Roy Schestowitz

• Michael Meeks: 2025-04-01 Tuesday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-04-01.html Michael Meeks: 2025-04-02 Wednesday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-04-02.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:17:10

• "Patent Moot Court" ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/annual-patent-competition.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:18:03

• Software Patent/s: CAFC Partially Revives Patent Owner’s Suit Against GoDaddy.com ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/04/03/cafc-partially-revives-patent-owners-suit-godaddy-com/id=187835/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:18:42

• UPC is illegal and unconstitutional; they need to make a motion to throw it out completely, it ought not even exist is laws still exist☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/upc-grants-fujifilm-and-hoyng-rokh-monegier-injunction-against-kodak/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:19:51

• Making things artificially more expensive, using patents whose validity isn't even being checked ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/cross-licence-agreement-ends-global-dispute-between-ericsson-lenovo/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:20:54

• With the Worst U.S. Stock Market In Years, Try Some Old-Fashioned Investments ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/business/stock-market-investing-retirement-pain-stocks-bonds.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:21:22

• Snake-oil combined with buzzwords like Hey Hi (AI) https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai-lie-detector-how-halloumis-open-source-approach-to-hallucination-could-unlock-enterprise-ai-adoption/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:22:50

• The Good News Train: Week 14, 2025 ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-good-news-train-week-14-2025/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:24:11

• Tariffs News Highlights: Tariffs Send Wall Street Tumbling to Worst Day Since Pandemic ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/03/business/trump-tariffs    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:26:33

• BSD Now 605: Fediverse Weather Service ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/605    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:28:31

• "The latest episode talks about SILLIAC, a computer similar to ILLIAC built for the University of Sydney in the late 1950s." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/australias-silliac-computer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:29:43

• TikTok Sale Looks Highly Imminent: VP Vance Says a Fentanylware (TikTok) Deal Will Happen Before This Weekend ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/03/vp-vance-on-tiktok-deal-before-this-weekend/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:31:00

• Deal to find buyer for Fentanylware (TikTok) ‘very close,’ says The Insurrectionist ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/04/deal-to-find-buyer-for-tiktok-very-close-says-us-pres-donald-trump/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:31:08

• With Fentanylware (TikTok) Deadline Looming, Details of a Potential Deal Emerge ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/business/tiktok-sale-ban-deadline.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:31:15

• Microsoft employees protest at 50th anniversary party over Israel contract https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/microsoft-employees-protest-at-50th-anniversary-party-over-israel-contract-125040500098_1.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:33:00

• IBM "Have to pay for Softlayer some how. Need to send the jobs to India where it's cheaper" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jr0pvzbx    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:34:58

• "Won't be surprised if Alvind opens a 2nd CHQ in India. IBM Indian Business Mafia. AI Always India or Alvinds India." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:35:23

• "This is obviously going to hurt. Today, IBM claims to be an AI company. It isn't. Before that, IBM claimed to be a Cloud company. It wasn't. (And now IBM has abandoned that pretense altogether.) IBM lives and dies with Z. It's really hard to get off Z but it is not impossible." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jr0prmfr    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:35:59

• "We shall have to see what happens but if any of the many Chinese bank Z customers can get out from this choke hold, they will have demonstrated a way forward for all Z customers. The Chinese have the will and the means and the way to break any Z dependence they may have."    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:36:41

• Teardown Of A Scam Ultrasonic Cleaner ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/teardown-of-a-scam-ultrasonic-cleaner/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:37:55

• Openwashing ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2025/mirantis-donates-two-open-source-projects-to-cncf/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:38:38

• Navalny Ally Volkov Says Father's House Raided In Russia By FSB ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/police-raid-leonid-volkov-father-russia-opposition-zhdanov-navalny/33372701.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:38:54

• Call for papers for OSS Europe, ELC Europe, Zephyr Developer Summit: until April 14 ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/call-for-papers-for-oss-europe-elc-europe-zephyr-developer-summit-until-april-14/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:40:03

• "Currently, the world's largest blueberry-producing nation is Chile. Chile's rise to blueberry dominance is a relatively new phenomenon, however. For my entire childhood, the world's largest blueberry-producing governmental unit was Van Buren County, Michigan. Van Buren County, Michigan is still the world's #2 blueberry-producing governmental unit." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-04-04    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:45:59

• "Last year, my wife and I visited EPCOT park at Walt Disney World. The park has a ride called "Living With the Land" that showcases research and innovations in sustainable agriculture. Visitors can purchase an additional in-depth tour called "Behind the Seeds," and decided to give it a try." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202504/20250404-moving-plants.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:46:38

• Why I’m Saying No to Smartwatches gemini://rohitfarmer.com/gemlog/2025/2025-04-04-saying-no-to-smartwatches.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:47:05

• "Usually folks are neck deep in a disk array failure when they start asking for help. Something to do before any disks fail is to record the disk labels and partition details somewhere, ideally via a cron job (@reboot, for instance, and then maybe weekly?) and ideally so that this data is backed up somewhere else." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/04/04/raid-hygiene.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:47:38

• "This is the fourth blog post about the f3s series for self-hosting demands in a home lab. f3s? The "f" stands for FreeBSD, and the "3s" stands for k3s, the Kubernetes distribution used on FreeBSD-based physical machines." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:48:20

• "Randomly chosen images from Geminispace" gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-05.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:48:55

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1255.jpg    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:49:52

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1605.jpg    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:49:57

• Wardrobe is a GNOME customization tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wardrobe-gnome-customization-tool/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:51:14

• Escritoire creates standards-compliant letters ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/escritoire-creates-standards-compliant-letters/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:51:41

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Progress Chef ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-progress-chef/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:51:49

• The Weird Way A DEC Alpha Boots ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/the-weird-way-a-dec-alpha-boots/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:56:59

• coreboot 25.03 has been released! ☞ https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2025/04/03/coreboot-25-03-has-been-released/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:57:25

• Seeed Studio XIAO 7.5″ ePaper panel supports ESPHome firmware, Arduino programming ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/04/seeed-studio-xiao-7-5-epaper-panel-supports-esphome-firmware-arduino-programming/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:58:37

• Why FOSS OSes often don't have power management as good as proprietary ones ☞ https://liam-on-linux.dreamwidth.org/94479.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 05:59:34

• statcounter 'stepped in' where many other surveys shut down. statcounter isn't that good, it's just a little better than nothing at all.    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 06:54:23

• ...started day with good news, including epo material. got some epo leaks, saving for later... for more impact. OSI series to resume this weekend as well.    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 07:43:31

• "My absolute favourite auto-battler Mechabellum will have a Free Weekend starting later today, it's one you definitely have to try as the battles just look awesome." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/awesome-auto-battler-mechabellum-gets-a-free-weekend-discount-and-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 09:42:32

• "Pixel Perfect Dude has announced that their racing game #DRIVE Rally will be leaving Early Access on April 16." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/drive-rally-leaves-early-access-on-april-16-with-linux-support-and-steam-deck-verified/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 09:42:47

• "Mesa 25.0.3 has arrived as the latest bug-fix release for open source Linux graphics drivers, bringing a bunch of fixes across different drivers and some game fixes are included too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-25-0-3-graphics-drivers-released-with-numerous-bug-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 09:43:27

• "Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for April 4th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/everything-to-grab-from-prime-gaming-april-4th-edition-for-steam-deck-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 09:43:56

• "Like your RPGs a little on the weird side? Oddventure from developer Infamous Rabbit that's inspired by and blending a little Alice in Wonderland and EarthBound has finally entered Early Access." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/oddventure-blends-alice-in-wonderland-and-earthbound-now-in-early-access/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 09:44:19

• "Sometimes developers put up blog posts talking about developing their game, but it's not every day you read about how they had to deal with earthquakes, cockroaches and broken bones." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/earthquakes-cockroaches-and-broken-bones-didnt-stop-the-hungry-horrors-demo-releasing/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:01:51

• "Europe and the US: Thanks America, That’ll Be All | ZEIT ONLINE" https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-03/europe-us-independence-relations-english?ref=thebrowser.com    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:03:18

• "Canadians sell U.S. homes over Trump tariffs, tensions" https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/canada-trump-tariffs-home-sell    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:03:32

• "Gazans, 'The Bravest People on Earth,' Confront Hamas" https://www.danielpipes.org/22546/gazans-the-bravest-people-on-earth-confront-hamas    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:03:42

• "How a Con Man President Is Destroying Confidence" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-a-con-man-president-is-destroying    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:04:07

• "Casting DRM contents from iOS device to L… - Apple Community" https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250158609    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:04:23

• "We just declared a trade war with the world | The Verge" https://www.theverge.com/business/643970/trade-war-consequences-crazy    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:04:33

• "Windows 11 closing the gap on Windows 10" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/windows_11_market_share/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:04:49

• "China matches Trump tariffs, restricts rare earth exports" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/china_hits_back_at_trump/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:05:02

