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  • Nat. security police warn Hongkongers to ‘immediately’ uninstall game said to promote independence ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/11/nat-sec-police-warn-against-game-advocating-armed-revolution-hong-kong-independence/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:07:31

  • Japan’s PM Ishiba pledges 50% pay rise by 2040 ahead of elections ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japans-ishiba-pledges-50-pay-rise-by-2040-ahead-of-elections    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:07:49

  • South Korea’s President Lee, China’s Pooh-tin pledge closer economic, security cooperation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-urges-respect-right-track-in-call-with-south-korean-counterpart    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:08:26

  • Nat. security police warn Hongkongers against downloading game ‘promoting’ independence ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/11/nat-sec-police-warn-against-game-advocating-armed-revolution-hong-kong-independence/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:08:56

  • 'Naive attempt at total peace: Colombians pin blame on Petro's feckless policies on security, peace' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250610-naive-attempt-at-total-peace-colombians-pin-blame-on-petro-s-feckless-policies-on-security-peace    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:09:29

  • Israeli ministers sanctioned by UK and other countries over West Bank incitement ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250610-israeli-ministers-sanctioned-by-uk-and-other-countries-over-west-bank-incitement    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:09:39

  • House Homeland Chairman Mark Green’s departure could leave congressional cyber agenda in limbo ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/mark-green-house-homeland-chairman-cybersecurity-agenda/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:10:25

  • Nuclear war in Asia would be Australia’s problem, too. We must prepare ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/nuclear-war-in-asia-would-be-australias-problem-too-we-must-prepare/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:10:53

  • Noem accuses Sheinbaum of ‘encouraging violent protests’ in LA: Tuesday’s mañanera recapped ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/noem-sheinbaum-encouraging-violent-protests-tuesdays-mananera-recapped/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:11:37

  • Critical Vulnerability Patched in SAP NetWeaver ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-patched-in-sap-netweaver/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:11:56

  • Five Zero-Days, 15 Misconfigurations Found in Salesfarce Industry Cloud ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/five-zero-days-15-misconfigurations-found-in-salesforce-industry-cloud/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:12:12

  • Graz, Austria, School Shooting: What to Know ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/world/europe/austria-shooting-what-to-know.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:13:37

  • At Least 10 Dead After Austria School Shooting, Police Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/world/europe/austria-school-shooting.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:13:47

  • AU says ratings agency got it wrong in slashing Afreximbank credit score ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250610-afreximbank-says-fitch-s-negative-outlook-hinged-on-erroneous-view    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:14:14

  • GL.iNet Flint 3 (GL-BE9300) is an affordable tri-band WiFi 7 router with 5 2.5GbE ports ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/10/gl-inet-flint-3-gl-be9300-is-an-affordable-tri-band-wifi-7-router-with-5-2-5gbe-ports/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:14:58

  • Khaby Lame, World’s Most Popular TikToker, Is Forced to Leave U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/world/europe/khaby-lame-detained-immigration.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:15:25

  • Why the MAGA Right Became Obsessed With the Romanian Election ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/magazine/romania-election-tiktok-russia-maga.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:15:45

  • Los Angeles protests: how Hey Hi (AI) and chatbots are feeding fake news ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250610-meet-bob-the-ai-generated-national-guard-soldier-sparking-misinformation    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:16:07

  • "At Chez Boca, Bunny is the prescriptivist in the household, and I the descriptivist. So while “Grammar rules you can stop sticking to [1]” meshed with my biases, Bunny remained unconvinced with a small exception towards not ending a sentence with a preposition." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/06/11.1    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:21:05

  • "I was quite vulnerable to consumerist hype back when I spent my days on Reddit and Facebook. Once I quit social media in 2020, my interest waned significantly." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202506/20250611-thoughts-on-labubus.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:21:54

  • Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-06-12.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:22:39

  • The Fellowship of the Ring gemini://inoro.smol.pub/tambores-na-profundidade    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:23:50

  • "only got balls for brains" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2635    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:25:09

  • "Life's generally been good. I have been in my job for a bit over a month and no friction has occured at all, the courses in my masters are almost over so I will only have my thesis (and a couple other minor stuff) to take care of and everything feels like a breeze, currently." gemini://tilde.team/~cybermantid/gemlog/life.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 03:25:56

  • Block-layer bounce buffering bounces out of the kernel https://lwn.net/Articles/1022655/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 04:47:49

  • "As of this writing, 5,546 non-merge changesets have been pulled into the mainline kernel repository for the 6.16 release. This is a bit less than half of the total commits for 6.15, so the merge window is well on its way. Read on for our summary of the first half of the 6.16 merge window." https://lwn.net/Articles/1022512/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 04:48:16

  • Out of Pocket and into the wallabag https://lwn.net/Articles/1022399/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 04:48:59

  • "Kate Stewart gave a keynote on the topic on the first day of the conference." https://lwn.net/Articles/1022889/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 04:50:14

  • Software patents need to be abolished, but IBM refuses to do this; instead it lobbies for them https://lwn.net/Articles/1023088/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 04:52:05

  • Hardening fixes lead to hard questions https://lwn.net/Articles/1023502/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 04:52:49

  • Device-initiated I/O https://lwn.net/Articles/1022718/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 04:53:10

  • Two sessions on faster networking https://lwn.net/Articles/1022648/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 04:53:50

  • Reports from OSPM 2025, day three https://lwn.net/Articles/1022054/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 04:54:19

  • old: https://web.archive.org/web/20170226042932/https://www.talentful.co/blog/2017/1/9/who-poached-who iophk: Apropos IBM layoffs and infiltration / control by Microsoft    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 06:01:19

  • iophk on EFF: "digital freedom is only for alphabet people" https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/effecting-change-pride-digital-freedom ("EFFecting Change: Pride in Digital Freedom")    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 06:26:09

  • To be published tomorrow: "The Price of Exposing Corruption in Poland (and Elsewhere)"    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 06:59:53

  • "Daedalic Entertainment and developers Undertow Games and FakeFish recently revealed the Home & Harbor expansion for Barotrauma." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/spooky-2d-co-op-submarine-sim-barotrauma-is-getting-a-big-home-harbor-expansion/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:01:56

  • "Galactic Glitch is a twin-stick roguelite shooter where you get to catch and throw rockets, rocks and enemies at other enemies - and it's damn good." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/catch-rocks-and-rockets-to-throw-at-your-enemies-in-galactic-glitch/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:02:05

