Roy Schestowitz

• Child labour "YH4F encourages young students to be brave and resilient" https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250417-01.en.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:14:48

• Push Notifications https://xkcd.com/3074/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:15:03

• Anachronym Challenge https://xkcd.com/3075/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:15:15

• The Roads Both Taken https://xkcd.com/3076/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:15:28

• de Sitter https://xkcd.com/3077/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:15:44

• lithium deposits https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-what-s-up-with-europe-s-largest-lithium-deposits/a-72221692    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:16:17

• "A few weeks ago I took a Palm from my collection and charged it up, and it has been my PIM (Personal Information Manager) ever since. It didn't take long for me to become a Palm addict again." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/APR2025/entry-1    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:20:34

• "I think it's sad that most people don't give PDAs a second look in this day and age, and that they're seen as useless and obsolete. They are anything but."    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:20:55

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-19.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:21:21

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1269.jpg    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:21:51

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1619.jpg    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:21:56

• On IBM: "It is funny how they under state the number of layoffs... they have really no clue!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js53f2dh    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:28:56

• "This is old news .. IBM is like and sick old dog. All bark and no bite. Most people with market value are leaving the sinking ship. People sticking around do not care about their strategic career path. IBM is hiring more brown people in India for very cheap to sustain the slow death process." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js53f2dh    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:29:13

• "Listen folks... the IBM stock price has to go to $300 before year end. IBM will do anything needed to get there in the very short-term. They don't care about the long-term. So, cut, cut, cut... is the name of the game. Get with the program! lol! And buy some IBM stock!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:30:22

• "Also they are being told to train their own replacement in India; or it’s an immediate PIP." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:31:16

• "Glad to hear Red Hat is starting to feel the pain... Welcome to IBM!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:31:36

• "Go Riddance!!"    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:31:51

• Wow, they even cut India now, just like Microsoft: "Google plans new job cuts, Indian employees from Hyderabad and Bengaluru offices will be impacted"    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:35:31

• iophk: ai slop kills reputation, even in images not just text    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:37:00

• Techrights tries very hard to avoid image slop, for the same reasons Andy explained. It's associated with immoral if not unlawful practices.    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:37:58

• But was dumb enough not to treat his cancer https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=KmuP8gsgWb8    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:41:23

• And now his company is DRM pusher https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=W5o7umYvqlw    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:42:30

• In echright we don't cover mainstream like sport etc. If some article is about sport, it's immediately culled.    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:58:41

• In Techrights we don't sell ads and outside "mainstream" topics it is infeasible anyway    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 03:59:27

• You cannot attract millions of visitors to articles about some niche scientific area or make a "best seller" academic book about an area only 100 universities in the world are researching (so maybe 1,000 people in the whole world can understand it).    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:00:52

• So right now red hat people look up PIP, due to a red hat 'bloodbath' (what they call it in IBM) in easter weekend    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:01:39

• Workers who wake up and realise what's happening will quit Red Hat, no wait for the end. "Also they are being told to train their own replacement in India; or its an immediate PIP." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js4j2d38    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:02:07

• PIP is just an excuse, like "gross incompetence" in UK law https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Sounds_Like_IBM_is_Preparing_for_Mass_Layoffs_Redundancies_in_R.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/07/PIP_Performance_Improvement_Plan_as_an_Instrumental_But_Largely.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:02:27

• US recession or depression happening even if Cheeto fires the Fed Reserve person for merely TALKING about it; this is like kings who burn "witches" and oracles for "false" or unflattering predictions (or Orban 'sacking' a weatherman). US is USSR2; at one point the growth becomes "borrowed" from the future "Growth". That's USA for the past decades.    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:07:02

• Flag of Tokyo looks a lot like Kubernetes. LF isn't even original. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo#/media/File:Flag_of_Tokyo_Metropolis.svg    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:14:40

• 6 Linux applications and tools that prevent me from ever switching back to Windows https://www.xda-developers.com/these-linux-applications-stop-me-switching-back-to-windows/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:32:33

• 5 awesome Linux features that will blow the mind of a Windows user https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-features-that-might-surprise-windows-users/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:32:53

• "There are tons of Linux distributions, but some of them just aren't suitable for beginners" https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-distributions-worst-beginners/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:33:18

• "I'm not going to pretend I'm a big Linux aficionado. Or that I've ever used a Linux PC in any situation I wasn't forced to do so because of work. But realistically, if you want to extend the life of your PC, you shouldn't abide by what Microsoft defines as the end of support, and Linux is the way to go if you want to get a few more years out of your hardware." https://www.xda-developers.com/things-can-do-old-windows-10-pc-instead-trading-it-in/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:34:30

• "I'm not going to pretend I'm a big Linux aficionado. Or that I've ever used a Linux PC in any situation I wasn't forced to do so because of work. But realistically, if you want to extend the life of your PC, you shouldn't abide by what Microsoft defines as the end of support" https://www.xda-developers.com/things-can-do-old-windows-10-pc-instead-trading-it-in/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:34:43

• This site used to cover GNU/Linux _every day_ https://www.makeuseof.com/search/?q=linux    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:36:00

• Dave McKay gone for months already. Everything OK? https://www.howtogeek.com/author/david-mckay/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:39:21

• Marketing spam disguised as article https://www.howtogeek.com/ugreen-dxp4800-plus-deal-march-2025/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:44:56

• "I run Immich on my Dell R720 server, which has dual Xeon E5-2660 v2 processors that offer a combined 20 cores and 40 threads, with 192GB of RAM. The Docker instance where I have Immich has 48GB of RAM and 20 threads dedicated to it. I also gave the Immich instance access to my GTX 1650 graphics card I have installed in the system." https://www.howtogeek.com/ditched-google-photos-built-my-own-photo-server/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:45:57

• "Gaming and AI" LOL https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-kernel-6-14-released/ kernel does HEY HI? Really?    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:46:44

• "I started my Home Assistant journey with Home Assistant OS with a virtual machine. I ran the VM on my Unraid server, and it worked great for a while. Since it was a virtual machine, I had all the features Home Assistant offers, including the add-on store." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-found-the-best-way-to-install-home-assistant/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:47:56

• "I use Windows because I have to, and Linux because I want to." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-features-i-miss-booting-into-windows-11/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:48:36

• What Does It Mean to "Learn" Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/what-does-it-mean-to-learn-linux/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:54:53

• Antal Rogán ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/04/18/us-lifts-sanctions-on-antal-rogan | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:58:37

• "DRM freedom from hell. DOOM (2016) has just released on GOG and there's a nice big discount to go along with the release. However, it's single-player only though." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/doom-2016-gets-a-surprise-release-on-gog-with-a-big-discount/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:59:20

• "Tempopo is the latest release from Australian developer Witch Beam, the creators of Unpacking and Assault Android Cactus. It's out now with Native Linux support!" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/witch-beam-the-creators-of-unpacking-have-released-the-musical-puzzler-tempopo/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 04:59:51

• "Of life and Land has been in Early Access for just over a year now, and it's about to cross over the finishing line as Metaroot and Kerzoven have announced the 1.0 launch for May 16th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/peaceful-nature-simulation-city-builder-of-life-and-land-launches-may-16/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:00:21

• "This is a bit of a major woopsie. The upgrade path for the latest Ubuntu 25.04 release has been pulled offline, as it has resulted in Kubuntu users seeing a broken desktop." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubuntu-25-04-upgrades-halted-due-to-kubuntu-users-getting-a-broken-desktop/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:01:25

• Two words: Microsoft Canonical.    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:01:40

• "Steel Swarm: APOCALYPSE is an upcoming MOBA from Clay Token Game Studio, Inc. that might actually manage to pull in some players where others have failed, thanks to the vehicle combat and grand scale compared with other games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steel-swarm-apocalypse-is-a-tank-battling-destructive-moba-that-will-have-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:01:51

• LLM slop disguised as HOWTO again? https://linuxtechlab.com/mastering-linux-list-all-running-services-in-linux/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Slopwatch_LinuxTechLab_linuxsecurity_com_Cyber_Security_News_an.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/LinuxTechLab_Became_Just_LLM_Slop_and_SPAM.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:03:01

• "Every time a user or the system (Linux) launches a program, the kernel creates a process." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/find-process-name-pid-number-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:07:57

• "I thought I bought a camera, but no! DJI sold me a LICENSE to use their camera" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/i-thought-i-bought-a-camera,-but-no!-dji:b    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:08:26

• "Deciphering Glyph :: It’s Time For Democrats To Get More Annoying" https://blog.glyph.im/2024/11/its-time-for-democrats-to-get-more-annoying.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:08:40

• "‘We are called fascists because we believe lesbian events have a right to be women-only’" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/18/lesbian-events-women-only/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:09:04

• "Why You Should Fear a Trumpified Fed - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-you-should-fear-a-trumpified    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:09:18

• "The Patriotism Trap - by Hamilton Nolan - How Things Work" https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-patriotism-trap    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:09:37

• "The Special Relationship is Now Pretty Ordinary" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/17/the-special-relationship-is-now-pretty-ordinary/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:09:47

• "Contributor: Americans are sick of federal waste. Republicans should take the hint" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-04-17/trump-budget-republican-deficit-debt    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:10:02

• "This Easter, with the Pope Ailing, Will the Catholic Church Stand Up to Donald Trump?" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/this-easter-with-the-pope-ailing-will-the-catholic-church-stand-up-to-trump    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:10:15

• "The Other Multibillionaire Courting Trump" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/arnault-billionaire-trump-france-trade/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:10:28

• "Capitalist Progress Threatens Human Survival" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/lowy-capitalist-progress-human-survival/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:10:38

• iophk: an opportune time to bring up BigBlueButton, Jami, Jitsi-Meet, and Mumble https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/04/17/mitigating-elusive-comet-zoom-remote-control-attacks/ ("Mitigating ELUSIVE COMET Zoom remote control attacks - The Trail of Bits Blog")    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:10:58

• iophk: big trouble -- faecebook and co https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-elections-battle-eu-russia-sandu-stoianoglo/33388507.html ("Moldova Sets Elections For September 28 In Battle Between EU and Russian Camps")    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:11:16

• same ol', same ol': Three explosions in western Sweden | "Tre explosioner i västra Sverige – Sydsvenskan" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/artikel/tre-explosioner-i-vastra-sverige/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:11:55

• "Tuxedo OS: lo mejor de Ubuntu y KDE para hardware moderno" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2025/04/18/tuxedo-os-lo-mejor-de-ubuntu-y-kde-plasma-para-hardware-moderno/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:12:13

• "NAS units have DRM now" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/nas-units-have-drm-now:2 admfubar, here it is...    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:12:40

• "Trump, Bukele, and the Growing Assault on the Rule of Law" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-bukele-operation-condor/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:13:26

• "In addition, Tad worked as a roadie for one of the most iconic rock bands of that generation, Iron Butterfly." https://www.arrl.org/news/view/paul-tad-cook-k7ra-sk ("Paul “Tad” Cook, K7RA, SK")    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:14:02

