Roy Schestowitz

• "IBM is no longer relevant. Kavanaugh and used Excel and Indian labor to make IBM a dumpsrer fire that cannot be saved." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvap3vm9    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 04:41:42

• Are you on a PIP? https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1H28Cs3LWj/?mibextid=wwXIfr    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 04:55:22

• "Spending 25 years at a company like Microsoft typically offers an incredible opportunity to build substantial financial security—often upwards of $3 million." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvhkezsq    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 04:59:48

• "If someone is still financially dependent on a paycheck after such a tenure, it may reflect missed opportunities for sound financial planning and discipline. Layoffs are tough, but long-term financial resilience is built well before they happen." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvhkezsq    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 04:59:53

• [Old] Intel down. Microsoft next. https://www.aol.com/intel-ceo-alludes-layoffs-tech-164658966.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:01:54

• iophk: "Good news from Romania, but they still have not addressed the grip of social control media on their society and the grip that FSB and others have on social control media. It was an inappropriately narrow race." The awareness of the issue has grown, and that's a positive trend.    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:03:37

• Why do some Albertans want to separate? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/alberta-separatists-key-issues-1.7534003 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-separatism-townhall-voices-1.7534147    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:05:14

• It's not AI and not a new problem https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/artificial-intelligence-ai-scam-fraud-1.7534165    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:05:50

• This alleged pyramid scheme targets Filipino migrant workers, promising a life in Canada https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/the-promise-land-consultancy-alleged-pyramid-scheme    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:06:21

• sugar is 'extremely dangerous' for your health https://www.dw.com/en/why-sugar-is-extremely-dangerous-for-your-health/a-72493099    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:09:32

• How to Resist Cheeto Mussolini: Lessons from The Seven Samurai https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/09/how-to-resist-trump-lessons-from-the-seven-samurai/"    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:11:12

• How to install Natron on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/05/how-to-install-natron-on-kubuntu-2404.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:11:45

• How to install Audacity on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/05/how-to-install-audacity-on-kubuntu-2404.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:14:23

• Kidron Amendments http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/ai-and-copyright-kidron-amendments.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:22:07

• Update to How CISA Shares Cyber-Related Alerts and Notifications   

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:35:41

• Update to How CISA Shares Cyber-Related Alerts and Notifications https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/05/12/update-how-cisa-shares-cyber-related-alerts-and-notifications    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:35:51

• Cybersecurity incident at Central Point School District 6 https://www.kdrv.com/news/top-stories/cybersecurity-incident-at-central-point-school-district-6/article_857faedb-42c6-4a1d-b0c6-46d63913e9a3.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:47:41

• $28 million in Texas’ cybersecurity funding for schools left unspent https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/k-12-cybersecurity-initiative/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:48:17

• UN Security Council Should Commit to People with Disabilities https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/14/un-security-council-should-commit-people-disabilities    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:50:00

• But WHY outsource to Microsoft? "This massive update adds full SELinux support with a security policy specifically designed for Arch Linux. It is also the first version of SDesk to offer an ISO with NVIDIA drivers." https://github.com/SteveStudios/SDesk/releases/tag/20mini    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 05:59:07

• "Bugzilla PR system"... no bloated garbage like GitLab or GitHub https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-May/002817.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:01:05

• Exe 20250508 and CentOS 10-20250506 are out    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:01:47

• 'cocktail of different pesticides' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/treated-drinking-water-pesticides-quebec-chateauguay-river-1.7532362    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:02:43

• How big bucks from big tobacco prevented N.L.'s deficit from doubling https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-tobacco-lawsuit-settlement-budget-deficit-1.7532761    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:03:04

• Platform owned by Islamic terrorists and run by a man who publicly stages nazi salutes https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/kanye-gave-twitter-an-exclusive-hit-single https://techrights.org/n/2024/07/21/Meme_Hate_Speech.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:04:41

• Extreme Weather Worsening Hunger in West and Central Africa https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-09/conflict-extreme-weather-worsening-hunger-in-west-and-central-africa-wfp-warns    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:08:37

• How Cheeto Mussolini’s tariffs will turbocharge child deaths in Africa https://www.theage.com.au/national/how-trump-s-tariffs-will-turbocharge-child-deaths-in-africa-20250508-p5lxo3.html black genocide    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:10:17

• black genocide https://www.dw.com/en/how-hard-are-usaid-cuts-hitting-africa/a-72464620"    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:10:55

• equity law https://www.dw.com/en/south-africa-s-da-fights-new-equity-law-in-court/a-72441196    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:11:47

• Great Lakes https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/african-solutions-have-not-solved-the-great-lakes-problems/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:16:49

• A shotgun revocation? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/guest-post-shotgun-revocation-did-south.html"    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:17:49

• HIV Funds https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-15/south-africa-does-not-plan-to-replace-us-hiv-funds-yet-minister-says    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:18:45

• Richard Stallman against open source https://youtu.be/FpAKasXdrXI    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:24:12

• Hitler Depicted in British Propaganda https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6FG6kT4KOGQ    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:26:47

• Some idiots publish LLM SLOP (!!) about GNU this week https://dev.to/kallileiser/unveiling-gnu-general-public-license-10-a-holistic-exploration-of-open-source-licensing-principles-dd    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:28:28

• Can nature help with recovery from injury? https://www.dw.com/en/can-nature-help-with-recovery-from-injury/a-72221445    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:41:07

• DNA study 'fills gaps' in Indigenous Americans' ancestry https://www.dw.com/en/dna-study-fills-gaps-in-indigenous-americans-ancestry/a-72558361    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:44:11

• BigLinux 2025-05-12 is out https://distrowatch.com/biglinux    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:45:21

• Volumio 3.812 and NethSecurity 8.5 are out    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:45:50

• Nobara 42 Officially released! https://nobaraproject.org/2025/05/13/may-132025/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:46:32

• "Should curl remain hosted on GitHub?" https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/19/the-curl-user-survey-2025-is-up/ No, it was a mistake to begin with. Techrights argued with him many times in twitter over this very matter, politely and in technical terms top, however at the end he also did a blog post to justify staying there.    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:57:44

• Weapon Of Choice https://yewtu.be/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 06:58:52

