Roy Schestowitz

• HAARP conspiracy theories https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-officially-dismisses-haarp-conspiracy-theories-after-istanbul-quake-306760    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:01:22

• Turkey’s largest oil refinery https://bianet.org/haber/thousands-of-workers-stop-work-at-turkeys-largest-oil-refinery-306659    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:02:21

• One in four children in Turkey engaged in labor, TurkStat reveals https://bianet.org/haber/one-in-four-children-in-turkey-engaged-in-labor-turkstat-reveals-306592    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:03:53

• Red Hat REMOVED the page "Announcing OLM v1: Next-Generation Operator Lifecycle Management". It was in https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/announcing-olm-v1-next-generation-operator-lifecycle-management premature announcement?    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:06:16

• Clean-Energy https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-21/republican-lawmakers-face-clean-energy-conundrum-as-they-work-on-tax-bill    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:11:35

• clean-energy incentives https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-improve-michigan-public-schools-protecting-clean-energy-incentives    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:11:52

• Puerto Rico's Government Demands Answers From Energy Company After Island-Wide Blackout https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-04-21/puerto-rico-government-demands-answers-from-luma-after-island-wide-blackout    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:12:00

• Environmental Lawyers Get Ready to Pounce on Cheeto Mussolini’s Energy Deregulation Moves https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-22/environmental-lawyers-get-ready-to-pounce-on-trumps-energy-deregulation-moves    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:12:35

• Green Energy Supporters Pushed for Faster Permitting. Cheeto Mussolini Is Doing It, but Not for Solar or Wind https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-04-24/green-energy-supporters-pushed-for-faster-permitting-trump-is-doing-it-but-not-for-solar-or-wind    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:13:26

• His Green Plans Could Raise Your Energy Bills https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-ed-miliband-labour-leader-sandwich-meme-why-his-green-plans-could-raise-your-energy-bills-1733043    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:13:52

• LNG https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/liquefied-natural-gas-federal-parties-economy-carney-poilievre-1.7516579    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:14:11

• Synchronized Global Climate Breakdown https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/18/synchronized-global-climate-breakdown/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:14:48

• Will any climate progress survive the next four years? https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/409210/podcast-climate-progress-trump-threats-energy    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:15:08

• Escape Velocity https://www.vox.com/climate/408450/escape-velocity-vox-energy-transition-momentum    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:15:23

• "My husband was laid off March 18 after 28 years with company. 3 months severance and one year of medical." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:16:22

• "Overhead cost of an IBM employee in NA is way too expensive compared to one in India: possible 1 to 5 or more; so the maths is easy" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:17:25

• The Street: "International Business Machines (IBM) began its journey early in the 20th century and kept growing through the era of electric typewriters and computers right up to the age of the cloud and artificial intelligence." More of that old BS about "cloud and artificial intelligence." Totally made up concepts.    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:22:06

• We’ve unlocked a holy grail in clean energy. https://www.vox.com/climate/408381/energy-transition-renewables-grid-scale-energy-storage-giant-batteries    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:22:51

• Climate Non-Profits Anticipate Fight With Cheeto Mussolini Over Tax Status https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-21/climate-non-profits-anticipate-fight-with-trump-over-tax-status    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:23:08

• climate change expedition https://www.theage.com.au/national/gold-coast-father-and-son-undertake-ambitious-climate-change-expedition-20250421-p5lt9p.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:23:26

• Climate Change Kills Capitalism https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/21/climate-change-kills-capitalism/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:23:36

• Climate Week 2025 https://record.umich.edu/articles/u-ms-climate-week-2025-aims-to-boost-climate-engagement/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:24:03

• a dazzling ecosystem is changing fast https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/405398/tidepools-sunflower-seastars-climate-change-ocean-warming    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:24:16

• Cheeto Mussolini supporters who love wind energy https://www.vox.com/climate/407981/wind-energy-iowa-trump-escape-velocity-energy-climate-progress    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:24:38

• Pope Francis Converted to the Environmental Cause and Denounced Those He Blamed for Climate Change https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-22/pope-francis-saw-environmental-and-climate-issues-as-moral-concerns    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:24:56

• How is the climate crisis affecting affordable housing? https://www.dw.com/en/how-is-the-climate-crisis-affecting-affordable-housing/a-72215607    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:25:07

• The false climate solution that just won’t die https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/409940/regenerative-agriculture-kiss-the-ground-common-ground    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:25:18

• triple-digit spring weather https://www.vox.com/climate/410042/extreme-heat-wave-spring-phoenix-india-asia-climate-change    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:25:35

• The gas station of the future is not what you think https://www.vox.com/climate/408440/ev-charging-infrastructure-energy-transition-climate-progress    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:25:53

• China's Action on Climate Change Will Not Slow Despite Global Political Changes, Pooh-tin Says https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-23/chinas-action-on-climate-change-will-not-slow-despite-global-political-changes-xi-says    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:26:14

• The World's Biggest Companies Have Caused $28 Trillion in Climate Damage, a New Study Estimates https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-04-23/the-worlds-biggest-companies-have-caused-28-trillion-in-climate-damage-a-new-study-estimates    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:26:32

• COP30 Should Deliver Bold Action on Climate and Rights https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/23/cop30-should-deliver-bold-action-climate-and-rights    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:26:46

• Greens challenge “con artist” Farage to climate TV debate https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/04/23/greens-challenge-con-artist-farage-to-climate-tv-debate/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:26:58

• Canada’s Oil Habit https://jacobin.com/2025/04/canada-oil-sands-climate-economy/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:27:28

• Rising demand at food banks seen as 'canary in the coal mine' for affordability crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/federal-election-food-ndg-depot-1.7516940    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:29:00

• NDPC, Health Ministry Partner to Boost Data Protection in Healthcare https://von.gov.ng/ndpc-health-ministry-partner-to-boost-data-protection-in-healthcare/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:39:34

• Don’t be so quick to claim there’s no reason to believe there’s compromise of patient info: Saturday edition https://databreaches.net/2025/04/19/dont-be-so-quick-to-claim-theres-no-reason-to-believe-theres-compromise-of-patient-info-saturday-edition/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:39:58

• Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office hacked; Data leaked https://databreaches.net/2025/04/19/baltimore-city-states-attorneys-office-hacked-data-leaked/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:40:35

• Chinese Ghost Hackers Hit Hospitals And Factories In America And U.K. https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/20/chinese-ghost-hackers-hit-hospitals-and-factories-in-america-and-uk/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:41:07

• Behavioral Health Resources of Washington state updates its data breach disclosure https://databreaches.net/2025/04/20/behavioral-health-resources-of-washington-state-updates-its-data-breach-disclosure/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:41:41

