Roy Schestowitz

• Setup firewalld and KVM on openSUSE Leap 16 Beta manually ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/05/setup-firewalld-and-kvm-on-opensuse.html    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:39:36

• Sparky news 2025/04 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2025-04/    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:40:27

• School of Humanities and Sciences told to prepare for budget cuts ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/30/school-of-humanities-and-sciences-told-to-prepare-for-budget-cuts/    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:46:21

• Family of 8-Year-Old Migrant Girl Who Died in U.S. Custody Seeks $15 Million ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/migrant-girl-death-cbp-damages.html    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:46:54

• Federal Report Denounces Gender Treatments for Adolescents ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/health/federal-report-denounces-gender-treatments-for-adolescents.html    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:47:04

• UN Human Rights chief urges world leaders to prevent collapse of life-saving support in Gaza ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/un-human-rights-chief-urges-world-leaders-to-prevent-collapse-of-life-saving-support-in-gaza/    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:47:18

• Luigi Mangione wants state murder case dropped, arguing double jeopardy in UnitedHealthcare killing ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/05/01/us-news/luigi-mangione-wants-state-murder-case-dropped-arguing-double-jeopardy-in-unitedhealthcare-killing/    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:47:29

• South Korea’s Acting President says he will ensure stability until election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-acting-president-says-he-will-ensure-stability-until-election    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:47:48

• South Korea’s Acting President Han Duck-Soo Resigns ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/world/asia/south-korea-president-resigns.html    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:48:22

• South Korea presidential front runner Lee’s eligibility in doubt after court ruling ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-top-court-overturns-presidential-frontrunners-criminal-case    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:48:31

• South Korean ex-leader Yoon indicted for abuse of power: Prosecutors ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-ex-leader-yoon-indicted-for-abuse-of-power-prosecutors    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:48:41

• South Korean finance minister Choi resigns, education minister Lee to take over as acting leader ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-finance-minister-choi-resigns-education-minister-lee-to-take-over-as-acting-leader    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:48:51

• Koreatown Senior Citizen Harmonica Players Are Captivating LA Kings Fans With a Stunning National Anthem ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/30/koreatown-harmonica-anthem/    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:49:10

• India’s foreign minister says Kashmir attackers must face justice ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indias-foreign-minister-says-kashmir-attackers-must-face-justice    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:49:52

• China says it’s evaluating US offer of tariff talks but wants ‘sincerity’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-currently-evaluating-us-offer-of-tariff-talks    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:50:08

• Indonesia parliament set to ratify sea boundary with Vietnam, lawmaker says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/indonesia-parliament-set-to-ratify-sea-boundary-with-vietnam-lawmaker-says    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:50:45

• Billions of iPhone users at risk of dangerous malware attack — newly-found flaw warning issued ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/05/01/lifestyle/iphone-airplay-flaw-lets-hackers-hijack-devices-via-wi-fi/    

posted Friday, May 02, 2025 at 21:52:48

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s national security advisor Mike Waltz expected to step down ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250501-trump-s-national-security-advisor-mike-waltz-expected-to-step-down    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:36:56

• Pakistani Kashmir closes seminaries fearing Indian military strikes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pakistani-kashmir-closes-seminaries-fearing-indian-military-strikes    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:37:09

• Three novels strike at the heart of devastating legacies ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2025/0501/translated-novels-rwanda-timor    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:37:23

• Dihydroxyacetone Man removes US National Security Advisor Waltz in first major shakeup of new administration ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250501-trump-national-security-advisor-waltz-to-step-down-after-signal-group-chat-scandal    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:37:34

• Federal Judge Strikes Down Convicted Felon’s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/texas-judge-trump-alien-enemies-act.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:37:44

• Chinese APT’s Adversary-in-the-Middle Tool Dissected ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apts-adversary-in-the-middle-tool-dissected/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:38:44

• CVE-2025-43857: DoS vulnerability in net-imap ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/04/28/dos-net-imap-cve-2025-43857/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:38:57

• "Low-quality image placeholders (LQIPs) have a solid place in web page design." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/01/blurry-image-placeholders-generated-with-minimal-css/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:39:27

• "The Jye Tech DSO-150 is a capable compact scope that you can purchase as a kit. If you’re really feeling the DIY ethos, you can go even further, too, and kit your scope out with the latest open source firmware." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/01/open-source-firmware-for-the-jye-tech-dso-150/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:41:10

• Kubernetes v1.33: New features in DRA ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/05/01/kubernetes-v1-33-dra-updates/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:41:23

• Brexit made UPC even more illegal than it already was, but the patent litigation industry isn't about law; it's about breaking it for profit ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/praesidiad-vs-zaun-design-dispute-puts-brexit-ip-transition-under-scrutiny/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:53:16

• Patents on software must be rejected, period ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/05/functions-correspnding-structure.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:54:12

• EPO corruption (new) https://www.lepoint.fr/economie/on-a-bascule-dans-l-idiocratie-quand-les-incompetents-grimpent-les-echelons-28-04-2025-2588357_28.php#11    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:56:00

• Jonathan McDowell: Local Voice Assistant Step 2: Speech to Text and back ☞ https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2025/05/voice-assistant-whisper.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:56:34

• Microsoft's CEO is Hyping Up 'AI' (Plagiarism) to Distract From Falling Interest in It and Missed Expectations (Investors Run Out of Patience as Reality Does Not Meet or Match Early False Promises) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/Microsoft_s_CEO_is_Hyping_Up_AI_Plagiarism_to_Distract_From_Fal.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:56:44

• No, Microsoft, Plagiarism is Not "AI" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/No_Microsoft_Plagiarism_is_Not_AI.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:56:51

• Microsoft Has Become Almost Extinct in Web Servers, Netcraft Now Ranks It in Only One Category (Microsoft Down Sharply), Deranked/Outranked in All the Rest (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/Microsoft_Has_Become_Almost_Extinct_in_Web_Servers_Netcraft_Now.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:56:57

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

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:57:03

• Symptom or Hallmark of Ponzi Schemes: Abusive Monopolist 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 (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/Symptom_or_Hallmark_of_Ponzi_Schemes_Microsoft_Says_It_Gains_Ov.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:57:09

• Some of the Evidence We'll Be Relying Upon in the Lawsuits Against Matthew J. Garrett ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/Some_of_the_Evidence_We_ll_Be_Relying_Upon_in_the_Lawsuits_Agai.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:57:16

• Workers Fainted at Nike Clothing Factory Despite a Vow to Reform ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/nike-factory-cambodia-fainting | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:57:42

• Abortion Ban ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-senate-abortion-ban-legislation-medical-exceptions | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:58:09

• Debuting at XR EXPO 2025 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/debuting-at-xr-expo-2025.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:58:44

• Michael Meeks: 2025-04-30 Wednesday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-04-30.html "My friends see me as something of a visionary"    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 04:59:01

• XIAO 2-channel Wi-Fi AC Energy Meter runs ESPHome on ESP32-C6 module, comes with two 100A CT clamps ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/01/xiao-2-channel-wi-fi-ac-energy-meter-runs-esphome-on-esp32-c6-module-comes-with-two-100a-ct-clamps/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:00:09

• Steganography Analysis With pngdump.py: Bitstreams, (Thu, May 1st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31904    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:00:29

• Apple’s stock falls as Tim Cook admits its ‘difficult to predict’ tariff impact ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/01/apples-stock-falls-tim-cook-admits-difficult-predict-tariff-impact/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:01:11

• Fornite to Return to iOS App Store, Court Finds Fashion Company Apple Violated Order ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/01/fortnite-ios-app-store-return/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:01:27

• What Happens to Fashion Company Apple if Convicted Felon’s Trade War Forces It to Cut Ties With China? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/technology/apple-china-tariffs.html    

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

• Zero-Day Attack Hits Microsoft trap Azure Environment ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/more-details-come-to-light-on-commvault-vulnerability-exploitation/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:04:03

• FAKE NEWS!!! Microsoft is REDUCING "AI" now and CANCELLING DATACENTRES!!! https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/05/01/ai-steady-cloud-accelerating-gives-microsoft-a-big-datacenter-boost/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:04:58

• To hide the growing losses there ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/xbox/microsoft-hikes-prices-of-xbox-consoles-controllers-headsets-and-games-worldwide-cites-market-conditions-and-price-of-development    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:05:38

• Wherever Microsoft goes there is bribery ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/uk-company-allegedly-paid-usd4m-in-bribes-to-secure-microsoft-data-center-construction-contract see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/01/It_s_Cheaper_to_Pay_Bribes_and_Produce_Press_Releases_Than_to_P.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:06:40

• TTABlog Test: Which of These Three Section 2(d) Refusals Was/Were Overturned on Appeal? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/05/ttablog-test-which-of-these-three.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:08:36

• Amazon’s stock falls on light guidance and third successive cloud revenue miss ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/01/amazons-stock-falls-light-guidance-third-successive-cloud-revenue-miss/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:09:10

• Amazon’s Mixed Earnings Report Sends Share Prices Down ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/business/amazon-revenue-earnings-tariffs.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:09:25

• Ofcom says enforcement action coming as Press Gazette highlights Facebook (Farcebook) offences ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/ofcom-enforcement-action-coming-facebook-scams/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:10:02

• How Express editor Tom Hunt plans to set title up for next 125 years ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders/express-editor-tom-hunt-interview-anniversary-reach-facebook-platforms/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:10:19

• Statement on Resignation of National Security Adviser Waltz and Principal Deputy Following American Oversight Legal Pressure ☞ https://americanoversight.org/statement-on-resignation-of-national-security-adviser-waltz-and-principal-deputy-following-american-oversight-legal-pressure/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:11:39

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s national security strategy: from Pax Americana to Pact Americana ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/trumps-national-security-strategy-from-pax-americana-to-pact-americana/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:11:57

• National Security Council cyber lead wants to ‘normalize’ offensive operations ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/alexei-bulazel-white-house-national-security-councial-destigmatize-offensive-cyber-rsac-2025/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:12:15

• HYPE!! ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cloudflare-ibm-quantum-security-cryptography-migration/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:12:49

• Rights group urge Türkiye to lift ban on May Day demonstrations ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/rights-group-urge-turkiye-to-lift-ban-on-may-day-demonstrations/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:13:50

• US Supreme Court sides with HHS in Medicare reimbursement lawsuit ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/us-supreme-court-sides-with-hhs-in-medicare-reimbursement-lawsuit/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:14:00

• The remote desktop puzzle. DFIR techniques for dealing with RDP Bitmap Cache ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/the-remote-desktop-puzzle-dfir-techniques-for-dealing-with-rdp-bitmap-cache/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:14:20

• Mike Waltz Learns the Hard Truth About Serving The Insurrectionist ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/mike-waltz-learns-the-hard-truth-about-serving-donald-trump    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:14:35

• China's top diplomat backs Iran's nuclear diplomacy ahead of US talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-top-diplomat-backs-irans-nuclear-diplomacy-ahead-of-us-talks    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:14:55

• Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart says she wants Convicted Felon-like reforms as election nears ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australias-richest-person-gina-rinehart-says-she-wants-trump-like-reforms-as-election-nears    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:15:19

• Despite Pete Hegseth, Signal is Good ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/01/despite-pete-hegseth-signal-is-good/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:20:15

