Roy Schestowitz

• Microsoft: Windows 11 24H2 updates fail with 0x80240069 errors https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-11-24h2-updates-fail-with-0x80240069-errors/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:15:26

• Microsoft acknowledges problem with Windows 11 24H2 update https://www.techzine.eu/news/applications/130985/microsoft-acknowledges-problem-with-windows-11-24h2-update/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:15:57

• Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that. https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/windows-rdp-lets-you-log-in-using-revoked-passwords-microsoft-is-ok-with-that/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:16:19

• Microsoft Confirms $1.50 Windows Security Update Hotpatch Fee Starts July 1 https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/04/30/microsoft-confirms-150-windows-security-update-fee-starts-july-1/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:16:52

• Microsoft is (as expected) faking "results" again, using obviously meaningless buzzwords. It can just rebrand things as "cloud". Where's the investigative press these days? It also rebrands things as "hey hi" now.    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:21:41

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-01.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:22:14

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1631.jpg    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:23:09

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1281.jpg    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:23:15

• "What's the name for that thing where a colonial power invades by settling its own people in someone else's territory, heedless of treaties, boundaries, or whether someone else actually lives there? You know, the thing Europeans did to the Native Americans or Israel is doing to Palestine?" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-04-30    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:24:14

• "For the Usenet folks out there, a new terminal based client written in rust." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/discoveries/28417    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:25:27

• Gemini capsules grew 3 in a day, a net gain of 3 in one day! gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:26:29

• Soon she will realise that the work she devoted her life to was not hers and nobody cared about what she did https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/game-development/apex-legends-writer-gets-laid-off-24-hours-after-the-character-she-wrote-is-revealed-because-thats-what-the-games-industry-in-2025-looks-like/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 05:53:57

• Symptom or Hallmark of Ponzi Schemes: Microsoft Says It Gains Over 100 Million Dollars in "Goodwill" and Its Speculative "Value" Nearly Doubled to $119,329,000,000 in the Past Year Alone https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/Symptom_or_Hallmark_of_Ponzi_Schemes_Microsoft_Says_It_Gains_Ov.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 06:42:45

• We're told Microsoft blocks our phone number now. Curious. See also: "Microsoft defends its right to read your email" https://money.cnn.com/2014/03/21/technology/security/microsoft-email/index.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 06:53:02

• Microsoft speaks of "AI Cloud Growth". Wnat is "AI Cloud"? Meaningless junk. This is a scam industry taking over Wall Street with lies.    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 07:38:19

• VeeamON shows Veeam on Linux, RAG from backup, and cloud features https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623374/VeeamON-shows-Veeam-on-Linux-RAG-from-backup-and-cloud-features    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 07:40:36

• Alert to Kali Linux admins: Get the new signing key or no distro updates for you https://www.csoonline.com/article/3973862/alert-to-kali-linux-admins-get-the-new-signing-key-or-no-distro-updates-for-you.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 07:41:27

• Proprietary https://startupnews.fyi/2025/04/29/apple-work-podcast-adaptiva-expands-to-mac-and-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 07:44:11

• This is an attack on GNU/Linux; promotion of Windows https://www.zdnet.com/article/you-can-run-arch-linux-in-windows-now-heres-how/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 07:45:58

• La filosofia di Stallman e la “password blank” https://www.redhotcyber.com/post/buon-world-password-day-tra-mit-hacker-infostealer-e-mfa-perche-le-password-sono-vulnerabili/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 08:10:29

• Phoronix logo very similar to Patch.com, but both are reasonably generic    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 08:11:39

• Pushing Windows, not Linux https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/official_arch_on_wsl2/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 08:24:10

• Peridio’s Avocado OS Simplifies Secure Boot, Updates, and Debugging for Embedded Developers https://embeddedcomputing.com/technology/open-source/linux-freertos-related/peridios-avocado-os-simplifies-secure-boot-updates-and-debugging-for-embedded-developers    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 08:25:46

• Microsoft MSN: "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says AI generates 'fantastic' Python code"... what Nadella means to say is, they steal other people's code, remove the licence from it, then poorly plagiarise it (low-quality imitations with defects) and instead of compensating coders they steal from them and pay a few to ameliorate defects    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 08:36:24

• Microsoft GitHub Exposé — Part XXVII — The Future of OpenAI May Depend on the Fate of GitHub's Copilot in Court ($9 Billion in Damages) https://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 08:36:42

• "Here we go! Proton 10 is the next major stable version of Proton and a first Beta is now available for testing to improve game compatibility on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/proton-10-gets-a-first-beta-to-improve-game-compatibility-on-steam-deck-and-desktop-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:38:40

• "Sonic Rumble from SEGA seems to be their answer to a Fall Guys-like multiplayer party game, it looks like it could be good fun but the global release has now been indefinitely delayed." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/sonic-rumble-from-sega-gets-indefinitely-delayed-to-add-more-features/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:38:49

• "One of my gripes with my original 8BitDo Ultimate 2.4G Controller is that Steam Input cannot see the additional buttons on the back" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/8bitdo-ultimate-2-is-getting-full-steam-input-support-for-more-buttons/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:39:31

• "More game industry news for you today. Respawn, developer of Titanfall and Apex Legends, have announced that two early-stage games have been cancelled and 100s of staff have been reportedly laid off." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ea-cancels-multiple-projects-from-apex-and-titanfall-developer-respawn-with-more-layoffs/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:39:41

• "Fans of point and click adventures get another real treat here. Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer from Clifftop Games / Rawfury has a confirmed release date now for May 20th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/point-and-click-urban-thriller-kathy-rain-2-soothsayer-launches-may-20/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:51:03

• "EA and Codemasters announced today that they're putting the WRC (World Rally Championship) series on hold, and will no longer be making any games in the series." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ea-and-codemasters-no-longer-making-wrc-world-rally-championship-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:52:16

• "From Fallout to Dishonored, there's some good stuff included in the latest Fanatical Build your own Bethesda Bundle." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/grab-some-top-bethesda-games-in-the-latest-fanatical-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:52:35

• "Great day for modders. The newer in-development open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app has promoted Cyberpunk 2077 to supported status, making it easier to get modding across Linux (and Steam Deck)." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/nexus-mods-app-adds-cyberpunk-2077-as-a-supported-game-improves-stardew-valley-modding/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:54:53

• "EA (Electronic Arts) have announced that EA anticheat is going through a rebrand and refresh, and will now be called EA Javelin Anticheat." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ea-rebrand-and-refresh-their-anti-cheat-into-ea-javelin-anticheat-still-blocks-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:55:52

• "Two Point Studios / SEGA have updated the popular and well-received Two Point Museum with a fresh free content upgrade. Plus, it should feel better on Steam Deck now too" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/two-point-museum-gets-a-big-free-content-update-with-a-new-large-ui-scaling-setting-for-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:56:38

• "The itch.io store is hosting another big charity bundle full of video games, TTRPGs, zines, books, soundtracks, and asset packs in support of eSims and Crips for eSims for Gaza." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/the-crips-for-esims-for-gaza-bundle-on-itch-io-has-lots-of-games-ttrpgs-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:57:11

• "Probably the absolute weirdest deck-builder I've ever played, COMBOLITE is all about repeatedly hitting a rock to score points and activate special combos to score even more points." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/combolite-is-a-unique-physics-deck-builder-where-you-build-up-combos-to-keep-hitting-a-rock/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 09:57:39

• "M5Stack is preparing to launch the Tab5, a 5-inch smart touch terminal powered by the ESP32-P4 RISC-V processor, in early May." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/upcoming-tab5-terminal-features-5-display-and-risc-v-esp32-p4-for-edge-applications/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:04:23

• "The RVPC, a fully open source hardware and software retro-style computer project built around the CH32V003 microcontroller, now supports a BASIC interpreter." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/rvpc-adds-basic-interpreter-to-e1-open-source-risc-v-computer/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:04:32

• "I love my bike" https://aj.bourg.family/i-love-my-bike/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:07:03

• "Three Coequal Timelines of Government" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/30/three-coequal-timelines-of-government/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:07:12

• "The Noise Before the Storm - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-noise-before-the-storm    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:07:29

• "But Docker has long been sellout of Microsoft: Docker Desktop Lands on Microsoft Store" https://linuxiac.com/docker-desktop-lands-on-microsoft-store/ https://techrights.org/o/2015/06/25/dockercon-2015-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:08:32

• "A Hundred Days In, Donald Trump Is Flailing" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/donald-trump-100-days-president/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:09:18

• "Trump’s first 100 day show he’s losing his war on democracy" https://www.vox.com/politics/410966/trump-democracy-100-days-losing    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:09:29

• "Saudi Arabia expects PIF to triple by 2030" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/28/2025/saudi-arabia-expects-pif-to-triple-by-2030    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:09:40

• "Romanian Presidential Election Could Bring Ultranationalist to Power" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-30/romanian-presidential-election-could-bring-ultranationalist-to-power    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:10:54

• "Microsoft president says company respects European laws amid US criticism" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-president-says-company-respects-european-laws-amid-us-criticism/articleshow/120765867.cms lies, lies, lies. Like these lies from him: http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:11:25

• Why does atlanticcouncil parrot Microsoft lies now? https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/news/transcripts/brad-smith-outlines-microsofts-five-new-commitments-for-digital-stability-in-europe/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:11:50

