Roy Schestowitz

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-05-24.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 05:43:41

• "Talking to people is fun. Loud music and drunk people aren't fun, meanwhile. I dipped out of my company's anniversary party early because of that. The first two hours were nice, talking smack with my colleagues over dinner, but once the blood alcohol levels started rising and the music growing louder, it was time for me to leave." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2621    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 05:44:35

• "So I might be moving to a new home soon, honestly not sure how I feel about that. There's a lot of things that could go wrong." gemini://powder.smol.pub/new-home    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 05:45:11

• "I recently setup a simulation that involves modeling the movement of a projectile in a straight line, taking into account simply the force from the engine (for example, rocket output) and the air drag." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250523-0.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 05:45:51

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1304.jpg    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 05:46:21

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1654.jpg    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 05:46:26

• Russia Outlaws Amnesty International in Latest Crackdown on Dissent and Activists https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-19/russia-outlaws-amnesty-international-in-latest-crackdown-on-dissent-and-activists https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-19/russian-court-fines-apple-for-violating-lgbt-propaganda-law    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 05:57:01

• Russia Bans Amnesty International Limited as 'Undesirable' Organisation https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-19/russia-bans-amnesty-international-as-undesirable-organisation-ifax-says    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 05:57:33

• Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Journalist Critical of Ukraine War https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-20/russia-opens-criminal-case-against-journalist-critical-of-ukraine-war    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 05:58:59

• Hit Russian Semiconductor Device Plant https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-21/ukrainian-military-says-it-hit-russian-semiconductor-device-plant    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 05:59:52

• Russian GRU Cyber Actors Targeting Western Logistics Entities and Tech Companies https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/05/21/russian-gru-cyber-actors-targeting-western-logistics-entities-and-tech-companies    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:03:26

• Western intelligence agencies unite to expose Russian hacking campaign against logistics and tech firms https://therecord.media/western-intelligence-alert-russia-hackers-logistics-fancy-bear-apt28    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:04:05

• Russian authorities raid Bars TV station, editor’s home over defamation case, seize equipment https://cpj.org/2025/05/russian-authorities-raid-bars-tv-station-editors-home-over-defamation-case-seize-equipment/    

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

• Complete nonense. If you want video, then you make video. Stupid gimmicks. https://www.maketecheasier.com/turn-photos-to-video-with-tiktok-ai-alive/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:13:35

• They measure importance of things based on what the Chinese government deems important https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/what-methaphone-viral-invisible-phone-stuns-tiktok-50-million-views-1734085    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:14:11

• So they admit the problem is real; the 'solution' is a mock one https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktok-launches-bedtime-pop-ups-curb-teen-doomscrolling-uk-cracks-down-online-harm-1733973    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:14:52

• Labor Rights Under Martial Law https://truthout.org/articles/3-years-into-war-ukrainian-leftists-fight-for-labor-rights-under-martial-law/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:20:48

• Sail Physics https://xkcd.com/3090/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:23:49

• Renormalization https://xkcd.com/3091/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:24:11

• Baker's Units https://xkcd.com/3092/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:24:28

• Grml 2025.05 and Volumio 3.812 are out    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:32:36

• Same for Ultimate 2025.05.17, Clonezilla 3.2.2-5, and Debian Edu 12.11.0 (skolelinux)    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:33:04

• SFTP soft link security problem https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3825    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:33:34

• Enterprise Linux Security Episode 115 - RHEL 10 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=COUea93RE68    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:35:22

• How lichens are bringing stone to life and reconnecting us with the natural world https://theconversation.com/how-lichens-are-bringing-stone-to-life-and-reconnecting-us-with-the-natural-world-250944    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:38:01

• Do we see colour the same way? What scientists can learn from artists https://theconversation.com/do-we-see-colour-the-same-way-what-scientists-can-learn-from-artists-256142    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:38:12

• Batteries that absorb carbon emissions move a step closer to reality – new study https://theconversation.com/batteries-that-absorb-carbon-emissions-move-a-step-closer-to-reality-new-study-256915    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:38:36

• Egg Prices Soar, Amazon and Top Investors Cash In https://www.truthdig.com/articles/as-egg-prices-soar-amazon-and-top-investors-cash-in/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:40:11

• Did humans evolve to prefer religion? Research shows many atheists intuitively favour faith https://theconversation.com/did-humans-evolve-to-prefer-religion-research-shows-many-atheists-intuitively-favour-faith-256391    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:40:49

• For long-tailed tits, it really does take a village https://theconversation.com/for-long-tailed-tits-it-really-does-take-a-village-256128    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:41:02

• Why do protestors use disruptive, confrontational tactics? New research shows they’re not just a last resort https://theconversation.com/why-do-protestors-use-disruptive-confrontational-tactics-new-research-shows-theyre-not-just-a-last-resort-256716    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:41:15

• "i work in marketing for IBM and we do exactly What you said - B2B marketing - client decks, product pages, events, one-pagers, various cross sell initiatives" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvr5mrpp    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:43:58

• "With the internet people can sit anywhere to do support. Instead of paying USD they'll save money paying in rupees while they sit in an IBM building in India, Philippines, etc" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvs6kr1n    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:44:27

• "Why don't you find another job right now? Mental health and family time are higher priorities than severance." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5xrz0r    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:45:31

• It is about faking usage levels, which is fast declining, causing datacentres to shut down and investors to panic https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/05/23/microsoft_ai_notepad/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 06:48:23

• UPC is illegal. This case has been put in an unconstitutional kangaroo court which represents EU and EPO corruption, or a corporate takeover (states as zombies) http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/05/first-upc-decision-to-tackle.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 07:38:38

• "S-Bank fined 7.7m for allowing customers to access others' accounts, illegally transfer funds" https://yle.fi/a/74-20163685    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:03:39

• Anon: this seems like a repeat of the Microsoft-caused problems which hit Sampo Pankki back in 2007.    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:03:59

• Fedora Workstation 42 review - Strangely good and bad ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-42-gnome.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:22:30

• "But the AI [sic] summary box just adds one level more that can introduce just any kind of error or bias on top of that." University of Cambridge    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:27:47

• Terminator Released 2.1.5 with Split & Clone SSH, Docker Sessions ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/05/terminator-released-2-1-5-with-split-clone-ssh-docker-sessions/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:28:29

• Ubuntu 25.10 Will Ship with the Linux 6.17 Kernel ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-10-will-use-linux-6-17-kernel    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:29:23

• Hong Kong university welcomes Harvard students as US halts foreign enrolment at oldest American university ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/23/hong-kong-university-welcomes-harvard-students-as-us-halts-foreign-enrolment-at-oldest-american-university/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:31:03

• Dihydroxyacetone Man showed Ramaphosa a photo from DRC as proof of ‘White genocide’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250523-south-africans-exasperated-by-trump-false-claims-during-ramaphosa-meeting    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:31:18

• What are MCP Servers and Why People are Crazy About It? ☞ https://itsfoss.com/mcp-servers/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:31:44

• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un furious over failed destroyer launch, vows to arrest those responsible ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/05/23/world-news/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-furious-over-failed-destroyer-launch-vows-to-arrest-those-responsible/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:31:57

• Ubuntu 25.10 to provide security boost by securely fetching the time ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-2510-to-provide-security-boost-by-securely-fetching-the-time/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:32:48

• Ryujinx is an open source Nintendo Switch emulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ryujinx-open-source-nintendo-switch-emulator/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:33:38

• lscoltui lets you change the colours of ls ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lscoltui-change-colours-ls/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:33:55

• Sublime Text Code Editor Update 4200 Add Sidebar Flexibility ☞ https://linuxiac.com/sublime-text-code-editor-update-4200-add-sidebar-flexibility/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:35:27

• Repost: Writing a book with Quarto ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/05/repost-writing-a-book-with-quarto/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:36:09

• Three dead in Australia after torrential rain ravages rural towns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/torrential-rain-ravages-australian-towns-thousands-brace-for-isolation    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:36:26

• How To Manage User Passwords in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/how-to-manage-user-passwords-in-linux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:36:50

• How to Install ffmpeg in Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-ffmpeg-in-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:37:01

• How to Understand Convicted Felon’s Latest Deportation Tactics ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/world/how-to-understand-trumps-latest-deportation-tactics.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:37:23

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

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:37:51

• How To Install Nload on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nload-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:38:10

• Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Generic Hair (and Let Us In)! ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/05/rapunzel-down-generic.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:39:41

