Roy Schestowitz

• Kent State 55 Years Later https://www.projectcensored.org/kent-state-truth-telling-censorship/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:50:59

• Working Class Is Severely Underrepresented in State Legislatures https://www.projectcensored.org/working-class-state-legislatures/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:51:32

• Laying the Foundation: Essential Math Skills Missing from Early Education https://www.projectcensored.org/math-skills-missing-from-early-education/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:51:58

• DFG report on May 3: Freedom of the press in Turkey still under heavy attack https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/dfg-report-on-may-3-freedom-of-the-press-in-turkey-still-under-heavy-attack-79171    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:54:15

• Not World Press Freedom Day, but persecution of journalists in Turkey! https://bianet.org/haber/not-world-press-freedom-day-but-persecution-of-journalists-in-turkey-307119    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:54:51

• Turkey: Legal control as a weapon against journalists https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-legal-control-as-a-weapon-against-journalists/a-72409239    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:55:41

• Introduction of Islam Into Education System https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-02/turkish-cypriots-protest-over-what-they-say-is-turkeys-introduction-of-islam-into-education-system    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:55:57

• KDE planning big changes https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=zwlK5CqC3H8    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:57:01

• VSCode is proprietary spyware https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=fz6XJDq8fSI    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:57:34

• Netrunner 25 “Shockworm” Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=DFZB9-naQQA    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:57:48

• KDE Fixes An 18 Year Old Dolphin Bug https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=APt8cMjxTzg    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:58:38

• Ranking Linux Desktop Environments for 2025: a tier list for my use case https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=zElqTXugBc8    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:59:02

• 18 Things You MUST DO After Installing Fedora 42 (Right Now!) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ixa3ezZ9XNY    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:59:35

• Open Source Sponsor Needs Your Help https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=gVzOa1j4OaE    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 04:59:57

• Give Your Linux Terminal A Stunning Makeover https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ffmm80_Cii4    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:00:09

• How to make your apology more effective – new research https://theconversation.com/how-to-make-your-apology-more-effective-new-research-255730    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:00:54

• MagicaVoxel: A 3D Pixel Art App That Still Works on Linux via Wine! https://www.fosslicious.com/2025/05/running-magicavoxel-on-linux.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:02:15

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (18/2025): Mobile Overlord adds Desktop Mode https://linmob.net/weekly-update-18-2025/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:02:37

• Apple's Tim Cook Raises Alarm Over £720m Q2 Tariff Threat https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apples-tim-cook-raises-alarm-over-720m-q2-tariff-threat-1733354    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:05:06

• Windows TCO https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-indicts-black-kingdom-ransomware-admin-for-microsoft-exchange-attacks/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:06:34

• What is behind Mumbai's crackdown on artists' free speech? https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-behind-mumbai-s-crackdown-on-artists-free-speech/a-72419597    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:09:16

• Video: Schoof’s speech disrupted by smoke bomb during Liberation Day in Wageningen https://nltimes.nl/2025/05/05/video-schoofs-speech-disrupted-smoke-bomb-liberation-day-wageningen    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:10:03

• Censorship https://nltimes.nl/2025/05/05/video-pro-palestinian-protesters-disrupt-defense-ministers-speech-wageningen    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:10:26

• Learn Workplace Rights https://www.projectcensored.org/california-students-union-workplace-rights/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:11:42

• Employers Struggle to Meet Demand https://www.projectcensored.org/apprenticeships-employers-struggle-demand/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:12:11

• Meta Undertakes “Sweeping Crackdown” of Facebook and Instagram Posts at Israel’s Request https://www.projectcensored.org/meta-crackdown-israel-request/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:13:35

• notorious deepfake porn site https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mrdeepfakes-porn-website-key-figure-1.7527626    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:14:15

• NASA cuts https://www.dw.com/en/nasa-cuts-esa-in-talks-about-the-full-repercussions/a-72450356    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:15:08

• Dead man's 8-year-old water bill comes back to haunt new property owner, with interest https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/dead-man-s-8-year-old-water-bill-comes-back-to-haunt-new-property-owner-with-interest-1.7523928    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:17:07

• Spring wildfires rage in communities across Western Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/wildfires-manitoba-first-nations-emergency-1.7526601    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:18:38

• 1980s levels https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-beefs-up-measles-defence-cases-rival-1980s-levels-1.7526763    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:19:25

• sexual misconduct class-action lawsuit https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/city-of-leduc-pays-out-9-5m-for-workplace-sexual-misconduct-class-action-lawsuit-1.7527365    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:20:34

• Vancouver crime reporter speaks out about journalist harassment https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-crime-reporter-speaks-out-about-journalist-harassment-1.7527107    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:21:05

• Windows TCO https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/powerschool-ransom-extortion-demands-1.7529277    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:22:26

• Social Security Data https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-05-02/trump-turns-to-us-supreme-court-in-bid-to-allow-doge-to-access-social-security-data    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:31:17

• Arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro's Home https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2025-05-02/consultant-says-security-report-into-arson-at-pennsylvania-gov-shapiros-home-wont-be-made-public    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:31:52

• Long-Held Anti-Union Agenda https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/02/trumps-attempt-to-nix-the-labor-rights-of-thousands-of-federal-workers-on-national-security-grounds-furthers-the-gops-long-held-anti-union-agenda/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:32:27

• Washington Lawyer Sues Cheeto Mussolini Administration Over Revocation of Security Clearance https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-05-05/washington-lawyer-sues-trump-administration-over-revocation-of-security-clearance    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:37:15

• Whistleblower Lawyer Sues US Over Revoked Security Clearance https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-05-05/whistleblower-lawyer-sues-us-over-revoked-security-clearance    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:37:35

• Cheeto Mussolini and MElon Are Trying to Dismantle Social Security From the Inside https://truthout.org/articles/trump-and-musk-are-trying-to-dismantle-social-security-from-the-inside/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:38:27

• A new Raspberry Pi OS release https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-raspberry-pi-os-release/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:39:28

• Plamo 8.2 is out https://plamolinux.org/posts/2025-05-07-plamo-8.2-released/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:40:09

• In English: The Plamo Linux maintainer group has announced the release of Plamo Linux 8.2, the latest release of the Japanese project's distribution that is loosely modeled on Slackware Linux and actively maintained since 2001" https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12444    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:41:44

• Kumander 2.1 is out also https://distrowatch.com/kumander https://www.kumander.org/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:43:52

• ALT 11.0 "Kworkstation" out days ago https://en.altlinux.org/Main_Page    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:44:36

• EXE GNU/LINUX (Devuan GNU/Linux with Trinity Desktop) 20250508 is out https://exegnulinux.net/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:45:12

• Living Holders of Millions of Social Security Numbers Have Been Marked as Dead https://truthout.org/articles/living-holders-of-millions-of-social-security-numbers-have-been-marked-as-dead/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:49:34

• Call for Public Input: Essential Cybersecurity Protections for K-12 Schools (2025-26 SY) https://www.k12six.org/news/call-for-public-input-essential-cybersecurity-protections-for-schools-hwyc2    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:50:08

• On “National Security” Grounds:Most (But Not All) VA Workers Lose Union Bargaining Rights? https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/08/on-national-security-grounds-most-but-not-all-va-workers-lose-union-bargaining-rights/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:51:39

• UK: Legal Aid Agency hit by cyber security incident https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/legal-aid-agency-hit-by-cyber-security-incident/ar-AA1EfpeT    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:52:21

• Public notice for individuals affected by an information security breach in the Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Division of Helsinki https://databreaches.net/2025/05/07/public-notice-for-individuals-affected-by-an-information-security-breach-in-the-social-services-health-care-and-rescue-services-division-of-helsinki/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:53:03