• "How to grow herbs, fruit and plants on your balcony in Denmark" https://www.thelocal.dk/20250404/how-to-grow-herbs-fruit-and-plants-on-your-balcony-in-denmark    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:05:12

• "Trump fires NSA chief, far-right activist takes credit" https://www.dw.com/en/trump-fires-nsa-chief-far-right-activist-takes-credit/a-72147165    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:05:39

• "EU, not member states, must negotiate on US tariffs – Lithuanian minister" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2528807/eu-not-member-states-must-negotiate-on-us-tariffs-lithuanian-minister    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:05:49

• "Originally called Haste: Broken Worlds and now just Haste, it's the latest game from Landfall (Content Warning, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Clustertruck) that ensures you gotta go fast." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/run-jump-and-glide-at-blazing-speed-in-haste-the-latest-game-from-landfall-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:05:59

• "While it still hasn't been announced yet, we've seen that Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition exists thanks to SteamDB and now its rating has improved to be Steam Deck Verified." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/neverwinter-nights-2-enhanced-edition-rated-steam-deck-verified-but-still-no-official-announcement-that-it-exists/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:06:11

• "Need a fresh game for the weekend and you're playing on Steam Deck or Desktop Linux? Here's some fresh picks of games that recently became Steam Deck Verified." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steam-deck-verified-round-up-for-early-april-25-with-new-and-upcoming-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:06:17

• ProtectEU – surveillance, data storage and backdoors to encrypted messages | "ProtectEU – övervakning, datalagring och bakdörrar till krypterade meddelanden" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/04/04/protecteu-overvakning-datalagring-och-bakdorrar-till-krypterade-meddelanden/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:07:03

• "Aumentan los ciberataques contra Linux, advierte Kaspersky" | Linux is consolidating as a target for cybercrime, according to Kaspersky. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/04/04/kaspersky-linux-ciberataques/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:07:27

• "Robert McGinnis Dead: James Bond Poster Illustrator Was 99" https://variety.com/2025/film/people-news/robert-mcginnis-dead-james-bond-posters-1236360289/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:07:40

• "RFK Jr. Realizes He's Made a Huge Mistake" https://futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-jr-realizes-hes-made-a-huge-mistake    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:07:55

• "RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-hhs-job-cuts-doge-mistakes/    

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

• "New Law Would Force Elon Musk to Be Drug Tested for His Government Work" https://futurism.com/elon-musk-drug-testing-bill    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:08:16

• "Musk’s DOGE [sic] Minions Raid the FTC" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/musks-doge-minions-raid-the-ftc    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:09:01

• "Senate Republicans Failed to Protect the American People by Confirming Mehmet Oz ’s Nomination for CMS" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/senate-republicans-failed-to-protect-the-american-people-by-confirming-mehmet-oz-s-nomination-for-cms    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:09:14

• Trump removes NSA chief | "US-Sicherheitsarchitektur: Trump setzt NSA-Chef ab" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/us-sicherheitsarchitektur-trump-setzt-nsa-chef-ab/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:09:43

• "Death of a Nation - Truthdig" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/death-of-a-nation/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:09:54

• "Trump’s Delusional Tariff Policy Is Already Wreaking Havoc" https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-tariffs/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:10:08

• iophk: drivel / filler https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/tiktok-ban-extension/682302/ ("The Unending Trouble With TikTok")    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:10:29

• International Criminal Court ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/04/04/hungary-withdraws-from-international-criminal-court | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:17:30

• Measles ☛ https://fair.org/home/paul-offit-on-rfk-jr-and-measles-jessica-gonzalez-on-trumps-fcc/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:18:48

• "Resistance is alive and well in the United States." ☛ https://fair.org/home/the-resistance-will-not-be-televised/ | Source: FAIR https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/The_Fall_of_Corporate_Media_Controlled_by_Oligarchs_Who_Boost_o.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:19:23

• Firefighting ☛ https://therevelator.org/pfas-firefighting-foams/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:19:56

• "The bottom line of the updated Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (PDF) is that a work of art needs “some degree of originality” and “human authorship” in order for it to be eligible for copyright in the United States." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2658668/us-feds-say-ai-generated-prompt-outputs-cant-be-copyrighted.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:22:13

• "These blocking orders presented new problems." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/laliga-cloudflare-crisis-isps-urged-to-action-amid-mass-overblocking-250404/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:22:39

• "With more than 6.7 million paid memberships in the podcasting category alone, making podcasting the highest earning category on Patreon" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/03/patreon-partners-with-sony-music-and-wondery-podcasts/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:22:57

• "A US judicial panel decided on Thursday to consolidate in New York several copyright cases brought by prominent authors and news outlets against OpenAI and its largest backer Microsoft." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-copyright-lawsuits-from-authors-new-york-times-consolidated-in-manhattan/articleshow/119971656.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:23:29

• "Ai Generator" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/ai-generator/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:23:39

• Free software, free society: Richard Stallman at TEDxGeneva 2014 https://www.instagram.com/itsfoss/reel/DIB21hQBuDf/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:49:54

• "Complaints were made in a number of countries – some arguing that it was unfair because Apple exempts its own apps (which are in reality subject to even tighter controls)" ☛ https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/31/apple-bizarrely-fined-162m-for-app-tracking-transparency-after-advertisers-complained/ | Source: 9to5Mac    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:51:27

• "The fine—the first by any antitrust regulator over Apple’s App Tracking Transparency tool—comes a year after the European Union hit the company with a 1.8 billion euro antitrust fine for thwarting rival music streaming services on its App Store." ☛ https://www.fastcompany.com/91308494/apple-faces-162-million-fine-from-french-regulators-heres-why | Source: Fast Company    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:51:36

• "Apple has a history of pursuing thinner designs, sometimes at the expense of functionality. The butterfly keyboard is the most recent example." ☛ https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2025/04/on-the-hypothetical-thinner-m6-macbook-pro/ | Source: David Sparks    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:55:59

• [Old] "I’m not entirely sure what the technical answer to this is, but on MacOS, it seemingly involves the GPU and video decoding hardware." ☛ https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/why_cant_we_screenshot_frames_from_drm-protected_video | Source: John Gruber    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:56:15

• [Old] "It was around this time when streaming platforms like Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, and the Criterion Channel imposed a quiet embargo on the screenshot." ☛ https://www.screenslate.com/articles/elegy-screenshot |    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:56:34

• "The complexity of modern networks is increasing" ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/roland-bless/how-to-never-lose-control-over-your-network/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:57:00

• "asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/eff-joins-amicus-brief-supporting-perkins-coie-law-firm-against-unconstitutional | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:57:33

• "First Lady of Children’s Music" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/inside-the-friendship-that-developed-between-two-famous-creators-of-childrens-media-from-vastly-different-backgrounds-in-the-1970s-180986357/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:57:46

• "bested adults in competitive coding competitions and started his own electronic signing service all while still in high school." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-04/rejected-by-16-colleges-hired-by-google-now-hes-suing-some-of-the-schools-for-anti-asian-discrimination | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:58:09

• "federal government will find you." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-04/trump-administration-sent-erroneous-email-ordering-ukrainians-to-leave | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 10:58:27

• "We received a notice from USAGM that contracts for satellites distributing Current Time's Russian-language programming were being terminated." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/usagm-satellite-broadcasts-radio-free-europe-russian-language-current-time/33373678.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:04:11

• "The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners strongly condemn the arrest of Swedish journalist Joakim Medin on terrorism charges in Turkey and call for his immediate release." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/journalism-groups-demand-release-of-swedish-reporter-detained-in-turkey-306119 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:04:21

• "But if a chapter on freedom of speech previewed by RFE/RL is anything to go by, it is unlikely to be one Uzbek officials will boast about." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/33365792.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:05:10

• "BTK already holds the authority to throttle bandwidth by up to 90 percent for up to 24 hours in certain cases. This method" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/report-turkey-to-require-social-media-platforms-to-set-up-local-companies-306173 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:05:20

• "Donald Trump told the world that his administration would end the censoriousness of “woke” liberal culture." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/trump-free-speech-crackdown-disssent/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:07:16

• "Russian propaganda has fixed on Europe as a threat, particularly amid talk of a "willing" coalition to support Ukraine or even send peacekeepers." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/analysis-kremlin-media-voices-spinning-us-russia-shift/33372719.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:10:22

• "The English-language China Global Television Network (CGTN) released the song, called "Look What You Taxed Us Through" ahead of Wall Street's worst single-day performance since 2020, during the throes of the pandemic." ☛ https://futurism.com/china-attacks-trump-ai-music-video | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:10:41

• "But Trump's disastrous policies – tariffs, suspension of the rule of law, pointless military expansionism – doesn't serve Varoufakis's technofeudalism or any other kind of feudalism" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/04/anything-that-cant-go-on/#forever-eventually-stops | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:11:12

