Roy Schestowitz

• Tinylog RFC update - call for contribution gemini://gmi.bacardi55.io/gemlog/2025/04/15/tinylog-rfc-update-call-for-contribution/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 02:40:32

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1266.jpg    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 02:41:21

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1616.jpg    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 02:41:26

• News and Links Digest gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250415-0.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 02:42:16

• Focus, the Web and Gemini gemini://gemini.manello.space/gemlog/focus-web-gemini.gmi sounds like what Techrights published yesterday    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 02:44:12

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-16.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 02:45:37

• "It has nothing to do with blame, cause it’s just part of the overall game plan. It all started with Ginni, who so strangely has been kept around, for what reason, who knows." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrrtnbwh    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 02:57:53

• "It features over 100 weapons, a different procedurally generated city each time you play, multiple game modes, multiple difficulty modes, solo and local co-op, online leaderboards and more." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/dead-pixels-from-2012-gets-a-surprise-update-with-linux-and-steam-deck-support/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:30:35

• "There's still quite a lot missing and to be done on it, since it's a public Alpha testing release." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/a-public-alpha-of-the-semi-immutable-manjaro-summit-linux-is-now-available/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:30:51

• "This release switches from EXT4 to Btrfs as the default file system for new installations." https://9to5linux.com/manjaro-25-0-zetar-released-with-xfce-4-20-gnome-48-and-kde-plasma-6-3    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:34:01

• "This release also adds Rust and QEMU support for SPARC64/32, OpenCL by default, and web installer sys-root / container bootstrap support." https://9to5linux.com/t2-linux-sde-25-4-released-with-latest-amd-rocm-for-riscv-64-and-arm64    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:34:23

• "Bosorka is an exciting action game that combines the best elements of the roguelike and shoot'em up genres with incredibly stylized top-down 3D visualization. Immerse yourself in this dark fantasy world and show the demons who's the power to be reckoned with." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/save-the-world-from-insidious-and-cruel-demons-in-bosorka-with-a-linux-version-available-now/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:34:57

• Buying a board seat? finance.yahoo.com/news/panasonic-automotive-systems-joins-linux-000000333.html see http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/New_IRS_Filing_Shows_That_the_Most_Dominant_Company_in_the_Linu.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:35:42

• "This release also comes with dedicated editions with the KDE Plasma 6.3, GNOME 47, and Xfce 4.18 desktop environments." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-based-ultramarine-41-linux-distribution-is-now-available-for-download    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:46:11

• "This release ships with the Anaconda WebUI installer by default for the Fedora Workstation edition." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-42-is-out-now-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-14-and-gnome-48-desktop    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:46:39

• "This release also introduces initial support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.7 kernel." https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-8-released-with-initial-support-for-linux-kernel-6-14    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:47:13

• "They promise ultra-fast boot, lightweight footprint, minimal attack surface, Docker support out of the box, and ZRAM memory management." http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/10/Once_You_Slop_You_Can_t_Stop_and_If_You_re_a_Serial_Slopper_Nob.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:47:32

• "The Fedora Asahi SIG and Asahi Linux projects announced the general availability of Fedora Asahi Remix 42 as the latest version of this distribution developed for Apple Silicon Macs." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-42-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-3    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 03:47:52

• "G12 ICT Computer Programming STALLMAN" Haha. https://www.facebook.com/alexismaravillas19/videos/g12-ict-stallman-sy-2024-2025/1753494658881656/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 06:31:02

• "Requiring "due process of law" is the method used by US law to make the government demonstrate grounds for decisions that deny a person's rights. But a proclamation by an official is no proof, and citing it is no real process." https://www.stallman.org/notes/current.html#14_April_2025_(A_ruling_in_the_Mahmoud_Khalil_case)    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 06:32:28

• "If courts accept that as satisfying the requirement for "due process", due process becomes a sham and a pretense." https://www.stallman.org/notes/current.html#14_April_2025_(A_ruling_in_the_Mahmoud_Khalil_case)    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 06:32:33

• Research Advisory Board has 2 people from IBM, at least one from Microsoft. This is BIG BUSINESS, not research.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 07:11:04

• That is _LF_ Research Advisory Board,    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 07:11:19

• At least they moved Microsoft Edelman (Robin) out of https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/leadership    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 07:12:12

• In the BoD, "Linux" Foundation has just inserted ANOTHER Microsoft employee, David Rudin    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 07:13:35

• Who used to be President of the Joint Development Foundation https://jointdevelopment.org/announcement/2018/12/11/the-joint-development-foundation-joins-the-linux-foundation-family-to-drive-adoption-of-open-source-and-standards/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 07:14:24

• See https://jointdevelopment.org/start-project/ https://jointdevelopment.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2024/02/JDF-v5.0.1-updated.pdf    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 07:15:29

• Inactive since exactly a year ago? https://jointdevelopment.org/news/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 07:16:59

• The PHOTO in this 'ARTICLE' (SPAM) is 8 YEARS old https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/13/jim-zemlin-on-taking-a-portfolio-approach-to-linux-foundation-projects/ 2017 https://www.facesofopensource.com/jim-zemlin/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:23:57

• What kind of person says, "use this photo of me from 8 YEARS ago"? A narcissist. http://techrights.org/o/2019/07/31/jim-zemlin-open-source-loves-microsoft/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:24:32

• How did GNU/Linux users allow such people to govern the "community" and invite Microsoft to "herd" us?    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:25:15

• In the past 7 years he blogged only ONCE. A VERY busy man! https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/author/jim-zemlin    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:26:10

• What does he do all day? Begging Bill Gates for $? https://techrights.org/n/2024/03/17/Jim_Zemlin_Says_Linux_Foundation_Should_Combat_Fraud_Together_W.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:26:41

• Nithya Ruff went to work for GAFAM. Because of COURSE she would. The LF BoD is a gallery of the greedy and sellouts, deplorable people who hate the "F" word (freedom).    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:28:02

• So the IMPLCIT rule in today's "IT" industry is, be UNETHICAL... or PERISH.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:28:28

• The LF enforces this by slapping a CoC or prick in your face if you no longer cheer for the greedy and corrupt. How is that CoC in WINE (added by Microsoft as condition with Mono) working out so far? Too early to CoC-slap? http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/03/linux-kernel-code-of-conduct-committee/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:29:48

• The CoC is for people, who have rights, but not for corporations. Because corporations do whatever the hell they want. The people who govern them are immune from CoC; they just hide behind the corporation/s they own. http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/16/Illuminating_Microsoft_s_Code_of_Conduct_CoC_Hypocrisy.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:31:04

• This is the man who became joint owner of "Linux" Foundation instead of being sent to prison http://techrights.org/o/2020/08/14/control-but-no-accountability/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:31:40

• Linux is the kernel. It's a project. LF is a company. Dominated by Microsoft. http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/New_IRS_Filing_Shows_That_the_Most_Dominant_Company_in_the_Linu.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:32:09

• LF cannot even HOST Linux, it OUTSOURCED it!! https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/akamai-becomes-the-official-distributor-of-the-linux-kernelw-post    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:36:19

• and killed off mailing lists https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/10/Linux_Foundation_We_ve_Shut_Down_the_Mailing_Lists_and_Fired_Ev.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:36:49

• Which begs the question, what does LF actually DO all day?    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:37:16

• Insiders are Microsoft loyalists, so do not expect whistleblowers http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/16/Former_Microsofter_Jason_Perlow_Left_Linux_Foundation.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 08:37:46

• Wow, took him EIGHT years to just SUBMIT it. https://jmtd.net/log/phd/submitted/ 3 years should be ENOUGH.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:19:44

• But he worked for Red Hat (IBM) at the same time. Hard to see what a phd, if he gets it, will get him inside IBM. IBM does NOT value "Expensive" staff. It looks for ways to REPLACE them.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:20:32

• What Desktop PCs Need https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/04/15/what-desktop-pcs-need/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:21:32

• Storage Trends 2025 https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/04/15/storage-trends-2025/ "The cheapest 500G devices are $42.50 for a 512G SATA SSD and $45 for a 500G NVMe."    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:23:01

• AsioHeaders 1.30.2-1 on CRAN: New Upstream http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/04/15#asioheaders_1.30.2-1    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:23:39

• So today marks two weeks since last nastygram in the post - is Microsoft budget low now? Getting "cold feet" about bullying critics?    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:33:31

• Ludaro ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ludaro-puts-a-roguelike-deck-building-twist-on-the-classic-board-game-ludo/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:35:37

• Baldur's Gate 3 ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/the-final-baldurs-gate-3-patch-is-out-now-with-cross-play-photo-mode-new-subclasses/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:35:53

• "Real time chaotic strategy simplified to make it work well on a gamepad?" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/d-o-t-defence-is-a-fast-paced-gamepad-friendly-rts-now-on-steam-with-co-op-and-versus-modes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:36:31

• "Aquapark Tycoon from Boxelware, who previously made the space sim Avorion, is an upcoming water theme park building game and a new trailer is out now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/i-cant-wait-to-send-people-flying-in-aquapark-tycoon-new-trailer-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:37:58

• "The future of Linux distributions in many ways seems like immutable may be a good path, and now the Manjaro team want you to test out their own version of it with Manjaro Summit." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/a-public-alpha-of-the-semi-immutable-manjaro-summit-linux-is-now-available/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:38:41

• "Bosorka is an action roguelike where a young witch saves the world from insidious and cruel demons." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/save-the-world-from-insidious-and-cruel-demons-in-bosorka-with-a-linux-version-available-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:39:29