• Dihydroxyacetone Man shuffles his Cabinet: Waltz moves to UN, Rubio will do double duty for now ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0501/mike-waltz-trump-cabinet-national-security    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:20:29

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Removed His Top National Security Aide ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/briefing/trump-removed-his-top-national-security-aide.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:20:49

• Marco Rubio, Secretary of Everything ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/marco-rubio-national-security-secretary-state.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:21:03

• RFK Jr. vows to fight a long-debunked conspiracy theory: ‘chemtrails’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250501-rfk-jr-vows-to-fight-chemtrails-a-long-debunked-conspiracy-theory    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:22:10

• May Day in France: Who works and who doesn't? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/entre-nous/20250501-may-day-in-france-who-works-and-who-doesn-t    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:22:26

• Dihydroxyacetone Man signs two executive orders targeting sanctuary jurisdictions ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/trump-signs-two-executive-orders-to-bolster-immigration-enforcement-and-protect-innocent-citizens/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:23:30

• Single-Board Z80 Computer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/01/single-board-z80-computer-draws-inspiration-from-picasso/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:23:51

• Notes from the Graz Plasma sprint ☞ https://pointieststick.com/2025/05/01/notes-from-the-graz-plasma-sprint/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:25:33

• Tesla denies reports that its board planned to replace MElon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250501-tesla-denies-reports-that-its-board-planned-to-replace-elon-musk    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:25:49

• Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/rfk-jr-vaccine-safety-placebos-covid.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:26:20

• ‘I Have Cancer,’ the Fentanylware (TikTok) Star Said. Then Came the Torrent of Hate. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/nyregion/sydney-towle-cancer-videos-tiktok.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:26:36

• Block shares tumble after earnings and revenue miss and lowered guidance ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/01/block-shares-tumble-earnings-revenue-miss-lowered-guidance/ plunged over 18%    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:27:17

• Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Open Source Labs Badly Needs Your Help! ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/mayday-mayday-mayday-open-source-labs-badly-needs-your-help/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:27:42

• Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Open Source Labs Badly Needs Your Help! ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/mayday-mayday-mayday-open-source-labs-badly-needs-your-help/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:29:10

• Best Free Alternatives to Apple’s Remove Background Quick Action ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-apples-remove-background-quick-action/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:29:16

• Pion is a modern stack for web real-time communication ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pion-modern-stack-web-real-time-communication/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:29:23

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5959    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:31:13

• AnduinOS 1.3 is a GNU/Linux distro that looks like backdoored Windows 11, now with GNOME 48 and HDR support ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/arduinos-13-is-a-linux-distro-that-looks-like-windows-11-now-with-gnome-48-and-hdr-support/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:31:43

• The online hooligans and misogynists are losing their battle. But they cause a lot of wasted time. http://techrights.org/wiki/Free_Software-Hostile_Militants/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:33:38

• FEDERAL ELECTION 2025 gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-05-02Federal_Election_2025.txt    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:40:34

• IMAGINARY FRIENDS gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-05-03Imaginary_Friends.txt    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:41:19

• Fantasy Life i now on eShop! gemini://thatit.be/2025-05-02-10-57-27.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:41:47

• Now. Over 3,020. Up 20 in just over a week! "There are 4289 capsules. We successfully connected recently to 3021 of them." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:42:38

• "When generating the manual page for my recent tool for managing the Antenna filter, I found ChatGPT had hallucinated the existence of manpage called gemini(7)." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-02_is-there-a-man-page-for-gemini.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:43:56

• Managing filters on Antenna gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-02_managing-filters-on-antenna.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:44:45

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-03.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:45:59

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1283.jpg    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:46:23

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1633.jpg    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:46:28

• Election gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/5-02-2.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:47:35

• News and Links Digest (publ. 2025-05-02) gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250502-0.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:48:34

• Tails 6.15 out now with Tor Browser 14.5.1, GNU/Linux 6.1.135, and removed drivers ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/tails-615-out-now-with-tor-browser-1451-linux-61135-and-removed-drivers/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:53:51

• Developer gets GNU/Linux running inside Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Excel, 'mostly for fun' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/developer-gets-linux-running-inside-microsoft-excel-mostly-for-fun    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:54:22

• What GNU/Linux Means to Us (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/What_GNU_Linux_Means_to_Us.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:54:31

• Ubuntu finally Made NVIDIA 570 for 24.04 | 22.04 Desktop ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/ubuntu-finally-made-nvidia-570-for-24-04-22-04-desktop/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:55:16

• This is an attack on Linux and promotion of Windows http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Arch-Linux-Available-for-Windows-Subsystem-for-Linux see http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 05:56:19

• Linux App Release Roundup (April 2025) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/linux-app-release-roundup-april-2025    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:00:00

• FOSS Weekly #25.18: GNU/Linux Magazine, Modern Terminals, Muse Pi, apt Guide and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-18/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:02:20

• "HEVC video playback"=software patents https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/firefox-138-new-features    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:03:06

• Posting Less Often on this Blog Going Forward ☞ http://dasublogbyprashanth.blogspot.com/2025/05/posting-less-often-on-this-blog-going.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:03:56

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1019645/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:04:51

• Canonical releases Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop image for the Qualcomm DragonWing QCS6490 and QCS5430 processors ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/01/canonical-releases-ubuntu-24-04-desktop-image-for-the-qualcomm-dragonwing-qcs6490-and-qcs5430-processors/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:05:18

• "The Open Source Lab (OSL) at Oregon State University helps run infrastructure for Debian, GNOME, Inkscape, LineageOS, Alpine Linux, and many other open-source projects. The group is now asking for help securing new sponsors, or it will have to “shut down later this year.”" https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-project-funding-oregon-state-university/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:07:38

• Microplastics Persist in Drinking Water Despite Treatment Plant Advances ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/microplastics-persist-in-drinking-water-despite-treatment-plant-advances    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:10:24

• Mysterious Critters Set to Return After 17 Years Underground ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-critters-set-to-return-after-17-years-underground    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:10:33

• Dawn's Second Look Reveals Vesta Could Be Part of a Lost World ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dawns-second-look-reveals-vesta-could-be-part-of-a-lost-world    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:11:08

• Aging Switches on Stem Cells That Drive Belly Fat Growth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/aging-switches-on-stem-cells-that-drive-belly-fat-growth    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:11:32

• Fasting-Style Diet Seems to Result in Dynamic Changes in Human Brains ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fasting-style-diet-seems-to-result-in-dynamic-changes-in-human-brains    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:11:39

• Which Arm Gets Vaccinated Could Play a Role in Your Immune Response ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/which-arm-gets-vaccinated-could-play-a-role-in-your-immune-response    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:12:11

• This Memory Technique Primes The Brain to Absorb More Information ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-memory-technique-primes-the-brain-to-absorb-more-information    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:12:44

• Plants Really Do 'Scream'. We Just Never Heard Them Until Now. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/plants-really-do-scream-we-just-never-heard-them-until-now    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:13:06

• World's First 'T. Rex Leather' Is Claimed to Come From Dino DNA. Is This For Real? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-first-t-rex-leather-is-claimed-to-come-from-dino-dna-is-this-for-real    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:13:26

• Haunting slave ships found off coast of national park 300 years later: ‘Very convincing’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/05/01/lifestyle/haunting-slave-ships-found-off-coast-of-national-park-300-years-later-very-convincing/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:13:41

• Atlassian shares drop sharply on slowing growth and wider quarterly loss ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/01/atlassian-shares-drop-sharply-slowing-growth-wider-quarterly-loss/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:16:03

• Stanford alumna sentenced to four years in prison for DoorDash-style drug delivery service ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/05/01/drug-delivery-startup-founder-prison/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:16:52

• LOSING money is improvement ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/evening-standard-2024-accounts-significant-improvement-150m-loss/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:17:36

• media spin: depression is "slowing growth" and DEBT/LOSSES is "improvement"!!    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:18:02

• press gazette should know BETTER about spin and why to AVOID it. But this site became part of the problem. http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/21/Paywalls_Bots_Spam_and_Spyware_is_Future_of_the_Media_According.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/11/Why_is_UK_Press_Gazette_Jingoistic_About_Plagiarists_and_LLM_Sl.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:19:44

• This is like saying you narrow losses or have "improvement" when you fire 90% of your staff    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:21:34

• Zelensky ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/01/zelensky-sanctions-his-former-advisor-oleksiy-arestovych | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:23:02

• 35 years on, Chinese man seeks justice for ‘stolen’ medical college dreams ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/05/01/china-stolen-entrance-exam-gaokao/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:23:28

• Uyghur activists condemn Harvard over training for sanctioned China group ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/05/01/uyghur-harvard-xpcc-xinjiang/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:23:36

• A long-abandoned US nuclear technology is making a comeback in China ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1115957/old-new-nuclear-technology/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:24:01

• 8BitDo backs down after blaming tariffs for suspension of China warehouse shipments to the U.S. ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/controllers-gamepads/8bitdo-backs-down-after-blaming-tariffs-for-suspension-of-china-warehouse-shipments-to-the-u-s    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:24:15

• China says it’s ‘currently evaluating’ US offer of tariff talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-currently-evaluating-us-offer-of-tariff-talks    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:24:27

• Wii Homebrew Community ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/01/libogc-allegations-rock-wii-homebrew-community/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:29:46

• Make Your Own Telescope ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/01/make-your-own-telescope-right-down-to-the-glass/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:30:07

• RGB ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/01/printable-pegboard-pc-shows-off-the-rgb/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:30:30

• "I know I always look for my news about IBM in a Dubai web site." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt96c5kx    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:52:22

• "IBM has close to 4 million shareholders. This is the opinion of 1 of them." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt7xrzef    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:53:35

• "As everyone knows, IBM would rather put employees on PIPs rather than do mass layoffs 'cause some pesky journalists from the Register and elsewhere might snoop around and start asking awkward questions that IBM HR and VP would rather avoid answering in public." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt9dhtef    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:55:09

• "So they use underhand and unethical means to transfer the jobs to India. After all, it's the IBM AI (All Indians) way !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt9dhtef    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:55:13

• "Mass layoff Warn notice - I don't see IBM on the list. But I would prepare to lose your job in May. List of companies doing mass layoffs due to trump administration efforts." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt9dhtef "It’s the MIGA (Make India Great Again) movement"    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 06:55:52

• 6 Ways to View or Open a File in the Linux Terminal https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-view-or-open-a-file-in-the-linux-terminal/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 07:47:36

• "Valve will automatically pick what's best when games go through Deck Verified (which also applies to Desktop Linux)." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/proton-experimental-updates-to-proton-10-with-fixes-for-marvel-rivals-oblivion-remastered-and-more-for-steam-deck-linux/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 07:48:20

• Legendary Video Game Website Giant Bomb Is No More, Jeff Grub Says: “Out of a job at the moment” https://fandomwire.com/legendary-video-game-website-giant-bomb-is-no-more-jeff-grub-says-out-of-a-job-at-the-moment/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 07:50:28

• How to change your hostname or computer name on Ubuntu Linux https://www.techloy.com/how-to-change-your-hostname-or-computer-name-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 07:54:23

• IRC channel is #techbytes turns 15 this year http://bytesmedia.co.uk/community/techbytes/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 07:58:50

• Some people think playing with slop makes them SEEM clever or INNOVATIVE. That's like shoplifters thinking they seem "brave".    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 08:19:08

• Windows steadily down in South Korea https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/south-korea/#monthly-200902-202505    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 08:33:04