• Fredericton landlord buys former jail, lists it for rent at $8,500 a month https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-jail-real-estate-sunfield-1.7530154    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:03:57

• Record-breaking cattle prices a lifeline for farmers facing inflation, trade tensions https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/cattle-prices-record-numbers-1.7531764    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:04:22

• Misinformation/Disinformation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pharmacist-mrdeepfakes-david-do-off-work-oak-valley-health-1.7533549    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:05:27

• Daniel Stenberg Knows Almost Nothing About Gemini and He's Likely Just Protecting His Turf (HTTP/S) http://techrights.org/o/2023/05/29/daniel-stenberg-wrong-about-gemini/ iophk: curl supports many odd protocols, it would make sense to support gemini and be very easy to add    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:10:03

• N.W.T. health agency employee snooped on medical records of ex-girlfriend without her consent, privacy commissioner finds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/n-w-t-s-medical-record-system-under-the-microscope-after-2-reported-cases-of-snooping-1.7531907    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:14:10

• This farmer is betting on it https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/machine-lettuce-1.7528860    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:14:46

• Bootleg tape uncovered from Nirvana's sole Calgary tour stop in 1991 – months before they skyrocketed to fame https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/nirvana-tape-uncovered-calgary-westward-club-1.7529160    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:15:35

• These Canadian millionaires want higher taxes on the rich. Not everyone in their income bracket is so eager https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/patriotic-millionaires-canada-taxes-1.7530936    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:21:44

• Why doctors and researchers say Canada needs to change course on women's health studies https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/women-health-second-opinion-1.7531876    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:24:41

• matching pre-pandemic high https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/labour-force-survey-april-2025-1.7530855    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:25:12

• HIV https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-05-15/south-africa-says-trumps-aid-cuts-stripped-more-than-8-000-health-workers-from-its-hiv-program    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:26:43

• Get Business for Elon Musk. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-starlink-state-department-gambia-africa-pressure    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:27:07

• Harvard Magna Carta 'copy' is original, experts say https://www.dw.com/en/harvard-magna-carta-copy-is-original-experts-say/a-72548684    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:29:58

• Why are scammers still thriving in Southeast Asia? https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-scammers-still-thriving-in-southeast-asia/a-72555085    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:30:50

• EU Commission proposes cutting green rules on farm subsidies https://www.dw.com/en/eu-commission-proposes-cutting-green-rules-on-farm-subsidies/a-72542631    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:31:17

• 'family values' https://www.dw.com/en/ghana-pushes-anti-lgbtq-bill-as-defense-of-family-values/a-72540728    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:32:20

• Illegal insect trade https://www.dw.com/en/illegal-insect-trade-5-300-ants-and-a-growing-global-problem/a-72543557    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:32:54

• India blocks Chinese, Turkish news agencies from X https://www.dw.com/en/india-blocks-chinese-turkish-news-agencies-from-x/a-72536227    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:33:20

• Macron open to deploying French nuclear weapons in Europe https://www.dw.com/en/macron-open-to-deploying-french-nuclear-weapons-in-europe/a-72534138    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:34:04

• Pfizergate verdict delivers blow to European Commission https://www.dw.com/en/pfizergate-verdict-delivers-blow-to-european-commission/a-72541476    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:35:26

• Serbia: Students run to Brussels, take protest to the EU https://www.dw.com/en/serbia-students-run-to-brussels-take-protest-to-the-eu/a-72543381    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:36:33

• US, China to slash tariffs for 90 days https://www.dw.com/en/us-china-to-slash-tariffs-for-90-days/a-72512600    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:37:24

• India reopens airports amid ceasefire with Pakistan https://www.dw.com/en/india-reopens-airports-amid-ceasefire-with-pakistan/live-72512591    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:38:42

• solar https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-green-renters-1.7529664    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:39:14

• measles https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/measles-complications-1.7530506    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:39:45

• CRA scammer https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/online-reputations-1.7491509    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:47:33

• Sri Lanka: How period poverty keeps girls out of school https://www.dw.com/en/sri-lanka-how-period-poverty-keeps-girls-out-of-school/a-72537938    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:48:16

• tariffs hit European and US manufacturers alike https://www.dw.com/en/trump-s-auto-tariffs-hit-european-and-us-manufacturers-alike/a-72532701    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:48:47

• impact on renewable energy https://www.dw.com/en/trump-tariffs-what-s-the-impact-on-renewables/a-72528704    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:49:13

• Argentina's top court finds boxes of Nazi items in basement https://www.dw.com/en/argentina-s-top-court-finds-boxes-of-nazi-items-in-basement/a-72511423    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:51:06

• UK: DNA evidence clears man jailed for 38 years https://www.dw.com/en/uk-dna-evidence-clears-man-jailed-for-38-years/a-72529484    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:52:13

• staying home https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/blue-jay-mariners-visit-seattle-1.7531776    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:54:07

• China courts Latin America amid US tariff chaos https://www.dw.com/en/china-courts-latin-america-amid-us-tariff-chaos/a-72520813    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:56:51

• Can public transport ever replace cars? https://www.dw.com/en/can-public-transport-ever-replace-cars/a-71943077    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:57:20

• 12 deadly infectious diseases vaccines protect us from https://www.dw.com/en/12-deadly-infectious-diseases-vaccines-protect-us-from/a-72527772    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:57:52

• Twitter = X = pro-nazi, censoring critics of the platform's owners who do nazi salutes in public https://www.dw.com/en/why-kanye-west-s-pro-hitler-song-is-illegal-in-germany/a-72529448    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 07:58:37

• "Thanks for demonstrating, Kurt. The basic idea is that for many people, there is a line when it comes to disability. If you have a disability that crosses that line, they will think of it as "admirably unselfish" of you to decline to have children." gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2025-05-18.gmi    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:03:29

• ) How I ported Bulls and Cows to HP 12C and why it is important gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-05-19-ported-moo-12c.txt    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:04:42

• "Randomly chosen images from Geminispace" gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-19.gmi    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:05:33

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1299.jpg    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:05:46

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1649.jpg    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:05:53

• Productivity gemini://hotline.smol.pub/1747615131    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:06:40