• "Electronic Arts (EA) announced that both MySims and MySims Kingdom have been upgraded with "some things we have been working on for a long time" which includes Steam Deck support for both titles." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mysims-and-mysims-kingdom-from-ea-get-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:41:01

• "Memory's Reach is a very promising looking first-person puzzle-adventure metroidvania, and the good news is that it will have Steam Deck support at launch." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/first-person-puzzle-adventure-metroidvania-memorys-reach-looks-great-with-steam-deck-support-announced/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:41:56

• "Developer CSR-Studios are currently working on Dead Pixels II but they decided to give the original Dead Pixels from 2012 a surprise upgrade." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/dead-pixels-from-2012-gets-a-surprise-update-with-linux-and-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:42:23

• "Wonderful to see! Ubisoft announced yesterday that they've open sourced their colourblind simulation tool Chroma (UbiChroma as it's called on GitHub), after several years of internal use and development." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubisoft-open-sourced-chroma-their-colourblind-simulation-tool/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:42:52

• "Don't Feed the DATA TROLL" https://odysee.com/@NaomiPrivacyTips:1/dont-feed-the-data-troll:0    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:48:15

• "An Interview With Claudia Sahm - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-claudia-sahm    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:48:29

• Microsoft Tarnishing the Brand of Arch https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/10/Microsoft_Tarnishing_the_Brand_of_Arch.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:49:55

• Microsoft E.E.E. in progress https://antiz.fr/blog/archlinux-official-wsl-image/ ("Robin Candau | Arch Linux now has an official WSL image")    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:50:34

• 10+ years ago https://techrights.org/o/2014/03/07/arch-linux-is-becoming-more-mainstream/ https://techrights.org/o/2014/02/12/arch-linux-2014/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:51:00

• pressgazette is defending slop again https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/bbc-study-revealing-scale-of-ai-generated-news-inaccuracies-is-crucial-checkpoint-but-we-shouldnt-write-the-tech-off/ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/11/Why_is_UK_Press_Gazette_Jingoistic_About_Plagiarists_and_LLM_Sl.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/21/Paywalls_Bots_Spam_and_Spyware_is_Future_of_the_Media_According.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:52:24

• It's an ongoing problem, they try to normalise slop http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/The_UK_s_Press_Gazette_Has_No_Credibility_Anymore_It_Celebrates.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/21/Paywalls_Bots_Spam_and_Spyware_is_Future_of_the_Media_According.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:52:53

• "Dominance Does Not Equal Competence" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/cuomo-trump-dominance-competence/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:53:41

• "The True Cost of Trump’s Statue Garden" https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/04/trumps-garden-heroes-replaces-inquiry-worship/682435/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:53:51

• "Air Force pilots have a new way to pee at 30,000 feet" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-pilots-pee-while-flying/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:54:02

• "Hegseth memo to cut IT contracts lacks clarity, contradicts Pentagon downsizing plans" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2025/04/hegseth-memo-to-cut-it-contracts-lacks-clarity-contradicts-pentagon-downsizing-plans/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:54:31

• "Huge Number of People Who Used to Like Elon Musk Now Detest Him, Polling Shows" https://futurism.com/poll-favorability-elon-musk-doge    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:54:42

• s/crew/cargo/g; it was not piloted but automated https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/blue-origin-female-crew-1.7509472 ("All-female crew, including singer Katy Perry, blast off on Blue Origin rocket")    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:55:03

• "North Korea Supplying Up to 100% of Russian Artillery Shells Used in Ukraine – Reuters - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/15/north-korea-supplying-up-to-100-of-russian-artillery-shells-used-in-ukraine-reuters-a88745    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:55:16

• "Helsinki sees start of summertime pickpocket season" https://yle.fi/a/74-20156364    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:55:34

• "EU will struggle to fill gap left by USAID as European countries cut their budgets" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/15/eu-struggle-fill-gap-usaid-european-countries-cut-budgets    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:55:59

• "There are signs that Turkey is growing closer to Indonesia—and to ASEAN" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/turkeysource/there-are-signs-that-turkey-is-growing-closer-to-indonesia-and-to-asean/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:56:10

• "Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-bukele-abrego-garcia-meeting/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:56:50

• "Elon Musk Has No Idea How USAID Works. This Former Staffer Knows." https://www.thenation.com/article/world/elon-musk-usaid-doge/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:57:02

• "A major Trump power grab just reached the Supreme Court, in Trump v. Wilcox" https://www.vox.com/scotus/408848/supreme-court-donald-trump-unitary-executive-wilcox    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:57:23

• "Why Harvard Decided to Fight Trump" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/why-harvard-resisted-trumps-demands.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:58:03

• iophk: censorship by replacing the opposing views with LLM slop https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-04-16/dont-like-a-columnists-opinion-los-angeles-times-offers-an-ai-generated-opposing-viewpoint ("Don't Like a Columnist's Opinion? Los Angeles Times Offers an AI-Generated Opposing Viewpoint")    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:58:32

• "Phase Two Will Be Worse Than DOGE [sic]" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/04/trump-revenge-doge-government-layoffs-justice-department/682474/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:59:02

• "Trump Admin Deports Man's Teenage Son to El Salvador Prison: Report" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-ice-deports-teen-no-criminal-record-el-salvador-1235318643/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:59:23

• "But how exactly a brief trip to the edge of space is of any benefit to the planet remains to be seen." https://futurism.com/the-byte/passengers-katy-perry-wished-sing-something-else ("Passengers Trapped in Rocket With Katy Perry Wished She Would Sing Something Else")    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 09:59:56

• "Panama Tops Costa Rica as 2025 Retirement Destination" https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/15/panama-tops-costa-rica-as-2025-retirement-destination    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:00:24

• "Sweden was on the road to economic recovery – then Trump happened" https://www.thelocal.se/20250415/sweden-was-on-the-road-to-economic-recovery-then-trump-happened    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:00:51

• "Lie Detector Dragnet" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/the-trump-administrations-lie-detector-dragnet/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:04:56

• Social control media. What a dumb concept of "media". Who came up with this or encouraged this? Spies?    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:56:01

• Social control media is getting worse each day. There has never been a better time to quit ALL social control media. The only better time to do so will be... tomorrow.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:56:33

• Over time more people realise that "celebs" in social control media fake their importance/popularity using userfarms. Their publicists make up for the vast majority or subs/followers/friends. If they post something and only 1 in 10 or 1 in 20 "see it", that sort of gives away the real picture/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:58:01

• Twitter probably peaked around 2016 or 2017. For one quarter it even made a PROFIT... for the first time. Then greedy Twitter, in 2018, shut off access via third parties or APIs/apps. Many people no longer bothered to get the "official" (crappified) "app". In 2020 Twitter became JS only (Webapp mandated).    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:59:47

• "Twitter" being rebranded "X" is a hallmark of its era of irrelevance and cadence.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:00:11

• Saner people, like Arrington or jwz, realise that social control media is a waste of life/time and move on. Over time one can hope for more sane people making personal platforms, then stopping to worry about MElon-mandated grouphink or Kapo-berg using "Facebook" to buy Cheeto Tokens.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:03:11

• "As headlines highlight Windows missteps and questionable design decisions, now is the perfect time to explore what Linux distributions like openSUSE’s have to offer." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/04/15/freedom-means-knowing-whats-installed/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

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

• PureOS Crimson Development Report: March 2025 ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-crimson-development-report-march-2025/ | Source: Purism    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:05:28

• "KDE Plasma has been promoted to edition status from F42 Beta onwards!" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-fedora-42 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:05:51

• "A bipartisan proposal to withdraw the state of Maine from compliance with the Federal REAL-ID Act of 2005 had its first hearing today (archived video) before the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation of the Maine State Legislature" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/04/15/withdrawal-from-real-id-gets-a-hearing-in-maine/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:06:31

• "crime" ☛ https://fair.org/home/theyre-doing-their-best-to-turn-people-who-have-not-committed-any-crime-into-criminals/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:06:53

• New Release: Tails 6.14.2 ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6_14_2/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:07:49

• "ocal Fossa will reach the End of Standard Support in May 2025, also known as End Of Life (EOL)." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-20-04-eol-for-devicesional | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:12:26

• So Long, ArcoLinux ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/So-Long-ArcoLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:13:56

• T2 is a source-based meta distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/t2-source-based-meta-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:14:22

• resticprofile is a configuration profiles manager and scheduler ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/resticprofile-configuration-profiles-manager-scheduler/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:14:39

• FSF News: More than fifteen free software socials to be held globally ☞ http://www.fsf.org/news/fifteen-librelocal-meetups-announced    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:15:36

• NX AppHub Introduced as Nitrux’s Minimalist AppImage Solution ☞ https://linuxiac.com/nx-apphub-introduced-as-nitrux-minimalist-appimage-solution/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:16:07

• "These responses touched on not only the income fallout for creatives, but differences between various types of (and protections for) IP [sic], the potential effect on medical research, and a whole lot else." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/14/jack-dorsey-ip-comments/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:17:32

• "The operators of Nhentai.net, a popular adult site with dozens of millions of monthly visits, have been ordered to identify themselves in a California court." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/nhentai-operators-ordered-to-expose-themselves-in-u-s-copyright-lawsuit-250415/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:17:42

• "Kadrey, however, attempts to side-step fair use." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/eff-urges-court-avoid-fair-use-shortcuts-kadrey-v-meta-platforms | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:17:53

• "A German media company has complained to EU antitrust regulators following Alphabet unit Google's crackdown against companies gaming its search algorithm to push up rankings for other sites." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/googles-spam-policy-hit-by-eu-antitrust-complaint-from-german-media-company/articleshow/120319918.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:19:18