• "Effective accelerationists didn’t just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. They methodically blew off each of their toes with a .50 caliber sniper rifle." ☛ https://www.404media.co/big-tech-backed-trump-for-acceleration-they-got-a-decel-president-instead/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:11:30

• "But hold the applause. Insiders reckon Amazon's move might be more theatre than substance." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazon-onlyfans-founder-join-tiktok-bidding-war-it-all-show-1732433 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:11:57

• "President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move." ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/04/04/democrats-protest-firing-of-general-heading-nsa-us-cyber-command/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:12:23

• "Senator Warner not only hit out at the dismissal of the NSA Director, but also alleged the decision was made following lobbying from a political ally-slash-fangirl of the President." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/nsa_boss_deputy_fired/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:12:42

• "Henrik Skander, a sommelier, tea and coffee expert, and senior lecturer at Örebro University, argues that the strong regional identities of Sweden's main coffee brands essentially come down to marketing." ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250403/whats-the-history-behind-swedens-regional-coffee-varieties | Source: The Local SE    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:13:07

• "Americans do not like billionaires throwing their endless money around to buy off whoever and whatever they want" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/stop-the-oligarchs-trump-billionaires/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:13:27

• "The “Fighting Oligarchy” tour is mostly scheduled for predominantly Republican areas — but, obviously, a decision was made to make an exception for deep-blue L.A." ☛ https://variety.com/2025/music/news/neil-young-joan-baez-maggie-rogers-sanders-ocasio-cortez-rally-1236360386/ | Source: Variety    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:13:48

• "A three-judge panel of the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals decided yesterday to remand [PDF] a lower court's dismissal of a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Big Blue of underpaying pensioners back to the Southern District of New York." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/appeals_court_revives_ibm_lawsuit/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:14:27

• "Chinese companies still want data centres — even buying capacity in Malaysia to serve the broader Asian market. They’re just not so interested in the cheap local ones." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/04/china-massively-overbuilds-empty-ai-data-centres/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:14:55

• "Source Mark Rober's video Can You Fool A Self Driving Car? demonstrating why self-driving cars need LIDAR not just cameras was extremely well done, and deserved its 16M views" ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2025/04/elon-musk-threat-or-menace-part-6.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:15:15

• "Bitcoin mines—massive computing clusters generating cryptocurrency tokens—consume vast amounts of electricity." ☛ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58287-3 | Source: Nature    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:15:40

• "dispatchable energy sources." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/03/1114209/trumps-tariffs-will-deliver-a-big-blow-to-climate-tech/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:16:01

• "Tesla is also getting smoked by its Chinese competitor BYD, which recently usurped Musk's company as the world's largest EV automaker" ☛ https://futurism.com/tesla-investors-terrified | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:16:15

• "At the same time that Gore was profiting from the products it manufactured in Maryland" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/maryland-pfas-lawsuit-goretex-drinking-water.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:16:50

• "The last utility-scale coal plant in Finland has closed" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/finland-coal-plant-closing.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:17:01

• "Noting concerns over DOGE [sic]’s secrecy and reports that it used the ephemeral messaging application Signal, the court also directed DOGE [sic] to confirm" ☛ https://americanoversight.org/doge-suffers-another-setback-american-oversight-wins-court-order-forcing-preservation-of-records/ | Source: American Oversight    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:18:00

• "American Oversight’s lawsuit aims to prevent future unlawful destruction of government records and to compel the recovery of any records created through the officials’ unauthorized use of Signal" ☛ https://americanoversight.org/pentagon-inspector-general-launches-investigation-into-hegseths-signal-use/ | Source: American Oversight    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:18:32

• "American Oversight filed its opposition to the Trump administration’s declarations concerning the preservation of Signal messages for being grossly inadequate in addressing the unlawful destruction of federal records." ☛ https://americanoversight.org/following-reports-of-new-signal-chats-american-oversight-blasts-grossly-inadequate-court-ordered-declarations-in-trump-administrations-signal-use/ | Source: American Oversight    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:19:05

• "Ever the skeptic, I couldn’t believe it could be this simple, so I decided to check it out myself with the help of R and UN Comtrade data." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/calculating-the-united-states-reciprocal-tariffs/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:19:28

• "Finding People at the FCC." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/644031/doge-federal-communications-commission-directory | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:19:50

• "a trade consultant based in Geneva and author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade ... and What You Need to Know About It, told CBC News" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/trump-fake-tariff-rates-1.7501604 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:20:05

• "The fact that Trump’s aides have been unable to get him to correct his imaginary Canada trade surplus number is a clear warning that Trump’s big tariffs are not grounded in reality." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-gutter-math-behind-trumps-tariff-formula/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:20:24

• "DW fact-checked two viral claims by Trump." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-trumps-false-claims-about-tariffs/a-72137021 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:20:52

• "State secrets are necessary, no matter who is president, because safeguarding certain kinds of information stops America’s enemies from doing us harm." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/national-security-secrets-trump-signal/682288/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:21:13

• "You don’t need 30-plus years in uniform to know that holding a detailed yet insecure discussion about a pending military mission is wrong; the participants in the chat knew, too." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/05/why-trump-administration-used-signal-hegseth-gabbard | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:21:31

• "Sepa said rivers throughout Scotland are running low to extremely low for the time of year, and groundwater levels are dipping further." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/sepa-warns-of-early-signs-of-water-scarcity-as-dry-spell-continues-5067776 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:22:17

• "The proposal, which would have licensed the app’s algorithm from China and shuffled some shareholder money around to make TikTok look more independent from ByteDance" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/644038/trumps-tariffs-tiktok-deal-china-bytedance | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:22:54

• "any deal must finally end China’s ability to surveil and potentially manipulate the American people through this app." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/643964/tiktok-trump-ban-delay-warner-congress-response | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:23:15

• "clearly against the law." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/04/tiktok-trump-ban-deadline/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:23:36

• "If you’re the President of the United States and you don’t like a law, you can apparently just… decide not to enforce it for a while?" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/04/who-knew-you-could-press-a-snooze-button-on-the-law-trump-delays-tiktok-ban-enforcement-again/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:24:01

• "Lawmakers have argued that the platform’s Chinese ownership could enable its use as a tool for political manipulation and other threats to national security." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/04/trump-extends-tiktok-deadline/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:24:31

• "Congress passed the measure last year with overwhelming bipartisan support, as lawmakers cited the risk of the Chinese government exploiting TikTok to spy on Americans and carry out covert influence operations." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tiktok-deadline-extended-1.7502361 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:24:58

• "IT Ukraine Association [PDF] surveyed 139 tech companies in gaming, software publishing, software development, consulting, and other IT services." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/it_industry_ukraine/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:25:14

• "According to Bulgaria's Education Ministry, an inspection found no real educational activity taking place at the institution, with discrepancies in lecture schedules, a lack of professors and students, and unusually low utility bills." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/polytechnical-university-pernik-migrants/33372564.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:25:40

• "Donald Tusk, who returned as Poland’s prime minister in 2023, has acted swiftly to drive the western response to a renewed confrontation with Russia." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/04/04/poland-is-defending-europe-from-russias-hybrid-war/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:26:13

• "Sweden's Migration Minister says he wants to reduce asylum-related immigration at the same time as "attracting more foreign experts" ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250404/in-data-how-successful-is-sweden-at-attracting-high-skilled-workers | Source: The Local SE    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:26:28

• "The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 was passed on Thursday after a 12-hour debate in the lower house with 288 votes in favour and 232 against, and later sailed through the upper house with 128 ayes and 95 nays." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/waqf-bill-india-muslims-property-law-b2725909.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:26:45

• "Most of us like to believe we would have opposed the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany. We may even like to imagine that we would have bravely fought for the resistance to Nazism in the 1940s." ☛ https://theconversation.com/would-you-join-the-resistance-if-stuck-in-an-authoritarian-regime-heres-the-psychology-252533 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:27:07

• "In an 8-0 decision, the Constitutional Court upheld Mr. Yoon’s impeachment, finding that the president had overstepped his authority." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0404/South-Korea-court-removes-president | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:27:20

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Extends Fentanylware (TikTok) Deal Deadline, Delaying a Potential Ban ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/technology/trump-tiktok-deadline-delay.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:29:02

• "Of course, all this personal information gets dumped into linked databases — "hacker bait," as security experts cheerfully call it." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/04/02/u-s-government-demands-new-internal-passport-for-citizens-and-its-giving-off-major-dystopian-vibes.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:29:42

• "During my recent adventure reinstalling old versions of macOS, I found that it’s now commonly recommended that Mac users have an Internet connection when installing, even if they’ve made a full installer disk. [...]" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/04/04/windows-11-install-to-require-internet-and-microsoft-account/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:29:53