• Hospital Español Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico notifies patients of September 2023 cyberattack https://databreaches.net/2025/04/22/hospital-espanol-auxilio-mutuo-de-puerto-rico-notifies-patients-of-september-2023-cyberattack/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:42:06

• Florida Bar Urges Law Firms to Adopt Incident Response Plans: A Call to Action for Legal Professionals https://www.workplaceprivacyreport.com/2025/04/articles/incident-response-planning/florida-bar-urges-law-firms-to-adopt-incident-response-plans-a-call-to-action-for-legal-professionals/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:42:46

• Ex-employee, firm head booked for data theft https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/ex-employee-firm-head-booked-for-data-theft/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:43:08

• Cyberattack targets thousands of students, staff members at Baltimore City Public Schools https://www.wbaltv.com/article/cyberattack-baltimore-city-public-schools-students-staff-cloak/64543595    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:43:37

• Former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Sentenced for Selling Sensitive Military Information to Individual Tied to Chinese Government https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-army-intelligence-analyst-sentenced-selling-sensitive-military-information    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:44:13

• DOGE Ransomware Hackers Demand $1 Trillion https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/23/doge-ransomware-hackers-demand-1-trillion/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:44:44

• Hacking suspect nabbed over court file data breach https://www.lithgowmercury.com.au/story/8949740/hacking-suspect-nabbed-over-court-file-data-breach/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:45:22

• High court upholds damages in ICBC privacy breach that resulted in shootings, arson https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/high-court-upholds-damages-in-icbc-privacy-breach-involving-shootings-arsons-10562455    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:46:24

• HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Phishing Attack Breach with Health Care Network for $600,000 https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/ocr-hipaa-racap-pih.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:46:50

• DOGE Sued Over Record Keeping, Failing to Reply to FOIA Requests https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/doge-sued-over-record-keeping-failing-to-reply-to-foia-requests    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:47:20

• County auditor ordered to pay $80k after cyberattack https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/bazetta-news/county-auditor-ordered-to-pay-80k-after-cyberattack/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:47:57

• Blue Shield of California shared the health data of 4.7 million people with Google for years https://therecord.media/healthcare-data-breaches-blue-shield-california    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:48:26

• Slashdot links to LLM SLOP as a SOURCE!! Peak stupidity!!!! https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04/24/142249/hackers-can-now-bypass-linux-security-thanks-to-terrifying-new-curing-rootkit    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 02:59:02

• Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/18/chatty-zucky/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:01:22

• Dutch privacy regulator concerned over Meta’s [Slop] plans using Facebook, Instagram posts https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/24/dutch-privacy-regulator-concerned-metas-ai-plans-using-facebook-instagram-posts    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:01:56

• £1,400 Benefits by Travelling in a Trailer https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/boomer-escapes-high-rent-lives-1400-social-security-benefit-travelling-us-trailer-1732983    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:02:51

• FunOS 25.04 is out https://distrowatch.com/funos https://funos.org/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:09:27

• Chimera 20250420 is out    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:10:51

• Linuxfx 11.25.04.2 is out. Copying Windows.    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:13:36

• Commodore 3.0 is out https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=commodore https://myretrocomputer.com/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:16:29

• CentOS 10-20250422 available, but no reason to use it anymore, IBM wants to force people into RHEL    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:17:04

• DragonOS Noble-R2 is out    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:17:24

• myretrocomputer.com sells GNU/Linux but uses Windows (ASPX) to run its site. That says a lot about how they view things...    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:19:34

• iophk: Social control media has coralled people into censored 'free speech zones' so that their voices go to /dev/null and their ears and eyes are filled only with the party line. https://openpublishing.library.umass.edu/democratic-communique/article/291/galley/256/download/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:23:58

• "Propaganda used to deliver a singular message to the exclusion of other messaging. Now propaganda will just deluge you with everything." https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/18/ai-threat-boris-eldagsen-fake-photo-duped-sony-judges-hits-back    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:26:55

• keeping client funds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/retired-toronto-lawyer-charged-fraud-1.7516410    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:30:55

• Gutting Canada for Putin https://www.truthdig.com/articles/revealed-the-conservative-playbook-for-bringing-doge-to-canada/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:32:46

• Gutting Canada for Putin https://www.truthdig.com/articles/revealed-the-conservative-playbook-for-bringing-doge-to-canada/ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/doge-musk-canada-conservatives-brodie/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:33:12

• $10M in damages after class action over ticket prices https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/air-canada-class-action-ruling-1.7516556    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:35:26

• Sell something that does not exist? Or the trademark? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/frank-and-oak-stores-closing-1.7516198    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:36:30

• U.S. auto industry warns new auto parts tariffs will hike prices, cut sales https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/us-auto-warn-auto-parts-tariffs-1.7516147    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:37:29

• US immigration ad https://www.dw.com/en/mexico-urges-removal-of-discriminatory-us-immigration-ad/a-72305109    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:40:18

• German beer sales https://www.dw.com/en/german-beer-sales-down-at-home-and-abroad/a-72306658    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:41:02

• Swasticars https://www.dw.com/en/elon-musk-s-automaker-tesla-sees-profits-plummet/a-72314708    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:41:26

• Coral bleaching at highest level ever recorded https://www.dw.com/en/report-coral-bleaching-at-highest-level-ever-recorded/a-72314919    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:42:54

• deep food aid cuts in Thailand https://www.dw.com/en/refugees-from-myanmar-facing-deep-food-aid-cuts-in-thailand/a-72318013    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:43:22

• Legionnaires https://www.dw.com/en/legionnaires-outbreak-in-berlin-has-tenants-worried/a-72323192    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:44:25

• Geographical Indications in Africa http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/book-review-protecting-geographical.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:47:06

• new mecca for raw materials? https://www.dw.com/en/is-canada-the-new-mecca-for-raw-materials/a-72267831    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:55:13

• Vegemite https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/health-canada-allows-vegemite-toronto-cafe-1.7514309    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:55:59

• earliest woolly mammoth in North America https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/earliest-woolly-mammoth-north-america-yukon-1.7511879    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:56:20

• zero growth in 2025 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-sees-zero-growth-in-2025-blames-trump-tariffs/a-72338707    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 03:57:59

• "Blood, blood, blood on your hands" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/04/27/anti-elbit-protest-in-germany-blood-blood-blood-on-your-hands/ | Source: Site36    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:45:31

• "chased young man into side street and killed him<" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/04/27/fatally-shot-from-behind-german-police-chased-young-man-into-side-street-and-killed-him/ | Source: Site36    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:45:38

• "Open Source Property « A Free Casebook" https://opensourceproperty.org/download/ iophk: sadly, it uses microsoft proprietary format instead    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:46:12

• "Trump has never understood the war in Ukraine, and as a result he has never had a meaningful plan for ending it." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-zelensky-surrender-ukraine-russia-1235325789/ ("Zelensky Urges Trump Not to Surrender to Putin and Russia")    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:46:41