• The Man Who ‘SLOP-Pilled’ Surveillance Giant Google ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/podcasts/google-ai-demis-hassabis-hard-fork.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:40:12

• Inside Convicted Felon’s Crypto Dinner, and Kennedy’s Plan to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/podcasts/the-headlines/trump-crypto-dinner-kennedy-penny.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:40:27

• █████ https://www.newyorker.com/feed/everything ██████████████████████ Thu, 22 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 ███████ How Experts Became the Enemy    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:40:39

• “R.F.K. Jr. got so much gas in his tank by doubting the authorities that now he is the authority,” the historian Daniel Immerwahr says. “And he's really ill-suited for that.” ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-experts-became-the-enemy    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:40:51

• RISC-V’s Big Week Includes RHEL, CentOS Stream, and Rocky GNU/Linux ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/risc-vs-big-week-includes-rhel-centos-stream-and-rocky-linux/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:41:57

• A Personal Homecoming to BunsenLabs Boron ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/a-personal-homecoming-to-bunsenlabs-boron/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:42:39

• The FDA May Restrict Covid Vaccines. Who Will Be Able to Get Them? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/health/covid-vaccine-restrictions-eligibility.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:43:22

• Indonesia on alert as Covid-19 surges across Asia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-on-alert-as-covid-19-surges-across-asia    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:43:33

• The FDA plans to limit access to covid vaccines. Here’s why that’s not all bad. ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/23/1117329/fda-limit-access-covid-vaccines/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:46:52

• Hollywood on the brink: The end of an era for the movie capital of the world? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/revisited/20250523-hollywood-on-the-brink-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-movie-capital-of-the-world    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:49:09

• Hong Kong gov’t demands MTRC report on 5-hour service disruption to Legislative Council ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/23/hong-kong-govt-demands-mtrc-report-on-5-hour-service-disruption-to-legislative-council/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 08:53:45

• "Explore practical strategies for teaching computing with limited access to devices, featuring tips, tools, and a case study from Kenya." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/teaching-digital-literacy-without-devices/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:13:38

• How Microsoft became a hub for Israeli intelligence ☛ https://thegrayzone.com/2025/05/23/microsoft-hub-israeli-intel/ | Source: The Gray Zone    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:14:20

• "cut off funds to Hungary" ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/05/23/26-meps-call-on-european-commission-to-cut-off-funds-to-hungary | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:15:02

• "Corporate Media" ☛ https://fair.org/home/im-not-seeing-the-horror-reflected-in-corporate-media/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:15:38

• ‘Objective’ ☛ https://fair.org/home/an-objective-press-wont-alert-you-to-threats-to-democracy/ | Source: FAIR https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/The_Fall_of_Corporate_Media_Controlled_by_Oligarchs_Who_Boost_o.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:16:06

• Red ☛ https://therevelator.org/rangers-in-the-red/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:18:56

• SO off topic! ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/la-taco-javier-cabral/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:19:53

• "Firefox’s address bar just got an upgrade, and it’s all about putting you in control." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/address-bar/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:20:03

• "Valve just released SteamOS 3.7 to the stable channel, bringing a huge amount of improvements to the Steam Deck" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/steam-deck-gets-a-big-upgrade-with-steamos-3-7-and-you-can-now-install-it-on-other-amd-handhelds/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:21:07

• "Splitgate 2 brings back the free to play FPS with portals from 1047 Games, with a Beta now available. However, it's another game that will not work on Desktop Linux, only the Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/splitgate-2-gets-a-beta-on-steam-works-on-steam-deck-but-not-other-linux-systems-for-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:21:29

• "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition have been announced, refreshing two popular games bringing many enhancements to both." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/warhammer-40000-space-marine-and-warhammer-40000-dawn-of-war-are-getting-remasters/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:23:23

• "GOG have announced another expansion of the GOG Preservation Program, their promise to keep games updated and refreshed for modern systems with multiple Warhammer titles now included." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/multiple-warhammer-games-enter-the-gog-preservation-program/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:24:19

• "Watch: Chinese coastguard fires water cannon on Philippine research ship" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/05/22/chinese-coastguard-fires-water-cannon-on-philippine-ship/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:24:46

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:25:08

• Openwashing https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/microsoft-just-open-sourced-wsl...-kinda:f see http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/22/The_Evolution_of_Microsoft_s_War_on_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:25:20

• "22 May 2025 at 22:12" https://kevquirk.com/notes/20250522-2212 "You’re pretty much entirely funded by Google. Go home, Mozilla. You’re drunk."    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:25:44

• "Bringing a UI refresh to game pages, along with numerous fixes to running games on Linux systems, the Heroic Games Launcher has a new release out now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heroic-launcher-for-epic-gog-amazon-games-on-linux-steamos-v2-17-released/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:28:02

• "Here's the fresh and up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for May 23rd, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. An easy way to build up your gaming collection with these games coming as part of your Amazon Prime subscription." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heres-all-the-games-to-claim-for-steam-deck-linux-from-prime-gaming-as-of-may-23rd/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:29:23

• "Trump threatens 50% tariffs on E.U. and 25% penalties on Apple as his trade war intensifies" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-05-23/trump-tariffs-eu-apple    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:30:04

• "Trump and DOGE [sic] target Census Bureau and its surveys - mlive.com" https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/05/trump-and-doge-target-census-bureau-and-its-surveys.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:30:16

• "6 aboard jet that slammed into San Diego neighborhood presumed dead" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-22/small-plane-crash-san-diego    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:30:33

• MONOPOLY lobby disguised as some 'nonprofit'! iophk: what is the connection between code.org and Microsoft? this smells like # trying to create a captive market for failed products https://www.axios.com/2025/05/05/computer-science-ai-education-k-12-ceos-letter ("Code.org, AirBnb, Salesforce, Microsoft, LinkedIn lead AI education push")    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:31:15

• "Joann set to shut down all Remaining stores by the end of May after more than 80 years in business" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/joann-set-to-shut-down-all-remaining-stores-by-the-end-of-may-after-more-than-80-years-in-business-101748002715616.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:31:27

• "Even more Warhammer news for you coming out of the Warhammer Skulls event. We have the first trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/warhammer-40000-mechanicus-ii-gets-a-first-trailer-and-you-can-get-a-free-copy-of-gladius/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:32:46

• "Trump helps Gulf states become AI powers amid China fears" https://www.dw.com/en/gulf-states-trump-china-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-semiconductors-big-tech/a-72616663    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:33:36

• "Further | A Sea Of Sorrow: Mindless Cruelty Remains the Point | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/a-sea-of-sorrow-mindless-cruelty-remains-the-point    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:33:48

• "Ahead of the release of Dune: Awakening, my one major concern with it has been swept away by the sands. Thankfully, the BattlEye anti-cheat will be enabled for players on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck to play it." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/dune-awakening-will-have-battleye-enabled-for-linux-steamos-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:34:36

• "Donald Trump Stages an Oval Office Mugging" https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/donald-trump-stages-an-oval-office-mugging    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:34:47

• "US Justice Department agrees to drop criminal case over Boeing crashes in $1.1 billion deal" https://www.semafor.com/article/05/23/2025/us-justice-department-agrees-to-drop-criminal-case-over-boeing-crashes-in-11-billion-deal    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:34:59

• "North Korean warship tough to salvage after launch failure, analysts say – Radio Free Asia" https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/2025/05/23/north-korea-warship-loss/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:35:16

• "Army preps for 250th anniversary parade on Trump’s birthday" https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/05/22/army-preps-for-250th-anniversary-parade-on-trumps-birthday/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:35:29

• "Aktiver Inertikompensatoren! | Version2" | Activate the Inertia Compensator! https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/aktiver-inertikompensatoren    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:36:08

• "This week the Commission released its latest version of the Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/eu-piracy-watchlist-adds-ipfs-fitgirl-and-njalla-250523/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:43:39

• "The copyright office is also responsible for conducting studies and advising Congress on copyright issues, including regarding the growing generative artificial intelligence industry." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/top-copyright-official-sues-trump-over-firing/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:43:51

• "The U.S. Copyright Office director fired by the Trump administration says in a lawsuit her termination was unconstitutional as only the Librarian of Congress — also removed by Trump — has the authority to fire her." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/top-copyright-official-firing/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:44:14

• "What started as a tech bro ambush has shifted into an all-out war for control over the US Copyright Office — and the critical policy direction that comes with it." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/23/u-s-copyright-office-total-chaos/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:44:28