• "The Democrats love to build or reinforce the mechanisms of authoritarianism, which they mistakenly think they can apply for good and moral purposes, but then become major building blocks for an authoritarian state." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025/aside-on-anti-trust-remedies/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:19:41

• "There’s the not so small issue of the tech industry being quite invested in turning the US into an authoritarian dictatorship and seemingly succeeding." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2025/we-are-in-for-a-rough-ride/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:30:11

• "But even if you assume that the US will come out of this in four years’ time as a recovering democracy (an extremely unsafe assumption, I think), the web is likely to suffer as an industry either way."    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:30:55

• "We have monopolies or oligopolies who control much of the software market and, of particular concern to the web sector, they control how people discover websites."    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:31:02

• "Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has ordered Google to stop making deals that give preference to Google Search and Chrome on Android devices." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/648996/google-antitrust-japan-order-google-search-android-chrome | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:31:34

• "Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a key concession at a US antitrust trial on Tuesday, saying he bought Instagram because it had a "better" camera than the one his company was trying to build for flagship app Facebook at the time." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/at-us-antitrust-trial-metas-mark-zuckerberg-admits-he-bought-instagram-because-it-was-better/articleshow/120317266.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:31:57

• "Social media titan Mark Zuckerberg took the stand for a second day Tuesday in a landmark US antitrust trial where his conglomerate Meta is accused of taking over Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/facebook-chief-zuckerberg-testifying-again-in-us-antitrust-trial/articleshow/120315535.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:32:22

• "It's unclear if Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., based in Mountain View in the Silicon Valley, will take legal action to fight the order." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/japans-anti-monopoly-watchdog-accuses-google-of-violations-in-smartphones/articleshow/120315422.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:32:50

• "The antitrust watchdog said Google, as far back as July 2020, had asked at least six Android smartphone manufacturers to preinstall its apps when they signed the licence for the American tech giant’s app store, Nikkei Asia reported." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/japan-google-cease-and-desist-antimonopoly-law-b2734083.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:33:08

• "Back in 2020, the FTC sued Meta (then known as Facebook), arguing that it had illegally maintained monopoly power by acquiring competitors before they could grow." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/ettech-explainer-why-the-us-government-wants-to-break-up-meta/articleshow/120306384.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:33:29

• "But the unprecedented success of two of its biggest bets have regulators concerned its tactics are anticompetitive." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/15/meta-copycat-strategy-ftc-trial | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:33:44

• "While Stewart’s bit remains funny, I must again note that many people with actual expertise in this area treated the acquisition as a reasonable cost to neutralize a surging competitor." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/instagram-acquisition-history/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:34:14

• "Zuckerberg has so far testified for roughly nine hours. He’s expected to continue testifying on Wednesday, followed by Sheryl Sandberg." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/649520/zuckerberg-meta-ftc-antitrust-testimony-facebook-history | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:34:29

• "Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a “potentially crazy idea” in 2022 to get people using Facebook more: deleting everyone’s friends’ lists." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/649246/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-friends-wipe-reset-meta-antitrust-trial | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:34:39

• "Businesses weigh the benefits and costs of developing new products themselves against buying start-ups with products they want to add, he said." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/technology/meta-antitrust-trial-mark-zuckerberg.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:34:57

• "It seems the FTC wasn’t moved by Zuckerberg’s counteroffer of $1 billion, hoping the number might be closer to $18 billion. Meta has done everything in its power to avoid the trial, but here we are" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/15/mark-zuckerberg-tried-negotiate-settlement-ftc-landmark-antitrust-trial-but-failed/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:35:53

• "No one knew how these deals would turn out." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/what-if-mark-zuckerberg-had-not-bought-insta-whatsapp/articleshow/120330253.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:36:13

• "the two fired Commissioners (Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya) sued Trump" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/15/with-3-0-gop-majority-and-all-democrats-fired-the-ftc-is-now-a-total-trump-puppet-agency-pretending-to-care-about-antitrust-reform/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:36:35

• ...the more direct a flight, the better for the plane, the plane, the more efficient for all, bbu the Airline Industry has taken advantage and is now charging more for direct flights than flights that test your anxiety with many connections and delays that put those a risk. They make ravel less pleasant unless you pay a ton.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:42:44

• "In response to ARRL’s request, over 200 members submitted suggestions that were reviewed when considering what rules should be deleted or modified" ☛ https://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-files-comments-responding-to-fcc-request-for-input | Source: ARRL    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:43:21

• "This is even more true in the public sector, which represents about half of union membership in America today." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/not-just-unions-strike-ready-unions | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:46:16

• "What did growing up against this particular cultural backdrop do to me? What did it do to all of us? I didn’t start trying to process this particular initiation into adulthood until two decades later." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/porn-american-pop-culture-feminism/682114/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:46:43

• "It’s unusual — though not unheard of — for immigrants to be arrested during USCIS interviews." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/649427/ice-arrest-mohsen-mahdawi-citizenship-interview-uscis | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:47:06

• "Following a decision made during a hearing at Istanbul’s 23rd High Criminal Court, journalist Necla Demir Arvas was released from Bakırköy Closed Prison on Monday." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/released-journalist-we-will-continue-to-amplify-women-s-voices-78886 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:48:15

• "Government attacks on public media are as old as Big Bird. Ever since Richard Nixon feuded with public broadcasting during its earliest days" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/public-broadcasting-media-democracy/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:49:24

• "Antonina Favorskaya, Kostantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labeled as extremist" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/four-journalists-who-were-accused-of-working-for-kremlin-foe-navalny-are-convicted-of-extremism/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:49:40

• "ussia sentenced four journalists linked to late opposition leader Alexei Navalny to five and a half years in a penal colony on Tuesday, deepening its crackdown on dissent and press freedom amid the ongoing war in Ukraine." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2294824.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:53:05

• "The court also handed the journalists a three-year ban on administering websites." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/15/russia-sentences-journalists-to-55-years-in-navalny-extremism-case-a88746 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:53:34

• "Soon-Shiong, a medical innovator who bought the Times in 2018, blocked his newspaper from endorsing Democrat Kamala Harris for president last fall and said he wanted to overhaul its editorial board" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-04-16/dont-like-a-columnists-opinion-los-angeles-times-offers-an-ai-generated-opposing-viewpoint | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:55:18

• "In making this decision, Harvard appears to have learned a lesson from the Trump administration’s tangle with another Ivy League school—just not the lesson the government intended." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/harvard-chooses-defiance/682457/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:55:40

• "On Monday, Harvard become the first university to openly defy the Trump administration as it demands sweeping changes to limit activism on campus." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/harvards-challenge-to-trump-administration-could-test-limits-of-government-power-101744736602670.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 11:56:29

• "Saint Petersburg’s Pushkinsky District Court sentenced her to five years and two months in prison and banned her from using social media for three additional years, the court’s press service said on Telegram." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/15/st-petersburg-woman-jailed-over-army-criticism-after-neighbors-denunciation-a88744 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:00:52

• "Today I’m focusing on the Trump administration’s battle with Harvard University, in which a powerful university targeted by the president is pushing back." ☛ https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/408890/trump-harvard-university-funding-logoff | Source: Vox    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:01:11

• "The First Amendment protects speech we might hate, including racist, sexist, and antisemitic language. That is a cost of free expression in a free country." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/why-harvard-decided-to-challenge-donald-trump | Source: New Yorker    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:01:38

• "Learning is a sacred and foundational right that is now being limited for students in DoDEA schools" ☛ https://www.aclu-ky.org/en/press-releases/students-sue-department-defense-schools-over-curriculum-changes-book-bans |    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:02:12

• "Students in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools on military bases sued today" ☛ https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/dodea-book-bans | Source: ACLU    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:02:51

• "A dozen students in U.S. Defense Department schools sued, opens new tab the department and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday for book removals and curriculum changes following executive orders from President Donald Trump, an advocacy group said." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/legal/students-sue-us-defense-department-schools-book-removals-2025-04-16/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:03:33

• "has led to groundbreaking innovations across a wide range of medical, engineering, and scientific fields" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/this-is-weakening-the-united-states/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:03:44

• "The ruling confirms that the words ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’ refer to same-sex sexual orientation and makes it absolutely clear that lesbians wishing to form associations of any size are lawfully entitled to exclude men" https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgq9ejql39t    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:04:51

• Why is this relevant? Some of these extremists spent years attacking Techrights people, even wives and mothers. http://techrights.org/wiki/Free_Software-Hostile_Militants/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:05:56

• Nobody has "special" rights. The rights of men and women apply to everybody. Nobody is "special". The law applies to everybody.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:06:43

• "The ABC’s international media channels and the bespoke content we create, distribute and share with our media partners showcase an Australian society that is diverse, free and equal, with an independent media that holds power to account." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/to-counter-anti-democratic-propaganda-step-up-funding-for-abc-international/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:09:03

• "next step in the evolution of China’s surveillance state will be to integrate generative-AI models like DeepSeek into urban surveillance infrastructures." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/14/deepseek-is-already-being-applied-widely-across-chinas-industries-and-used-for-government-surveillance-and-propaganda/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:09:24

• "In a letter to the CVE board, VP and Director at MITRE’s Center for Securing the Homeland Yosry Barsoum said the contract with the US government to manage the program will expire on April 16 and there’s no word on funding moving forward." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/mitre-signals-potential-cve-program-deterioration-as-us-gov-funding-expires/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:10:43

• "The MITRE Corporation said on Tuesday that its stewardship of the CVE program — which catalogs all public cybersecurity vulnerabilities" ☛ https://therecord.media/mitre-warns-of-cve-program-lapse-contract-expires | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:14:27