• old: "Arctic winters aren't what they used to be" https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10139141    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:46:55

• "Minisforum recently introduced the MS-A2, a compact workstation featuring high-end AMD processors, support for up to 96GB of memory, and flexible storage options." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/ms-a2-combines-ryzen-9-9955hx-and-7945hx-processing-with-scalable-storage-in-a-compact-form-factor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:47:13

• "AnalogLamb has introduced three new RISC-V development boards based on the ESP32-C6, designed for low-cost, full-function, and low-power IoT applications." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/analoglamb-expands-maple-series-with-low-cost-esp32c6-breakout-boards/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:47:23

• "27 April 2025 at 11:06" https://kevquirk.com/notes/20250427-1106    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:47:33

• "Windows Recall is too risky for your Copilot+ PC. Turn it off, now" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2739587/windows-recall-is-too-risky-for-your-copilot-pc-turn-it-off-now.html opt-in ... for now http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:47:53

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:48:19

• "Donald Trump Is Weakening US Influence in Latin America" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/trump-deportations-oas-sheinbaum-lula/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:48:36

• Den stora älgvandringen 2025 https://arenan.yle.fi/1-73929029    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:48:55

• Editors https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/past-3    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:49:32

• "Russia Admits Use Of North Korean Troops Against Ukraine" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-north-korean-troops-kursk/33398022.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:49:42

• "The Ultimate Hidden Truth" https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ultimate-truth.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:49:50

• "Opinion | Ads linking to paywalled articles are stupid | justin․searls․co" https://justin.searls.co/shots/2025-04-27-20h33m40s/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:50:31

• blocked by gratuitous javascript and bad advice as Google et al keep all this data https://www.androidpolice.com/reasons-to-clean-up-your-google-search-history/ ("3 reasons you should clean up your Google search history ASAP")    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:51:26

• "What Happens When There Are No Deals? - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/terror-and-embarrassment    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:51:37

• "Trump’s first 100 days: lots of fear, chaos, and abuse of power" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-27/trumps-first-100-days-lots-of-fear-chaos-and-abuse-of-power.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:51:48

• "MusicAnswers has spent two years conducting a survey of college student music creators to better understand their experience with song registration agencies—specifically the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC)." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/27/music-creator-college-students-survey-the-mlc/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:56:32

• "Google has a monopoly, and that’s the official line of the US federal government. In fact, it has two of them, losing two separate antitrust cases that threaten to cripple the tech giant." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2764507/the-vultures-are-circling-for-chrome.html | Source: PC World    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:56:55

• "Google is the only company that can offer the level of features and functionality that its popular Chrome web browser has today, given its “interdependencies” on other parts of the company, the head of Chrome testified." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/only-google-can-run-chrome-antitrust/262854/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:57:08

• "Parsa Tabriz, Google's vice president of engineering and general manager for Chrome, warned that ordering the divestment of the browser would lead to significant performance issues for consumers." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/google-chrome-exec-testifies-dojs-proposed-breakup-likely-not-feasible/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 04:57:32

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) suck. "So, what I'm saying is that you don't need Spotify." ☛ https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/Radio.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:02:23

• "ElevenLabs scrambled to post that ARN is “not replacing people” — though it literally is." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/25/fake-diversity-why-hire-a-non-white-dj-when-you-could-just-generate-one-with-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:03:07

• "Are you looking for a book that explains why you should care about web accessibility?" ☛ https://adactio.com/articles/21876 | Source: Jeremy Keith    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:03:29

• "All of this, despite the fact that tech union density is so low it can barely be charted. Tech workers' power didn't come from solidarity, it came from scarcity." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/27/some-animals/#are-more-equal-than-others | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:03:52

• "The fate of thousands of Yazidis, especially women, remains unknown. Many were sold in slave markets established by ISIS in cities such as Raqqa, Mosul, Deir ez-Zor, and Al-Bukamal." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/two-yazidi-youngsters-rescued-from-isis-reunited-with-their-families-in-shengal-79080 | Source: ANF News    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:04:46

• "There was no president" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-26/white-house-journalists-use-annual-press-dinner-to-celebrate-first-amendment | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:05:32

• "Our children and I had the honor of meeting Pope Francis in June 2023 to discuss how to free Julian from Belmarsh prison" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2297654.html | Source: RTL    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:05:55

• "lumen-s Even after years of trawling the invaluable Lumen Database, the scale of online copyright infringement today still manages to surprise week after week." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/dmca-notices-can-silence-critics-but-public-complaints-are-chaotic-250427/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:06:54

• "Carnivals in Germany have long satirized the powerful. Calls to keep politics out of the festivities are now being used to silence dissent." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/germany-carnival-political-free-speech/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:07:10

• [Old] "The justices ruled unanimously that the Secret Service acted appropriately when it moved anti-Bush protesters several blocks further away from the president's dinner table" ☛ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/05/27/supreme-court-bush-protest-speech/9172707/ | Source: Gannett    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:07:28

• [Old] "In many cities across the country, the Secret Service has discriminated against protesters during Presidential and Vice Presidential appearances." ☛ https://www.aclu.org/documents/free-speech-under-fire-aclu-challenge-protest-zones | Source: ACLU    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:09:33

• [Old] "Following Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush Administration began imposing every increasing limitations on civil rights. One example is the implementation of free speech zones" ☛ https://openpublishing.library.umass.edu/democratic-communique/article/291/galley/256/download/ |    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:09:51

• "At a disinformation conference at Stanford in April, Barack Obama told an audience: “People like Putin—and Steve Bannon, for that matter—understand it’s not necessary for people to believe disinformation in order to weaken democratic institutions." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/steve-bannon-war-room-democracy-threat/638443/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:10:24

• "I call this “manufactured” because it’s the consequence of a deliberate strategy." ☛ https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/16/20991816/impeachment-trial-trump-bannon-misinformation | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:10:47

• "From slashed federal funding for disinformation research to the closure of a key agency combating foreign influence operations, the United States has dismantled vital guardrails against falsehoods within President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2297970.html | Source: RTL    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:11:05

• "In a world where information [sic] travels at breakneck speed and communication is almost instantaneous, it’s no wonder that religious discourse has been caught up in the digital change. Faith is no longer constrained by geographical boundaries." ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/04/27/faith-in-the-digital-age-how-ai-and-social-media-are-shaping-the-future-of-global-diplomacy/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:11:49

• "Uber Is Being Accused of Something Incredibly Sleazy" ☛ https://futurism.com/uber-accused-ftc-subscriptions | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:12:12

• "Russia has been attacking the substations supplying independent cooling power to the nuclear station. So when there is destruction of these power supplies, the nuclear units go into an emergency shutdown regime" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/04/27/ukraine-one-step-away-nuclear-meltdown-energy-minister/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:37:34