• "Trump Is Free Thanks to Due Process. He’s Ending It for Everyone Else" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-due-process-freedom-presidency-everyone-else-1235327264/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:12:00

• El Reg: "No specific law against it yet, but that's set to change". iophk: bullshit. there are already laws on the books against attempted murder. https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/fbi_crackdown_on_swatting_not/ ("FBI steps in amid rash of politically charged swattings")    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:14:16

• "After Just Three Months of Trump, Economy Grinds to a Halt" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/after-just-three-months-of-trump-economy-grinds-to-a-halt    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:14:29

• Wenn meine KI keinen Atomkrieg startet, darf sie dann rassistisch sein? | "EU-Regeln für KI-Modelle: Wenn meine KI keinen Atomkrieg startet, darf sie dann rassistisch sein?" https://netzpolitik.org/2025/eu-regeln-fuer-ki-modelle-wenn-meine-ki-keinen-atomkrieg-startet-darf-sie-dann-rassistisch-sein/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:15:18

• "Taking Stock of Donald Trump’s First One Hundred Days" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/trump-first-hundred-days-america/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:15:29

• "The Courts Won’t Save Us" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/trump-supreme-court-law-crisis/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:15:39

• "Will Latin America Unite Against Trump?" https://jacobin.com/2025/04/latin-america-unite-donald-trump/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:16:16

• "The Impact of Trump’s First 100 Days on Full Display in New Mexico - Truthdig" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-impact-of-trumps-first-100-days-on-full-display-in-new-mexico/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:16:30

• iophk: ratcheting incrementally towards sharia https://www.vox.com/scotus/411185/supreme-court-religion-charter-schools-oklahoma-drummond ("The Supreme Court is eager to make religious public schools a reality")    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:16:54

• "Covering Donald Trump’s National Assault" https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/covering-donald-trumps-national-assault    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:17:04

• iophk: a dangerous and expensive way to end up with a maxed out card and a lot of low quality, useless crap https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/visa-partners-with-ai-giants-to-streamline-online-shopping/articleshow/120773998.cms ("Visa partners with AI giants to streamline online shopping")    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:17:34

• "16-year-old seized on suspicion of involvement in Uppsala shootings" https://www.thelocal.se/20250429/breaking-three-feared-dead-in-shooting-incident-in-central-uppsala    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:17:44

• Groomed: A National Scandal review – it is staggering to hear these children called ‘promiscuous’ https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/apr/30/groomed-a-national-scandal-review-anna-hall-channel-4    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:18:17

• atlanticcouncil became a Microsoft mouthpiece for chronic liars https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/microsoft-president-brad-smith-says-the-company-is-committed-to-safeguarding-its-operations-in-europe-and-to-respecting-europes-laws/ did microsoft infiltrate/pay atlanticcouncil? http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:19:13

• "Why EU-Ukraine Trade Is About To Get Less Free" https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-ukraine-trade-autonomous-measures-end/33401243.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:19:25

• "Like its predecessor Leap 15.6, the Leap 16.0 version continues the tradition of a stable, classic Linux distribution; it’s built from SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 and its new base, SUSE Linux Framework One (formerly ALP)." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/04/30/leap-16-enters-beta/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:23:21

• "MAHA" ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2025/04/30/rfk-jr-s-soft-eugenics-maha-and-measles/ |    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:26:53

• "I can’t ignore what’s happening every day around me. The extinction-level threat to US federal biomedical and public health policy that I predicted is here," ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2025/05/01/soft-eugenics-of-maha-rfk-jr-autism-dr-oz-patriotic-duty/ |    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:27:18

• PNG ☛ https://therevelator.org/protect-headwaters-papua-new-guinea/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:27:49

• "Sixty percent of Oklahomans have declined to participate in the federal REAL ID system" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/04/30/oklahoma-resolution-would-reaffirm-right-to-opt-out-of-real-id/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:28:30

• "criminalizing pregnancy" ☛ https://fair.org/home/the-fact-that-she-had-that-miscarriage-was-enough-to-justify-arresting-her/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:29:13

• "Janine Jackson interviewed the Revolving Door Project’s Jeff Hauser about DOGE’s infiltration for the April 25, 2025" ☛ https://fair.org/home/theres-never-been-a-more-blatant-corporate-incursion-into-the-public-sector-than-doge/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:29:20

• "Piracy. It’s a Crime" ☛ https://www.404media.co/the-infamous-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-font-was-pirated-but-by-who/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:32:24

• "The Association of Electronic Communications Operators has provided a very gloomy assessment of progress" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-blocks-dont-work-portuguese-telcos-now-call-for-sanctions-against-users-250430/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:32:46

• "in Agatha’s very own words" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/659150/bbc-agatha-christie-ai-maestro-classes | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:33:37

• Addressing UID/GID drift in rpm-ostree and bootc [LWN] ⚓ https://lwn.net/Articles/1018082/ ䷉ Source: LWN | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//lwn.net/Articles/1018082/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:41:58

• DMA addresses for UIO https://lwn.net/Articles/1017449/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:42:33

• "House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is proposing to strip the Federal Trade Commission of its antitrust enforcement powers, a move that would shatter a core mission the agency has pursued for more than a century." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/30/house-ftc-antitrust-jordan/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:43:41

• "The ruling was issued as part of Epic Games’ ongoing legal dispute against Apple, and it’s a major victory for Epic’s arguments." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/659246/apple-epic-app-store-judge-ruling-control | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:43:54

• "Apple won nine of the ten issues considered in that case. The one issue on which it lost saw the court decide the 30 percent App Store commission was anti-competitive and ordered" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/01/apple_epic_lies_possible_crime/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:44:10

• "191 participants from 32 countries came together for two days of in-depth discussions, a hands-on workshop, and invaluable networking. This was our second SEE meeting in Bulgaria – we were here at SEE 3 in 2013 and we'll be returning in 2026 for RIPE 93!" ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/karla-liddle-white/as-seen-at-see-13/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:47:41

• "In February, I proposed and led a panel session at APRICOT 2025, discussing the merits and ability of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) to contribute to measuring the resilience of the Internet." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/29/how-can-ixps-help-measure-the-internet/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:47:52

• "In Oklahoma City Thursday, about 20 federal immigration agents raided the wrong home, forcing a woman out of the house with her three daughters, not even leaving them enough time to get dressed, and then seized their phones, laptops, and life savings." ☛ https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-invades-wrong-home-makes-165441707.html | Source: Yahoo News    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:48:50

• "evidence." ☛ https://kfor.com/news/local/were-citizens-oklahoma-city-family-traumatized-after-ice-raids-home-but-they-werent-suspects/ |    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:49:21

• "Content moderators who comb through harmful material uploaded to online platforms have formed a global trade union alliance in a bid to improve working conditions." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/658566/content-moderator-union-alliance-meta-tiktok-google | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:50:37

• "Organising elections is a huge government data-gathering exercise. The election cycle usually starts with the creation of a voter register." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5558/transparencia-electorals-new-index-data-protection-during-elections-latin | Source: Privacy International    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:58:03

• "Britain decimated the shipping of African slaves on the seas, but it left the internal African slave trade largely intact" ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/04/30/why-colonialism-was-actually-good-for-africa-part-2/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:58:18

• "Having to pretend talentless people from wealthy backgrounds are much more capable than they are, as I’ll argue, has major social costs." ☛ https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2019/03/13/idle-rich-are-the-best-rich-heres-why/ |    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:59:00

• "The journalist’s incarceration comes in the context of huge protests in Istanbul against the arrest of opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu." ☛ https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-confirms-swedish-journalist-arrest-joakim-medin/ | Source: Politico    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 10:59:46

• "Since 19 March, over 13 journalists have been arrested and charged with different offences, with at least 12 journalists subjected to police violence." ☛ https://www.ecpmf.eu/turkey-swedish-journalist-joakim-medin-to-face-terrorism-and-insult-charges-as-pre-trial-detention-continues/ |    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:00:03

• "A Swedish reporter detained in Turkey could be jailed for 12 years if convicted of insulting the country’s president and on terrorism charges, his employer said Wednesday." ☛ https://www.politico.eu/article/swedish-journalist-joakim-medin-etc-faces-12-years-turkish-prison-insulting-recep-tayyip-erdogan/ | Source: Politico    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:00:31

• "Joakim Medin, special correspondent for the Swedish media Dagens ETC, has been held since 30 March in the high-security Marmara prison in the Silivri district of Istanbul and will appear in court on 30 April." ☛ https://rsf.org/en/who-joakim-medin-swedish-journalist-who-could-face-over-27-years-turkish-prison | Source: RSF    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:00:45

• "Host Kevin Gosztola marks President Donald Trump's first 100 days in his second term with this discussion of his administration's attacks on transparency and press freedom." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/dissenter-weekly-100-days-attacks-transparency-press/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:01:00

• "Why it matters: President Trump has done more to target traditional media companies than any other modern U.S. president. Even as he and his allies wage a historic trade war, they have not lost sight of their stated goal of going after the press." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/trump-100-days-news-media | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:01:19

• "This is precisely the purpose Trump reserves for mainstream journalists: As props in his performance of forced adherence to his reality." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/30/how-trump-knuckles-journalists-to-parrot-his-doctrine/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:01:45