• Muistiinpanot kirjasta: Al-Ghazali On Vigilance and self-examination gemini://sampsa.smol.pub/1747636733    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:08:38

• "A few years ago, I wrote about how 'sort -V' can sort IPv4 addresses into their natural order for you. Even back then I was smart enough to put in that 'IPv4' qualification and note that this didn't work with IPv6 addresses, and said that I didn't know of any way to handle IPv6 addresses with existing command line tools." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/SortingIPv6Addresses | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:43:07

• "Exposed: NHS manager accused of Rushdie-style fatwa death threat over 'insult to Mohammed' | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14723109/NHS-manager-accused-Rushdie-style-fatwa-death-threat-insult-Prophet-Mohammed.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:44:47

• "Naked profiteering by the US president and his family has triggered alarm bells in the [MAGA] movement" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/05/18/trump-turned-white-house-cash-machine/ ("How Donald Trump turned the White House into a cash machine")    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:44:57

• "Tariffs: Now What? - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/tariffs-now-what    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:45:14

• "Deindustrialization: Causes and Consequences" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/deindustrialization-causes-and-consequences    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:45:23

• iophk: buses :/ "Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters | TechCrunch" https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/uber-to-introduce-fixed-route-shuttles-in-major-us-cities-other-ways-to-save/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:45:45

• "Salman Rushdie Cancels Commencement Speech at California College After Pushback From Muslim, Civil Rights [sic] Groups - U.S. News - Haaretz.com" https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025-05-18/ty-article/author-salman-rushdie-cancels-commencement-speech-at-california-college-after-pushback/00000196-e3d7-d658-adfe-efff851c0000    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:46:17

• "Responding to an inquiry from the U.S. Copyright Office" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-claims-board-is-ineffective-and-costly-watchdog-groups-say/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:50:11

• From homophobes for Pentagon to homophobes for GAFAM to homophobes for Debian (now funded by PentaGAFAM) ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/19/Microsofters_Issuing_Threats_to_Microsoft_Critics_Who_Blog_Abou.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:51:41

• Also slanted as: transphobes pretending to be pro-trans in order to attack gays https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/19/Microsofters_Issuing_Threats_to_Microsoft_Critics_Who_Blog_Abou.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:52:26

• tl;dr terrible crown to associate with. Truly toxic.    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:52:46

• If GCHQ was trying to cause internal mess in particular projects, those are the sorts of sick people it would seek to recruit, targeting normal and productive people using "Crab mentality"    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:53:39

• "Apple claims it hasn’t been blocking Fortnite outside the United States" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/18/epic-asks-judge-to-force-fortnite-ios-update/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:54:07

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/owning-digital-goods-means-having-the-file-not-some-stupid-ledger/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:54:28

• GOP = Censorship. "Banned 3 of My Books" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/pete-hegseth-has-banned-3-of-my-books-from-the-us-naval-academy/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:54:57

• "This makes it difficult for people to know which sources to trust and which content is worthy of sharing." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/05/17/why-we-fall-for-fake-health-information-and-how-it-spreads-faster-than-facts/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:56:48

• "your ability to separate politics from who you are isn't universal nor is it an option for some folks" ☛ https://library.xandra.cc/moderation/ |    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:57:17

• "What follows may come across as rather painful and preachy." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/what-the-open-world-must-do-better/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:57:28

• " the daughter and grandson of a French cryptocurrency entrepreneur" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/france-summons-cryptocurrency-businesses-after-kidnappings/articleshow/121159012.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:57:55

• "The law criminalizes public assemblies that disrupt major public infrastructure such as roads, tunnels and ports" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-environmental-protesters-being-criminalized/a-72447290 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 08:58:15

• "I don't want to see a coalition of the willing becoming a coalition of the waiting" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-rasmussen--denmark-europe-ukraine-defense/33415781.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:02:22

• "Put simply, Musk is doing business with actual terrorists" ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-twitter-subscription-terrorists | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:02:41

• "But how this would happen raises a lot of questions." ☛ https://rjfaas.com/2025/05/18/swapping-out-siri-that-raises-a-lot-of-questions/ | Source: R J Faas    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:03:24

• "A "copy" of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/harvard-paid-27-for-a-copy-of-the-magna-carta-it-turned-out-to-be-the-real-thing | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:04:00

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/19/infosec_roundup/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:04:40

• Also Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/16/broadcom_employee_data_stolen_by/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:04:54

• "left very little to the imagination" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/18/instagram-teen-accounts-test/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:05:16

• "When summarizing scientific texts, LLMs may omit details that limit the scope of research conclusions" ☛ https://futurism.com/ai-chatbots-summarizing-research | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:05:51

• "Killing joy" ☛ https://leah.is/posts/ai_is_killing_joy/ | Source: Leah Oswald    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:06:22

• "Time for some horseshoe theory." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/reinventing-gosplan/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:06:58

• "Harvey’s doing a funding round just now where they hope to get $250 million." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/18/latest-ai-hallucinated-legal-filing-from-ai-vendor-anthropic/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:07:25

• "A former DoorDash delivery driver pleaded guilty this week to a wire fraud conspiracy that scammed the company" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/669140/doordash-driver-convicted-delivery-scam | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:08:01

• "The benefits of having a space-based supercomputer go beyond saving communications time, according to South China Morning Post." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/669157/china-begins-assembling-its-supercomputer-in-space | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:08:28

• "Three-Body Computing Constellation" ☛ https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-of-2800-satellites-for-ai-space-computing-constellation/ |    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:08:46

• "They are part of the Three-Body Computing Constellation, space-based infrastructure being developed by Zhejiang Lab." ☛ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3310506/china-launches-satellites-start-building-worlds-first-supercomputer-orbit | Source: SCMP    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:08:55

• "The sats look like a classic edge compute play – put compute near workloads to avoid latency – to help instruments including a cosmic X-ray polarimeter." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/19/asia_tech_news_roundup/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:09:15

• What Microsoft people do to us this year, well known lawyers say, is "Corporation extortion" or "Corporate blackmail". It's illegal, period, but SRA deals with this, not police. It can fine and strike off the offending parties.    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:10:37

• "In digital technologies, right down to the apps in your phone and the world of cyberspace, efficiency is the key." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-universe-is-suspiciously-like-a-computer-simulation-physicist-says | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:11:06