• "While the whole world's vulnerability management efforts aren't going to descend into chaos overnight, there is a concern that in a month or two they may." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/homeland_security_funding_for_cve/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:14:45

• MITRE Warns CVE Program Faces Disruption (Security Week) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1017565/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:16:06

• "A critical resource that cybersecurity professionals worldwide rely on to identify, mitigate and fix security vulnerabilities in software and hardware is in danger of breaking down." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/funding-expires-for-key-cyber-vulnerability-database/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:16:51

• "Make no mistake: this is how World War III is being lost—not with missiles and tanks, but with spreadsheets and trade policies." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-surrender-to-china | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:17:22

• "OpenAI has revealed the “advisors” for its new nonprofit commission: Dolores Huerta, Monica Lozano, Dr. Robert K. Ross, and Jack Oliver." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/649430/openai-nonprofit-commission-advisors | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:17:47

• "China has in recent years begun pointing the finger back at the United States, which has accused Beijing of backing a litany of cyberattack, but Tuesday’s allegations were more specific and aggressive than usual." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/chinese-law-enforcement-places-nsa-operatives-on-wanted-list-over-alleged-cyberattacks/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:23:32

• People wishing to practice good security "hygiene" start by BANNING ALL proprietary software. It CANNOT be TRUSTED. https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:24:25

• "Australia needs to reevaluate its security priorities and establish a more dynamic regulatory framework for cybersecurity" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-can-learn-from-britain-on-cyber-governance/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:25:22

• "A government statement said Hongkong Post would not collect tariffs on behalf of Washington, and will suspend accepting non-airmail parcels containing goods destined for the U.S. on Wednesday, since items shipped by sea take more time." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/china-tariffs-hong-kong-post-office-b2734102.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:26:04

• "Milky seas are produced by bioluminescent bacteria that can transform the nighttime ocean into a glowing white veneer." ☛ https://www.404media.co/the-ocean-spectacle-that-has-entranced-sailors-for-centuries/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:26:44

• "Google is working toward climate goals of cutting the company’s planet-heating emissions in half and matching its electricity use with carbon-free energy purchases around-the-clock by 2030." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/648979/google-geothermal-energy-power-purchase-agreement-asia-taiwan | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:27:13

• "This Earth Day 2025, let us commit to harnessing renewable energy to build a healthy, sustainable, equitable and prosperous future for us all, let us commit to Renewable Energy Now." ☛ https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2025-our-power-our-planet/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:34:31

• "While it may seem strange to think of a world without ecological awareness" ☛ https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/04/01/earth-day-2025-when/82756382007/ | Source: Gannett    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:36:12

• "EARTHDAY.ORG is thrilled to announce that renowned artist Alexis Rockman has created the official Earth Day 2025 poster, marking our 55th anniversary." ☛ https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-poster-2025/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:38:19

• "The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009." ☛ https://www.unep.org/events/un-day/international-mother-earth-day-2025 | Source: UN    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:38:40

• "Every Earth Month and Earth Day action is meaningful and momentous. Here are four things you can do." ☛ https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/earth-day/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:39:21

• "And, so goes Vermont. Or not. Don’t despair! There are two ways many of us can change this tragic trajectory. First action: join your regional land trust." ☛ https://www.reformer.com/opinion/letters/letter-to-the-editor-honoring-earth-day-has-never-been-so-urgent/article_4ea94920-79c8-4217-99e5-c4b2fbfb7094.html | Source: Brattleboro Reformer, Vermont    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:39:55

• "Environmental groups denounced the administration’s offer, calling the email address a “polluters’ portal” that could allow hundreds of companies to evade laws meant to protect the environment and public health." ☛ https://apnews.com/article/trump-epa-clean-air-exemption-mercury-13f009f79fdc84443e428618d2a01bba | Source: Associated Press    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:40:21

• "A list quietly posted as of Tuesday on the Environmental Protection Agency’s website lists 47 power providers — which operate at least 66 coal-fired plants" ☛ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/trump-exempts-nearly-70-coal-plants-from-biden-era-rule-on-mercury-and-other-toxic-air-pollution/ | Source: Seattle Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:41:15

• "The Trump administration has exempted 47 companies from regulations to curb mercury and air toxics for their coal-fired power plants for two years" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/trump-exempts-dozens-coal-plants-mercury-air-toxics-limits-2025-04-15/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:41:50

• Windows below 10% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/angola/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:45:40

• There is going to be a lot of judge-bashing in the UK this week (or against the UK). People like these. http://techrights.org/wiki/Free_Software-Hostile_Militants/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:46:23

• "It must have been a surprise as Meta’s preemptive response came in the form of a barely formatted PDF sent to Semafor" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/blog/careless-people/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:47:29

• "A PDF of Meta’s opening statement slides in its FTC antitrust hearing yesterday contains easy-to-remove redactions that make it possible to see everything the company didn’t want made public, The Verge has discovered." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/648893/meta-redacted-documents-leak-ftc-antitrust-opening-statement | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:47:46

• "Attorneys suing the United States government over its use of vanishing Signal messages to coordinate military strikes last month in Yemen allege" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/heres-what-happened-to-those-signalgate-messages/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:48:08

• "Caldwell, who served in the Marine Corps, was one of several senior advisers who worked closely with Hegseth. Caldwell’s ties to the secretary go back to Hegseth’s time as the head of Concerned Veterans for America" ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/04/15/pentagon-senior-adviser-dan-caldwell-ousted-in-probe-into-leaks/ | Source: USMC    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:48:49

• "The decline was even steeper in February alone, with births falling 7.6% year-over-year to 90,500 — 7,400" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/14/russias-birth-rate-plunges-to-200-year-low-a88709 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:49:24

• "freed by the SDF" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/yazidi-youngster-kidnapped-by-isis-from-shengal-in-2014-freed-by-the-sdf-78896 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:52:17

• "Analyzing long-term trends, we will see many reasons for the US-Russian rapprochement, which should make Europeans worry, because, after all, such a shift will occur at the expense of Europe." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/04/15/american-russian-rapprochement-as-a-threat-to-europe/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:52:42

• "outright refusal — to comply with court orders" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/15/trump-defy-court-orders-contempt-constitutional-crisis | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:53:03

• "But the complexity of AI systems, which pull from thousands of pieces of data, make that a herculean task for humans, says Heidy Khlaaf" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/15/1115078/phase-two-of-military-ai-has-arrived/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12:56:26

• "More accurately, the administration is defying the spirit, rather than the letter, of the Supreme Court ruling." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/abrego-garcia-trump-bukele-salvador/682467/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:01:19

• "Sabotaging the agency’s work amounts to an inducement for the ultra-rich to treat taxes as a voluntary contribution." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-doge-tax-irs/682471/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:03:33

• "Since 2022, Russia has suffered more than 700,000 casualties in Ukraine" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/video/russia-ukraine-war-losses-video/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:06:04

• "One acting commissioner — one with 38 years experience — has already resigned because of the DHS’s desire to use tax records as a migrant-hunting database." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/15/another-irs-commissioner-steps-down-after-being-forced-to-share-immigrant-tax-records-with-the-dhs/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:06:42

• "the exodus of Kashmiri pandits from Jammu and Kashmir in the past" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/bengal-govt-must-stop-jihadi-attacks-on-hindus-over-waqf-act-protests-vhp/article69455131.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:07:54

• Confidentiality ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/14/ssl_tls_certificates/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:10:56

• "A smaller subset of customers may also have had more sensitive data stolen, including Social Security or other government identification numbers, passport information, Medicare or Medicaid ID, or injury-related information associated with vehicle accident claims." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/hertz_cleo_customer_data/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:11:56

• "raises significant concerns regarding potential transfers of customers’ and family members’ sensitive personal data to various interested entities" ☛ https://therecord.media/23andme-bankruptcy-house-investigation-data-concerns | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:12:59

• "But one of the researchers, Zeve Sanderson, the executive director of NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics, isn’t resigned to defeat." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/04/can-we-stop-kids-from-watching-porn/682455/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:13:54

• "The good news? Lawmakers in California, Massachusetts, Illinois and elsewhere are stepping up, leading the way to protect privacy and ensure that healthcare access and other exercise of our rights remain safe from invasive surveillance." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/privacy-map-how-states-are-fighting-location-surveillance | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:14:29

• "Today, Bits of Freedom, EDRi, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte, and Convocation Design + Research are filing a complaint under the Digital Services Act (DSA) against Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/civil-society-files-dsa-complaint-against-meta-for-toxic-profiling-fueled-feeds/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:14:56

• "The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback to the Privacy Working Group led by the Majority Leadership of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce." ☛ https://epic.org/documents/epic-feedback-to-house-energy-commerce-majority-privacy-working-group/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:15:35

• "Hackers claim to have obtained 4chan's code, emails of moderators, and internal communications." ☛ https://www.404media.co/4chan-is-down-following-what-looks-to-be-a-major-hack-spurred-by-meme-war/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:15:55

• "4chan is an anonymous message board that enables often offensive and hateful content. The content leaked, if genuine, would remove some of the anonymity from 4chan administrators, moderators, and janitors" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/2025-4chan-hack-admin-leak/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:16:11

• "denied a report that the practice was new and connected to a recent security appraisal of the risks when visiting the United States" ☛ https://therecord.media/eu-burner-phones-traveling-officials | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:16:43

• "The European Commission is giving staffers visiting the US on official business burner laptops and phones to avoid espionage attempts, according to the Financial Times." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/ec_burner_devices/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:18:08