• "This is a definitive moment for U.S. media and the public’s right to be informed. CPJ is providing journalists with resources at record rates so they can report safely and without fear or favor" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/04/trumps-first-100-days-portend-long-lasting-damage-to-press-freedom/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:02:03

• "CPJ has noted a significant increase in the number of newsrooms seeking safety advice, concerned that the changing national political environment could threaten their ability to report without fear of retribution from authorities." ☛ https://cpj.org/special-reports/alarm-bells-trumps-first-100-days-ramp-up-fear-for-the-press-democracy/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:02:45

• "Agencies received a record 1.5 million Freedom of Information Act requests in fiscal 2024. That’s according to the Justice Department Office of Information Policy’s latest summary of federal FOIA data." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/04/record-number-of-foia-requests-filed-in-2024/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:03:04

• "According to the indictment, which Medin said he had not seen, the offending images were used to illustrate several of his articles that he had posted online." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2298958.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:03:20

• "Many people, from teenagers to journalists and even a former Miss Turkey, have been charged with insulting the head of state." ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250430/swedish-journalists-trial-opens-in-turkey | Source: The Local SE    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:03:47

• "Medin explained that the case stemmed from two articles he wrote for a Swedish audience about public reactions to Turkey’s NATO accession process." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/swedish-journalist-sentenced-to-11-months-and-20-days-in-prison-in-turkey-79127 | Source: ANF News    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:03:58

• "hostile and political act" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/04/29/white-house-amazon-receipts-showing-tariff-costs/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:04:54

• "The bill is so bad that even the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, whose entire existence is based on representing the interests of victims of NCII and passing bills similar to the Take It Down Act" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/04/29/congress-passes-non-consensual-image-ban-trump-says-hell-use-to-censor-critics.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:05:09

• "A Punchbowl News report sparked the uproar, claiming Amazon planned to show how much of a product's price stemmed from Trump's tariffs i.e 145% on Chinese imports and 10% on other countries, right next to the listed price." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/furious-donald-trump-blasts-jeff-bezos-over-amazons-tariff-display-plan-1733245 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:05:33

• "Trump personally called Bezos on Tuesday morning to express his displeasure about the initial report that spurred the heated response from the White House." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/white-house-blasts-amazon-over-tariff-cost-report-hostile-and-political-act.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:05:47

• "The media storm was precipitated during a briefing to mark 100 days of the second Trump presidency when a reporter asked about the above-linked report." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/amazons-tariff-transparency-plans-for-product-pages-dubbed-hostile-and-political-act-by-the-trump-administration | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:07:51

• "But advocacy groups warn the loosely worded fine-print will cause collateral damage to [Internet] companies and free speech rights." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/take_it_down_act_passes/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:08:10

• "On top of going after online speakers who create and post content themselves, the bill also targets social media platforms, websites, email services, messaging apps, and any other “interactive computer service” simply for hosting or making that content available." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/texass-war-abortion-now-war-free-speech | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:08:39

• "So what if you do not want to find an account on a server? The answer lies in your account preferences: Mastodon's Import function." ☛ https://marijkeluttekes.dev/blog/articles/2025/04/30/blocking-domains-on-mastodon-without-visiting-a-profile/ | Source: Marijke Luttekes    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:08:50

• "The team were not given a reason for the ban. They were initially invited by Facebook to submit a verification video, which they did, but were subsequently told their account had been permanently suspended with no mechanism through which to dispute it." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/social_media/facebook-local-news-account-banned-leicester/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:09:49

• "But the point is this: Trump freaked out about a massive online retailer showing American buyers the impact on pricing of the tariffs that Trump is totally proud of and that will bring America into its new golden age." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/30/trump-admin-freaks-out-over-report-amazon-planned-to-be-transparent-about-tariffs/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:10:10

• "This purity spiral has strangled so many leftist spaces that it has become a well-known problem. I see people complaining about it constantly, in many different places." ☛ https://erikmcclure.com/blog/purity-spiral/ | Source: Eric McClure    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:10:52

• "I'm running for the W3C's AB election. This is my nomination statement." ☛ https://hidde.blog/ab/ | Source: Hidde de Vries    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:11:03

• Cage-Tech ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/04/cage-tech/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:11:37

• "Computing and communications have made astounding improvements in capability, cost, and efficiency over the past eighty years." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/30/the-jevons-paradox-and-internet-centrality/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:12:49

• "The anonymous forum thrived when edgelord content wasn’t acceptable on more mainstream social media. Today, it can be found most anywhere." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-the-internet-left-4chan-behind | Source: New Yorker    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:13:17

• "But. Remember back to Yanis Varoufakis’ Global Minotaur, in which he described the twin deficits of the United States." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/04/29/the-war-on-water-pressure/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:13:47

• "All of these (correct me if I’m wrong) are about enriching the U.S. president, his family, and favored friends through a memecoin scheme by which anyone (say, Putin) can buy influence." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/04/30/grifting-away/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:14:01

• "Visa is partnering with tech heavyweights, including Microsoft and OpenAI" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/visa-partners-with-ai-giants-to-streamline-online-shopping/articleshow/120773998.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:15:03

• "The research, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, used computer vision, which is typically used for applications such as self-drive vehicles and face recognition" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-04-vision-reveal-visual-illusions-moth.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:16:18

• "Undoubtedly you have heard of guerrilla gardening and seed bombs. The most popular seed bomb recipe was invented by Japanese farmer, Masanobu Fukuoka." ☛ https://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-to-make-seed-bombs.html |    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:16:34

• "A day without electricity can be an unexpected challenge, especially when it not only affects the power but also the [Internet] goes down." ☛ https://jeroensangers.com/2025/04/29/a-day-in-the-dark.html | Source: Jeroen Sangers    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:18:24

• "The power grid was sent down around noon local time on Monday, simultaneously blocking all public services in major Spanish cities." ☛ https://www.wired.com/gallery/europes-devastating-power-outage-in-photos/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:18:40

• "Sun Day" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/sun-day-solar-power/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:19:02

• "Cameras were first installed on the windshields of some Metro buses last year, but the first tickets were issued in mid-February." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-30/los-angeles-ramps-up-use-of-ai-bus-cameras-to-issue-traffic-tickets | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:19:14

• "proof of work." ☛ https://futurism.com/bitcoin-mining-losing-money | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 11:19:27

• "The digital infrastructure we're all so dependent on has a negative - and growing - impact on the environment. In this episode, Michael Oghia talks about strategies for breaking down the big problem of digital sustainability" ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/michael-oghia-making-digital-sustainability-make-sense/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:00:03

• "The hacking was allegedly commissioned by a Washington, D.C., lobbying and consulting firm that worked for a major oil and gas company in Texas" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5382176 | Source: NPR    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:00:27

• "The Bureau of Land Management didn't explain how slashing protected research areas from 22,000 acres to just 3,700 still accomplished its research goals, an Oregon judge said." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/conservationists-win-order-blocking-cattle-grazing-on-oregon-sage-grouse-habitat/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:00:46

• "The Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor spans over 500,000 square kilometers, linking key marine protected areas such as Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, Colombia’s Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary" ☛ https://ticotimes.net/2025/04/30/costa-rica-secures-15-6m-for-eastern-tropical-pacific-marine-conservation | Source: Cost Rica    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:01:03

• iophk: apropos bitcoin 1) it is likely that most "HODLers" are merely lost wallets 2) the experiment ended in 2009 prior to Sastoshi publishing. That bubble is popping and might take some of the other energy wasters with it.    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:02:47

• "Elon Musk’s businesse" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/656704/elon-musk-doge-100-days-recap-list | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:07:38

• "Democrats pointed out that CDP was created precisely so that cybersecurity wouldn’t be firewalled off from other State Department issues." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/state-department-reorg-cyber-diplomacy-cyberspace-digital-policy/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:08:28

• "Dragos observed APT28 targeting OT organizations in 2024, and Recorded Future in November 2024 attributed cyberattacks on 60 organizations in Asia and Europe to cyber-activity that overlaps with APT28." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/france-blames-russia-for-cyberattacks-on-dozen-entities/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:08:45

• "Dutch Parliamentarians have since passed eight motions that urge the government to abandon US-made technology for local alternatives." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_getting_nervous_about_europes/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:09:10

• "sweeping abuse of power, flagrant violations of the Constitution and acts of tyranny that undermine American democracy and threaten the rule of law" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/28/michigans-thanedar-brings-impeachment-articles-against-trump-citing-sweeping-abuse-of-power/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:11:56

• "Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/04/30/saigon-was-falling-president-ford-was-playing-golf/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:12:26

• "Authorities in Sweden have been struggling to deal with gang violence, which remains at the forefront of a national debate, including growing concerns over the young age of children being caught up in the bloodshed." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/30/swedish-police-apprehend-suspect-after-uppsala-killings | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:13:13

• "We have to start with a basic admission. European policy makers have failed. Its been now exactly 38 months since the Russians launched their full-scale invasion on February 24" ☛ https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/europe-has-failed-but-ukraine-might |    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:13:44

• "North Korean fake workers" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/north_korea_worker_interview_questions/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:14:05