• "Regardless of how Perlmutter’s legal challenge unfolds, it’s safe to say that the broader battle for Copyright Office control involves more than a few moving parts." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/23/shira-perlmutter-lawsuit/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:45:26

• "Government is proposing a workaround to black ownership requirements that will pave the way for Starlink and other satellite services to operate in the country." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-starlink-policy-shift/264109/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:46:20

• "We will lose collective bargaining agreements and we will lose organised labour markets in Finland because there will be fewer workers who are union members and fewer employers who are members in employers associations" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20163742 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:47:30

• "How to Lose a Country: The Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-end-of-erdogan/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:47:43

• "The lawsuit was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and encompasses its allegations under two counts while seeking certification as a class action lawsuit." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2025/05/tribes-sue-for-full-accounting-of-money-used-to-fund-native-american-boarding-schools.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:49:12

• "Marvel's Spider-Man 2 from Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Publishing LLC has Patch 10 out now with some NVIDIA upgrades along with a fix for some Steam Deck players." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/marvels-spider-man-2-gets-nvidia-dlss-4-improvements-and-a-steam-deck-steamos-fix/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:51:27

• "Build up your game collection easily with the Capcom Legends bundle from Fanatical, with 20 items to choose from." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/fanaticals-latest-capcom-legends-bundle-has-some-good-picks-for-cheaps/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:51:50

• "StarVaders from developer Pengonauts is a colourful and action-packed mix of a deck-builder with fast grid-based tactical combat and it's a thoroughly great time." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/starvaders-is-deck-building-meets-grid-based-tactics-and-its-basically-perfect/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:52:47

• "Although Paramount previously called the lawsuit “an affront to the First Amendment” in legal filings to dismiss this March, it has reportedly sought to settle" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/freedom-of-the-press-foundation-paramount-trump-settlement/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:53:37

• "If Mexican authorities finally want to show their commitment to press freedom, they must bring González’s attackers to justice, lest the impunity that fuels these killings continues unabated." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/05/mexican-journalist-jose-carlos-gonzalez-shot-dead-in-acapulco/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:53:54

• "This latest raid and criminal case against Russian broadcaster Bars and its editor-in-chief, Sergey Kustov, is a blatant act of intimidation and censorship" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/05/russian-authorities-raid-bars-tv-station-editors-home-over-defamation-case-seize-equipment/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:54:09

• "Hong Kong is taking a page out of the playbook of authoritarian regimes elsewhere that are using similar intimidation tactics" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/05/tax-audits-target-hong-kong-journalists-news-outlets-as-press-freedom-concerns-intensify/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:54:33

• "Öznur Değer stated that her joy was bittersweet, as many of her friends remain behind bars." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/deger-i-will-continue-to-make-peace-journalism-with-renewed-commitment-79480 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:55:28

• "Several DW journalists are already on Russia's "foreign agent" list." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/russia-declares-dw-journalist-a-foreign-agent/a-72653811 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:55:47

• "A Backseat Baby is the term affectionately used to refer to NPR listeners that were introduced to the station through their parents while sitting in the backseat of the car." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/wait-wait-dont-tell-me-npr-is-over/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:57:06

• "There will be an injunction hearing on May 29, a court filing showed." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/americas/judge-temporarily-halts-trump-block-on-foreign-students-at-harvard-1880923 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:57:45

• "The invitation comes after US President Donald Trump’s administration revoked Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Programme certification, which allows foreign students to enter and study in the US, for the 2025-26 academic year." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/23/hong-kong-university-welcomes-harvard-students-as-us-halts-foreign-enrolment-at-oldest-american-university/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:58:07

• "the government has sought to erase a quarter of Harvard's student body" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/judge-blocks-trump-ban-on-harvard-foreign-student-enrollment/a-72639345 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:59:07

• "Harvard announced that it is taking legal action against several federal agencies. However, on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued the university a 72-hour deadline to provide documentation of on-campus protests and disciplinary records." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/harvards-international-students-left-crisis-after-trumps-ban-what-will-happen-now-1734298 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10:59:34

• "immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-05-23/harvard-sues-trump-administration-foreign-student-ban | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:07:39

• "Harvard University has sued the Trump administration after the US Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday that it was revoking the Ivy League university's ability to enroll international students" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/harvard-sues-trump-government-over-foreign-student-enrolment/a-72639345 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:08:00

• "The administration's recent demands of Harvard and other elite institutions depict the government's playbook to influence and reorient the priorities of universities through federal funds" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/05/22/harvard-warning-universities-noem-dhs | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:08:22

• "The revocation continues a series of government actions to retaliate against Harvard for our refusal to surrender our academic independence and to submit to the federal government's illegal assertion of control over our curriculum" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/harvard-sues-trump-administration | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:08:52

• "The latest measure affects around 6,800 students, 27% of the total at the country’s most prestigious institution, which the Republican administration wants to bend to its will" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-05-23/trump-vs-harvard-six-keys-to-the-attack-on-americas-academic-symbol.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:09:14

• "Harvard argued violated the First Amendment, and was in “in clear retaliation” for the school’s resistance against the government’s push to exert more control over it" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/05/23/2025/harvard-sues-trump-administration-over-ban-on-enrolling-international-students | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:09:46

• "Over 20 percent of them are from China, and 11 percent are from that well-known antisemitic hotspot… Canada" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-holding-harvard-students-hostage/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:10:34

• "The organizations affirm that protecting press freedom and media pluralism is not incompatible with the rule of law; but is a prerequisite for it." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/05/cpj-human-rights-organizations-urge-jordanian-authorities-to-reverse-decision-to-block-websites/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:10:57

• "If nothing changes, Telegram will become the first encrypted messaging app to be banned in Vietnam. Reuters reported that the app was still available inside Vietnam on Friday." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/05/23/vietnam-telegram-ban/ | Source: RFA    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:11:38

• "The Free to Protest Guide (Türkiye) has been created by adapting Privacy International's (PI) Free to Protest Guide UK according to the laws and policies of Türkiye, in collaboration with PI and local activists in Türkiye." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/explainer/5590/free-protest-turkiye-edition | Source: Privacy International    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:11:57

• "big tech censorship" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/23/ftc-opens-up-bullshit-investigation-into-media-matters-for-highlighting-ads-next-to-nazi-content-on-extwitter/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:12:30

• "more than 200 protesters were gathered outside, expressing their displeasure with Noem and the Trump Administration generally" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/23/ice-raids-south-dakota-businesses-three-days-after-dhs-head-kristi-noems-visit-was-greeted-with-protests/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:13:32

• "Throughout 2025, a series of operations targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) unfolded, drawing significant public attention." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/how-many-people-have-been-arrested-in-the-istanbul-municipality-operations-307720 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:13:47

• "At the forefront of this effort has been Asia Fact Check Lab, committed to uncovering and challenging falsehoods across the region and beyond." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/factcheck/2025/05/23/asia-fact-check-lab-key-stories/ | Source: RFA    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:14:40

• "Elisabeth is studying Public Policy at Harvard, a two-year master's degree program that according to the university's website broadens students' perspectives and sharpens their skills for "successful career in public service"." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-23/future-queen-of-belgium-caught-up-in-harvard-foreign-student-ban | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:15:38

• "Not all customers are fans. And not all fans are the sort of customers you can thrive with." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/05/1000-untrue-fans/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:15:58

• "I’m glad that Jason Snell blogged about his skepticism toward the OpenAI and io partnership because his feelings almost exactly mirror my own." ☛ https://heydingus.net/blog/2025/5/sam-and-jony-skepticism | Source: Jarrod Blundy    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:16:30

• "Jony Ive and Scam Altman hitched their carts together to create god knows what." ☛ https://lmnt.me/blog/the-dystopian-dream-team.html | Source: Louie Mantia    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:16:58

• "I don’t really understand what’s going on here. iOS already added APIs for this, which seem like a good solution and much more private than handling this at the app level." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/05/23/tim-cook-opposes-app-store-age-verification-bill/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:18:17

• "This new merger between Jony Ive’s “io” and OpenAI intrigues me. Whatever the first product to emerge from this is, it already has my attention." ☛ https://thejollyteapot.com/2025/05/23/on-the-jony-ive-and-sam-altman-announcement/ | Source: Nicolas Magand    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:18:37

• "Illustrating how definitely not-mad he was, Musk just kept posting through it." ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-responds-humiliated | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:19:03

• "They'd constructed on someone else's land, or they would be paying a host company to provide the physical plant" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/kentuckys-bitcoin-boom-has-gone-bust/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:20:38