• "how the fundamental data protection rights recognized under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be reconciled with AI models and how they get trained." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/meta_resume_ai_training_eu_user_posts/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:18:28

• "A whistleblower alleges Elon Musk's tech team caused a major cybersecurity breach at the NLRB" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/whistleblower-org-says-doge-may-have-caused-significant-cyber-breach-at-us-labor-watchdog/articleshow/120328777.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:18:41

• Australia: Android up https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/australia/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:22:21

• "The idea that Linux isn't a practical choice for gamers is slowly becoming outdated. Here are the best Linux distributions every gamer should consider using." https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-6-linux-distros-i-recommend-most-for-gaming-in-2025-including-my-favorite/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:23:10

• PR slush funds https://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/17969-linux-foundation-mentorship-program.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:26:18

• "After about a month of testing, the full release of Fedora Linux 42 is finally here, bringing with it a bunch of upgrades and improvements for all of its many spins and editions." https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-42-full-release/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:26:52

• "Fedora Linux 42 includes an x86 emulation layer for ARM PCs, much like Apple’s Rosetta 2 compatibility layer for Apple Silicon Mac computers. It allows ARM Linux PCs to run many applications and games that haven’t been ported to ARM yet, including Windows software through the Wine compatibility layer." https://www.howtogeek.com/fedora-linux-x86-emulation-arm-pc/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:27:30

• 4 ways Apostrophe is my new go-to editor for markdown over Obsidian https://www.xda-developers.com/how-apostrophe-is-better-for-writing-than-obsidian/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:28:04

• "If you like trying new and experimental Linux distributions, you should be happy to know Manjaro Linux is officially jumping on the immutable Linux distribution bandwagon with the announcement of Manjaro Summit, in an alpha phase." https://www.howtogeek.com/manjaro-summit-alpha-released/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:28:37

• "When I hear the term, "Arch Linux", my mind immediately moves towards how it is a great Linux distribution for power users, which also gives them the right to say, "I use Arch, btw"." https://news.itsfoss.com/arcolinux-discontinued/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:29:33

• Intel's P-Core only Bartlett Lake chip inches closer to reality with new Linux patch ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-p-core-only-bartlett-lake-chip-inches-closer-to-reality-with-new-linux-patch    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:30:10

• statCounter Sees GNU/Linux at New High of 6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/statCounter_Sees_GNU_Linux_at_New_High_of_6_in_Bosnia_and_Herze.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:30:52

• "Tesla accused of hacking odometers to weasel out of warranty repairs" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/15/musklemons/#more-like-edison-amirite | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:32:35

• "Thus, while tls certificates can usually be checked very easily in our web browser of choice, it is still useful to know how to do it in the terminal." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/checking-tls-certificates-with-openssl-from-terminal | Source: Chris    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 13:32:50

• Windows TCO: "Cyble researchers have uncovered ransomware called DOGE BIG BALLS, a ransomware that not just stands out but also presents its technical prowess for audacious psychological manipulation." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/doge-big-balls-ransomware/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:13:24

• Windows TCO: "This week, our Year in Review spotlight is on ransomware—where low-profile tactics led to high-impact consequences." ☛ https://blog.talosintelligence.com/year-in-review-ransomware/ | Source: Threat Source    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:14:22

• Windows TCO: "The attacker, dubbed UNC5174, uses a mix of custom and open source malware" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/chinese_spies_backdoored_us_orgs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:15:40

• Windows TCO: "Kidney dialysis services provider DaVita said it fell victim to a ransomware attack over the weekend that disrupted some of its operations, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/kidney-dialysis-services-provider-davita-hit-by-ransomware/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:15:55

• Windows TCO: "On April 12, 2025, DaVita Inc. (the “Company” or “we”) became aware of a ransomware incident that has encrypted certain elements of our network." ☛ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927066/000119312525079593/d948299d8k.htm | Source: SEC    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:23:46

• Windows TCO: "As India transitions to smart meters and more digital grid, increasing cyberattacks pose potentially crippling consequences for national stability and everyday life, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/cyberattacks-pose-potentially-crippling-consequences-for-national-stability-kant/articleshow/120315590.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:23:59

• "All of these ideas are free-speech friendly. They do not involve top-down censorship, but bottom-up user choice." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/meta-fight-antisemitism-harassment/682380/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:25:10

• "The “M3GAN” screening will also allow fans to communicate with the evil doll herself via a M3GAN chatbot." ☛ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/meta-second-screen-theater-tech-m3gan-rerelease-1236364712/ | Source: Variety    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:25:32

• "a new spin, perhaps, on Zuckerberg's cringey push to get his subordinates to refer to each other as "Meta Mates" back when he was all-in on virtual reality — fans will be able to talk to an AI version of the iconic robot." ☛ https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-encourages-theatergoers-phones-movies | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:25:46

• "It depends who you ask. But the current wave of generative AI has unpleasant side effects that are hard to ignore: large-scale copyright infringements, environmental impact and bias." ☛ https://hidde.blog/ethical-ai/ | Source: Hidde de Vries    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:26:44

• "Slopsquatting" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/slopsquatting.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:27:17

• "Here’s how these models typically work. When a user queries an LLM, an algorithm breaks that input text into a sequence of tokens." ☛ https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-make-language-models-work-better-researchers-sidestep-language-20250414/ | Source: Quanta Magazine    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:27:52

• "its proponents envisioned a world where research findings would be freely available to all readers — breaking down paywalls that limited knowledge dissemination and hindered scientific progress." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/15/guest-post-the-open-access-ai-conundrum-does-free-to-read-mean-free-to-train/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:28:14

• "The excuse also doesn't quite add up. There's nothing wrong with using dictation software, but why would that cause blatant spelling errors or a reference to ChatGPT?" ☛ https://futurism.com/andrew-cuomo-ai-aide | Source: Futurism | ONLY FOOLS USE THIS SCAM :) http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:29:03

• "H&M is making some big promises with this pitch. But is any of this … real? It’s certainly not plausible. Think for one moment about these claims." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/15/hms-ai-models-campaign-makes-impossible-claims/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:29:38

• "In this work, we focus on a specific type of hallucination during code generation called package hallucination." ☛ https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.10279 | Source: arXiv    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:31:07

• "An adversary can exploit package hallucinations, especially if they are repeated, by publishing a package to an open-source repository with the same name as the hallucinated or fictitious package and containing some malicious code/functionality" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/genai-llm-code-package-hallucinations/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:31:34

• "Tesla, the electric vehicle titan, faces a monumental challenge that could reshape its future." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tesla-ordered-replace-faulty-self-driving-computers-4-million-cars-pay-1732743 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:35:05

• Trans women are not legally women, Supreme Court affirms https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/16/supreme-court-rule-trans-women/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:35:43

• "In public and private meetings, Chinese officials are typically firm in their denials about any and all accusations of offensive hacking." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/china-admits-hacking-us-infrastructure/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:36:19

• "The first Intel-based Mac was 19 years ago, but new versions of apps for both Classic Mac OS and PowerPC Mac OS X still occasionally appear, and we are here for it." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/classic_mac_os_apps/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:36:48

• "OneDrive users on both OSes complained that their shared folders no longer appeared in their local OneDrive directories and had instead been replaced with .url files linking to OneDrive's web interface." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/14/microsoft_onedrive_file_sync_apps_broken/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:37:09

• "That is one of the advantages of getting older: I feel secure in declining things. It's a great feeling!" ☛ https://robertbirming.com/value-firm-no/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:39:02

• "Matthias Endler wrote up a list of traits he sees in great developers, which I read because Jerod linked to it in Changelog's newsletter." ☛ https://justin.searls.co/links/2025-04-14-the-best-programmers/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:39:13

• "I want to preface this by saying that this is NOT a guide on how to get a job. This is a recounting of my own personal experience in the job market in 2025 as a recent (2022) computer science and engineering graduate" ☛ https://mirawelner.com/posts/how_i_got_job.html | Source: Mira Welner    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:39:33

• "political landscape" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/travel-warning-united-states-1.7510877 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:40:06

• "Reports of foreigners being sent to detention or processing centers for more than seven days, including Canadian Jasmine Mooney, a pair of German tourists" ☛ https://apnews.com/article/canada-university-academic-warning-border-trump-492da3367ffc75ae163b4248698d849f | Source: Associated Press    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:40:23

• "The approximate 20 percent budget cut could force the closure of the Goddard Space Flight Center and would see projects such as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope scrapped." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/proposed-nasa-budget-cuts-would-decimate-american-leadership-in-space/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:41:12

• "If you cut this budget, you cut into the heart of America's leadership when it comes to space exploration." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/nasa_cuts_protest/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:41:21

• OSI is in a state of panic at the moment. Let's wait a bit, then resume. Techrights will write the next part soon.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:45:55

• "They’re enclosed, so even on windy days it’s nice to be outside (helps keep it a bit warmer too when the wind has a bite)" ☛ https://aj.bourg.family/greenhouse/ | Source: AJ Bourg    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:49:08

• [Old] "Lynch is a soft-spoken man whose work, for more than thirty years, has had an impact — directly or indirectly — on the computer, information and library science communities." ☛ https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2013/05/digital-preservation-pioneer-clifford-lynch/ | Source: LOC    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:49:21

• "Last Tuesday Cliff Lynch delivered an abbreviated version of his traditional closing summary and bon voyage to CNI's 2025 Spring Membership Meeting via Zoom from his sick-bed." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2025/04/cliff-lynch-rip.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 14:49:35