• "Math is a hammer; meaning lives in the hand that swings it." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/trust-math-not-people | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:37:50

• "smarter irrigation strategies" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-04-highlights-global-aridification-threat-agriculture.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:50:38

• "One vital and underapplied part of how we’re gonna beat climate change is learning and teaching mental coping skills." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/serenity | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:50:53

• "an economic policy think tank in Brussels." ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250427/integrate-immigrants-how-europe-can-deal-with-its-population-challenge | Source: The Local DK    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:51:25

• "Nazis test new air force, Luftwaffe, on Basque town of Guernica | April 26, 1937" ☛ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-26/nazis-test-luftwaffe-on-guernica | Source: History AE    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:51:51

• "[...] Pablo Picasso’s motivation for painting the scene in this great work was the news of the German aerial bombing of the Basque town whose name the piece bears, which the artist had seen in the dramatic photographs published in various periodicals" ☛ https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/collection/artwork/guernica |    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:52:27

• "On 26 April 1937, German bombers of the Condor Legion, together with the Italian Air Force, bombed the Spanish town of Guernica." ☛ https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/51/the-german-luftwaffe-bombs-guernica/ |    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:52:53

• "The chess champion understands what many well-meaning defenders of democracy don't: that knowing you're on the right side isn't enough." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/kasparovs-clarity | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:53:26

• "The focus of The Next Move is laying out a strategy to win against demagogues and wannabe despots—in America and around the world." ☛ https://thenextmove.substack.com/p/are-you-ready-to-lose-again-a-response |    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:54:03

• "deliberately designed to be emotionally engaging and addictive" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-reacts-to-claims-gpt-4o-is-engineered-as-a-psychological-weapon/articleshow/120667084.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:54:53

• "Now, Recall and its saved snapshots provide a record of information that could be used against you." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2739587/windows-recall-is-too-risky-for-your-copilot-pc-turn-it-off-now.html | Source: PC World    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 05:55:20

• Social Control Media ☛ https://james.grimmelmann.net/files/articles/fine-line-persuasion-coercion.pdf | Source: James Grimmelmann    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:04:25

• "So every search now starts with “AI Overview” — which goes through websites that have original information and redigests them into incorrect slop." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/26/googles-ai-overview-directly-takes-readers-away-from-its-own-source-sites/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:04:42

• "lack of empathy and other emotions means they cannot make decisions that affect humans." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-04-27/juli-ponce-lawyer-100-of-ai-machines-are-psychopaths-humans-make-mistakes-but-only-1-are-psychopathic.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:14:25

• "I can’t think of any strong technological reasons for MCP to exist." ☛ https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/04/27/mcp-is-unnecessary | Source: Tim Kellogg    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:14:54

• "In today’s moment, I wonder if AI tools help or hinder fostering a sense of wonder in what it means to craft something?" ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/craft-and-satisfaction/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:15:07

• "We ran three experiments on a total of 288 people. In the first two experiments, participants were given legal advice and asked which they would be willing to act on." ☛ https://theconversation.com/people-trust-legal-advice-generated-by-chatgpt-more-than-a-lawyer-new-study-252217 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:15:31

• "AI researchers Gary Smith, Valentina Liberman, and Isaac Warshaw of the Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence posed a series of 12 finance questions to four leading large language models (LLMs)" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/top-chatbots-horrible-financial-advice | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:15:59

• "The brief version: Software was previously deployed on servers, then on virtual servers, then on rented virtual servers." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/beware-cloud-is-part-of-the-software/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:17:08

• "Recently, like others, I started to question these very habits and accepted the idea that some of these apps may need to go." ☛ https://thejollyteapot.com/2025/04/27/i-think-i-m-done-with-safari-and-apple-mail/ | Source: Nicolas Magand    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:17:17

• "Removing things is typically considerably easier than adding new things though. Meanwhile, a lot of commercially produced software would be a lot better if we just... removed parts of them." ☛ https://simonsafar.com/2025/feature_removal/ | Source: Simon Safar    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:18:28

• "Make another desperate sweep through the BIOS options and discover something called VMD, which is some volumen manager scam that eats hard drives." ☛ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/vivibook-14 | Source: Ted Unangst    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:19:43

• "I have certain core memories that are embedded deep in my mind. The years I attended SXSW from 2007-2012 encompass some of those." ☛ https://nazhamid.com/journal/sxsw-2011/ | Source: Naz Hamid    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:20:28

• "This is definitely unprecedented" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2025/04/27/trump-administration-cuts-more-than-1-3m-in-grants-from-minnesota-museums-institutions/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:20:45

• "a breakthrough in quantum algorithms" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-speedup-found-for-huge-class-of-hard-problems/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:21:14

• "Culture is what we make it. Culture is what we collectively agree upon." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/every-small-thing-you-do-actually-matters | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:22:19

• [Old] "Not publishing one sentence per line, no. Write like this for your eyes only. HTML or Markdown combine separate lines into one paragraph." ☛ https://sive.rs/1s | Source: Derek Sivers    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:22:28

• "When it comes to a prosthesis like this, there are two big challenges." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/27/an-affordable-open-source-robotic-prosthetic-arm/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:25:27

• "This is not exactly letterpress. It is a device for engraving lettered signs on thin strips of metal or perhaps plastic." ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2025/03/15/#gorton | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:25:37

• "The release of Emacs 29 provides a better way to do this." ☛ https://box.matto.nl/set-up-an-alternative-emacs-configuration.html | Source: MJ Fransen    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:34:36

• "In this post, I will show you how to create such a plot using the ggplot2 package in R." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/r-how-to-create-errorbars-with-overlaid-points-using-ggplot/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:35:33

• "A Free Casebook is a free resource for instructors and students" ☛ https://opensourceproperty.org/ |    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:36:41

• "May marks five years since Dolt adopted go-mysql-server." ☛ https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2025-04-25-sql-engine-anatomy/ | Source: Zach Musgrave    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:37:28

• HarmonyOS ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/asia_tech_news_in_brief/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:38:14

• "Yup, Alvind's a citizen but only good for sending American jobs to India. And collecting his mega million dollar bonus." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:41:14

• "Then who believes in analyst comments? They didn't trade any stocks. They are outsiders. They are the same as Amway tool cults. They don't make good money from trading." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jstbfy58    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:43:30

• When what they have to say is so worthless they become candidate for replacement by LLM slop. LLM slop loves to spew out hype in support of itself, i.e. LLM slop (they call it "AI").    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:44:40

• "If you already have an OpenBSD 7.6 system, and do not want to reinstall, upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the Upgrade Guide." ☛ https://www.openbsd.org/77.html | Source: OpenBSD    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:46:36

• "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 7.7." ☛ https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=174577758604758&w=2 | Source: Mailing list ARChives    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:46:47