• “SCAM” is a four-letter word: BreachForums edition (1) https://databreaches.net/2025/05/02/scam-is-a-four-letter-word-breachforums-edition/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:55:37

• OK: Cyberattack shuts down Bartlesville School network, state testing postponed https://www.examiner-enterprise.com/story/news/2025/05/01/bartlesville-schools-cyberattack-testing-canceled/83393057007/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:56:31

• Gov’t orders SKT to notify individual users whose data may have been breached https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-05-02/national/socialAffairs/Govt-orders-SKT-to-notify-individual-users-whose-data-may-have-been-breached-/2298944    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:56:59

• Saskatoon children’s hospital nurse unlawfully snooped on records of 314 patients: privacy report https://ca.news.yahoo.com/saskatoon-childrens-hospital-nurse-unlawfully-192013606.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 05:58:45

• Qilin announces attack on Cobb County, Georgia https://databreaches.net/2025/05/03/qilin-announces-attack-on-cobb-county-georgia/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:01:33

• Hacker hired Telangana man to courier threats to Star Health Insurance MD https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2025/May/03/hacker-hired-telangana-man-to-courier-threats-to-star-health-insurance-md    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:02:05

• Dating app Raw exposed users’ location data and personal information https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/dating-app-raw-exposed-users-location-data-personal-information/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:13:07

• Co-op hackers boast of ‘stealing 20 million customers’ data’ – as retailer admits impacts of ‘significant’ attack https://www.lbc.co.uk/business/co-op-hackers-boast-stealing-20million-customers-data-admits-impacts-attack/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:13:42

• Acadian Ambulance Seeks Dismissal of Data Breach Lawsuit https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/courts/acadian-ambulance-moves-to-dismiss-data-breach-class-action-lawsuit/article_bf37c41d-e98b-40d8-9fea-35796317f882.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:14:21

• Patients left in the dark almost a year after criminals leaked sensitive medical data from Synnovis https://therecord.media/synnovis-health-data-breach-investigation-onging    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:14:57

• Santa Clarita Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Hacking Disney Employee’s Computer, Downloading Confidential Data from Company https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/santa-clarita-man-agrees-plead-guilty-hacking-disney-employees-computer-downloading    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:19:47

• Data Breach at Fowler Elementary School District: The Interlock Ransomware Group’s Attack https://www.suspectfile.com/data-breach-at-fowler-elementary-school-district-the-interlock-ransomware-groups-attack/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:20:23

• Negotiations with the Akira ransomware group: an ill-advised approach https://www.security-chu.com/2025/05/entidades-negociando-con-el-grupo-akira-ransomware.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:20:55

• Windows TCO: IT warning after 160-year-old firm goes into administration following a ransomware attack https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvren4je77o    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:21:33

• GlobalX, Airline for Trump’s Deportations, Hacked https://www.404media.co/email/fe8ce8ec-6dad-464a-8022-84e93b909397/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:22:12

• California man pleads guilty to wire fraud for $1 million fraud scheme to steal from his employer https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/california-man-pleads-guilty-wire-fraud-1-million-fraud-scheme    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:23:45

• Alleged Nomad Bridge Hacker Arrested and Faces US Extradition https://moneycheck.com/alleged-nomad-bridge-hacker-arrested-and-faces-us-extradition/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:24:15

• Windows TCO https://databreaches.net/2025/05/07/powerschool-paid-a-hackers-extortion-demand-but-now-school-district-clients-are-being-extorted-anyway/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:25:33

• Europol: DDoS-for-hire empire brought down: Poland arrests 4 administrators, US seizes 9 domains https://databreaches.net/2025/05/07/europol-ddos-for-hire-empire-brought-down-poland-arrests-4-administrators-us-seizes-9-domains/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:26:06

• Cyberattack puts healthcare on hold for hundreds in St. Louis metro https://www.firstalert4.com/2025/05/07/cyberattack-puts-healthcare-hold-hundreds-st-louis-metro/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:26:50

• Nova Scotia Power hit by cyberattack, critical infrastructure targeted, no outages reported https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/canada/nova-scotia-power-hit-by-cyberattack-critical-infrastructure-targeted-no-outages-reported/articleshow/120994531.cms    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:27:36

• Massive price increases, layoffs in the video game industry as trade war escalates https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/05/12/prdc-m12.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:28:21

• Georgia hospital defeats data-tracking lawsuit https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cybersecurity/georgia-hospital-defeats-data-tracking-lawsuit/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:30:46

• Windows TCO: 60K BTC Wallets Tied to LockBit Ransomware Gang Leaked https://databreaches.net/2025/05/08/60k-btc-wallets-tied-to-lockbit-ransomware-gang-leaked/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:31:24

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-12.gmi    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:40:19

• Patterns gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/05/12/patterns.gmi    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:41:19

• "Speak up. Stand up. Get your hands dirty." gemini://dj-chase.com/documents/rathenau.gmi    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:42:19

• "We’re spending a few days in Croatia. We took the plane to Zagreb, got a rental car and drove west to Istria. Our first station is Novigrad. The reputation for fabulous sunsets is well deserved." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-05-11-novigrad    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:42:49

• "Your living space says a lot about who you are. Writing this at my dining room table and looking over at my kitchen, I hope it says that I'm messy but practical. A block of decent knives." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/5-11.gmi    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:43:26

• All About Lily Chou-Chou gemini://inoro.smol.pub/all-about-lily-chou-chou    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:44:15

• not a garden blog 7: asparagus feels like cheating; the weeds fight back gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-05-11    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:45:20

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1642.jpg    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:49:48

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1292.jpg    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:49:54

• Still active and doing well: https://analognowhere.com/_/archive/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 06:55:36

• "He championed bold moves, like the firing of many American workers and replacing them with cheap Indian labor" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv0pew3k    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 07:02:42

• "There is nothing new in the article. IBM is being dismembered. There is very little value in IBM technology. Aside from Z/P series and Storage, everything else is garbage." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv0tqdb8    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 07:04:55

• "Exactly what I am thinking talking about, IBMs revenues up 1 percent is nothing - a rounding error for most technology companies. Wake up investors and creditors." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv0tqdb8    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 07:05:12

• IBM Is America's Worst Tech Company https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/05/10/ibm-is-americas-worst-tech-company/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 07:06:59

• So the microsoft plane (a slapp plane) is breaking apart; pieces falling off the sky. Soon this plane will crash. http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_and_Matthew_J_Garrett_Join_Forces_.shtml    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 08:43:41

• "Jackie Chan Says CGI Stunts Make Audiences 'Numb' to the Danger" https://variety.com/2025/film/news/jackie-chan-cgi-stunts-audience-numb-danger-1236393732/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:24:07

• Another crime: "Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/us/politics/trump-qatar-jet-gift-air-force-one.html https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/emoluments_clause    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:24:39

• "Causes, Benefits and Costs of International Trade" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/causes-benefits-and-costs-of-international    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:25:12

• "MAGA artist releases song praising Hitler…like this week…for real" https://birchtree.me/blog/maga-artist-releases-song-praising-hitler-like-this-week-for-real/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:25:43

• "Bots" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/05/bots/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:26:06

• "Terror attacks continue in northern Mozambique - defenceWeb" https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/terror-attacks-continue-in-northern-mozambique/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:26:20

• "Trump Travels to the Middle East" https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2025/05/trump-travels-middle-east/682765/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:30:46

• "The Luigi Mangione Musical Featuring 'Diddy' and 'R. Kelly' Is Real And It's Sold Out: What We Know So Far" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/luigi-mangione-musical-featuring-diddy-r-kelly-real-its-sold-out-what-we-know-so-far-1733612    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:34:18

