-trade | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:13:18

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.exponential-e.com/blog/3-million-fine-for-healthcare-msp-with-sloppy-security-after-it-was-hit-by-ransomware-attack | Source: Exponential-e Ltd    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:15:23

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/ransomware_crews_edr_killers/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:15:31

• "I think it will take decades to sort out the societal mess we've allowed BigTech to wreak on human affairs." ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/newcool/ | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:17:29

• "Bias has plagued generative AI systems since the release of the first text generators, followed by image generators." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/openai-sora-video-generator-bias/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:17:44

• "In an investigation of one such model, OpenAI's Sora, Wired found that the AI tool frequently perpetuated racist, sexist, and ableist stereotypes" ☛ https://futurism.com/openai-sora-racist-sexist | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:17:58

• "Now it's facing its toughest challenge yet in the form of CoreWeave, the AI processing company that went public on the stock market this week and the first all-AI startup to do so." ☛ https://futurism.com/ai-test-coreweave | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:18:10

• "Learning and management share a specific kind of feedback loop and with these videos where I’ve been getting into a new practice and figuring things out, those feedback loops have become a little bit more noticeable." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/feedback-loops-ai-learning/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:18:25

• "Microsoft has announced that it’s overhauling its Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error message in Windows 11." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/639445/microsoft-windows-bsod-black-new-design | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:21:16

• "I mention this story, because I feel like I’m seeing the same thing happening across the [Internet]." ☛ https://brandons-journal.com/is-anyone-else-tired-of-the-internet/ | Source: Brandon    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:22:02

• "The AI isn’t perfect, but it’s good enough to help a radiotherapist who knows what they’re doing. This is the sort of AI we want." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/31/uk-government-cuts-funds-for-actually-working-anti-cancer-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:22:16

• "Asked if their child has a computer or any other screens with access to the [Internet] that they use in their bedroom" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/stephen-graham-ipsos-netflix-ofsted-keir-starmer-b2724480.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:45:22

• Winner, Name that Ware February 2025 ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/winner-name-that-ware-february-2025/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:46:52

• "Every ending marks a new beginning, and today, is the beginning of a new chapter for me." ☛ https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/3/31/leaving/ | Source: Armin Ronacher    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:47:11

• "So here is a little Pythagorean Theorem problem. In the following right triangle, calculate C." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/april-fools-day-and-the-pythagorean-theorem/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:48:17

• "In the product world, we often try to reduce users down to a single persona – a representation of this users motivations." ☛ https://adamfortuna.com/multiple-persona-disorder | Source: Adam Fortuna    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:49:52

• "Doing all this reading and indexing I can't help but notice a trend: There are more "male" cards than "female" ones. There are more White European archetypes than persons of color." ☛ https://aartaka.me/tarot-biases.html | Source: Artyom Bologov    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:50:05

• "Blogging may seem old school in 2025 but it’s what feels comfortable. In an age of social media, video and algorithms I like to move slow, write what comes to mind and not be governed by what some big technology company wants me to see." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/03/31/why-i-still-post-to-my-blog-in-2025/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:50:17

• "WildFly is a cross-platform application server that provides tools for Java applications such as EJBs, JPA, Servlets, JAX-RS, Batch" ☛ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-wildfly-application-server-with-nginx-reverse-proxy-on-debian-12/ | Source: HowTo Forge    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:53:05

• "It happened to me last week while working on a workflow engine with a coworker. We were refactoring some of the code." ☛ https://ntietz.com/blog/pythons-shadowing-behavior-always-surprises-me/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:53:34

• "If you’re working on any sort of language learning application you might want a view showing text in two different languages: [...]" ☛ https://useyourloaf.com/blog/swiftui-accessibility-language/ | Source: Keith Harrison    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:53:58

• "Those whom the gods would send mad, they first teach recursion." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/03/pretty-print-html-using-php-8-4s-new-html-dom/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:54:08

• "We could (and have) come up with another twenty of these attributes." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/should-i-use-your-r-package/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 08:54:32

• Shotcut 25.03 Released with Smart Bin & New Filters ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/03/shotcut-25-03-released-with-smart-bin-new-filters/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:04:24

• Orange Pi RV RISC-V SBC with StarFive JH7110 SoC launched for $30 and up ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/01/orange-pi-rv-low-cost-risc-v-sbc-with-starfive-jh7110-soc/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:04:34

• svu is a small helper for release scripts and workflows ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/svu-is-a-small-helper-for-release-scripts-and-workflows/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:04:55

• Best Free and Open Source Software: March 2025 Updates ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software-march-2025-updates/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:06:02

• "One of the most immediate benefits I’ve noticed using Sveltia-CMS is how much it has streamlined the process of publishing content." ☛ https://abf.li/posts/thoughts-on-sveltia-cms/ | Source: Andre Franca    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:21:35

• "What a beautiful site, you might say. I'm sure it runs Hugo, you might add. WRONG!" ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/msite/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:21:43

• "The spotlight falls on Firefox’s newfound ability to automatically convert every detected link in a PDF into a clickable hyperlink." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/firefox-137-now-available-for-download/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:22:48

• ">I've been using wget for a long time now, which means that I've developed a lot of habits, reflexes and even little scripts around it." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/WgetToCurl | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:23:12

• "curl currently offers experimental support for HTTPS RR in git. Experimental means you need to enable it explicitly in the build to have it present." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/03/31/https-rr-in-curl/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:23:21