• "authorizes the application in question to collect user data for targeted advertising purposes" ☛ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/france-fines-apple-e150m-for-excessive-pop-ups-that-let-users-reject-tracking/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:30:09

• "have done an awesome job driving the business, delivering strong results, and bringing a lot of delightful experiences to neighbors" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/644013/amazon-ring-founder-jamie-siminoff-return | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:30:32

• "But before we declare war on silos, hold on. When it comes to sensitive personal data, especially data that’s held by the government, silos serve a purpose." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-trump-executive-order-information-silos-privacy/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:30:46

• "The U.S.-based American Immigration Council and partner organizations launched the suit this week to try to quash the registration rule." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/snowbirds-sue-registration-1.7500683 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:31:06

• "So, there’s no chance of plausible deniability, which explains the OPP’s statement that says nothing more than it won’t talk about its investigative tools in public." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/04/israeli-malware-maker-linked-to-six-government-purchasers-abusive-deployments/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:31:42

• "Judge Denise L. Cote of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York partially rejected the defendants’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit" ☛ https://www.eff.org/press/releases/judge-rejects-governments-attempt-dismiss-eff-lawsuit-against-opm-doge-and-musk | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:32:04

• "Travelling currently subjects us to huge amounts of surveillance." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5552/us-border-surveillance-expansion-has-global-implications | Source: Privacy International    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:32:23

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/port-of-seattle-says-90000-impacted-in-2024-ransomware-attack | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:33:20

• Windows TCO ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/industrial-control-systems-vulnerabilities-2/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:33:30

• "It feels like everyone’s talking about MCP (Model Context Protocol) these days when it comes to Large Language Models (LLMs), but hardly anyone is actually defining it." ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/what-is-mcp/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:33:56

• "A year ago, I stood by the statement that AI Art is not Generative Art, arguing that the term ‘generative art’ is an art movement in itself that is separate from AI art." ☛ https://leanrada.com/notes/language-evolves-generative-art/?ref=rss | Source: Lean Rada    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:34:12

• "Is that counsel for the case?" ☛ https://financialpost.com/pmn/an-ai-avatar-tried-to-argue-a-case-before-a-new-york-court-the-judges-werent-having-it | Source: Financial Post    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:34:29

• "In Dewald v. MassMutual Metro, the Appellate Division, First Department expected some sort of audio-visual presentation as part of the pro se litigant’s argument." ☛ https://abovethelaw.com/2025/03/appellant-sends-ai-avatar-to-oral-argument-judges-are-not-pleased/ | Source: Breaking Media Inc    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:34:44

• "artificial general intelligence" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/arc-agi-chollet-test/682295/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:35:07

• "A great general place to start when inadvertently selecting the wrong person is your Contacts list." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2657708/how-to-avoid-ccing-the-atlantic-editor-in-chief-in-your-messages.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:36:12

• "Of every four people who die in a road accident worldwide, one is African" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-04/cars-kill-more-people-than-wars-in-africa-traffic-accidents-claim-a-life-every-two-minutes.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:36:42

• "This is one of those posts written to myself, and I certainly need to do better at practicing this advice." ☛ https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/the-art-of-conversation-before-you-begin/ | Source: Brad Frost    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:36:56

• "And I know, particularly if there are few new events in your life, and if you see each other quite regularly, that it’s pretty easy to run out of conversation topics." ☛ https://rscottjones.com/two-men-in-a-mcdonalds-in-small-town-america/ | Source: R Scott Jones    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:37:14

• "The vast majority of chips that power these data centers come from hard-hit countries like Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam, while the US makes just 11 percent of its chips at home." ☛ https://futurism.com/trump-tariffs-ai-industry-mag7 | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:38:07

• "Much like the Marine Corps Shooting Team played a key role in the Corps’ rollout of the M27 Infantry Assault Rifle" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-attack-drone-team/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:38:16

• "My formative experiences of computing and the [Internet] are now regarded as “history” haha" ☛ https://interconnected.org/home/2025/04/03/september | Source: Matt Webb    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:38:58

• "I was interviewed for the 84th edition of People and Blogs" ☛ https://interconnected.org/home/2025/04/04/interview | Source: Matt Webb    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:39:09

• "This is the 84th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Matt Webb and his blog, interconnected.org" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-matt-webb | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:39:31

• "Schismogenesis is based on perceptions of scarcity, and is amplified by the simplicity of not having to think very hard about our next step." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/04/we-can-agree-about-schismogenesis/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:39:49

• "ejecting Musk from the Royal Society would be seen as a political move." ☛ https://svpow.com/2025/04/04/the-royal-society-is-dead/ | Source: Matt Wedel    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:40:15

• "According to several news reports, many of NOAA's websites will go offline beginning at midnight due to the cancelation of a cloud service contract." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/noaa-websites-set-to-go-dark-in-continued-assault-on-scientific-research | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:40:28

• "Despite the hype, it’s been surprisingly challenging to find quantum algorithms that outperform classical ones." ☛ https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-the-true-promise-of-quantum-computing-20250403/ | Source: Quanta Magazine    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:40:51

• "The satellites will sunset while the ozone layer’s recovery has unpredictably stalled over the midlatitude Northern Hemisphere." ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ozone-layer-stratosphere-nasa-scisat | Source: Science News    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:41:13

• "His work on advanced queuing algorithms like FQ-CoDel and Common Applications Kept Enhanced (CAKE) significantly enhanced network efficiency" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/dave-taht-who-sped-up-networks-more-than-youll-ever-know-has-died/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:41:47

• "I need to end this, but I don't really have an ending. Happy first game of the season at Fenway to all who celebrate." ☛ https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/51-years-of-the-red-sox.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:42:02

• "You know me. Mega curmudgeon. Whenever I review Linux distros, I'm usually unhappy. Lots of people mistake my negativism as something inherently anti-Linux." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-fun-productivity.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:42:17

• "However, being socialist about it: there's two cars, each with 20 seats for a total of 40 when both are working. If you could find 40 people (have we met?" ☛ https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/thorpe-park | Source: Jasper Tandy    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:43:49

• "We called the home improvement store and they said it was company policy not to install a dryer on a pre-existing pedetal." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/04/03.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:44:03

• This Week in Plasma: polish and stability ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/04/05/this-week-in-plasma-polish-and-stability/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:51:55

• This Week in GNOME: #194 Nineteen Years Old ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/04/twig-194/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:53:29

• Chimera is a general-purpose Linux-based OS ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/chimera-general-purpose-linux-based-os/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:54:09

• 8 Best Free GNU/Linux Screen Capture GUI Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/screencapture/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:54:49

• shotman is a screenshot GUI for Wayland ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/shotman-screenshot-gui-wayland/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:55:46

• OpenBubbles is a cross-platform app ecosystem ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/openbubbles-cross-platform-app-ecosystem/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:56:07

• Huginn is a self-hosted, open-source alternative to IFTTT and Zapier ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/05/huginn-is-a-self-hosted-open-source-alternative-to-ifttt-and-zapier/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:56:45

• Tauon Music Player Adds Slick Transparency Mode for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/tauon-8-0-app-update-transparent-linux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:57:35

• LLM Slop as Attack Vector on the Reputation of GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/04/LLM_Slop_as_Attack_Vector_on_the_Reputation_of_Linux.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:58:05

• Calibre 8.2 Ebook Manager Updates the Kobo Driver with New Tolino Firmware ☞ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-2-ebook-manager-updates-the-kobo-driver-with-new-tolino-firmware    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 11:58:37

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016484/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:08:51

• "Those who have followed me for a while may be aware I am a big proponent of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Flowspec." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/04/bgp-flowspec-doesnt-suck-were-just-using-it-wrong/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:12:04

• "It’s a little strange that Go doesn’t have first-class language features for annotations" ☛ https://lmika.org/2025/04/04/its-a-little-strange-that.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:13:05

• [Old] "But this is not an article about why Go is great, but rather on how to handle SQL." ☛ https://lucianonooijen.com/blog/best-golang-sql-handling/ | Source: Luciano Nooijen    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:13:18

• "When people say Rust is a “safe language”, they often mean memory safety." ☛ https://corrode.dev/blog/pitfalls-of-safe-rust/ |    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:14:12

• "That’s quite a lot of dependencies, and my tiny app had quite a long load time, so I started whittling things down." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/population-pyramid-plots-with-base-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:15:00

• "As someone who has been known to write open-source software and contribute to open-source projects, I have some thoughts on the matter." ☛ https://vale.rocks/posts/open-source-entitlement | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:15:17

• "Code wise, you load a BoxLang class that can define one or more tasks, each with it's own name, schedule, and code." ☛ https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/04/04/scheduling-code-in-boxlang | Source: Raymond Camden    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:15:55

• "One of the things that bothered me initially in OCaml was the poor support for working in regular expressions in the standard library." ☛ https://batsov.com/articles/2025/04/04/learning-ocaml-regular-expressions/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:16:09