  • "Gentoo Rescue from Jagriff seems simple on the surface but it's a real brain melting puzzle game that's well worth your time." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/gentoo-rescue-is-a-puzzle-game-with-twists-that-will-melt-your-mind-that-im-too-stupid-for/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:13:59

  • "Nice to see the new cross-platform Nexus Mods app coming along. This latest update doesn't add new games but does making using it better." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/nexus-mods-new-app-gets-more-ui-improvements-performance-upgrades-and-a-linux-fix/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:14:20

  • "With a new reveal trailer, Gunstoppable from CAGE Studios is a momentum-fueled rogue-lite FPS that looks pretty insane." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/gunstoppable-looks-like-just-the-right-amount-of-fps-insanity/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:14:54

  • "No space for your own aquarium at home? Check out the sweet casual game We Love Fish Tanks and breed your own little world." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/chill-out-and-breed-fish-in-we-love-fish-tanks/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:16:52

  • "I had fond memories of playing tons of Lemmings on the Amiga, and now Craftlings is rekindling my love of it but with a city-building twist." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/craftlings-refreshes-the-classic-lemmings-with-mini-city-building/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:17:15

  • "I cannot stress enough the joy I felt building up a vehicle in TerraTech Legion, another survivor-like game with a build your own twist." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/terratech-legion-could-be-the-best-survivor-like-ever-with-vehicle-building/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:18:49

  • "Valve have put up a notice in the USA and Canada, where multiple models of the Steam Deck OLED have now gone completely out of stock. It's going to be a little while before they're back too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/supply-chain-issues-are-making-the-steam-deck-oled-go-out-of-stock/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:19:05

  • Cowboy ☛ https://therevelator.org/myth-cowboy-public-policy/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:20:47

  • mislabels systemd as an init system:" "Introducing stronger dependencies on systemd – Adrian's blog" https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:22:06

  • iophk: this is what Apple is wasting time on, not system improvements https://512pixels.net/2025/06/wwdc25-macos-tahoe-breaks-decades-of-finder-history/ https://www.macworld.com/article/2809620/macos-26-includes-a-new-look-for-the-terminal-app.html ("WWDC25: macOS Tahoe Breaks Decades of Finder History - 512 Pixels")    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:22:14

  • "This is the first year I’ve been off any kind of social... - Superdavey" https://superdavey.com/posts/2025-06-12-this-is-the-first    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:22:25

  • "If You Lie With DOGE [sic] You Get Fleeced - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/if-you-lie-with-doge-you-get-fleeced    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:22:36

  • "„Congratulations on creating the one billionth repository on GitHub!“ – eay.cc" https://eay.cc/2025/congratulations-on-creating-the-one-billionth-repository-on-github/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:22:48

  • "Dozens of Musk-Connected Staff Remain at DOGE [sic]" https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-trump-staffers-tracker-update    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:22:59

  • iophk: 100+ years of work gone over a few weeks. "And he’s shooting America’s diplomats in the foot." https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-diplomacy-power-aid-development/ ("Trump Is Blowing Up Soft Power")    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:23:25

  • "Marines have not finished nonlethal training for LA mission" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-training-los-angeles/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:23:37

  • "Protests against ICE raids spread nationwide | Courthouse News Service" https://www.courthousenews.com/protests-against-ice-raids-spread-nationwide/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:23:54

  • "US federal judge denies California request to block deployment of troops to Los Angeles" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/us-federal-judge-denies-california-request-to-block-deployment-of-troops-to-los-angeles/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:24:06

  • "Donald Trump unveils website for $5 million US residency visa" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/trump-unveils-website-for-5-million-us-residency-visa/articleshow/121791746.cms    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:24:18

  • "Teams from across Europe and ESA Member States are now receiving their certificates and data from the International Space Station (ISS)." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/astro-pi-2024-25-another-stellar-year-of-space-education-concludes/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:26:02

  • "FusionTech notes that the Cortex-A7 cores operate at 1.2GHz. The board is available with either 128MB or 256MB of DDR3 memory and includes 32GB of onboard eMMC flash storage, along with a Micro SD slot for expansion" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/fusiontech-mbm-t113-delivers-compact-arm-based-performance-in-mobile-itx-form-factor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:29:38

  • "What makes it tricky is that this problem can happen for several different reasons: [...]" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/fix-usb-read-only-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:30:32

  • IBM Red Hat promotes fake privacy and fake security, wherein Microsoft and the NSA grab all your data while you're told it is "confidential" ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/06/11/how-encrypt-rhel-images-azure-confidential-vms The author, Vitaly Kuznetsov, also promoted other Microsoft traps in public talks    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:34:03

  • "At GTC Paris today, Canonical announced support for the NVIDIA DOCA Platform Framework (DPF) with Canonical Kubernetes LTS." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-kubernetes-meets-nvidia-doca-platform-framework-dpf-building-the-future-of-dpu-driven-infrastructure | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:34:59

  • More "hey hi" hype: "Canonical delivers Kubernetes platform and open-source security with NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-delivers-kubernetes-platform-and-open-source-security-with-nvidia-enterprise-ai-factory-validated-design | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:35:26

  • "FIPS 140-3 is a U.S. government standard used to accredit cryptographic modules, aimed to ensure that sensitive data is protected using trusted and validated encryption technologies." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/f5-nginx-plus-running-red-hat-enterprise-linux-now-fips-140-3-compliant | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:35:57

  • Spiced up with "hey hi" hype: "give automation a brain" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/new-telco-playbook-4-trends-shaping-2025-and-beyond | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:36:31

  • "When platforms like Facebook and YouTube receive takedown notices from a reputable sender, Japan's CODA for example, the vast majority of requests are usually honored." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-sites-takedown-compliance-beats-youtube-facebook-tiktok-250611/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:38:58

  • "Even if some farmers knew about the restrictions (a fact question)" ☛ https://www.404media.co/john-deere-must-face-ftc-lawsuit-over-its-tractor-repair-monopoly-judge-rules/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:39:38

  • Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/us_navy_repair/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:39:55

  • "technology neutral" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/significant-backlash-coming-from-states-to-new-90-day-bead-deadline/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:43:32

  • "I can’t find statistics" ☛ https://derekkedziora.com/notes/2025-06-11-the-ideology-of-the-tool | Source: Derek Kędziora    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:44:58

  • "Now, according to some Christian nationalist pastors such as Joe Rigney, empathy is a sin." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/06/11/empathy-as-a-sin/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:45:11

  • Censorship ☛ https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/trump-versus-the-universities-america-cannot-afford-for-harvard-to-fall-a-dc30bb06-5d22-4d32-9744-6f3367dd4369#ref=rss | Source: Spiegel    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:49:49