• "We’re close to the finish line on Framework Desktop development. We’re now at the end of the DVT2 phase where we complete validation and finalize firmware and drivers." ☛ https://frame.work/fi/en/blog/framework-desktop-deep-dive-power-supply | Source: Framework Computer BV    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:20:51

• "And so although I doubt anyone reading this is unfamiliar with the Elizabeth Line, we’ll do a quick recap before taking a look at Woolwich Station." ☛ https://heliomass.com/posts/2512-station-stories-woolwich/ | Source: Heliomass    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:21:08

• "Each time you ask an AI chatbot to summarize a lengthy legal document or conjure up a cartoon squirrel wearing glasses, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water." ☛ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-impacts-data-centers-water-data/ | Source: Bloomberg    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:21:27

• "Another claim is that AI data centres don’t use lots of water. Which they very much do: [...]" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/23/ai-power-and-water-use-is-through-the-roof-and-80-90-is-each-query/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:21:39

• "That relaxation was interrupted early Thursday morning, when he awoke to discover the bow of a 9,990-ton cargo ship had rammed through his backyard garden." ☛ https://futurism.com/cargo-ship-norway | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:22:16

• "The environmental impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can be seen in many areas. This is clear with regards to the country’s coastline, where damage is now being countered by dedicated efforts at conservation and rewilding." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/05/23/russian-war-on-the-environment-the-danube-delta-romania-and-ukraine/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:43:54

• "The unusually dry weather has already delayed the life cycle of crops that would normally have sprouted by now." ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250523/fears-for-crops-in-denmark-as-dry-weather-hits-northern-europe | Source: The Local DK    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:44:13

• "The lawsuit noted that commercial longline fishing, an industrial method involving baited hooks from lines 60 miles or longer, will snag turtles, marine mammals or seabirds that are attracted to the bait or swim through the curtain of hooks." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-05-23/environmentalists-lawsuit-challenges-trumps-order-to-allow-commercial-fishing-in-pacific-monument | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:44:28

• "We reached out to Nvidia to ask about these allegations, but a representative declined to comment." ☛ https://futurism.com/nvidia-gpu-review-allegations | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:45:12

• "We are now in our twenty-second year of this battle." ☛ https://intpolicydigest.org/how-christian-white-nationalists-captured-the-u-s-military/ |    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:47:00

• "Vance, who has previously acknowledged crafting statements for media impact rather than accuracy, mischaracterised the letter." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/regulating-x-isnt-censorship-its-self-defence/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:47:26

• "Propaganda against Sweden has subsided and Sweden is not specifically mentioned as a target" ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250523/swedish-security-police-lowers-terror-threat-level-from-four-to-three | Source: The Local SE    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:47:44

• "SAPO said that after a period during which Sweden was singled out as a specific target in militant propaganda, it was now increasingly being treated as a part of the West more generally." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-05-23/sweden-lowers-national-threat-level | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:47:58

• "I told you so." ☛ https://thenextmove.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-the-putinization-of-america | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:48:21

• "The timing reveals the intent with surgical precision." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/on-the-republican-partys-constitutional | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:48:47

• "According to chief of space operations general Chance Saltzman, 14 percent, or roughly 780 civilians, are affected." ☛ https://futurism.com/trump-government-gutting-space-force | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:49:48

• "outsized impact" ☛ https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/05/space-force-losing-14-its-civilian-workers/405489/ | Source: Defense One    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:50:02

• "Signal Messenger is warning the users of its Windows Desktop version that the privacy of their messages is under threat by Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot" ☛ https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/05/signal-resorts-to-weird-trick-to-block-windows-recall-in-desktop-app/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:50:41

• "This initiative will draw up a rulebook to provide additional information on the obligations set out in the Data Governance Act for organisations registered as ‘data altruism organisations recognised in the Union’." ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14094-Data-altruism-Rulebook-for-organisations-collecting-personal-data-in-the-general-interest_en | Source: European Commission    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:51:23

• "According to The Washington Post, since 2023 the city has relied on face recognition-enabled surveillance cameras through the “Project NOLA” private camera network." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/aclu-and-aclu-of-louisiana-sound-alarm-on-new-orleans-police-departments-secret-use-of-real-time-facial-recognition | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:51:44

• "Please be advised that we do not consent to your providing the USDA the requested information at this time" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/05/22/kansas-denies-usda-request-for-personal-data-of-residents-receiving-food-assistance/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:52:11

• "Especially Android TVs from lesser-known manufacturers can have serious data security issues. There may be malware or flaws in update support" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20163747?origin=rss | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:52:41

• "Per the report, Tim Cook personally called Texas Governor Greg Abbott last week asking him to either amend or veto the bill that, if it becomes law" ☛ https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/23/tim-cook-calls-texas-governor-over-age-verification-bill/ | Source: 9to5Mac    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:53:09

• [Old] "Apple today announced a series of child safety enhancements in the form of a PDF document which, so far as I can tell, is not listed anywhere on its website" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/ios-age-range-api/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:53:39

• "Apple is hyping itself here but it isn’t the star. This all Epic, which already powers the majority of US hospitals and health systems." ☛ https://rjfaas.com/2025/05/23/apple-hospital-announcement/ | Source: R J Faas    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:53:59

• "Cloudflare has alerted users of a security vulnerability—tracked as CVE-2025-4366—in the widely used Pingora OSS framework." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/cloudflare-fixes-cve-2025-4366-in-pingora-oss/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:54:19

• "Today, a German Region Court in Cologne had to decide on an interim injunction against Meta." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/meta-ai-german-court-did-not-grant-interim-injunction-final-decision-will-be-taken-main-procedure | Source: NYOB    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:54:35

• "The AI industry is rushing to build AI Assistants that integrate into our lives. These firms need to answer questions about how they will protect our data, including from them." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5591/are-ai-assistants-built-us-or-exploit-us-and-other-questions-ai-industry | Source: Privacy International    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:55:28

• "The second issue is that some proposals allow for age-estimation technology, which uses biometric means (e.g., face scans) to estimate user age." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/05/23/kids-dont-have-ids-and-age-estimation-tech-is-frequently-very-wrong/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:55:51

• "What I said in my post about email also applies to mobile numbers. We’ve bootstrapped so much of our online identities to these things, that such outcomes are inevitable." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/australian-telco-fined-for-identity-checks/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:56:43

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/3am-ransomware-attackers-pose-it-support-compromise-networks | Source: Tripwire    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:57:40

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/us-charges-16-russians-danabot-malware/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:57:52

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-qakbot-gang-leader-indicted-in-us/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:58:10

• Windows TCO: "The damage caused was rectified quickly, much to Carola Heilemann-Jeschke's relief. She is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in charge of IT security in Bremen." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/can-germany-withstand-massive-cyberattacks/a-72642036 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:58:33

• Windows TCO: "In addition to targeting the infrastructure of DanaBot, law enforcement agencies said they “neutralized” new versions of Bumblebee, Lactrodectus, Qakbot, Hijackloader, Trickbot and Warmcookie." ☛ https://therecord.media/hackers-charged-infrastructure-dismantled-operation-endgame | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:59:00

• Windows TCO: "Russian national Rustam Gallyamov, 48, allegedly created the software in 2008, which until its disruption was believed to have infected more than 700,000 computers." ☛ https://therecord.media/doj-charges-man-allegedly-behind-qakbot-malware | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:59:21

• Windows TCO: "In a Friday update, Nova Scotia Power confirmed that the attack involved ransomware, and said it did not pay a ransom to the extortionists." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/novia_scotia_power_customers_info_leaked/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11:59:39

• "Pocket’s imminent demise has been bemoaned across the industry." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2793167/digg-founder-pitches-mozilla-to-save-pocket.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:00:05

• "TrueNAS was kind enough to reach out and let me know that their support process does not normally incorporate LLMs." ☛ https://aphyr.com/posts/387-the-future-of-customer-support-is-lies-i-guess |    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:00:39

• "This is not the first time an author has left behind evidence of AI-generation in a book, it’s not even the first one this year." ☛ https://www.404media.co/authors-are-accidentally-leaving-ai-prompts-in-their-novels/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:00:59

• "Anyways. Block some crawlers, I'd encourage it. Pick which ones, pick all of them, evaluate it against what you're trying to accomplish, but I'd encourage you to consider putting up your own small speed bumps as we're forcibly pushed ever faster towards the torment nexus." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/a-clarified-stance-on-blocking-ai-crawlers/ | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:01:22