• "Britain Rules on What a Woman Is" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/britain-rules-woman-supreme-court/682511/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:14:12

• "If Trump Sounds Like He Wants a Police State, That’s Because He Does" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-police-state-kash-patel-pam-bondi/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:14:44

• "From ‘Terrorists’ to Forum Guests: Why Did Russia Lift Its Ban on the Taliban? - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/18/from-terrorists-to-forum-guests-why-did-russia-lift-its-ban-on-the-taliban-a88776    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:15:11

• "US open to recognizing Crimea as Russian in Ukraine deal, Bloomberg News reports" https://www.reuters.com/world/us-open-recognizing-crimea-russian-ukraine-deal-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-04-18/ >:(    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:15:28

• iophk: there used to be articles about Linux being used in these embedded systems. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250417/changing-face-of-war-puts-denmark-on-drone-offensive ("Changing face of war puts Denmark on drone offensive")    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:16:29

• ‘Drab’ ☛ https://therevelator.org/drab-birds/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:21:08

• "No More CVEs" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/this-week-in-security-no-more-cves-4chan-and-recall-returns/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:21:34

• "First, as we reminded Maine state legislators at a hearing in Augusta earlier this week" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/04/18/no-the-real-id-act-wont-stop-illegal-aliens-from-flying/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:22:02

• Yemen ☛ https://fair.org/home/khury-petersen-smith-on-yemen-distortions/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:22:42

• Lab Leak ☛ https://fair.org/home/lab-leak-the-official-conspiracy-theory-that-still-gets-you-credit-as-a-free-thinker/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:22:50

• "Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act “by willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in the online technology ad industry, the court said." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/17/technology/google-ads-antitrust-ruling.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:26:05

• "It was the second time in a year that a U.S. court found that the company had acted illegally to remain dominant." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technology/google-ad-tech-antitrust-ruling.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:26:25

• "by willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power in the open-web display publisher ad server market and the open-web display ad exchange market, and has unlawfully tied its publisher ad server (DFP) and ad exchange (AdX)." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/judge_rules_google_publisher_ad/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:26:37

• "The federal government and seventeen states (“Plaintiffs”) have brought this antitrust action against Google LLC (“Google” or “Defendant”)" ☛ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.533508/gov.uscourts.vaed.533508.1410.0_6.pdf | Source: Free Law Project    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:26:58

• "On Thursday U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema found Google liable for "willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power" in markets for publisher ad servers and ad exchanges." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-to-appeal-against-part-of-us-courts-decision-in-monopoly-case/articleshow/120406778.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:27:16

• "For the for the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, Count III (monopolization of the advertiser ad network market) of the Amended Complaint is DISMISSED." ☛ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66753787/1411/united-states-v-google-llc/ | Source: Court Listener    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:27:43

• "Judge Brinkema found Google liable under three counts including 1) monopolization of the publisher ad server market; 2) monopolization of the ad exchange market; and 3) unlawful tying of the company’s publisher ad server and ad exchange." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-federal-judge-rules-against-google-advertising-monopoly/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:28:01

• "Sheryl Sandberg, the former chief operating officer of Meta, said in a landmark antitrust trial on Thursday that the social media giant faced strong competition and that it nurtured and grew Instagram after buying the app" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/technology/meta-antitrust-trial-sheryl-sandberg.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:28:52

• "It's a lot easier to prove what a corporation did than it is to prove why they did it." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/18/chatty-zucky/#is-you-taking-notes-on-a-criminal-fucking-conspiracy | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:29:25

• "There’s an old phrase popularized by Gary Reback, the attorney who sued Microsoft in that monopolization case a quarter-century ago: The trial is the remedy." ☛ https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-16-government-already-won-meta-case-tiktok-ftc-zuckerberg/ | Source: The American Prospect    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:29:49

• "On Monday (14th), one of the most anticipated trials in recent times began, in which the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accuses Meta of monopolizing the personal social networking market by blocking potential competitors through its billion-dollar acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/ftc-vs-meta-trial/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:30:05

• "This week, I spent three days in a Washington, DC courtroom watching Mark Zuckerberg testify. He was there defending his company from being broken up by the Federal Trade Commission" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/652191/ftc-meta-antitrust-trial-instagram-whatsapp-network-effects | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:30:32

• "Here’s one explanation for this. Content from influencers, political activists, and faux news organizations is more profitable and keeps people on the service longer." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-ftc-meta-trial-mark-zuckerberg/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:31:09

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2650724/youll-take-my-personal-files-from-my-cold-dead-hard-drive-heres-how-to-save-yours.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:32:05

• "designed for small and medium enterprises and advanced home users" with Digital Restrictions (DRM) in mind ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/nas/synology-requires-self-branded-drives-for-some-consumer-nas-systems-drops-full-functionality-and-support-for-third-party-hdds | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:32:14

• "Forty years ago, symbolics.com was registered as the first commercial domain in what was then a relatively new model" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/19/40-years-of-com-from-hosts-txt-to-global-infrastructure/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 05:32:49

• "“In looking at it, and feeling it, and holding it up to the light, the court can clearly see the watermark to show that this is indeed an authentic document,” Riggans said." ☛ https://www.rawstory.com/us-born-man-held-for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law/ | Source: Raw Story    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:24:24

• "He is also concerned affected international students are not being offered opportunities to represent themselves and present their side of the story." ☛ https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04/16/byu-grad-student-has-student-visa-revoked/ | Source: Deseret News    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:24:37

• "Closing out your anti-Constitutional screed with a typo is perfect." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/who-has-time-for-due-process-these-days/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:24:51

• "scathing opinion rejecting Trump’s plea for help." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/17/harvie-wilkinson-on-due-process/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:25:11

• "The specific challenges that the universities face might be diverse, whether it comes from a fascist administration that wants to crush academic freedom or living in an incredibly under-resourced community" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/its-a-systematic-attack-on-every-level-umich-labor-leaders-discuss-threats-to-higher-education/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:25:30

• "After Riggans’ inspection of his Social Security card and birth certificate, which an advocate waved in the courtroom, the judge said she found no probable cause for the charge." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/04/17/u-s-born-man-held-for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:26:05

• "Given recent whimsical comments by President Trump, such deportation targets could include American citizens—'accidental' or otherwise." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/04/18/ice-enlists-palantir-to-track-down-people-it-wants-gone.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:26:17

• "The fact that social security beneficiaries no longer need to debate (for now) between choosing freedom and sometimes resource-demanding visits to an SSA office is a great victory and very much worth celebrating!" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/us-social-security-administration-reverses-freedom-impeding-id-policy | Source: FSF    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:28:16

• "it was reported that seven female artists were forced to sign a document prohibiting them from singing, attending women's meetings, playing musical instruments and engaging in artistic activities on digital media." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/seven-female-artists-banned-from-singing-in-iran-78936 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:28:40

• "The administration has sought to eliminate high-level agency officials responsible for maintaining the privacy and security of sensitive information it’s collected over the years." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/651909/cfpb-terminations-paused-berman-jackson-trump-court-order | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:29:00

• "The Trump administration and DOGE [sic] tried to cut more than 1,400 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. An employee union and other groups are fighting to keep the regulator intact." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/cfpb-terminations-paused-trump/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:29:14

• "A forthcoming proposed rule from Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will amend civil service regulations to allow career federal employees to be converted to a new “Schedule Policy/Career” classification." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/trump-administration-estimates-50000-federal-employees-will-lose-civil-service-protections/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:29:33

• "And advocates say there are other ongoing efforts at the state level and in Congress that could also undermine the ability of service members and families, as well as overseas citizens, to vote absentee." ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/04/17/military-families-challenge-trumps-stricter-federal-voting-rules/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:29:47

• "He said that around 400 TLP supporters had gathered outside the community hall, which is situated near the mobile market, adding that the police were already deployed there in the wake of similar incidents in Shah Latif, Surjani and Khokhrapar areas of the metropolis." ☛ https://www.dawn.com/news/1905048/ahmadi-man-lynched-as-tlp-supporters-storm-worship-place-in-karachis-saddar-police | Source: Dawn Media    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:30:10

• "The Islamists previously surrounded the place of worship of the persecuted religious minority." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-islamist-mob-beat-ahmadi-man-to-death-in-karachi/a-72284403 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:30:25

• "After its purchase by a tech entrepreneur, the publication is now a shadow of itself. A letter signed by its illustrious contributors says as much about a way of life as it does about the media industry." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/the-decline-of-outside-magazine-is-also-the-end-of-a-vision-of-the-mountain-west | Source: New Yorker    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:48:45

• "Taliban intelligence agents detained Kashefi after he was summoned to the GDI’s Directorate of Media and Public Affairs under the pretext of retrieving his mobile phone, video recording camera, and voice recorder" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/04/taliban-intelligence-agents-detain-journalist-sayed-rashed-kashefi-in-kabul/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:49:01

• "So the U.S. version of “public broadcasting” is decidedly half assed. Yet it still gets endlessly demonized by the right wing as some sort of extremist concept." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/18/white-house-falsely-calls-npr-pbs-a-grift-moves-to-cut-already-modest-funding-in-latest-attack-on-journalism-and-informed-consensus/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:49:18

• uptime of the secondary laptop now almost 500: 07:49:58 up 491 days, 23:01, 3 users, load average: 7.92, 8.02, 7.76. The main one is 558 days/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:50:49

• "When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021, they quickly banned music, declaring it un-Islamic." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-musicians-pakistan-deportation-taliban/33389495.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:51:40

• "The Government of the Republic of Zambia has taken note of the recent public advisory issued by the United States Embassy in Lusaka regarding Zambia’s Cyber Security Act No. 3 of 2025." ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/04/18/zambia-welcomes-opportunity-to-clarify-cyber-security-act/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:52:02

• "Shohreh Ghamar, a Kurdish film actress and Tehran resident, has been sentenced to 56 months (4 years and 8 months) in prison by the Islamic Republic of Iran's judiciary." ☛ https://hengaw.net/en/news/2025/04/article-38 | Source: Hengaw Organization for Human Rights Hengaw Organization for Human Rights    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:52:20

• "Since his second inauguration, the Trump administration has launched what may be the most aggressive, censorial attack on free speech in modern American history." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/18/white-house-censoring-press-pool-reports-while-still-discriminating-against-ap/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:52:40

• "unfit to be entrusted with taxpayer dollars." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-homeland-security-orders-harvard-to-hand-over-international-student-activists-records/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:53:03

• "Democrats who went to the school are calling the latest escalation unlawful" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/04/17/2025/the-gops-harvard-alumni-side-with-trump | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:55:32

• "It further advises institutions that they are legally able to refuse to comply with warrantless searches of non-public areas, like dorm rooms, by ICE agents." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/aclu-advises-university-general-counsels-on-legal-limits-on-ices-authority | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:55:47

• "The first trials of those arrested during recent anti-government protests in Turkey are expected to open this Friday. [...]" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20250418-we-aren-t-scared-meet-the-turkish-students-defying-erdogan | Source: France24    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:56:02