• "Compared to FreeBSD, OpenBSD does a lot of things differently. Their installer is probably as much no-frills, no-nonsense as it could be." ☛ https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/installing-bsd-in-2025-part-2-a-critical-look-at-openbsds-installer/ | Source: Eerie Linux    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:47:20

• "The OpenBSD team have released OpenBSD 7.7." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12432 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:47:33

• "The OpenBSD project has announced OpenBSD 7.7, its 58th release." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250427183032 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:47:44

• "In OIDC, roughly speaking and as I understand it" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/OIDCLookingAtTokens | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:48:44

• "OAuth2 describes a HTTP-based protocol where a client (typically using a web browser) can obtain an access token from an authorization server and then present this token to a resource server to gain access to something." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/OIDCAndOAuth2 | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:49:12

• "Below I will guide you to install the GitLab Runner on the pre-installed Ubuntu 24.04 that ships with the P550, and configure it to use Podman in root-less mode and without the --privileged flag." ☛ https://blog.josefsson.org/2025/04/25/gitlab-runner-with-rootless-privilege-less-podman-on-riscv64/ | Source: Simon Josefsson    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:49:36

• How To Install Realtek Wifi Drivers on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-realtek-wifi-drivers-manjaro/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:50:38

• Proprietary spyware that gets access to many things it should not; use something else. ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-teams-fedora-42/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:52:17

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

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:52:48

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

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 06:54:05

• Kashmir https://www.dw.com/en/kashmir-attack-india-stalls-pakistan-river-water-treaty/a-72315605    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:02:24

• vaccine-preventable diseases https://www.dw.com/en/un-warns-of-rise-in-vaccine-preventable-diseases/a-72328262 forcing everybody to take experimental and monopolised vaccines is dangerous as it imperils a momentum of trust in vaccines; 2020 and 2021 were doing a lot of damage to trust in authorities, health professionals and vaccines    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:04:55

• Tensions rise between Pakistan, India https://www.dw.com/en/pahalgam-attack-tensions-rise-between-pakistan-india/a-72339533    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:05:46

• Orban's opponent https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-why-is-orban-s-opponent-so-successful/a-72324318    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:07:07

• The money controls the output https://www.dw.com/en/how-are-america-s-elite-universities-financed/a-72323046    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:07:30

• tourism boom https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tourism-bc-summer-surge-tariffs-us-1.7511889    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:13:45

• Some Migrants in Canada Lose Work Status While Applications Languish https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-21/some-migrants-in-canada-lose-work-status-while-applications-languish    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:14:29

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 17 (Apr 21 – 27, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-17-apr-21-27-2025/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:18:43

• For the second time in a week this site is shilling an attack on GNU/Linux. WSL is hostile. ☞ https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-officially-arrives-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:19:41

• Steinar H. Gunderson: Random IS-IS interop notes ☞ http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2025-04-27-10-51_random_is_is_interop_notes.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:20:26

• Ruby on Rails on FreeBSD ☞ http://www.boucek.me/blog/ror-on-freebsd/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:21:08

• This Month in KDE Apps ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/04/27/this-month-in-kde-apps/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:34:43

• carbon tax rebate https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carbon-tax-rebate-cost-1.7510013    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:39:31

• voice remote https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/her-9-year-old-used-a-voice-remote-to-buy-netflix-now-this-ontario-mom-wants-to-warn-others-1.7512255    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:39:42

• Your morning cup of coffee is about to cost even more — thanks to U.S. tariffs https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coffee-tariffs-canada-us-1.751461    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:40:43

• Strike Is Under New Management https://jacobin.com/2025/04/quebec-canada-anti-strike-law/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:41:14

• canada   

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:44:13

• bad behaviour https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ex-employees-accuse-former-better-business-bureau-of-bad-behaviour-1.7514084    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:44:46

• Corrected URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coffee-tariffs-canada-us-1.7514615    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:45:46

• Tariffs pushing businesses OUT of the US https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/non-profit-moving-us-tariffs-1.7512564    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:47:04

• Immunotherapy Drug Spares Cancer Patients From Grisly Surgeries and Harsh Therapies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/health/cancer-immunotherapy-solid-tumors.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:47:37

• Vancouver police rule out terrorism in deadly car attack on Filipino festival ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2025/0427/vancouver-canada-filipino-festival-car-attack    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:48:18

• privacy https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ministry-alleged-privacy-breach-domestic-violence-1.7512736    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:52:05

• Edibles Are Legalized https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-04-23/teen-cannabis-use-rises-in-canada-after-edibles-are-legalized    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:52:18

• Beware this popular spice that could interfere with prescription medications: ‘Can be hazardous’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/04/27/health/popular-spice-could-interfere-with-prescription-drugs-study/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:53:11

• Student’s stabbing rampage injures 3 in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/students-stabbing-rampage-injures-3-in-south-korea    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:56:05

• South Korea martial law put Lee Jae-myung back on track for presidency ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-martial-law-put-lee-jae-myung-back-on-track-for-presidency    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:56:39

• Seoul steps up sinkhole prevention efforts after fatal accidents ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seoul-steps-up-sinkhole-prevention-efforts-after-fatal-accidents    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:58:07

• Lee Jae-myung, front runner for South Korea president, wins party primary ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/lee-jae-myung-frontrunner-for-south-korea-president-wins-party-primary    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:58:20

• S. Korea’s acting president faces candidacy deadline as his potential run roils conservative bloc ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-han-faces-candidacy-deadline-as-his-potential-run-roils-conservative-bloc    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 07:58:37

• ‘Tiger bites lion’: Getting a kick out of Malaysian coffee shop beverages ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/tiger-bites-lion-getting-a-kick-out-of-malaysian-beverages    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:27:14

• Malaria threat in Malaysia currently comes from macaques ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaria-threat-in-malaysia-currently-comes-from-macaques    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:28:01

• Chinese tea hub Pu’er branches into coffee as tastes change ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-tea-hub-branches-into-coffee-as-tastes-change    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:28:19

• Unidentified infectious disease cluster found in Kedah, Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/unidentified-infectious-disease-cluster-found-in-kedah-malaysia    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:28:29

• Hannah Thomas, daughter of former Malaysia AG, taking on Australian PM in federal polls ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/hannah-thomas-daughter-of-former-malaysia-ag-taking-on-australian-pm-in-federal-polls    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:28:49

• In Canada’s Election, Mark Carney’s China Experience Becomes a Liability ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/world/canada/canada-election-mark-carney-china.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:29:03

• With a Bounty on His Head, a Critic of China Runs in Canada’s Election ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/world/americas/canada-election-china-joe-tay.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:29:21

• China widens tax rebates for foreign tourists to boost spending ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-widens-tax-rebates-for-foreign-tourists-to-boost-spending    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:29:46