• "If I understood correctly" ☛ https://thejollyteapot.com/2025/05/18/the-quest-for-the-best-writing-tool-a-spinoff/ | Source: Nicolas Magand    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:45:30

• "It might be time to just go back to having one computer — a personal laptop — do everything." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/multiple-computers/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:46:01

• The birds at TR HQ today are being too naughty, knocking over 3 pots like they're bowling pins. They feel "too much" at home...    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:46:44

• "I recently made a patch to Konsole terminal emulator" ☛ https://akselmo.dev/posts/konsole-layout-changes/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:47:03

• "It could be used to search for XOR-encoded text: [...]" ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31858 | Source: SANS    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:47:23

• "A real tram network is more like a web of interconnecting lines. Although more lines mean more complexity" ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/building-map-tube-maps-a-howto-weaving-a-web/ | Source: Perl    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:52:31

• [Old] "Instead, I think it's about having a killer domain. So, going through the examples from the original article, here is my take: [...]" ☛ https://huijzer.xyz/posts/67 |    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:53:52

• "I’ve been coding for 44 years, and its never occurred to me that with a tightly managed list of objects that will have constant addition and removal" ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2025/05/18/optimising-ridiculous-space-battles/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:54:21

• "Many programming languages such as the Go programming language are designed to make it easy to return several values at once from a function." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/05/18/returning-several-values-from-a-function-in-c-c23-edition/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:54:33

• "So that’s the current idea. I spent around an hour on this so far, just trying it out and seeing how it feels, and I think it’s got promise." ☛ https://lmika.org/2025/05/18/devlog-ucl-assignment.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:55:02

• "And now, onto the English additions!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/15-new-books-added-to-big-book-of-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:56:32

• "Since I implemented pressing the '/' key to put focus in the search bar on on the 11ty Bundle, I learned something about Firefox." ☛ https://bobmonsour.com/til/who-knew-that-does-search-in-page-on-firefox/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:57:10

• "Now, whenever a page from this site is shared on Mastodon (or anywhere else that prefers oEmbed data) a card will be populated from this data and displayed." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/building-an-oembed-endpoint/ | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:57:16

• "Absolutely, and can I have fish head curry with that ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvk6x5x1    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:58:08

• "Oh really ?? How do the admins know the difference ? LOL !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvkaten6 vote-bombing can be a giveaway, like some word salad posted and minutes later gets upvoted like 30 times, with the topic clearly designed to evoke anger (emotional reaction)    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 09:59:52

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:00:37

• "This version includes important security updates to Firefox." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1452/ | Source: Tor    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:00:51

• "Updated April 2025: added Floorp, Zen, Waterfox, Thorium and DuckDuckGo browser." ☛ https://sizeof.cat/post/web-browser-telemetry-2025-edition/ | Source: SizeOf(Cat)    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:02:42

• "The issues here were several but they can be summarised succinctly: a lot of the different components had interconnected dependencies and new versions that weren't backwards compatible." ☛ https://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2025-05-18-finally-upgraded.html | Source: Björn Wärmedal    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:02:53

• "This article provides a concise technical guide for configuring an Nginx-based Least Recently Used (LRU) cache for Music Player Daemon (MPD) instances that utilize WebDAV for music storage." ☛ https://kirill.korins.ky/articles/nginx-based-lru-cache-for-music-player-daemon-for-webdav-storage/ | Source: Kirill A Korinsky    

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

• "It’s a scary and exciting time to enter the tech industry." ☛ https://mattcool.tech/posts/csumb-student-capstones-2025/ | Source: Matt Cool    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:03:17

• "This is the only proper way we get user feedback on a wide scale so please use this opportunity to tell us what you really think." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/19/the-curl-user-survey-2025-is-up/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:03:28

• "Text handling optimizations include significantly faster font loading speeds, benefiting users who maintain extensive font collections. Non-destructive filters have also received notable enhancements: filter names are again visible in the undo history, and individual edits are clearly tracked, improving workflow clarity." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/gimp-3-0-4-is-out-focused-on-fixes/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:05:47

• "During the winter of 2024 I went back in time and gave that 14-year-old the means to acquire his dream PC." ☛ https://fabiensanglard.net/2168/index.html | Source: Fabian Sanglard    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:06:50

• "Debian’s hard freeze typically lasts several weeks to a few months, depending on how quickly the release team can resolve any remaining critical issues. It ends when everything is stable and ready—that’s when the new Debian version officially launches." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/debian-trixie-enters-hard-freeze-edging-closer-to-release/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:07:35

• [Old] "Unlike my usual posts, this time I'm going to assume you're already pretty familiar with FreeBSD." ☛ https://www.c0ffee.net/blog/freebsd-on-a-laptop/ |    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:08:24

• "[...] Finally, the Site News column brings updates to the list of packages tracked on the distributions' pages" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250519 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:09:11

• Making a custom porteur bag ☞ https://macwright.com/2025/05/18/sewing.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:09:35

• My changes to saving Konsole tab layouts ☞ https://akselmo.dev/posts/konsole-layout-changes/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:10:40

• Meanderer trike tilt-arm install ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202505/meanderer-trike-tilt-arm-install.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:11:00

• Faizul "Piju" 9M2PJU: How to Set Up Chrony as a Local NTP Server Using Docker ☞ https://hamradio.my/2025/05/how-to-set-up-chrony-as-a-local-ntp-server-using-docker/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:11:53

• Fact #1: over time slop gets worse (training set is like some blurry JPEG). Fact #2: People's "smell" for slop improves over time, as they 'train' on slop sna can detect it based on prior encounters. Put 1 and 2 together.    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:13:25

• How to Install KDE Plasma on Ubuntu ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-kde-plasma-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:13:34

• How to Keep Containers Up-to-Date with What’s Up Docker (WUD) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-keep-containers-up-to-date-with-whats-up-docker-wud/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:14:06

• 12 Best GNU/Linux Browsers in 2025 ☞ https://linuxhint.com/12-best-linux-browsers/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:14:50

• There Are Days or Occasions Where gemini:// Requests Almost Exceed http(s):// and Gemini Protocol Isn't Even 6 Yet (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/18/There_Are_Days_or_Occasions_Where_gemini_Requests_Almost_Exceed.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:15:30