• "The lesson notes that the state's seal and flag depict the Roman goddess Virtus standing over a "defeated tyrant," along with the state's motto, "Sic semper tyrannis."" ☛ https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2025/04/17/texas-school-district-virginia-flag-ban-nudity | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:57:26

• "As the platform continued to grow into the $17 billion company that it is today, rightsholders started to pay attention to these discussions." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/reddits-copyright-removals-drop-to-multi-year-low-250418/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:57:40

• "SB 5, sponsored by Sen. Chris Elliot, R-Josephine, would remove the board’s appointing authority and increase its membership by one, from 16 to 17 members." ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/04/18/bill-giving-governor-power-over-archives-board-passes-alabama-senate/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 07:57:48

• "We must not let the damage done by the wrecker's stupid tariff policies lead us to idolize the system of global "free trade" that he has smashed. That system was inflicted on us by plutocrats who did dooH niboR's dirty work." https://stallman.org/archives/2025-jan-apr.html#18_April_2025_(We_must_not_idolize_system_of_global_free_trade)    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:10:03

• "Investigation is part of new report which examines how Meta’s surveillance advertising model enables vulnerable people to be targeted with disinformation, fraudulent ads and divisive content." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-how-meta-is-monetising-the-migrant-crisis/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:35:11

• "Smartphone photo editing apps have been around for more than a decade, but now, you don't need to download, pay for, or learn to use a new third-party app." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/can-we-trust-our-eyes-anymore-the-dark-side-of-apples-new-ai-clean-up-tool | Source: Science Alert    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:35:47

• "Meta’s social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, sit at the intersection of the attention economy and surveillance capitalism." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/app/uploads/2025/04/ORG-Bad-Ads-1UP.pdf | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:36:05

• "This report lays out clear evidence of how Meta enables bad actors to use its targeted advertising system to manipulate elections, spread disinformation, fuel division, and facilitate fraud." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/bad-ads-targeted-disinformation-division-and-fraud-on-metas-platforms/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:36:49

• "As Zambia steps confidently into a new era of digital advancement, the recently enacted Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act has become the subject of intense public debate, some of it misinformed, much of it politicized." ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/04/17/a-digital-shield-not-a-sword-understanding-zambias-cyber-law-beyond-the-noise/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:57:08

• "In light of the recent release of openDesk 1.0, OSOR sat down with Pamela Krosta-Hartl and Alexander Smolianitski of the team at ZenDiS to discuss this groundbreaking open source solution for public administrations." ☛ https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/opendesk-10-lessons-learned |    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:57:23

• "4chan isn’t the only of its kind. An anonymous user from a rival forum called soyjak.party claimed responsibility for the hack attack" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2692719/infamous-site-4chan-taken-down-by-a-hacker-from-rival-community.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:57:58

• "many security programmes fall into a common trap where promising security solutions end up creating more and more work, eventually consuming a majority of resources and attention." ☛ https://spaceraccoon.dev/cybersecurity-antipatterns-busywork-generators/ | Source: Spaceraccoon    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:58:23

• "James Madison argued that politicians' ambition would lead them to uphold the separation of powers. Today congressmembers’ ambition seems to lead them to do the exact opposite: submitting to Trump and completely bargaining away their own power." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/madison-constitution-separation-of-powers/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:58:44

• "There are plenty of reasons someone might hate airports." ☛ https://vale.rocks/posts/airports-and-aeroplanes | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 08:59:28

• "used and useful." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/the-obscure-policy-that-financed-many-of-the-last-decades-riskiest-energy-investments-is-back/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:00:39

• "At first glance, the Bathhouse spa in Brooklyn looks not so different from other high-end spas." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/18/1114464/bitcoin-mining-heat-spas-water-climate-warming/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:01:05

• "It has delivered fewer than 50,000 Cybertrucks, a March 20 recall filing said" ☛ https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-cybertruck-production-drops-sales-slump-2025-4 | Source: Business Insider    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:01:29

• "It's yet another sign Tesla's highly divisive pickup truck is turning out to be a major sore point for the carmaker." ☛ https://futurism.com/cybertruck-disaster-production | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:01:58

• "In 2002, the species was found in American waters for the first time in Crofton, Maryland, likely having spread from the fish market or aquarium trades." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-large-snake-like-fish-are-invading-the-united-states-and-authorities-want-you-to-kill-them-180986464/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:02:41

• "Heavy metals like arsenic, mercury, cadmium and lead are toxic at low concentrations, Jagannath Biswakarma, a senior research associate with the School of Earth Sciences and the Cabot Institute for the Environment at University of Bristol, wrote in The Conversation." ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/cropland-heavy-metal-pollution.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:02:56

• "After spending a few paragraphs obscuring the uncontested truth that Trump’s Administration admitted Abrego Garcia had been sent in error, NBC pitched this as a dispute among Democrats, this time invoking Gavin Newsom’s snotty comment." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/18/treating-opposition-to-trump-as-a-partisan-issue-guarantees-defeat/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:03:30

• Overpopulation ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-04-india-elephant-tackles-deadly-conflict.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:07:14

• "Allah sees everything" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/04/17/gaza-groups-tell-muslims-who-to-vote-wycombe/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:08:10

• "We are all afraid" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/04/17/gop-senator-admits-fear-of-trump-2-0-we-are-all-afraid-video.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:08:33

• "more than that, I tried to draw attention to the deeper problem we face: the epistemic crisis that has enabled our constitutional crisis." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/20-simple-truths-about-america-thursday | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:09:07

• "These truths are not radical. They are foundational. They are what we have always claimed to stand for. To abandon them now is not just a political mistake. It is a moral failure. And we cannot afford that." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/20-simple-truths-about-america | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:10:18

• "bantering amiably in the Oval Office in front of the press corps, mocking the American court system with evident delight" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/trump-constitution-abrego-garcia/682487/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:10:57

• "Politics often requires compromises and the West's near-silence on the increasing oppression in Türkiye offers a textbook example of this reality." ☛ https://www.danielpipes.org/22564/as-confrontation-with-iran-approaches-the-abraham | Source: Daniel Pipes    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:11:35

• "Let’s cut through the noise: the ultra-wealthy are not just accumulating wealth; they are hoarding it, stockpiling fortunes at a rate so obscene it makes the concept of money itself feel ridiculous." ☛ https://archive.md/Z9XYn |    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:12:12

• "The project’s website, launched in 2008 at Emory University, brings data to life with rich visualizations." ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/slave-trade-database-moving-to-harvard/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:12:30

• [Old] "The offer of an equal treaty did not work elsewhere in Barbary." ☛ https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/first-barbary-war/ |    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:13:13

• "During the 17th and 18th centuries, state-sanctioned pirates from the Barbary States (Morocco, Tunis, Tripoli, and Algiers) would seize unprotected merchant ships off the coast of North Africa and demand ransoms from the crews’ families and governments" ☛ https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/barbary-wars.html |    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:13:39

• "This is not just Armenia’s story. It is the story of what happens when the old rules no longer apply, and no one comes to help you." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/04/17/armenias-geopolitical-awakening-a-democracy-caught-between-empires/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:13:53

• "It is frictionless, says Michael Marriott, VP of marketing at Harmonic Security." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/the-shadow-ai-surge-study-finds-50-of-workers-use-unapproved-ai-tools/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:14:28

• "Cryptographic (crypto) agility refers to the capabilities needed to replace and adapt cryptographic algorithms" ☛ https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1020 | Source: Unmitigated Risk    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:14:52

• "It’s just as important for young people as it is for everyone else, and the idea that Florida can “protect” minors by making them less safe is dangerous and dumb." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/17/floridas-new-social-media-bill-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-and-demands-an-encryption-backdoor/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:15:53

• "Driving the news: House Oversight Committee ranking member Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), in a letter first obtained by Axios, cited new whistleblower allegations that DOGE [sic] is "putting SSA benefits and Americans' sensitive data at risk," including by: [...]" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/democrats-social-security-administration-probe | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:16:08

• "The preliminary injunction comes after Judge Ellen Hollander granted a temporary restraining order on March 20, which temporarily restricted DOGE [sic]’s access to the personally identifying data from the SSA." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-federal-judge-continues-restrictions-on-doge-access-to-social-security-data/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:17:07

• "Hollander had previously issued a temporary restraining order." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2025/04/federal-judge-in-baltimore-temporarily-limits-doge-access-to-social-security-data/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:17:35

• "The order by District Judge Ellen Hollander bans DOGE [sic] staff from accessing data containing information that could personally identify Americans, such as their social security number, medical history or bank records." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/us-judge-limits-elon-musks-doge-access-to-social-security-data/articleshow/120402623.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:18:08

• "The verification process involves either scanning your face with a webcam or visiting a QR code with your mobile device and uploading a photo of your ID card." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2699732/discord-is-making-some-users-verify-their-age-using-face-and-id-scans.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:19:08

• "backpacks full of laptops, each with access to different agency systems" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/652215/doge-cross-agency-master-database-sensitive-information | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:21:48

• "With tower dumps, authorities can dig through the cell records that pinged off a particular tower during a specific time." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/652036/cops-cell-tower-dumps-unconstitutional-court-ruling | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:22:01

• "Palantir has been an ICE contractor since 2011, but the document published Thursday indicates that Palantir wants to provide brand-new capabilities to ICE." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ice-palantir-immigrationos/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:22:24

• "Led by Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Mike Levin (D-CA), and Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/18/house_democrats_doge/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:23:36

• "DHS has been aggressive in exploring the use of AI across the department, but current policy forbids DHS employees from entering anything more than information that’s already public into commercial generative AI platforms." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/04/tsa-tests-out-ai-to-train-assist-airport-screening-officers/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:23:49

• "Gemini will be enabled in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, and Google's experimental image and video generation tool Whisk will also be available, the tech giant said in a blog post." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-makes-gemini-advanced-free-for-us-college-students/articleshow/120414910.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:24:08

• "Dutch woman who intervened to halt animal attack in Egypt has received death threats" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/18/dutch-woman-donkey-beating-intervention-egypt-death-threats/ "Egypt's Copts Warn of Surging Violence as Houses Torched" https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/egypt-s-copts-warn-of-surging-violence-as-houses-torched    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:31:18

• "While online platforms do take action to prevent potential nefarious acts" ☛ https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/domain-and-dns-intelligence-in-fighting-online-threats/ | Source: DomainTools    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:33:04

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/airport-retailer-agrees-to-settlement-ransomware-data-breach | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:33:26

• Windows TCO ☛ https://fedscoop.com/doge-cio-labor-it-office-resignations/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:33:37

• Social Control Media ☛ https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/04/17/why-i-m-expanding-my-blogging-presence/ | Source: Stefano Marinelli    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:38:04

• "Looking back, years ago I used to use my blog just like it was a social network. I wrote about experiences, ideas, opinions. People would comment, creating an exchange. There were fewer haters back then — and when the phenomenon began to increase, we joked saying that "they'd sold too many modems.""    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:38:46

• "proprietary AI technology" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/04/11/tech-bros-ai-was-just-filipino-workers.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:39:09