  • "The new sudo-rs is meant to be a near drop-in replacement for sudo, but some of the less secure aspects of sudo (such as the ability to distribute the sudoers file via LDAP) will not be supported." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/ubuntu-25-10-replaces-sudo-with-a-rust-based-equivalent/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:51:38

  • See why that might be http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/06/Ubuntu_Becomes_Microsoft_GitHub_Based_on_Decision_Made_by_Briti.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/07/Rust_is_Starting_to_Seem_More_Like_Microsoft_hosted_Digital_Mao.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:52:10

  • "Let me be clear: It fucking matters. Truth matters. Documentation matters. Fighting corruption matters." ☛ https://www.citationneeded.news/it-matters-i-care/ | Source: Molly White    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:52:21

  • "The organizations say a reintroduced version of the bill would “break” encryption for most Americans and make it impossible for end-to-end encrypted service providers to avoid lawsuits." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/digital-rights-groups-oppose-stop-csam-act-encryption/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:52:32

  • "disavowed a 1938 determination" ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2025/06/us-justice-department-says-trump-can-cancel-national-monuments-that-protect-landscapes.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:53:20

  • "The luckless EV has faced eight recalls so far" ☛ https://futurism.com/cybertruck-sales-bad | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:56:21

  • lying ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250611-trump-caught-lying-about-date-of-phone-call-to-governor-gavin-newsom | Source: France24    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:57:36

  • "latest FOIA Forum, a live, hour-long" ☛ https://www.404media.co/our-new-foia-forum-6-18-1pm-et/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:57:49

  • "Our brains have a remarkable ability to retain information, albeit with some quirks." ☛ https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/why-is-it-that-even-proven-facts-cant-change-some-peoples-minds | Source: Kalmback Media Co    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:58:04

  • "Experts say the spate of violence shows how Europe’s tighter border controls and anti-smuggling policies are backfiring." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/10/how-europes-border-crackdown-empowered-people-smugglers/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:58:43

  • "Yet somehow, a few isolated incidents of vandalism and confrontation—contained within a handful of city blocks—became the justification for deploying Marines against American protesters." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-manufactured-crisis | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 07:58:54

  • "The activation of the 111th EW Company marks a significant step in modernizing the Army's capabilities within a domain that is increasingly critical to national security." ☛ https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article-View/Article/4210164/georgia-guard-activates-first-ever-electromagnetic-warfare-company/ |    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:00:13

  • "not simply about activating a new unit." ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2025/06/11/georgia-guard-activates-its-first-electromagnetic-warfare-unit/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:00:27

  • "direct electromagnetic warfare on the battlefield." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/georgia-national-guard-electronic-warfare/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:04:15

  • "A very large part of the respondent’s case is that these speeches were delivered in private to a purely Muslim audience" ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/islamic-preacher-wasnt-calling-all-jews-vile-and-treacherous-court-told/2es0uia7a | Source: SBS    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:04:54

  • "While this alone should raise serious privacy concerns, an underrated aspect of the new information demand power is how widely used it is likely to be with the potential to result in millions of disclosure demands each year." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/why-the-governments-plan-for-warrantless-access-to-internet-subscriber-information-will-lead-to-millions-of-disclosure-demands-each-year/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:34:59

  • "As tech journalist Taylor Lorenz noted on X over the weekend, it appears that activists zeroed in on Waymos as a symbol of state surveillance because, as 404 Media flagged earlier this year" ☛ https://futurism.com/waymo-public-affairs-specialist | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:35:15

  • Don't use Microsoft ☛ https://www.404media.co/github-is-leaking-trumps-plans-to-accelerate-ai-across-government/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:36:58

  • Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub) ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/06/11/freshports-repos-to-be-converted-to-subversion-a-first-draft/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:37:08

  • Windows TCO: "The objective was to foster a strategic discussion on key areas of the incident response lifecycle." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/ransomware-roulette-veeam-roundtable/264982/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:37:44

  • Windows TCO: "As many as 450 million data points were stolen from American Hospital Dubai" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/06/11/2025/millions-of-dubai-patient-records-hacked | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:38:00

  • Again Windows TCO: "Such campaigns use phishing sites whose domain names differ slightly from those operated by real AI vendors" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/deepseek_installer_or_infostealing_malware/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:38:35

  • Windows TCO: "Jon DiMaggio (author of The Ransomware Diaries, Analyst1) breaks down the hidden supply chains" ☛ https://www.domaintools.com/resources/podcasts/inside-ransomwares-supply-chain-attribution-rebrands-and-affiliate-betrayal/ | Source: DomainTools    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:39:09

  • "To be clear, the Voyager mission itself is not affected, just the mission's social media presence." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/nasa_to_silence_voyagers_social/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:39:40

  • "Meta and TikTok challenged an EU supervisory fee under the Digital Services Act, calling it disproportionate and based on flawed calculations." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-and-tiktok-challenge-tech-fees-in-second-highest-eu-court/articleshow/121777893.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:39:59

  • "among our children has reached a tipping point, exacerbated by the uncontrolled spread of social media platforms" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2312082.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:40:18

  • "This post aims to give a minimal example on how to use mlr3 for a spatial prediction task." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/spatial-machine-learning-with-mlr3/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:40:56

  • "we pretend to work and they pretend to pay us." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/11/chatgpt-goes-down-and-fake-jobs-grind-to-a-halt-worldwide/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:41:39

  • "Today, it comprises 25% of my total URLs served." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/06/exterminate-all-rational-ai-scrapers-redux/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:41:55

  • "This would do immediate and irreversible harm to our readers and to our reputation as a decently trustworthy and serious source" ☛ https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-pauses-ai-generated-summaries-after-editor-backlash/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:42:39

  • "avoiding the pitfalls of a hasty transition to an agentless model." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/gartner_ai_customer_service/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:50:39

  • "The federal government claims 38-year-old Linwei Ding, aka Leon Ding, stole sensitive Google trade secrets and other confidential information while secretly affiliating himself with companies in the AI industry." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/ex-google-employee-must-face-charges-of-stealing-ai-secrets-for-chinese-tech-companies/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:50:49

  • "It could risk sending messages either to the public or to their employees that there is a lack of accountability at the very top" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/ai-ceo-clones-trust-gap | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:51:34

  • "CEOs are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools to create avatars of themselves that can deal with mundane tasks — like attending high stakes media interviews on their behalf, for example" ☛ https://futurism.com/ceos-ai-clones-hallucinations | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:51:59