• "What we've witnessed isn't simply aggressive policy implementation or ideological realignment." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/100-days-of-collapse-a-reckoning | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:14:24

• "As with many things related to America’s forty-fifth and forty-seventh president, Trump’s Ukraine-Russia policy is an extreme reaction to a multi-system failure decades in the making." ☛ https://thenextmove.substack.com/p/americas-failure-on-ukraine-russia | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:15:11

• "Other cyber policy experts wonder how that is going to unfold with such concentration on cutting CISA’s workforce." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-workforce-cuts-concerns-cybersecurity-panel-rsac-2025/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:15:47

• "Now, prompted by earlier requests for a review of DOGE [sic]'s activities, federal auditors want to know what the Tesla billionaire's team has actually achieved." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/doge_goa_probe/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:16:05

• "Just 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, the ACLU has filed 51 cases against his administration. We sought emergency relief in 38 of these cases" ☛ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/we-are-defending-freedom-in-the-courts-and-still-winning | Source: ACLU    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:17:07

• "On the surface, Wednesday’s argument in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond merely signaled that the Court’s Republican majority will very likely take the next incremental step in its seemingly inexorable march toward integration of church and state" ☛ https://www.vox.com/scotus/411185/supreme-court-religion-charter-schools-oklahoma-drummond | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:20:47

• "The story of DOGE [sic]’s failure on spending is simple enough: Its huge ambitions to cut $1 trillion never seemed even faintly realistic, and Musk indeed never got anywhere near that target" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/410893/elon-musk-doge-failed-cabinet-spending | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:25:07

• "The full panel of judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 9-6 to keep the ruling from U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander in place while DOGE [sic] pushes forward with an appeal. The appellate decision was released Wednesday." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-30/appellate-court-wont-lift-restrictions-on-doge-access-to-social-security-information | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:26:01

• "Last fall, reports surfaced that Pyongyang had sent soldiers to support Russia in its war against Ukraine. Even as the evidence kept piling up" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/30/an-open-secret | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:26:14

• "This is the version found in (the recently released) OpenBSD 7.7" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250430112153 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:27:50

• "Meta is making a few notable adjustments to the privacy policy for its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/658602/meta-ray-ban-privacy-policy-ai-training-voice-recordings | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:28:19

• "After downloading the app, a user would request proof of their age." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/age-verification-european-union-mini-id-wallet | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:28:31

• "The strategy announces “the preparation of a Technology Roadmap on encryption, to identify and assess technological solutions that would enable law enforcement authorities to access encrypted data in a lawful manner”." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/protecteu-security-strategy-a-step-further-towards-a-digital-dystopian-future/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:35:05

• "However, chips can be subject to vulnerabilities that allow for unauthorised access to our data and our devices." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5559/hidden-threat-privacy-and-security-risks-chips | Source: Privacy International    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:35:40

• "Beginning this week, Worldcoin (WLD) will be available in most of the US for the first time, including via exchanges like Coinbase." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/cryptocurrency/659011/worldcoin-us-launch-orb-crypto-sam-altman | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:36:03

• "World first launched as Worldcoin in July 2024, the brainchild of Altman, Blania, and Max Novendstern, who is no longer at the company." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-eyeball-scan-launch-us/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:36:34

• "Five years ago, Open Rights Group published a report called What Do They Know? revealing how political parties were building detailed databases of voter information." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/what-do-political-parties-really-know-about-you/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:36:49

• "As Meta crafted a detailed timeline of events of the spyware's 2019 attack on WhatsApp users, the defendants NSO Group claimed the tech giant's "fixes" were really attempts to steal the program for itself." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/israeli-spyware-program-takes-center-stage-in-trial-over-whatsapp-hacks/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:37:19

• "How far can you enhance an image or video before you cross the line into manipulation?" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/04/is-enhancement-the-same-as-manipulation/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:43:25

• "DOD understands the need for software modernization and is taking steps to improve both its development and procurement methods." ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2025/04/30/the-pentagon-must-balance-speed-with-safety-as-it-modernizes-software/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:44:25

• Windows TCO ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/alleged-scattered-spider-member-extradited-to-u-s/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:44:54

• Windows TCO ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/google-2024-zero-day-exploitation-analysis/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:45:00

• Windows TCO ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2025/04/cyber-command-adapts-to-realities-of-constant-digital-conflict/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:45:07

• "Then I spent a while reflecting on what was shared with me. The gist of it was about the way I use Mastodon: too many critical posts, delivered to too many people, consisting of reactions to specific things that specific people said." ☛ https://notes.neatnik.net/2025-04-29 | Source: Adam Newbold    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:46:36

• "The optics were horrendous, with bots claiming to be characters, including a survivor of sexual assault and a Black man who opposes the Black Lives Matter movement." ☛ https://futurism.com/reddit-sue-researchers-dead-internet-ai-chatbot-experiment | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:49:12

• "Frustrated with traditional dating and using the apps, Chen jumped on a new trend among young, single people in China." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/chinese-singles-are-looking-for-love-in-video-chats-with-thousands-following-along-in-real-time-1875951 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:49:24

• "This two-part investigation looks at Musk’s wide-scale ideological offensive on his own platform. The first part looks at how Musk is sharing anti-Ukraine sentiment on social media." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250430-elon-musk-tweets-posts-target-ukraine-europe-us-russia | Source: France24    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:50:49

• "Sextortion is a form of online blackmail where individuals are coerced into sending money or further compromising content under the threat of having intimate images or videos shared publicly" ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/04/sextortion-on-the-rise-in-africa-is-a-serious-silent-digital-crisis/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:51:08

• "Dark patterns are user interfaces that are designed to trick users into doing things they’d prefer not to do." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/ai-sycophancy/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:51:46

• "This seems like an important advance in LLM security against prompt injection: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/applying-security-engineering-to-prompt-injection-security.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:51:57

• "What's more notable than the content itself is the fact that this exists on the OpenAI news site at all. This bug in ChatGPT's personality was a big story - I've heard from several journalists already who were looking to write about the problem." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/30/sycophancy-in-gpt-4o/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:53:51

• "Such developments naturally lead to job displacement concerns for new programmers, particularly in today's competitive job market" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsofts-ceo-reveals-that-ai-writes-up-to-30-percent-of-its-code-some-projects-may-have-all-of-its-code-written-by-ai | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:54:35

• "what do we do if we are at this precise point in the conversation" ☛ https://simonsafar.com/2025/partial_lookup_tables/ | Source: Simon Safar    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:54:45

• Slop, not code ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/29/satya-nadella-says-ai-now-writing-30-microsofts-code-warns-real-change-still-many-years-away/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:55:15

• waste of energy for plagiarised and poor "code" (slop) ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/zuckerberg-stunned-after-microsoft-ceo-admits-ai-already-writing-30-companys-code-1733267 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:56:04

• "sort of whatever 30-40 percent it's going up monotonically." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/microsoft_meta_autocoding/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:56:40

• "Bots that crawl the web also support this feature. Especially since their job is to ingest data from all over the web, they maximize their bandwidth by using compression. And we can take full advantage of this feature." ☛ https://idiallo.com/blog/zipbomb-protection | Source: Ibrahim Diallo    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:56:55

• "The rapid advancements in AI have transformed how organizations, including those in the public sector, approach problem-solving, decision-making and service delivery." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/04/the-ai-mullet-slms-as-business-in-front-llms-as-party-in-back/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:57:04

• "If you work at Microsoft or somewhere else and you're also having AI write your code, how can something as dumb as AI possibly help you with your code? What exactly is your job?" ☛ https://unixdigest.com/articles/microsoft-ceo-says-up-to-30-percent-of-the-companys-code-is-written-by-ai.html | Source: UNIXdigest    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 13:59:07

• "hallucinated" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-code-hallucinations-increase-the-risk-of-package-confusion-attacks/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:00:13

• "AI-generated essays don't yet live up to the efforts of real students, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UK)." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-04-chatgpt-students-reveals.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:00:52

• "mistranslated by the security forces using Google Translate." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/five-people-sentenced-to-prison-over-kurdish-songs-sung-during-a-demonstration-in-dersim-79109 | Source: ANF News    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:01:14

• Google’s Chief Says Breakup Proposal Would Hobble Business ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/technology/google-ceo-antitrust-trial.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:01:35

• "Case Western’s clinical trial initially only promised a temporary cure." ☛ https://www.vox.com/unexplainable/411102/neuroscience-technology-consumer-products-safety-maintenance | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:02:01

• "sysdiagnose file" ☛ https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/using-sysdiagnose-logarchive-files-to-provide-access-to-system-logging/ | Source: Rich Trouton    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:02:26

• "I'll likely never escape Apple's walled garden entirely — my entire family uses Apple devices and — at a minimum" ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/reducing-spend-with-apple/ | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:02:33

• "With this in mind I’m removing them from my phone and planning to only check a few times a week via my Mac." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/04/29/keeping-social-media-to-the-desktop/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:02:58

• "When pushed for credentials, Instagram's user-made AI Studio bots will make up license numbers, practices, and education to try to convince you it's qualified to help with your mental health." ☛ https://www.404media.co/instagram-ai-studio-therapy-chatbots-lie-about-being-licensed-therapists/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:03:06