• "Apple Intelligence was announced with iOS 18 and has been available since last October, when Apple released iOS 18.1 to the public." ☛ https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/16/meta-blocks-apple-intelligence-on-facebook-and-its-other-ios-apps/ | Source: 9to5Mac    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:39:44

• "Given this, it’s no surprise that when you ask a “reasoning” model to explain its reasoning steps" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/18/reasoning-ai-is-lying-to-you-or-maybe-its-just-hallucinating-again/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:40:06

• "I’ve been collecting thoughts on LLMs in a peacemeal way. I add to this document from time to time. It’s not an article as such." ☛ https://chrisdone.com/posts/llms/ | Source: Chris Done    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:42:13

• "But how exactly did these models learn to “reason”? What do we mean when we say, “think”? Why do reasoning models excel at coding and math, but struggle to show improvements when venturing beyond these domains?" ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/04/11/what-we-mean-when-we-say-think.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:42:36

• "We're excited to share audio and video of our panel at SXSW, where Jason, Sam, and our friend Brian Merchant of Blood in the Machine discuss how AI slop has taken over the internet" ☛ https://www.404media.co/ai-slop-is-breaking-the-internet-as-we-know-it-404-media-live-at-sxsw/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:43:07

• "Tracked as CVE-2025-24054 (CVSS score of 6.5) and resolved on March 2025 Patch Tuesday, the medium-severity flaw could allow NTLM hash disclosure, enabling attackers to perform spoofing attacks over a network." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/fresh-windows-ntlm-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:43:58

• "This post details our encounter with ELUSIVE COMET, explains their attack methodology targeting the Zoom remote control feature, and provides concrete defensive measures organizations can implement to protect themselves." ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/04/17/mitigating-elusive-comet-zoom-remote-control-attacks/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:44:11

• "After hours of trial and error, countless reboots, and an ever-growing sense of despair, I finally admitted defeat." ☛ https://www.eliseomartelli.it/blog/2025-04-17-oclp-failure | Source: Eliseo Martelli    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:44:38

• "Data is stored with now commonly used (but state of the art) concepts. Nothing disruptif on the tech, this is Erasure Coding + Distributed Hastable." ☛ https://aumont.fr/posts/web3-storj/ | Source: Mathieu Aumont    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:47:24

• "One big reason: the user interface congruity between macOS, iOS, and iPadOS." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/04/18/returning-to-macos-after-20-years-on-windows/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:47:34

• "Mangione sticker spotted in Berne, Switzerland" ☛ https://mihobu.lol/notes-20250417132956 | Source: Michael Burkhardt    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:48:40

• "He added that regular exercise and a balanced lifestyle help combat age-related health issues, saying, “The heart attack at 50 began at 20." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/fitness-coach-says-being-fit-after-40-is-bigger-status-symbol-than-owning-expensive-car-shares-6-health-cheat-codes-101744967944301.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:49:06

• "I don’t know how we’ve come to demonize the idea that people deserve to breathe clean air, drink clean water and have access to environments that are non-polluting" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/trump-has-canceled-environmental-justice-grants-heres-what-communities-are-losing/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:51:23

• "If Congress goes that route, states would have to come up with $626 billion over the next decade to keep the roughly 20 million people in the expansion population on the rolls." ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/04/18/states-that-enshrined-medicaid-expansion-in-their-constitutions-could-be-in-a-bind/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:51:37

• "We should be chilled by Mangione’s alleged actions – but also by the nihilism in American society that drove him." ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2025/04/the-cult-of-luigi-mangione | Source: New Statesman    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:52:00

• "One of the psychology professors who first inducted me into the field gave me advice about studying things" ☛ https://www.fightforthehuman.com/why-i-cannot-be-technical/ |    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:52:36

• "I was recently listening to an insightful interview with the wonderful Finnish singer, Arja Saijonmaa." ☛ https://robertbirming.com/hidden-purpose-challenges/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:53:15

• "The visas were revoked with little notice." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-04-17/visa-cancellations-international-students-fear-deportation | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:53:29

• "This is the 86th edition of People and Blogs" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-jeremy-keith | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:53:37

• "But, what I found… disturbed me." ☛ https://nmn.gl/blog/big-tech-daycare | Source: Namanyay Goel    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:53:43

• "Everyone wore the same badges, slept in nap pods, played the same games, and ate at the same cafeterias. I couldn’t escape the realization that I was looking at a daycare for adults."    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:54:10

• "That day, I silently promised myself I would never work in such an environment." ping cmb    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:54:30

• "The first time I encountered Big Tech was at age 15 when I won Google Code In. They flew me and my family to San Francisco and showed us around the Googleplex. I arrived with wide eyes, eager to see where the “smartest people in the world” worked."    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:54:45

• "Today, as quantum computing leaves the realm of theoretical physics and enters our practical reality, that fictional black box takes on new significance." ☛ https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1017 | Source: Unmitigated Risk    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:55:28

• "The experiment works by expanding gas as much as is feasible, reducing the average energy in any given volume and resulting in cooling…on average." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/18/this-machine-helps-to-experimentally-find-an-estimation-of-absolute-zero/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:55:43

• "Sometimes I ponder why I write blog posts. Is it for myself, as a way to process things? As a way to attempt to get engagement, and seek attention? As a way for friends and family (and future Justin) to see what is/was going on at any given date?" ☛ https://justinvollmer.com/posts/2025/04/blogging-expectations/ | Source: Justin Vollmer    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:56:48

• "Here are two quotes that embody this classic concept: [...]" ☛ https://venam.net/blog/unix/2025/04/18/mechanism_policy.html |    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:58:01

• [Old] "CSS flexbox is fantastic… but it’s also incredibly complicated." ☛ https://dylanbeattie.net/2025/03/22/an-interactive-css-flexbox-playground.html | Source: Dylan Beattie    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:58:06

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

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:59:19

• How To Install Prospect Mail on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-prospect-mail-linux-mint-22/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 09:59:41

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

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:06:24

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

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:06:52

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

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:07:14

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

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:07:30

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

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:17:54

• How To Install VNC Server on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-vnc-server-fedora-42/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:18:10

• How to install Docker on Raspberry Pi OS ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-docker-on-raspberry-pi-os/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:18:46

• HTTP Error 407 “Proxy Authentication Required”: What is it and how to fix it? ☞ https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-fix-http-407-error-proxy-authentication-required/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:18:54

• The Fridge: Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) begins May 29, 2025 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/04/17/extended-security-maintenance-for-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-begins-may-29-2025/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:23:12

• Haircuts In Space ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/haircuts-in-space-how-to-keep-your-astronauts-looking-fresh/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:25:04

• Las virtudes cotidianas gemini://acastillog.flounder.online/gemlog/25/2025-04-19_virtudes-cotidianas.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:28:22

• Filósofos según Bukowski gemini://plr.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-04-19-filosofos-segun-bukowski.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:28:56

• Releasing my vintage artworks as CC By, with source ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1074/releasing-my-vintage-artwork-as-cc-by-with-source    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:29:55

• Radxa Dual 2.5G Router HAT Expands Networking and Storage for Raspberry Pi 5 and ROCK SBCs ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-dual-2-5g-router-hat-expands-networking-and-storage-for-raspberry-pi-5-and-rock-sbcs/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:31:06

• "Real experts in any field may seem old-fashioned to hype-chasing non-experts. That's true of IT, project management, and many other fields. Hype-chasing non-experts get overly excited about the latest trend and try to replace everything older with it. This causes two problems:" gemini://nader.pm/real-experts-may-seem-old-fashioned/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:32:41

• "I should dig up the old Bookchin book that Ursula K. Le Guin based her “Odonianism” on because there’s a lot I like there. Putting the organize back into “don’t mourn, organize!”." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/are-you-an-anarchist    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:33:45

• "As CISOs and sysadmins you are no longer fighting against common cybercriminals, rival firms, foreign governments - but against the forces of a government run amok." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/usw/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:38:34

• "Cybersecurity is now a resistance movement. How did we get here so quick?" https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/usw/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:38:53

• IBM shutdowns for Easter. "What about the Atlanta office?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrxqv3x6    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:40:10

• "They're bluffing. Another IBM scare tactic. I told my manager that I'm going back to the office - and I'm still getting a paycheck." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1js53f2dh    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:41:04

• "IBM managers are allow to work remote!"    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:41:09

• "Professors of cybersecurity (and their families) are reportedly being "disappeared", their homes raided and defenders of constitutional law arrested, deported or imprisoned." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/usw/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:43:03

• "An executive order issued March 20, titled "Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos" is a full assault on information security, effectively creating a new Orwellian ministry of information" https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/usw/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:43:41

• "Placing national security in the hands of a few billionaire's private companies is not a good idea." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/usw/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:44:05

• "The evidence that the US now wants to actively undermine cybersecurity, starting with its own, is of global concern. With NATO on shaky ground and Five-Eyes allies turning away from the US we are helplessly watching, aghast at a cultural decapitation strike designed to spread chaos and to collapse the US economy."    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:44:37

• "This is an extremely serious sequence of events and must be considered a war against cybersecurity. What can we do?"    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:44:45

• "Because BigTech are so enthusiastically backing a regime of destruction, all existing US tech products from companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta etc, should now be considered unsafe or actively hostile." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/usw/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:45:39

• "British and European citizens should exit any US based social media immediately. This includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, YouTube, LinkedIn, and so on. Stop posting to or reading these accounts and migrate with haste to federated alternatives hosted outside the USA."    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:46:07

• 🔤SpellBinding: DLNOYUR Wordo: BREVE gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-19.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:47:30

• "I'm excited to share with you a significant update I've made to my digital archive." ☛ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1074/releasing-my-vintage-artwork-as-cc-by-with-source | Source: David Revoy    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:54:16

• fastmod – fast partial replacement for codemod ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fastmod-fast-partial-replacement-codemod/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:55:29

• frei is a modern replacement for the free command ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/frei-modern-replacement-free/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:55:54

• Microsoft is Still Attacking GNU/Linux and the Net ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Microsoft_is_Still_Attacking_GNU_Linux_and_the_Net.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:56:15

• grex generates regular expressions from user-provided test cases ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/grex-generates-regular-expressions/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:56:42

• FydeOS is a ChromiumOS GNU/Linux based distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fydeos-chromiumos-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:59:59

• Falkon 25.04 Release notes ☞ https://www.falkon.org/posts/2025/2025-04-18-falkon-25-04-release-notes/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:00:53

• Krita Monthly Update - Edition 25 ☞ https://krita.org/en/posts/2025/monthly-update-25/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:02:51

• Calibre 8.3 eBook Manager Brings Enhanced Performance ☞ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-3-ebook-manager-brings-enhanced-performance/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:03:55

• What’s New in Fedora 42’s Atomic Desktops ☞ https://linuxiac.com/whats-new-in-fedora-42s-atomic-desktops/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:04:28

• KUnifiedPush Web Push Update ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2025/04/18/kde-kunifiedpush-webpush.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:05:12

• "This article will blow your mind. But in a good way." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/games/linux-games-any-resolution.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:06:37

• [Old] "More popular than Quake!" ☛ http://www.xbill.org/ |    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:07:15

• Things must be really bad at GAFAM. Now they lay off the low-paid workers in India, not even people on a visa. Those people are not paid much. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-9-an-hour-engineers?leadSource=reddit_wall    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:18:10

• So to Microsoft and Google even low-paid Indian staff is either not good enough or "too expensive" https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/04/Visualising_About_0_7_Trillion_Dollars_of_Debt_in_Supposedly_Su.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:18:47

• That's just how bad things are. Everyone also works overtime for the "family" (company). Suckers.    