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:16:16

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

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:16:29

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

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:16:54

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

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:20:03

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

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:21:10

• How To Install Linkwarden on openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/install-linkwarden-opensuse/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:22:27

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

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:24:28

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

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:24:39

• "Russia detains oil tanker departing Estonian port" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/19/russia-detains-oil-tanker-departing-estonian-port | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:25:48

• Russia Beefs Up Forces Near Finland’s Border ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/world/europe/russia-beefs-up-forces-near-finlands-border.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:26:04

• Top destination for Jeju tangerines? Russia, again ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/top-destination-for-jeju-tangerines-russia-again    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:26:28

• Packages compiled in Yocto/OpenEmbedded 5.0.9 revision-5 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202505/packages-compiled-in-yoctoopenembedded-509-revision-5.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:33:34

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 20 (May 12 – 18, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-20-may-12-18-2025/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:34:53

• Plasma 6.4 Beta1 available for testing ☞ https://kubuntu.org/news/plasma-6-4-beta1-available-for-testing/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:36:19

• Kubuntu General News: Plasma 6.4 Beta1 available for testing ☞ https://kubuntu.org/news/plasma-6-4-beta1-available-for-testing/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:37:51

• What a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Like Biden’s Means for Patients ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/health/joe-biden-diagnosis-prostate-cancer.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:40:59

• World Health Organisation looks ahead to life without the US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/world-health-organisation-looks-ahead-to-life-without-the-us    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:41:12

• Two People Held on Charges of Blackmailing Premier League Soccer Star Son Heung-min ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/asia/skorea-son-heung-min-blackmail.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:42:15

• South Korea’s presidential candidates to face off in first TV debate ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-presidential-candidates-prepare-to-face-off-in-first-debate    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:42:39

• South Korea’s presidential candidates face off in fiery debate ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-presidential-candidates-face-off-in-fiery-debate    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 10:48:06

• Some house owners affected by Selangor gas pipeline explosion still waiting for aid ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/some-putra-heights-house-owners-in-malaysia-still-waiting-for-aid-after-gas-pipeline-explosion    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:10:11

• Malaysia sees spike in exotic animal smuggling cases ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-sees-spike-in-exotic-animal-smuggling-cases    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:10:53

• Taiwan is not ruling out ‘political warfare’ by China, coast guard says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-is-not-ruling-out-political-warfare-by-china-coast-guard-says    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:11:34

• From a Convicted Felon golf course to a US$8.4b Chinese railway, Vietnam finds a way through US-China tensions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/from-a-trump-golf-course-to-a-chinese-rail-link-vietnam-leads-the-way-in-balancing-the-trade-game    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:11:47

• Australian firm produces heavy rare earths, first outside China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-firm-produces-heavy-rare-earth-first-outside-china    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:12:04

• China slaps anti-dumping duties on plastics from US, EU, Japan, Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-slaps-anti-dumping-duties-on-plastics-from-us-eu-japan-taiwan    

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

• China gave Pakistan satellite support, Indian defence group says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-gave-pakistan-satellite-support-indian-defence-group-says    

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

• Pakistan foreign minister to visit China on heels of conflict with India over Kashmir ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/pakistan-foreign-minister-to-visit-china-on-heels-of-conflict-with-india-over-kashmir    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:13:21

• Heavy rain kills 5 in China’s south; authorities issue disaster alerts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/heavy-rains-kill-5-in-chinas-south-authorities-issue-disaster-alerts    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:13:54

• China tells officials to rein in alcohol, cigarette spending ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-tells-officials-to-rein-in-alcohol-cigarette-spending    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:14:11

• Brazil hopes China, other countries may loosen trade bans over bird flu ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/brazil-hopes-china-other-countries-may-loosen-trade-bans-over-bird-flu    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:14:22

• Jailed Australian writer Yang Jun tells of China prison suffering ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/18/jailed-australian-writer-yang-jun-tells-of-china-prison-suffering/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:15:24

• Prabowo chooses ambiguity in South China Sea policy ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/prabowo-chooses-ambiguity-in-south-china-sea-policy/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:16:05

• It's FOSS is once again pushing proprietary spyware of Microsoft ☞ https://itsfoss.com/vs-code-auto-format-code/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/14/VS_Code_Is_Not_FOSS_And_Neither_Is_the_Site_It_s_FOSS.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:17:28

• Expert Reveals a Drug-Free Way to Mimic The Effects of Ozempic ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/expert-reveals-a-drug-free-way-to-mimic-the-effects-of-ozempic    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:18:40

• Common Parasite Rips The Face From Your Cells to Wear as a Disguise ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-parasite-rips-the-face-from-your-cells-to-wear-as-a-disguise    

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

• Using Your Phone on The Toilet May Dramatically Increase Risk of Hemorrhoids ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/using-your-phone-on-the-toilet-may-dramatically-increase-risk-of-hemorrhoids    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:19:18

• Solar Panels ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/casting-shade-on-shade-tolerant-solar-panels/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:28:23

• Mysteriously Perfect Sphere Spotted in Space by Astronomers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysteriously-perfect-sphere-spotted-in-space-by-astronomers    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:28:50

• The US Just Approved The First Blood Test For Alzheimer's Disease ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-us-just-approved-the-first-blood-test-for-alzheimers-disease    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:29:21

• Pope Leo’s Inaugural Mass Draws Global Leaders Including Zelensky, Vance and Carney ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/world-leaders-pope-leo-inaugural-mass.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:34:00

• Zelenskyy Meets With Pope As Russia Launches Major Drone Assault On Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-putin-ukraine-russia-istanbul-sumy/33417216.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:34:34

• Russia Unleashes One of Its Largest Drone Barrages of the Ukraine War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/russia-ukraine-drones.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:35:23

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says He’ll Speak With Putin About Ukraine War: What to Know ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/article/russia-ukraine-truce-talks.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:35:40

• Monday Briefing: Convicted Felon and Putin Are Set to Talk ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/briefing/trump-putin-talk-biden-cancer-israel-operation-gaza.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:35:54