  • "Marketingspeak aside, it was unclear how much of the Claude Explains writing was written by the AI and how much had been edited by humans — and folks on social media were quick to point out that lack of transparency." ☛ https://futurism.com/anthropic-claude-blog-offline | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:52:15

  • "GNOME is about to gain a few strong dependencies on systemd, and this will make running GNOME harder in environments that don’t have systemd available." ☛ https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/ | Source: GNOME    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:57:10

  • "As expected, this release of macOS does drop some older Intel machines from the line. This is what is supported: [...]" ☛ https://512pixels.net/2025/06/wwdc25-macos-tahoe-compatibility/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:57:22

  • "I wish Apple would get their act together, but they’ve made so many boneheaded decisions over the past decade that my expectation is that things will just keep getting worse." ☛ https://initialcharge.net/2025/06/grannell-apple-accessibility-issues/ | Source: Mike Rockwell    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:57:37

  • "I truly don’t know where to begin with my observations, as I’m still trying to rein in my many reactions to what I’ve seen of this new UI. Let’s see if I can break it down in sections." ☛ https://morrick.me/archives/10048 | Source: Riccardo Mori    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:57:50

  • "Yes, we have complete whack job in charge of HHS, and the FDA is lead by an anti-vax nutter, but, they could still do something that would greatly benefit mankind." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/fda/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:59:40

  • "Taking care of ourselves is often a way of taking care of others, too. We do it because we want to do what’s right—and do it well." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/06/11/when-saying-no-is-the/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 08:59:50

  • "I’m genuinely open to whatever is next in a way that I haven’t felt since possibly the start of my career." ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2025/06/11/time-for-something-new/ | Source: Anil Dash    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:00:40

  • "radio signals captured" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-is-unlocking-the-secrets-of-black-holes/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:03:58

  • "Having trouble coming up with blog ideas? Check out these inspiring tips and tools to boost your blogging." ☛ https://birming.com/blog-inspiration/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:04:18

  • "The word “few” is also an Old English word, also in Old Frisian and Old Teutonic but importantly, not from Northumbria! It's meaning of “smaller quantity” or “a small number” is documented from around 900, and it's “antithesis” (as Oxford calls it) is “many!”" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/06/11.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:06:00

  • "He dropped out of a doctorate in neuroscience to join Apple in 1978. He became employee # 51. In 2018, he said: [...]" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/bill_atkinson_obituary/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:06:44

  • "PewDiePie Just Switched to Linux... Here's Why You Should Too" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/pewdiepie-just-switched-to-linux...:1    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:07:43

  • "The Beach Boys formed when Wilson was 19, though the group was originally known as the Pendletones. He co-wrote their first song, “Surfin’,” and by 1962" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/11/beach-boys-brian-wilson-passed-away-aged-82/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:08:06

  • "If you remember this article where I complained about what I called "throw-away earbuds", I had finally decided to try replacing the batteries in my Sony WF-1000XM4 earbuds." ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/follow-up-on-my-attempt-to-repair-my-sony-wf-1000xm4-earbuds.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:09:32

  • "This is the result I came up with. It’s a little hacky, but it’s pure CSS3 and is perfect for quotes, if I do say so myself: [...]" ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/css-text-carousel/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:11:17

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

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:12:37

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

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:12:52

  • How To Install Kdenlive on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kdenlive-almalinux-10/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:13:34

  • This is really dangerous malware that hands over all the user's passwords to Microsoft and the NSA ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-edge-manjaro/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:14:48

  • Promotion of horrific proprietary malware of Microsoft; that makes no sense to help with... ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-edge-opensuse/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:15:34

  • Rocky GNU/Linux 10 Released ☞ https://idroot.us/rocky-linux-10-released/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:15:51

  • How To Install Perl on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-perl-almalinux-10/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:16:11

  • What is pkill command and how to use it in GNU/Linux ☞ https://owlhowto.com/what-is-pkill-command-and-how-to-use-it-in-linux/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:16:28

  • John Goerzen: I Learned We All Have GNU/Linux Seats, and I’m Not Entirely Pleased ☞ https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10826-i-learned-we-all-have-linux-seats-and-im-not-entirely-pleased    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:17:23

  • How to Use Tio — Connecting to Serial Devices with GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/how-to-use-tio-connecting-to-serial-devices-with-linux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:18:09

  • Slopwatch: Another Day, Another Slopfest, LLM Slop Scrapers Slow Down Our Site ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/12/Slopwatch_Another_Day_Another_Slopfest_LLM_Slop_Scrapers_Slow_D.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:18:59

  • Ubuntu & GNOME Drop Xorg Following Xorg Fork Announcement ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ubuntu-and-gnome-drop-xorg-following    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:20:22

  • The Register Covers Xorg Fork by Virtue Signalling About DEI & Climate Change ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-register-covers-xorg-fork-by    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:20:36

  • They try to sell X is "nazi" (the graphics thing, not the social control media), but what about Wayland's maker, which LITERALLY worked for Hitler? https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/11/Wayland_Shows_the_IBM_Red_Hat_Way_of_Doing_Things.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:21:27

  • Only nazis would not use Wayland, says company that worked for the actual Nazis and make money out of it    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:23:51

  • Why GNU/Linux will grow even faster https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/pewdiepie-just-switched-to-linux...:1    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:33:10

  • iophk: the direct effects of algoritmic, dynamic pricing: https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/festival-director-urges-public-to-vote-with-their-feet-amid-last-minute-trend-putting-arts-events-at-risk-5172443 ("Festival director urges public to 'vote with their feet' amid last minute trend putting arts events at risk")    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:33:40

  • iophk: simply put, most people have been trained by the algorithm to wait until the last few hours before the concerts and other events to even have a chance at affordable tickets. Otherwise they'll end up paying > $300 USD per ticket for playoff games etc. The Scotsman's article fails to address the algorithmic elephant in the room.    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:34:09

  • iophk: There's also regular price gouging on top of the algorithmic gouging.    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:34:19

  • IBM's Goal Is Not (and Never Was) Computer Users' Freedom ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/11/IBM_s_Goal_Is_Not_and_Never_Was_Computer_Users_Freedom.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:37:08

  • "Being able to associated metadata for a page is a very useful thing. It can be used to group pages into categories, control how it is styled, or to simply provide internal notes. To do that, we use something called a YAML front matter to describe the details." gemini://d.moonfire.us/blog/2025/06/12/using-nitride-front-matter/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:38:18