• "Research has shown that when words are routinely used by the adults in their lives to humiliate, shame or control children, they can alter the developing brain." ☛ https://theconversation.com/as-a-neuroscientist-ive-seen-the-impact-of-harsh-words-on-childrens-brains-we-need-to-prevent-childhood-verbal-abuse-255533 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:03:17

• "So what happens if the AI gets it wrong? NHS England advises doctors to get a lawyer, son, before they use these tools the Health Department is ordering them to use: [...]" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/30/doctors-personally-liable-if-mandatory-nhs-ai-transcriber-gets-it-wrong/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:03:33

• "That's why I've embraced a two-phone solution that has genuinely changed my life and creative work. Here's why I think you should consider it too." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/phones/i-really-think-everyone-should-have-two-phones-heres-why-and-how-you-can-afford-it | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:03:53

• "To help cut through the clutter, the SecurityWeek team is publishing a daily digest summarizing some of the announcements made by vendors." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/rsa-conference-2025-announcements-summary-day-2/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:04:22

• "Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/04/trump-academic-freedom/682648/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:04:36

• "The failure of Doge to make any appreciable savings has left Trump high and dry, with unfunded tax cuts that will flunk even the most compliant, ass-kissing Congressional Budget Office analysis: [...]" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/30/trump-u/#i-think-you-know-what-the-trustees-can-do-with-their-suggestions | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:05:08

• "Those two words were an education, Ross-style. Never assume that rationality or cold economics underlie any given state of affairs. The world is a political place." ☛ https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2025/04/30/#ross-remembered | Source: Stephen Kell    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:05:42

• "I've been managing a team, officially, coming up to a year now." ☛ https://www.iwader.co.uk/posts/2025/04/being-a-new-manager/ | Source: Wade Urry    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:06:15

• "In other words, we wanted to see whether the ability to learn letters and to assimilate and remember word structure develops differently through manual training or the use of keyboards. We concluded that the children who used their hands obtained the best results," ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-04-children.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:06:57

• "HB 166, sponsored by Rep. Leigh Hulsey, requires public school boards to adopt a policy banning cellphone use during instructional time." ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/briefs/alabama-public-school-cellphone-ban-moves-closer-to-senate-vote/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:07:51

• "directors of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation and other federal agency representatives — will be developing the program over the next 120 days." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/30/repub/technologists-welcome-executive-order-on-ai-in-schools-but-say-more-detail-is-needed/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:08:41

• "An unbelievable volume of synthetic prose is published every moment of every day—heaping piles of machine-written news articles, text messages, emails, search results, customer-service chats, even scientific research." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/great-language-flattening/682627/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:09:06

• "All the things that might not be learned" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-04-30/trumps-america-medical-researcher-cancelled-federal-grant | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:09:41

• "In this post, we show how different use cases require different model diagnostics. In short, we compare (statistical) inference and prediction." ☛ https://lorentzen.ch/index.php/2025/05/01/model-diagnostics-statistics-vs-machine-learning/ | Source: Michael's and Christian's blog    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:11:56

• "q-exponential process" ☛ https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/q_exponential_process.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:12:13

• "I recently discovered the exelent work of Moti Young about Anamorphic cryptography." ☛ https://nflatrea.bearblog.dev/about-anamorphic-cryptography/ | Source: Noë Flatreaud    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:12:31

• "Given the coordinates of the three vertices of a triangle, can we find the area? And the answer is yes." ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2025/04/30/#proof-by-symmetry | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:12:41

• Search in Archie ☛ http://archie.macdomain.net/ |    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:13:05

• "I spend a lot of time writing. As you can see from this site and my output elsewhere on the web, text is my primary medium." ☛ https://vale.rocks/posts/why-not-video | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:13:14

• "A roundup of my notes from April. I’ve done this for the last few months: [...]" ☛ https://evanhahn.com/notes-from-april-2025/ | Source: Evan Hahn    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:13:33

• "Once you start to notice that your notes could use some extra organising and you want to get more out of them, look into what ideas are out there." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/systems-of-the-dead-stagnate/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:13:46

• "In the moment, you don’t know: is this coming or going? Ending or beginning? Dying or developing into something viable and vivid, something more alive than life itself?" ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/before-the-next-beginning | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:14:02

• "2024 marks 30 years since the start of Punk Planet, the magazine I ran for 13 years. To commemorate that milestone, I am writing 13 posts over 13 months, each one about a single year of the magazine." ☛ https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-04-30-ppy12/ | Source: Dan Sinker    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:14:16

• "Nah, it’s different now." ☛ https://morrick.me/archives/9983 | Source: Riccardo Mori    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:14:33

• "An independent investigation commissioned by the municipality concluded that the artworks were likely discarded for one of several reasons" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-a-dutch-municipality-accidentally-throw-away-a-warhol-print-180986525/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:15:04

• "Leaders regret firing workers for [slop] primarily because there is little knowledge readily available on how to implement [slop], making it hard for the switch to be worthwhile." https://www.thehrdigest.com/55-of-companies-regret-ai-layoffs-hr-leaders-need-to-take-note/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:17:07

• "SDesk is a lightweight Linux distro with a familiar look, making it a great option for users who are switching from Windows." https://www.zdnet.com/article/if-your-windows-support-is-ending-its-time-to-learn-linux-heres-the-best-distro-for-beginners/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:18:38

• "If you use Ubuntu, then you enjoy one of its great benefits: long-term support." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kubuntu-22-04-after-april-2025.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:19:28

• "Tuxedo Computers' Infinity Book Pro 14 (Gen 9) comes pre-installed with Linux and is a sleek option with solid performance." https://www.zdnet.com/article/can-a-linux-laptop-replace-my-macbook-only-if-it-looks-like-this-and-has-these-specs/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:19:55

• Urgent - OSU Open Source Lab needs your help ☞ https://www.gentoo.org/news/2025/04/30/osuosl.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:20:34

• Plasma Sprint and more ☞ https://lprod.dev/blog/monthly_2025_04.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:20:57

• System76 Releases COSMIC Alpha 7 ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/System76-Releases-COSMIC-Alpha-7    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:21:18

• Halwan GNU/Linux is an Arch-based distro for developers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/halwan-arch-based-distro-developers/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:23:07

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

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:23:24

• RetroArch 1.21.0 is out with PipeWire & FFmpeg Camera Driver ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/retroarch-1-21-0-is-out-with-pipewire-ffmpeg-camera-driver/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:23:49

• Simon Josefsson: Building Debian in a GitLab Pipeline ☞ https://blog.josefsson.org/2025/04/30/building-debian-in-a-gitlab-pipeline/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:24:39

• Track Moon Phases From Your Ubuntu Desktop With Luna ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-gnome-luna-moon-phase-indicator-extension    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:25:08

• "The long-running fork of KDE 3 has dropped its latest update: Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4, now with better distro support and a fresh coat of code. Not bad for a project still chugging along 15 years after KDE itself moved on." https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/01/trinity_desktop_14_1_4/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:25:36

• "Keep in mind that this is a testing release, as the last stable one remains 20241206 from December 2024." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/libreboot-25-04-open-source-boot-firmware-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:26:05

• "RVPC is Do It Yourself completely open hardware and software project made as challenge if retro like computer with VGA, PS2 keyboard can be build with the 8-pin CH32V003 $0.10 RISC-V microcontroller." ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/rvpc-the-open-source-hardware-and-software-euro-1-risc-v-computer-now-got-basic-interpreter/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:27:27

• "Before the rest of the world began logging on to the World Wide Web, the French had a very interesting online service called Télétel." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/30/french-minitel-terminal-becomes-a-peculiar-ai-workstation/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:27:45

• "The previous significant update to the ROS-Industrial roadmap centered mainly on the technical capabilities in various areas, aiming to create a vibrant open-source robotics development ecosystem." ☛ https://rosindustrial.org/news/2025/4/30/ros-industrial-roadmap-journey-and-a-path-forward | Source: ROS Industrial    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:28:06

• "Powered by kernel 6.12 and built on the foundation of SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 and the brand-new SUSE Linux Framework" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-leap-16-beta-launches-with-wayland-and-selinux-by-default/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:31:04

• "The openSUSE project has announced the availability of openSUSE 16.0 beta" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12438 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:31:25

• "Would you want a distro that just gets out of the way and lets you get to work? Are you tired of making modifications just to use your Linux desktop? Ultramarine Linux might be your solution." https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-ultramarine-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:33:04

• "Valve developers have announced an update to its compatibility layer for Windows games. Proton version 10.0 is available for beta testing on Steam for Linux, bringing with it several specific game fixes." https://www.howtogeek.com/valve-proton-10-in-beta/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:33:49

• Announcing LibreOffice 25.2.3 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/30/announcing-libreoffice-25-2-3/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:34:20

• LibreOffice 25.2.3 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 68 Bug Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-25-2-3-office-suite-is-now-available-for-download-with-68-bug-fixes    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:34:37

• Retrieval-augmented generation with Llama Stack and Node.js ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/30/retrieval-augmented-generation-llama-stack-and-nodejs    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:37:00

• Slop ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-automation-getting-started-red-hat-ansible-automation-platform | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:39:28

• How to run performance and scale validation for OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/30/how-run-performance-and-scale-validation-openshift-ai    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:40:46

• Promoting Windows instead of "Linux" https://www.howtogeek.com/arch-linux-is-now-in-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:50:49