• "Pope Leo XIV names AI one of the reasons for his papal name | The Verge" https://www.theverge.com/news/664719/pope-leo-xiv-artificial-intelligence-concerns    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:34:29

• "50 Years of Portuguese Democracy - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/50-years-of-portuguese-democracy    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:34:41

• "Vote Wisely | Kushaiah Felisilda" https://krabf.com/vote-wisely/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:34:56

• "Stephen Miller Threatens to Suspend Habeas Corpus because He Got Caught Lying" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/05/10/stephen-miller-threatens-to-suspend-habeas-corpus-because-he-got-caught-lying/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:35:09

• "Curl Project Founder Snaps over Deluge of Time-Sucking AI Slop Bug Reports" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/05/10/0031230    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 09:35:24

• "So let me get this straight: if an artist makes a song sharing only a similar vibe with another one" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-ai-training-case/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:00:23

• "The major Hollywood studios are unshakeable when it comes to the damage caused by pre-release piracy, let alone when a leaked movie appears online in unusually high quality." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/the-substance-pre-release-piracy-made-people-more-eager-to-visit-the-cinema-250510/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:00:36

• "Soundcloud added this new wording on 12 February 2024. It just escaped notice until now — because Soundcloud didn’t tell anyone." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/11/soundcloud-claims-the-right-to-train-ai-on-your-uploaded-music-but-swears-it-hasnt-yet-honest/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:00:50

• "Perlmutter took her position back in 2020 during the first Trump administration, and was appointed by Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. Hayden was also fired by Trump this week." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/11/trump-fires-us-copyright-office-director/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:04:33

• "The big picture: Politico first reported that Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/trump-administration-fires-top-us-copyright-official | Source: Axios    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:05:01

• "Fortnite was booted from iPhones and Apple's App Store in 2020, after Epic Games updated its software to link out to the company's website and avoid Apple's commissions." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/09/fortnite-apple-app-store-epic-games.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:07:16

• "Here's what's in the cards. First, Google may end up selling Chrome. Chrome is worth serious money. It's easily the most popular web browser." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/opinion_column_google_chrome_potential_divestiture/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:07:26

• "SiriusXM is a special case, however, because the “regular” price is more than 5x the promotional price, as we see above." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/05/10/how-to-make-customers-hate-you-2/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:07:48

• "habeas corpus" ☛ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-miller-says-trump-administration-actively-looking-at-suspending-habeas-corpus-to-deport-migrants/ | Source: CBS    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:08:58

• "a fresh assessment of the burdens that forcing compliance by this date would impose" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/664730/ftc-delay-click-to-cancel-rule | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:09:39

• "Since Radio Free Asia’s inception, it has reported epochal moments in the history of modern Tibet" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/05/09/tibetan-tibet-rfa-highlights/ | Source: RFA    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:10:00

• "The study—the largest of its kind—focuses on Colombia, Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam, and reveals how stigma, harassment, digital exclusion and fear are creating major barriers to accessing essential health information and support online for some of society's most marginalized groups." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-05-marginalized-young-adults-middle-income.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:15:09

• "The former head of 538, shuttered last year by ABC News" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/05/11/2025/538s-former-top-numbers-guy-to-launch-data-journalism-site | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:15:52

• "The Corporation for Public Broadcasting allocates funding to National Public Radio, or NPR, and the Public Broadcasting Service, or PBS, as well as more than 1,500 local radio and television stations throughout the country." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/05/11/repub/trump-again-tries-to-defund-npr-and-pbs-sparking-a-new-congressional-battle/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:16:12

• "Orlova, a reporter for independent outlet SOTAvision, was arrested Tuesday near Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/cpj-urges-release-of-journalist-veronika-orlova-as-russia-intensifies-crackdown-on-dissent/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:16:37

• "Texas is currently one of 35 states with robust legal protections against SLAPP suits. New Texas resident Elon Musk is banding together with entrenched fossil fuel interests in a campaign to roll these protections back." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/05/texas-slapp-suits-musk-bush/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:17:13

• "The statement followed the arrest of freelance journalist Hilal Mir on Monday after Indian police claimed Mir was “spreading anti-national content” by criticizing the government’s policies on the Indian-administered region of Kashmir." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/india-censorship-spurs-concerns-amid-military-tensions-with-pakistan/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:17:30

• "In late December 2024, Branch Three of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Karaj sentenced Piri to one year in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state”, with the additional penalty of a two-year ban on online activity." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/kurdish-journalist-sent-to-karaj-prison-to-serve-one-year-sentence-79273 | Source: ANF News    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:18:00

• note first comment: https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/the-rusty-future-of-ubuntu:5    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:18:57

• "Rust does not improve the distro's security in and of itself. What it does is introduce political control by malicious, outside interests. Rust provides little aside from memory protection and modern C coding practice obviates that. What you do get with Rust is a weaponized CoC to aim at dissenters and a means to displace the senior team members and founders. Furthermore, new code generally means new bugs, and lot s of them."    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:19:02

• "Good point about the granular permissions though. Ubuntu has the most egregious misconfiguration of sudo. With the way Ubuntu abuses its sudo misconfiguration, you'd be much better off with su. However, OpenBSD's doas is much better in that wildcards are not allowed and thus the messed up approach which Canonical takes to misuse sudo cannot happen. Don't get me started on that backdoor hidden as pkexec ..."    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:19:31

• "It's a tool of control, just like the Code of Conduct."    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:20:18

• "The only reason Canonical is doing this is because Rust and uutils are based on MIT licensing and Canonical wants to pull a Red Hat (June 2023) by making their distribution closed and catered to paying clients. They've made it loud and clear, they hate regular users and do not want them." https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/the-rusty-future-of-ubuntu:5    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:21:30

• "If Mozilla just added usage terms and conditions to Firefox ... Do you think Rust would have the same in the coming decade or beyond? My guess is: absolutely Yes."    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:22:48

• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 11th, 2025 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-may-11th-2025    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:25:32

• Flatpak 1.16.1 GNU/Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings More Enhancements ☞ https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-1-linux-app-sandboxing-framework-brings-more-enhancements    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:26:07

• rust people smell blood and go for the kill    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 10:26:51

• "Shopify’s mass graveyard of shuttered projects includes a stock photography website and an app to sell limited-edition streetwear that restricts bots from buying up the stock." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/the-death-of-shopifys-start-up-dream-one-layoff-at-a-time/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:09:18

• [Old] "An expert who monitors political influencers says Microsoft and its employees have been big spenders on the political scene" ☛ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-lobbying-efforts-eclipse-enron/ | Source: ZDNet    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:09:45

• "This release is a special milestone, as with it we are ready to launch our operation in Switzerland." ☛ https://www.taler.net/en/news/2025-01.html | Source: GNU Taler    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:12:41

• "ASUS laptops generally have a feature that lets the user toggle the fan speed. Fn-F5 on some models, Fn-F on others" ☛ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/fan-service | Source: Ted Unangst    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:13:24

• "WIRED also shed light this week on a recent CBP memo that rescinded a number of internal policies designed to protect vulnerable people—including pregnant women" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ices-deportation-airline-hack-reveals-man-disappeared-to-el-salvador/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:15:11

• "Many of the systems targeted in the proposal were not expected to be fully replaced until the 2030s or later under historical FAA funding levels." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/transportation_secretary_air_traffic_upgrade/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:16:15

• "This is a likely starting point for even better support of these features and make OpenBSD life on various devices significantly more pleasant." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250511124600 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:16:39

• "The municipal council of The Hague has unanimously called on the Dutch cabinet to make public transportation free during the NATO summit at the end of June." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2025/05/12/hague-demands-free-transit-residents-nato-summit | Source: NL Times    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:17:07