• In Iran, 15% still use ViSTA 7 and almost 70% use VISTA 10 https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/iran/#monthly-200902-202505    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:09:30

• Last month: Islamic Republic of Iran: GNU/Linux at All-time High This Month, Windows Falls to 12% https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_GNU_Linux_at_All_time_High_This_Month_.shtml GNU/Linux still high: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/iran/#monthly-200902-202505    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:11:14

• New highs for GNU/Linux in New Zealand https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/new-zealand/#monthly-200902-202505    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:13:13

• "Did you all see where he said he'd make a good pope? Yikes." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt7xrzef    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:29:35

• "That’s not a glorification of hustle culture. It’s not about skipping sleep or sacrificing your health. It’s about alignment. If you want to stay healthy, don’t give yourself any excuse to skip exercise." https://gulfnews.com/opinion/what-living-every-day-ready-to-be-fired-can-do-to-you-1.500113693    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:31:30

• "If you’re mentally prepared to be let go — if you’re not clinging to a false sense of permanence — you’re more likely to keep your resume updated, network consistently, upskill regularly, and save for emergencies." https://gulfnews.com/opinion/what-living-every-day-ready-to-be-fired-can-do-to-you-1.500113693    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:32:21

• Aliexpress has the final discount on a mini console with Linux and more than 4000 games https://www.ruetir.com/2025/05/02/aliexpress-has-the-final-discount-on-a-mini-console-with-linux-and-more-than-4000-games/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:37:02

• Zwolle man gets 6 years for sextortion of 33 girls via TikTok, Snapchat https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/29/zwolle-man-gets-6-years-sextortion-33-girls-via-tiktok-snapchat    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:38:38

• Jupiter Core https://xkcd.com/3083/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:38:57

• Chess Position https://xkcd.com/3082/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:39:10

• PhD Timeline https://xkcd.com/3081/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:39:28

• “unperfect” https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250424-01.en.html says Microsoft front group https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/FSFE_Now_Taking_Bribes_From_Microsoft_Its_Gold_Donor_the_Highes.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:40:49

• LibreTranslate https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250429-01.en.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:41:07

• Tobias Bernard Speaks On GNOME Foundation Bans https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=6YnrAZIrTbA    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:42:42

• Ubuntu's BIG glitch and new Steam Deck Client https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=yWwYWU6-pSU    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:42:57

• WTF Happened To All The Web Forums? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=lMdCzsIuQsM    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:43:19

• PewDiePie Made a Linux Ricing Video?!? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=P96qx7cucOg    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:43:32

• Microsoft issues https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ai77Pa79_TY    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:43:56

• Fedora could drop X11, COSMIC alpha 7 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=FaL9Ug18BPE http://techrights.org/n/2024/06/25/IBM_Does_Not_Care_for_the_Blind_Wayland_Harms_Accessibility.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:44:36

• Amazing Linux Features Hidden In Bad UI https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=OEeIEGq6mwM    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:44:56

• Fedora 42 COSMIC! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=NN-CFaupbXc    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:45:12

• Forced Software License Changes Never Work https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=9BvvUsuq5zw    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:45:52

• Weird Fun Stuff You Can Do in Linux Terminal https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=0Er8D7RR5l8    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:46:07

• Useful Resources Every New Linux User Needs https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=jxhMA0G2_MA    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:51:17

• COSMIC Alpha 7: It Beta Be Here Soon https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ChZc2tUxAvE    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:51:36

• GNU/Linux isn't (just) better, it's also more FUN! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=8XwUYCj4lGc    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:51:57

• 7 Modern GNU/Linux Terminals You Should Try in 2025 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=JWERtyvUAcI    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:52:15

• ome Electronic Payments Systems in Ukraine Disrupted https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-26/some-electronic-payments-systems-in-ukraine-disrupted    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:54:47

• Russian Satellite Linked to Nuclear Weapon Program Appears Out of Control, U.S. Analysts Say https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-25/russian-satellite-linked-to-nuclear-weapon-program-appears-out-of-control-u-s-analysts-say    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:57:29

• Russian-linked hackers appear to have launched a crippling cyberattack on Western New Mexico University https://searchlightnm.org/western-new-mexico-university-cyberattack-russian-hackers-qilin-social-security-payroll/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 09:59:33

• Pro-Russian hackers strike Dutch municipalities with coordinated DDoS attack https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/28/pro-russian-hackers-strike-dutch-municipalities-coordinated-ddos-attack    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:00:16

• Why EU, US companies are keeping Russian trademark rights https://www.dw.com/en/why-eu-us-companies-are-keeping-russian-trademark-rights/a-72403093    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:01:14

• "Valve released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey results for April 2025, so here's your usual round-up of where things stand right now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steam-survey-for-april-2025-results-available-linux-sits-at-2-27/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:23:58

• "Some interesting industry news for you here. Epic Games have announced a change to the revenue model of the Epic Games Store, as they try to pull in more developers and more gamers to actually purchase things." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/epic-reduce-their-cut-to-0-for-the-first-1-million-in-revenue-for-devs-on-the-epic-games-store/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:24:12

• "Valve continue rolling out changes to SteamOS Preview readying it for the eventual public SteamOS 3 for more handheld devices beyond the Steam Deck, with SteamOS 3.7.5 Preview now available." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steamos-3-7-5-preview-improves-lenovo-legion-go-s-support-and-brings-more-bug-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:24:24

• "Back in February, Valve released the source code for Team Fortress 2 (TF2) into the Source SDK, which allows modders to see how it all works and get their standalone mods onto Steam. But also, it allows them to fix up issues directly in Team Fortress 2." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/team-fortress-2-updated-with-a-whole-bunch-of-fixes-thanks-to-the-community-having-the-source-code/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:24:37

• "THE FINALS has a repeating issue where major updates will break it in some way, with the latest update causing the game on Desktop Linux / Steam Deck to freeze a few minutes into a match." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/the-finals-broke-again-on-linux-desktop-steam-deck-valve-updated-proton-hotfix-to-fix-it/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:24:48

• "Here's the fresh and up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for May 2nd, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heres-the-games-to-claim-for-steam-deck-linux-from-prime-gaming-for-may-2nd/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:25:22

• "KDE developer Nate Graham has written up a blog post detailing some planned changes coming to the KDE Plasma desktop, including doing away with the LTS (Long-Term Support) releases and instead extend the supported time for each release" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/kde-plasma-drops-lts-releases-but-will-do-extra-bug-fix-releases-along-with-a-new-steam-like-hardware-survey/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:25:56

• "After recently having the chance to review the rather large UPERFECT UMax 24, the team at UPERFECT sent over the much more portable 16 inch UColor O2 for me to take a look over." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/the-uperfect-ucolor-o2-is-a-brilliant-portable-monitor/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:26:52

• "latest game from the developer of the popular Luck be a Landlord" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/pac-man-meets-a-time-stopping-survivor-like-bullet-heaven-in-maze-mice-out-in-early-access/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:27:06

• Climate Change ☛ https://therevelator.org/climate-anxiety-books/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:29:56

• "AmeriCorps Cuts Leave People Who Serve and Community Organizations Scrambling for Alternatives" https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2025-05-03/americorps-cuts-leave-people-who-serve-and-community-organizations-scrambling-for-alternatives    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:33:05

• "MAGA Influencers Should Have Some Self-Respect" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/maga-influencers-press-new-media/682666/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:34:49

• "Your Questions Answered: Trump’s First 100 Days" https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/your-questions-answered-trumps-first-100-days    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:35:00

• "Why I Had to Flee the United States" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/abdelrahman-elgendy-flees-united-states-political-prisoners/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:35:10

• "The country is renowned for its progressive stance on animal rights and sustainable living. This was one of the reasons why I chose to study here." https://medium.com/@cinthia.cicilio/why-cow-release-events-are-sadder-than-you-think-kosl%C3%A4pp-in-sweden-5052279395f1 silly PR stunt https://www.arla.se/event-sponsring/koslapp/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:36:35

• "Donald Trump’s Budget Breaks His Promise to Protect Social Security" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/donald-trumps-budget-breaks-his-promise-to-protect-social-security    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:37:51

• "Donald Trump’s Budget Breaks His Promise to Protect Social Security" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/donald-trumps-budget-breaks-his-promise-to-protect-social-security    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:38:00

• "What do the lyrics of Sweden's Eurovision entry Bara Bada Bastu actually mean?" https://www.thelocal.se/20250502/what-do-the-lyrics-of-swedens-eurovision-entry-bara-bada-bastu-actually-mean    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:38:09

• "Temu Addicts Suffering Withdrawal" https://futurism.com/temu-addicts-suffering-withdrawal    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:38:52

• "Your Questions Answered: Trump’s First 100 Days" https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/your-questions-answered-trumps-first-100-days    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:39:11

• iophk: it is ironic that a security paper is blocked by gratuitous javascript https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/whitepaper/advanced-cryptography they WANT and DEMAND back doors https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:39:38

• "Microsoft raises Xbox prices due to Trump tariffs" https://www.axios.com/2025/05/01/xbox-price-increase-trump-tariffs-microsoft    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:39:48

• Journalists worldwide in danger | "Pressefreiheit: Journalist*innen weltweit in Gefahr" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/pressefreiheit-journalistinnen-weltweit-in-gefahr/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:40:11

• Seems like MSM now spreads the line that Bill Gates = Asperger. So a sensisible guess is: legal strategy. With Esptein et al he can STILL be arrested AGAIN http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Well_He_s_Dead_So_Bill_Gates_Tells_the_Media_Which_He_Pays.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:42:18

• "Contributor: Trump wants to topple the republic's last line of defense" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-05-01/donald-trump-hannah-dugan-federial-judiciary    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:43:21

• Colorado   

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:49:50

• Colorado ☛ https://fair.org/home/do-mob-wars-help-crime-victims/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:50:09

• "Free Speech Isn’t Just a Vibe" ☛ https://fair.org/home/hey-npr-free-speech-isnt-just-a-vibe/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:50:21

• Moscow ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/05/02/moscow-imposes-new-sanction-with-hungary-exempt | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:52:04

• "blanket approval" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/05/02/objections-to-blanket-approval-for-uscis-surveillance-of-social-media/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 10:53:39

• A pile of stable kernel updates ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1019784/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:01:12

• "Now, be aware the Zorin team has configured Brave its own way, with some of the features disabled by default." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/brave-browser.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:02:03

• SolydXK GNU/Linux is a Debian-based operating system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/solydxk-linux-debian-based-operating-system/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:29:10

• Paprius Icon Set Update Adds New Icons, Plasma 6 Support ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/paprius-icon-set-update-new-icons-plasma-6-support    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:36:25

• "U.S. v. Google LLC search trial" as commented on by a company that's paid by Google a lot of money ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/internet-policy/google-search-deals-and-browser-choice/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:39:14

• "The AnsibleFest mainstage keynote is an attendee favorite every year." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-summit-ansiblefest-2025-ansible-sessions-you-dont-want-miss | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:39:31

• "If you’re diving into Linux server administration, these are some of the important Linux commands you need to fully understand for effective and reliable server administration." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/shutdown-poweroff-halt-and-reboot-commands-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:40:11

• "This article covers the top 25 ports you should know by heart, including what each one does, the protocol behind it, and why it matters." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-network-ports/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:40:23