• Proprietary misinformation generator, not to be celebrated or used https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-easily-run-your-favorite-local-ai-models-on-linux-with-this-handy-app/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:51:29

• "The Agama installer will currently offer you three installation options, including Base, GNOME, and KDE." https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-leap-16-enters-public-beta-testing-with-agama-installer-linux-6-12-lts    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:52:03

• Proprietary. Windows is proprietary. Windows is also not "Linux". https://www.howtogeek.com/this-open-source-project-brings-the-best-part-of-linux-to-windows/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:53:04

• "Currently the anti-cheat is in use across series including EA SPORTS FC, EA SPORTS Madden NFL, Battlefield, F1, EA SPORTS WRC and Plants vs. Zombies. While they also publish Apex Legends, that's still currently using Easy Anti-Cheat, but that was updated to block Linux platforms too." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ea-rebrand-and-refresh-their-anti-cheat-into-ea-javelin-anticheat-still-blocks-linux-steam-deck/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:53:37

• Proprietary https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/29/adaptiva-expands-to-mac-and-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:54:18

• "This release also adds message disposition buttons for new email alerts and enables new email notification customization in macOS Settings." https://9to5linux.com/thunderbird-138-adds-new-default-color-override-for-high-contrast-mode-on-linux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:54:51

• "23% of HTML attachments are malicious, making them the most weaponized text file type." ☛ https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-research/barracuda-finds-that-23-of-html-email-attachments-are-malicious.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:57:18

• "From Ahead-of- to Just-in-Time" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/shell_script_code_correctness/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:57:38

• "Syntax is a set of rules that define how code is written in a particular language." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/all-basic-python-syntaxes/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:57:58

• "The first post in this series introduced us to Map::Tube." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/buithe-network/ | Source: Perl    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 14:59:24

• "This blog post presents a couple of approaches and then compares their speed with a naive benchmark" ☛ https://lorentzen.ch/index.php/2025/04/30/fast-grouped-counts-and-means-in-r/ | Source: Michael's and Christian's blog    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:00:18

• "Cloze exercise in which two randomly-selected Cardinal vowels have to be described according to the three parameters vowel height, frontness-backness, and lip rounding." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/vowels-phonetics-cloze-quiz-about-cardinal-vowels/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:00:26

• "Whenever I set on building myself a new tool, I get unreasonably excited, because it means that I get to practice my craft of problem-solving through writing code to scratch an itch." ☛ https://blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/build-your-own-tools | Source: Balthazar Rouberol    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:00:36

• "Google, which defines zero-days as vulnerabilities exploited in the wild before a patch is made publicly available, said cyber espionage was still the leading motivation behind the exploitation of bugs" ☛ https://therecord.media/google-zero-day-report-2024 | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:01:21

• "Microsoft Windows continued to be a popular target [sic] for attacks" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/29/google-report-finds-drop-zero-day-exploitation-2024-warns-enterprise-risks-rising/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:01:58

• "At the semifinal round held at DEFCON last year, teams using LLMs and automated reasoning systems successfully found and patched numerous synthetic vulnerabilities in a range of open-source projects" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/darpa-ai-grand-challenge-rsac-2025-patching/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:02:13

• "But do I need all of these, actually? What if I took a much lazier approach and decided to cut some corners? Let's do exactly that!" ☛ https://aartaka.me/cutting-corners.html | Source: Artyom Bologov    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:02:26

• "What this means is that if you completely change the commits so that all of them have new hashes, for example by rebuilding your history from scratch in a new version of the repository" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GitNewCommitsCanHaveOldTrees | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:02:40

• "AI [slop] is hyped up to be something it isn't and it's "stupidity" (you can't really call it stupid, because it cannot be smart to begin with) is concealed behind what appears to be solid and authoritative answers." ☛ https://unixdigest.com/articles/the-reason-why-i-dont-use-ai-or-even-code-completion.html | Source: UNIXdigest    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:03:05

• "Researchers have trained a new kind of large language model (LLM) using GPUs dotted across the world and fed private as well as public data—a move that suggests that the dominant way of building artificial intelligence could be disrupted. " ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/these-startups-are-building-advanced-ai-models-over-the-internet-with-untapped-data/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:03:29

• "today’s end-of-life (EoL) notices" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/tech-giants-propose-standard-for-end-of-life-security-disclosures/ | security is NOT their goal http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:04:10

• "Many content creators and publications in Europe are overlooking the potential of content licensing to support their brands. The truth is, your existing content can – and should – generate income long after you publish it." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/content-licensing-for-publishers-five-key-questions-answered/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:11:06

• "People don’t like fluctuating prices." ☛ https://bitsplitting.org/2025/04/30/whither-help-scout/ | Source: Daniel Jalkut    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:11:19

• "potential liability pitfalls for people running a Mastodon instance" ☛ https://denise.dreamwidth.org/91757.html |    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:12:07

• "replete with misdirection and outright lies." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/659301/apple-executive-lied-under-oath-epic-alex-roman | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:12:31

• "U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers criticized the conduct of Apple CEO Tim Cook and two key finance executives in her ruling, writing that one of the finance executives had “outright lied under oath” to conceal Apple’s defiance of her order." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/30/apple-violated-court-order-app-store/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:12:46

• "She also said that Apple executives tried to hide the real motivations for the changes." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/antitrust-judge-asks-doj-prosecute-apple/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:13:09

• ""That it thought this court would tolerate such insubordination was a gross miscalculation," Gonzalez Rogers said in an order allowing Epic Games to enforce the injunction against Apple." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2299068.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:13:21

• "After two sets of evidentiary hearings, the truth emerged." ☛ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.364265/gov.uscourts.cand.364265.1508.0_2.pdf | Source: Free Law Project    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:13:48

• "APNIC participated in Lao Digital Week 2025, held in Vientiane, Lao PDR on 2 April 2025." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/01/event-wrap-lao-digital-week-2025/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:14:47

• "It has been quite some time since I wrote about Eleventy." ☛ https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/04/30/a-test-of-eleventy-fetch | Source: Raymond Camden    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:15:13

• "In my new job with Revive Our Hearts, I had to address several issues with sponsor logos in dark mode." ☛ https://jeffbridgforth.com/handling-logos-in-dark-mode/ | Source: Jeff Bridgforth    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:15:21

• "Google and Mozilla on Tuesday announced the promotion of Chrome 136 and Firefox 138 to their stable channels" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-136-firefox-138-patch-high-severity-vulnerabilities/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:15:49

• "Fortnite has returned to iOS in the EU, but only via Epic’s own mobile app store, which isn’t available in the US." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/659271/fortnite-ios-apple-app-store-us-return | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:16:21

• "AnduinOS is an Ubuntu-based distribution which provides a GNOME desktop which has been themed and styled to resemble Windows 11" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12436 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:16:55

• "Reason is, we had to roll a new signing key for the Kali repository. You need to download and install the new key manually, here’s the one-liner: [...]" ☛ https://www.kali.org/blog/new-kali-archive-signing-key/ | Source: Kali Linux    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:17:34

• "One purpose for my effort is to be able to trust the binaries that I use on my laptop. I believe that without building binaries from source code, there is no practically feasible way to trust binaries." ☛ https://blog.josefsson.org/2025/04/30/building-debian-in-a-gitlab-pipeline/ | Source: Simon Josefsson    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:18:04

• Chuck Carroll on Proxmox ☛ https://chuck.is/proxmox/ | Source: Chuck Carroll    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:18:22

• "OSL logo Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab (OSL) has been a major supporter of Gentoo Linux" ☛ https://www.gentoo.org/news/2025/04/30/osuosl.html | Source: Gentoo    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:18:59

• "As I move around, I roam between wifi networks, but sometimes lose the connection." ☛ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/checking-the-wifi | Source: Ted Unangst    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:20:24

• "In a post to tech@, Martin Pieuchot (mpi@) has requested testing of a diff (against -current) to enable running" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250430184440 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:20:29

• DragonFly 6.4.1 released ☛ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/04/30/dragonfly-6-4-1-released/ | Source: DragonFly BSD Digest    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:20:59

• "In a world of opaque software licensing, vendor lock-in, and shifting regulatory landscapes" ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/owning-the-stack-infrastructure-independence-with-freebsd-zfs/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:21:04

• "XScreenSaver 6.10 is out now, including iOS and Android." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/04/xscreensaver-6-10/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:21:50

• "The basic job of a pure keyboard launcher is to let you hit a key, start typing, and then select and do 'something'." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/KeyboardLaunchersAppeal | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:21:58

• "The company who acquires Power and/or storage will have to most likely have a USA channel. (dell or HPE jump to mind) Also note whoever gets these two Crown Jewels will also have to purchase the TSS infrastructure too. Would Kyndryl expand its lineup to encompass scaleout HW. They may as IBM is trying quite hard to squeeze the monopoly of mainframe" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt1sdpfa    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:22:55

• "Yeah and it will go about as well as that one did." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt1sdpfa    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:23:10

• "Apparently our monkeys can beat management's monkeys." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsyck5br    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:23:42

• How To Install CUPS Print Server on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-cups-print-server-manjaro/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:24:35

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

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:24:44

• "Well, I installed Linux and it automagically connected me to the house wifi." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/getting-network-manager-to-manage-my-networks/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:24:59