• "Your most valuable contribution isn’t the individual decisions you make, but how you architect the feedback loops that transform customer interactions into organizational learning." ☛ https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1011 | Source: Unmitigated Risk    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:16:38

• "In the previous post, we started to discuss a specific type of coupling, the coupling between processes in a distributed system." ☛ https://www.ufried.com/blog/coupling_2/ | Source: Uwe Friedrichsen    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:17:00

• "Here's a silly little insight I had the other day: if you squint, both View Types and Pattern Types seem like lightweight forms of Refinement Types 1." ☛ https://blog.yoshuawuyts.com/syntactic-musings-on-view-types/ | Source: Yoshua Wuyts    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:17:26

• "According to Adam, the previous school year had been a gong show. Students arrived every morning with phones out and AirPods in, bleary-eyed from late nights scrolling." ☛ https://macleans.ca/society/schools-vs-screens/ | Source: Maclean's    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:18:34

• "In the winter semester of 2024, students of Saarland University were able to attend Router Lab - a new course organised by the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPI-INF) that was taught by Taha Albakour" ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/tiago-heinrich/hands-on-the-network-our-experience-with-routerlab/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:18:56

• "The pattern is simple and requires two elements: [...]" ☛ https://pid1.dev/posts/match-tag-query-pattern/ | Source: Malcom Coles    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:19:50

• "I’m not able to find any details about what the service will cost or if it will include any unique features at all, but I still signed up for the waitlist." ☛ https://initialcharge.net/2025/04/thunderbird-pro-beta/ | Source: Mike Rockwell    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:20:02

• "All of these new services are (or soon will be) open source software under true open source licenses. That’s how Thunderbird does things and we believe it is our super power." ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro-services/ | Source: Thunderbird    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:20:14

• "Nevertheless, some governments, such as France and Japan" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/public_sector_private_cloud/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:20:50

• "WASM is a specification defining an abstract stack machine with a Harvard architecture, and related formats." ☛ https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/04/04/ | Source: Chris Wellons    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:21:36

• "Beyond these high-profile additions, a significant round of improvements targets Inkscape’s core functionality" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/inkscape-1-4-1-arrives-with-bug-fixes-new-features-and-enhanced-stability/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:22:26

• "Nine months after its previous 0.27 release, Celluloid, the popular video player, has just released version 0.28." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/celluloid-0-28-video-player-brings-ui-redesign-lua-modules-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:22:59

• "One of the most striking improvements is that Calibre’s Kobo driver now supports the newest Tolino firmware, ensuring users can seamlessly integrate their ebook libraries with the latest updates in Tolino devices." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-2-brings-new-kobo-and-kindle-featureses/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:24:10

• "To test the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra’s cameras, I needed a subject who could best trial the Galaxy’s sensors." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/samsung-galaxy-s25-ultra-cat-photos/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:26:54

• "According to Canonical's official schedule, the final release of Plucky Puffin is due in two weeks as we write" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/ubuntu_2504_beta/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:27:26

• "Today – as my son requested – we will talk about Minecraft server … inside FreeBSD Jails container." ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/minecraft-server-freebsd-jails-container/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:28:00

• "The results are extrapolated from a yearly in-depth survey of 73,000 players, alongside data from over 10,000 games." ☛ https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/pc-gamers-spend-92-percent-of-their-time-on-older-games-oh-and-there-are-apparently-908-million-of-us-now/ | Source: PC Gamer    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:28:11

• "In my previous article on Animation Quality I mentioned something a bit cryptic" ☛ https://theorangeduck.com/page/filtering-convolutions-quaternions | Source: Daniel Holden    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:29:12

• "Frontend Masters now has a Tutorials section of their site. Just makes your subscription all the more valuable, I suppose." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2025/04/04/frontend-masters-snackable-tutorials/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:29:24

• "What I’ve then typically done is to reconfigure gpg-agent.conf with a different pinentry and reloaded the agent. Here’s an example with pinentry-tty: [...]" ☛ https://jpmens.net/2025/04/04/overriding-gnupg-s-pin-entry/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:29:36

• "Long story short, I’ve learned quite a bit about GnuPG. My first successful experiments in getting keys onto a token were with Yubikey 5C I have here, but these are quite dear, and I asked Mario for some recommendations on alternatives." ☛ https://jpmens.net/2025/04/04/forwarding-gnupg-agent-over-ssh/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:29:50

• "If you want to follow along as we pick through the details, keep an eye on the css-multicol-2 tag." ☛ https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2025/04/04/css-multicol-block-direction-wrapping/ |    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:30:05

• "The reality we encounter in many companies, however, shows a lack of robust and flexible infrastructure technologies" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/supercharge-your-ai-openshift-ai-and-redis-unleash-speed-and-scalability | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:34:43

• "In this guide, we’ll walk you through various methods to compare text files in Linux, from basic command-line tools to advanced visual diff tools" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/compare-files-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:35:26

• "A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/cyber-forensic-expert-in-2000-cases-faces-fbi-probe/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 12:36:05

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

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:50:52

• How To Install Postman on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-postman-centos-stream-10/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:51:05

• How To Install Pritunl VPN Server on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pritunl-vpn-server-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:51:22

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

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:52:25

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

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:52:34

• Akademy 2025 Call for Proposals is Now Open ☞ https://akademy.kde.org/news/2025-04-03_akademy-2025-call-for-proposals/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:54:19

• Elizabeth K. Joseph: A VisionFive 2 and a Raspberry Pi 1 B ☞ https://princessleia.com/journal/2025/04/a-visionfive-2-and-a-raspberry-pi-1-b/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:54:43

• Enticing lunatics to attack a person or site you do not like makes you complicit, just like offline    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:55:18

• YouTuber Is Arrested After Leaving Diet Coke on Isolated Tribe’s Island ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/asia/north-sentinel-island-us-man-arrested.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:56:28

• NOPE! Slop is NOT "A Boon for the Academics and Research Communities" https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/generative-ai-platforms-a-boon-for-the-academics-and-research-communities/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:57:03

• Running aggregate on wide matrices takes loooong; use nested apply or data tables instead ! ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/running-aggregate-on-wide-matrices-takes-loooong-use-nested-apply-or-data-tables-instead/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:57:44

• Proprietary ☞ https://betanews.com/2025/04/04/davinci-resolve-20-beta-brings-over-100-new-features-and-ai-tools-to-windows-macos-and-linux-download-it-now/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 13:59:43

• Guido Günther: Booting an Android custom kernel on a Pixel 3a for QMI debugging ☞ https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Booting_an_Android_custom_kernel_on_a_Pixel_3a_for_QMI_debugging.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:03:09

• Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues: To boldly build what no one has built before ☞ http://blog.mister-muffin.de/2025/04/04/to-boldly-build-what-no-one-has-built-before/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:05:03

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/14 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/04/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-14/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:06:02

• ESP32-P4 credit card-sized board features Ethernet, WiFi 6, four USB ports, 40-pin GPIO header, MIPI DSI and CSI connectors ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/04/esp32-p4-credit-card-sized-board-features-ethernet-wifi-6-four-usb-ports-40-pin-gpio-header-mipi-dsi-and-csi-connectors/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:06:21

• Git on Linux: A Beginner’s Guide to Version Control and Project Management ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/git-linux-beginners-guide-version-control-and-project-management    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:08:23

• Mastering GNU/Linux File Permissions and Ownership ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/mastering-linux-file-permissions-and-ownership    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:09:01

• 15 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux News Aggregators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/newsaggregators/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:10:34

• Text Pieces is a developer’s scratchpad ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/text-pieces-developer-scratchpad/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:10:43

• 7 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux IPTV Players ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-iptv-players/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:10:54

• Televido accesses German language public broadcasting live streams ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/televido-accesses-german-language-public-broadcasting-live-streams/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:13:54

• duple finds and removes duplicate files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/duple-finds-removes-duplicate-files/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:14:02

• OptimusUI is a GUI for nVidia Optimus ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/optimusui-gui-nvidia-optimus/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:14:23

• 16 Best Free and Open Source CLI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-cli-tools-find-delete-duplicate-files/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:14:32

• JChemPaint is a chemical 2D structure editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/jchempaint-chemical-2d-structure-editor/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:14:42

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: C ABI Changes for `wasm32-unknown-unknown` ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/04/c-abi-changes-for-wasm32-unknown-unknown.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:24:15

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Help us create a vision for Rust's future ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/04/vision-doc-survey.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:24:34

• The Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 Needs You ☞ https://www.perl.com/article/the-perl-toolchain-summit-2025-needs-you/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:25:50

• Seventy-five years of tertiary military education in South Africa ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/seventy-five-years-of-tertiary-military-education-in-south-africa/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:49:52

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/health/trump-wegovy-obesity-drugs-medicare.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:50:13