• "In this article, we’ll explore 15 simple yet effective tips to help you get Ubuntu running at top speed." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/speed-up-ubuntu/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:40:42

• "Among the key highlights this month, Tumbleweed users benefit from a major security boost with OpenSSH 10.0p2, featuring faster" ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/05/02/tw-monthly-update-april/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:41:33

• "Banana Pi’s new BPI-R4 is a 5G aggregation gateway built for edge networking." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-bpi-r4-advances-5g-gateway-design-with-openmptcprouter-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:42:07

• "This month, Raspberry Pi announced a price reduction for two of its most widely used Compute Module 4 variants." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/raspberry-pi-reduces-prices-on-4gb-and-8gb-compute-module-4/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:42:14

• "Being seen to take action against piracy is a public reminder to pirate sites and suppliers that rightsholders are always watching." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/dazns-new-pirate-iptv-blocking-order-confidential-secret-sauce-250502/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:43:55

• [Old] "The doctrine of digital exhaustion (also known as the first-sale doctrine) has emerged as a critical issue in copyright law" ☛ https://academic.oup.com/ijlit/article/doi/10.1093/ijlit/eaaf009/8119047 | Source: Oxford University Press    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:44:19

• "The capabilities of the latest generative AI technologies raise significant questions about the nature and scope of human authorship—including in music." ☛ https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2025/05/a-i-art-and-copyright-the-human-element-that-makes-all-the-difference/ | Source: LOC    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:44:33

• "It’s very frightening" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/660548/firefox-google-search-revenue-share-doj-antitrust-remedies | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:46:13

• "In other words, plainly and obviously, in-app purchases must compete with purchase offerings on the web. Which is exactly how the policy should have been for at least the last 10 years." ☛ https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/05/02/updated-app-review-guidelines-us | Source: John Gruber    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:48:56

• "DOGE [sic] orthogonal project to design benchmarks and deploy AI agents across live workflows in federal agencies" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/doge-recruiter-ai-agents-palantir-clown-emoji/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:49:02

• "For years, many of Apple’s most consumer-unfriendly decisions have felt like an extension of a revenue-optimization strategy at constant risk of backfiring." ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/05/02/apple-app-store-decision-reaction/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:49:08

• "The DoJ made the request in a US court on Friday during a trial involving Google’s advertising operations. The government is also in trial against the company in a separate case in Washington focused on Google’s dominance in search." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/us-turns-the-screws-on-google/263013/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:49:58

• "We have a defendant who has found ways to defy" the law, US government lawyer Julia Tarver Wood told a federal court in Virginia, as she urged the judge to dismiss Google's assurance that it would change its behavior." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2299557.html | Source: RTL    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:50:02

• "Lars Dittmann, a researcher at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) specialising in network technology and service platforms" ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250502/denmarks-defence-deal-with-us-could-cause-telecommunications-disruption | Source: The Local DK    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:52:34

• "[...] This suggests a firm spatiotemporal link among these Puebloan populations of the North American Southwest. Furthermore" ☛ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08791-9 | Source: Nature    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:54:53

• "As members of the Picuris Pueblo seek a greater voice in shaping decisions about the future of Chaco Canyon" ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2025/05/oral-histories-and-now-dna-of-picuris-pueblo-link-their-ancestors-to-chaco-canyon.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:55:31

• "While bias in AI models is a well-established risk, the findings highlight the unresolved issue as the usage of AI proliferates among recruiters and corporate human resources departments." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/02/open_source_ai_models_gender_bias/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:55:58

• "Despite broad, bipartisan public support for protecting public lands, these shared landscapes have come under relentless attack during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term." ☛ https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/411272/public-lands-trump-administration-conservation-commonwealth | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:56:37

• "car salesman from Bavaria." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/war-on-terror-mahmoud-khalil/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:57:03

• "CPJ strongly condemns the severe sentence given to journalist Than Htike Myint" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/05/myanmar-journalist-than-htike-myint-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-terrorism/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:57:56

• "The deportation of Italian journalist Matteo Garavoglia and photographer Giovanni Colmoni is yet another sign of Morocco’s repressive media blockade on the occupied Western Sahara" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/05/morocco-deports-2-journalists-trying-to-enter-western-sahara/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:58:17

• "Dayang was the publisher of the local Philippines Graphic magazine in the 1990s and of the now defunct Headline Manila daily newspaper and headed the Publishers Association of the Philippines Incorporated for two decades." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/05/veteran-publisher-juan-dayang-shot-and-killed-in-the-philippines/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:59:08

• "Among them, at least 117 media members have lost their lives during Moscow’s ongoing attacks on the country, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-journalists-killed-invasion-press-media-freedom/33402885.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 11:59:25

• "Whether it’s music or a free press –- censorship anywhere is a threat to the truth everywhere." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/rem-releases-radio-free-europe-world-press-freedom-day/33403021.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:00:09

• "Journalists’ work is under fire." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/trump-threatens-npr-and-pbs | Source: New Yorker    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:00:25

• "Trump and his oligarchic allies have long bristled at even the most modest efforts of public broadcasting outlets and community media to hold the billionaire class, multinational corporations, and their congressional retainers to account." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-npr-pbs-threat/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:00:48

• "It marks the White House’s latest escalation in its political battle with the media" ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/05/02/trump-seeks-to-end-fed-funding-of-public-media-nebraska-public-media-says-order-limits-them/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:01:08

• "The order’s legality is dubious at best — Congress appropriates funds for public broadcasting, and the president doesn’t get a magic eraser for programs he doesn’t like." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/order-to-end-federal-support-for-npr-and-pbs-is-a-legally-dubious-push-to-censor-media-coverage-trump-dislikes | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:01:53

• "Saudi Arabia's campaign to export authoritarianism across the MENA region is accelerating, and now it reaches Moroccan activists" ☛ https://dawnmena.org/dawn-statement-on-moroccos-imprisonment-of-activist-mohamed-boustati-for-criticizing-saudi-arabia/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:02:08

• "The company, based in Redwood City, Calif., has eliminated several hundred positions, including about 100 jobs at Respawn, a video game development studio based in Los Angeles." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-05-01/electronic-arts-lays-off-hundreds-of-workers | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:02:46

• "As a Russian-speaking half-Armenian, half-Jewish kid growing up in Soviet Azerbaijan, the complexity of nationhood and nationality was all around me." ☛ https://thenextmove.substack.com/p/yes-theres-still-a-shared-american | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:03:08

• "The US risks losing its edge as the best place in the world to work in tech, according to new reports. Top minds and big money are mobile, while the White House cuts federal science funding and discourages immigration." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/05/02/2025/us-losing-edge-in-ai-talent-pool-reports-say | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:03:18

• [Old] "According to study results, published by the United Nations University and Earth’s Future journal, during the 2020–2021 period, the global Bitcoin mining network consumed 173.42 Terawatt hours of electricity." ☛ https://unu.edu/press-release/un-study-reveals-hidden-environmental-impacts-bitcoin-carbon-not-only-harmful-product |    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:04:06

• [Old] "The study found that approximately 2.8% of Iran’s total electricity consumption is allocated to CMLs." ☛ https://acris.aalto.fi/ws/portalfiles/portal/164417051/Investigating_the_Cryptocurrency_Mining_Loads_High_Penetration_Impact_on_Electric_Power_Grid.pdf | Source: Aalto University    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:04:24

• "[Cryptocurrency] mines have raised electricity rates for households while receiving big discounts and subsidies." ☛ https://earthjustice.org/experts/mandy-deroche/how-much-do-we-subsidize-cryptocurrency-minings-electricity-use-no-one-knows | Source: Earth Justice    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:04:37

• "The transaction reeks of influence peddling" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/as-trumps-family-crypto-business-gains-steam-ethical-concerns-mount/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:04:51

• "And while we have a reasonably good idea of how climate change will affect the planet as a whole in the coming years, the exact location, timing, and magnitude of specific disasters is tricky to predict." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/manufacturers-hope-ai-will-save-supply-chains-from-climate-crisis/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:05:20

• "This measure would give the oil industry free rein to pillage our public lands and oceans." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/house-natural-resources-would-give-oil-industry-free-rein-on-public-lands-waters | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:05:45

• "New reporting highlighting a 2022 traffic stop where Abrego García was questioned about transporting workers represents a textbook example of irrelevant distraction." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-irrelevant-distraction | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:06:13

• "military parade" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250502-trump-to-combine-birthday-celebration-us-army-anniversary-with-military-parade | Source: France24    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:06:54

• "We’re eroding that brand right now" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-05-01/donald-trump-100-days-tariff-immigration-rule-of-law | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:08:57

• "The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) ordered TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, to fix its data processing weaknesses within six months or have its ability to transfer data to China suspended." ☛ https://therecord.media/tiktok-fined-gdpr-data-chinese-servers | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:09:13

• "The DPC announced its final decision Friday following an inquiry into the lawfulness of TikTok's transfers of personal data from users of the video-based social media app in the wider European Economic Area (EEA) to the People's Republic of China" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/02/tiktok_gdpr_fine/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:10:16

• "Ireland’s privacy regulator fined TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance €530 million ($600 million) Friday for illegally sending user data to China, in an infringement of EU rules." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/05/02/2025/irish-privacy-regulator-files-tiktok-530-million-for-sending-user-data-to-china | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:11:01

• "UK authorities on Wednesday arrested three individuals in connection with a multi-million-pound bribery probe tied to the construction of a Microsoft datacenter in the Netherlands." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/02/uk_bribery_microsoft/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:11:33

• It's Cheaper to Pay Bribes (and Produce Press Releases) Than to Pay Fines (After Lots of Negative Publicity) http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/01/It_s_Cheaper_to_Pay_Bribes_and_Produce_Press_Releases_Than_to_P.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:12:00

• "As explained in a CAC announcement, new smartphones from Xiaomi, Honor and vivo come with minors mode loaded, while Huawei, OPPO and ZTE will deliver it in an OS update." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/02/china_minors_mode_enabled/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:12:32

• "The company says kids will be able to use Gemini to do things like help them with homework or read them stories." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/660678/google-gemini-ai-children-under-13-family-link-chatbot-access | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:13:17

• "Last week, a small OSINT account on X apologized for incorrectly identifying a quarry in Yemen as an underground base after a U.S. airstrike blew it up and killed eight people." ☛ https://www.404media.co/u-s-denies-picking-bombing-targets-from-random-twitter-accounts/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:13:50

• "Ukrainian personnel will join around 1,000 UK armed forces members on May 5 as UK kicks off commemorations of Victory in Europe (VE) Day." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-uk-britain-victory-day-russia-london-germany/33403614.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:14:43

• "relentless attacks" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/supreme-court-justice-jackson-trump-judges-attacks | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:15:50

• "Advanced Cryptography" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/ncsc-guidance-on-advanced-cryptography.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:18:43

• "A few months ago, I imported the Open Quantum Safe OpenSSL provider into pkgsrc, and using that is straight forward: [...]" ☛ https://www.netmeister.org/blog/netbsd-pqc.html | Source: Jan Schaumann    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:18:55

• "The bill does a few things, but namely it seeks to protect the people of Florida from certain types of surveillance." ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/05/02/florida-senate-bill-1422/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:19:28

• "To enable users to sign into any account without a password, the industry came up with passkeys, which provide a phishing-resistant authentication method that can be used on any supporting application or website." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-accounts-go-passwordless-by-default/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:20:02