• China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost: Report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-seizes-disputed-reef-near-key-philippine-military-outpost-report    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:30:21

• Philippines, US test air defences hours after China seizes reef claimed by Manila ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-us-test-air-defences-as-china-seizes-reef    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:30:30

• US, Philippine troops shoot down drones in joint defence drills ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-philippine-troops-shoot-down-drones-in-joint-defence-drills    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:30:49

• China says handled Philippine ‘infringement’ at disputed reef ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-says-handled-philippine-infringement-at-disputed-reef    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:31:02

• US in touch with India and Pakistan, urges both to work towards a ‘responsible solution’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/us-in-touch-with-india-and-pakistan-urges-both-to-work-toward-a-responsible-solution    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:32:34

• Panel Making ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/deep-dive-on-panel-making/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:33:34

• Baby born with rare genetic disorder undergoes eight surgeries in 18 months: ‘You have to just be strong for him’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/04/27/lifestyle/baby-born-with-rare-genetic-disorder-undergoes-eight-surgeries-in-18-months/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:34:17

• Scientists 'Tattoo' Tardigrades in Nanotechnology Breakthrough ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-tattoo-tardigrades-in-nanotechnology-breakthrough    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:34:55

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Tariffs Prompt Wave of Lawsuits ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/us/politics/trump-tariffs-lawsuits.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:35:35

• Arrest of fake cardiologist draws attention to India’s medical registry system ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/arrest-of-fake-cardiologist-draws-attention-to-indias-medical-registry-system    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:35:53

• Lotus Lantern Festival draws thousands in Seoul to celebrate Buddha’s birthday ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250427-lotus-lantern-festival-draws-thousands-in-seoul-to-celebrate-buddha-s-birthday    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:37:15

• Leaders of Japan, Vietnam discuss free trade in the face of tariff tensions ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/04/28/japan-ishiba-philippines-trip/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:38:19

• Protests Against Israeli Official Heat Up Outside Synagogue in Brooklyn ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/nyregion/protests-ben-gvir-israel-brooklyn-synagogue.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:39:11

• Netanyahu Accuses Israel’s Domestic Security Chief of Lying to Court ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/world/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-ronen-bar.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:39:28

• Authorities Make Arrest Linked to Noem’s Stolen Purse ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/us/politics/kristi-noem-purse-theft-arrest.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:39:43

• Pakistan Kills Dozens Of Insurgents From Afghanistan, Exchanges Gunfire With India ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-india-afghanistan-kashmir-taliban-insurgents/33398266.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:40:09

• Trinidad and Tobago politicians urged to take action on press freedom ahead of 2025 elections ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/trinidad-and-tobago-politicians-urged-to-take-action-on-press-freedom-ahead-of-2025-elections/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:40:36

• UN Syria envoy warns of potential grave consequences for country’s future ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/un-syria-envoy-warns-of-potential-grave-consequences-for-countrys-future/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:41:13

• Indian, Pakistan troope exchange fire for third night in a row ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250427-indian-pakistan-troope-exchange-fire-for-third-night-in-a-row    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:41:29

• Pakistani troops kill 54 Afghan militants trying to cross the border ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250427-pakistani-troops-kill-54-afghan-militants-trying-to-cross-the-border    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:41:40

• Water scarcity, connected to overpopulation and climate change, now brings another couple of nuclear-armed nations into persistent conflict. It'll likely be the epicentre of the next nuclear war, first one since 1945.    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:43:02

• Get A Power Bank For Your Troubles ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/save-cells-from-the-landfill-get-a-power-bank-for-your-troubles/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:44:00

• Design Constraints Bring Lockbox To Life ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/design-constraints-bring-lockbox-to-life/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:44:07

• Marco d'Itri: On the use of SaaS in systems engineering ☞ https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_471    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:47:04

• 'The cloud' is not just servers. 'Going to the clown' could also mean locking into a forever sub-contractor ☞ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/beware-cloud-is-part-of-the-software/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:48:33

• Stethoscope ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/quick-and-easy-digital-stethoscope-keeps-tabs-on-cat/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:49:47

• Bed Bugs Appear to Have a Genetic Resistance to Pesticides ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bed-bugs-appear-to-have-a-genetic-resistance-to-pesticides    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:50:10

• What People Must Understand About the Open Source Initiative (OSI) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/26/What_People_Must_Understand_About_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OS.shtml    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:55:28

• Receiving SLAPPs and Collecting Them Like Trophies (the SLAPPs Always Fail) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/26/Receiving_SLAPPs_and_Collecting_Them_Like_Trophies_the_SLAPPs_A.shtml    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:55:36

• What's Very Vexing to GAFAM, EPO and Others Is That It's Incredibly Hard to Censor Us (and Nobody Ever Successfully Did That Before) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/26/What_s_Very_Vexing_to_GAFAM_EPO_and_Others_Is_That_It_s_Incredi.shtml    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:55:44

• What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: The Purge, the Cover-up, and the Witch-hunts (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/27/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_The_P.shtml    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:55:56

• Kernel prepatch 6.15-rc4 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1019110/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:56:31

• Soto v. US: Will the Court Require Congress to Say the “Magic Words?” ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/court-require-congress.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:57:08

• Muse Pi Pro is a feature-packed, credit card-sized SpacemIT M1 RISC-V SBC with HDMI, GbE, 4x USB, M.2 and mPCIe sockets ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/27/muse-pi-pro-feature-packed-credit-card-sized-spacemit-m1-risc-v-sbc/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:57:50

• Slop / Plagiarism: "[David Bloomfield] wanted to make some tweaks to an embedded system, but didn’t quite have the requisite skills. He decided to see if vibe coding could help." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/vesc-mods-made-via-vibe-coding/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:59:06

• Slop / Plagiarism ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/28/arduino-cloud-editor-gets-claude-powered-ai-assistant-trained-on-arduino-docs-and-libraries/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 08:59:57

• OpenBSD 7.7 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1019104/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:00:14

• Israeli Military Strikes Near Beirut, Saying Hezbollah Was the Target ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/world/middleeast/israel-strike-beirut-hezbollah.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:01:55

• Israel strikes south Beirut for third time since ceasefire began ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250427-israel-strikes-south-beirut-for-third-time-since-ceasefire-began    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:02:05

• Pluralistic: The enshittification of tech jobs (27 Apr 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/27/some-animals/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:02:54

• Methane ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/27/how-methane-took-over-the-booster-world/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:03:27

• Petition Attempts to Force OSI to Release Complete Vote Count ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/04/petition-attempts-to-force-osi-to-release-complete-vote-count/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:03:51

• “When Are More Americans Going to Speak Up?” ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/cory-booker-america-needs-moral-leadership-and-not-political-leadership    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:04:44