• "Bonnie Morris requires her history students at the University of California, Berkeley, to buy 25-cent blue books for her midterm exams." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2025/0523/college-ai-blue-book-finals | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:01:37

• "But as eagle-eyed fans of the genre were irritated to discover, the author left glaringly obvious evidence of not only using an AI chatbot to write portions of the book — but also of a naked attempt to copy the style of a real fellow writer." ☛ https://futurism.com/fantasy-novel-ai-prompt-copy-style | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:02:28

• "The caliber of the video is indeed impressive. But the real quantum leap is that the system can produce audio that goes with the clip, ranging from sound effects to music to human speech and singing." ☛ https://futurism.com/google-ai-video-generator-realistic | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:02:42

• "The company behind the Signal clone used by at least one Trump administration official was breached earlier this month. The [cracker] says they got in thanks to a basic misconfiguration" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-signal-knock-off-app-telemessage-got-hacked-in-20-minutes/ | Source: Wired    

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

• "As of September that year, police had detected more than 50 fraudulent payments and an estimated 150 data breaches. At the time, S-Bank promised to compensate customers for their immediate financial losses." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20163685 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:03:39

• "So it probably isn’t for everyone but for me it did the trick and honestly got me though that semester and I skated by passing the exam thankfully and hopefully never going to have to take it again." ☛ https://ericmwalk.blog/2025/05/22/a-quick-nap.html | Source: Eric Walker    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:04:21

• "As you’ll know if you read regularly I’m going through a tough time right now and one thing I have figured out is when enough is enough. When you’re overwhelmed your base limit of tolerance is way above what it would normally be." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/05/24/knowing-when-its-time-to-take-a-break-from-anything/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:04:42

• "All of this is to say: please don’t put someone you love through this. Have a power of attorney and other important documents" ☛ https://rjfaas.com/2025/05/23/have-your-important-documents-ready-for-whoever-will-take-care-of-you-sooner-or-later-someone-will-need-them/ | Source: R J Faas    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:04:56

• "This device has three core functions: detecting clenching, notifying the user of detected clenching, and logging clenching data." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/05/23/this-diy-bruxism-detector-prevents-jaw-clenching-during-sleep/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:05:34

• "At least one PFAS was found in almost every can they tested. Most contained some level of PFOS." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/forever-chemicals-found-in-popular-us-beers-above-epa-limits | Source: Science Alert    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:06:04

• "Let me be clear (as clear as the Cube). I didn’t put my hand on the grille—it was at least 3–4 inches above it. But that was enough. And from that day forward, every time I passed that Cube, I put my hand above it and caused a crash." ☛ https://leancrew.com/all-this/2025/05/the-heat-of-the-moment/ | Source: Dr Drang    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:07:25

• "I’ll kick things off with a frequent admonishment: [...]" ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2025/05/22/the-rules-of-typewriter-club/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:07:39

• "The only danger for me relying on paper is out of sight out of mind. With my apps and widgets whenever I look at or use my phone it’s there." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/05/23/paper-vs-digital-productivity/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:07:54

• "This is the 91st edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Seth Werkheiser and his blog, sethw.xyz" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-seth-werkheiser | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:08:30

• "Cameron Wilson" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/05/05/computer-science-ai-education-k-12-ceos-letter | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:09:52

• "In an interview with The Daily, Mark Guzdial, EECS professor and director of the Program in Computing for the Arts and Sciences" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/academics/umich-introductory-computer-science-courses-face-possible-shift-with-cs-open-letter/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:10:59

• "A department without enough employees to perform statutorily mandated functions is not a department at all." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/district-court-blocks-trumps-department-of-education-shutdown/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:11:36

• [Old] "Before we venture into sending audio over the air, let’s start with a simpler example. We’ll send a simple sine wave using FM." ☛ https://obrhubr.org/fm-radio | Source: Niklas Oberhuber    

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

• "I spent a lot of time doodling in middle school in lieu of whatever it is middle schoolers are supposed to be doing." ☛ https://chriskw.xyz/2025/05/21/Fractal/ |    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:12:31

• "It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/05/23/models-and-science/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:13:08

• "That common envelope, the team notes, explains why the two stars are so close together, approximately 50 times closer than Mercury is to the sun." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-05-binary-star-millisecond-pulsar-helium.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:13:33

• "Do not get me wrong: chats are useful! When you need an immediate interaction or a quick on-the-go message, chats are the best." ☛ https://ploum.net/2025-05-23-chats-digital-clutter.html | Source: Lionel Dricot    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:14:01

• "I’ve never bought this. The correct way to write a blog, if you’ll forgive the tautology, is to write a blog." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/a-list-aparts-tips-for-writing-the-living-web/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:14:19

• "This is the utility of inbox zero: it has no false negatives!" ☛ https://borretti.me/article/inboxes-are-underrated | Source: Fernando Borretti    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:16:20

• "Having bombarded the victim with fake Google security alerts warning of unauthorised login attempts, Lam and Serrano are said to have made contact with the man via phone, impersonating Google support staff." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/doj-charges-12-263-million-crypto-fraud-takedown-where-money-hidden-squishmallow-stuffed-animals | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:16:55

• "It sucks that the options are to host and support everything myself or to put my stuff on some platform or product owned by some company that only cares about making ever-increasing profit." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/maybe-its-okay-that-our-places-on-the-web-are-always-only-temporary | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:17:20

• This Week in Plasma: time-of-day wallpapers ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/05/24/this-week-in-plasma-time-of-day-wallpapers/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:32:57

• "But now, the UBXI KDE 6 Desktop marks the first official expansion of the Unicorn Beyond XFCE Initiative (UBXI), a project launched in 2023 to extend the signature Unicorn workflow, theming, and design elements beyond the XFCE desktop environment." https://linuxiac.com/rhino-linux-unveils-kde-based-ubxi-desktop/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:36:38

• "As many users know, the in-house-developed Unicorn desktop—one of the distribution’s standout features—has, until now, been focused entirely on building and customizing the XFCE desktop environment." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/rhino-linux-unveils-kde-based-ubxi-desktop/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:36:48

• "Bringing a new product to market is never easy, especially when that market is in another country. Each region has its own regulations to follow and certifications to obtain before you can sell or even import an electrical or electronic device" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/navigating-global-market-access-how-raspberry-pi-supports-oems/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:40:23

• "The MyoWare® 2 Muscle Sensor is an Arduino-compatible, all-in-one electromyography (EMG) sensor from Advancer Technologies that allows you to do just that!" ☛ https://news.sparkfun.com/13903 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:40:38

• "When writing long code comments or prose (e.g. in Markdown) I like to have lines neatly formatted to fit the textwidth setting.1 There are two common operators we can use in Vim to achieve this - gq and gw. Most of the time you’d use: [...]" ☛ https://batsov.com/articles/2025/05/23/how-to-vim-format-lines/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:40:48

• "Authorities seized IMSI-catcher devices, which act as fake cell towers to intercept nearby phone signals." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/chinese-spy-ring-busted-in-turkey-by-fake-cell-towers/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:42:41

• "Finnish telecoms equipment vendor Nokia has trialled its 5G technology in a defence scenario during Joint Viking 2025, a multinational military exercise in Norway above the Arctic Circle." ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/business-technology/nokia-trials-5g-platform-for-military-exercise-in-norway.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:43:02

• "Quarto showed up on my radar in 2022 at the last rstudio::conf (before it became posit::conf), where Posit announced the name change, public benefit corp status, Shiny for Python, and, Quarto." ☛ https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/quarto-books | Source: Stephen Turner    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:43:31

• "At old work we did some pretty wild things with Elasticsearch. It’s been a few years for my memories to rot but roughly we’re talking thousand node clusters, a petabyte of data and billions of documents." ☛ https://pointlessramblings.com/posts/adventures-with-elasticsearch/ | Source: Nick Barrett    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:43:45

• "This release fixes a lot of issues, most of them related to either the new YAML configuration format or the new meson build mechanism." ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/2025/05/23/second-alpha-release-of-powerdns-dnsdist-2.0.0 | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:44:01

• "Over five months after its previous 4186 release, Sublime Text, a versatile and popular source code editor among developers, has just rolled out build 4200, delivering new features, performance improvements, and important changes." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/sublime-text-code-editor-update-4200-add-sidebar-flexibility/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:44:15

• "Pocket won't be on the app stores beginning today, May 22. New account sign-ups will be disabled, and on July 8, the app will shut down entirely and enter export-only mode." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/pocket-shuts-down/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:45:15