• putin ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/19/putin-believes-russia-can-seize-full-control-of-annexed-ukrainian-regions-by-end-of-year-bloomberg | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:36:22

• Third Latvian volunteer reportedly killed defending Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/18.05.2025-third-latvian-volunteer-reportedly-killed-defending-ukraine.a599499/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:36:59

• Zelensky meets Vance as Russian drones pound Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250518-zelensky-meets-vance-as-russian-drones-pound-ukraine    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:37:14

• Poland: Who are the two main candidates of the presidential election? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250518-poland-who-are-the-two-main-candidates-of-the-presidential-election    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:37:29

• How One Woman Is Breaking a Military Stereotype in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/ukraine-woman-combat-pilot.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:37:44

• Zelensky Meets With Pope Leo After Inaugural Mass ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/world/europe/zelensky-pope-mass-vance-rubio.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:38:22

• Learn GNU/Linux File Permissions the Easy Way (And the Hard Way, Too) ☞ https://thenewstack.io/learn-linux-file-permissions-the-easy-way-and-the-hard-way-too/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:39:16

• Answering technical questions you wished they asked ☞ https://rubenerd.com/answering-technical-questions-you-wished-they-asked/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:39:44

• Flowtime – spend your time wisely ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/flowtime-spend-time-wisely/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:40:45

• Contrast checks the contrast between two colors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/contrast-checks-contrast-two-colors/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:40:55

• Solanum is a time tracking app ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/solanum-time-tracking-app/    

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

• linkding is a self-hosted bookmark manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/linkding-self-hosted-bookmark-manager/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:41:39

• Mini Text is a very small and basic text editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mini-text-very-small-basic-text-editor/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:41:59

• 16 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Computer Algebra Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-computer-algebra-systems/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:42:15

• 13 Useful Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Column-Oriented Databases ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-linux-column-oriented-databases/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:42:45

• Raspberry Pi OS – Debian-based distro ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/raspberry-pi-os-debian-based-distro-optimized-raspberry-pi/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:43:18

• Linus Torvalds says Linux 6.15 very likely next week, releases rc7 ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-says-linux-615-very-likely-next-week-releases-rc7/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:45:58

• KDE is finally getting a native virtual machine manager called "Karton" ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-is-finally-getting-a-native-virtual-machine-manager-called-karton/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:51:41

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5972    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:52:54

• Inviting the Founder of GNU/Linux to Events (It Only Costs His Travel Expenses) and Recalling the True Origins ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/17/Inviting_the_Founder_of_GNU_Linux_to_Events_It_Only_Costs_His_T.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:53:11

• Zelensky sits down with Vance in Rome ahead of planned Convicted Felon-Putin call ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250518-zelensky-sits-down-with-vance-in-rome-ahead-of-planned-trump-putin-call    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:53:40

• The world’s only stable backdoored Windows Me machine ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-worlds-only-stable-windows-me-machine/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 12:54:25

• elementary OS Preview Cool Upcoming Features ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/elementary-os-preview-upcoming-features    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:00:19

• FlipperHeimer Geiger Counter module adds radiation sensing to Flipper Zero ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/19/flipperheimer-geiger-counter-module-adds-radiation-sensing-to-flipper-zero/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:02:44

• Ergo Chat v2.16.0, a new stable release ☞ https://ergo.chat/2025/05/18/v2.16.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:12:01

• GIMP 3.0.4 Released ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/05/18/gimp-3-0-4-released/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:12:35

• Top Red Team Tools by Category ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/2025/05/18/top-red-team-tools-by-category/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:13:25

• HRW calls for immediate release of Chad opposition leader amid crackdown on dissent ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/hrw-calls-for-immediate-release-of-chad-opposition-leader-amid-crackdown-on-dissent/    

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

• Federal Appeals Court Blocks Convicted Felon-Era Plan to Deport Migrants to “Third Countries” ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/federal-appeals-court-blocks-trump-era-plan-to-deport-migrants-to-third-countries/    

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

• Mt Fuji ‘dream bridge’ tourist photo spot a nightmare for residents with noise, illegal parking ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/mt-fuji-dream-bridge-photo-spot-for-tourists-a-nightmare-for-japan-residents    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:36:26

• In pictures: Stars dazzle on Day 6 of Cannes Film Festival ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20250518-in-pictures-stars-dazzle-on-day-6-of-cannes-film-festival    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:36:52

• "Semiconductor" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/designing-a-hobbyists-semiconductor-dopant/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:38:16

• "Famous Hack Saved The Apollo 13 Crew" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/in-memory-of-ed-smylie-whose-famous-hack-saved-the-apollo-13-crew/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:38:43

• "AI Santa Demo" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/christmas-comes-early-with-ai-santa-demo/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:40:20

• "Magnetohydrodynamic Motors To Spin Satellites" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/magnetohydrodynamic-motors-to-spin-satellites/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:40:45

• M5Stack Tab5 Review – Part 2: Getting started with ESP32-P4 firmware development using the ESP-IDF Framework and Arduino IDE ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/18/m5stack-tab5-review-getting-started-esp32-p4-esp-idf-framework-arduino-ide/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:41:12

• Microsofters Have a Long History Trying to Take Down Techrights by Sending Threats to Webhosts ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/18/Microsofters_Have_a_Long_History_Trying_to_Take_Down_Techrights.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:42:54

• The Importance of Full Disclosure and Transparency Online ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/18/The_Importance_of_Full_Disclosure_and_Transparency_Online.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:43:04

• Messages in TheLayoff.com Drowned Out by LLM Slop (Comments Focused on Replying to Bot-Generated Provocation) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/18/Messages_in_TheLayoff_com_Drowned_Out_by_LLM_Slop_Comments_Focu.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:43:14

• TheLayoff.com Has Begun Deleting Trolls/AstroTurfers Infesting the I.C.B.M. Section to Discourage On-Topic Discussion About Culls and Maladministration (Bad Strategy) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/19/TheLayoff_com_Has_Begun_Deleting_Trolls_AstroTurfers_Infesting_.shtml &nnbsp;  

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:43:26

• Five more stable kernels ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1021568/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:43:59

• "When I think of Arch Linux, I think of a distribution that’s best suited for those with enough Linux skills to know how to do some serious stuff." https://thenewstack.io/arch-ultimate-edition-a-feature-rich-beautiful-desktop-os/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:44:45