• "During his long tenure, Livermore and the strength of this organization accomplished a few notable things, including: [...]" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51306676/conservation-doesnt-have-to-be-controversial--just-ask-this-man | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:17:44

• "What is attributable to a lapse of security hygiene, however, are the four infostealer logs that link to Schutt." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/doge_cyber_experts_creds_found/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:20:16

• "Three main items should be on the agenda." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/by-focusing-on-water-extremism-and-trade-india-and-pakistan-can-turn-this-cease-fire-into-an-enduring-peace/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:21:15

• "The roots of the fertility crisis engage the bread-and-butter issues that have long been the domain of Democrats." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mothers-day-family-policies/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:21:28

• "He also pointed out that Hyperco is no longer Western-owned, with its ownership now based in Dubai." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20161080 | Source: YLE    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:38:51

• "The lab, set up at the 173rd’s base in Caserma Del Din, Italy, is operated by soldiers from the brigade and the 414th Contracting Support Brigade" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/173rd-airborne-fpv-drone-lab/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:39:13

• "The commission argues that this practice undermines EU efforts to deter migrant smuggling and violates both Council Directive 2002/90/EC and Council Framework Decision 2002/946/JHA." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/european-commission-takes-hungary-to-eu-court-for-violating-laws-on-migrant-smuggling/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:39:24

• "In short, it's the difference between sending treasure hunters to find and collect individual coins that have been scattered across an ocean, or sending them after one big pot of gold. Which one would you rather track down?" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/doge-elon-musk-data-hackers | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:39:42

• "The Irish Data Protection Commission has today announced its final decision following an Inquiry into TikTok Technology Limited (“TikTok”)." ☛ https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/latest-news/irish-data-protection-commission-fines-tiktok-eu530-million-and-orders-corrective-measures-following | Source: Data Protection Commission Ireland    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:41:58

• "As smart home technology, connected devices, and online platforms continue to evolve, we must think beyond just technical security." ☛ https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2025/05/11/human-harms-threat-modelling-social-harms-against-technical-systems/ | Source: Light Blue Touchpaper    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:42:13

• "I continue to take care of my Home Assistant. This week, I replaced my original setup with Cloudflare Tunnel." ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/home-assistant/6/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:42:27

• Windows TCO: "We should not be talking about ransomware in 2025 — and that fault falls on everyone: the vendors..." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/11/cpu_ransomware_rapid7/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:53:06

• "It’s not a product, not a single platform" ☛ https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied/ | Source: Westenberg    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:54:25

• "Schools are also warning that damage to school property can result in disciplinary action and, in some states" ☛ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/tiktok-trend-sees-kids-setting-chromebooks-on-fire-at-least-one-kid-hospitalized/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:54:34

• "intentionally stuck scissors" ☛ https://www.wfsb.com/2025/05/08/plainville-student-hospitalized-smoke-inhalation-following-suspected-chromebook-challenge/ |    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:54:49

• "There have been multiple reports of students trying the challenge" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/chromebooks/a-new-tiktok-challenge-has-kids-attempting-to-short-circuit-school-issued-chromebooks | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:54:59

• "A persistent malvertising campaign is plaguing Facebook" ☛ https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-research/weaponizing-facebook-ads-inside-the-multi-stage-malware-campaign-exploiting-cryptocurrency-brands.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 12:55:14

• "I think enough has already been written on the subject of fighting against rogue bots (today mostly for LLM scraping) that are ruining the web" ☛ https://notes.volution.ro/v1/2025/05/remarks/3770e0c4/ | Source: Ciprian Dorin Craciun    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:17:14

• "Yet the meaning of “democratic AI” is elusive." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2025/0510/ai-democracy-us-china | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:22:49

• "You are welcome to use AI." ☛ https://futurism.com/teachers-ai-grade-students | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:23:09

• "Toward the end of his pontificate, Francis became increasingly vocal about the threats to humanity posed by AI and called for an international treaty to regulate it." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/pope-leo-xiv-lays-out-his-vision-of-papacy-identifies-ai-as-a-main-challenge-for-humanity/articleshow/121057650.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:26:58

• "It's an old model for SEO scammery: snatch up a trustworthy domain when it expires, and use it to farm low-quality SEO-targeted content meant to cash in on lucrative display ads." ☛ https://futurism.com/emerson-college-student-radio-zombie-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:27:07

• "This is a hands-on introduction to Scientific Machine Learning that does not assume a background in machine learning." ☛ https://www.juliabloggers.com/a-hands-on-introduction-to-applied-scientific-machine-learning-physics-informed-learning/ |    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:27:19

• "I wondered how that person felt after we hung up. From their perspective they called me (a human) and instead got a robotic answer stalling the call asking why they were calling" ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2025/05/12/ais-talking-for-us/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:27:31

• "Why can’t large language models come up with new ideas? Human polymaths routinely come up with interesting new ideas by combining insights from different areas." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/why-cant-ais-have-new-ideas/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:27:41

• "remove her clothes" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/social-media/remove-her-clothes-groks-latest-ai-fiasco-illustrates-one-of-the-key-dangers-of-an-autonomous-ai | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:27:56

• "Reading about sycophantic AI, I’ve been struck by how it mirrors another problem. As I’ve written previously, social media was imagined to be a vehicle for expanding our minds" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/sycophantic-ai/682743/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:28:07

• "AI models want approval from users, and sometimes, the best way to get a good rating is to lie" ☛ https://futurism.com/sycophancy-chatbots-ai-problem | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 13:28:23

• "Turns out they closed lessons and the retail shop in March and moved to a repair only space. They only wrote about this on Instagram and Facebook, and made no note of this on their own website" ☛ https://json.blog/2025/05/10/facebook-and-instagram-are-not.html | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:07:39

• "If you also have a device with 64GB of storage and have been struggling with constant low storage alerts, I’m here to help. Here’s how I made my devices usable again without having to buy a new one." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2774952/64gb-iphone-storage-crashes-icloud-photos-imessage-apps.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:07:51

• "Version 2.5 replaces that pattern with a single, persistent HTTP connection. Now, when a user presses “Connect” in the web dashboard, the server broadcasts a wake-up event to the board, initiating the handshake on demand instead of on a schedule." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/raspberry-pi-connect-goes-stable/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:08:20

• "TheMoon does not require a password to infect routers; it scans for open ports and sends a command to a vulnerable script" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/10/router_botnet_crashed/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:14:34

• "Silicosis is typically caused by years of breathing in silica dust at work, and can worsen even after work exposures stop." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/doge-silicosis-prevention/682745/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:15:06

• "Such funding cuts have been a blow to many African countries." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/how-hard-are-usaid-cuts-hitting-africas-healthcare/a-72464620 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:15:15

• "A line on the ground separates the Canadian town of Stanstead and the American town of Derby Line. A library stands right on top, but it had never been a problem. Until Trump returned to power, that is" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-11/the-library-with-one-door-in-canada-and-the-other-one-now-closing-in-the-us.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:15:48

• [Old] "All Things Distributed: Why doesn't Academia understand Industrial Work?" ☛ https://web.archive.org/web/20081006150917/https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/historical/archives/000482.html | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:16:11

• "Genealogists were quick to take their research online. The early days of the genealogical web were based around usenet and mailing lists, and the ability to trade information and lookups in local records and graveyards made research easier." ☛ https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2025/05/10/a-matter-of-fact/ | Source: Rachel Andrew    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:16:41

• "For those unfamiliar with the NSF's role, the org does not conduct its own research but serves as a federal funding body" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/nsf_axes_37_division/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:17:02