• "Mozilla is shutting down its read-later app, Pocket, on July 8, in a significant setback for users who rely on it to save articles, highlights, notes, and archives." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/mozilla-to-shutter-read-later-app-pocket-from-july-8/articleshow/121360150.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:45:45

• "In this post we'll introduce two memory leaks into Postgres and debug them with heaptrack." ☛ https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/debugging-memory-leaks-postgres-heaptrack-edition | Source: EnterpriseDB Corporation    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:47:07

• "None of these quite scratched my itch for what a distributed Postgres could look like, so I couldn’t help but try to scratch it myself." ☛ https://fabianlindfors.se/blog/making-postgres-distributed/ |    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:47:31

• "That is how journa11ty became a new starter template." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/journa11ty/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:48:09

• "Videos should focus on a timely topic or on a project related to digital information." ☛ https://www.cni.org/news/cfp-cni-pre-recorded-project-briefing-series-summer-2025 | Source: Coalition for Networked Information    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:49:22

• "I wanted to share the call for proposals for the 20th International Digital Curation Conference – CNI is thrilled to serve, once again, as a collaborating organization for this important event." ☛ https://www.cni.org/news/2026-international-digital-curation-conference | Source: Coalition for Networked Information    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:49:48

• "Every week, free software activists from around the world come together in #fsf on Libera.Chat to help improve the FSD" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsd-meeting-recap-2025-05-16 | Source: FSF    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:50:09

• "Upon returning to Cambridge, Rice immediately set about structuring his own research project. Foundational to his approach was Ur’s graduate-level course on archaeological applications of Geographical Information Systems" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/marine-vets-future-was-a-puzzle-then-he-found-archaeology/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:52:23

• "The entire point of futures and Rust’s async/.await system is to introduce two new capabilities: arbitrary concurrent execution of computations" ☛ https://blog.yoshuawuyts.com/the-waker-allocation-problem/ | Source: Yoshua Wuyts    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:53:31

• "At the Linux Application Summit (LAS) in April, Sebastian Wick said that, by many metrics" ☛ https://lwn.net/Articles/1020571/ | Source: LWN    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:55:37

• "Here is the first 2025 status report, with 40 entries." ☛ https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:56:47

• "NixOS is an independently-developed GNU/Linux distribution that aims to improve the state of the art in system configuration management." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12453 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:57:24

• "With Pangolin using WireGuard as its backend, you can have confidence that the team hasn’t attempted to re-invent the wheel where it wasn’t needed and is relying on fast, well-tested software." ☛ https://pimylifeup.com/pangolin-linux/ | Source: Pi My Life Up    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:58:08

• "That one trick is a honeypot text field in my 'write a comment' form. This field is normally hidden by CSS, and in any case the label for the field says not to put anything in it." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/CommentSpamPrecautionsII | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:58:21

• "We’ll use webmention.io for this. webmention.io is a hosted service for receiving Webmentions." ☛ https://henry.codes/writing/collecting-webmentions/ | Source: Henry Desroches    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:58:39

• "All the commands in this how-to will work on most Linux machines." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/use-grep-to-search-linux-files-and-directories-smarter | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:58:53

• "These commands will work on most Linux machines. Our test PC ran Kubuntu, a derivative of Ubuntu, but you can also run through this how-to on a Raspberry Pi. All of the how-to is conducted via the Terminal." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/how-to-manage-user-passwords-in-linux | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 12:59:28

• TecAdmin Took a Break From GNU/Linux to Push SPAM ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/23/TecAdmin_Took_a_Break_From_Linux_to_Push_SPAM.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:00:57

• Slopwatch: Brian Fagioli, Brittany Day, and Other Plagiarists Who Rip Off Real Writers and Target Themes Around "Linux" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/23/Slopwatch_Brian_Fagioli_Brittany_Day_and_Other_Plagiarists_Who_.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:01:26

• The Next Talk of Richard Stallman (Father of GN/Linux and the GPL) Advertised in the Media 3 Days in Advance (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/23/The_Next_Talk_of_Richard_Stallman_Father_of_GN_Linux_and_the_GP.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:01:36

• "Linux Mint gets the most complaints about Grub not updating but it is not really a Mint problem. The volume of complaints is due to the fact Mint is the most popular flavor of Linux." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/grub/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:03:28

• "But really, they do suck. A laptop can be great to use, have a fantastic keyboard, sharp display, lots of storage and a fast CPU, and all of that can be ruined by one component: the cooling fan." ☛ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/05/23/laptops/ | Source: Herman Õunapuu    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:03:49

• This Week in GNOME: #201 Dithered Images ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/05/twig-201/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:06:34

• Deep Learning is no Intelligence ☞ https://cullmann.dev/posts/deep-learning-is-no-intelligence/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:07:23

• Avoiding becoming the lone dependency peg with load-bearing anime ☞ https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/avoiding-becoming-peg-dependency/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:12:54

• How to Install Warzone 2100 on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-warzone-2100-funos/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:13:59

• Red Hat-sponsored spam about Red Hat and it is, as usual, about buzzwords, not substance ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/23/red-hat-unifying-ai-infrastructure-vllm-inference-server-rhsummit/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:15:21

• Red Hat-sponsored spam ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/23/red-hat-ai-first-enterprise-tech-stack-rhsummit/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:15:29

• The Microsofter Who Kept Sending Threatening Post and E-mail to My Wife Has Been Joking He'd Work on Code for "Sexual Favours" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/23/The_Microsofter_Who_Kept_Sending_Threatening_Post_and_E_mail_to.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:22:41

• Growing Recognition Out There That Courts Must Abandon Abusive Monopolist Microsoft or Have No Perception of Authority, Autonomy, Independence, Fairness, and More ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/23/Growing_Recognition_Out_There_That_Courts_Must_Abandon_Microsof.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:23:33

• These Feet Are Made for Walking ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/22/These_Feet_Are_Made_for_Walking.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:23:43

• Richard Stallman's Next Public Talk is in Milan, Italy Next Week ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/22/Richard_Stallman_s_Next_Public_Talk_is_in_Milan_Italy_Next_Week.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:23:52

• Christian Hergert: Sysprof in your Mesa ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/05/23/sysprof-in-your-mesa/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:24:58

• 🔤SpellBinding: ACEHPMI Wordo: MISDO gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-05-24.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:31:24

• "A point that I did not understand, while I was building my analog computer, is the importance of the time constant of the integrators. For accuracy, the integrators should all have the same time constant — or set of time constants — so that they all give the same results for the same rate of change input." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250523-1.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:32:23

• from the corner gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/from_the_corner    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 13:34:21

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.10: Peersuite, YAML Essentials, Splitting Screen in Vim and More ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-10/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 14:49:06

• NixOS 25.05 released ☞ https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-2505/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 14:49:42

• Gunnar Wolf: No further discussion -- I am staying with a Thinkpad keyboard. ☞ https://gwolf.org/2025/05/no-further-discussion-i-am-staying-with-a-thinkpad-keyboard.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 14:50:49

• Hans de Goede: IPU6 cameras with ov02c10 / ov02e10 now supported in Fedora ☞ https://hansdegoede.dreamwidth.org/29996.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 14:51:29

• Spam for and by Red Hat (bribed 'journalism') with buzzwords thrown in, as requested by the client ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/05/23/rhel-10-staying-ahead-ai-security-cloud-rhsummit/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 14:52:30

• The fake articles from siliconangle.com shows an element of the Web that's deeply rogue; it's not just LLM slop    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 14:53:07

• Fortifying Debian With SELinux by Enforcing Mandatory Access Control for Ultimate System Security ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/fortifying-debian-selinux-enforcing-mandatory-access-control-ultimate-system-security    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 14:54:39

• Linux Networking: Mastering VLAN Trunking, Bonding, and QoS for High-Performance Systems ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-networking-mastering-vlan-trunking-bonding-and-qos-high-performance-systems    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 14:54:48

• extundelete recovers deleted files from ext3 or ext4 partitions ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/extundelete-recovers-deleted-files-ext3-ext4-partitions/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:07:40

• Mission Planner is software used to control autonomous vehicles ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mission-planner-software-control-autonomous-vehicles/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:07:55

• 7 Best Free and Open Source BorgBackup Front-Ends ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-borgbackup-front-ends/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:09:37