• Eisenberg Family Depression Center hosts the 21st Mental Health on College Campuses Conference ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/eisenberg-family-depression-center-hosts-the-21st-mental-health-on-college-campuses-conference/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:50:51

• US Supreme Court to rule on South Carolina bid to defund abortion service provider ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-supreme-court-to-rule-on-south-carolina-bid-to-defund-abortion-service-provider/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:51:22

• Maps: E. coli outbreak in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/04.04.2025-maps-e-coli-outbreak-in-latvia.a594183/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:51:34

• Three for the Weekend: 2ANNAS, Health Dating, Green Sunday ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/04.04.2025-three-for-the-weekend-2annas-health-dating-green-sunday.a594188/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:51:54

• North Korea’s Kim fires new sniper rifle while visiting troops ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-leader-kim-jong-un-visits-military-training-base    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:52:17

• What to Know About South Korea President Yoon’s Impeachment Over Martial Law ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/asia/yoon-south-korea-impeachment-ruling.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:52:25

• What Is Next for Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s Ousted President? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/asia/skorea-yoon-next.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:52:39

• Celebrations as South Korean Court Removes Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/asia/south-korea-removes-impeached-president.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:52:53

• South Korean court upholds president’s impeachment – and democratic values ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0404/South-Korea-court-removes-president    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:53:01

• South Korea to head to the polls after President Yoon Suk Yeol is ousted ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-president-yoon-suk-yeol-ousted    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:53:26

• South Korea’s President Yoon ousted: Who are the top presidential contenders? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/who-are-the-top-contenders-for-south-koreas-presidential-election    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:53:41

• In leaderless South Korea, Convicted Felon’s tariffs will overshadow snap election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/in-leaderless-south-korea-trumps-tariffs-will-overshadow-snap-election    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:53:52

• Most S. Koreans relieved and ready to move on after impeachment verdict ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/most-s-koreans-relieved-and-ready-to-move-on-after-impeachment-verdict    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:54:05

• North Korean media reports on South Korea’s court ruling to oust impeached President Yoon: KCNA ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-media-reports-on-south-koreas-court-ruling-to-oust-impeached-president-yoon-kcna    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:54:20

• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits military training base ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-leader-kim-jong-un-visits-military-training-base    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:54:36

• South Korean court removes President Yoon from office after martial law debacle ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/04/04/south-korea-president-impeachment-ruling/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:54:50

• Trade shock: How will Convicted Felon's tariff bazooka impact Asian economies? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20250404-trade-shock-how-will-trump-s-tariff-bazooka-impact-asian-economies    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:55:10

• Myanmar quake death toll at 3,354, junta leader returns from summit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-quake-death-toll-at-3354-junta-leader-returns-from-summit    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:55:32

• Foreign recruitment agencies from new sources tapped to hire auxiliary police officers for Singapore ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/foreign-recruitment-agencies-from-new-sources-tapped-to-hire-auxiliary-police-officers-for-singapore    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:55:56

• Malaysia gas pipeline fire: Excavator feared buried at site, no bodies found, say police ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-gas-pipeline-fire-excavator-feared-buried-at-site-no-bodies-found-say-police    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:56:18

• Malaysia gas pipeline fire: Gas pipelines are no-go zones, experts say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-gas-pipeline-fire-gas-pipelines-are-no-go-zones-experts-say    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 14:57:53

• What Will Convicted Felon’s Tariffs Do to EU-China Trade Relations? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/europe/trump-tariffs-china.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:01:10

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Is Defiant as Tariff Moves Roil Markets a Second Day ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/business/economy/trump-sounds-defiant-note-as-tariffs-roil-markets-again.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:01:23

• China, US make first known military contact since Convicted Felon’s inauguration ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-chinese-military-officials-hold-talks-in-shanghai    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:01:39

• One Beijing man’s quest to keep cooking - and connecting with Americans - on camera ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/one-beijing-man%25E2%2580%2599s-quest-to-keep-cooking-and-connecting-with-americans-on-camera    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:01:55

• China demands compensation from Taiwan after collision of navy ship, trawler ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-demands-compensation-from-taiwan-after-collision-of-navy-ship-trawler    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:02:08

• China hits back hard in global trade war with tariffs on US goods ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-to-impose-tariffs-of-34-on-all-us-goods-from-april-10    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:02:26

• China hits back at US tariffs with export controls on key rare earths ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-hits-back-at-us-tariffs-with-export-controls-on-key-rare-earths    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:02:36

• China retaliation on US farm goods hits soybeans, bolstering Brazil ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-retaliation-on-us-farm-goods-hits-soybeans-bolstering-brazil    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:02:57

• China to impose new tariffs on US goods after Convicted Felon upended global trade status quo ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/04/china-new-tariff-us/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:03:11

• Netizens demand China reinstate Tibetan language use in schools ☞ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/04/04/tibet-language-white-paper/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:03:25

• RFA radio transmissions to China, Tibet halted ☞ https://rfa.org/english/asia/2025/04/04/china-tibet-shortwave-radio-free-asia/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:03:41

• China hits back at Convicted Felon with double-digit tariffs on US goods as global stocks plunge ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250404-china-donald-trump-tariffs-34-percent-us-stocks-economy    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:03:59

• China hits back hard in global trade war with a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250404-china-hits-back-hard-in-global-trade-war-with-a-34-tariff-on-imports-of-all-u-s-products    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:04:13

• What about EPOgate and when will the EU tackle EPO and UPC corruption? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250404-after-qatargate-huaweigate-scandal-rocks-eu-what-happened-to-anti-corruption-reforms    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:04:57

• Unlike China’s flotilla, the Great White Fleet came in friendship ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/unlike-chinas-flotilla-the-great-white-fleet-came-in-friendship/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:05:37

• Mexican peso and stock market dip as China tariffs spark fears of global recession ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/peso-stock-market-china-tariffs-recession/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:05:52

• 3D Print (and Play!) The Super Mario Tune As A Fidget Toy ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/04/3d-print-and-play-the-super-mario-tune-as-a-fidget-toy/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:06:17

• The Economist 1843’s remit for life after print: ‘Do stuff that will win prizes’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/1843-magazine-editor-economist/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:07:05

• PCBs ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/04/supercon-2024-quick-high-feature-boards-with-the-circuit-graver/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:07:39

• "First PCB With The Smallest MCU?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/04/first-pcb-with-the-smallest-mcu/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:07:58

• Guardian journalist on Noel Clarke investigation: ‘I felt that it was a story to be made public’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-journalist-on-noel-clarke-investigation-i-felt-that-it-was-a-story-to-be-made-public/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:08:20

• "After all, [Brian Kernighan] is going to be there. Yes, that [Brian Kernighan]." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/04/vintage-computer-festival-east-this-weekend/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:09:04

• Print is still top-three revenue driver for US publishers says AAM chief ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/alliance-for-audited-media-aam-digital-circulation-change/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:09:51

• Report: nazi.X could be looking at $1B fine from EU over illicit content and misinformation ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/04/report-x-looking-1b-fine-eu-illicit-content-misinformation/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:10:17

• Something Truly Scary Discovered at The Bottom of Belize's Great Blue Hole ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/something-truly-scary-discovered-at-the-bottom-of-belizes-great-blue-hole    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:11:29

• New Quark Discovery Reveals a Critical Clue About The Birth of The Universe ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-quark-discovery-reveals-a-critical-clue-about-the-birth-of-the-universe    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:11:39

• Europe Calls Out Putin For Failing To Make Ukraine Peace Deal ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/europe-calls-out-putin-failure-ukraine-peace-deal-us/33373403.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:12:00

• "Trump advised not to call Putin until ceasefire agreed" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/04/trump-s-inner-circle-advising-him-not-to-call-putin-until-russia-agrees-to-a-ceasefire-nbc-news | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:12:38

• GNU Octave 10.1.0 is out with New Functions [Ubuntu PPA] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/gnu-octave-10-1-0-ppa/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:13:26

• Latvia and Ukraine team up in space ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/04.04.2025-latvia-and-ukraine-team-up-in-space.a594268/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:26:34

• Lithuanians pay tribute to US soldiers killed in training exercise tragedy ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/lithuanians-pay-tribute-to-us-soldiers-killed-in-training-exercise-tragedy/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:26:54

• Playgrounds, swimming pools and skateparks: Finland’s network of underground bomb shelters ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250404-playgrounds-swimming-pools-and-skateparks-finland-s-network-of-underground-bomb-shelters    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:27:19

• Russian missile strike kills more than a dozen in Zelensky's home city of Kryvyi Rih ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250404-russian-missile-strike-kills-14-in-ukraine-leader-s-home-city    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:27:44

• The brave women of Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-51/20250404-the-brave-women-of-ukraine    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:28:48

• Russian Strike Kills 18 In Zelenskyy's Hometown In One Of The Worst Attacks On Civilians This Year ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kharkiv-ukraine-drone-attack-russia-moscow/33373185.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:29:25