• GrapheneOS 2025 ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250331#grapheneos | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:25:53

• "This is a technique a friend of mine told me about where you put a polarizer on the light source" ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/name-that-ware-march-2025/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:26:35

• "Here she is at a local coffee shop after picking her up. Technically a hardware store that people in Sydney might recognise" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/i-n-now-have-a-commodore-116/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:27:01

• [Old] "With a range of 15 miles, if you have line-of-sight" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-challenger-rp2040-lora-revealed | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:27:18

• "Almost two months after its previous 3.9 release, Nitrux has just unveiled version 3.9.1 of its immutable Linux distribution, codenamed “mk”" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/nitrux-3-9-1-launches-with-kernel-6-13-and-fiery-web-browser/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:28:32

• "The Reproduce Debian effort use the same build inputs" ☛ https://blog.josefsson.org/2025/03/31/on-binary-distribution-rebuilds/ | Source: Simon Josefsson    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:28:40

• "CachyOS is a Linux distribution based on Arch Linux which focuses on speed and security optimisations." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12392 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:29:40

• "I think it is worth it, though. It all feels rock solid. Technology that is simple and boring in the best way possible. Something you can depend on." ☛ https://ewintr.nl/posts/2025/dipping-my-toes-in-openbsd-in-amsterdam/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:31:01

• "Laptop Sleep — Sleep using S0ix and s2idle low power states." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/february-2025-laptop-support-and-usability-project-update/ | Source: FreeBSD http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/06/FreeBSD_Foundation_is_Trying_to_Improve_Laptop_Support_But_It_H.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:31:35

• "In my journey to install and use the simple system with the good old software I encountered some problems." ☛ https://eugene-andrienko.com/en/it/2025/03/30/freebsd-pkgs-wout-unwanted-deps |    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:31:47

• [Old] "But this is what we like/needs in production : simplicity and stability !" ☛ https://aumont.fr/posts/FreeBSD-Home-Server/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:32:03

• "Instead, I’m going to attempt to explain a new approach here." ☛ https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/path-pruning/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:34:11

• "The gap capability in layout is — in my opinion — one of the most powerful capabilities CSS has added…ever." ☛ https://piccalil.li/links/minding-the-gaps-a-new-way-to-draw-separators-in-css/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:34:19

• [Old] "Many people advocate configuring packet filters with a mostly-closed policies that drop packets that they do not know to be safe." ☛ https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~peterb/network/drop-vs-reject | Source: Chiark    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:34:27

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: Rblpapi 0.3.15 on CRAN: Several Refinements ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/03/31#rblpapi_0.3.16    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:35:23

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

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:36:04

• How To Install OpenBoard on Fedora 41 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openboard-fedora-41/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:36:39

• Zorin OS (Linux) Ditches Firefox for Brave ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/zorin-os-linux-ditches-firefox-for    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:38:13

• After Duterte’s arrest, Philippine drug war victims face abuse and online falsehoods ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/after-dutertes-arrest-philippine-drug-war-victims-face-abuse-and-online-falsehoods    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:43:32

• Wrapping Up My SoK Journey ☞ https://shubshinde.bearblog.dev/wrapping-up-my-sok-journey/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:44:57

• Qt for MCUs 2.10 Out Now! ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-mcus-2.10-released-0    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:45:56

• Guido Fawkes owner Paul Staines pays £75,000 libel case costs to Dale Vince ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/dale-vince-libel-guido-fawkes/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:48:14

• New 'Half-Ice, Half-Fire' Phase of Matter Found Lurking in a Magnet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-half-ice-half-fire-phase-of-matter-found-lurking-in-a-magnet    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:50:37

• Protein That Calms Waking Hair Follicles Could Lead to Alopecia Treatment ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/protein-that-calms-waking-hair-follicles-could-lead-to-alopecia-treatment    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:50:53

• Wild New Study Suggests Buttholes Once Had a Very Different Purpose ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/wild-new-study-suggests-buttholes-once-had-a-very-different-purpose    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:51:08

• Einstein Didn't Think This Stunning Picture Was Possible. We're Glad He Was Wrong. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/einstein-didnt-think-this-stunning-picture-was-possible-were-glad-he-was-wrong    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:51:51

• Huge 56-Mile Particle Smasher Is Possible, Says CERN Report ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-56-mile-particle-smasher-is-possible-says-cern-report    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:52:12

• Holes in Desert Rocks May Have Been Left by Microbe Unlike Any Known ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/holes-in-desert-rocks-may-have-been-left-by-microbe-unlike-any-known    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:52:26

• Orcas Are Terrorizing Sharks, And The Consequences Could Be Profound ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/orcas-are-terrorizing-sharks-and-the-consequences-could-be-profound    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:53:07

• Rock Used as a Doorstop For Decades Found to Be Worth Over $1 Million ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/rock-used-as-a-doorstop-for-decades-found-to-be-worth-over-1-million    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:53:34

• NASA's Unexpected Discovery of The Largest Organics on Mars Explained ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-unexpected-discovery-of-the-largest-organics-on-mars-explained    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:53:46

• Firefox Developer Experience: Network override in Firefox DevTools ☞ https://fxdx.dev/network-override-in-firefox-devtools/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:57:25

• Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox DevTools Newsletter — 136 ☞ https://fxdx.dev/firefox-devtools-newsletter-136/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:58:20