• "I’m getting many “what are you going to do with all these prints?!?” questions… so that might be the subject of next week’s newsletter…" ☛ https://austinkleon.com/2025/04/15/i-cant-stop-printing/ | Source: Austin Kleon    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:24:31

• "Generally, yes. Michael was the most popular male baby name in the US from every year (except 1960) from 1954 to 1998. 4,350,425 of us were named Michael in the 100 years ending 2023." ☛ https://mihobu.lol/whats-in-a-name | Source: Michael Burkhardt    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:24:48

• "The center must be held—not because it is easy, but because it is ours to hold. And holding it begins with this recognition: there are twenty-four hours in a day, and how we allocate our attention within them may determine whether our republic survives this moment of peril." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/there-are-only-twenty-four-hours | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:25:01

• "Code is data and data is code. Years ago, I had a brief affair with Lisp and there I picked up this meme. Today, I believe there are also benefits in separating code and data." ☛ https://beza1e1.tuxen.de/config_levels.html | Source: Andreas Zwinkau    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:31:52

• "Think of a tech company as a giant, dimly-lit factory. Work goes on throughout the factory as components shuffle back and forth, and finished products get steadily carted away" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/the-spotlight/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:32:08

• "Wicked features are requirements that must be considered every time you build anything else" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/wicked-features/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:33:15

• "I recently wrapped up a job where I spent the last two years writing the backend of a B2B SaaS product in Rust, so now is the ideal time to reflect on the experience and write about it." ☛ https://borretti.me/article/two-years-of-rust | Source: Fernando Borretti    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:33:48

• "This is a famous CPU, powering the Apple II series of computer. But I'm European, I have never seen Apple II in my life. Commodore on the hand, I have seen." ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/commodore-64-assembler-day-1-hello-world-and-emacs-setup/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:34:02

• "I have a little .zshrc file to customize my terminal, and I’ve always wanted a fun prompt besides the default, but haven’t really done much to learn it." ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/my-zsh-prompt/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:34:55

• "Ideally, every function that writes to the stdout probably should ask for a io.Writer and write to it instead." ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/capture_console_output/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:35:20

• Russell Coker: Storage Trends 2025 ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/04/15/storage-trends-2025/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:51:22

• Russell Coker: What Desktop PCs Need ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/04/15/what-desktop-pcs-need/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:51:49

• "It would be nice if we had a global, distributed, relatively easily queryable, consistent database system." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/DNSNotADatabase | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:53:25

• "One of the more active areas of activity at the IETF falls under the DNS Operations Working Group (DNSOP) remit." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/15/dns-at-ietf-122/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:53:33

• "In January, the FSF launched a call to organize local community meetups and claimed the month of May as LibreLocal Month." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/news/fifteen-librelocal-meetups-announced | Source: FSF    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:54:17

• "I'm co-organizing an open source supply-chain security mini-track with Dustin Ingram during PyCon US 2025" ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/pycon-us-2025-security-mini-summit | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:54:29

• Four questions: tech gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-04-16-4q.txt "I learned to type, made zines on copy machines and an offset press, wrote a website for my zine in the '90s on my dad's desktop, but I wasn't interested in the tech, just using it."    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:58:14

• "Man, the current news cycle is making my brain hurt... every other day you either hear about some astoundingly stupid idea Trump comes up with, new ways of our politicians to invade our privacy our the simple fact that the climate is breaking down around us and simply nobody seems to care." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/160425.txt    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 15:59:11

• 🔤SpellBinding: ABCEGKM Wordo: DEPTH gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-16.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 16:01:36

• "I am very excited to write this first post on my fresh, new gemlog." gemini://gemini.metro.cx/posts/hello-geminauts-first-post.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 16:04:54

• "This capsule is hosted on a FreeBSD server. Incoming connections are handled within a jail, where an stunnel daemon terminates the SSL connection and forwards it to vger, a simplistic Gemini server that supports virtual hosting."    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 16:05:40

• "Make your writing accessible: concise, bland and simple. Write enough -don't avoid explaining. The aim is to convey a message and there is a difference between avoiding clutter and lack of clarity. The former helps, the latter doesnt." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2583    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 16:07:20

• "There must be flexibility when writing the first draft. Even if it looks and sounds childish and makes you hate yourself for having written it. This is essential to enable a flow state and make sure that every idea is laid on paper. Some of the apparently bad ideas might turn out great. Also, everything written can be revised and most of it must be revised."    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 16:07:53

• First Fermentation of 2025 gemini://vigrey.com/journal/first-fermentation-of-2025.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 16:08:38

• "But I deleted my account when they partnered with Google to allow API access for AI training on posts, and have tried not to look back. Lately, I've been getting back into some old musical interests on guitar. But instead of going to particular subreddits, I've been trying instead to use forums." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/4-16.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 16:09:32

• Tools will not liberate us gemini://dobody.srht.site/gemlog/posts/2025-04-16-tools-will-not-liberate-us.gmi "In our work as practitioners of libre and experimental methods for design, a question arises often. It pertains to our loyalty towards the values we ascribe to libre, open, shared or community software."    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 16:42:02

• "i've been looking into el gran tarot esoterico. not sure how much of what i've found is eudes picard and how much is maritxu guler's synthesizing of the 19th century occultists overall." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/grantarotesoterico1    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 16:42:49

• "What’s frustrating about these warnings are they are related to shortcodes built into Hugo itself. They are part of the documentation and examples that Hugo has to showcase what the project can do." ☛ https://mandarismoore.com/2025/04/15/im-tired-boss-upcoming-deprecations.html | Source: Mandaris Moore    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:07:57

• "The new version refines the essential tools that site owners and developers rely on daily." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/wordpress-6-8-released-as-a-performance-focused-update/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:08:07

• ""We have to build up our own capacities when it comes to technologies," EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen has said" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2294819.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:09:00

• "Christian Wenzel-Benner and researcher Dr. Michaela Dümmer from Prof. Dr. Christoph Forreiter‘s research" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/harnessing-rp2040-for-microgravity-research-in-zero-g-parabolic-flight/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:10:03

• "I've mentioned the Framework 13 a few times recently, and I ended up buying one." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/why-i-decided-on-the-framework-13-for-my-next-laptop | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:10:10

• "Update perl to 5.36.0-7+deb12u2, which fixes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability" ☛ https://tails.net/news/version_6.14.2/index.en.html | Source: Tails    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:11:01

• "The stable version of Fedora Linux 42 is now available, featuring Gnome 48 in the Workstation edition and a new edition based on KDE Plasma (6.3.4)" ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/fedora-linux-42/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:12:45

• "Speaking of Fedora, let me clarify: this release isn’t based on the latest Fedora 42 (which just came out today) but on its previous Fedora 41 release." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-based-ultramarine-linux-41-cyberia-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:13:42

• "Another six-month cycle has passed, and the highly anticipated Fedora 42 release is finally here" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-linux-42-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:14:03

• "The Fedora team have announced the release of Fedora 42. The new version elevates the KDE Plasma spin to "edition" status, alongside the existing GNOME edition, and introduces a new COSMIC desktop spin. [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12410 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:14:24

• "Manjaro 25 “Zetar” Lands with GNOME 48" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/manjaro-25-0-zetar-lands-with-gnome-48-plasma-6-3-and-more/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:18:35

• Manjaro Linux 25.0.0 ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12408 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:18:43

• "So, how did Valve become so acquainted with the Linux ecosystem?" ☛ https://thelibre.news/on-the-history-of-valve-and-linux/ | Source: LibreNews    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:20:40

• "This post explores these questions through detailed fio(1) benchmarking, looking at random reads, random writes, and latency" ☛ https://rsadowski.de/posts/2025/fio_simple_benckmarking/ | Source: Rafael Sadowski    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:21:13

• "These days, Unixes are quite generous in what they make available through their packaging systems" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MyPersonalProgramsSetup | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:21:21

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

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:21:59

• How To Install OpenRGB on GNU/Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openrgb-linux-mint-22/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:22:15

• Fedora GNU/Linux 42 Released ☞ https://idroot.us/fedora-42/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:22:35

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

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:22:51

• How To Install Flatpak on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-flatpak-fedora-42/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:23:14

• "I had a manager was good for unsubstantiated performance reviews. She always gave the good reviews to the brown noses but not to the people who had beyond get customer relationships. Some of us called her mini Ginni" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrw6p1yn    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:24:09

• Fedora-based Ultramarine GNU/Linux 41 “Cyberia” Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-based-ultramarine-linux-41-cyberia-released/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:51:07

• Fedora 42 Officially Released, This Is What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-linux-42-released/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:51:15

• Manjaro 25 “Zetar” Lands with GNOME 48, Plasma 6.3, and More ☞ https://linuxiac.com/manjaro-25-0-zetar-lands-with-gnome-48-plasma-6-3-and-more/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:51:23

• VirtualBox 7.1.8 Released, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-1-8-released/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:51:51

• "In the big year of 2025, more and more of the Linux world has finally moved on to using a Wayland graphical session" ☛ https://thelibre.news/wayland-has-a-bright-future-ahead/ | Source: LibreNews    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:52:59

• "VirtualBox, a popular open-source virtualization software, has rolled out its latest maintenance release, version 7.1.8" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-1-8-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:53:07

• The First Ever Sighting of a Colossal Squid ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/science/squid-colossal-deep-sea-exploration.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:53:31

• Latvian Youth Capital 2026 applications open ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/15.04.2025-latvian-youth-capital-2026-applications-open.a595559/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:53:49

• Men have sex too: Why their sexual health matters ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-eds/men-have-sex-too-why-their-sexual-health-matters/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:54:30