• "Third-party (AKA cross-site) cookies are harmful to the web, and must be removed from the web platform" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/new-browser-buying-rules/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:21:21

• "World Passkey Day" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2770749/microsoft-is-now-forcing-new-users-to-adopt-a-passwordless-future.html | Source: PC World http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Passkeys_Are_Vendor_Lock_in_and_Imperialism_Not_Security_So_Esc.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:22:28

• [Old] "In response to three Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) requesting a European Data Protection Board (EDPB) opinion on Meta's 'Pay or Consent' approach" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-digital-rights-advocates-unite-against-metas-pay-or-okay-privacy-and-data-protection-are-not-for-sale/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:22:50

• "EPIC was very disappointed to see significant weakening in the latest draft regulations on ADMTs, risk assessments, and cybersecurity." ☛ https://epic.org/documents/california-testimony-on-the-california-privacy-protection-agencys-draft-regulations-on-admt-risk-assessments-and-cybersecurity/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:23:18

• "The European Union Commission has issued the first fines for non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) which came into effect last year." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5572/rain-starting-fall-big-techs-parade | Source: Privacy International    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:23:47

• "The budget document leans heavily on the commercial sector NASA nurtured and helped spawn – cough, SpaceX" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/02/nasa_funding_slashed/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:24:34

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/ransomware-attacks-food-and-ag-double-2025 | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:25:01

• "What “friends” mean in this context is different from how it is used by Zuckerberg and in the surveys above. Also, the rest of this material is not necessarily A.I.-generated." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/blog/meta-ai-television/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:26:48

• "the average American has fewer than three friends, fewer than three people they would consider friends. And the average person has demand for meaningfully more." ☛ https://www.404media.co/mark-zuckerberg-ai-chatbot-friends-interview-podcast/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:27:14

• "Facebook, for example, is fast becoming a toxic space for Zambians, filled with hurtful abuse and insults." ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/05/02/there-is-no-such-thing-as-freedom-to-abuse-others-nevers-mumba/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:27:32

• "Senior emergency service officials hit out earlier after it emerged that the drowning and the recovery of the man’s remains had been recorded by some onlookers." ☛ https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41624845.html | Source: Irish Examiner    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:28:09

• "Forgive my hyperbole; both are exaggerations, but the comment sections of social media sites can be terrifying." ☛ https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-columnists/arid-41624875.html | Source: Irish Examiner    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:28:39

• "If you dig through Microsoft’s latest 10-Q, Azure’s 33% revenue rise includes “16 points” from AI." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/02/no-microsoft-did-not-state-strong-ai-demand-in-q1-2025-the-ft-is-wrong/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:30:09

• "We're a few years into the tech industry's AI hype cycle, and it's all been characterized by far more heat than light." ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2025/05/01/what-would-good-ai-look-like/ | Source: Anil Dash    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:30:36

• "What they found is that AI models will often lie in order to achieve the goals set for them." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/01/ai_models_lie_research/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:31:07

• "These traps for the unwary aren't accidental, but neither are they placed there solely because tech companies think that if they can trick you into using their AI" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/02/kpis-off/#principal-agentic-ai-problem | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:31:46

• "I have over 25 hours of video digitized video which was all taken on casette." ☛ https://dustinknopoff.dev/articles/home-video-search/ |    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:31:59

• "Ellie Pavlick at Brown University is building models that could help understand how LLMs process language compared with humans." ☛ https://www.quantamagazine.org/will-ai-ever-understand-language-like-humans-20250501/ | Source: Quanta Magazine    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:32:26

• "That’s not the only worrying thing, though. Another concern is the definitive evidence that OpenAI is putting a lot of work into making the model fun and rewarding at the expense of making it truthful or helpful to the user." ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/411318/openai-chatgpt-4o-artificial-intelligence-sam-altman-chatbot-personality | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:32:52

• "That’s the news from the iGiant’s Q2 2025 earnings report, which saw CEO Tim Cook reveal $95.4 billion of quarterly revenue, a five percent year over year jump diluted earnings-per-share rising eight points to $1.65." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/02/apple_q2_2025/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:33:39

• "This makes it impossible to prevent access to machines using RDP by changing the password. Old cached passwords will still allow a successful login which is a huge security concern." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-has-no-plans-to-fix-windows-rdp-bug-that-lets-you-log-in-with-old-passwords | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:34:00

• "It’s been over two decades since I first witnessed a dipper darting through a waterfall" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/awards-and-competitions/this-mesmerizing-photograph-of-a-bird-behind-a-waterfall-isnt-just-impressive-it-proves-how-far-camera-tech-has-come | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:34:41

• "This is the 88th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino and her blog, designswarm.com" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-alexandra-deschamps-sonsino | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:35:27

• "To help cut through the clutter, the SecurityWeek team has published a daily digest summarizing some of the announcements made by vendors." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/rsa-conference-2025-announcements-summary-part-3/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:35:37

• "One of the key issues in quantum computing remains the inherent instability of quantum bits." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-05-majoranas-superconductor-quantum-dot-combo.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:36:30

• "In short, lawmakers will likely balk at Trump's suggestions to gut NASA's Moon program after just three flights — which could lead to some heated discussions, behind the scenes or otherwise." ☛ https://futurism.com/white-house-nasa-artemis-program-proposed-budget | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:36:43

• "But at this point, can we acknowledge that MAGA is indeed waging war on science? Not just “woke” stuff, but science in general." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/magas-war-on-science | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:37:07

• "The algorithm behind deinvert can be divided into three phases: 1) pre-filtering, 2) mixing, and 3) post-filtering. Mixing means multiplying the signal by an oscillation at the selected carrier frequency." ☛ https://www.windytan.com/2017/09/descrambling-split-band-voice-inversion.html | Source: Oona Räisänen    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:37:22

• [Old] "Determining whether online users are authorized to access digital objects is central to preserving privacy." ☛ https://authzed.com/zanzibar |    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:38:13

• "The Zanzibar paper made quite a stir. There are at least four companies that advertise products as being inspired by or based on Zanzibar." ☛ https://macwright.com/2025/05/02/reading-zanzibar.html | Source: Tom MacWright    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:38:22

• A Showerhead Mod gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-05-02_ShowerheadMod.txt    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 12:59:59

• Micro dosing on LSD gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/microDose    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 13:01:11

• 🔤SpellBinding: TINORSD Wordo: YENTA gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-03.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 13:04:06

• "I really wanted to do some creative work today. Pulled out brutaldon and started working on converting my most recent personal patch to a patch request on gitlab" gemini://carcosa.net/journal/2024-12-27-bored.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 13:04:51

• "I thought "He's done valid C, C++, Perl and Raku, but I can do better!" so here it is as valid Whitespace too." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2024-12-15_Polyglot_tomfoolery.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 13:05:34

• "I could just show the code and that's it" ☛ https://akselmo.dev/posts/kate-python-lsp/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 13:17:58

• "I'm announcing a new small project I've created as a part of my work on Software Bill-of-Materials for Python packages." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/new-project-whichprovides | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 13:18:14

• "How well do you know your fundamental operators in different languages? ‘Easy’ examples help to fortify that knowledge, and comparing across languages makes for some neat implementation detail discoveries." ☛ https://jcarroll.com.au/2025/05/03/rotation-with-modulo/ | Source: Dr Jonathan Carroll    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 13:18:45

• "The post got linked by Hackernews and Reddit." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/05/writing-your-own-c-standard-library.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 13:19:05

• "medium successful." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/redis-is-open-source-again/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:17:52

• "That brings us to yesterday, when news surprised everyone—but in the best way possible: Redis announced it’s going back to open source." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/welcome-back-to-the-open-source-family-redis/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:18:32

• "As of May 1, 2025, the project is available under the GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPLv3), a free, copyleft license based on the GNU GPL version 3 and the Affero General Public License." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/welcome-back-to-the-open-source-family-redis/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:18:42

• "On a surface level, Cook’s bet would appear to be purely about the money, because isn’t it always? (CFO Luca Maestri being on the side of charging the commission certainly supports that idea.)" ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/05/tim-cook-gambles-big-on-the-app-store-and-loses-for-now/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:19:04

• "n a major ruling this week, Apple has been forced to stop taxing app developers a huge fee just for the privilege of making apps on its platform." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2769965/once-again-apple-has-to-be-forced-to-do-the-right-thing.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:19:41

• "In the post, Albertson explained that OSL provides hosting for FOSS projects" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/02/osl_short_of_money/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:22:31

• "When does 1 + 1 equal 2? Well, in javascript, if those '1's are numbers, then yeah, it does equal 2." ☛ https://bobmonsour.com/blog/1-+-1:-celebrating-2-years-of-the-11ty-bundle/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:28:45

• "How does this new feature work? At launch, the functionality is straightforward: [...]" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-firefox-tab-groups-are-now-live/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:28:57

• "social" ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/fediverse-activitypub-social-layer/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:29:40

• "The groundbreaking Intel 386 processor (1985) was the first 32-bit processor in the x86 architecture." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2025/05/intel-386-register-circuitry.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:30:58

• "So before embarking om my larger Trident modding journey I decided to work on the VORON 0 just a little bit more." ☛ https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2025/05/02/voron_0_mods/ | Source: Jonas Hietala    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:31:06

• "The Compute Module 4 (CM4) debuted in 2020 and was a departure from the DDR2 SODIMM form factor that had gone before it." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/02/raspberry_pi_cm4_cuts/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:31:15

• "This new beta image is designed for developers, ODMs/OEMs, and customers across industrial, and embedded IoT sectors" ☛ https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-announces-first-ubuntu-desktop-image-for-qualcomm-dragonwing-platform-with-ubuntu-24-04 | Source: Canonical    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:32:33

• "You can tell it's right after a release is cut when new ideas are fielded in patches to tech@." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250502060000 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:32:53

• "This article explores why regularly updating your systems and avoiding end-of-life (EOL) software is not just good practice" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/the-hidden-costs-of-stagnation-why-running-eol-software-is-a-ticking-time-bomb/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 14:55:49

• "For years, Plasma offered a “Long-Term Support” branch that received bug-fix backports but little active testing." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-drops-plasma-lts-label-eyes-extended-support-for-all-releases/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:09:34

• "A few months ago, I wrote an entry about this topic, because I'd started putting in some blocks against crawlers" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/HTTPStatusCodesHere-2025-05-02 | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:10:42

• "One of the in things these days is encrypted (overlay) mesh networks" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MeshNetworksRoutesComplexity | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:10:49

• How To Install LEMP Stack on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-lemp-fedora-42/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:11:33

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

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:11:55

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

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:12:28

• How To Install Next.js on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-next-js-centos-stream-10/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:13:28

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

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:13:59

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

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:14:17

• How To Install Proton VPN on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-proton-vpn-linux-mint-22/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:16:20

• How to install XRDP on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-xrdp-on-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:16:50

• Plasma Sprint 2025 in Graz plus Grazer Linuxtage ☞ https://blog.david-redondo.de/kde/2025/05/02/plasma-graz.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:39:56

• Qt for MCUs 2.10.1 released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-mcus-2.10.1-released    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:41:09

• Data Shows Largest EU Economies Shifting to GNU/linux (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Data_Shows_Largest_EU_Economies_Shifting_to_GNU_linux.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:41:20

• Not Just an OSU Open Source Lab Issue ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Not_Just_an_OSU_Open_Source_Lab_Issue.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:41:30