• Raku Weekly 2025.13 A Component Journey ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/03/31/2025-13-a-component-journey/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 09:59:17

• Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox DevTools Newsletter — 135 ☞ https://fxdx.dev/firefox-devtools-newsletter-135/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:01:53

• Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: The OSI Does Not Respect Anybody's Privacy (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_The_OSI_Doe.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:23:49

• Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: The OSI Does Not Respect Anybody's Privacy ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_The_OSI_Doe.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:23:58

• Defending Your Organization Against Rage Farming ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/defending-your-organization-against-rage-farming/ "detect, neutralise and prevent coordinated misinformation attacks."    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:24:58

• 2nd European Congress on Disinformation and Fact-Checking – DisinfoCongress 2025 ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/2nd-european-congress-on-disinformation-and-fact-checking-disinfocongress-2025/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:25:28

• 17th Dubrovnik Media Days ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/17th-dubrovnik-media-days/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:26:03

• EPR Summer Course on European Platform Regulation 2025 ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/epr-summer-course-on-european-platform-regulation-2025/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:26:48

• Media & Learning 2025: Educational media that works ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/media-learning-2025-educational-media-that-works/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:27:06

• Cambridge Disinformation Summit 2025 ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/cambridge-disinformation-summit-2025/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:27:26

• France antitrust watchdog fines Fashion Company Apple $162M for violating privacy laws ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/france-antitrust-watchdog-fines-apple-162m-for-violating-privacy-laws/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:27:57

• Myanmar quake: economic losses from the disaster could exceed the nation's GDP ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250331-myanmar-quake-economic-losses-from-the-disaster-could-exceed-the-nation-s-gdp    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:32:54

• Mozilla Privacy Blog: Mozilla Mornings: Unleashing PETs – Regulating Online Ads for a Privacy-First Future ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/03/31/mozilla-mornings-unleashing-pets-regulating-online-ads-for-a-privacy-first-future/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:34:32

• CDT Spring Fling 2025 ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/cdt-spring-fling-2025/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:35:24

• Freedom Not Fear 2025 ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/freedom-not-fear-2025/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:35:56

• The future of public values in the algorithmic society ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/the-future-of-public-values-in-the-algorithmic-society/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:36:24

• How to run TRELLIS on RHEL with Podman ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/03/31/how-run-trellis-rhel-podman    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:37:04

• Digital Restrictions (DRM): YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Pandora Premium Subscriptions Flatlined in 2024 in the US, DMN Pro Data Reveals ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/31/dmn-pro-data-music-subscriptions-growth/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:37:55

• 3 Months in 2025, 4 Waves of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft, Now Offices Shut Down Permanently ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/01/3_Months_in_2025_4_Waves_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Now_Offic.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:38:54

• Techrights Headlines as Semaphore ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/01/Techrights_Headlines_as_Semaphore.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:39:02

• The LLM Bubble is About to Implode, Gimmicks and Financial Shell Games Cannot Prevent That, Only Delay It ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/30/The_LLM_Bubble_is_About_to_Implode_Gimmicks_and_Financial_Shell.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:39:10

• Link between institutional abuse, Swiss jurists, Debianism and FSFE ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Link_between_institutional_abuse_Swiss_jurists_Debianism_and_FS.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:39:21

• Law Firms Can Also Lose Their Licence for Clearly Misusing It ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/Law_Firms_Can_Also_Lose_Their_Licence_for_Clearly_Misusing_It.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:39:34

• R.T.O. at I.C.B.M. in Texas and Atlanta (State of Georgia) Expected as "Soft Layoffs" Catalyst This Coming Year ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/R_T_O_at_IBM_in_Texas_and_Atlanta_State_of_Georgia_Expected_as_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:39:45

• The UK Government Wouldn’t Ban Smartphones in Schools. These Parents Stepped Up. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/world/europe/smartphone-ban-schools-uk-childhood.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 10:58:14

• Late Night Linux – Episode 327 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-327/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:01:11

• Geniatech APC680 Edge Hey Hi (AI) and TV Box is powered by Synaptics VS680 Hey Hi (AI) SoC with 7.9 TOPS NPU ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/31/geniatech-apc680-edge-ai-tv-box-is-powered-by-synaptics-vs680-ai-soc-with-7-9-tops-npu/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:03:39

• Bosnian Serb Leader Announces Arrival In Moscow Days After Court Requests Arrest Warrant ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-dodik-russia-moscow-putin-constitution-arrest-warrant/33365820.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:04:08

• $3,000 awarded in second Cloud-Native Heroes Challenge on PATROLL ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/3/31/3000-awarded-in-second-cloud-native-heroes-challenge-on-patroll    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:04:35

• Putin Keeps Pushing, With Convicted Felon and in Ukraine War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/world/europe/putin-trump-russia-ukraine.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:05:05

• 50 Years of Sabotage and a Gut Punch to Computer Science (and Science in General) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/01/50_Years_of_Sabotage_and_a_Gut_Punch_to_Computer_Science_and_Sc.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:05:14

• "prevents Ukraine deal" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/31/trump-says-he-s-pissed-off-at-putin-and-threatens-russian-oil-tariffs-if-moscow-prevents-ukraine-deal | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:08:00

• "Putin envoy says U.S. and Russia discussing their own rare earth metals projects" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/31/putin-envoy-says-u-s-and-russia-discussing-rare-earth-metals-projects | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:08:45