• Autism Rate Continues to Rise Among Children, C.D.C. Reports ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/health/autism-children-cdc.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:54:42

• How the federal government is tracking changes in the supply of street drugs ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/15/1114362/nist-harm-reduction-prevention-street-drugs/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:55:05

• VA starts search for new health and benefits leaders ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/04/va-starts-search-for-new-health-and-benefits-leaders/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:55:32

• 'Straupe' dairy plant resumes production after E. coli concerns ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/15.04.2025-straupe-dairy-plant-resumes-production-after-e-coli-concerns.a595494/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:55:43

• South Korea aims to delay US tariffs in talks, cooperate in mutual areas ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-aims-to-delay-us-tariffs-in-talks-cooperate-in-mutual-areas    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:56:40

• US Treasury Sec Bessent invites South Korea finance minister for trade talks next week ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-treasury-sec-bessent-invites-south-korea-finance-minister-for-trade-talks-next-week    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:56:56

• Egypt close to acquiring FA-50 light combat aircraft from South Korea ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/egypt-close-to-acquiring-fa-50-light-combat-aircraft-from-south-korea/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:57:28

• Strengthening Australia’s space cooperation with South Korea ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/strengthening-australias-space-cooperation-with-south-korea/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:57:42

• Latvian Security Service repeats warning not to go to Russia, Belarus ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/15.04.2025-latvian-security-service-repeats-warning-not-to-go-to-russia-belarus.a595537/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:58:02

• Stuart H. Goldberg discusses the sincere voice in Russian poetry ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/14/slavic-colloquium-stuart-goldberg/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:58:17

• Australia asks Indonesia about Russian request to base aircraft in Papua ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-asks-indonesia-about-russian-request-to-base-aircraft-in-papua    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:58:59

• "Russian state media deletes video of drone strike directed from central Moscow after angry bloggers argue it makes city a legitimate military target" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/16/russian-state-media-deletes-video-of-drone-strike-directed-from-central-moscow-after-angry-bloggers-argue-it-makes-city-a-legitimate-military-target | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:59:21

• "Moscow's spring offensive begins Russian forces launch their first major operation since the battle for Sudzha with a thrust toward Kostiantynivka" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/15/moscow-s-spring-offensive-begins | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 17:59:44

• "Trump administration tells G7 allies it won't support statement condemning Russia's Sumy strike" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/15/trump-administration-tells-g7-allies-it-won-t-support-statement-condemning-russia-s-sumy-strike-bloomberg | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:00:01

• "Zelensky fires Sumy governor amid scrutiny over military award ceremony on day of Russian strike" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/15/zelensky-fires-sumy-governor-amid-scrutiny-over-military-award-ceremony-on-day-of-russian-strike | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:00:22

• 'Fake van' migrant smuggler group on trial in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/15.04.2025-fake-van-migrant-smuggler-group-on-trial-in-latvia.a595495/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:00:37

• ASCAP and BMI Double Down on Opposition to New Regulations as US Copyright Office’s PRO Inquiry Continues ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/15/ascap-bmi-copyright-office-noi-comments/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:01:06

• 4Chan Hack Reveals University Professor Moderators, 10 Million Bans, 10 Year Old Software ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/4chan-hack-reveals-university-professor    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:01:46

• Calling Whistleblowers at Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/calling-whistleblowers-at-microsoft https://techrights.org/o/2020/06/09/lunduke-concern-trolling-again/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:02:15

• 5 Best Tools to Monitor and Debug Disk I/O Performance in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/monitor-linux-disk-io-performance/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:02:53

• "One dead and nine injured after more than 100 Ukrainian drones attack Kursk region, Russian authorities say" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/15/one-dead-and-nine-injured-after-more-than-100-ukrainian-drones-attack-kursk-region-russian-authorities-say | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:03:18

• "first known conviction for voluntary surrender to Ukrainian forces" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/15/russian-junior-sergeant-gets-15-years-in-first-known-conviction-for-voluntary-surrender-to-ukrainian-forces | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:03:35

• "debt for wartime aid" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/16/u-s-reduces-its-estimate-of-ukraine-s-debt-for-wartime-aid-by | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:03:46

• Wednesday Briefing: A Convicted Felon-Harvard Showdown ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/briefing/trump-harvard-sumy-ukraine-gaza-autopsies.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:04:07

• Palm Sunday Attack Leaves Sumy Residents Doubtful of a Ukraine-Russia Cease-Fire ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/world/europe/ukraine-sumy-palm-sunday-russia-war.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:04:24

• Russia says it is not easy to agree on Ukraine peace deal with US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-says-it-is-not-easy-to-agree-ukraine-peace-deal-with-us    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:04:32

• Beijing slams ‘manipulation and hype’ over Chinese soldiers captured in Ukraine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/beijing-slams-manipulation-and-hype-over-chinese-soldiers-captured-in-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:04:43

• Drone Attack On Kursk Kills 1, Injures 9, Russian Authorities Say ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kursk-ukraine-russia-drone-attack-sumy/33385425.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:04:53

• ‘Russia lied to us’: Chinese fighters captured by Ukraine tell their story ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/15/china-soldiers-ukraine-capture-russia/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:05:11

• Elderly Ukrainian refugee struggled to find job – and then to get paid ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2530907/elderly-ukrainian-refugee-struggled-to-find-job-and-then-to-get-paid    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:05:31

• Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian civilians cast shadow over peace talks ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russian-missile-strikes-on-ukrainian-civilians-cast-shadow-over-peace-talks/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:05:49

• US funding cuts create openings for Russian disinformation in Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/us-funding-cuts-create-openings-for-russian-disinformation-in-ukraine/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:06:08

• Assessing rating scale dimensionality through bifactor model-based indices in R workshop ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/assessing-rating-scale-dimensionality-through-bifactor-model-based-indices-in-r-workshop/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:06:38

• "After meeting with Putin" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/15/after-meeting-with-putin-u-s-envoy-steve-witkoff-says-peace-deal-is-taking-shape-and-would-involve-five-territories | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:27:46

• DUG Nomad is a mobile, immersion-cooled data center cube for edge Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/dug-nomad-is-an-mobile-immersion-cooled-data-center-cube-for-edge-ai    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:28:15

• Ukraine Replaces Regional Governor As Sumy Buries More Victims Of Russian Strike ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-governor-dismissal-sumy-attack-trump-g7-putin/33385926.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:28:38

• Bogged down in east Ukraine, Putin’s Russia eyes ‘opportunistic’ gains in northern Sumy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250415-bogged-down-east-ukraine-putin-russia-eyes-opportunistic-gains-sumy-kursk    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:28:53

• Vladimir Putin’s refusal to agree to cease-fire in Ukraine shows why we can’t trust Russia ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/04/15/opinion/vladimir-putins-refusal-to-agree-to-cease-fire-in-ukraine-shows-why-we-cant-trust-russia/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:29:12

• Incident detection for OpenShift tech preview is here ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/15/incident-detection-openshift-tech-preview-here    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:29:47

• BBC study revealing scale of AI-generated news inaccuracies is ‘crucial checkpoint’ but we shouldn’t write the tech off ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/bbc-study-revealing-scale-of-ai-generated-news-inaccuracies-is-crucial-checkpoint-but-we-shouldnt-write-the-tech-off/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:30:32

• Checking TLS Certificates with OpenSSL from Terminal ☞ https://entropicthoughts.com/checking-tls-certificates-with-openssl-from-terminal    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:31:26

• In 2024 Europe faced its most widespread flooding since 2013 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250415-europe-faced-its-most-widespread-flooding-since-2013    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:31:52

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5947    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:33:04

• It's easier than ever to de-censor videos ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/its-easier-ever-de-censor-videos    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:39:52

• YouTube Reportedly Prepares to Unbundle Music from Premium in South Korea Amid Regulatory Scrutiny ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/15/youtube-music-premium-bundle-south-korea/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:40:18

• Announcing the Jumping Rivers Dashboard Gallery ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/announcing-the-jumping-rivers-dashboard-gallery/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:41:40

• K-Means Clustering Analysis of Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/k-means-clustering-analysis-of-apple-microsoft-and-nvidia/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:42:03

• Choroplethr v4.0.0 is now on CRAN ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/choroplethr-v4-0-0-is-now-on-cran/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:42:24

• Getting My Feet Wet With `Plumber` and JavaScript ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/getting-my-feet-wet-with-plumber-and-javascript/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:42:45

• Extending the Theta forecasting method to GLMs, GAMs, GLMBOOST and attention: benchmarking on Tourism, M1, M3 and M4 competition data sets (28000 series) ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/extending-the-theta-forecasting-method-to-glms-gams-glmboost-and-attention-benchmarking-on-tourism-m1-m3-and-m4-competition-data-sets-28000-series/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:43:32

• Integration testing in Epiverse-TRACE ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/integration-testing-in-epiverse-trace/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:45:48

• AI-generated code comes with security risks ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/ai-generated-code-comes-with-security-risks/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:46:54

• Stylish backdoored Windows 11 replacement Nitrux is about to solve a big app headache for users ☞ https://betanews.com/2025/04/15/stylish-windows-11-replacement-nitrux-is-about-to-solve-a-big-app-headache-for-users/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:48:54

• Presentation: Opening the Box: Diagnosing Operating-System Task-Scheduler Behavior on Highly Multicore Machines ☞ https://www.infoq.com/presentations/linux-performance-tools/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:50:51

• Red Hat Boosts Hey Hi (AI) across the Hybrid Cloud with Red Bait Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/04/red-hat-ai-hybrid-cloud/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:51:06