  • Steam Next Fest (June 2025) — Day 3 gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/steam_next_fest_(june_2025)_—_day_3.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:38:50

  • Grabado a fuego gemini://jorgesanz.net/posts/2025-06-12-grabado-a-fuego/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:39:48

  • skinny dipping gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/skinny_dipping    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:40:28

  • Thoughts on Video Game Diegesis | Part 1 gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2636    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:41:46

  • "I lost a pretty huge filling from a tooth, so one half of my mouth is currently not much use for eating, and I'm currently forced to go slower. It's surprisingly hard to go slow, even when I have to." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-06-12_Greedy_so_and_so.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:44:26

  • Pinewood Derby gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~tfurrows/phlog/2025-06-12_PinewoodDerby.txt    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 09:45:07

  • "It led me down a rabbit hole of discovering that there’s a web UI I can use to control it." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/starting-my-video-projector-with-python-and-playwright/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:01:42

  • "I was interested to see whether and how well R would run on the new RISC-V architecture." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/investigating-running-r-on-risc-v-thanks-to-r-base-on-ubuntu/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:02:07

  • "Write a script to find out the maximum consecutive 1 in the given array." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/one-final.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:03:02

  • "It immensely saddens me when the computation and context is lost. Because it’s there for a reason. More context means better error messages and debugging state preservation." ☛ https://aartaka.me/lost-compute.html | Source: Artyom Bologov    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:04:14

  • "This was created as a deeply nested item in a stack of projects. I wanted to visually represent the "shape" of the source code in a project." ☛ https://ratfactor.com/cards/code-shape-rb | Source: Dave Gauer    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:08:34

  • "I just learned a cool trick that I want to share. Let's review the diff of a file using git diff. I redacted most of it, but you probably found yourself in the situation of extremely long changes before: [...]" ☛ https://garrit.xyz/posts/2025-06-11-git-diff-ignore-all-space-makes-code-reviews-way-easier | Source: Garrit Franke    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:08:46

  • "Very few attempt to address the problem at its source. You probably wouldn’t be happy if you hired a plumber, only to have them tell you that they’ve located three leaks in your attic and went home. Yet that’s exactly what we do in security." ☛ https://kanenarraway.com/posts/why-is-preventative-security-so-difficult/ | Source: Kane Narraway    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:09:12

  • "You also get the ability to introspect all those caches at the system level." ☛ https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/06/11/using-boxlangs-cache-services | Source: Raymond Camden    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:12:44

  • "Your project doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Your company wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the customers, competitors, marketplaces, systems and tech that make it all work." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/06/ecosystems-come-and-go/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:12:54

  • "Operating systems have come a long way since chroot(), and allow developers to limit resources far beyond just the file-system root." ☛ https://kristaps.bsd.lv/devsecflops/ | Source: BSD    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:15:50

  • "As Undeadly readers might expect, OpenBSD's pledge(2) and unveil(2) receive favourable appraisal." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250611122242 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:16:07

  • "All these moves to restrict access to knowledge make re-inventing academic publishing even more urgent." ☛ https://walledculture.org/trumps-war-on-knowledge-requires-re-inventing-academic-publishing-as-diamond-open-access/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:20:28

  • Open Data ☛ https://datageeek.com/2025/06/11/impact-of-budget-deficits-on-treasury-yields-with-xgboost/ | Source: DataGeeek    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:20:55

  • "we called on our supporters around the world to help us" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/librelocal-meetups-recap-part-1 | Source: FSF    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:23:15

  • "mullet schema" ☛ https://davepeck.org/2025/06/11/mullet-schema/ | Source: Dave Peck    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:24:01

  • "But these definitions aren’t binaries, but rather represent two ends of a spectrum. Ultimately, however you define “static” or “dynamic”, what you’re dealing with is a response generated by a server — i.e. a computer — so the question is really a matter of when you want to respond and with what." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/continuum-from-static-to-dynamic/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:25:29

  • "In the curl project we have a long tradition of supporting a range of different third party libraries that provide similar functionality. The person who builds curl needs to decide which of the backends they want to use out of the provided alternatives." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/06/11/dropping-some-tls-laggards/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:25:38

  • "A few months ago, a new terminal emulator was released." ☛ https://thelibre.news/ghostty-in-review-hows-the-new-terminal-emulator/ | Source: LibreNews    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:29:04

  • "The Rocky Linux project has published Rocky Linux 10.0" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12472 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:33:24

  • "A major highlight is the updated hardware support, notably removing x86-64-v2 architectures." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/rocky-linux-10-released-this-is-whats-new/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:33:30

  • "Users now need CPUs supporting x86-64-v3, along with continued support for ARM, IBM POWER, IBM z, and the newly introduced RISC-V architecture." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/rocky-linux-10-released-this-is-whats-new/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:33:36

  • "One of the pieces of news of the time interval is (GNOME is) Introducing stronger dependencies on systemd" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/UnixAndGNOMESystemdThoughts | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:34:14

  • "This all had a laudable goal, but when there are so many layers of indirection, poorly documented, with poor logging, it gets pretty annoying" ☛ https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10826-i-learned-we-all-have-linux-seats-and-im-not-entirely-pleased | Source: John Goerzen    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:35:23

  • "I still don’t know how to teach logind to add a seat for ttyUSB0, but oh well. At least I learned something. An annoying something, but hey." ☛ https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10826-i-learned-we-all-have-linux-seats-and-im-not-entirely-pleased | Source: John Goerzen    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:35:33

  • "As the games kept coming, I ran out of interesting ways to generate sums with 6-sided dice. I bought some 20-siders, and these big boys kept things interesting for another week or two. But I started to chafe against the limits of any kind of simple polyhedra. I started to get ambitious." ☛ https://robertheaton.com/diceomatic/ | Source: Robert Heaton    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:35:55

  • "ZFS tuning is essential for optimizing performance based on your workload. This guide explores how to fine-tune key settings—like record size, caching strategies, and hardware choices—to maximize throughput, improve IOPS, and reduce latency in your ZFS storage environment." ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/zfs-performance-tuning-optimizing-for-your-workload/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:36:27

  • Iustin Pop: This blog finally goes git-annex! ☞ https://k1024.org/posts/2025/2025-06-11-this-blog-goes-git-annex/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:45:56

  • Freexian Collaborators: Debian Contributions: Updated Austin, DebConf 25 preparations continue and more! (by Anupa Ann Joseph) ☞ https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-05-2025/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:49:06

  • This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/science/antarctic-gonate-squid-rare-sighting-video.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:51:44