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

• "Meanwhile, the EU is rolling its own." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/18/splintering_cve_bug_tracking/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:20:39

• [Old] "The Open Document Format (ODF) is a zip-compressed, Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based" ☛ https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/definition/Open-Document-Format-ODF | Source: TechTarget    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:20:49

• [Old] "Why does JSON have commas?" ☛ https://simonsafar.com/2025/json_with_no_commas/ | Source: Simon Safar    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:21:38

• "I wrote a setup script for this site[1]. All of the secrets necessary to run it are in a 1Password entry and this script leverages their CLI in order to populate the configs necessary to run this site locally when it's been freshly cloned." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/a-site-setup-script/ | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:22:10

• "It's definitely worth spending the relatively small amount of time required to learn the shell script language correctly, if one uses linux/BSD/Mac OS X desktops or servers, where it is commonly used." ☛ https://www.pixelbeat.org/programming/shell_script_mistakes.html |    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:22:19

• "Before dataclasses, it was always a bit weird that such a basic feature of the Python language — giving data to a data structure to make it valid — required overriding a method with 4 underscores in its name." ☛ https://blog.glyph.im/2025/04/stop-writing-init-methods.html | Source: Glyph    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:22:48

• "Regex or regular expressions are the fuzzy way of matching text. Instead of using the exact string matching, it matches the patterns of the text. This allows for the more powerful string matching." ☛ https://sarajaksa.eu/2025/04/regex-is-magic-talk-from-the-pycon-austria-2025/ | Source: Sara Jakša    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:23:04

• "If you’ve ever worked with cryptography, PKI schemes, or low-level networking in Python, you’ve likely encountered ASN.1." ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/04/18/sneak-peek-a-new-asn.1-api-for-python/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:23:16

• "Rounding to 0% is bad because the user may think there’s been no progress. Even the smallest nonzero ratio, like 0.00001%, should render as 1%." ☛ https://evanhahn.com/maybe-dont-round-percentages-to-0-or-100-percent/ | Source: Evan Hahn    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:24:24

• "This exchange is open to manipulation however when the social expectations are ill-defined." ☛ https://www.elliotcsmith.com/dinner-party-software/ | Source: Elliot C Smith    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:24:37

• [Old] "Even if there are tens of gigabytes of useless logs. Even if there are tens of gigabytes of useless stuff, left on the server just due to inertia" ☛ https://my-notes.dragas.net/2023/03/29/abundance-of-hardware-curse-for-software/ | Source: Stefano Marinelli    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:24:48

• "These tips are not the “right” way to do PyCon" ☛ https://blog.glyph.im/2024/05/how-to-pycon.html | Source: Glyph    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:25:27

• "As I slowly work on updating the software behind this blog to deal with the unfortunate realities of the modern web (also)" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/SingleProcessServingAppeal | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:25:57

• "Since it’s not coupled to any particular backend" ☛ https://leanrada.com/notes/simple-live-reload/ | Source: Lean Rada    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:26:25

• "Among the most notable changes is a 30% speed improvement when opening large EPUB files in the eBook viewer." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-3-ebook-manager-brings-enhanced-performance/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:27:02

• [Old] "A Digital Prison" ☛ https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2024/12/serbia-a-digital-prison-spyware-and-cellebrite-used-on-journalists-and-activists/ | Source: Amnesty International    

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

• [Old] "Responding to Cellebrite’s announcement that it will stop the use of its digital forensic equipment" ☛ https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/02/serbia-cellebrite-halts-product-use-in-serbia-following-amnesty-surveillance-report/ | Source: Amnesty International    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:28:42

• [Old] "Serbian police used the Cellbrite’s exploit" ☛ https://securityaffairs.com/174822/breaking-news/serbian-student-activists-phone-hacked-using-cellebrite-zero-day-exploit.html | Source: Security Affairs    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:29:09

• "Both cables are braided, which is nice" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2688889/im-done-with-apples-usb-c-charging-cables-heres-what-im-buying-instead.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:29:57

• "There have been plenty of stories of poor-quality cables frying components, shorting chargers, or even catching fire" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2530811/buying-a-usb-c-cable-beware-these-6-crucial-gotchas.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:30:10

• "OpenWrt has a JSON-RPC API that allows you to set configuration files, and options, through a set of calls." ☛ https://linderud.dev/blog/easter-hack-terraform-provider-openwrt/ | Source: Morten Linderud    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:31:22

• "both Amazon and Google in their latest submissions to the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/17/swapping_linux_for_microsoft_is_hard/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:32:01

• "Over on tech@, Alexander Bluhm (bluhm@) is airing a patch to improve parallel TCP input, and is looking for testers: [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250418114827 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:32:53

• "Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed “Plucky Puffin” was recently released. Ubuntu 25.04 is an interim release" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/ubuntu-25-04-launches-with-host-of-new-features | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:36:13

• "Joshua Peisach has announced the release of Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.04." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12422 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:36:44

• "Amy Eickmeyer has announced the release of Edubuntu 25.04" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12426 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:36:50

• "Unikernels are single-purpose appliances where an application is linked with everything that it needs" ☛ https://dave.recoil.org/unikernels/ |    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:37:47

• When dogs return to nature – just how domesticated are our pooches really? https://theconversation.com/when-dogs-return-to-nature-just-how-domesticated-are-our-pooches-really-253265    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:38:54

• Scientists are planning missions to study them up close https://theconversation.com/mysterious-objects-from-other-stars-are-passing-through-our-solar-system-scientists-are-planning-missions-to-study-them-up-close-254404    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:39:08

• Why were people so drawn to phrenology? https://theconversation.com/why-were-people-so-drawn-to-phrenology-246646    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:39:24

• The Cheeto Mussolini administration says cheap goods aren’t part of the American dream. They’re wrong. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/408139/donald-trump-tariffs-prices-consumer-goods-amazon-cheap    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:40:26

• Anker, a Chinese Company, Has Already Started Raising Its Prices on Amazon https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-electronics-company-anker-starts-raising-prices-amazon-2025-04-11/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:40:39

• Amazon's Tariff Strategy Exposed: How It's Picking Favourites Among Suppliers https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/amazons-tariff-strategy-exposed-how-its-picking-favourites-among-suppliers-1732635    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:40:53

• goats prove brainier than sheep and alpacas https://theconversation.com/no-kidding-goats-prove-brainier-than-sheep-and-alpacas-253669    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:41:11

• Software patents are illegal, but the EPO is crime and corruption, so who cares, right? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/03/g-221-applied-to-software-inventions-t.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:42:17

• No retroactive protections for well-known trade marks against GIs for wines, says Advocate-General http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/no-retroactive-protections-for-well.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:42:29

• Writing a 1GB file in perl https://blogs.perl.org/users/kanliot/2025/04/writing-1-gib-file-in-perl.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:43:22

• Nigeria bans song critical of President Bola Tinubu https://www.dw.com/en/nigeria-bans-song-critical-of-president-bola-tinubu/a-72225039    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:50:13

• Nearly 3 million Germans have never used the internet https://www.dw.com/en/nearly-3-million-germans-have-never-used-the-internet/a-72196617    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:51:24

• Shipping nations agree on historic greenhouse gas tax https://www.dw.com/en/shipping-nations-agree-on-historic-greenhouse-gas-tax/a-72222753    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:52:44

• RFK Jr. says there is an 'autism epidemic'. Is it true? https://www.dw.com/en/rfk-jr-says-there-is-an-autism-epidemic-is-it-true/a-72219393    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:54:24

• Will the new German government fix the economy? https://www.dw.com/en/will-the-new-german-government-fix-the-economy/a-72214250    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:55:41

• US-China tariff hikes affect Polish container terminal sale https://www.dw.com/en/us-china-tariff-hikes-affect-polish-container-terminal-sale/a-72214420    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:55:57

• Cheeto Mussolini tariffs: Will trade war hasten US, China decoupling? https://www.dw.com/en/trump-tariffs-will-trade-war-hasten-us-china-decoupling/a-72215811    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:56:10

• What is a trade war and how big is the US-China one? https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-a-trade-war-and-how-big-is-the-us-china-one/a-72183002    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 11:57:33

• Buried Toggles Begging to be Brought to Light Transparency, Expressiveness, and Configurability ☞ https://venam.net/blog/unix/2025/04/18/mechanism_policy.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:01:17

• stack-back – automated incremental backups using restic ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/stack-back-automated-incremental-backups-restic/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:02:10

• GoldenDict-ng is an advanced dictionary lookup program ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/goldendict-ng-advanced-dictionary-lookup-program/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:02:34

• Improve ImgSLI is an image comparison tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/improve-imgsli-image-comparison-tool/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:03:01

• Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:03:37

• 11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Data Science Notebook Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-data-science-notebook-software/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:04:08

• LACT configures and monitors AMD, NVIDIA and defective chip maker Intel GPUs ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lact-configures-monitors-amd-nvidia-intel-gpu/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:04:38

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Fashion Company Apple Spotlight ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-apple-spotlight/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:05:02

• Ubuntu 25.04 now available with GNOME 48 and Linux kernel 6.14 ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-2504-now-available-with-gnome-48-and-linux-kernel-614/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:06:01

• Ubuntu 25.04 launches with host of new features ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/ubuntu-25-04-launches-with-host-of-new-features    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:07:18

• Atomic DTU LoRaWAN Base Modules Offer Programmable Wireless Communication for US, EU, and CN Bands ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/atomic-dtu-lorawan-base-modules-offer-programmable-wireless-communication-for-us-eu-and-cn-bands/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:12:37

• This Week in GNOME: #196 Dot Release ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/04/twig-196/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:13:30

• Ubuntu Studio: Ubuntu Studio 25.04 Released ☞ https://ubuntustudio.org/2025/04/ubuntu-studio-25-04-released/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:15:44

• "I first joined Red Hat as an undergraduate intern on the performance and scale team." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/language-and-logic-mustafas-journey-ai-research | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:18:17

• "These challenges are not new"... just with buzzwords now ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/automate-telco-networks-ai-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:18:53

• ‘Psychological Torture’: London Bans Busking in a Famed Tourist Hub ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/world/europe/london-busking-street-performers-leicester-square-ban.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:23:35

• “Laserblasted” Kickstarter over ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24072    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:24:29

• Fedora Already Lost Its Soul Under I.C.B.M. (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Fedora_Already_Lost_Its_Soul_Under_IBM.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:24:57

• Indonesian woman turns to mangroves to fend off rising tides ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/indonesian-woman-turns-to-mangroves-to-fend-off-rising-tides    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:28:00