• Russia launches nearly 150 drones in massive attack on Ukraine overnight ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250427-russia-launches-nearly-150-drones-in-massive-attack-on-ukraine-overnight    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:05:00

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Calls On Putin To 'Stop Shooting' And 'Sign A Deal' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-crimea-ceasefiire/33398270.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:05:11

• Commodore OS Vision 3.0 Linux-based OS arrives to spruce up retro builds ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/commodore-os-vision-3-0-linux-based-os-arrives-to-spruce-up-retro-builds    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:05:26

• Ensuring That Every Computer User Anywhere in the World Can Take Control of All His or Her Computers (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/27/Ensuring_That_Every_Computer_User_Anywhere_in_the_World_Can_Tak.shtml    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:05:34

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Meeting With Zelensky Offers Ukrainians a Glimmer of Hope ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/world/europe/ukraine-trump-zelensky-putin.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:05:47

• Zurab Tsereteli, Polarizing Russian Sculptor of Colossal Works, Dies at 91 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/world/europe/zurab-tsereteli-dead.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:05:57

• Rubio Says Convicted Felon Will Decide This Week on Continuing Ukraine War Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/us/politics/trump-ukraine-rubio-zelensky-putin.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:06:03

• North Korea confirms for first time troop deployment to Russia's Kursk ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250428-north-korea-troop-deployment-russia-ukraine-war    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:06:19

• Rubio Says Ukraine Peace Deal 'Closer' As Kyiv Calls For More Pressure On Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-pope-francis/33398088.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:06:57

• The Holocaust and scripts in Europe: writing on the wall? – opinion ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2545783/the-holocaust-and-scripts-in-europe-writing-on-the-wall-opinion    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:07:14

• Moscow, Pyongyang Admit Use Of North Korean Troops Against Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-north-korean-troops-kursk/33398022.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:07:25

• North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia, hails ‘heroes’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-confirms-troop-deployment-to-russia-hails-heroes    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:07:36

• North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia's Kursk region ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250428-north-korea-troop-deployment-russia-ukraine-war    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:07:55

• Game controller exports to Russia banned by UK gov — hopes to reduce options for enemy drone pilots ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/controllers-gamepads/game-controller-exports-to-russia-banned-by-uk-gov-hopes-to-reduce-options-for-enemy-drone-pilots    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:08:07

• More Copyright Lawsuits Against LLM Slop Providers and Suppliers of LLM Slopfarms Would Benefit Society ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/26/More_Copyright_Lawsuits_Against_LLM_Slop_Providers_and_Supplier.shtml    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:08:18

• W3C Standardizes Mozilla Developed Spying Technology ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/w3c-standardizes-mozilla-developed    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:09:41

• How to install coolify on GNU/Linux ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-coolify-on-linux/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:09:58

• #Japan2025 SCMaglev and Railway Park! ☞ https://rubenerd.com/japan2025-scmaglev-and-railway-park/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:11:08

• FerenOS: A Refreshing Take on KDE Plasma That Could Win You Over ☞ https://thenewstack.io/ferenos-a-refreshing-take-on-kde-plasma-that-could-win-you-over/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 09:11:22

• pxtone collab is a sample-based music editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pxtone-collab-sample-based-music-editor/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:16:18

• Essential Utilities: Reclaiming Disk Space (GUI Tools) ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/reclaimdiskspace/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:16:33

• Shiori is a simple bookmark manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/shiori-simple-bookmark-manager/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:16:49

• SaVi simulates satellite orbits and coverage, in two and three dimensions ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/savi-simulates-satellite-orbits-coverage/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:17:03

• tinyMediaManager is a media management tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tinymediamanager-media-management-tool/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:17:35

• In 24 Countries Observed by statCounter Vista 11 is Still Less Than a Quarter of backdoored Windows Users Despite All Other Versions Being 'Expired' ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/27/In_24_Countries_Observed_by_statCounter_Vista_11_is_Still_Less_.shtml    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:18:36

• NetBSD – fast, secure and highly portable Unix-like operating system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/netbsd-fast-secure-highly-portable-unix-like-operating-system/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:18:44

• 18 Best Free and Open Source Media Players ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-media-players/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:18:58

• Databend is a cloud data warehouse ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/databend-cloud-data-warehouse/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:19:06

• ElecWhat ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/elecwhat/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:22:46

• Year of GNU/Linux on the Laptop? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/26/Year_of_GNU_Linux_on_the_Laptop.shtml    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:23:16

• A Simple Way to Install Talos GNU/Linux on Any Machine, with Any Provider ☞ https://www.linux.com/thelinuxfoundation/a-simple-way-to-install-talos-linux-on-any-machine-with-any-provider/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:24:00

• Conf Kde India 2025 — A memorable convergence ☞ https://blog.rishikumar.dev/posts/cki2025/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:27:45

• Mixxx 2.5.1 Adds Mapping for the DJ TechTools MIDI Fighter Spectra Controller ☞ https://9to5linux.com/mixxx-2-5-1-adds-mapping-for-the-dj-techtools-midi-fighter-spectra-controller    

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

• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 27th, 2025 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-27th-2025    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:28:29

• "Um, when did the #Ubuntu image become 6GB???" ☞ https://kevquirk.com/notes/20250427-1106    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:29:19

• Set up an alternative Emacs configuration ☞ https://box.matto.nl/set-up-an-alternative-emacs-configuration.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:30:02

• Study Suggests Life Emerges Rapidly in Earth-Like Conditions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-suggests-life-emerges-rapidly-in-earth-like-conditions    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:31:06

• SRUM-DUMP Version 3: Uncovering Malware Activity in Forensics, (Sun, Apr 27th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31896    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:31:31

• "I use Homebrew to get a lot of random small programs that I otherwise never would have bothered to get. However, the output of `brew list | wc -l` is currently up to the mid-200s, and a lot of these are mere dependencies of things I actually care about." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/programs/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:45:24

• "For the past few months I've been regularly using a custom task tracking tool called busiless. I'm very happy with the tool: it's tiny and unobtrusive, integrates seemlessly into any code repository" gemini://mediocregopher.com/lab/busiless/intro.gmi    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:46:26

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-28.gmi    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:47:36

• 🔤SpellBinding — FGWILNH Wordo: SQUAB gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-28.gmi    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 14:48:13

• gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/newMoonApril    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:15:45

• martial art competition gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/taekwondo    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:16:35

• "Sometimes, my hobby projects are doomed to be short-lived, but they serve their purpose nonetheless." gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-04-28-the-real-deal.txt    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:17:43

• "For years, I maintained a dual‑boot setup to enjoy both Linux and Windows on a single machine. Obviously, dual-booting allows you to use all the hardware resources at one time, but while I tried experimenting with features on both OSes" https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-stopped-dualbooting-used-type2-hypervisor/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:29:21