• HTTP 307 Temporary Redirect Status Code: What is it and When Should You Use it? ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/http-307-temporary-redirect-status-code/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:52:05

• Manjaro GNU/Linux 25.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1017538/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:53:57

• Fedora GNU/Linux 42 released (Fedora Magazine) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1017537/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:56:25

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1017514/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:57:59

• Christian Schaller: Fedora Workstation 42 is upon us! ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2025/04/15/fedora-workstation-42-is-upon-us/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:58:15

• Michael Catanzaro: Dangerous Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability in Yelp (CVE-2025-3155) ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2025/04/15/dangerous-arbitrary-file-read-vulnerability-in-yelp-cve-2025-3155/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 18:59:02

• England and Wales Deaths Rose From 9,867 to 11,241 in Six Years (Very Considerable Weekly Increase) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/04/16/very-sharp-increase/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:09:45

• "Arvind is a a complete total piece of sh-t with absolutely no vision of his own. He is probably the only person I wouldn't mind seeing shipped off to El Salvadoran prison but that will never happen. Trump only likes to imprison innocent people and without due process." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrrtnbwh    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:19:13

• "Yes. It was officially announced today for the Dallas office. Move to Austin by the 31st of December or you will no longer have a job. Great job cutting employees without having to offer severance, and ending people's careers here under the guise of "collaboration."" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqyrkghq    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:19:41

• "I am confused" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrxqv3x6 more IBM shutdowns    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:20:22

• Peter Czanik: Working with Active Roles debug logs in syslog-ng ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/working-with-active-roles-debug-logs-in-syslog-ng    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:24:19

• Embedded week in Nice ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/embedded-week-in-nice.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:24:41

• memethesis-cli creates memes from the terminal ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/memethesis-cli-creates-memes-terminal/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:25:15

• What’s new for Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 42 ☞ https://tim.siosm.fr/blog/2025/04/15/fedora-atomic-desktops-42/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:26:29

• Armbian Announces New Cloud-Optimized Images for ARM64 and x86 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/armbian-announces-new-cloud-optimized-images-for-arm64-and-x86    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:30:30

• Fedora-Based Ultramarine 41 GNU/Linux Distribution Is Now Available for Download ☞ https://9to5linux.com/fedora-based-ultramarine-41-linux-distribution-is-now-available-for-download    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:30:45

• VirtualBox 7.1.8 Released with Initial Support for GNU/Linux Kernel 6.14 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-8-released-with-initial-support-for-linux-kernel-6-14    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:30:57

• Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Released for Fashion Company Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.3 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-42-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-3    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:31:13

• Fedora GNU/Linux 42 Is Out Now, Powered by GNU/Linux Kernel 6.14 and GNOME 48 Desktop ☞ https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-42-is-out-now-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-14-and-gnome-48-desktop    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:31:30

• Nitrux Project Introduces NX AppHub, a New System to Provide Apps for Nitrux ☞ https://9to5linux.com/nitrux-project-introduces-nx-apphub-a-new-system-to-provide-apps-for-nitrux    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:31:46

• Manjaro 25.0 “Zetar” Released with Xfce 4.20, GNOME 48, and KDE Plasma 6.3 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/manjaro-25-0-zetar-released-with-xfce-4-20-gnome-48-and-kde-plasma-6-3    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:32:00

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, April 18, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-04-18-irc    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:34:21

• Mathias Bonn: One Year of Mahjong Solitaire ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/mathias/2025/04/15/one-year-of-mahjong-solitaire/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:34:56

• Install & Update Apps in Ubuntu from openSUSE OBS Repository ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/install-apps-opensuse-obs/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:37:32

• The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 887 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/04/15/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-887/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:38:10

• "The court sided with campaign group For Women Scotland, which brought a case against the Scottish government arguing that sex-based protections should only apply to people that are born female." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg7pqzk47zo    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:39:57

• "Trump Cut Funding" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/refugees-funding-cuts-nashville | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:40:38

• The legal system deals with issues that should be trivial but not with pressing issues that are essential. So we stand to lose. It's like they pick cases based on social control media "controversies".    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:42:13

• Ir's not coding, it's slopping with buzzwords and new hype ☞ https://itsfoss.com/vibe-coding-tools-linux/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:43:47

• VirtualBox 7.1.8 Adds Support for GNU/Linux Kernel 6.14 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/virtualbox-7-1-8-brings-support-for-linux-kernel-6-14    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:44:03

• Hamas says ‘lost contact’ with captors of Israeli-American hostage key to Gaza truce proposal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250415-hamas-raises-fears-for-hostage-at-centre-of-latest-gaza-truce-offer    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:45:32

• Bin strike in Birmingham enters sixth week as union rejects pay offer ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250415-bin-strike-in-birmingham-enters-sixth-week-as-union-rejects-pay-offer    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:45:56

• But why did the landing gear fail? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-airport-was-warned-repeatedly-about-bird-strikes-before-deadly-jeju-air-crash    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:46:49

• Modern planes can still run OK with one engine down, it's just more of a challenge in some planes, but why did the gear not come down? Bad design? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/world/asia/south-korea-plane-crash-warnings.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:47:56

• Stop blaming birds, check the engineering.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:48:20

• Head of Kuwait Specialty Field Hospital in Gaza Says Israeli Strike Killed a Guard ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/world/middleeast/gaza-hospital-israel-military.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:49:07

• 15 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Clocks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/clocks/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:49:56

• Words is a multilingual offline dictionary ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/words-multilingual-offline-dictionary/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:50:02

• Kudu is a distributed data storage engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kudu-distributed-data-storage-engine/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:50:25

• Duplicati – store encrypted backups online ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/duplicati-store-encrypted-backups-online/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:50:36

• IBM Closes Offices and Labs in the United States to Open New Ones in India ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/IBM_Closes_Offices_and_Labs_in_the_United_States_to_Open_New_On.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:51:04

• It Used to be IBM, Now It's Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (Why You Need to Fire Microsofters or CIOs Working for Microsoft) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/16/It_Used_to_be_IBM_Now_It_s_Microsoft_Why_You_Need_to_Fire_Micro.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:51:29

• Carole Cadwalladr Talks About How Big Business Tried to Silence Her (and Why You Might be Next) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Carole_Cadwalladr_Talks_About_How_Big_Business_Tried_to_Silence.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:51:38

• What Really Matters to Companies is Net Income or Profit (Bankruptcy is Possible Even With High Revenue) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/What_Really_Matters_to_Companies_is_Net_Income_or_Profit_Bankru.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:51:52

• Hundreds of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs (Net Headcount Decrease) in the United Kingdom ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/14/Hundreds_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_Net_Headcount_Decrease_in_the_Uni.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:52:06

• To Celebrate Git Turning 20 Linus Torvalds is 'Selling Out' to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Proprietary Software Which Attacks Git (E.E.E.) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/To_Celebrate_Git_Turning_20_Linus_Torvalds_is_Selling_Out_to_Mi.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:52:15

• Microsoft's Serial Strangler Chose to Attack Techrights With SLAPP When Over 400 Victims of Mohamed Al Fayed Complained About Media's Role in Enabling Him ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_Chose_to_Attack_Techrights_With_SL.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:52:29

• A Coalition or a Coup of Sexism (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/A_Coalition_or_a_Coup_of_Sexism.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:52:43

• Why We Support Carole Cadwalladr (Even If We Don't Agree With Everything She Said) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/15/Why_We_Support_Carole_Cadwalladr_Even_If_We_Don_t_Agree_With_Ev.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:52:50

• Assange received more media/press coverage when he was behind bars than after his release. He's MIA.    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:53:34

• No update in 4 years https://wikileaks.org/-News-.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:54:26

• Site almost frozen in time since the kidnapping of Assange in 2019 https://wikileaks.org/    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:55:12

• Then there's the X.com account of Wikileaks (the thing that still worked after the kidnapping and release when the site became inactive). "New evidence shows the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) deleted crucial emails with the Swedish authorities about Julian Assange while the extradition case was ongoing." https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1911739834177118563    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:57:33

• "The Crown Prosecution Service has finally searched for information about the destruction of emails from the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyer – but too late to retrieve data about the deleted documents" https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622234/UK-authorities-search-for-answers-over-deleted-Julian-Assange-emails-comes-too-late-to-retrieve-data    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:58:23

• Dihydroxyacetone Man: Xi’s Vietnam trip aiming to ‘screw’ the US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/xis-vietnam-trip-aiming-to-screw-us-says-trump    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 19:59:29

• Australian politicians took $147,000 of match tickets while weighing sports betting ban ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australian-politicians-took-147000-of-match-tickets-while-weighing-sports-betting-ban    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 20:00:54

• China’s Halt of Critical Minerals Poses Risk for U.S. Military Programs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/politics/china-critical-minerals-risk-military-programs.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 20:01:10

• A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/world/europe/uk-china-steel-scunthorpe.html    

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

• What Are Rare Earth Metals, the Exports Halted by China? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/technology/rare-earth-metals-china-exports.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 20:01:36

• Nvidia Says U.S. Will Restrict Sales of More of Its Hey Hi (AI) Chips to China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/technology/nvidia-h20-chip-china-restrictions.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 20:02:02

• I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country’s Future ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/opinion/trump-administration-china.html    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 20:02:59

• China, Vietnam to assess viability of new railways, document shows ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-vietnam-to-assess-viability-of-new-railways-document-shows    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 20:03:20

• Philippines, US to deploy troops and anti-ship missile in drills ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-us-to-deploy-troops-and-anti-ship-missile-in-drills    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 20:03:38

• [Japan] [jp] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-16.gmi MinceR    

posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 20:06:52