  • Hi, I’m Graham and I like things ☞ https://www.sicpers.info/2025/06/hi-im-graham-and-i-like-things/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:52:24

  • BetaNoise is dead. Almost 2 days now since a very major incident, inc. data loss.    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:55:56

  • And YET, nothing OF VALUE was lost.    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:56:21

  • They don't even explain what happened    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:56:35

  • Oh, wait. Most likely explanation is, they got cracked. And the current image was too tainted to keep going.    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 10:59:22

  • "This entire company(IBM) is built on lies now. They are offering nothing new in the last 10 years atleast." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxddy831    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:33:07

  • "Oh, yeah, 8,000 HR folks out, but we are not laying off, really not, we are really, really going to invest BIG... like this Quantum and more AI thingy for real now... Stock up!! Yay!! Success!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxejzvnw    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:34:29

  • "That is quite true. The stock seems to be racing to a target of $300 per share that Alvind mentioned several years ago on a call; after that, it might come down to earth with a huge crash as investors realize that there's nothing to support it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxejzvnw    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:35:15

  • "It might be Alvind's swan song too. A classic case of the "Emperor's New Clothes" story from IBM's sc--wed up Marketing. After all, what goes up, must come down - from the law of Gravity !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxejzvnw    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:35:23

  • RFK Jr. Announces Eight New Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/rfk-jr-cdc-vaccine-panel.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:41:47

  • Social control media platforms are failing to block dubious health ads ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/social-media-platforms-are-failing-to-block-dubious-health-ads-as3to0b9CRxl    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:42:06

  • NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Convicted Felon’s deep cuts in public health research ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/06/nih-scientists-go-public-to-criticize-trumps-deep-cuts-in-public-health-research/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:42:41

  • Hundreds of laid-off CDC employees are being reinstated ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/06/hundreds-of-laid-off-cdc-employees-are-being-reinstated/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:42:57

  • Latvia part of major EU cancer project ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/11.06.2025-latvia-part-of-major-eu-cancer-project.a602824/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:43:09

  • "Meduza co-founder Galina Timchenko on wanted list" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/11/russia-puts-meduza-co-founder-galina-timchenko-on-wanted-list | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:43:50

  • ‘discrediting’ ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/11/russia-puts-lev-shlosberg-one-of-the-few-opposition-politicians-left-in-the-country-under-house-arrest-for-discrediting-military | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:45:24

  • GPS jamming will persist as long as Russia's war continues, says Lithuanian official ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2587090/gps-jamming-will-persist-as-long-as-russia-s-war-continues-says-lithuanian-official    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:45:44

  • Latvian Russian Union contests municipal election results in Liepāja ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/election/11.06.2025-latvian-russian-union-contests-municipal-election-results-in-liepaja.a602781/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:46:56

  • Disney and Universal Pictures Fire Off Massive Infringement Suit Against ‘Quintessential Copyright Free-Rider’ Midjourney ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/11/midjourney-lawsuit-june-2025/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:47:32

  • "procurement budget for Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/11/u-s-to-cut-weapons-procurement-budget-for-ukraine-pentagon-chief-says | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:51:30

  • "Remains of over 1,200 fallen soldiers returned to Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/11/remains-of-over-1-200-fallen-soldiers-returned-to-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:51:50

  • "Dmitry Medvedev used the war against Ukraine to rebuild his influence" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/11/welcome-to-dima-s-villa-era | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:52:09

  • Amid Russian Strikes, a Remote Corner of Ukraine Beckons ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/europe/russia-ukraine-transcarpathia.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:52:33

  • McConnell Tells Hegseth U.S. Reputation Is at Stake in Ukraine War ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/hegseth-congress-defense.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:52:54

  • 3 Dead As Russian Drone Strikes Target Kharkiv Ahead Of Odesa Summit ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-kharkiv-drone-attack/33439659.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:53:17

  • Ukraine Says Bodies Of More Than 1,200 Killed In Russia War Repatriated ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-bodies-killed-russia-war-repatriated/33440016.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:53:33

  • Russian Drone Barrage Kills 3 in Kharkiv ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/europe/russia-ukraine-drones-attack-kharkiv.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:53:51

  • "Russia sentences Danish citizen Annabelle Jorgensen in absentia to 26 years in prison" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/11/russia-sentences-danish-citizen-annabelle-jorgensen-to-26-years-in-prison-for-fighting-in-ukrainian-military | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:55:14

  • "As Ukrainians’ support for territorial concessions levels off, Zelensky says current talks with Russia are limited to humanitarian issues and a ceasefire" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/11/as-ukrainians-support-for-territorial-concessions-levels-off-zelensky-says-current-talks-with-russia-are-limited-to-humanitarian-issues-and-a-ceasefire | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:55:37

  • Disney and Universal Become Latest to Sue Midjourney Over Generative Hey Hi (AI) Service ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/06/11/disney-universal-become-latest-sue-midjourney-generative-ai/id=189579/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:55:58

  • Disney and NBC Universal take ‘copyright free-rider’ Midjourney to court over alleged plagiarism ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/11/disney-nbc-universal-take-copyright-free-rider-midjourney-court-alleged-plagiarism/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:56:22

  • TTAB Affirms Failure-to-Function Refusal of YOUR BEST CHOICE for Educational Services ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/06/ttab-affirms-failure-to-function_11.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:57:36

  • The end of backdoored Windows 10 is approaching, so it’s time to consider GNU/Linux and LibreOffice ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/06/11/the-end-of-windows-10/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:58:36

  • Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1024939/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 11:59:00

  • Ubuntu Lomiri – GNU/Linux distribution for phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ubuntu-lomiri-linux-distribution/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 12:12:39

  • Hindsite is a fast, lightweight static website generator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hindsite-fast-lightweight-static-website-generator/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 12:15:29

  • Sums is a postfix calculator designed for quick calculations ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sums-postfix-calculator/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 12:15:51

  • Nominations now open for NRO NC Election 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/06/11/nominations-now-open-for-nro-nc-election-2025/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 12:16:51

  • İmamoğlu: Colleagues subjected to systematic torture ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/imamoglu-colleagues-subjected-to-systematic-torture-308274    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 12:17:16

  • "Your No Licence Needed claim expires soon, please contact us." Haha, so they're basically treating the mere statement that you LACK something like a contract or product that "expires". Can't wait for E-mails that say "your no-plane statement expires" or "no yacht disclosure comes to an end". This is beyond ridiculous. Why don't they just make it a CRIME to NOT watch TV?    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 12:19:44