• "The aftermath of deadly Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/31/putin-couldn-t-care-less-about-diplomacy | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:09:03

• "Putin calls up 160,000 men in largest conscription campaign in 14 years" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/01/putin-drafts-160-000-men-in-largest-conscription-campaign-in-14-years | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:09:30

• Rīga Wagner Theater hoped to be finished by 2028 ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/31.03.2025-riga-wagner-theater-hoped-to-be-finished-by-2028.a593592/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:09:52

• US-Based Fentanylware (TikTok) Will Have New Owner By This Weekend, According to Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/31/tiktok-new-owner-this-weekend/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:10:23

• As Fentanylware (TikTok) ban looms, Substack launches short video content ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/31/tiktok-ban-looms-substack-launches-short-video-content/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:10:45

• The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 230: Aengus Bridgman on the 2025 Federal Election, Social Media Platforms, and Misinformation ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/03/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-230-aengus-bridgman-on-the-2025-federal-election-social-media-platforms-and-misinformation/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:22:32

• Latvian-made 'land drones' to expand production ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/01.04.2025-latvian-made-land-drones-to-expand-production.a593696/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:23:02

• European parliamentary speakers demand Russia be held to account ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/31.03.2025-european-parliamentary-speakers-demand-russia-be-held-to-account.a593689/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:23:51

• Diplomacy is the newest front in the Russia-Ukraine war ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/diplomacy-is-the-newest-front-in-the-russia-ukraine-war/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:25:44

• 'The Master and Margarita': Highly successful Russian film takes aim at regime ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20250331-the-master-and-margarita-highly-successful-russian-film-takes-aim-at-regime    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:25:56

• Russia may deploy more troops near Baltic states following Ukraine truce – FT ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2525159/russia-may-deploy-more-troops-near-baltic-states-following-ukraine-truce-ft    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:27:40

• Monday Briefing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/briefing/myanmar-quake-ukraine.html "An earthquake’s devastation in Myanmar."    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:28:05

• Zelensky begins preparing for elections in Ukraine ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/31/zelensky-begins-preparing-for-elections-eyes-summer-timeline-the-economist | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:28:24

• Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. on fears of deportation under Trump ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/31/we-have-nothing-to-return-to | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:29:05

• Russian passport ads target people in Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2525103/russian-passport-ads-target-people-in-lithuania    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:29:44

• A NATO Plane Tracks and Dodges Russia in the Baltic Sea ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/world/europe/nato-baltic-sentry-russia.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:29:58

• A Mystery in the Baltic Sea ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010066448/a-mystery-in-the-baltic-sea.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:30:10

• Lithuania to auction off seized Belarusian vehicles ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2525345/lithuania-to-auction-off-seized-belarusian-vehicles    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:35:06

• Advice for technical newsletter writers ☞ https://rubenerd.com/advice-for-technical-newsletters-and-announcements/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:40:32

• SuperTuxKart is moving to Godot ☞ https://blog.supertuxkart.net/2025/03/supertuxkart-is-moving-to-godot.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:41:06

• LibreOffice Conference 2025: Location proposals ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/31/libreoffice-conference-2025-location-proposals/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:45:06

• Should Taxpayer Money Fund Open Source? ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/should-taxpayer-money-fund-open-source    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:45:43

• Hong Kong Police Force No 2 Joe Chow to take helm as Raymond Siu retires – report ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/31/hong-kong-police-force-no-2-joe-chow-to-take-helm-on-tuesday-as-raymond-siu-retires-report/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:47:10

• On brightness, and calibrating your displays ☞ https://zamundaaa.github.io/colormanagement/2025/03/31/about-brightness.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:48:04

• Say goodbye to Microsoft Windows 11 and hello to Nitrux Linux 3.9.1 https://betanews.com/2025/03/31/say-goodbye-to-microsoft-windows-11-and-hello-to-nitrux-linux-3-9-1/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:51:53

• NASA Astronauts Speak for First Time After 9-Month Stay in Space at ISS ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/science/nasa-astronauts-stuck-space-press-conference.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:55:29

• The intimate Dutch portrait that poses galactic questions ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/03/30/intimate-dutch-portrait/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:56:08

• Mass surveillance in "Health" clothing ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2525483/lithuania-rolls-out-e-health-app    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:57:16

• Junk food ban goes into effect in Mexican schools ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/junk-food-ban-mexican-schools-students-health/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:57:51

• At the VA, modernizing healthcare delivery rests in patient’s control of their data ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2025/03/at-the-va-modernizing-healthcare-delivery-rests-in-patients-control-of-their-data/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:58:24

• Latvia continues looking for cause of E. coli outbreak ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/01.04.2025-latvia-continues-looking-for-cause-of-e-coli-outbreak.a593691/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:58:37

• South Korea’s President Will Learn His Fate on Friday ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-impeach-court.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:58:58

• Landmark war in South Korea’s Myeongdong: Lotte, Shinsegae face off in flagship showdown ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/landmark-war-in-south-koreas-myeongdong-lotte-shinsegae-face-off-in-flagship-showdown    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 11:59:50

• Korean man leaps across Bangkok condo’s damaged sky bridge during quake to seek family ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bangkok-earthquake-korean-man-leaps-across-condos-damaged-sky-bridge-to-seek-wife-kid    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:00:24