• GNU/Linux Has Risen to All-Time High in South America, backdoored Windows Has Fallen a Lot Due to Android ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/GNU_Linux_Has_Risen_to_All_Time_High_in_South_America_Windows_H.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:41:48

• In Africa, GNU/Linux Rose From 3% to 4% in Just Two Months ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/In_Africa_GNU_Linux_Rose_From_3_to_4_in_Just_Two_Months.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:41:59

• Slopwatch: Stigma-Baiting by the Serial Sloppers and Latest Garbage From the Slopfarm LinuxSecurity.com (Also Slopping Away at "OpenBSD" With SEO SPAM Made by LLMs) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Slopwatch_Stigma_Baiting_by_the_Serial_Sloppers_and_Latest_Garb.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:42:20

• What GNU/Linux Means to Us ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/What_GNU_Linux_Means_to_Us.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:42:37

• Intellectual Ventures cloud application management patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/5/2/intellectual-ventures-cloud-application-management-patent-challenged    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:45:39

• $2,000 for L4T Innovations media content patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/5/2/2000-for-l4t-innovations-media-content-patent-prior-art    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:46:02

• UPC cases are invalid because this court is illegal and unconstitutional. Nevertheless, JUVE was paid to play a role in advancing this illegality and kangaroo court; it'll backfire badly on the EU ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/first-french-decision-on-disparagement-relating-to-pending-upc-cases/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:47:07

• Daniel Lange: Creating iPhone/iPod/iPad notes from the shell ☞ https://daniel-lange.com/archives/64-Creating-iPhoneiPodiPad-notes-from-the-shell.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:47:58

• Kubernetes v1.33: Mutable CSI Node Allocatable Count ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/05/02/kubernetes-1-33-mutable-csi-node-allocatable-count/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:48:26

• SO-ARM101 open-source dual robotic arm kit works with Hugging Face’s LeRobot ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/02/so-arm101-open-source-dual-robotic-arm-kit-works-with-hugging-faces-lerobot/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:51:02

• AI and Cognitive Laziness for Lawyers ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/05/cognitive-laziness-lawyers.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:51:45

• Symptom or Hallmark of Ponzi Schemes: Abusive Monopolist 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 Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:52:13

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

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:52:23

• Microsoft Has Become Almost Extinct in Web Servers, Netcraft Now Ranks It in Only One Category (Microsoft Down Sharply), Deranked/Outranked in All the Rest ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/Microsoft_Has_Become_Almost_Extinct_in_Web_Servers_Netcraft_Now.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:52:36

• No, Microsoft, Plagiarism is Not "AI" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/No_Microsoft_Plagiarism_is_Not_AI.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:52:44

• Microsoft's CEO is Hyping Up 'AI' (Plagiarism) to Distract From Falling Interest in It and Missed Expectations (Investors Run Out of Patience as Reality Does Not Meet or Match Early False Promises) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/Microsoft_s_CEO_is_Hyping_Up_AI_Plagiarism_to_Distract_From_Fal.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:52:52

• E-mail is Not HTML, Web Pages Aren't a Form of E-mail ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/E_mail_is_Not_HTML_Web_Pages_Aren_t_a_Form_of_E_mail.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:53:02

• Online Mobs and Crabs: Doing to Fabrice Bellard What They Did to Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Online_Mobs_and_Crabs_Doing_to_Fabrice_Bellard_What_They_Did_to.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:53:51

• Asia is Running Away From USA-ware (Dihydroxyacetone Man or 'Tariff Regime'), Including Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Asia_is_Running_Away_From_USA_ware_Dihydroxyacetone Man_or_Tariff_Regime_Inclu.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:54:04

• Richard Stallman (RMS) Says US "Magats" Have Destroyed Press Freedom in the US ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Richard_Stallman_RMS_Says_US_Magats_Have_Destroyed_Press_Freedo.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:54:19

• Good News, Bad News: Groklaw is Back Online, SoylentNews Apparently Loses Editor (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Good_News_Bad_News_Groklaw_is_Back_Online_SoylentNews_Apparentl.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:54:30

• Zypper’s New Parallel Downloads: Speed Up Your openSUSE Tumbleweed Updates ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2025/05/02/zyppers-new-parallel-downloads-speed-up-your-opensuse-tumbleweed-updates/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:55:07

• Techrights Statement: The Solution is Not More Censorship or Moving to Another Mastodon Instance, the Core Problem is Social Control Media Including Mastodon (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/30/Techrights_Statement_The_Solution_is_Not_More_Censorship_or_Mov.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:56:12

• Microsoft backdoored Windows Falls Below Quarter in "Market Share" (While Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fakes Rising Dominance... in Buzzwords and Fake Accounting) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_Below_Quarter_in_Market_Share_While_Mic.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:56:19

• Microsoft President Panics Over Europe's Abandonment of Microsoft/GAFAM/Dihydroxyacetone Man's USA, These Figures Show Us Why (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Microsoft_President_Panics_Over_Europe_s_Abandonment_of_Microso.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:56:25

• Microsoft Says Demand/Budget for "AI" is Decreasing, Bing is Also Moving Down and Down This Year ("Bing Chat" Was an Utter Failure, People Want Sites, Not Slop) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Microsoft_Says_Demand_Budget_for_AI_is_Decreasing_Bing_is_Also_.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:56:34

• Carole Cadwalladr used to mock a besieged journalist, Julian Assange, and now she tastes the same poison as him; if only she knew better who the real enemies were. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Cadwalladr    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:57:36

• Tantek Çelik: CSF_02: Entropy Is Your Friend In Security ☞ https://tantek.com/2025/122/b1/more-steps-indieweb-cybersecurity    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 15:58:32

• A Quick Fix to Improve the Battery Life of Your AMD Framework 13 ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/a-quick-fix-to-improve-the-battery-life-of-the-amd-framework-13/index.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:07:10

• POLL: Your thoughts on the Switch 2 ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/poll-the-switch-2-will-be-priced-at-450-usd-thoughts/index.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:07:39

• The Steam Deck is Back in Stock in Japan ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/the-steam-deck-is-back-in-stock-in-japan/index.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:07:52

• Nvidia RTX 50 GPUs make a small splash in the Steam Survey — AMD RX 9000 GPUs remain absent from the list ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-50-gpus-make-a-small-splash-in-the-steam-survey-amd-rx-9000-gpus-remain-absent-from-the-list    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:09:28

• "A common ratchet from your garage may work wonders for tightening hard to reach bolts on whatever everyday projects around the house." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/ratcheting-mechanism-gives-tendons-a-tug/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:09:50

• TTAB Posts May 2025 Hearing Schedule ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/05/ttab-posts-may-2025-hearing-schedule.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:10:34

• Warner Music Sues Designer Shoe Warehouse for Alleged Social Media Copyright Infringement ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/02/warner-music-dsw-lawsuit/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:11:10

• Canonical brings Ubuntu to Qualcomm Dragonwing edge AI chips https://iottechnews.com/news/canonical-ubuntu-qualcomm-dragonwing-edge-ai-chips/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:12:39

• This $30 app is the best purchase I've made for my Steam Deck https://www.xda-developers.com/this-30-app-is-the-best-purchase-ive-made-for-my-steam-deck/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:13:31

• "The most popular Linux distributions listed by Valve are: [...]" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steam-survey-for-april-2025-results-available-linux-sits-at-2-27/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:14:02

• "I wish I could switch to Linux, but the sad truth is that I can't. Proton is great; there are plenty of native games now built for Linux too, but the problem isn't the catalog anymore. No, the problem is that most of the games that I play won't run on Linux, thanks to anti-cheat requirements." https://www.xda-developers.com/proton-linux-wish-switch/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:14:48

• "You can install games from Epic, GOG and Amazon easily via the Heroic Games Launcher with Prime giving you a code for each game for whatever store it's on. For any games that use anti-cheat be sure to check out our anti-cheat compatibility page." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heres-the-games-to-claim-for-steam-deck-linux-from-prime-gaming-for-may-2nd/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:15:24

• "After numerous reports flowed in to the Proton GitHub page for it, Valve managed to find the cause of the problem and have released an update to Proton Hotfix to solve the freezing. Valve have also now set Proton Hotfix as the default for it, where it was previously set to Proton Experimental." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/the-finals-broke-again-on-linux-desktop-steam-deck-valve-updated-proton-hotfix-to-fix-it/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:15:46

• openSUSE Releases Leap 16 Beta https://www.webpronews.com/opensuse-releases-leap-16-beta/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:16:21

• Someone tried, and mostly managed, to run Linux in an Excel spreadsheet https://www.techspot.com/news/107767-someone-tried-mostly-managed-run-linux-excel-spreadsheet.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:18:33

• From proprietary to proprietary https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/dotnet/port-net-framework-workloads-to-linux-with-amazon-q-developer-part-4-mvc-applications/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:20:44

• Linux Foundation openwashing with hype factor https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/linux-foundation-expands-ai-tooling-with-3-ibm-backed-open-source-projects/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:21:35

• The Register misrames the issue here https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/03/20_years_open_document_format/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:23:59

• Kate and Python language server ☞ https://akselmo.dev/posts/kate-python-lsp/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:26:45

• Statement on New Photo Revealing Convicted Felon Administration’s Continued Use of Signal ☞ https://americanoversight.org/statement-on-new-photo-revealing-trump-administrations-continued-use-of-signal/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:45:53

• breakdown of a technological utopia ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/style/manus-x-machina-and-the-breakdown-of-a-technological-utopia/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:46:34

• "if Alvind gets 100% bonus cut, then I would consider a 1% salary cut." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt73dc44    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:49:21

• "hmmm, Corp. testing the waters?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt73dc44 IBM pay cuts    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:49:30

• Amazon is reducing techs' salaries right now. They have more experience, get fore to drive to the office every day, and salary... DOWN.,    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:50:12

• "It is getting more obvious every day that IBM needs to rapidly move out of the USA. Other international companies too. The USA is going down hard." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt7xrzef    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:51:13

• "The Mad King Trump has now affected 2 other country's elections. First Canada, and now Australia have elected anti-Trump leaders. Things are looking up!"    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:51:35

• "Now Trump is saying he’s really a transgender weight lifter. I can’t keep up with his lunacy" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt7xrzef    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:51:53

• RFA announces mass layoffs, shutdown of major language services ☞ https://rfa.org/english/about/releases/2025/05/02/rfa-announces-mass-layoffs-shutdown-of-major-language-services/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:53:46

• Justice Dept. Lawyers Say US Wants to Break Up Google’s Ad Technology ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/technology/google-advertising-technology-hearing.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:54:55

• Health workers say disease on rise in Myanmar as aid cuts bite ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/05/02/myanmar-public-health-donors-diseases-usaid/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:56:23

• UNAMA: Taliban systemically erasing women’s public life and freedom of movement ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/unama-taliban-systemically-erasing-womens-public-life-and-freedom-of-movement/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:56:52

• Hiring is up, GDP is down: Economy sends mixed signals as tariffs loom ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2025/0502/jobs-report-unemployment-rate-economy    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:57:23

• RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/health/measles-treatments-vaccines-kennedy.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:57:44

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Budget Cuts Funding for CDC ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/health/trump-budget-cdc-chronic-conditions.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:58:03

• Former Fetterman Aide Expressed Concern to Doctor About Senator’s Mental Health ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/john-fetterman-mental-health.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:58:15