• Openviro Axe PoE is an RP2040-based environmental sensor for server rooms and cabinets (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/18/openviro-axe-poe-rp2040-environmental-sensor-for-server-rooms-and-cabinets/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:28:56

• Solar-powered WisMesh Repeaters extend the range of Meshtastic networks ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/18/solar-powered-wismesh-repeaters-extend-the-range-of-meshtastic-networks/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:29:38

• Google Makes History With Rapid-Fire Antitrust Losses ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/technology/google-antitrust-losses-history.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:30:48

• Google News is Dying ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Google_News_is_Dying.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:31:03

• Rotterdam-Based Ticketing Platform Stager Scores Spotify Integration Partnership ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/18/stager-spotify-integration/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:32:34

• ALPON X4 – A Raspberry Pi CM4 fanless Edge Computer with 4G LTE cellular connectivity ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/18/alpon-x4-raspberry-pi-cm4-fanless-edge-computer-with-4g-lte-cellular-connectivity/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:33:50

• Fitistics fitness tracking patent monopoly confirmed invalid by PTAB ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/18/fitistics-fitness-tracking-patent-confirmed-invalid-by-ptab    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:35:16

• Janssen appeals to Supreme Court after Samsung Bioepis win in SPC waiver case ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/janssen-appeals-to-supreme-court-after-samsung-bioepis-win-in-spc-waiver-case/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:35:24

• “Do it on AI” claims are Abstract Ideas ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/claims-abstract-ideas.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:35:58

• Sounds Like I.C.B.M. is Preparing for Mass Layoffs/Redundancies in Red Hat, Albeit in "PIP" (Performance Improvement Plan) or "Relocation" Clothing (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Sounds_Like_IBM_is_Preparing_for_Mass_Layoffs_Redundancies_in_R.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:36:29

• Microsoft's Attack Dogs Have Failed. Now What? (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Microsoft_s_Attack_Dogs_Have_Failed_Now_What.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:36:47

• All Your "Github Projects" Will be Gone One Day (Just Like Skype) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/All_Your_Github_Projects_Will_be_Gone_One_Day_Just_Like_Skype.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:37:03

• "Sayonara" (さよなら), Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/Sayonara_さよなら_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:37:11

• To Understand Who's Truly Controlling You Follow the Trail of Censorship (or Self-Censorship) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/18/To_Understand_Who_s_Truly_Controlling_You_Follow_the_Trail_of_C.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:37:29

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Political Targeting of the Legal Profession Is an Attack on the First Amendment ☞ https://americanoversight.org/trumps-political-targeting-of-the-legal-profession-is-an-attack-on-free-speech/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:38:43

• ‘H8R’s gonna hate’: Stanford start-up strips internet trolls bare ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/17/haters-gonna-hate/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:39:36

• UI tip: maybe don't round percentages to 0% or 100% ☞ https://evanhahn.com/maybe-dont-round-percentages-to-0-or-100-percent/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:42:44

• Mystical eagle thought to be extinct in Mexico reappears in Chiapas ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/believed-extinct-mexico-harpy-eagle-resurfaces-chiapas/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:43:55

• HKFP Lens: Hong Kong in full bloom as warmer months arrive ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/19/hkfp-lens-hong-kong-in-full-bloom-as-warmer-months-arrive/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:45:04

• Thirsty giants: Big tech's data centres multiply in drought-hit Spain ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/reporters/20250418-thirsty-giants-big-tech-s-data-centres-multiply-in-drought-hit-spain    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:46:18

• IRS whistleblower on Hunter Biden is out as acting commissioner just days after getting the job ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/irs-whistleblower-on-hunter-biden-is-out-as-acting-commissioner-just-days-after-getting-the-job/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:48:12

• Coreutils updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Coreutils    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:48:36

• Gzip updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Gzip    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:49:31

• This machine helps to experimentally find an estimation of absolute zero ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/18/this-machine-helps-to-experimentally-find-an-estimation-of-absolute-zero/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:50:23

• Use the Raspberry PI Hey Hi (AI) Kit (Hailo8L) both with RPI Camera and IP Camera ☞ https://peppe8o.com/raspberry-pi-ai-kit-hailo8l/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:55:51

• A Pi-Based LiDAR Scanner ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/a-pi-based-lidar-scanner/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:56:24

• Federal judge in Baltimore temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2025/04/federal-judge-in-baltimore-temporarily-limits-doge-access-to-social-security-data/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:57:37

• Events Giant Legends International Hacked ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/live-events-giant-legends-international-hacked/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:59:00

• Ahold Delhaize Confirms Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ahold-delhaize-confirms-data-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 12:59:20

• Man Helped Individuals in China Get Jobs Involving Sensitive US Government Projects ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/man-helped-chinese-nationals-get-jobs-involving-sensitive-us-government-projects/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:00:02

• Is Israel's partition of Gaza a prelude to total control of the enclave? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250418-is-israel-s-partition-of-gaza-a-prelude-to-total-control-of-the-enclave    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:04:11

• US Homeland Security orders Harvard to hand over international student-activists records ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-homeland-security-orders-harvard-to-hand-over-international-student-activists-records/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:04:36

• Taiwan ruling party requires members to report China trips amid security concerns ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/18/taiwan-dpp-spy-visit-report/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:05:16

• Japan bus driver steals $9.20, loses $110k pension ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-bus-driver-steals-9-20-loses-110k-pension    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:05:39

• China pushes anti-‘bullying’ agenda amid tensions with US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-pushes-anti-bullying-agenda-amid-tensions-with-us    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:06:24

• Abrego Garcia Told Chris Van Hollen He Had Been In Isolation in El Salvador Prison ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/abrego-garcia-chris-van-hollen-el-salvador.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:06:54

• Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: In Conclusion and Enforcement Action Proceeds Against OSI at the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/17/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_In_Conclusi.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:07:49

• U.S. Strikes on Yemeni Port Kill Dozens, Houthis Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/world/middleeast/us-yemen-houthis.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:08:40

• Syrians Recount Gas Attack Under Assad as They Seek Justice ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/world/middleeast/syria-assad-chemical-attack.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:09:07

• US Air Strikes Targeting Yemeni Oil Port; Houthis Say Attack Killed 20 People ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-yemen-air-strike-port-ras-isa-oil/33389009.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:09:20

• US strikes kill dozens in Yemen port attack ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250418-us-strikes-kill-dozens-in-yemen-port-attack    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:09:44

• Israeli strikes kill two in Lebanon, Hezbollah chief says 'will not let anyone disarm' it ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250418-israeli-strikes-kill-two-in-lebanon-hezbollah-chief-says-will-not-let-anyone-disarm-it    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:10:07

• In Other News: 4chan Hacked, Android Auto-Reboot, Nemesis Admin Charged ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-4chan-hacked-android-auto-reboot-nemesis-admin-charged/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:16:56

• Judge pauses Convicted Felon administration’s plans for mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/federal-judge-pausing-trump-administrations-plans-for-mass-layoffs-at-the-cfpb/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:25:50

• What’s up with America? ☞ https://overpopulation-project.com/whats-up-with-america/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:26:19

• Lawyers file lawsuit against Costa Rica for detaining minors deported from the US ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/lawyers-file-lawsuit-against-costa-rica-for-detaining-minors-deported-from-the-us/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:26:36

• BUZZWORDS, not SUBSTANCE: Hey Hi (AI) lead ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/ceo-reorganizes-intel-with-new-cto-and-ai-lead    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:27:44

• SCOTUS dispatch: reflections on FCC v. Consumers’ Research ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/scotus-dispatch-reflections-on-fcc-v-consumers-research/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:29:20

• Firefox builtin starts with English menu ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202504/firefox-builtin-starts-with-english-menu.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:30:07

• Study of 616 Languages Identified Which Had Most Words For 'Snow' ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-of-616-languages-identified-which-had-most-words-for-snow    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:31:21

• Weight Gain Might Be Linked to 'Lifestyle Instability', Not Just Calories ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/weight-gain-might-be-linked-to-lifestyle-instability-not-just-calories    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:43:04

• 'Game Changer': Hot New Tech Turns Forever Chemicals Into Valuable Resource ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/game-changer-hot-new-tech-turns-forever-chemicals-into-valuable-resource    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:43:16

• Does Easter Chocolate Really Taste Better? Here's The Surprising Science ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/does-easter-chocolate-really-taste-better-heres-the-surprising-science    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:43:33

• Up to 13% of Dementia Cases May Actually Be a Misdiagnosed Treatable Condition ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/up-to-13-of-dementia-cases-may-actually-be-a-misdiagnosed-treatable-condition    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:43:44

• Study Reveals Key Groups Vulnerable to Misinformation, With Surprising Results ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-key-groups-vulnerable-to-misinformation-with-surprising-results    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:44:03

• Don't tell me RAG is easy ☞ https://major.io/p/dont-tell-me-rag-is-easy/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:49:11

• █████ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss ██████████████████████ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:40:00 +0000 ███████ Return of MEET THE BLOGGERS: Monday, May 19th, 8-10 PM    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:49:55

• Judge Rules Surveillance Giant Google is a Monopoly (Again... for the 2nd time this year) ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/judge-rules-google-is-a-monopoly    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:50:35

• Return of MEET THE BLOGGERS: Monday, May 19th, 8-10 PM ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/return-of-meet-bloggers-monday-may-19th.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:50:55

• Mozilla Accuses Convicted Felon of Political Interference with Their "Movement" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/mozilla-accuses-trump-of-political    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:51:37

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1018020/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:52:27

• Lithuania seeks to bar Belarus from 2026 Futsal Championship ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2540348/lithuania-seeks-to-bar-belarus-from-2026-futsal-championship    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:52:48

• Kdenlive 25.04.0 Released with Import & Export OpenTimelineIO Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/kdenlive-25-04-0-released/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:54:04

• Lubuntu Blog: Lubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Released! ☞ https://lubuntu.me/plucky-released/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:54:44

• Kubuntu General News: Kubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin released ☞ https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-released/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:55:11

• "Idaho Created a $50M Voucher Program" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vouchers-public-school-funding-cuts | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:56:05

• "Trump Halts Data Collection on Drug Use" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-data-collection-hhs-epa-cdc-maternal-mortality | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:56:34

• HKFP Lens: Hong Kong landmarks and customs showcased through 24 miniature art pieces ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/18/hkfp-lens-hong-kong-landmarks-and-customs-showcased-through-24-miniature-art-pieces/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:58:14

• Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:58:59

• Dihydroxyacetone Man-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/health/trump-martin-us-attorney-medical-journals.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:59:48

• Thai health authority warns of ‘Labubu’ drug outbreak during Songkran ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/health-authority-warns-of-labubu-drug-outbreak-during-songkran    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 13:59:59

• The global reach of trade mark law? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-global-reach-of-trade-mark-law.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:04:39

• ermany: High global cocoa prices hamper Easter bunny output https://www.dw.com/en/germany-high-global-cocoa-prices-hamper-easter-bunny-output/a-72220808    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:05:03

• Fact check https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-no-evidence-ex-china-premier-called-for-death-penalty-in-latin-america/a-72208096    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:08:08