• South Korea’s wildfire-devastated ecosystem may take a century to recover ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-wildfire-devastated-ecosystem-may-take-century-to-recover    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:00:48

• South Korea Constitutional Court to rule on President Yoon’s impeachment on April 4 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-constitutional-court-to-rule-on-yoons-impeachment-on-april-4    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:01:03

• The North Korea worker problem is bigger than you think ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/north-korea-technical-workers-full-time-jobs/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:01:28

• "Of course, it’s true; H-1Bs are notoriously cheaper and slaves of the sweatshop; with the immigration system, they have a “rope around their neck”; so that reason , they don’t get laid off" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqq6s93y    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:04:07

• Microsoft Shutters Shanghai Lab In Latest China Pullback https://www.silicon.co.uk/cloud/ai/microsoft-shanghai-lab-606275    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:11:08

• Microsoft closes Shanghai AI lab, marking pullback in China https://www.techinasia.com/microsoft-closes-shanghai-ai-lab-marking-pullback-china    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:11:58

• Microsoft: our layoffs are TRENDY... because they are HEY HI    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:22:21

• In 2025 Microsoft has over a wave of layoffs (on average) per month. That's worse than prior years.    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:23:18

• Microsoft marketing in movie form gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2025/04/3-increasingly-anti-corporate-takes-on-the-minecraft-movie.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:25:54

• 🔤SpellBinding — YGHKMNA Wordo: MOUSE gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-01.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:26:26

• "I was dicking around on my Pinephone and decided to go into the Games part of the software center" gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250331-unciv.txt    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:28:13

• 23 South Africans forced to work as cyber criminals rescued from Myanmar ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/23-south-africans-forced-to-work-as-cyber-criminals-rescued-from-myanmar/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:34:05

• Iran will have 'no choice' but to get nukes if attacked, says Khamenei adviser ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250401-iran-will-have-no-choice-but-to-get-nukes-if-attacked-khamenei-adviser-usa-trump-nuclear-weapons-deal-bombing-threats    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:39:09

• South Sudan: peace on brink of collapse as crisis deepens ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250331-south-sudan-peace-on-brink-of-collapse-as-crisis-deepens    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:39:53

• Former Hong Kong exam official accused of spreading rumours about student’s death during China exchange trip ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/01/former-hong-kong-exam-official-accused-of-spreading-rumours-about-students-death-during-china-exchange-trip/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:40:49

• Lithuania faces cybersecurity specialist shortage amid rising threats ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2522903/lithuania-faces-cybersecurity-specialist-shortage-amid-rising-threats    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:41:25

• Backdoor in the Backplane. Doing IPMI security better ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/backdoor-in-the-backplane-doing-ipmi-security-better/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:42:21

• Preparing for the EU Radio Equipment Directive security requirements ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/preparing-for-the-eu-radio-equipment-directive-security-requirements/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:43:47

• Southport knife attack misinformation due to police PR secrecy say crime journalists ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/southport-knife-attack-misinformation-due-to-police-pr-secrecy-say-crime-journalists/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:44:37

• Safety at the top of the world ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0331/Safety-at-the-top-of-the-world    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:45:32

• The future of global energy policy is abundance ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/the-future-of-global-energy-policy-is-abundance/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:48:33

• Counterfeit currency still at 'insignificant' level in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/31.03.2025-counterfeit-currency-still-at-insignificant-level-in-latvia.a593575/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:49:33

• UPC is illegal; its very existence should have been challenged in this case ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/nokia-and-amazon-sign-agreement-settling-global-patent-dispute/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/25/Roku_Will_Lead_Attempts_to_Abolish_the_Illegal_and_Unconstituti.shtml Nokia has staff as "judges"!!!!    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:51:13

• Empire IP entity, Fleet Connect, Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/3/31/empire-ip-entity-fleet-connect-wi-fi-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:51:42

• Kangaroos of the EPO at it again,. pretending they're not indebted to the corrupt dictator ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/03/31/g1-24-hearing-primacy-of-the-claims-vs-the-diamond-test/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:53:05

• The WTO dispute between China and EU over Chinese SEPs global rate-setting ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/03/31/the-wto-dispute-between-china-and-eu-over-chinese-seps-global-rate-setting/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:55:11

• En Banc: Lesko v. US and the Future of Agency Deference Post-Loper Bright ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/03/future-agency-deference.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:55:34

• Diamond Art Club Challenges USPTO’s Mass Termination of Chinese-Origin Applications in Federal Court ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/03/challenges-termination-applications.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:56:02

• ESP LowCode Matter splits system and application firmware for simpler ESP32 device development ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/01/esp-lowcode-matter-splits-system-and-application-firmware-for-simpler-esp32-device-development/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:57:11

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RProtoBuf 0.4.24 on CRAN: Minor Polish ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/03/31#rprotobuf_0.4.24    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 12:58:31

• "A great many PlayStation 2 games were coded in C++, and there are homebrew SDKs that let you work in C. However, precious little software for the platform was ever created in Golang. [Ricardo] decided this wouldn’t do, and set about making the language work with Sony’s best-selling console of all time." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/31/golang-on-the-ps2/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 13:00:10

• New book launches on Kickstarter tomorrow, but no title yet? ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24038    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 13:00:46

• Malaysian cannon firing tradition heralds start of Eid al-Fitr ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/malaysian-cannon-firing-tradition-heralds-start-of-eid-al-fitr    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 13:06:34