• NixOS 25.05 Released with GNU/Linux 6.12 LTS and 6.14 Kernels, GNOME 48, and More ☞ https://9to5linux.com/nixos-25-05-released-with-linux-6-12-lts-and-6-14-kernels-gnome-48-and-more    

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

• Steven Deobald: 2025-05-23 GNOME Foundation Report ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/05/24/2025-05-23-foundation-report/    

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

• Travellers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book’s quake prediction ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/travelers-avoid-trips-to-japan-over-viral-comic-books-quake-prediction    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:16:40

• Simpler is Better ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/23/Simpler_is_Better.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:16:59

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, May 23, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-05-23-irc    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:17:22

• Yves-Alexis Perez: strongSwan autopkgtests ☞ http://www.corsac.net/?rub=blog&post=1613    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:18:07

• A very silly website rebuild ☞ https://rubenerd.com/a-very-silly-website-rebuild/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:18:26

• Why didn't mainstream media report Joe Biden's decline sooner? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/scoop/20250523-why-didn-t-mainstream-media-report-joe-biden-s-decline-sooner    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:18:50

• Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-police-homelessness-doj | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:19:20

• “Invasion” ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-immigration-invasion-rhetoric-courts | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:19:39

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

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:20:09

• How To Install Sublime Text on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-sublime-text-fedora-42/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:20:20

• How To Install Kitematic on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kitematic-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:20:38

• Perlmutter Says Convicted Felon’s Attempt to Remove Her as Register is ‘Blatantly Unlawful’ and Has No Effect ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/05/23/perlmutter-tells-trump-attempt-remove-blatantly-unlawful-no-effect/id=189177/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:21:10

• So YouTube still cannot be profitable ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/23/youtube-content-id-payouts/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/15/YouTube_Layoffs_Mean_That_YouTube_is_Still_Losing_a_Lot_of_Mone.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:22:19

• Kremlin-backed foundation ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/05/24/a-proxy-in-plain-sight | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:22:57

• Kyiv ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/23/kyiv-proposes-that-e-u-countries-finance-its-armed-forces-under-nato-defense-obligations | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:25:50

• "G7 countries considering lowering price cap on Russian oil" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/23/g7-countries-considering-lowering-price-cap-on-russian-oil-reuters | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:26:09

• "Russian foreign minister says Moscow will give Kyiv ceasefire terms after prisoner swap" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/23/russian-foreign-minister-says-moscow-will-give-kyiv-ceasefire-terms-after-prisoner-swap | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:26:34

• Why the thanks for German tanks ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0523/Why-the-thanks-for-German-tanks    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:26:47

• Why We'll Continue Covering EPO Abuses (Other Patent Offices as Well, as the Need Arises) for Many Years to Come ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/05/22/Why_We_ll_Continue_Covering_EPO_Abuses_Other_Patent_Offices_as_.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:27:05

• Windows TCO ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/operation-endgame-ransomware-infrastructure-takedown-europol/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:28:41

• A Mother’s Hunger Strike Challenges Two Nations ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/a-mothers-hunger-strike-challenges-two-nations    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:29:03

• The real solution is to abandon Windows, which has back doors (still) ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/signal-adds-screenshot-blocker-to-thwart-windows-recall/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:29:43

• Rights group expresses concern over rule of law in Italy ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/rights-group-expresses-concern-over-rule-of-law-in-italy/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:31:06

• Talk of US forces drawdown spooks Seoul ahead of presidential election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-forces-drawdown-talk-spooks-seoul-ahead-of-presidential-election    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:31:28

• North Korean warship tough to salvage after launch failure, analysts say ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/05/23/north-korea-warship-loss/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:31:40

• Premier article sur mon gemlog gemini://unbon.cafe/les_yeux_ouverts/gemlog/2025-05-23.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:33:48

• "chatgpt" sucks gemini://unbon.cafe/les_yeux_ouverts/gemlog/2025-05-23-2.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:34:20

• L’Algorithme de la Sympathie gemini://unbon.cafe/les_yeux_ouverts/gemlog/2025-05-24.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:34:45

• capsule chez unbon.cafe gemini://unbon.cafe/les_yeux_ouverts/gemlog/2025-05-24-2.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:35:05

• Matinée PSC avec des CM2 gemini://unbon.cafe/les_yeux_ouverts/gemlog/2025-05-23-3.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:35:40

• "H.1Bs actually helps transition the jobs offshoring to India because: - They speak the same language; - They can work around the clock to make sure the knowledge gets transferred and have the rope around their neck in case they fail - They are cheaper and will not complain or retaliate" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvs6kr1n    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:58:18

• "Alvind needs the transferred headcount for his most favored nation - India - so that he can show his leader, Modi that he earned his medals...and his $100 million bonus. All legally, of course." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvw8qmkn    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 15:59:42

• They made it look like he is behind bars https://www.pausa.com.ar/2017/06/cuatro-estampitas-de-richard-stallman/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 16:26:01

• Malaysia’s Anwar defends lengthening tenure of anti-graft chief ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-anwar-defends-lengthening-tenure-of-anti-graft-chief    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 16:54:23

• How China Stands in the Way of a U.S.-Vietnam Trade Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/business/vietnam-china-transshipment.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 16:54:32

• Long advantageous, Harvard's China ties become a political liability ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/long-advantageous-harvards-china-ties-become-a-political-liability    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 16:54:56

• Chinese factory worker sets fire to textile plant over 800 yuan in unpaid wages ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/05/23/china-sichuan-factory-fire-worker-protest/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 16:55:15

• Hong Kong urges employers to ensure worker safety after heat stress warnings issued for 2 consecutive days ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/05/23/hk-govt-urges-employers-to-ensure-workers-safety-after-heat-stress-warnings-issued-for-2-consecutive-days/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 16:55:43

• Pet Hacks ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/23/2025-pet-hacks-contest-keep-your-hound-toasty-warm-with-this-heated-dog-bed/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 17:01:01

• Earth's Rotation Is Slowing Down, And It Might Explain Why We Have Oxygen ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-rotation-is-slowing-down-and-it-might-explain-why-we-have-oxygen    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 17:02:22

• Piles of Penguin Poop Could Surprisingly Help Cool Antarctica ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/piles-of-penguin-poop-could-surprisingly-help-cool-antarctica    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 17:02:43

• Earth's Crust Is Hiding Vast Reserves of Hydrogen – Here's How We Can Find It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-crust-is-hiding-vast-reserves-of-hydrogen-heres-how-we-can-find-it    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 17:02:52

• Do Eyes Really See The World Upside Down? Here's The Science. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/do-eyes-really-see-the-world-upside-down-heres-the-science    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 17:03:01

• Thermal Camera ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/23/tearing-down-and-hacking-the-t2s-thermal-camera/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 17:06:26

• Aquassist Fish Feeder ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/23/2025-pet-hacks-contest-aquassist-fish-feeder/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 17:34:10

• FOSS Weekly #25.21: Oh My Bash, Ubuntu's New Terminal, Pixelify Android, Fedora's Wayland Gamble and More https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-21/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:01:50

• EEE https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/23/anduinos/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:02:18

• The Register: "2025-05-23 What would a Microsoft engineer do to Ubuntu? AnduinOS is the answer". No, that's already done by Canonical. http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Is_Ubuntu_Compromised_Push_Away_From_GNU_and_GPL_Led_by_Army_Of.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/06/Ubuntu_Becomes_Microsoft_GitHub_Based_on_Decision_Made_by_Briti.shtml    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:03:27

• Chrome 0-Day CVE-2025-4664 Exposes Windows, Linux Browser Activity https://hackread.com/chrome-0-day-cve-2025-4664-windows-linux-browser-activity/ When your "browser" is proprietary and does too much, far more than rendering pages    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:09:10

• "In other news, Funcom will be showing off the mid-to-end game in a livestream on May 28th across Twitch and YouTube, starting around 4PM UTC." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/dune-awakening-will-have-battleye-enabled-for-linux-steamos-steam-deck/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:09:51

• "The launcher can be run on Linux, macOS and Windows." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/heroic-launcher-for-epic-gog-amazon-games-on-linux-steamos-v2-17-released/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:10:25

• "The first game actually had a Native Linux version, with the sequel dropping that so you need to play it with Valve's Proton compatibility layer. Only if you're on a Steam Deck, that is." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/splitgate-2-gets-a-beta-on-steam-works-on-steam-deck-but-not-other-linux-systems-for-now/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:10:54

• Slop is not "AI" and this is not Linux https://thecyberexpress.com/cve-2025-37899-zero-day-in-linux-smb-kernel/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:11:35