• Russia Executes P.O.W.s Without Caring Who Watches, Ukraine Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/europe/russia-ukraine-pow-executions.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:29:41

• Russian Strike Kills 16, including Six Children, Ukraine Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/europe/ukraine-russia-strike-zelensky-hometown.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:29:57

• Rubio Warns Russia that U.S. Patience on Ukraine War Is Running Out ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/europe/rubio-russia-ukraine-talks-nato.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:30:17

• mortgages ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/04/russia-is-offering-mortgages-in-a-ukrainian-city-it-doesn-t-control-and-keeps-bombing | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:30:43

• Space race intensifies between EU, US, Russia and China ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250404-space-race-intensifies-between-eu-us-russia-and-china    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:31:23

• NATO ready to respond during Zapad drills if needed – Lithuanian MFA ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2529345/nato-ready-to-respond-during-zapad-drills-if-needed-lithuanian-mfa    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:31:36

• Samarkand Summit Marks A New Era In EU-Central Asia Relations Amid Geopolitical Challenges ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-central-asia-china-russia-samarkand/33373713.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:32:06

• Tanker barred from India transferring its Russian oil at sea, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/tanker-barred-from-india-transferring-its-russian-oil-at-sea-sources-say    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:32:34

• Zelensky ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/05/zelensky-says-kremlin-envoy-s-trip-to-washington-this-week-is-part-of-moscow-s-push-to-unfreeze-russian-assets | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:33:05

• "Journalists at Glasnaya Media ask why so many Russian gamers hate women" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/05/go-back-to-the-kitchen | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:33:34

• datamash @ Savannah: GNU Datamash 1.9 released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10746    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:34:22

• Kryvyi Rih ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/04/at-least-a-dozen-killed-and-50-injured-in-russian-ballistic-missile-attack-on-kryvyi-rih | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:34:50

• far-right ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/04/the-kremlin-s-new-ultra-nationalists | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:35:09

• "U.S. denies parole to Harvard scientist from Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/04/u-s-denies-parole-to-harvard-scientist-from-russia-citing-national-security-threat-she-fears-persecution-for-anti-war-statements-if-deported | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:36:31

• "nearly three years in prison after protesting the war" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/04/preemptive-intimidation | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:36:59

• Isaac Hayes Estate’s Infringement Suit to Proceed Against The Insurrectionist — Judge Denies Dismissal, Discovery Stay Motions ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/04/isaac-hayes-lawsuit-trump-dismissal-ruling/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:37:36

• “Warfare” Offers a Hyperrealist Rebuke of the American War Movie ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/14/warfare-movie-review    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:38:46

• Trademark Reporter: Call for Submissions for Theme Issue on Third-Party Liability and Related IP and Product Disputes ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/trademark-reporter-call-for-submissions.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:40:59

• zsh-autoenv automatically sources .autoenv.zsh files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zsh-autoenv-automatically-sources-autoenv-zsh-files/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:41:31

• Nvidia just fixed an AMD Linux bug while it struggles itself with backdoored Windows driver issues ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-just-fixed-an-amd-linux-bug-while-it-struggles-itself-with-windows-driver-issues/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:41:46

• Good news for Tails users, you can now save files in Tor Browser anywhere ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/good-news-for-tails-users-you-can-now-save-files-in-tor-browser-anywhere/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:42:44

• LLM Slop as Attack Vector on the Reputation of GNU/Linux (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/04/LLM_Slop_as_Attack_Vector_on_the_Reputation_of_Linux.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:44:11

• GNU/Linux Rises to Almost 5% in Algeria While backdoored Windows Sinks to All-Time Low ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/04/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_Almost_5_in_Algeria_While_Windows_Sinks_to_A.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:44:20

• More Gains for GNU/Linux, Based on Web Surveys ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/More_Gains_for_GNU_Linux_Based_on_Web_Surveys.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:44:27

• GNU/Linux Rises to Almost 5% in Algeria While backdoored Windows Sinks to All-Time Low ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/04/GNU_Linux_Rises_to_Almost_5_in_Algeria_While_Windows_Sinks_to_A.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:45:07

• Is this an ad? https://www.linux.com/news/using-opentelemetry-and-the-otel-collector-for-logs-metrics-and-traces/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:46:10

• Salacgrīva's temporary bridge under repairs yet again ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/04.04.2025-salacgrivas-temporary-bridge-under-repairs-yet-again.a594266/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:46:51

• Hormone-Free Male Birth Control Pill Enters Clinical Trials For The First Time ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hormone-free-male-birth-control-pill-enters-clinical-trials-for-the-first-time    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:59:27

• How You Hear May Have More to Do With Your Sex Than Your Age ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/how-you-hear-may-have-more-to-do-with-your-sex-than-your-age    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 15:59:56

• Don’t count out Pierre Poilievre yet ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/dont-count-out-pierre-poilievre-yet/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:00:21

• Taking the election pulse in 905 battleground ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/taking-the-election-pulse-in-905-battleground/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:00:41

• China says 'market has spoken' after US tariffs spark selloff ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-says-market-has-spoken-after-us-tariffs-spark-selloff    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:01:00

• "The internet has come to believe that a conspiracy is afoot." ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/drinks-with-the-new-yorker/the-play-where-everyone-keeps-fainting    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:01:33

• How internet search algorithms could help critical infrastructure ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2025/04/how-internet-search-algorithms-could-help-critical-infrastructure/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:02:00

• Report: Turkey to require social control media platforms to set up local companies ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/report-turkey-to-require-social-media-platforms-to-set-up-local-companies-306173    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:02:15

• Updated: TSMC reportedly discussing chipmaking joint venture with defective chip maker Intel ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/03/report-tsmc-reportedly-discussing-chipmaking-joint-venture-intel/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:03:03

• South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is ousted. What comes next? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/press-review/20250404-south-korean-president-yoon-suk-yeol-is-ousted-what-comes-next    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:03:49

• Beta Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ now available https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/130293/beta-ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-now-available/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:05:26

• "Still, many people (myself included) continue to maintain music libraries filled with MP3s etc. I’d wager most such users have (by now) settled on a preferred music client; for many, that choice is DeaDBeeF." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/deadbeef-1-10-release-brings-new-features    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:06:43

• "Ubuntu 25.04, nicknamed "Plucky Puffin" is arriving this month. The release takes major steps forward to help prepare for the next long-term support (LTS) release next year." https://www.howtogeek.com/everything-new-in-ubuntu-25-04/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:07:04

• "According to Canonical's official schedule, the final release of Plucky Puffin is due in two weeks as we write – April 17." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/ubuntu_2504_beta/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:07:30

• "Linux is a great operating system, but I just can't use it as my main desktop. I've tried in the past, and there are a few things that hold me back from switching over. I would if I could, but I just simply can't." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-dont-use-linux-on-my-desktop-pc/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:10:57

• "In version 1.0, #DRIVE Rally will offer 22 fully customizable cars, each in 3 different rally classes." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/drive-rally-leaves-early-access-on-april-16-with-linux-support-and-steam-deck-verified/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:11:22

• EBU, Linux Foundation and NABA make Dynamic Media Facilities real with the open source MXL project https://tech.ebu.ch/news/2025/04/ebu-linux-foundation-and-naba-make-dynamic-media-facilities-real-with-the-open-source-mxl-project    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:12:00

• "You can install games from Epic, GOG and Amazon easily via the Heroic Games Launcher with Prime giving you a code for each game for whatever store it's on. For any games that use anti-cheat be sure to check out our anti-cheat compatibility page." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/everything-to-grab-from-prime-gaming-april-4th-edition-for-steam-deck-linux/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:12:44

• Linux Foundation releases Valkey 8.1 https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2025/04/04/linux-foundation-releases-valkey-8-1/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:13:15

• "This update makes a pre-existing feature easier to find: Tauon’s Shuffle Lockdown mode. This removes UI distraction and only allows your library to be played in shuffle, hence the name)." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/tauon-8-0-app-update-transparent-linux    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:13:47

• Look, no patches! Why Chainguard OS might be the most secure Linux ever https://www.zdnet.com/article/look-no-patches-why-chainguard-os-might-be-the-most-secure-linux-ever/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:14:30

• “Hey, you guys can look at Mickey and Donald and Facebook and YouTube for a few hours. Only look, not own! And you send us back diamonds and cars and computers and clothes. That’s fair, right?" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/copyright-colonialism    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:18:17

• "I keep finding far right people in digital minimalism spaces. 😰 I get that digital minimalism is a solution appealing to many folks and that all walks of life want out from this gilded cage, but I want to give some headsups here." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/offline-is-for-everyone    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:19:00

• "I was in the office for my monthly visit and was talking with one of my colleagues: his family had planned a snowbird-type trip down to Phoenix with his in-laws, but given, you know, everything, they're cancelling it and trying to recoup as much as they can." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/4-05.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:20:32