• 33 hurt in massive inferno spotted near Subang, Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/massive-inferno-spotted-near-subang-malaysia    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 13:07:06

• 2 more months till 21 years http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/15-Year-Anniversary-Party-for-Tux-Machines    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:10:45

• How a 43-port business deal threatens China’s global power ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0331/china-ports-deal-panama-global    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:48:09

• What Malaysia can do to align with Washington’s chip export curbs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/what-malaysia-can-do-to-align-with-washingtons-chip-export-curbs    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:48:21

• China says crew members are safe after suspected piracy kidnapping on Ghanaian vessel ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-says-crew-members-are-safe-after-suspected-piracy-kidnapping-on-ghanaian-vessel    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:48:51

• China, Japan, South Korea to jointly respond to US tariffs: Chinese state media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-japan-south-korea-will-jointly-respond-to-us-tariffs-chinese-state-media-says    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:49:09

• China warns Taiwan independence ‘means war’ as launches drills around island ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-launches-military-exercises-around-taiwan    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:49:25

• China warns Taiwan independence ‘means war’ as launches drills around island ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-launches-military-exercises-around-taiwan    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:50:13

• China claims discovery of 100 million-ton oilfield in South China Sea ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/03/31/south-china-sea-oil-field/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:50:37

• Seniors with HIV: A ticking time bomb for China ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/03/31/china-aging-population-hiv-public-health/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:50:53

• Pentagon chief says US will ensure ‘robust, credible deterrence’ across Taiwan Strait ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/31/pentagon-chief-says-us-will-ensure-robust-credible-deterrence-across-taiwan-strait/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:51:09

• "minerals deal" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/31/trump-says-zelensky-trying-to-back-out-of-minerals-deal-and-warns-of-big-problems-if-he-does | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:51:26

• Ukraine now receives open and potent threats from the US, not just Russia. To aliens watching from the outside it may look like USSR and USSA are the same nation, split apart by a narrow sea near the pole. Apparently Canada is the "enemy" now and Greenland gets in the way of USSR/A unification across the Atlantic.    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:53:23

• A SNES CPU Replacement Via FPGA ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/31/a-snes-cpu-replacement-via-fpga/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:53:55

• Building A Sliding Tile Clock ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/31/building-a-sliding-tile-clock/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:56:07

• Stephane Graber: Announcing Incus 6.11 ☞ https://stgraber.org/2025/03/31/announcing-incus-6-11/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:58:24

• Mozilla Firefox 137 Is Now Available with HEVC Playback Support on GNU/Linux ☞ https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-137-is-now-available-with-hevc-playback-support-on-linux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:58:43

• Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 885 ☞ https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/03/31/welcome-to-the-ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-885/ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/03/31/welcome-to-the-ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-885/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 14:59:50

• "Here’s How Investigative Journalists Do It." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-government-waste-fraud-approach | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:01:25

• Cancel your DRM spreader Netflix subscription ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/film/cancel-your-netflix-subscription/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:01:48

• ‘Crocodilus’ Android Banking Trojan Allows Device Takeover, Data Theft ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/crocodilus-android-banking-trojan-allows-device-takeover-data-theft/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:02:21

• Spectrometer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/31/software-hacks-unlock-cheap-spectrometer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:02:51

• Apache Camel Exploit Attempt by Vulnerability Scan (CVE-2025-27636, CVE-2025-29891), (Mon, Mar 31st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31814    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:08:58

• Threat Actors Deploy WordPress Malware in ‘mu-plugins’ Directory ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/threat-actors-deploy-wordpress-malware-in-mu-plugins-directory/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:09:46

• CISA Analyzes Malware Used in Ivanti Zero-Day Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-analyzes-malware-used-in-ivanti-connect-secure-zero-day-attacks/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:11:09

• Cisco Talos report finds identity-based attacks drove majority of cyber incidents in 2024 ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/31/cisco-talos-report-finds-identity-based-attacks-drove-majority-cyber-incidents-2024/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:13:46

• Joint statement: Myanmar must lift internet restrictions following devastating earthquake ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/call-for-lifting-of-internet-restrictions-myanmar/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:14:28

• Levitating Lego Generator Runs On Air ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/31/levitating-lego-generator-runs-on-air/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:16:04

• A Music Box Commanded By NFC Tags ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/31/a-music-box-commanded-by-nfc-tags/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:16:33

• Reach CEO Jim Mullen steps down with immediate effect ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/reach-ceo-jim-mullen-piers-north/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:26:07

• OpenAI to launch its first ‘open-weights’ model since 2019 ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/31/openai-launch-first-open-weights-model-since-2019/ the latest Microsoft openwashing http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/09/fossda-open-weights/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:31:25

• "I am about 15 minutes from the office when there is no traffic (11am). Most IBM managers stated that IBM is not even able to collect badge in information. And IBM will certainly not spend any $$$ to fix that. So, I am thinking about stopping going to the office altogether." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqps1h08    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:38:25

• "Let’s get the stock price to $300 please. If it is needed to layoff 20K more, let’s go!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqpx9p03    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:39:34

• "Krabanaugh said the quiet part out loud at an all hands meeting when he mentioned $300 a share ... That f@t d00fus was gifted 37 million dollars of Stock in January at 254 a share ." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqpx9p03    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:40:01