• Your Steam Deck Just Got a Big Update https://www.howtogeek.com/your-steam-deck-just-got-a-big-update/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:13:01

• AudioThing Wave Box, dual waveshaper plugin for mac, linux, win and now iOS AUv3 https://synthanatomy.com/2025/05/audiothing-wave-box-dual-waveshaper-plugin-for-mac-linux-win-and-now-ios-auv3.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:13:35

• This is about SMB2 https://www.techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/openai-o3-model-linux-security-threat and it isn't critical https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-37899    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:16:36

• In practice, slop is a waste of time for bug finding/reporting https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/curl_ai_bug_reports/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:18:57

• Education tech firm terminates its Santa Clara HQ lease, cuts employees https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2025/05/23/chegg-layoffs-santa-clara-office-headquarters.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:25:35

• Aerospace Breakthrough ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/23/emf-forming-was-a-neat-aerospace-breakthrough/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:36:17

• "The M.2 slot is usually used for solid-state storage devices. However, [bitluni] had another fun idea for how to use the interface. He built an M.2 compatible LED matrix that adds a little light to your motherboard." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/24/led-matrix-built-for-m-2-interface/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:36:46

• More like a shopping list of hype and/or buzzwords ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/23.05.2025-latvia-and-rest-of-eu-pledge-tighter-export-controls-on-cutting-edge-technologies.a600323/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:37:48

• Judge Blocks Convicted Felon Effort to Bar Harvard’s International Student Enrollment After Lawsuit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/harvard-sues-trump-international-students-garber.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:38:27

• Florida must reject efforts to weaken child labor laws ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/florida-must-reject-efforts-to-weaken-child-labor-laws/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:38:54

• Hours After Harvard Sues, Court Blocks Convicted Felon's Move to Ban Enrollment of Foreign Students ☞ https://www.chronicle.com/article/trump-administration-revokes-harvards-ability-to-enroll-international-students    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:39:23

• Teachers Protest in Mexico City Shuts Down Airport ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/world/americas/mexico-city-teachers-protest-airport-shutdown.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:40:12

• Insiders say the real news at Microsoft isn't just the mass layoffs of many "expensive" managers but big changes that horrify and make remaining stuff miserable. This is a company in crisis.    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:42:53

• The downtimes, the bugs, the PR gaffes are just some visible (from the outside) symptoms of this crisis    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:43:28

• ibm.com traffic down 10% in a month? https://www.similarweb.com/website/ibm.com/#ranking    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 18:44:49

• UK signs deal handing sovereignty of Chagos Islands over to Mauritius ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/uk-signs-deal-handing-sovereignty-of-chagos-islands-over-to-mauritius/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:13:53

• US federal judge blocks Convicted Felon ban on Harvard enrollment of international students ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/us-federal-judge-blocks-trump-ban-on-harvard-enrollment-of-international-students/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:14:29

• For Undocumented Immigrants, Being ‘Good’ Is Not Good Enough ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/for-undocumented-immigrants-being-good-is-not-good-enough    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:15:02

• In Other News: Volkswagen App Hacked, DR32 Sentenced, New OT Security Solution ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-volkswagen-app-hacked-dr32-sentenced-new-ot-security-solution/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:20:25

• Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #501 - The highest, fastest, coldest, deepest, biggest, smallest, hottest... ☞ https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/UjCMQVSWnjEzXjgsOWAN763Q    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:21:09

• Vim updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Vim    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:22:25

• sean michael-kerner used to cover GNU/Linux. Now... Microsoft SPAM gets "assigned" to him. PR chaff.    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:23:34

• And it's the word kind of SPAM: all that "HEY HI" spam... i.e. promoting a scam    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:24:01

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Threatens 50% Tariff on E.U. and 25% Tariff on Fashion Company Apple ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/politics/trump-tariffs-eu-apple.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:24:18

• Why Making an iPhone in the U.S. Would Be So Difficult ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/technology/apple-iphone-trump-india-china.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:24:30

• Native nations sue US government alleging misuse of trust funds for boarding schools ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/05/native-nations-sue-us-government-alleging-misuse-of-trust-funds-for-boarding-schools/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:26:51

• Building a Local Bugzilla RAG System ☞ https://bzoltan1.github.io/building-a-local-bugzilla-rag-system/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:27:54

• Inherent Disclosure and Implicit Construction ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/05/inherent-disclosure-construction.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:28:31

• Hans de Goede: IPU6 FOSS and proprietary stack co-existence ☞ https://hansdegoede.dreamwidth.org/29920.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:30:11

• "falls on apartment building in Russia’s Yelets" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/23/debris-from-downed-ukrainian-drone-falls-on-apartment-building-in-russia-s-yelets | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:31:41

• Donbas ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/05/23/on-the-move-again | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:32:02

• "Odesa and Chuhuiv in Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/23/two-killed-in-russian-missile-strikes-on-odesa-and-chuhuiv-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:32:15

• "The endgame is here" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/05/23/the-endgame-is-here | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:32:39

• "first day of swap" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/23/russia-and-ukraine-exchange-390-prisoners-each-on-first-day-of-swap | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:32:56

• "Kyiv traded dozens of Ukrainian civilians convicted of collaboration, treason, and voicing online support for Russia’s invasion" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/05/24/in-may-23-prisoner-exchange-kyiv-traded-dozens-of-ukrainian-civilians-convicted-of-collaboration-treason-and-voicing-online-support-for-russia-s-invasion | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:33:18

• Kyiv hit by large-scale drone attack as Russia, Ukraine set to continue major prisoner swap ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250524-kyiv-hit-by-large-scale-drone-attack-as-russia-ukraine-set-to-continue-prisoner-swap    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:33:50

• Ukraine and Russia Begin Largest Exchange of Prisoners of War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/world/europe/ukraine-russia-prisoner-swap.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:34:01

• US-based Ukrainian says he completed Everest climb from sea level to summit in 4 days ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/us-based-ukrainian-says-he-completed-everest-climb-from-sea-level-to-summit-in-4-days    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:34:13

• Kyiv Comes Under 'Combined Enemy Attack' After Prisoner Exchange ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-kyiv-attack-drones-missiles-klitschko/33422601.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:34:27

• War in Ukraine: Russia says swapped 270 POWs, 120 civilians with Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250523-russia-says-swapped-270-pows-120-civilians-with-ukraine    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:34:46

• 🔴 Russia and Ukraine begin first stage of large-scale prisoner swap ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250523-%F0%9F%94%B4-russia-and-ukraine-begin-first-stage-of-large-scale-prisoner-swap    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:35:02

• Russia and Ukraine begin first stage of large-scale prisoner swap ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250523-russia-ukraine-begin-first-stage-large-scale-prisoner-swap    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:35:13

• Kyiv comes under large-scale Russian drone and missile attack hours after prisoner swap ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/05/23/world-news/kyiv-comes-under-large-scale-russian-drone-and-missile-attack-with-explosions-heard-throughout-city/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:35:24

• C64 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/23/teensyrom-nfc-game-loading-on-the-c64/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:36:23

• Webkit’s New Color Picker as an Example of Good Platform Defaults ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/better-platform-defaults-color-picker/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:37:17

• Nearly 800 People Exchanged As Largest Ukraine-Russia Prisoner Swap Begins ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/war-prisoners-exchange-ukraine-russia-putin-zelenskyy/33422206.html    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:37:51

• Arts24 in Cannes: Iranian director Jafar Panahi defies censorship with bold new film at Cannes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20250523-arts24-in-cannes-iranian-director-jafar-panahi-defies-censorship-with-bold-new-film-at-cannes    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:38:38

• "A Web Rant" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/05/23/hackaday-podcast-ep-322-fake-hackaday-writers-new-retro-computers-and-a-web-rant/ | Source: Hackaday    

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

• FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz — May 23, 2025 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/05/foss-force-mostly-open-tech-news-quiz-may-23-2025/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:39:55

• Gracie Abrams Is Getting Broiled by TikTok’s ‘Propaganda’ Trend ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/05/23/new-tiktok-trend-labels-gracie-abrams-propaganda/    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:41:06

• ENDOF10... gemini://sl1200.dystopic.world/art/endof10.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:53:08

• "Any time spent discussing leasehold in the UK will confront an observer with the curious claim that residential long leases aren't used outside England and Wales." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-05-24_that-claim-that-leasehold-is-only-in-england-and-wales.gmi    

posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 19:54:00

• 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