• "It's like a reversal of the Brain Drain that Britain suffered from the 1960s onwards, where talented and highly educated UK nationals headed west in search of higher pay and better prospects in America." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/uk_draws_us_scientists/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:17:20

• "A series of studies published in Science in February 2025 provides the best evidence yet that birds and mammals did not inherit the neural pathways that generate intelligence from a common ancestor" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/intelligence-evolved-at-least-twice-in-vertebrate-animals/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:17:35

• "Which is how I found myself checking the mail on a Sunday afternoon." ☛ https://devondundee.com/blog/no-post-on-sundays | Source: Devon Dundee    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:17:58

• "I write regularly because it’s how my brain works, and I enjoy it. But I don’t consider it a virtue. It’s why I do worry a bit with those “blog daily” challenges." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/prolific-blogging-or-not/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:18:08

• "wooden shipping crate" ☛ https://www.sevarg.net/2025/05/11/the-baptist-box/ | Source: Russell Graves    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:18:30

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

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:23:10

• "This is a new post in my series about the 5G NR RAN. As in previous posts, I am analyzing a short recording of the downlink of an srsRAN gNB." ☛ https://destevez.net/2025/05/5g-nr-pdcch/ | Source: Daniel Estévez    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:53:45

• "Recently I said something vaguely grumpy about the venerable Unix 'join' tool." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/JoinUsingToSupplementData | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:54:23

• "You are given an array of integers." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/count-difference.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:55:20

• "There are trillions upon trillions of numbers in the world." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-dismantling-of-noaa-threatens-the-keeling-curve/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:56:17

• "Will AI help you in your career? No. Not if anyone finds out, anyway." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/10/your-coworkers-hate-you-for-using-ai-at-work/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:56:30

• "On the surface it was stuff like, I’m comfortable in the terminal, he was not. And I don’t freak out when I get a huge error." ☛ https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/05/10/ai-code-updated | Source: Tim Kellogg    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:56:41

• "In short, I think Snobol is fascinating. The singular focus on pattern matching kind of reminds me of Awk." ☛ https://ratfactor.com/snobol/ | Source: Dave Gauer    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:56:57

• "There are approximately one million books about learning software engineering skills and approximately zero books about software engineering character." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/character-in-software-engineering/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:57:16

• "Finally, if you would want to write this command as a one-liner without a file containing the source code for the Transpose Python function, you can to this with nested list comprehensions, but it's less readable: [...]" ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31912 | Source: SANS    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 14:59:33

• "In this post, I will showcase how to use the new_scale_color() function to add two different color scales in a ggplot figure." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/r-use-new_scale_xxx-function-to-add-the-same-scale-type-in-different-ggplot-layers/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:00:26

• "The first scale will be for a discrete variable (e.g., number of cylinders), and the second scale will be for a continuous variable (e.g., density level)." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/r-use-new_scale_xxx-function-to-add-the-same-scale-type-in-different-ggplot-layers/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:00:31

• "in coordination with whom?" ☛ https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/responsible-disclosure.html | Source: David Buchanan    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:01:16

• "USENIX made the decision this week to discontinue its flagship Annual Technical Conference. When USENIX was started in 1975" ☛ https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/05/11/rip-usenix-atc/ | Source: Bryan Cantrill    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:02:23

• "One thing I've seen repeatedly is that companies that sell SaaS or SaaS like things" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/UniversityTypicalPricingTooHigh | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:03:01

• "I wrote a Python script, triggers.py, to help me understand what data is available to SQLite triggers for which operations." ☛ https://til.simonwillison.net/sqlite/sqlite-triggers | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:03:11

• "This update now includes an Alpha Strobe video filter, which allows editors to blitz through transparency masks visually strikingly." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/shotcut-25-05-video-editor-rolls-out-with-alpha-strobe-filter/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:03:40

• "While digging through the code of the latest Google Play services beta (v25.19.31)" ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/google-may-auto-convert-passwords-to-passkeys-on-android/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:04:51

• Passkeys Are Vendor Lock-in and Imperialism, Not Security, So Escape Them Before They Latch Onto Your Workflows http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/02/Passkeys_Are_Vendor_Lock_in_and_Imperialism_Not_Security_So_Esc.shtml    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:06:35

• GNU Guix: Migrating to Codeberg ☞ https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2025/migrating-to-codeberg//    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:07:53

• KDE Plasma 6.3.5 Update Available to Kubuntu Users ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/kde-plasma-6-3-5-upgrade-ubuntu-25-04    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:08:49

• Configure Hidden Options for Built-in Break Reminders in GNOME 48+ ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/configure-hidden-options-for-built-in-break-reminders-in-gnome-48/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:10:32

• Prolific blogging (or not?) ☞ https://rubenerd.com/prolific-blogging-or-not/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:13:12

• Israel urges evacuation of Yemen ports after strikes target Houthi strongholds ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250511-israel-urges-evacuation-of-yemen-ports-after-strikes-target-houthi-strongholds    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:14:43

• Sergio Durigan Junior: Debian Bug Squashing Party Brazil 2025 ☞ https://blog.sergiodj.net/posts/debian-bsp-brazil-2025/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:16:13

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

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:20:29

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

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:20:44

• Rmdir Command on GNU/Linux with Examples ☞ https://idroot.us/rmdir-command-linux/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:21:51

• How to upgrade Ubuntu 24.04 to Ubuntu 25.04 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-24-04-to-ubuntu-25-04/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:22:25

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

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:22:50

• How To Install OpenConnect VPN on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openconnect-vpn-fedora-42/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:24:00

• How To Enable TCP BBR on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/enable-tcp-bbr-opensuse/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:24:16

• How To Install Swift Programming Language on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-swift-programming-linux-mint-22/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:27:42

• How To Install Kitty Terminal Emulator on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kitty-terminal-emulator-fedora-42/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:28:05

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

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:28:43

• Learn 15 Print-in-Place Mechanisms In 15 Minutes ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/11/learn-15-print-in-place-mechanisms-in-15-minutes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:30:06

• New findmnt utility from util-linux ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202505/new-findmnt-utility-from-util-linux.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:30:43

• Your Fridge May Be an Incubator For Bacteria – Here's How to Prevent It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-fridge-may-be-an-incubator-for-bacteria-heres-how-to-prevent-it    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:32:21

• "You might've heard that Linux can look like practically anything you want, but how customizable is it really? Can you easily tweak your Linux distro's look and feel as you desire, or does it require extensive terminal tinkering? Well, here are the five Linux distros to show you just what's possible!" https://www.howtogeek.com/these-distros-show-how-customizable-linux-really-is/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:34:29

• "While other desktop environments like XFCE and Cinnamon exist, GNOME and KDE are still the most popular options. Plenty of Linux users prefer KDE, but GNOME simply feels like home to me." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-prefer-gnome-for-my-linux-desktop/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:34:56

• "For a bit, let's diverge from the tiny VM topic (I promise I have something to return to that topic with in the next post) and talk about another piece of nice hardware." gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-05-12-hps-sole-survivor.txtgopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-05-12-hps-sole-survivor.txt    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:37:57

• "I believe good intentions IOR good results is okay. I’m calling it iorist ethics. Ior for the logical gate of inclusive or, and, it’s an initialism for intentions or results." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/iorist    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:38:42

• "When Swedish people talk about their currency SEK in English, informally and causally they are more likely to call it crowns as I grew up doing than “krona” which I see native anglophones do." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/crowns    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:39:26

• 🔤SpellBinding: EHLMYTN Wordo: FLUNG gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-12.gmi    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:45:09