• "H1Bs are the new slaves of America. Most of them are Indians and mistreated here in the US by other Indians, their masters (managers). It is just another implementation of their stupid cast system!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqq6s93y    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:41:13

• "I know more than a few Indians on H1B, while they are grateful to be here in the US because life is a lot better than in India, they are suffering greatly because they are abused at work." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqq6s93y    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:41:19

• "And his top Pipmunk bootlicker Krabanaugh. He’s totally useless . He’s a glorified bean counter . Always telling people to learn new stuff while the threat of the figurative axe swings . He gets 37 million in stock. Ever hear him talk ? He sounds like a bumbling Idi0t" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqq6s93y    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:42:15

• "wrong, ibm on a resume is not good. speaking from experience 100+ applications" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq79tj52    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:43:15

• "I’ve seen it in the Atlanta office. They call it Break Room Badging. Is there an IBM Education badge for that ? Maybe Krabanaugh can make it a new skill for T&O" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqps1h08    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:45:00

• On criminal justice, Pierre Poilievre offers punishment as safety ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/on-criminal-justice-pierre-poilievre-offers-punishment-as-safety/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:47:26

• Minnesota Student Detained by ICE Was Not an Activist, Lawsuit Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/minnesota-student-immigration-arrest.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:49:27

• Democrats Sue Convicted Felon Over Executive Order on Elections ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/politics/trump-executive-order-elections-lawsuit.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:49:43

• Oracle denies cloud breach, while researchers point to credible indicators ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/31/oracle-denies-cloud-breach-researchers-point-credible-indicators/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:50:11

• US Homeland Security Secretary meets with Sheinbaum, says ‘much work’ needed on border issues ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-meets-sheinbaum-mexico/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:51:02

• 170,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Chord Specialty Dental Partners ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/170000-impacted-by-data-breach-at-chord-specialty-dental-partners/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:51:50

• Hacker Leaks Samsung Customer Data ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hacker-leaks-samsung-customer-data/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:52:14

• Kaidan 0.12.1: Voice Message and Password Change Fixes ☞ https://kaidan.im/2025/03/29/kaidan-0.12.1/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:53:12

• xAI Acquires X in [scammy] Deal — But the Social Platform Is Still Grappling With Music Publishers’ Infringement Suit ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/31/xai-x-purchase/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/30/The_LLM_Bubble_is_About_to_Implode_Gimmicks_and_Financial_Shell.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:56:16

• Zink Is Zero Ink — Sort Of ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/31/zink-is-zero-ink-sort-of/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:56:44

• Slowing BEAD to Speed Up Satellites: Evaluating Trade-Offs in Rural Connectivity ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/slowing-bead-to-speed-up-satellites/ Microsoft intruded https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:57:57

• Privileged Conversations | April 2025 ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/privileged-conversations-april-2025/ Microsoft monopoly in "diversity" clothing https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:58:55

• TTABlog Test: Is MUSH Generic for Oat-Based Cereals? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/03/ttablog-test-is-mush-generic-for-oat.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 15:59:52

• SparkFun Air Quality PM1/PM2.5/PM10 Sensor features Bosch’s BMV080, the world’s smallest particulate matter sensor ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/31/sparkfun-air-quality-pm1-pm2-5-pm10-sensor-features-boschs-bmv080-the-worlds-smallest-particulate-matter-sensor/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:02:16

• The Signal Chat Leak and the NSA ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/the-signal-chat-leak-and-the-nsa.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:02:54

• Tourists and locals enjoy ‘ephemeral’ Tokyo cherry blossoms ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/tourists-and-locals-enjoy-ephemeral-tokyo-cherry-blossoms    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:07:05

• World Backup Day is upon us    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:07:36

• Hong Kong breast milk bank begins 2nd phase of service: distributing donated milk to neonatal intensive care units ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/31/hong-kong-breast-milk-bank-begins-2nd-phase-of-service-distributing-donated-milk-to-neonatal-intensive-care-units/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:14:19

• Apple Patches Everything: March 31st 2025 Edition, (Mon, Mar 31st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31816 https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:15:05

• Winner, Name that Ware February 2025 ☞ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/winner-name-that-ware-february-2025/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:16:44

• ESP32-S3 Smart Audio devkit integrates 1.8-inch round touch LCD, microphone, optional battery and speaker box ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/31/esp32-s3-smart-audio-devkit-integrates-1-8-inch-round-touch-lcd-microphone-optional-battery-and-speaker-box/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:17:27

• Don’t Forget the Meta Theme-Color Tag ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/dont-forget-meta-theme-color/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:19:57

• Why is X suing the Indian govt over censorship? MElon’s heft within US administration could play a part ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/why-is-x-suing-the-indian-govt-over-censorship-musks-heft-within-us-administration-could-play-a-part    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:20:23

• A Quarter-Billion Dollars for Defamation: Inside Greenpeace’s Huge Loss ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/climate/greenpeace-energy-transfer-dakota-access-defamation-verdict.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:21:09

• New Evidence Details Credible Fear of Return for Individuals Detained and Expelled from the United States to Panama ☞ https://phr.org/news/new-evidence-details-credible-fear-of-return-for-individuals-detained-and-expelled-from-the-united-states-to-panama/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:22:48

• Recapping PIMF Malaysia: 11 views on Internet Resilience ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/01/recapping-pimf-malaysia-11-views-on-internet-resilience/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:23:22