• Universal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him 200 Times ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/health/snakes-universal-antivenom-tim-friede.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:58:42

• Upheaval in Washington Hinders Campaign Against Bird Flu ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/health/bird-flu-farms-usda.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:58:51

• Thailand prosecutors decline to indict US professor on royal defamation allegations ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/thailand-prosecutors-decline-to-indict-us-professor-on-royal-defamation-allegations/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 16:59:37

• I Teach Computer Science, and That Is All ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/opinion/work-school-classroom-politics-harvard.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:00:02

• RFK Jr. Appears to Have Skipped January CDC Planning Exercise on Bird Flu ☞ https://americanoversight.org/rfk-jr-appears-to-have-skipped-january-cdc-planning-exercise-on-bird-flu/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:00:44

• South Korea Lurches From One Political Crisis to Another ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/asia/south-koreas-political-crisis.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:08:24

• South Korea's third acting president is low-key economist at helm amid deep turmoil ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-third-acting-president-is-low-key-economist-at-helm-amid-deep-turmoil    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:08:46

• South Korea’s Han Duck-soo looks to rally conservatives in election bid ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-han-duck-soo-to-run-in-june-presidential-election    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:09:51

• South Korea’s embattled Lee Jae-myung remains front runner in leadership race ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-embattled-lee-jae-myung-remains-front-runner-in-leadership-race    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:10:04

• Malaysia holding joint military exercise in Johor for 2 weeks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-holding-joint-military-exercise-in-johor-for-2-weeks    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:10:40

• Flathub Blog: Vorarbeiter is here ☞ https://docs.flathub.org/blog/vorarbeiter-is-here    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:13:49

• This Week in GNOME: #198 Two More Weeks... ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/05/twig-198/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:16:39

• Canonical Brings Ubuntu 24.04 to Qualcomm Dragonwing Vision Kit ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-24-04-desktop-qualcomm-dragonwing-release    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:18:25

• conf.kde.in 2025 in Gandhinagar ☞ https://blog.bshah.in/2025/05/02/conf-kde-in-2025-gandhinagar/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:19:06

• Strategic Workshop of the DSA Human Rights Alliance ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/event/unesco-wpfd-2025-event-1/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:20:29

• Amazon, CrowdStrike, Surveillance Giant Google and Palo Alto Networks claim no change to threat intel sharing under Convicted Felon ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/public-private-threat-intel-sharing-trump-admin/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:21:05

• Why did Israel conduct a strike on Syria? Our analysis ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250502-why-did-israel-conduct-a-strike-on-syria-our-analysis    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:21:22

• 'A dangerous escalation': Syria slams Israeli attack near presidential palace ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250502-syria-condemns-israeli-strike-near-damascus-palace-as-dangerous-escalation    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:22:28

• Israel Launches Airstrikes Near Syrian Presidential Palace ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/middleeast/israel-syria-druse-strikes.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:22:38

• How to Install Waterfox on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-waterfox-funos/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:23:08

• No Body's Business but Mine: Vol 1 - 2019 Research ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/key-resources/5571/no-bodys-business-mine-vol-1-2019-research    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:24:35

• Your Questions Answered: Convicted Felon’s First 100 Days ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/your-questions-answered-trumps-first-100-days    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:25:15

• Red Hat build of Quarkus 3.20: Release highlights for developers ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/05/02/red-hat-build-quarkus-3-20-release-highlights    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:27:31

• Release the Quokka ☞ https://blog.centos.org/2025/05/release-the-quokka/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:27:58

• Walnut Pi 2B is an Allwinner T527 octa-core SBC with Raspberry Pi 5 form factor and interfaces ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/03/walnut-pi-2b-allwinner-t527-octa-core-sbc-raspberry-pi-5/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:30:57

• In Other News: NullPoint Source Code Leak, $17,500 for iPhone Flaw, BreachForums Down ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-nullpoint-source-code-leak-17500-for-iphone-flaw-breachforums-down/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:31:32

• Apple’s stock falls as Tim Cook admits it’s ‘difficult to predict’ tariff impact ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/01/apples-stock-falls-tim-cook-admits-difficult-predict-tariff-impact/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:32:02

• Spotify Wastes No Time Rolling Out iOS Update Following Apple-Epic Ruling, Promising ‘Lower Prices, More Control, and Easier Access’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/02/spotify-ios-update/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:33:00

• Amazon’s stock declines on light guidance and third successive cloud revenue miss ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/01/amazons-stock-falls-light-guidance-third-successive-cloud-revenue-miss/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:35:21

• new update of Getmail6 ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Getmail6    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:35:39

• ‘Surreal, Kafka-esque’: Hong Kong’s ex-lawmaker Claudia Mo breaks silence on prison life following release ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/02/surreal-kafka-esque-hong-kongs-ex-lawmaker-claudia-mo-breaks-silence-on-prison-life-since-release/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:36:52

• Simos Xenitellis: How to run a GNU/Linux Desktop virtual machine on Incus ☞ https://blog.simos.info/how-to-run-a-linux-desktop-virtual-machine-on-incus/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:37:50

• Anon: "lots of material in that document which can be quoted or used for inspiration" https://dwheeler.com/essays/opendocument-open.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:49:57

• Rotation with Modulo ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/rotation-with-modulo/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:55:35

• 30 Day Chart Challenge 2025 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/30-day-chart-challenge-2025/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:55:47

• Working with Ordinal Ranks in {marginaleffects} ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/working-with-ordinal-ranks-in-marginaleffects/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:56:00

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including World of Goo 2 and Replicube - 2025-04-30 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-04-30-edition/index.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:58:25

• Firefox Finally Did It ☞ https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-firefox-tab-groups-are-now-live/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:58:47

• Welcome Back to the Open-Source Family, Redis ☞ https://linuxiac.com/welcome-back-to-the-open-source-family-redis/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 17:59:46

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1019869/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:06:46

• Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in April 2025 ☞ https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2025/05/02/foss-activity-in-april-2025.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:07:11

• The Forrest Dump-Meloni challenge: How to make both the US and the West great again ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-to-make-both-the-us-and-the-west-great-again/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:08:05

• iophk: "it's very important to point out that .docx is *not* ISO/IEC 29500 aka MOOX aka OOXML, OOXML is not used anywhere ... if .docx or OOXNM is mentioned at all"    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:25:19

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/18 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/05/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-18/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:29:50

• Debian 13 ‘Trixie’: What’s New in the Next GNU/Linux Powerhouse ☞ https://tecadmin.net/debian-13-trixie-whats-new-in-the-next-linux-powerhouse/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:31:51

• Felix86 is an x86-64 emulator for RISC-V hardware ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/02/felix86-x86-64-emulator-risc-v-hardware/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:32:55

• Godot Showcase - Somar ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/godot-showcase-somar/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:34:31

• KEditBookmarks is a bookmark organizer and editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/keditbookmarks-bookmark-organizer-editor/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:34:54

• 8 Best Free and Open Source NVIDIA GPU Monitoring Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-nvidia-gpu-monitoring-tools/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:35:17

• BorgWarehouse is a fast and modern WebUI for BorgBackup ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/borgwarehouse-fast-modern-webui-borgbackup/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:35:26

• Ferron is a web server optimized for speed, security and efficiency ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ferron-web-server-optimized-speed-security-efficiency/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:35:58

• Linux Candy: ricksay – Rick and Morty quotes of the day ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-candy-ricksay-rick-morty-quotes-day/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:36:32

• NVIDIA System Monitor is a task manager monitoring your GPU ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nvidia-system-monitor-task-manager/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:36:46

• str0m is a Sans I/O WebRTC implementation ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/str0m-sans-io-webrtc-implementation/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:37:09

• Huayra is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/huayra-linux-distribution-debian/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:37:27

• Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" development begins, release timeline has been shared ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-2510-questing-quokka-development-begins-release-timeline-has-been-shared/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:38:33

• www @ Savannah: Malware in Proprietary Software - April 2025 Additions ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10764    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:43:32

• Arizona ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-medicaid-fraud-carmen-heredia-resigns | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:45:42

• Education ☛ https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-propublica-report-on-department-of-ed-ocr-civil-rights-cases | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:47:06

• "Civil Rights Progress" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:47:21

• Datasig: Fingerprinting AI/ML datasets to stop data-borne attacks ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/05/02/datasig-fingerprinting-ai/ml-datasets-to-stop-data-borne-attacks/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:48:18

• Raytheon, Nightwing to Pay $8.4 Million in Settlement Over Cybersecurity Failures ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/raytheon-to-pay-8-4-million-in-settlement-over-cybersecurity-failures/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:50:31

• UK Retailers Co-op, Harrods and M&S Struggle With Cyberattacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/uk-retailers-co-op-harrods-and-ms-struggle-with-cyberattacks/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:50:56

• Nova Scotia Power Says Hackers Stole Customer Information ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/nova-scotia-power-says-hackers-stole-customer-information/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:51:27

• In national security, Australia needs a ‘banana republic’ shock ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-needs-a-banana-republic-shock-in-national-security/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:52:26

• Saudi-Israeli normalization is still possible—if the United States plays it smart ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/saudi-israeli-normalization-is-still-possible-if-the-united-states-plays-it-smart/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:52:41

• Dihydroxyacetone Man to combine birthday celebration, US army anniversary with military parade ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250502-trump-to-combine-birthday-celebration-us-army-anniversary-with-military-parade    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:53:18

• Is energy security a threat to Europe's Hey Hi (AI) ambitions? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20250502-is-energy-security-a-threat-to-europe-s-ai-ambitions    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:53:42

• China says open to US trade talks offer but wants levies scrapped ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/02/china-says-open-to-us-trade-talks-offer-but-wants-levies-scrapped/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:54:04

• What Is an Encryption Backdoor? ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/05/what-is-an-encryption-backdoor/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:54:23

• Hong Kong ex-lawmaker Claudia Mo calls prison experience ‘surreal’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-ex-lawmaker-claudia-mo-calls-prison-experience-surreal    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:54:42

• Marco Rubio Adds a New Title Under Convicted Felon: Interim National Security Adviser ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/marco-rubio-national-security-secretary-state.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:55:24

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 18 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-18/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:56:24

• Talking FOSS on Daft Code ☞ https://www.proli.net/2025/05/02/talking-foss-on-daft-code/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:56:52

• 2 Planes Abort Landings as Army Helicopter Flies Near D.C. Airport ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/reagan-washington-national-airport-helicopter.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:57:11

• "Putin shifting focus to short-term objectives in the war and consolidating control in occupied Ukraine, intelligence suggests" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/02/putin-shifting-focus-to-short-term-objectives-in-the-war-and-consolidating-control-in-occupied-ukraine-intelligence-suggests-cnn | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:58:18

• Manchester Computing Centre (MCC) Made the First GNU/Linux Distro, But You Probably Never Heard of It ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Manchester_Computing_Centre_MCC_Made_the_First_GNU_Linux_Distro.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:58:28

• Passkeys Are Vendor Lock-in and Imperialism, Not Security, So Escape Them Before They Latch Onto Your Workflows (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Passkeys_Are_Vendor_Lock_in_and_Imperialism_Not_Security_So_Esc.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:58:34

• Ukrainian Nefilim Ransomware Affiliate Extradited to US ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ukrainian-nefilim-ransomware-affiliate-extradited-to-us/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:58:50