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

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:25:19

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

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:25:39

• "It’s time to install and set up the software you’ll need for high-quality audio production in your home recording studio." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/how-to-build-a-home-recording-studio-with-raspberry-pi-500-choose-and-install-your-software/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:25:56

• How To Install Grub Customizer on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-grub-customizer-debian-12/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:26:13

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

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:26:23

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

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:26:43

• "Andy’s example in his article reminded me of a project I did with the Canadian Embassy several years ago." ☛ https://jeffbridgforth.com/inspired-by-andy/ | Source: Jeff Bridgforth    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:26:55

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

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:27:08

• How To Fix ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘distutils’ ☞ https://idroot.us/fix-modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-distutils/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:27:17

• Kubernetes v1.33: Storage Capacity Scoring of Nodes for Dynamic Provisioning (alpha) ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/04/30/kubernetes-v1-33-storage-capacity-scoring-feature/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:48:13

• How to Install Passbolt on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-passbolt-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:49:12

• How to install and use Statping-ng on GNU/Linux ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-and-use-statping-ng-on-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:49:40

• "Essex Police loses accuracy complaint versus Telegraph over Allison Pearson questioning" https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/essex-police-loses-accuracy-complaint-versus-telegraph-over-allison-pearson-questioning/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:50:06

• How to install Nginx Proxy Manager on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-nginx-proxy-manager-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:50:28

• How to Install Bitwarden on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-install-bitwarden-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:50:59

• "Now, the game is about to enter production, which means this is your last chance to secure a copy for yourself." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/30/this-is-your-last-chance-to-get-a-copy-of-our-new-social-media-card-game/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:52:34

• "Anti-DOGE whistleblower sure sounds like he has a point" ☛ https://risky.biz/RB789/ | Source: RiskyBiz    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:52:52

• How to Create Decoy File System in GNU/Linux Using FUSE ☞ https://www.linuxtechi.com/create-decoy-file-system-in-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:53:22

• Slopwatch: Surveillance Giant Google Noise ("News"), GNU/Linux Security (Slopfarm), and BetaNoise (Serial Slopper) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/30/Slopwatch_Google_Noise_News_Linux_Security_Slopfarm_and_BetaNoi.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:53:36

• Russ Allbery: Review: Beyond Pain ☞ https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/reviews/books/beyond-pain.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:54:33

• Jonathan Dowland: Korg Minilogue XD ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/synths/minilogue-xd/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:55:21

• Nikolai Agnivtsev’s Little Screw (1925) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/little-screw    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:56:22

• Mesa 25.1-rc3 is out    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 15:56:39

• Hotel managers detained over camera masking during İmamoğlu's meetings ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/hotel-managers-detained-over-camera-masking-during-imamoglu-s-meetings-306985    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:01:01

• Man shoplifts, stabs security guards, flees shopping mall in Rīga ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/30.04.2025-man-shoplifts-stabs-security-guards-flees-shopping-mall-in-riga.a597343/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:01:25

• Nordic-Baltic-Weimar ministers promise '360 degree approach' to security ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/30.04.2025-nordic-baltic-weimar-ministers-promise-360-degree-approach-to-security.a597296/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:01:46

• NIST looks to improve security of a foundation pillar of the internet ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2025/04/nist-looks-to-improve-security-of-a-foundation-pillar-of-the-internet/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:02:05

• "Progress was delayed a lot on the home-built analog computer, due to busyness with other things, lack of funds, and delays trying to figure out what was wrong with the comparator design." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250430-0.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:03:02

• 🔤SpellBinding — AHVNRSI Wordo: KHANS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-01.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:03:33

• "I recently released my Album an EP and 7 Singles. They are all on Soundcloud, but the Album is available on most streaming services." gemini://p3tzel.smol.pub/album    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:05:36

• "I'm thinking about doing a live q & a stream on YouTube when we reach 50 subscribers, so if you have any questions feel free to ask!" gemini://p3tzel.smol.pub/qaa1    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:06:31

• ZINE ABOUT SMALL WEB #8 issue is out gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2603 "I present to your attention the 8th issue of the magazine: [...]"    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:07:27

• Another month off the internet gemini://oberdada.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-05-01_off_internet.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:09:11

• "For readers who might allow themselves to complain about the internet, and the bloated web in particular, here are some thoughts about being shut out from all of it for a while." gemini://oberdada.pollux.casa/gemlog/2022-01-19_month_off_internet.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:11:55

• Gedit Technology blog: No more Pythons in gedit ☞ https://gedit-text-editor.org/blog/2025-04-30-no-more-pythons-in-gedit.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:17:31

• Openwashing of proprietary misinformation machines ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/meta-releases-llama-ai-open-source-protection-tools/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:18:25

• ROS-Industrial Roadmap Journey and a Path Forward ☞ https://rosindustrial.org/news/2025/4/30/ros-industrial-roadmap-journey-and-a-path-forward    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:18:43

• European Patents found invalid again in the UK ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/uk-high-court-revokes-astrazenecas-spc-and-patent-for-diabetes-drug-dapagliflozin/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:24:08

• Disinformation and Marketing Spam From and For OIN (GAFAM's and IBM's Weapon Against Free Software Activists and Reformists Against Software Patents) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Disinformation_and_Marketing_Spam_From_and_For_OIN_GAFAM_s_and_.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:24:17

• PayPal, Fashion Company Apple Succeed in Scrapping Fintiv’s Patent Claims at CAFC ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/04/30/paypal-apple-succeed-scrapping-fintiv-patent-claims-cafc/id=188556/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:24:38

• "Are posts like this appropriate when the author has launched her own competitor Hey Hi (AI) product?" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/review-of-ai-patent-drafting-software.html?showComment=1746003942551#c8313264838456584957    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:25:10

• The infinitely corrupt EPO is trying to impose its illegal policies everywhere in Europe ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/04/30/spanish-supreme-court-adopts-the-plausibility-test-introduced-by-g-0002-21/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:26:25

• Microsoft Has Hundred of Layoffs Again, Same Week as the Company's Fake Results (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/30/Microsoft_Has_Hundred_of_Layoffs_Again_Same_Week_as_the_Company.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:26:37

• Sirius Open Source in Court ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/30/Sirius_Open_Source_in_Court.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:27:16

• Richard Stallman Re-Confirmed by the Free Software Foundation ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/30/Richard_Stallman_Re_Confirmed_by_the_Free_Software_Foundation.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:27:27

• Why Nigel Farage Is Bringing MAGA-Style Rallies to the UK ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/europe/nigel-farage-rallies-uk-local-elections.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:29:12

• Christina Leitzel’s ‘Fun’ Prosthetic Eyes are Designed to Stand Out ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/style/christina-leitzel-fun-prosthetic-eyes.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:29:23

• Mozilla Addons Blog: WebExtensions Support for Tab Groups ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/04/30/webextensions-support-for-tab-groups/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:30:04

• Firefox has been outsourced to Microsoft. Mozilla is a dead end. ☞ https://glandium.org/blog/?p=4370    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:32:33

• Exploring Firefox Tab Groups: Has Mozilla Redeemed Itself? ☞ https://itsfoss.com/firefox-tab-groups/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:32:53

• ESP32-C5 dual-band WiFi 6 SoC enters mass production, ESP32-C5-DevKitC-1 board launched for $15 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/30/esp32-c5-mass-production-esp32-c5-devkitc-1-board/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:35:48

• Adafruit Sparkle Motion – An ESP32-based addressable LED controller with four outputs, 100W USB-C power, and WLED/xLights support ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/01/adafruit-sparkle-motion-an-esp32-based-addressable-led-controller-with-four-outputs-100w-usb-c-power-and-wled-xlights-support/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:36:05

• WordPress 6.8.1 Maintenance Release ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2025/04/wordpress-6-8-1-maintenance-release/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:36:29

• "The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is in effect, and testing and certification are on the way. And while the Act is slated for full enforcement in 2027, it’s entirely possible that certification will be in effect as early as next June 2026 – which is just a year away." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/march-events-cyber-resilience-act-compliance | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:37:29

• "Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isn’t perfect, but we know the internet is pretty darn magical. The internet opens up doors and opportunities, allows for human connection, and lets everyone find where they belong — their corners of the internet." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/interviews/hell-gate-adlan-jackson/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:38:31

• GNU/Linux bash howto show monitor model? (DELL S2722QC buzzing audio noise usb-c charging) ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/04/27/gnu-linux-bash-howto-show-monitor-model-dell-s2722qc-buzzing-audio-noise-usb-c-charging/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:39:37

• "If you’re new to Linux, don’t worry! This quiz is here to help you learn while having fun. Even if you’ve used Linux a little before, there’s always something new to explore." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-basic-questions/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:39:45

• "This guide explains Ethernet Channel Bonding (also called NIC teaming or interface bonding) – how to set it up, how it works, and how it can help you balance traffic or prevent network downtime." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/ethernet-channel-bonding-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:39:56

• Gemini Turns 6 Soon, Still Growing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/30/Gemini_Turns_6_Soon_Still_Growing.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:42:19

• Google Spreading Misinformation and Lies ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Google_Spreading_Misinformation_and_Lies.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:42:53