• "Toute l’infrastructure gigantesque d’Internet, tous ces milliers de câbles sous-marins, ces milliards de serveurs clignotants ne servent aux humains qu’à échanger des séries de bits." gemini://ploum.net/2025-05-12-pour-une-poignee-de-bits.gmi    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:45:43

• ThinkNode M2 ESP32-S3-based Meshtastic handset features 1.3-inch OLED display, 1,000 mAh battery ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/11/thinknode-m2-esp32-s3-meshtastic-handset-features-1-3-inch-oled-display-1000-mah-battery/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:47:25

• "I had to use a USB Ethernet adapter, since there are very few drivers for Windows on Arm Video output would freeze when I tried using my JetKVM for remote control (this didn't happen under Linux)" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/radxa-orion-o6-brings-arm-midrange-pc | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:49:42

• "In 1985, Intel introduced the groundbreaking 386 processor, the first 32-bit processor in the x86 architecture." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2025/05/386-prefetch-circuitry-reverse-engineered.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:49:51

• "A notable highlight is Debian’s enthusiastic participation in the “End of 10” campaign—a public awareness initiative aimed at encouraging users to migrate away from Windows 10, which is officially reaching end-of-life on October 14, 2025, to Linux." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/debian-calls-for-broader-action-on-dormant-packages/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:53:05

• "Tille expressed the project’s solidarity with the initiative, emphasizing Debian’s alignment with promoting Free Software and safeguarding user freedoms. Just a few days ago, another major distribution—openSUSE—also voiced its support for the campaign in a blog post titled “Upgrade to Freedom Campaign Shifts to End of 10.”"    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:53:14

• "DragonFly 6.4.2 released – DragonFly BSD Digest" ☛ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/05/10/dragonfly-6-4-2-released/ | Source: DragonFly BSD Digest    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:54:14

• "Atomic distributions, ones where system updates are applied as whole images to prevent the system being left in an unknown state" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250512 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 15:54:51

• "The Taliban outlawed chess in Afghanistan on Sunday citing concerns that it may promote gambling in the nation, asserting it to violate their interpretation of the Islamic law, as reported by Khaama Press." ☛ https://www.outlookindia.com/international/taliban-outlaws-chess-in-afghanistan-citing-religious-concerns | Source: Outlook Publishing India Pvy Ltd    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:04:18

• "The Taliban government has suspended the game of chess across Afghanistan, citing its potential association with gambling" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250511-taliban-suspends-chess-afghanistan-cites-religious-concerns-gambling | Source: France24    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:04:27

• "Since returning to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban rulers have imposed a series of restrictions on sports and other cultural events." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghan-chess-suspended-taliban-rights-sports/33410775.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:04:37

• "One thing that my recent experience expanding our WireGuard mesh network has driven home to me is how (and why) WireGuard needs a provisioning system, especially if you're using it as a mesh networking system." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/WireGuardProvisioningChallengeII | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:06:43

• "Previously, when my PC woke up from suspend-to-RAM, there were two scenarios: [...]" ☛ https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2025-05-10-grobi-x11-monitor-autoconfig/ | Source: Michael Stapelberg    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:07:17

• "There are several similar use cases, each of which could require (or benefit from) group management." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/linux-group-management-from-the-command-line/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:07:35

• "I wanted my blog to automagically update whenever I make a git push." ☛ https://akselmo.dev/posts/forgejo-webhook-to-update-my-blog/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:07:47

• Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/health/zepbound-wegovy-weight-loss-drugs.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:08:54

• Latvian Medical Association head Aizsilniece passes away ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/12.05.2025-latvian-medical-association-head-aizsilniece-passes-away.a598573/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:09:04

• Zelenskyy Says Ready To Meet Putin In Turkey, But Insists On May 12 Cease-Fire ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-putin-erdogan-turkey-russia-ukraine-trump-ceasefire/33410776.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:09:37

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Urges Ukraine To Negotiate With Putin 'Now,' Ignoring Kyiv's Cease-Fire Demand ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-ukraine-peace-talks-istanbul-ceasefire/33410606.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:09:51

• Zelensky Demands Cease-Fire in Response to Putin’s Call for Direct Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/world/europe/ukraine-russia-ceasefire-talks-putin-zelensky.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:10:02

• Zelensky challenges Putin to meet 'in person' for peace talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250512-zelensky-challenges-putin-to-meet-in-person-for-peace-talks    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:12:15

• "even if Putin rejects ceasefire" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/12/zelensky-to-visit-istanbul-for-talks-even-if-putin-rejects-ceasefire-axios | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:12:30

• Erdogan says efforts to end Ukraine war at 'turning point' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250511-erdogan-says-efforts-to-end-ukraine-war-at-turning-point    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:12:54

• Zelensky welcomes Russian overtures, but says ceasefire must come before peace talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250511-ukrainian-president-welcomes-russian-overtures-but-says-ceasefire-must-come-before-peace-talks    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:13:09

• Rights group urges Vietnam to release activist amid escalating crackdown on dissent ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/rights-group-urges-vietnam-to-release-activist-amid-escalating-crackdown-on-dissent/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:13:27

• "Russia ignores calls for May 12 ceasefire" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/12/russia-ignores-calls-for-may-12-ceasefire-launches-over-100-drones-at-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:13:46

• "New Russian bill would allow government to seize property of citizens abroad charged with misdemeanor offenses" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/12/new-russian-bill-would-allow-government-to-seize-property-of-citizens-abroad-charged-with-misdemeanor-offenses | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:14:12

• Zelensky says ‘will be waiting’ to meet Putin for talks in Turkey ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250511-live-war-ukraine-historic-turning-point-erdogan-macron    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:14:58

• Turkey ready to host Russia-Ukraine peace talks, Erdogan tells Putin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250511-turkey-ready-to-host-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-erdogan-tells-putin    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:16:19

• War in Ukraine: Vladimir Putin proposes direct talks in Istanbul ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250511-putin-proposes-direct-talks-in-istanbul    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:16:29

• air traffic control ☞ https://computer.rip/2025-05-11-air-traffic-control.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:17:06

• Self-Hosted Location Tracking | LINUX Unplugged 614 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/614/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:17:44

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Fires Director of US Copyright Office Following Hey Hi (AI) Training Report ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/11/trump-fires-us-copyright-office-director/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:20:07

• Flatpak 1.16.1 Arrives with Parental Control Enhancements ☞ https://linuxiac.com/flatpak-1-16-1-arrives-with-parental-control-enhancements/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:22:18

• Kitty 0.42 Launches With Quick-Access Terminal ☞ https://linuxiac.com/kitty-0-42-launches-with-quick-access-terminal/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:22:27

• Raspberry Pi Connect Goes Stable ☞ https://linuxiac.com/raspberry-pi-connect-goes-stable/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:22:34

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 19 (May 5 – 11, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-19-may-5-11-2025/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:22:43

• Shotcut 25.05 Video Editor Adds Powerful Editing Tools ☞ https://linuxiac.com/shotcut-25-05-video-editor-rolls-out-with-alpha-strobe-filter/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:22:56

• Kevin Fenzi: First full week of May infra bits 2025 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/05/10/first-full-week-of-may-infra-bits-2025/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:23:39

• Remi Collet: ⚙️ PHP version 8.3.21 and 8.4.7 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/05/09/PHP-version-8.3.21-and-8.4.7    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:24:43

• South Korea’s Two Presidential Candidates Have Been Chosen For June Election ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/world/asia/south-korea-presidential-election-candidates.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:25:29

• South Korea's presidential campaigns kick off, focus on ailing economy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-presidential-campaigns-kick-off-focus-on-ailing-economy    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:25:42

• Election campaigning kicks off in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/election-campaigning-kicks-off-in-south-korea    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:25:54