• Mercedes’s off-road vehicle illustration insufficiently distinctive for EU trade mark registration http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/mercedess-off-road-vehicle-illustration.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:09:28

• 'forever chemicals' https://www.dw.com/en/eu-wheels-in-forever-chemicals-ban-for-children-s-toys/a-72215664    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:10:41

• Coal https://www.dw.com/en/coal-what-s-the-big-deal/a-72199625    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:10:58

• Sven Hoexter: Trixie Upgrade and X11 Clipboard Manager Madness ☞ http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/deb_trixie_clipboard_x11_madness/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:11:50

• The Women Who Think the World Needs More Babies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/style/women-pronatalist-movement.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:13:06

• Easter hack: terraform-provider-openwrt ☞ https://linderud.dev/blog/easter-hack-terraform-provider-openwrt/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:13:32

• EU OS: A European Proposal for a Public Sector Linux Desktop - The New Stack ⚓ https://thenewstack.io/eu-os-a-european-proposal-for-a-public-sector-linux-desktop/ ䷉ Source: The New Stack | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//thenewstack.io/eu-os-a-european-proposal-for-a-public-sector-linux-desktop/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1018058/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:14:28

• Presence Detection Augments 1930s Home ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/presence-detection-augments-1930s-home/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:15:25

• "You have to admire the lengths designers went to back in the day to create engaging games and toys." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/vintage-game-rides-again-thanks-to-modern-tech/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:15:46

• Robot Picks Fruit And Changes Light Bulbs With Measuring Tape ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/robot-picks-fruit-and-changes-light-bulbs-with-measuring-tape/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:16:09

• The ‘China’ challenge: now a multi-generational test for Australian strategy ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-china-challenge-now-a-multi-generational-test-for-australian-strategy/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:16:49

• EasyOS Kirkstone-series maintenance release 5.9 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202504/easyos-kirkstone-series-maintenance-release-59.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:17:36

• Bruised by Washington's chip controls, Nvidia turns to China ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20250418-bruised-by-washington-s-chip-controls-nvidia-turns-to-china    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:17:55

• China’s Pooh-tin Jinping meets Cambodian leader as part of regional diplomatic blitz ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/18/chinas-xi-jinping-meets-cambodian-leader-as-part-of-regional-diplomatic-blitz/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:18:19

• Chinese rights lawyer Lu Siwei sentenced to 11 months in prison ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/18/china-rights-lawyer-sentence/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:18:45

• Trade war with US triggers wave of factory ‘holidays’ in China’s export hubs ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/18/china-us-tariff-factories/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:19:14

• Cambodia’s controversial canal project gets boost on Pooh-tin visit ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/04/18/cambodia-china-xi-canal/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:19:31

• "Over half of respondents say tariff hikes will be bad for the U.S. and for themselves." ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/18/china-us-survey-pew-research/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:19:55

• OPINION: RFA Uyghur Service is a light that pierces the darkness of China’s rule ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/04/18/uyghur-opinion-rishat-abbas-rfa/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:20:18

• WD launches HDD recycling process that reclaims rare earth elements, cuts out China ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/wd-launches-hdd-recycling-process-that-reclaims-rare-earth-elements-cuts-out-china    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:20:57

• China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-pits-humanoid-robots-against-humans-in-half-marathon    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:21:09

• China, Cambodia vow supply chain cooperation, sign canal deal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-cambodia-vow-supply-chain-cooperation-sign-canal-deal    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:22:13

• Vietnam PM hails ‘unique bond’ with US days after hosting China’s Pooh-tin ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-pm-hails-unique-bond-with-us-days-after-hosting-chinas-xi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:22:25

• US, Japan need to 'push back' against China, US envoy says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-japan-need-to-push-back-against-china-us-envoy-says    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:22:39

• Key to US tariff war with Beijing: The value China places on ‘face’ ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0418/China-trade-pride-respect    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:22:53

• There’s one rare earths mine in the US. How that might change soon. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2025/0418/rare-earth-minerals-us-china    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:26:47

• U.S. Chipmakers Fear They Are Ceding China’s Hey Hi (AI) Market to Huawei ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/technology/ai-chips-china-huawei.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:27:08

• Cambodia and China Strengthen Ties as US Imposes Tariffs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/world/asia/china-xi-trump-cambodia.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:27:23

• U.S. Adds Fees for Chinese Ships in Effort to Boost Shipbuilding ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/business/trump-chinese-ships-fees.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:27:50

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Trade War With China Puts Bromance With Pooh-tin Beyond Reach ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/china-trump-trade-war.html "Hell Toupée says he wants Pooh-tin Jinping, China’s leader, to call him to talk tariffs. Mr. Pooh-tin is ghosting Mr. Convicted Felon, and markets are plummeting."    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:28:13

• China’s aggressive export strategy has shattered the U.S. glass industry ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/opinion/chinas-aggressive-export-strategy-has-shattered-the-u-s-glass-industry/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:28:49

• Repost: R 4.5.0 and Bioconductor 3.21 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/repost-r-4-5-0-and-bioconductor-3-21/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:29:22

• Myanmar junta and opposition set to extend ceasefire, says Malaysia PM Anwar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-pm-anwar-urges-myanmar-ceasefire-extension-after-talks-with-warring-groups    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:30:01

• From Nimby to Yimby: In S. Korea’s shrinking cities, prisons bring hope to locals ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/from-nimby-to-yimby-in-s-koreas-shrinking-cities-prisons-bring-hope-to-locals    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:48:05

• Researcher Bülent Şık acquitted in trial for revealing ministry's cancer data ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/researcher-bulent-sik-acquitted-in-trial-for-revealing-ministry-s-cancer-data-306572    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:48:50

• Longevity clinics around the world are selling unproven treatments ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/18/1115372/longevity-clinics-selling-unproven-treatments/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:49:04

• The Last Hospitals in Gaza ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/04/28/hospitals-in-ruins    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:49:12

• Massive Online Analysis: Harnessing the Power of Real-Time Data Streams ☞ https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/massive-online-analysis-harnessing-the-power-of-real-time-data-streams/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:50:51

• Xubuntu: Xubuntu 25.04 released! ☞ https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-25-04-released/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:51:16

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 16 2025 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-16-2025/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:52:02

• "baseless political manipulation"? ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/18/beijing-rejects-zelensky-s-claim-of-chinese-weapons-supplies-to-russia-as-baseless-political-manipulation | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:54:00

• "predecessor is arrested for embezzlement" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/18/russian-governor-hires-priest-to-bless-office-with-holy-water-after-predecessor-is-arrested-for-embezzlement | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:54:22

• "military enlistment to failing university students instead of expulsion" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/18/russian-officials-float-initiative-to-offer-military-enlistment-to-failing-university-students-instead-of-expulsion | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:54:57

• "Eurofascism" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/19/imagined-common-enemies | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:55:15

• Iranian Foreign Minister Calls For Russian Support In Nuclear Talks ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-us-nuclear-talks-russia-araqchi-lavrov/33389352.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 14:55:49

• Debunk.org reports increased Russian media coverage on EU power grid 'unreliability' ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2540627/debunk-org-reports-increased-russian-media-coverage-on-eu-power-grid-unreliability    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:09:46

• US Supreme Court agrees to hear birthright citizenship oral arguments ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-birthright-citizenship-oral-arguments/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:10:24

• Russia court removes Taliban regime from terrorist list ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/russia-court-lifts-ban-on-taliban-regime-removing-it-from-terrorist-list/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:11:14

• Moscow's next target? Heeding Estonia's call for more defence spending ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/people-profit/20250418-moscow-s-next-target-heeding-estonia-s-call-for-more-defence-spending    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:25:23

• Exposing Pravda: How pro-Kremlin forces are poisoning Hey Hi (AI) models and rewriting Wikipedia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/exposing-pravda-how-pro-kremlin-forces-are-poisoning-ai-models-and-rewriting-wikipedia/ Wikipedia is poisoned regardless http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Wikipedia_Can_Lower_Its_Hosting_Bill_by_Going_More_Static_Not_J.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:27:22

• peace ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/18/trump-administration-threatens-to-walk-away-from-efforts-to-broker-russian-ukrainian-peace-without-visible-progress-in-next-few-days | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:27:51

• "Russia says it will no longer observe moratorium on strikes against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/18/russia-says-it-will-no-longer-observe-moratorium-on-strikes-against-ukraine-s-energy-infrastructure | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:28:17

• "take a pass" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/18/trump-threatens-to-take-a-pass-and-abandon-peace-deal-efforts-in-ukraine-we-re-just-gonna-say-you-re-foolish-you-re-fools-you-re-horrible-people | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:28:31

• Rubio Says Convicted Felon to ‘Move On’ From Ukraine Peace Talks if No Progress Soon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/world/europe/rubio-ukraine-russia-war-paris.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:28:53

• China dismisses Zelenskiy's claim it is supplying weapons to Russia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-dismisses-zelenskiys-claim-it-is-supplying-weapons-to-russia    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:29:15

• Rubio Signals Impatience In Ukraine Talks; Says US 'Ready To Move On' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/rubio-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-europeans-paris/33389235.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:29:29

• Russian Court Sentences Anti-War Activist Who Glued Poem To Ukrainian Statue ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-activist-ukraine-protest-poet/33389509.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:29:50

• JD Vance says he is 'optimistic' about Ukraine peace deal at Meloni meeting ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250418-jd-vance-says-he-is-optimistic-about-ukraine-peace-deal-at-meloni-meeting    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:30:30

• US will drop Ukraine ceasefire efforts if progress is not made soon, says Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250418-us-will-drop-ukraine-ceasefire-efforts-if-progress-not-made-soon-says-trump    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:30:45

• "Wealthy Russians have a history of funding the anti-Putin opposition" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/18/partisans-should-work-with-whoever-they-want | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:31:11

• "A blueprint for building Putinism" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/19/a-blueprint-for-building-putinism | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:31:37

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Bolsters Putin With Hint of Abandoning Ukraine Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/politics/trump-rubio-putin-ukraine.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:31:55

• The Fridge: Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) Released ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/04/17/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-released/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:32:29

• Hackaday Podcast Episode 317 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/18/hackaday-podcast-episode-317-quantum-diamonds-citizen-science-and-cobol-to-ai/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:36:03

• KOL460 | Rant about the “China is Stealing Our IP” Myth ☞ https://stephankinsella.com/as_paf_podcast/kol460-rant-about-the-china-is-stealing-our-ip-myth/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:36:30

• How Science Fiction Led MElon to DOGE ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/how-science-fiction-led-elon-musk-to-doge    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:37:11

• The Power and Stakes of #TeslaTakedown ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/the-power-and-stakes-of-teslatakedown    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:37:25

• White House reveals COVID lab leak theory as ‘true origins’ of pandemic in flashy new website that blasts Biden, Fauci and Cuomo ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/04/18/us-news/white-house-reveals-covid-lab-leak-theory-as-true-origins-of-pandemic-website/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:38:02