• Philippines arrests Chinese man for operating surveillance device near voting agency ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/05/01/china-philippines-chinese-man-arrest-election/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:43:31

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 597 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/04/30/this-week-in-rust-597/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:44:27

• Installing suspension-frame in Meanderer trike ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202504/installing-suspension-frame-in-meanderer-trike.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:44:42

• pgAdmin 4 v9.3 Released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgadmin-4-v93-released-3068/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 16:45:04

• Microsoft works for Cheeto https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/business/microsoft-drops-trump-compliant-law-firm.html see http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/Microsoft_Sponsored_Inauguration_as_a_Reminder_to_Boycott_Micro.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 17:16:17

• Polygon Has Been Sold With Mass Layoffs Hitting The Outlet https://insider-gaming.com/polygon-has-been-sold-with-mass-layoffs-hitting-the-outlet/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 17:17:47

• A Diver Visited a Fallen Whale. When He Returned, It Was Gone. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/science/whale-carcass-san-diego.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:18:03

• Around the world in 100 days: US economy unexpectedly shrinks as Convicted Felon tariffs loom over the economy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250430-around-the-world-in-100-days-us-economy-unexpectedly-shrinks-as-trump-tariffs-loom-over-the-economy    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:18:23

• Commission mobilises €910 million to boost European defence and close capability gaps ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1116    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:19:12

• Myanmar military junta criticized over assaults on healthcare following devastating earthquake ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/myanmar-military-junta-criticized-over-assaults-on-healthcare-following-devastating-earthquake/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:19:59

• Reproductive rights group releases list of Convicted Felon administration attacks on reproductive health ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/reproductive-rights-group-releases-list-of-trump-administration-attacks-on-reproductive-health/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:20:35

• MSF warns: USAID’s demise a ‘human-made disaster that will have dire health consequences worldwide' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250430-un-food-refugee-agencies-face-massive-cuts-following-demise-of-usaid-and-billions-in-funding-losses    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:21:06

• News section burns out covering Convicted Felon, goes on hiatus ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/29/news-section-burns-out/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:21:50

• Stradiņš Hospital construction deadline pushed back another two years ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/30.04.2025-stradins-hospital-construction-deadline-pushed-back-another-two-years.a597211/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:22:15

• Five batches of honey suspended from sale in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/30.04.2025-five-batches-of-honey-suspended-from-sale-in-latvia.a597342/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:22:23

• South Korea to Use Drones to Deter Birds After Deadly Jeju Air Crash ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/asia/south-korea-jeju-air-birds.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:23:01

• North Korea leader Kim oversees warship weapons test-fire, eyes nukes for navy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-conducts-first-test-firing-of-its-new-warships-weapons-system    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:23:17

• South Korea prosecutors raid ex-president Yoon’s house over shaman probe: Media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-prosecutors-raid-ex-president-yoons-private-residence    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:23:25

• South Korea officials heading to Washington for talks over US tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-officials-heading-to-washington-for-talks-over-us-tariffs    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:23:35

• South Korea’s acting leader Han set to resign before presidential run, Yonhap says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-acting-leader-han-set-to-resign-before-presidential-run-yonhap-says    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:32:18

• Climate change made fire conditions twice as likely in South Korea blazes: Study ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/climate-change-made-fire-conditions-twice-as-likely-in-south-korea-blazes-study    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:33:06

• Linux in Excel? Sure, why not ruin both https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/01/linux_in_microsoft_excel/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:33:40

• South Korea's top court to rule on presidential frontrunner's case as election looms ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-top-court-to-rule-on-presidential-frontrunners-case-as-election-looms    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:35:46

• The first daughter has grown tall and North Koreans are watching ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/04/30/korea-kim-daughter-growth/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:36:00

• Malaysia to remove egg subsidy from Aug in move that boosts govt finances, but may hurt consumers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-remove-egg-subsidy-from-aug-in-move-that-boosts-govt-finances-but-may-hurt-consumers    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:36:13

• The five-domains update ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-five-domains-update-186/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:36:36

• A U.S. Businessman Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/asia/american-businessman-jailed-china.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:38:13

• Somalia Bars Taiwanese Passport Holders From Entering the Country ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/africa/taiwan-somalia-passport-ban-china.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:38:21

• China creates list of US-made goods exempt from 125% tariffs, sources say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-creates-list-of-us-made-goods-exempt-from-125-tariffs-sources-say    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:39:30

• ‘Never kneel’: China taps Korean War and Hey Hi (AI) memes to hit back at Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/never-kneel-china-taps-korean-war-and-ai-memes-to-hit-back-at-trump    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:39:46

• China's coastguard says it patrols around disputed shoal in South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-coastguard-says-it-patrols-around-disputed-shoal-in-south-china-sea    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:40:03

• 10 Best Free and Open Source Collection Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/collectionmanagers/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:41:20

• Zato offers ESB, SOA, API and cloud integrations ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zato-offers-esb-soa-api-cloud-integrations/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:41:34

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Econometric Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/econometrics/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:41:51

• qt-fsarchiver – backup and restore partitions ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/qt-fsarchiver-backup-restore-partitions/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:42:13

• TagStudio is an impressive tag-based photo and file organization program ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tagstudio-tag-based-photo-file-organization/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:42:48

• Sitemarker is a basic bookmark manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sitemarker-basic-bookmark-manager/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:43:04

• InfluxDB Core is a scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/influxdb-core-scalable-datastore/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:43:19

• Best GNU/Linux Distros for Your Home Lab in 2025 ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/best-linux-distros-for-your-home-lab-in-2025/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:43:37

• Customizing WirePlumber's configuration for embedded systems ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2025/04/29/customizing-wireplumbers-configuration-for-embedded-systems/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:47:28

• Out of Memory OOM Killer issue Investigation ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/04/30/out-of-memory-oom-killer/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:47:52

• PewDiePie Switches to GNU/Linux – GNU/Linux Expert’s In-Depth Reaction & Analysis ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/videos/pewdiepie-switches-to-linux-linux-experts-in-depth-reaction-analysis/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:48:15

• Brendan Gregg: Doom GPU Flame Graphs ☞ http://www.brendangregg.com/blog//2025-05-01/doom-gpu-flame-graphs.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:52:21

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:52:38

• openSUSE Leap 16 Enters Public Beta Testing with Agama Installer, GNU/Linux 6.12 LTS ☞ https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-leap-16-enters-public-beta-testing-with-agama-installer-linux-6-12-lts    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 18:52:42

• FSF News: Free Software Foundation completes its board member review ☞ http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-board-member-review-completed    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:01:41

• The story of the developer who changed your life by ruining his own. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=kjJHBi_iWlc    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:03:22

• Canonical announces first Ubuntu Desktop image for Qualcomm Dragonwing™ Platform with Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://canonical.com//blog/canonical-announces-first-ubuntu-desktop-image-for-qualcomm-dragonwing-platform-with-ubuntu-24-04    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:05:31

• LibreOffice project and community recap: April 2025 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/30/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-april-2025/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:08:29

• Meanderer DIY trike video PART2 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202505/meanderer-diy-trike-video-part2.html    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:09:43

• Announcing AnduinOS 1.3 https://news.anduinos.com/post/2025/4/30/announcing-anduinos-13    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:27:19

• China to lift sanctions on members of European Parliament ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-to-lift-sanctions-on-members-of-european-parliament    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:42:40

• Explosion in residential area in China’s Shanxi kills at least one, state media reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/explosion-in-residential-area-in-chinas-shanxi-kills-at-least-one-state-media-reports    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:43:04

• US reached out to Beijing to initiate tariff talks, says Chinese state media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-has-reached-out-to-china-to-initiate-tariff-talks-cctv-says    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:43:16

• AI Bot Troubles gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/ai-bot-troubles.md    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:45:14

• A New Gopher Hole gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-05-01_newGopher.txt    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:45:50

• Twtxt Changes gopher://gopher.prismdragon.net:70/0/phlog/2025-04-30_twtxt_changes.txt    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:46:22

• Driving angry gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250501-driving_angry.txt    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:47:32

• [japan] [food] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-23.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:49:01

• [cat] [box] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-24.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:49:33

• [cat] [japan] [bed] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-27.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:50:29

• QuietSystems is not a jailbreak. gemini://quietsystems.smol.pub/qsys-005-core-architecture    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:51:22

• :: INITIALIZATION SEQUENCE — QSYS/001 :: gemini://quietsystems.smol.pub/qsys-001-initialization    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 19:53:38

• China detains small investors who spoke out about a major financial scam ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/30/china-financial-fraud-victims/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 20:06:12

• Ex-senator David Perdue confirmed as US ambassador to China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/30/ex-senator-david-perdue-confirmed-as-us-ambassador-to-china/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 20:06:35

• Chinese business in Vietnam struggles with US tariffs uncertainty ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/01/chinese-business-in-vietnam-struggles-with-us-tariffs-uncertainty/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 20:07:07

• China lifts sanctions against five Euro deputies – parliament ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/01/china-lifts-sanctions-against-five-euro-deputies-parliament/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 20:07:21

• Journals and Contents: Two Special Pages in Logseq ☞ https://itsfoss.com/logseq-journals-contents/    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 20:07:42

• Layout A PCB With Tscircuit ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/30/layout-a-pcb-with-tscircuit/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 20:08:01