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:45:38

• Federal Circuit on Negative Limitations and Secondary Considerations ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/05/limitations-secondary-considerations.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:45:53

• Optimising Ridiculous Space Battles ☞ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2025/05/18/optimising-ridiculous-space-battles/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:46:25

• 🔤SpellBinding — YDIPTUC Wordo: PRIME gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-19.gmi    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:50:09

• The Silicon Monkey gemini://the-brannons.com/silicon-monkey/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:50:53

• "They’re not 100% done with the text of the book, so they haven’t started translations yet. They have them queued up, though. In case you haven’t noticed, English isn’t the only language that matters anymore." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:51:45

• gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/agk/   

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:53:28

• Tornadoes down the ridge gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/agk/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:53:36

• "Yesterday we lead a third as many people through the cave as we did at last year's open house. Less than 700 people. It was hot. I was miserable from pollen. I wanted to be in the cool damp." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-05-18-storm.txt    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:54:08

• "'ve been really struggling lately. I have very little motivation, and very few things are making me happy. I feel over-worked and under-appreciated, which is having a much bigger impact on me than I thought it would." ☞ https://kevquirk.com/notes/20250518-1519    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:56:30

• Scientists '3D Print' Material Deep Inside The Body Using Ultrasound ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-3d-print-material-deep-inside-the-body-using-ultrasound    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:57:29

• Arduino ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/18/speed-up-arduino-with-clever-coding/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:57:51

• The curl user survey 2025 is up ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/19/the-curl-user-survey-2025-is-up/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:58:52

• Why Surveillance Giant Google Maps is still broken in South Korea: It might not be about national security any more ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/why-google-maps-is-still-broken-in-south-korea-it-might-not-be-about-national-security-anymore    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:59:16

• Slopwatch: Slopfarms and Serial Sloppers Still at It ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/18/Slopwatch_Slopfarms_and_Serial_Sloppers_Still_at_It.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 13:59:47

• The curl user survey 2025 is up ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/19/the-curl-user-survey-2025-is-up/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:03:11

• Tornadoes Reported in Colorado and Kansas as Severe Weather Threat Persists ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/weather/sunday-tornado-forecast-kansas-oklahoma-storms.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:03:47

• What to Know About the NJ Transit Strike ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/nyregion/nj-transit-strike.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:04:10

• New Jersey Transit and Engineers’ Union Agree to Deal to End Strike ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/nyregion/new-jersey-transit-strike-agreement.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:04:37

• Israel begins 'extensive' ground operation in Gaza after devastating air strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250518-more-than-100-killed-overnight-in-israel-s-military-assault-on-gaza-all-hospitals-out-of-service    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:07:40

• Israel starts Gaza ground assault after hundreds killed, no progress in talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250518-israel-starts-gaza-ground-assault-after-hundreds-killed-no-progress-in-talks    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:07:51

• Long form versus short writing ☞ https://rubenerd.com/long-form-versus-short-writing/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:09:48

• GIMP Image Editor 3.0.4 is Available to Download [Ubuntu PPA] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/gimp-3-0-4-is-available/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:10:09

• Abundance of Good Code, "Just Like Air." ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/18/Abundance_of_Good_Code_Just_Like_Air.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:13:55

• Is It Time To Add The Rust Programming Language To I.C.B.M. i? ☞ https://www.itjungle.com/2025/05/19/is-it-time-to-add-the-rust-programming-language-to-ibm-i/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:20:16

• GIMP 3.0.4 Open-Source Image Editor Is Now Available for Download with Bug Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-0-4-open-source-image-editor-is-now-available-for-download-with-bug-fixes    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:20:44

• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 18th, 2025 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-may-18th-2025    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:21:04

• Avaota Previews C1 SBC in Raspberry Pi A Form Factor with Allwinner H618 ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/avaota-previews-c1-sbc-in-raspberry-pi-a-form-factor-with-allwinner-h618/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:22:08

• Play With Words in GNU/Linux Terminal With This Bookworm Inspired Game ☞ https://itsfoss.com/sausage/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:22:25

• Don Marti: reinventing Gosplan ☞ https://blog.zgp.org/reinventing-gosplan/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:23:57

• 25.05 Reasons to NixOS | LINUX Unplugged 615 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/615/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:24:49

• From train (staff) strikes to actual train STRIKES ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/fremont-ohio-train-pedestrians-killed.html    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:25:48

• Simon Quigley: Toolboxes and Hammers — Be You ☞ https://medium.com/@tsimonq2/toolboxes-and-hammers-be-you-e524c7de2ecd    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:27:40

• Google Caves on Nextcloud App Permissions ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/google-caves-on-nextcloud-app-permissions/    

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

• SUSE Is Giving YaST the Dodo Bird Treatment ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/suse-is-giving-yast-the-dodo-bird-treatment/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:28:46

• Sam Thursfield: Book club, 2025 edition ☞ https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2025/05/18/book-club-2025-edition/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 14:31:37

• "If you’re still using IP geolocation to decide what language to show, stop screwing around. It’s a broken assumption dressed up as a feature." https://vitonsky.net/blog/2025/05/17/language-detection/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 17:47:10

• All Linux Is Not Free: 5 Distros That Ask for Your Money https://www.howtogeek.com/paid-linux-distros/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:40:55

• "Tired of Google's grip on your data? After switching to Linux, I found the perfect self-hosted app to replace Google Drive, Photos, Calendar, Docs, and more, all on my terms. Here's how I took back control of my privacy and my data." https://www.howtogeek.com/switched-to-linux-this-app-helped-me-drop-google-for-good/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:41:24

• "Gone are the days when Linux gamers had to jump through hoops to make their favorite games work on their favorite distro. Thanks to Valve and Proton, freshest releases work day one on Linux gaming machines with little to no tinkering." https://www.howtogeek.com/15-popular-games-you-can-surprisingly-play-on-linux/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:41:54

• "He’s paying for coverage. Forbes has a notorious pay-to-play to publish your “thought leadership” model. It's basically an advertorial. Anyone can look good when they’re footing the bill." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvkd99gm SUSE's CEO got sacked for doing this type of stuff    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:45:36