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s 100 days, Carney’s Canadian Comeback, Ukraine’s Minerals Deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20250502-trump-s-100-days-carney-s-canadian-comeback-ukraine-s-minerals-deal    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:59:03

• US Approves F-16 Maintenance Deal For Jets Already Transferred To Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-jets-trump-state-department-pentagon-training-equipment/33403301.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:59:21

• Ukraine War 'Not Ending Soon': Vance, Rubio Cast Doubt On Quick Peace Deal With Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-vance-rubio-trump-minerals-negotiations-war/33402691.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:59:36

• Russian Drone Strike Hits Kharkiv, Wounding Dozens ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-odesa-drone-attack/33401858.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 18:59:48

• Life in Ukraine Has Become More Dangerous Since Cease-Fire Talks Began ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-cease-fire-talks.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:00:00

• How Rubio Proved Himself as Convicted Felon’s Loyal Foreign Policy Foot Soldier ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/europe/trump-rubio-national-security-adviser.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:00:19

• Message From the Russian Military: ‘We Lost Your Son’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/world/europe/russia-missing-soldiers-ukraine-war.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:00:34

• How Convicted Felon Dismantled His First-Term Policy on Crimea ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010127983/trumps-u-turn-crimea.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:00:49

• "fly around the world" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/02/state-department-says-u-s-will-no-longer-fly-around-the-world-to-mediate-russia-ukraine-talks | Source: Meduza    

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

• Serhii Sternenko ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/05/02/i-was-intimidated-and-then-i-fell-in-love | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:01:26

• Measles case arrived in Latvia on coach from Russia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/02.05.2025-measles-case-arrived-in-latvia-on-coach-from-russia.a597538/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:10:55

• Russia spy recruited by Lithuanian resident arrested in Greece – media ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2551927/russia-spy-recruited-by-lithuanian-resident-arrested-in-greece-media    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:11:16

• Russia says it will help Taliban fight Islamic State in Afghanistan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-says-it-will-help-taliban-fight-islamic-state-in-afghanistan    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:11:27

• "Lithuanian statehood" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/05/02/russian-foreign-minister-pens-foreword-to-book-challenging-lithuanian-statehood | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:11:45

• "When someone wants a vacation, they don’t care" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/05/02/when-someone-wants-a-vacation-they-don-t-care | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:12:11

• "A Russian town turned a Lenin monument into a skateboard ramp. Not everyone is pleased." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/05/02/skaters-know-their-history | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:12:38

• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Confounding Politics of Junk Food ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/robert-f-kennedy-jr-and-the-confounding-politics-of-junk-food    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:13:11

• How The Insurrectionist Is Trying to Rewrite the Rules of Capitalism ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/how-donald-trump-is-trying-to-rewrite-the-rules-of-capitalism    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:13:35

• UN Gives the Encrypted Open-Source Office Suite CryptPad a Try ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/04/un-drops-google-for-cryptpad-an-encrypted-open-source-office-suite/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:15:04

• FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz – May 2, 2025 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/foss-force-mostly-open-tech-news-quiz-may-2-2025/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:15:12

• Beyond the First 100 Days: Combating Convicted Felon Administration Secrecy and Abuses of Power ☞ https://americanoversight.org/beyond-the-first-100-days-combating-trump-administration-secrecy-and-abuses-of-power/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:15:41

• Malaysia’s Petronas accused of breaching Sarawak state laws, media says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-petronas-accused-of-breaching-sarawak-state-laws-media-says    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:16:13

• New ‘Climate Superfund’ Laws Face Widening Legal Challenges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/climate/climate-superfund-law-vermont-new-york-lawsuits.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:16:54

• In the rough: Thai tycoon jailed for golf course land fraud ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/in-the-rough-thai-tycoon-jailed-for-golf-course-land-fraud    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:17:31

• Far-Right AfD Is Labeled Extremist by Germany’s Intelligence Agency ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/europe/germany-afd-far-right-extremist.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:18:23

• Slop framed as Hey Hi (AI) + HMI on a Single Connected SOM ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-echocardio-demo-with-ai-enabling-ai-hmi-on-a-single-connected-som    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:19:33

• Voting begins in Australia amid polls shaped by inflation, Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/polls-open-in-australian-vote-swayed-by-inflation-trump    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:19:58

• Australia Election 2025: Voters Focus on Cost-of-Living Concerns Amid Global Turmoil ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/asia/australia-prime-minister-election.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:20:05

• A Food Scientist Explains The Best Way to Peel a Boiled Egg ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-food-scientist-explains-the-best-way-to-peel-a-boiled-egg    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:20:31

• Experimental Drug Tested in Mice Repairs The Eye to Restore Vision ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/experimental-drug-tested-in-mice-repairs-the-eye-to-restore-vision    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:20:38

• After 856 'Snake Bites', Man's Blood Could Unlock Universal Antivenom ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/after-856-snake-bites-mans-blood-could-unlock-universal-antivenom    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:21:14

• Scientists May Have Found a Natural Alternative to Ozempic ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-may-have-found-a-natural-alternative-to-ozempic    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:21:33

• This Adorable Sea Lion Can Keep a Beat Better Than Some Humans ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-adorable-sea-lion-can-keep-a-beat-better-than-some-humans    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:21:55

• Scientists Build First-Ever 'Black Hole Bomb' Analog ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-build-first-ever-black-hole-bomb-analog    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:22:16

• JWST Confirms Coldest Exoplanet Ever Found, Circling Its Dead Star ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-confirms-coldest-exoplanet-ever-found-circling-its-dead-star    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:22:26

• Defunct Soviet Spacecraft Set to Crash to Earth in Fiery End to 53-Year Orbit ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/defunct-soviet-spacecraft-set-to-crash-to-earth-in-fiery-end-to-53-year-orbit    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:22:48

• Landmark Study Finds Semaglutide Effectively Treats Serious Liver Disease ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/landmark-study-finds-semaglutide-effectively-treats-serious-liver-disease    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:24:09

• Why The Insurrectionist Looms Over Australia’s Election ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/asia/australia-election-trump-china.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:26:04

• China Is Considering Trade Talks With U.S., but It Has Conditions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/world/asia/china-us-tariffs-talks.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:26:23

• How the End of a U.S. Tax Loophole Hurts Chinese Companies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000010138010/de-minimis-e-commerce-tax-exemption-explainer.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:26:34

• U.S. and China Dig In on Trade War, With No Plans for Formal Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/us-china-trade-tariffs-talks.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:27:17

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Proposed Slashing $163 Billion in Spending ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/briefing/trump-spending-proposal-china-us-tariffs.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:27:43

• Temu Stops Shipping Products From China to U.S. Customers as Convicted Felon Closes Tariff Loophole ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/us/politics/temu-shipping-china-tariffs.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:27:56

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Tariff on Cheap Chinese Imports Will Cost Big Tech Billions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/business/china-tariffs-temu-shein.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:28:06

• China says it’s open to US trade talks offer but wants tariffs scrapped ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-currently-evaluating-us-offer-of-tariff-talks    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:28:38

• Taiwan to mark World War II end in history narrative battle with China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-to-mark-world-war-ii-end-in-history-narrative-battle-with-china    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:28:53

• How the Philippines could win big amid the US-China trade battle ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/how-the-philippines-could-win-big-amid-the-us-china-trade-battle    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:29:02

• China weighs fentanyl offer to US to start trade talks, WSJ reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/beijing-weighs-fentanyl-offer-to-us-to-start-trade-talks-wsj-reports    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:29:19

• China says US wants trade talks, Beijing open to discussions ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/05/02/us-trade-talks/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:30:24

• Police arrest family of wanted Hong Kong activist, media say ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/05/02/china-hongkong-anna-kwok-family-arrest/    

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

• Hong Kong falls to 140th in press freedom index with historic low score, entering ‘red zone’ for first time ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/02/hong-kong-falls-to-140th-in-press-freedom-index-with-historic-low-score-entering-red-zone-for-first-time/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:31:10

• China/US trade war: heading for a de-escalation? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250502-china-us-trade-war-heading-for-a-de-escalation    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:31:34

• These Chinese companies make you pay a small fee to pretend to have a job ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250502-these-chinese-companies-makes-you-pay-a-small-fee-to-pretend-to-have-a-job    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:32:02

• 'China Targets': New investigation explores how Beijing extends its repression worldwide ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20250502-china-targets-new-investigation-explores-how-beijing-extends-its-repression-worldwide    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:32:27

• "Between independence and survival Economic pressure brings global press freedom to ‘unprecedented’ low in 2025, says Reporters Without Borders" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/05/03/between-independence-and-survival | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:32:48

• TikTok Fined $600 Million for Sending European User Data to China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/business/tiktok-eu-data-china.html    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:34:09

• EU fines Fentanylware (TikTok) 530 million euros over data transfer to China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/02/eu-fines-tiktok-530-million-euros-over-data-transfer-to-china/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:34:22

• Live Nation Earnings Keep Softening Post-COVID—Q1 Revenue Drops 11% Year-Over-Year ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/01/live-nation-earnings-q1-2025/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:35:04

• RSF downgrades global press freedom index to all-time low ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/rsf-moves-downgrades-global-press-freedom-index-to-all-time-loe/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:35:42

• "Most of us have some dream project or three that we’d love to make a reality. We bring it up all the time with friends, muse on it at work, and research it during our downtime. But that’s just talk—and it doesn’t actually get the project done!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/02/supercon-2024-turning-talk-into-action/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:36:47

• "Art Out Of Walnut" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/02/3d-printed-spirograph-makes-art-out-of-walnut/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:37:15

• "Sometimes you find a commercial product that is almost, but not exactly perfect for your needs. Your choices become: hack together a DIY replacement, or hack the commercial product to do what you need." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/02/smart-speaker-gets-brain-surgery-line-out/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:37:45

• "[sprite_tm] had a problem. He needed a clock for the living room, but didn’t want to just buy something off the shelf." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/02/a-neat-e-paper-digit-clock-or-four/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:38:36

• "Mini Nozzle Cam On The Cheap" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/02/prusa-mini-nozzle-cam-on-the-cheap/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:38:45

• "Impedance Matching" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/02/a-gentle-introduction-to-impedance-matching/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 19:38:56

• La web gemini://alex.corcoles.net/2025/05/la-web/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 20:24:53

• "Several of these statistics require date calculations. As a rule of thumb, I want my script to use as few dependencies as possible--and that means I had to implement everything in POSIX shell." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202505/20250503-date-calculations-in-posix-shell.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 20:26:57

• Descansar gemini://m1n.smol.pub/repentance    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 20:27:56

• So many lonely nights gemini://m1n.smol.pub/kygura    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 20:29:24

• "If employees refuse the PEP, “they will be put on a PIP (Performance Improvement Plan),” according to the story." https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/chaudhri-too-many-tech-layoffs-blamed-on-poor-performance    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 21:26:36

• "I chose the job title “coder” as the shortest and most accurate description of what I was doing. I had to confirm that yes I really did want to put a one word title and not a paragraph of frippery. Part of my intent was to mock the ridiculously long job titles used by others but I don’t think anyone realised that." https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/05/03/silly-job-titles/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 21:27:45

• Facebook STILL failing to pay back its HUGE debt, in spite of all the layoffs https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:META/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 21:47:54

• Apple's debt has grown as well. Rich companies should not have to BORROW money. So something is wrong.    

posted Saturday, May 03, 2025 at 22:00:49