• 🔤SpellBinding: UGHINSB Wordo: SOLID gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-05.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:20:56

• Launch of Model Signing v1.0: OpenSSF AI/ML Working Group Secures the Machine Learning Supply Chain ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/04/04/launch-of-model-signing-v1-0-openssf-ai-ml-working-group-secures-the-machine-learning-supply-chain/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:24:20

• Australia’s Relationship with United States Gets a Second Look ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/australia/us-trump-security-alliance.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:24:47

• India’s Modi aims for stronger energy, defence ties with Sri Lanka visit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indias-modi-aims-for-stronger-energy-defence-ties-with-sri-lanka-visit    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:25:00

• Taiwan’s top security official visits US for talks, source says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwans-top-security-official-visits-us-for-talks-source-says    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:25:19

• Rights group urges US to stop deporting pro-Palestine student activists ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/rights-group-urges-us-to-stop-deporting-pro-palestine-student-activists/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:25:49

• Democrats slam Convicted Felon's reported firing of US National Security Agency director ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250404-democrats-slam-trump-s-reported-firing-of-national-security-agency-director-haugh    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:26:28

• South Africa increases deportation of illegal immigrants ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/south-africa-increases-deportation-of-illegal-immigrants/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:26:55

• Dihydroxyacetone Man fires Gen. Timothy Haugh from leadership of Cyber Command and NSA ☞ https://defensescoop.com/2025/04/04/trump-fires-gen-timothy-haugh-cyber-command-nsa/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:27:16

• Dihydroxyacetone Man fires NSA director, deputy and ‘at least’ five NSC aides ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/04/trump-fires-nsa-director-deputy-least-five-nsc-aides/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:28:53

• Oracle Confirms Cloud Hack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/oracle-confirms-cloud-hack/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:29:15

• State Bar of Texas Says Personal Information Stolen in Ransomware Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/state-bar-of-texas-says-personal-information-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:29:39

• Call Records of Millions Exposed by Verizon App Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/call-records-of-millions-exposed-by-verizon-app-vulnerability/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:29:54

• Dihydroxyacetone Man abruptly fires the 4-star general who headed the National Security Agency ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/top-democrats-protest-after-reported-firing-of-national-security-agency-director/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:30:37

• Future cybersecurity experts undergo training in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/04.04.2025-future-cybersecurity-experts-undergo-training-in-latvia.a594207/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:30:52

• Why Convicted Felon’s Tariffs Are Rattling Even Meta ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/technology/trump-tariffs-meta.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:32:22

• TTAB Grants HALFANIMAL Cancellation Petition on the Ground of Abandonment ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/ttab-grants-halfanimal-cancellation.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:33:36

• Microsoft SLOP is now fully integrated with backdoored Windows 11 and backdoored Windows 10 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-copilot-is-now-fully-integrated-with-windows-11-and-windows-10 "Microsoft [SLOP] update is available for backdoored Windows 10 and backdoored Windows 11 users with full integration into the backdoored Windows OS for a more [SLOP]."    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:34:40

• Compromised SpotBugs Token Led to Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Actions Supply Chain Hack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/compromised-spotbugs-token-led-to-github-actions-supply-chain-hack/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:35:26

• PGConf.NYC 2025 - Call For Presentations (CFP) and Sponsors! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgconfnyc-2025-call-for-presentations-cfp-and-sponsors-3051/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:36:10

• Sudan’s civil war: What military advances mean, and where the country could be heading next ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/sudans-civil-war-what-military-advances-mean-and-where-the-country-could-be-heading-next/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 16:44:19

• Taiwan's Media Covers Closure of Microsoft's "AI" Lab, It's Time to Talk About the Gradual Death of backdoored Windows and Implosion of the "AI" Bubble ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Taiwan_s_Media_Covers_Closure_of_Microsoft_s_AI_Lab_It_s_Time_t.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 17:14:07

• Confirmed in the Mainstream Media: A Lot of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft "Workloads" Were Just LLM Slop (Helping to Fake Growth for Years, as Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Had Paid "Open" "AI" to Become a "Client") and Demand is Rapidly Waning, Datacentres Canceled and/or Shut Down ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Confirmed_in_the_Mainstream_Media_A_Lot_of_Microsoft_Workloads_.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 17:14:15

• Where to Get More Gags ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/04/Where_to_Get_More_Gags.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 17:14:22

• Why Microsoft's Shares Sank Almost 20% in Recent Months (the Bubble is Imploding) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/04/Why_Microsoft_s_Shares_Sank_Almost_20_in_Recent_Months_the_Bubb.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 17:14:39

• Windows down sharply in Cyprus https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/cyprus/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:25:26

• Didn't happen: Cheeto Mussolini Says TikTok Sale Deal to Come Before Saturday Deadline https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-03-30/trump-says-tiktok-sale-deal-to-come-before-saturday-deadline    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:26:51

• Or just quit it https://www.maketecheasier.com/tiktok-time-away-feature-force-teens-take-break/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:27:15

• Bezos wants to control social control media, not just media https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-02/amazon-has-bid-to-buy-tiktok-new-york-times-reports    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:27:41

• Anything scarier than social control media being controlled by people like these? https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-tiktok-bidding-1.7500275    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:28:15

• TikTok sale: Popular video app's US future comes down to the wire https://www.dw.com/en/tiktok-sale-popular-video-app-s-us-future-comes-down-to-the-wire/a-72113757    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:28:31

• Peace with Russia restored on January 21st as promised and TikTok sold by week's end    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:29:02

• Greenpeace Confronts US and Russian Gas Tankers at Sea, Demands EU Stop Imports https://truthout.org/articles/greenpeace-confronts-us-and-russian-gas-tankers-at-sea-demands-eu-stop-imports/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:29:44

• Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko sentenced to 22 additional months in prison https://cpj.org/2025/03/russian-journalist-maria-ponomarenko-sentenced-to-22-additional-months-in-prison/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:30:40

• 'Pissed Off' at Putin, no tariffs though https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-03-30/trump-threatens-secondary-tariffs-on-russian-oil-if-unable-to-make-a-deal-on-ukraine    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:31:43

• Slapping Finland (EU) and Canada with tariffs, but not the country between them https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/19/finns-aghast-that-trump-could-think-their-country-is-part-of-russia    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:33:19

• Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Elderly Father of Former Navalny Ally, TASS Reports https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-03/russia-opens-criminal-case-against-elderly-father-of-former-navalny-ally-tass-reports    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:35:43

• Suspected Russian spies says he only had ASML secrets to maintain own knowledge, skills https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/03/suspected-russian-spies-says-asml-secrets-maintain-knowledge-skills    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:36:23

• Ukrainian journalist assaulted after report on mishandled corpses https://cpj.org/2025/03/ukrainian-journalist-assaulted-after-report-on-mishandled-corpses/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:39:48

• Germany Funds Eutelsat Internet in Ukraine as Musk Tensions Rise https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-04/exclusive-germany-funds-eutelsat-internet-in-ukraine-as-musk-tensions-rise    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:42:09

• The spring clock change may affect your mind and body longer than you realise https://theconversation.com/the-spring-clock-change-may-affect-your-mind-and-body-longer-than-you-realise-252987    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:43:08

• It’s a significant finding in the search for alien life https://theconversation.com/nasas-curiosity-rover-has-found-the-longest-chain-carbon-molecules-yet-on-mars-its-a-significant-finding-in-the-search-for-alien-life-253249    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:43:41

• viruses https://theconversation.com/how-viruses-blur-the-boundaries-of-life-230802    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:44:05

• Decay Chain https://xkcd.com/3071/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:44:42

• Happy LLM Training-Set Poisoning Day! gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:46:14

• Orogeny https://xkcd.com/3070/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:46:44

• Terror Bird https://xkcd.com/3069/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:47:01

• Router Freedom for Italian Internet users! https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250331-01.en.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:47:42

• CRA obstacles to Free software are promoted by the FSFE's top sponsor, Microsoft (proponent of many other bad things) https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250402-01.en.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:48:39

• FSFE failing to disclose that it targets Apple, not Google or Microsoft, due to bribes https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250403-01.en.html https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202504.en.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:49:28

• Linuxfx 11.25.04 is out https://distrowatch.com/linuxfx    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:52:34

• KaOS 2025.03 https://kaosx.us/news/2025/kaos03/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:53:42

• "we have re-enabled the GSP Firmware for the closed-source kernel module. The GSP Firmware had a bunch of improvements in recent releases, and most drawbacks seem to be solved now." https://cachyos.org/blog/2503-march-release/    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:55:06

• "include UnionFS-Fuse to work around limitations with the sandbox in the live environment; loopback network interface needs to be brought up at boot; update the search URL used by the Scripts package; Ncurses had been replaced by NcursesW" https://gobolinux.org/release_notes_017.01.html    

posted Saturday, April 05, 2025 at 18:56:03