• This US-owned factory in China made toys bound for Walmart. Tariffs put it on life support ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/this-us-owned-factory-in-china-made-toys-bound-for-walmart.-tariffs-put-it-on-life-support    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:26:14

• 'Substantial progress' made on US-China trade deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250512-substantial-progress-made-on-us-china-trade-deal    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:27:03

• Asia Stocks Rise on Hope for Lower Tariffs After U.S.-China Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/business/us-china-trade-stock-market.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:27:38

• U.S. Says ‘Substantial Progress’ Made in Trade Talks With China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/business/us-china-tariffs.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:27:55

• US-China talks resume as Convicted Felon hails ‘total reset’ in trade relations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-china-talks-resume-as-trump-hails-total-reset-in-trade-relations    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:28:09

• US and China hail ‘progress’ after trade talks end in Geneva ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/washington-hails-substantive-progress-after-trade-talks-with-china    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:28:30

• Former Taiwan president Tsai to make sensitive visit to Britain this week ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-taiwan-president-tsai-to-make-sensitive-visit-to-britain-this-week    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:29:02

• The Insurrectionist hails ‘total reset’ in US-China trade relations as talks continue ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/11/donald-trump-hails-total-reset-in-us-china-trade-relations-as-talks-continue/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:29:26

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSMC 0.2.8 on CRAN: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/05/11#rcppsmc_0.2.8    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:30:12

• Tellico 4.1.2 Released ☞ https://tellico-project.org/tellico-4-1-2-released/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:30:45

• How to Install Mealie on Raspberry PI: a Meal Planning and Managing Software ☞ https://peppe8o.com/mealie-raspberry-pi/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:31:00

• Scientists Shaved Roadkill to Find Out How Mammals Glow in The Dark ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-shaved-roadkill-to-find-out-how-mammals-glow-in-the-dark    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:31:56

• Human HARMS: Threat modelling social harms against technical systems ☞ https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2025/05/11/human-harms-threat-modelling-social-harms-against-technical-systems/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:32:21

• Taiwan wants US security, tech cooperation despite trade hurdles ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-wants-us-security-tech-cooperation-despite-trade-hurdles    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:32:35

• Young elephant crossing Malaysia highway with mother dies in accident with lorry, draws sympathy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/young-elephant-crossing-malaysia-highway-with-mother-dies-in-accident-with-lorry-draws-sympathy    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:34:40

• China’s consumption slides for third straight month as tariff war with US bites ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/11/chinas-consumption-slides-for-third-straight-month-as-tariff-war-with-us-bites/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:35:03

• 'Perfect Storm': Expert Reveals Why Pollen Allergies Are Getting Worse ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/perfect-storm-expert-reveals-why-pollen-allergies-are-getting-worse    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:36:11

• Sleep Helps Your Brain Prepare For The Future, And Now We Know How ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sleep-helps-your-brain-prepare-for-the-future-and-now-we-know-how    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:36:28

• The Oldest Evidence of Psychedelics in The Andes Predates The Inca ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-oldest-evidence-of-psychedelics-in-the-andes-predates-the-inca    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:36:36

• Measles Could Become Endemic in US if Surge Continues, Expert Warns ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/measles-could-become-endemic-in-us-if-surge-continues-expert-warns    

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

• Failed Soviet Probe Plunges Back to Earth After 53 Years Stuck in Orbit ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/failed-soviet-probe-plunges-back-to-earth-after-53-years-stuck-in-orbit    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:39:25

• Why more Americans are crossing the border for healthcare ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/why-more-americans-are-crossing-the-border-for-tijuana-healthcare/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:41:40

• What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: A Moment of Silence and Revisionism Amid US Government Investigation and Community Uproar ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_A_Mom.shtml    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:43:30

• You Need Not Be a Big Company to Defeat Abusive Monopolist Microsoft If You Can Successfully Challenge Its Core "Ideas" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/You_Need_Not_Be_a_Big_Company_to_Defeat_Microsoft_If_You_Can_Su.shtml    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:43:39

• How the SLAPPs From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Staff Are Connected to the Corrupt OSI, Whose Majority of Money Comes From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft for Openwashing, LLM Hype, and Whitewashing GPL Violations During Class Action Trial (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/How_the_SLAPPs_From_Microsoft_Staff_Are_Connected_to_the_Corrup.shtml    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:43:49

• Shotcut 25.05 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Alpha Strobe Video Filter ☞ https://9to5linux.com/shotcut-25-05-open-source-video-editor-released-with-alpha-strobe-video-filter    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:47:06

• SafeEyes – GNOME Break Reminder Similar App for All GNU/Linux Desktop ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/safeeyes-break-reminder-all-linux-desktop/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:47:38

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5967    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:49:15

• Linus Torvalds notes negative trend in Linux 6.15-rc6, here's what's new ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-notes-negative-trend-in-linux-615-rc6-heres-whats-new/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:50:22

• Felipe Borges: GNOME is Sponsoring an Outreachy Internship Project for GNOME Crosswords! https://feborg.es/gnome-outreachy-june-2025-crosswords/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 16:58:33

• Three different modes of restricting discussions gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-12_three-different-modes-of-restricting-discussions.gmi    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:01:35

• Your Advice Doesn't Work For Me gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/05/10/your-advice-doesnt-work-for-me/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:02:44

• Adam Young: vim windows ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/05/vim-windows/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:23:41

• Event Wrap: 6th ICANN APAC-TWNIC Engagement Forum and 43rd TWNIC OPM ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/12/event-wrap-6th-icann-apac-twnic-engagement-forum-and-43rd-twnic-opm/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:24:11

• APNIC registry services availability during Q1 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/05/12/apnic-registry-services-availability-during-q1-2025/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:24:19

• COMINT ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/11/open-source-elint-accidentally-from-nasa/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:27:49

• Microsoft Florian Becomes Patent Troll, Arranges to Sue Companies (Extorting Money Out of Them) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/11/Microsoft_Florian_Becomes_Patent_Troll_Arranges_to_Sue_Companie.shtml    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:28:05

• Lazy Reading for 2025/05/11 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/05/11/lazy-reading-for-2025-05-12/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:28:39

• A Night in Kashmir, Caught Between India and Pakistan’s Fight ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/world/asia/kashmir-conflict-eyewitness.html    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:29:28

• Grabber is an imageboard/booru downloader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/grabber-imageboard-booru-downloader/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:30:49

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

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:30:59

• Drakboot is a GRUB graphical configuration tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/drakboot-grub-graphical-configuration-tool/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:31:08

• BSD Router Project is an embedded distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bsd-router-project-embedded-distribution/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:31:16

• Doom 64 EX+ is an improved modern version of Doom64EX ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/doom-64-ex-improved-modern-version-doom64ex/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:31:26

• Peter Czanik: syslog-ng 4.8.2 is now available ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/syslog-ng-4-8-2-is-now-available    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:32:34

• RP2350 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/11/exploring-the-rp2350s-uart-bootloader/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:44:50

• Tearing Down A Forgotten Video Game ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/11/tearing-down-a-forgotten-video-game/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:45:16

• "" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/11/reading-the-color-of-money/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:45:33

• "[Wrongdog Recons] suffers from a severe case of nostalgia. His earlier project simulated broadcast TV, and he was a little surprised at how popular the project was on GitHub." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/11/simulating-cable-tv/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:46:00

• Microsoftism. "We test it by the masses....release, bugs reported, we fix. Simple and cheap." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv2f1zps    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:50:25

• OS-busting bug so bad that Microsoft blocks Windows Insider release https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/windows_insider_release_blocked/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 17:51:19