• "Linux has a reputation as the operating system for old and weak hardware, but did you know it can supercharge your high-end PCs and Laptops as well? Here are five Linux distributions (distros) that are designed to take full advantage of modern hardware to deliver stellar performance." https://www.howtogeek.com/high-performance-linux-distros-for-modern-pcs-and-laptops/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:29:40

• "Learn how to set up and use remote desktop access on Ubuntu, with easy-to-follow steps for both VNC and RDP solutions" https://www.itpro.com/mobile/remote-    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:30:10

• "Learn how to set up and use remote desktop access on Ubuntu, with easy-to-follow steps for both VNC and RDP solutions" https://www.itpro.com/mobile/remote-access/368102/how-to-remote-desktop-into-ubuntu    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:30:20

• Nobody forced you to https://www.xda-developers.com/regret-switching-linux/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:30:58

• "Intel 200S Boost results were within the margin of error." https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/tests-indicate-intels-200s-boost-feature-provides-no-real-gain-for-arrow-lake-cpus-on-linux    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:31:26

• "On Linux, you can run WinRAR through Wine, but setting it up is challenging—especially for those switching from Windows who aren't used to the command-line interface. The good news? Linux has plenty of native archive managers that are free, reliable, and surprisingly easy to use." https://www.howtogeek.com/best-native-archive-manager-winrar-alternatives-for-linux/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:31:50

• iophk: the 'benefits' of social control media https://yle.fi/a/74-20158446 ("Finland's rural anti-vaccine movement")    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:33:39

• layoffs, long hours https://www.techspot.com/news/107700-reality-today-tech-industry-layoffs-long-hours-ai.html    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:40:43

• "Yes mine was shipped to India, supposed to fly there and train my replacements this year, but they just cut us early. Toss the new Indians in the fire. Blame the people who were let go for all their inadequacies." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:42:32

• "(Yes I said replacements plural. It takes 3-6 Indians to take over the work of one American worker. There is no cost savings, this is pure move the company to India motive. There are also many Indians living in the US that are getting promoted to jobs that others are getting RA'd from. )" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:42:52

• "Wall Street analysts and investors aren’t impressed with free cash flow allocation and want to see more layoffs in order to make IBM stock attractive" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:43:56

• "If you look at their Balance Sheet ($15B Cash balance) and their Free Cash Flow ($11B annually) they simply will not even have anywhere near $150B over the next 5 years to invest anywhere." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:46:50

• "Of course, what they mean is they will SPEND that much, mainly on salaries, which they are currently spending anyways. Even that number looks like a stretch when you look at total OpEx, so maybe they're including Dividends paid too." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:46:54

• "How long did it take you before your severance was paid out from the day you got let go?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy8v6r8    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:47:47

• "Mine took about 2 weeks. I have heard some a little quicker and some a little longer. The key is quickly signing and sending back your severance package and get your equipment returned. They don't start cutting the checks until everything is in order." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy8v6r8    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:47:52

• This is a lie. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsyck5br https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-28/ibm-plans-to-invest-150-billion-in-us-over-next-five-years    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:48:39

• People are paid 100m a year to spread lies like these. Political lobbying/pandering based on sums of money that do not even exist.    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:49:50

• "Is this a ploy to please the Trump administration?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:50:53

• Vista 11 DOWN in Egypt https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/egypt/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:58:13

• Chrome extremely dominant there, Microsoft just 3% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/egypt/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 15:59:26

• EPO leaks coming out shortly    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 16:30:51

• "Let's talk about cost savings myth. It's never a 1:1 replacement of USA worker for Indian engineer. As a previous IBM manager, I have seen several worst cost scenarios. A team of 3 PM's replaced by over 30 PM's and they still couldn't handle the load with any speed or quality." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 17:29:20

• "You want to see more layoffs... let's get rid of 30-50% of management." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 17:29:47

• "The belief that you can replace someone that has 10, 20, 30+ years of experience with an out-of-college kid is just totally nuts. As always, great job IBM! You are digging your own grave." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsstgt6k    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 17:30:09

• "Just sell others to OpenAi before collapse of chatbot bubble. Problem will solved." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsdt3n3v    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 18:14:31

• RMS now selling a movie (with DRM, not a real sale) about Free software https://tv.apple.com/ca/movie/revolution-os/umc.cmc.3daul68l7ry55rkp0bwrljib5    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 18:51:07

• POPE — a parallel-operating prolog engine https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0167739X8790001X#! &NBSP;&NBSP;&NBSP;

POSTED mONDAY, aPRIL 28, 2025 AT 18:55:09

• "Using Linux is a good start - but it is not enough. These easy privacy tricks could mean the difference between secure and sorry." https://www.zdnet.com/article/8-ways-to-protect-your-privacy-on-linux-and-keep-your-data-safe/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:35:57

• "This release introduces new modern vector wallpapers, new color themes, and a new control module to manage DEB/RPM alternatives." https://9to5linux.com/trinity-desktop-environment-r14-1-4-released-with-support-for-ubuntu-25-04    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:36:21

• "Ubuntu is a favorite among Linux enthusiasts for its stability, security, and user-friendly interface. But let’s face it, even the most reliable systems have hiccups. If you’ve ever felt stuck trying to solve boot errors, Wi-Fi problems, or other quirks, these tips should help." https://www.howtogeek.com/common-ubuntu-issues-fixing-boot-errors-wi-fi-problems-and-more/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:36:53

• Even PewDiePie thinks you should install Linux on your computer after saying he was "tortured by Windows" https://www.xda-developers.com/pewdiepie-install-linux-tortured-by-windows/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:37:21

• "PewDiePie, one of the most popular YouTubers with some 110M subscribers, has released a video detailing his switch from Windows to Linux." https://www.webpronews.com/youtuber-pewdiepie-switches-to-linux/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:37:52

• Lenovo slashes Windows tax with cheaper Linux laptops https://www.fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardware/60940-lenovo-slashes-windows-tax-with-cheaper-linux-laptops    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:38:19

• "You can do a lot with the Linux terminal app for Android - if you don't mind using the command line. Here are five things to try first." https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-ways-to-use-the-linux-terminal-on-your-android-phone-including-my-favorite/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:40:09

• "This fan-made Linux-based OS was just released for Commodore-branded devices." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/commodore-os-vision-3-0-linux-based-os-arrives-to-spruce-up-retro-builds    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:40:40

• "Introduces modern functions to get random numbers under Linux systems for improved security and support for the Thunar file manager." https://9to5linux.com/qbittorrent-5-1-open-source-bittorrent-client-released-as-a-major-update    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:41:10

• "If you're new to Linux, skip these distros until you have plenty of experience." https://www.zdnet.com/article/7-linux-distros-you-should-avoid-until-youve-mastered-the-command-line/    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:42:13