  • There are thousands of things you do not have. Need you declare, one by one, that you do NOT have them, even under a series of escalating threats for merely not bothering to respond?    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 12:20:50

  • Reprogramming the future: The specialized semiconductors reshaping the global supply chain ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/reprogramming-the-future-the-specialized-semiconductors-reshaping-the-global-supply-chain/ "semiconductor—field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)"    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:34:42

  • Libre Graphics Meeting 2025 ☞ https://inkscape.org/news/2025/06/08/libre-graphics-meeting-2025/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:36:21

  • Scarlett Gately Moore: KDE Application snaps 25.04.2 released! ☞ https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-application-snaps-25-04-2-released/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:37:59

  • Gitea 1.24: New APIs, Smarter Markdown, and Better Admin Tools ☞ https://linuxiac.com/gitea-1-24-new-apis-smarter-markdown-and-better-admin-tools/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:47:13

  • How to manage RHEL virtual machines with Podman Desktop ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/06/11/how-manage-rhel-virtual-machines-podman-desktop    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:49:27

  • Quantum Tiny GNU/Linux SBC features an Allwinner H3 SoC, WiFi, a small Display, and more ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/11/quantum-tiny-linux-sbc-features-an-allwinner-h3-soc-wifi-a-small-display-and-more/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:50:07

  • Quectel KCM0A5S Wi-SUN FAN module targets large IoT deployments for Smart Cities and Smart Agriculture ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/11/quectel-kcm0a5s-wi-sun-fan-module-targets-large-iot-deployments-for-smart-cities-and-smart-agriculture/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:55:25

  • MeLE Quieter4C fanless mini PC is now sold without OS for $139.99 and up ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/11/mele-quieter4c-fanless-mini-pc-without-os/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:55:42

  • Fedora 41’s Immutable Future: The Rise of Fedora Atomic Desktops ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/fedora-41s-immutable-future-rise-fedora-atomic-desktops    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:56:22

  • Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Introduction ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/orangepi-rv2-single-board-computer-running-linux-introduction/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 15:57:33

  • Iconic adds images on top of a folder icon ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/iconic-adds-images-folder-icon/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:06:14

  • xdémineur is a minesweeper game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xdemineur-minesweeper-game/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:06:32

  • OChess – chess game analysis software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ochess-chess-game-analysis-software/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:06:51

  • 16 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Typing Tutors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/typingtutors/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:09:03

  • Orange Pi 5 Ultra and Max Single Board Computers Running Linux: Introduction ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/orangepi5-ultra-max-single-board-computers-running-linux-introduction/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:09:21

  • Third-Party Apps Made Easy — Simplify GNU/Linux App Installations Using Deb-Get ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/third-party-apps-made-easy-simplify-linux-app-installations-using-deb-get    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:10:25

  • Boot Up in Style — Design Your Own GRUB Menu for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/boot-up-in-style-design-your-own-grub-menu-for-linux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:12:10

  • NVIDIA VA-API Driver 0.0.14 Fixed 575 Driver Support (Ubuntu PPA) ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/06/nvidia-va-api-driver-575-driver-support/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:14:46

  • Open repo of ecological data for use in teaching ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/open-repo-of-ecological-data-for-use-in-teaching/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:15:38

  • Impact of Budget Deficits on Treasury Yields with XGBoost ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/impact-of-budget-deficits-on-treasury-yields-with-xgboost/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:17:18

  • Russia court sentences ex-policeman to 14 years for graffiti and communication with Ukraine-backed group ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/russia-court-sentences-ex-policemen-to-14-years-for-graffiti-and-communication-with-ukrainian-group/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:22:27

  • EU unveils 18th sanction package against Russia ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/eu-unveils-18th-sanction-package-against-russia/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:22:44

  • Complex energy systems face low-tech threats ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/complex-energy-systems-face-low-tech-threats/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:22:56

  • Kaliningrad – a threat to NATO or a weak point for Russia? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/11.06.2025-kaliningrad-a-threat-to-nato-or-a-weak-point-for-russia.a602884/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:23:10

  • IBM's CEO Roasted, Sizzled and Grilled for Dumb and Inconsistent Vapourware Promises (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/11/IBM_s_CEO_Roasted_Sizzled_and_Grilled_for_Dumb_and_Inconsistent.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:27:36

  • Atari Games ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/randomly-generating-atari-games/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:28:22

  • "Trump says Putin offered to broker a new U.S.–Iran nuclear deal." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/11/trump-says-putin-offered-to-broker-a-new-u-s-iran-nuclear-deal | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:28:42

  • Ensuring Safety in Embedded Systems for Micro-Mobility ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/ensuring-safety-in-embedded-systems-for-micro-mobility    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:29:30

  • Volkov ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/11/russia-sentences-exiled-navalny-ally-leonid-volkov-to-18-years-in-prison-in-absentia | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:32:41

  • "This week Jonathan and Aaron chat with Ben Meadors and Garth Vander Houwen about Meshtastic! What’s changed since we talked to them last, where is the project going, and what’s coming next? Listen to find out!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/11/floss-weekly-episode-835-beeps-and-boops-with-meshtastic/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:33:14

  • Ehud Olmert on Israel’s Catastrophic War in Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-ehud-olmert.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:34:18

  • What Broke the U.S.-China Relationship? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/what-broke-the-us-china-relationship    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:34:38

  • [Podcast] Evolving GCA’s honeynet project ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/06/12/podcast-evolving-gcas-honeynet-project/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:41:42

  • "As the city of Portland, Oregon, clawed its way out of the pandemic" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-homeless-deaths-multnomah-county | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:44:25

  • Making users more reluctant to explore the "real thing" ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/apple-linux-container-tool-mac-developers    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:48:23

  • Vaccine demand in Malaysia rises amid regional surge in Covid-19 cases ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vaccine-demand-in-malaysia-rises-amid-regional-surge-in-covid-19-cases    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:49:47

  • Varun R Mallya: The Design of Sysprof-eBPF ☞ https://xeon.me/gnome/sysprof/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:50:46

  • FSF News: Citations ☞ http://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2025/spring/citations    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:51:12

  • FSF Blogs: From Nairobi to Livermore: A recap of the LibreLocal meetups, part one ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/librelocal-meetups-recap-part-1    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:51:35

  • SANDF’s Cuban drug acquisition investigation back on track ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/governance/governance-governance/sandfs-cuban-drug-acquisition-investigation-back-on-track/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:52:03