• Calling AUTOMATION or slop "ai" does not mean anything new or unprecedented was invented. Shouldered by corporate media, companies like to pretend that their financial failures, which result in mass layoffs, are some sort of "revolution" to be celebrated or a new "era" or "arms race". People like Arving, son of two military liars, loves this sort of bluff.    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 18:33:11

• This is why Microsoft sites (false marketer of slop, basing its whole stock on this bubble) are parroting Arvind this weekend: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/ibm-replaced-hundreds-of-hr-workers-with-ai-according-to-its-ceo/ar-AA1EqgrA    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 18:34:55

• "There's nothing left in the company. sorry!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtdybsyb    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 18:36:16

• It's not like slop makes money or is going to make any; it's just burning a lot of energy https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 18:37:46

• Chaff in the news again ahead of mass layoffs? https://www.webpronews.com/microsoft-implements-two-year-rehire-ban/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/12/If_the_Gossip_is_True_Today_Microsoft_Has_Large_M1_Meetings_to_.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/09/The_Gerstnerisation_of_Microsoft_Seventh_Wave_of_Microsoft_Layo.shtml    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 19:10:09

• Richard Stallman Is Right To Be Angry About "Linux" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klv3PAB0i4I    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 19:11:28

• Windows down sharply in Belgium in the past 2 years https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/belgium/#monthly-200902-202505    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 19:19:14

• Windows down some more in Ethiopia: 16.9% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/ethiopia/#monthly-200902-202505    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 19:23:03

• Lawsuit against this firm is in progress https://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source/ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11014042/filing-history    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 19:23:59

• Gulagboy, who wrote only 2 blog posts this year, is busy trying to defend himself in 2 lawsuits (he'll need to explain loads of things he did to people) https://techrights.org/n/2024/09/06/Why_We_Are_Suing_Matthew_J_Garrett_for_Harassment_and_Why_It_s_.shtml http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/09/06/Why_Suing_Matthew_J_Garrett_After_Abusing_and_Harassing_My_Husb.shtml    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 19:25:48

• Sharp fall for Windows in Denmark this month https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/denmark/#monthly-200902-202505 https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/03/GNU_Linux_in_Denmark_From_Under_1_to_8.shtml    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 20:43:57

• radio gemini://inoro.smol.pub/a-vella-e-fermosa-tecnoloxia-da-radio    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 21:29:08

• "Ditching Oligarch Tech, blocking ads, avoiding "algorithmic recommendations," and eschewing anything with an infinite-scroll feed has also rearranged my shopping habits. I have good news and bad news about this." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-05-12    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 21:30:10

• "Today was a no-car day. Yay! We got up, had breakfast, went for a walk, came back, and went for a slow 16km jog along the coast, with a stop for water and palačinke (crêpes). So nice!" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-05-12-dajla    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 21:30:46

• Karate Dance gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/karateDance    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 21:31:38

• LSD2 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/lsd2    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 21:33:08

• Seems like a lonely person gone mad gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/poetry/theEnd    

posted Monday, May 12, 2025 at 21:34:20

• Reminder: just because you have degree does NOT mean you legally get to bully women. Seems like Brett Wilson LLP, which might soon lose its licence, is collapsing. Staff flees.    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:21:08

• trade mark http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/what-is-hoodless-hoodie-at-least-not.html    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:23:15

• SkyKick http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/ukipo-applies-skykick-in-unite-union.html    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:23:31

• An imaginative sign for smart houses qualifies for EU trade mark registration http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/an-imaginative-sign-for-smart-houses.html EUIPO is super-corrupt http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO/    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:24:13

• Of tables and other furniture: AG Szpunar advises CJEU on originality (but also proposes adoption of recognizability test for infringement) http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/of-tables-and-other-furniture-ag.html    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:24:42

• Announce: Perl Wiki V 1.26 https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2025/05/announce-perl-wiki-v-126.html    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:25:06

• The sculpture shapes the sculptor. https://blogs.perl.org/users/saif/2025/05/the-sculpture-shapes-the-sculptor.html    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:25:23

• The Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 https://blogs.perl.org/users/paul_johnson/2025/05/the-perl-toolchain-summit-2025.html    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:25:43

• Perl makes it to Futility Closet as a poem... https://blogs.perl.org/users/randal_l_schwartz/2025/05/perl-makes-it-to-futility-closet-as-a-poem.html    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:25:59

• Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 https://blogs.perl.org/users/mohammad_s_anwar/2025/05/perl-toolchain-summit-2025.html    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:26:13

• UK court jails Ugandan judge over slavery conviction https://www.dw.com/en/uk-court-jails-ugandan-judge-over-slavery-conviction/a-72421229    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:34:07

• Red Bull's plans spark water scarcity fears near Berlin https://www.dw.com/en/red-bull-s-plans-spark-water-scarcity-fears-near-berlin/a-72419936    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:35:15

• "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him." gemini://inoro.smol.pub/lorem    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:36:51

• Init gemini://inoro.smol.pub/init    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:37:28

• The Great LLM DDOS of 2025 gemini://the-brannons.com/llm-ddos/ by cmb    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:38:39

• "Let me give you some numbers. A friend hosts some fairly small personal websites on my infrastructure, and I manage it for him. These were never high-traffic sites, but since May 4th at 00:00:00 UTC, his server has received over 2545000 web requests. It is, at this very moment, being scraped by multiple IP addresses associated with Alibaba US, specifically Alibaba Cloud LLC."    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:38:50

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-10.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:39:34

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1290.jpg    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:40:40

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1640.jpg    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:40:47

• "my coursework for this year is DONE...... i am free..... i am liberated.....four months of bedrotting here i come!!" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2610    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:46:56

• not a gardening blog 6: things I need to remind myself every year gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-05-09    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:48:50

• "I don't think I have complained in a post yet about LLMs (Large Language Models). Well, let's fix that!" gemini://vigrey.com/journal/in-which-llms-made-the-web-worse-yet-again.gmi ping cmb    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:49:54

• "DOGE hasn't saved the US government a penny. It is a complete joke staffed by losers." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtmtm45k    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:55:12

• "Yea, but they are an onshore all American. They deal in too much defense to allow offshore work. Check out their recently awarded defence contracts! Alex Kemp is a BA$$! Go Palantir!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtmtm45k    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:55:34

• "Uber is a sh-t company. Not a company to be looked up to. How does that differ from IBM?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jtth2snw    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:56:21

• "Also if they target getting rid of contractors they don't have to report those since contractors are not IBM employees" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jt9dhtef    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:57:02

• "You might practice on your keyboarding skills." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jttqf7r9    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:58:04

• "PIPs have been flying out for weeks now. [...] PIPS are always in play. Depends on what way the wind is blowing and what groups are targeted for thinning." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jttqf7r9    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:58:30

• world painting record https://www.dw.com/en/nigeria-autistic-teenager-sets-world-painting-record/a-72419243    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 06:59:27

• No. https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-was-the-iberian-blackout-caused-by-too-much-solar-power/a-72415376    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 07:00:16

• Sociopath, raider, and soon dead https://www.dw.com/en/warren-buffett-to-step-down-as-ceo-of-berkshire-hathaway/a-72427949    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 07:01:33

• Voice of America could be back on air next week https://www.dw.com/en/voice-of-america-could-be-back-on-air-next-week-watchdog/a-72427098    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 07:02:14

• Trumpism https://www.dw.com/en/us-criticizes-germany-for-labeling-afd-extremist/a-72423560    

posted Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 07:02:34

posted Thursday, May 08, 2025 at 16:06:17

• Pakistani Firm Shipped Fentanyl Analogs, Scams to US ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/pakistani-firm-shipped-fentanyl-analogs-scams-to-us/    

posted Thursday, May 08, 2025 at 16:06:47