• "If that is the case (30% of the code written by AI), then it is probably time to stop using Microsoft software... the quality is going to go down pretty quick." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvjc9ne6    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:46:03

• No articles in 3 months by now. Hopefully he is OK. https://www.howtogeek.com/author/david-mckay/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:50:28

• Better to just install the real thing then; it would cost nothing https://www.howtogeek.com/homebrew-gives-you-the-best-of-linux-on-mac/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:53:16

• "There's always a favorite." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-dual-boot-but-choose-linux-almost-every-time/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:53:45

• Make the Most of Your Raspberry Pi With This Raspbian Alternative https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-dietpi/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:54:15

• How to Host Your Own Website with Docker and Nginx Proxy Manager https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-host-your-own-website-with-docker-and-nginx-proxy-manager/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:55:05

• DRM https://www.howtogeek.com/synology-may-punish-you-for-buying-third-party-hard-drives/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:56:17

• I Gave Up on Kindle and Built My Own eBook Server With Calibre https://www.howtogeek.com/i-gave-up-on-kindle-and-built-my-own-ebook-server-with-calibre/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:56:56

• "Skip the file manager. These terminal commands keep your workflow fast, clean, and entirely mouse-free." https://www.howtogeek.com/download-unzip-files-without-leaving-the-linux-terminal-with-these-commands/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 18:57:58

• 5 Raspberry Pi Projects I'd Totally Do If I Had the Time https://www.howtogeek.com/raspberry-pi-projects-i-would-do-if-i-had-the-time/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:05:34

• "Who says Linux is only for old and weak systems?" https://www.howtogeek.com/high-performance-linux-distros-for-modern-pcs-and-laptops/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:06:21

• "One man's trash is another man;s useful trash that runs Linux." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-death-of-windows-10-could-net-you-a-bunch-of-free-linux-pcs/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:06:46

• "Quick fixes for the most frustrating Ubuntu issues." https://www.howtogeek.com/common-ubuntu-issues-fixing-boot-errors-wi-fi-problems-and-more/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:07:09

• "Gaming on Linux is easy now? Not always." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-optimize-fall-guys-on-linux/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:07:38

• "Just a few of the myths we wish would quit respawning." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-gaming-myths-that-just-wont-die/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:09:38

• Why a NUC or Mini PC Is the Perfect Homelab Starter Box https://www.howtogeek.com/why-a-nuc-or-mini-pc-is-the-perfect-homelab-starter-box/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:16:58

• Build Linux Software From Source in 3 Easy Steps https://www.howtogeek.com/build-linux-software-from-source-in-3-easy-steps/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:20:25

• How I Run My Entire Homelab on Docker (And Why You Should Too) https://www.howtogeek.com/how-i-run-my-entire-homelab-on-docker-and-why-you-should-too/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:21:49

• "Linux's what you make it - So let's make it rock" https://www.xda-developers.com/i-tried-hannah-montana-linux-in-2025/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:24:43

• Those could instead be used on "proper" GNU/Linux, not Windows with a misleading label https://www.xda-developers.com/tools-run-wsl-better-windows-counterparts/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:25:44

• "Adobe may be the golden standard for creativity tools, but there are plenty of alternatives on Linux" https://www.xda-developers.com/i-use-these-5-alternatives-to-the-adobe-suite-on-my-linux-workstation/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:26:05

• Diversion and distraction from the real thing, i.e. leaving Windows https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-fedora-linux-wsl/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:26:55

• Dotfiles are the underrated tool most users are missing out on https://www.xda-developers.com/dotfiles-underrated-tool-most-users-missing-out/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:27:22

• "With the right OS, even your low-end SBC can turn into a reliable server" https://www.xda-developers.com/lightweight-operating-systems-for-your-home-server/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:29:01

• "What's black and white and supported all over? Linux, of course." https://www.xda-developers.com/end-of-10-group-windows-10-pcs-landfills-linux/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:30:02

• "May they live for another quarter century and beyond." https://www.xda-developers.com/the-freebsd-foundation-has-been-powering-your-devices-for-25-years/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:30:22

• "NixOS is feature-packed" https://www.xda-developers.com/i-started-dual-booting-nixos-alongside-windows-and-im-so-glad-i-did/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:30:48

• "It's less scary than I thought." https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-linux-mint-windows-fanboy/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:31:17

• "Microsoft should start taking notes." https://www.makeuseof.com/features-windows-steal-linux-mint/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:31:37

• A lot of the stuff in youtube is so low-quality, more so the newer video, that searches would mostly yield garbage, not limited to CG slop. Google isn't realising this fast enough. Adding ads won't help if people call it quits. http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/15/YouTube_Layoffs_Mean_That_YouTube_is_Still_Losing_a_Lot_of_Mone.shtml    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:33:57

• Still in FSF https://www.artsy.net/article/ruse-laboratories-gerald-jay-sussman-creator-of-scheme    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:34:59

• FS Foundation: serve users. "Linux" Foundation: sharecropping.    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:37:09

• Reminder that Torvalds is a Swedish name https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/patricia-torvalds    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:40:59

• From the father's side https://www.ksml.fi/paikalliset/2469754    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:41:13

• Promoting slop at SUSE https://www.suse.com/c/navigating-the-future-of-ai-with-secure-genai-deployments/    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:43:22

• "Geebus. Someone can write good comedy. And if they are working at IBM, they are wasting that talent. It’s the same technique of comedy gold that the pretend press secretary uses. Straight face saying the most outrageous things. It’s a skill for sure. 😆😆😆. GJ✅" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvfz27x8    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 19:59:00

• "Truer words have never been spoken. Every CEO out there is taking the approach of fire all the workers first, replace them with cheap Indians, tell the CNBC crowd it's all AI and you're an AI company now, juice the stock price. Everyone knows this is going to end badly but you can't get off the treadmill while it's spinning." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvjc9ne6    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 20:00:18

• "Agreed! Generative AI can only generate simple code patterns that it knows about. Knows about us key here!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvjc9ne6    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 20:01:00

• Gopher and AI Bots gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/gopher-and-ai-bots.md    

posted Monday, May 19, 2025 at 21:04:43

• 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