• dated carbon ☞ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/dated-carbon    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:26:07

• Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute 2025 ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute-2025/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:27:14

• Disinformation in Belgium and Luxembourg: EDMO BELUX 2.0 Workshop & Networking Event ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/disinformation-in-belgium-and-luxembourg-edmo-belux-2-0-workshop-networking-event/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:27:38

• CIR Open Source Film Awards 2025 ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/cir-open-source-film-awards-2025/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:28:13

• Israeli airstrike targeting Hezbollah militant kills three in Beirut ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250401-israel-says-targeted-hezbollah-militant-in-airstrike-on-southern-beirut    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:29:21

• Israel’s Military Says It Struck Beirut’s Suburbs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/world/middleeast/israel-strike-lebanon-beirut.html    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:29:33

• UK's Starmer calls for coordinated fight against people smugglers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/uks-starmer-calls-for-coordinated-fight-against-people-smugglers    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:30:15

• Myanmar earthquake: Hong Kong deploys 51 search and rescue specialists, donates HK$30m to relief effort ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/31/myanmar-earthquake-hong-kong-deploys-51-search-and-rescue-specialists-donates-hk30m-to-relief-effort/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:30:32

• Kaidan 0.12.2: Message Removal and Bubble Fixes ☞ https://kaidan.im/2025/03/30/kaidan-0.12.2/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:32:10

• Efinix Titanium Ti180 FPGA Delivers Embedded LPDDR4x Memory and Expanded I/O ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/efinix-titanium-ti180-fpga-delivers-embedded-lpddr4x-memory-and-expanded-i-o/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:32:58

• Developer Revives Iconic Desktop Weather App for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/developer-revives-iconic-desktop-weather-app-for-linux    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:33:20

• How to add and automount a hard disk in GNU/Linux using KDE Partition Manager ☞ https://linuxbsdos.com/2025/03/31/add-automount-hard-disk-linux-using-kde-partition-manager/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:34:38

• April 1st on the WWW stopped being a prankfest when 365 days a year INTENTIONALLY fake news on the Web became a REAL and RAMPANT thing    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:35:38

• Add and automount a hard disk in GNU/Linux using GNOME Disks ☞ https://linuxbsdos.com/2025/03/31/add-automount-hard-disk-linux-gnome-disks/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:35:45

• Makulu Fences – Work in Progress… ☞ http://www.makululinux.com/wp/2025/03/31/makulu-fences-work-in-progress/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:40:41

• Akamai Will Host kernel.org ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Akamai-Will-Host-kernel.org    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:46:52

• The Cool Desktop Weather Widget “Typhoon” Revived ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/03/cool-desktop-weather-widget-typhoon-revived/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:48:56

• LLM Slop Piggybacking News About GNU/Linux and Distorting It ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/31/LLM_Slop_Piggybacking_News_About_GNU_Linux_and_Distorting_It.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:49:10

• Your GNU/Linux gaming rig just got a serious boost with CachyOS's latest update ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/your-linux-gaming-rig-just-got-a-serious-boost-with-cachyoss-latest-update/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:49:54

• 7 Best Free and Open Source Restic Front-Ends ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-restic-front-ends/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:51:15

• ddrescueview examines ddrescue’s mapfiles ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ddrescueview-examines-ddrescue-mapfiles/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:52:13

• kew adds internet radio support ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kew-adds-internet-radio-support/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:52:38

• Notes from March 2025 ☞ https://evanhahn.com/notes-from-march-2025/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 16:55:03

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1015968/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:18:54

• Alternatives to popular CLI tools: dd ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-dd/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:21:11

• 8 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Guitar Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/guitartools/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:21:45

• concurrently lets you run multiple commands concurrently ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/concurrently-lets-you-run-multiple-commands-concurrently/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:21:52

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

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:22:12

• How to Get a Cheatsheet for Any Command in the Linux Terminal https://www.howtogeek.com/get-a-cheatsheet-for-any-command-in-linux-terminal/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:33:46

• 5 ways Hyprland transformed how I use my Linux laptop https://www.xda-developers.com/how-hyprland-improved-my-laptop-workflow/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:34:32

• "It probably comes as no surprise that, despite most computers having access to fabulous games, many people still enjoy the pure simplicity of classic pack-in Windows games like Solitaire." https://www.howtogeek.com/native-linux-games-to-replace-windows-classics/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:35:05

• 7 Things Nobody Tells You About Dual Booting Linux and Windows https://www.howtogeek.com/things-nobody-tells-you-about-dual-booting-linux-and-windows/    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:36:43

• "You see, Windows has a particularly self-centered approach to installation. It assumes itself to be the only operating system on your computer and overwrites any existing boot managers without asking."    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:37:24

• 🎮 klonoa door to phantomile - ps1 (8/10): apr 01, 2025 gemini://angelai.smol.pub/21    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:40:15

• "more ps1 games!! i wanna play parasite eve and the classics like resident evil and silent hill - can you believe i've never played these before?? (apart from the original silent hill 2!!)" gemini://angelai.smol.pub/22    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:41:07

• My Untitled Portuguese poetry gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2559    

posted Tuesday, April 01, 2025 at 17:41:40

• "Back to Cash: Life Without Money in Your Pocket is Not the Utopia Sweden Hoped" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/31/1218257    

posted Wednesday, April 02, 2025 at 00:57:24