• White House replaces Covid-19 website with info blaming China for ‘lab leak’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/19/white-house-replaces-covid-19-website-with-info-blaming-china-for-lab-leak/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:38:33

• A Fentanylware (TikTok) Influencer Opens Up About Her Skin Picking Condition ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/well/skin-hair-picking-dermatillomania.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:40:46

• TikToker Sues Roblox Over ‘Apple Dance’ Emote — ‘Confident’ Company Says It ‘Looks Forward to Responding in Court’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/18/roblox-apple-dance-lawsuit/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:41:52

• Could Fentanylware (TikTok) U.S. Land in South Dakota? Governor Endorses Multibillion-Dollar Offer Amid Divestment Uncertainty ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/18/tiktok-south-dakota/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:42:17

• El Salvador: Google has half "the market" https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/el-salvador/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:44:50

• 1990s: we want anything other than Microsoft. 2000s: we want Linux. 2010s: OK, Android is dominant, but we want freedom, too. 2020s: GAFAM has centralised too many things, even GNU/Linux (in "the clown")    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:46:52

• Always aim higher. If things do not improve, they will gradually get worse without most people even noticing (until it's too late).    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:47:36

• Flying high: Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' is here to deliver better performance to desktops and data centers https://betanews.com/2025/04/17/flying-high-ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-is-here-to-deliver-better-performance-to-desktops-and-data-centers/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:48:38

• How to Install and Remove Software in Linux Using the Terminal https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-install-and-remove-software-in-linux-using-the-terminal/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:49:10

• "As someone who prefers avoiding waste, I find that re-using old tech in new ways is a fantastic idea, so I wanted to give you some ideas for getting a bit more out of your old hardware, whether you're planning to buy a new PC or not." https://www.xda-developers.com/things-can-do-old-windows-10-pc-instead-trading-it-in/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:49:38

• Witekio Offering Ubuntu Pro for Devices in Partnership with Canonical https://embeddedcomputing.com/technology/open-source/linux-freertos-related/witekio-offering-ubuntu-pro-for-devices-in-partnership-with-canonical http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/28/Microsoft_Canonical_Continues_Its_FUD_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Ca.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:50:17

• "Canonical has officially released Ubuntu 25.04, named "Plucky Puffin," bring a host of new features and improvements to the interim release...." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-25-04-released/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:51:00

• Experts Uncover New XorDDoS Controller, Infrastructure as Malware Expands to Docker, Linux, IoT https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/experts-uncover-new-xorddos-controller.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:51:48

• Need a Linux admin? Ask a hair stylist to introduce you to a worried mother https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/18/on_call/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:52:29

• "There are many Linux distributions, but now there's a proposal for one that's specific to the European Union government and nongovernmental organizations." https://thenewstack.io/eu-os-a-european-proposal-for-a-public-sector-linux-desktop/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/23/An_EU_OS_Would_Need_European_Components.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:53:16

• Manage storage using Linux Logical Volume Manager | TechTarget ⚓ https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/tutorial/Manage-storage-using-Linux-Logical-Volume-Manager ䷉ Source: TechTarget | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/tutorial/Manage-storage-using-Linux-Logical-Volume-Manager    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:55:40

• "You can install games from Epic, GOG and Amazon easily via the Heroic Games Launcher with Prime giving you a code for each game for whatever store it's on. For any games that use anti-cheat be sure to check out our anti-cheat compatibility page." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/grab-some-great-stuff-for-steam-deck-linux-from-prime-gaming-for-april-17th/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 15:56:07

• iophk on Louis Rossmann: Notice the DRM in cameras, and in NAS devices: NAS units have DRM now https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=WHtIKcdT0Mo I thought I bought a camera, but no! DJI sold me a LICENSE to use their camera 🤦‍♂️ https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=aUOnQ_boqCw    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:06:20

• Terminal gemini://deivisdiaz.flounder.online/Terminal.gmi    

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

• "These are my personal book notes from Daniel Pink's "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing." They are for me, but I hope they might be useful to you too." gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2025-04-19-when-book-notes.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:31:26

• Contingencies gopher://gopher.prismdragon.net:70/0/phlog/2025-04-19_contingencies.txt    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:33:07

• Meshtastic gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250419_meshtastic "The lab has been a mess for quite some time now, with parts and equipment not in the right places where they should be. This happens to me sometimes and I don't feel like cleaning up for extended periods of time until I get to the point were it is miserable and demotivating with all of the mess and the clutter."    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:34:27

• Louis corrects record after email with Nixplay CEO https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=vtd2dV_UfgM    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:38:34

• My fish bring me happiness and joy. I hope they do the same for you 🙂 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=fmXY1y4VNcI https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=WJg5z93OzvE    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:50:45

• Amazon is selling used drives as new: again... https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=bFscU8JUohA    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:50:50

• "Okay so 99% of GTD advice is about how to “process” your inbox, and that’s awesome, even my own basic version starts by making an inbox list and sorting it into steps and goals." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/inbox-begone    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:57:20

• "I didn't paint much in March, but in the last week I found it therapeutic to draw lines with a dip pen and india ink, so that's what you get here. Grids. I had been reading the Rem Koolhaas book "Delerious New York," which reproduces some great 1930s New York atlas pages as endpapers." gemini://lolol.srht.site/2025-04-19.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:58:17

• "I have been reading old computer magazines lately, lots of them have been scanned and uploaded to the internet archive." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2025-04-19-french-computer-and-game-magazines-in-the-80s-and-90s.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:58:57

• "So I latch onto my music, not only to express myself towards the outside world — which is probably a healthy way to deal with things —, but also to portray myself as a human being that is worth something." gemini://tilde.team/~konomo/gemlog/entries/2025/04/comparing-my-music-and-how-to-keep-creating.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 16:59:39

• Tekstipohjainen kalenteri, todo ja lukulista gemini://sampsa.smol.pub/tekstipohjainen-kalenteri-todo-lukulista    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 17:00:30

• "Fleecehold is essentially a private estate where freehold homeowners must pay for the maintenance of land they do not own, similar to Home Owners Association's in the United States, but less democratic." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-04-19_starting-to-grapple-with-fleecehold.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:20:43

• "My flatmate is an architect. From my point of view, architecture seems to be a field where culture is crucial. You have to inspire yourself from other works. Thus he has lots and lots of books on architecture, books that he often reads, granting him a broad knowledge over his field." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2587    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:23:15

• [Old] Computers of the 80s gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2023-05-14-computers-of-the-80s.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:24:10

• British Steel https://www.dw.com/en/uk-government-to-take-emergency-control-of-british-steel/a-72228916    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:28:57

• Narcissist https://www.dw.com/en/trump-replaces-obama-portrait-with-one-of-himself/a-72226224    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:29:29

• Sudan https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-hundreds-feared-dead-in-attacks-on-famine-hit-camps/a-72229705    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:29:58

• last living Nazi criminals https://www.dw.com/en/search-continues-for-last-living-nazi-criminals/a-72228147    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:30:25

• AG Campos advises CJEU to rule that joint ownership of copyright remains within the remit of national law, not EU law. But is that (still) right? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/ag-campos-advises-cjeu-to-rule-that.html    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:31:40

• copyright https://www.vox.com/artificial-intelligence/408786/ai-art-studio-ghibli-moral-injury-copyright    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:31:49

• Oracle Clown Compromise https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/04/16/cisa-releases-guidance-credential-risks-associated-potential-legacy-oracle-cloud-compromise    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:32:52

• Fortinet Releases Advisory on New Post-Exploitation Technique for Known Vulnerabilities https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/04/11/fortinet-releases-advisory-new-post-exploitation-technique-known-vulnerabilities    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:33:12

• US YouTuber Remains in Custody in India After Visiting Restricted Island With a Diet Coke Can https://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2025-04-17/us-youtuber-remains-in-custody-in-india-after-visiting-restricted-island-with-a-diet-coke-can    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:37:46

• Windows TCO https://www.maketecheasier.com/neptune-rat-malware-in-windows/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:38:17

• Fedora Magazine: How to rebase to Fedora Linux 42 on Silverblue https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-rebase-to-fedora-linux-42-on-silverblue/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:47:33

• Sleep Training Is No Longer Just for Babies. Some Schools Are Teaching Teens How to Sleep https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/ohio/articles/2025-04-16/sleep-training-is-no-longer-just-for-babies-some-schools-are-teaching-teens-how-to-sleep    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:48:11

• How to Actually Stop the Cheeto Mussolini Regime’s Onslaught on Democracy ttps://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/11/hands-on-how-to-actually-stop-the-trump-regimes-onslaught-on-democracy/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 21:59:30

• HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation; Northeast Radiology agrees to corrective action plan and $350,000 monetary penalty https://databreaches.net/2025/04/10/hhs-office-for-civil-rights-settles-hipaa-security-rule-investigation-northeast-radiology-agrees-to-corrective-action-plan-and-350000-monetary-penalty/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:01:23

• Another Foreign Judge Quits Hong Kong's Highest Court Amid National Security Crackdown https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-11/another-foreign-judge-quits-hong-kongs-highest-court-amid-national-security-crackdown    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:01:47

• What We Know About the Social Security Administration Listing Thousands of Living Immigrants as Dead https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-11/what-we-know-about-the-social-security-administration-listing-thousands-of-living-immigrants-as-dead    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:02:11

• Texas Homeland Security Division https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2025-04-11/bill-to-create-a-texas-homeland-security-division-passes-state-senate    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:02:30

• Cheeto Mussolini Admin Lists Many Living Immigrants as Dead in Social Security Database https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-lists-many-living-immigrants-as-dead-in-social-security-database/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:03:08

• more security guards https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/11/municipalities-want-event-organizers-hire-security-guards    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:03:38

• pass messages from high-security prison https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/12/taghi-denies-using-newly-arrested-lawyer-pass-messages-high-security-prison    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:05:00

• Justice Department Implements Critical National Security Program to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries https://databreaches.net/2025/04/11/justice-department-implements-critical-national-security-program-to-protect-americans-sensitive-data-from-foreign-adversaries/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:06:17

• protest behind security checkpoint https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/12/schiphol-bans-36-xr-activists-10-years-protest-behind-security-checkpoint    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:06:52

• Why Does “National Security” Always Mean More War, Not More Health Care? https://truthout.org/articles/why-does-national-security-always-mean-more-war-not-more-health-care/    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:07:12

• 'golden visas' https://www.dw.com/en/greece-worry-as-turks-buy-property-and-golden-visas/a-72225296    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:09:50

• EU's reputation grows among Southeast Asian elites https://www.dw.com/en/eu-s-reputation-grows-among-southeast-asian-elites/a-72220096    

posted Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 22:10:35

• flights canceled https://www.dw.com/en/china-high-winds-see-flights-canceled-and-trees-felled/a-72229408    

posted Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 01:51:31

• record crowd in LA https://www.dw.com/en/us-bernie-sanders-rally-draws-record-crowd-in-la/a-72231033    

posted Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 01:52:27

• student protests https://www.dw.com/en/serbia-s-president-calls-for-order-after-student-protests/a-72230534    

posted Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 01:52:44