  • A Giant Hole Just Opened in The Sun – And It's Blasting Earth With Solar Wind ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-giant-hole-just-opened-in-the-sun-and-its-blasting-earth-with-solar-wind    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:52:52

  • 10 Are Killed in Austria School Shooting, Police Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/world/europe/austria-school-shooting.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 16:54:05

  • Boko Haram, ISWAP Weaponizing Fentanylware (TikTok) ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/06/boko-haram-iswap-weaponizing-tiktok/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:02:01

  • An Inside Look at Gaza’s Chaotic New Aid System ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/an-inside-look-at-gazas-chaotic-new-aid-system    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:02:16

  • LibreArts Weekly recap — 8 June 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/06/week-recap-8-june-2025/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:04:50

  • THEIR HEADLINE WAS WRONG. Now CORRECTED: Ubuntu 25.10 to drop support for GNOME on Xorg ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1024758/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:06:30

  • Something Went Wrong Ubuntu Installation Fix ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/something-went-wrong-ubuntu-installation-fix/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:07:03

  • Warehouse 2.1.0 Added Context Menu Option to Open Local Flatpak Files ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/06/warehouse-2-1-0-open-local-flatpak-files/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:07:48

  • Ubuntu 25.10 Drops Support for Using GNOME on Xorg/X11 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/ubuntu-25-10-dropping-xorg-support    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:08:12

  • Transparency on Canceled VA Contracts ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-ai-veterans-affairs-canceled-contracts-senators-trump | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:10:04

  • Quebec’s Streaming Regulation Bill 109: Unconstitutional, Unnecessary, and Unworkable ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/quebecs-streaming-regulation-bill-109-unconstitutional-unnecessary-and-unworkable/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:12:28

  • Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1024844/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:13:00

  • Fighting spyware – Journalism, litigation and policy after the Pegasus Scandal ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/fighting-spyware-journalism-litigation-and-policy-after-the-pegasus-scandal/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:15:08

  • Windows TCO: Quasar RAT Delivered Through Bat Files, (Wed, Jun 11th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32036    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:15:49

  • US orders personnel out of 'dangerous' Middle East as Iran tensions escalate ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250612-trump-us-iran-middle-east    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:17:43

  • All Eyes on my Period? Period tracking apps and the future of privacy in a post-Roe world ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/all-eyes-on-my-period-period-tracking-apps-and-the-future-of-privacy-in-a-post-roe-world/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:18:19

  • Massive privacy concern: over 40,000 security cameras are streaming unsecured footage worldwide ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/massive-privacy-concern-over-40-000-security-cameras-are-streaming-unsecured-footage-worldwide    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:19:24

  • LIBE vote on Europol reform blow to the Commission, but still legitimises an expanding surveillance regime ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/libe-vote-on-europol-reform-blow-to-the-commission-but-still-legitimises-an-expanding-surveillance-regime/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:19:53

  • Why the EU’s GDPR ‘simplification’ reforms could unravel hard-won protections ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/why-the-eus-gdpr-simplification-reforms-could-unravel-hard-won-protections/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:25:59

  • Age Verification and the Future of Adult Content Regulation webinar ☞ https://edri.org/take-action/events/age-verification-and-the-future-of-adult-content-regulation-webinar/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:26:26

  • Sven Hoexter: HaProxy: Two Ways of Activating PROXY Protocol ☞ http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/haproxy_proxy_protocol/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:27:13

  • Google searches for ‘secessionist’ online game surge in Hong Kong after authorities warn residents to delete app ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/11/google-searches-for-secessionist-online-game-surge-in-hong-kong-after-national-security-warning/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:28:55

  • Billions of data records relating to Chinese citizens leaked online, including WeChat and Alipay details ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/11/billions-of-data-records-relating-to-chinese-citizens-leaked-online-including-wechat-and-alipay-details/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:29:39

  • Alireza Shabani: Why GNOME’s Translation Platform Is Called “Damned Lies” ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/alirezash/2025/06/11/why-gnomes-translation-platform-is-called-damned-lies/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:30:15

  • Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court overturns ruling on Biogen’s Imraldi ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/dusseldorf-higher-regional-court-overturns-ruling-on-biogens-imraldi/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:38:21

  • Abuse Inside the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) - Part VII: Washing Their Hands After Corruption and Abuse ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/10/Abuse_Inside_the_Polish_Patent_Office_UPRP_Part_VII_Washing_The.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:38:41

  • Epitope claims are still alive at the EPO ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/06/11/epitope-claims-are-still-alive-at-the-epo/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:39:37

  • Abuse Inside the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) - Part IX: Minimum Wages For You (Experienced Scientist), Alicante/EU Paydays For Me (Unproductive, Corrupt Official) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/12/Abuse_Inside_the_Polish_Patent_Office_UPRP_Part_IX_Minimum_Wage.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:39:48

  • Abuse Inside the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) - Part IX: Minimum Wages For You (Experienced Scientist), Alicante/EU Paydays For Me (Unproductive, Corrupt Official) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/12/Abuse_Inside_the_Polish_Patent_Office_UPRP_Part_IX_Minimum_Wage.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:41:22

  • Who Imitates Who? Plagiarist as Client (From Microsoft), 'Plagiarism' at the Law Firm? (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/11/Who_Imitates_Who_Plagiarist_as_Client_From_Microsoft_Plagiarism.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:41:40

  • Wayland Shows the IBM/Red Hat Way of Doing Things ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/11/Wayland_Shows_the_IBM_Red_Hat_Way_of_Doing_Things.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:42:05

  • GitHub is Proprietary, Controlled by Microsoft, and GPL Violation Warehouse ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/11/GitHub_is_Proprietary_Controlled_by_Microsoft_and_GPL_Violation.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:42:36

  • EPO: Neglecting Children to Promote American Monopolies by Shielding Them From European Competition ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/12/EPO_Neglecting_Children_to_Promote_American_Monopolies_by_Shiel.shtml    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:42:52

  • Andy Wingo: whippet in guile hacklog: evacuation ☞ https://wingolog.org/archives/2025/06/11/whippet-in-guile-hacklog-evacuation    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:52:58

  • Carney’s ‘hinge moment’ is about more than just Canadian defense spending. What does that mean for Washington? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/carneys-hinge-moment-is-about-more-than-just-canadian-defense-spending-what-does-that-mean-for-washington/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:53:39

  • NYC Mayor’s Office Announces Music Recording Studio Census to Quantify Their Economic Impact ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/10/nyc-mayors-office-recording-studio-census/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:54:16

  • 'Dihydroxyacetone Man misusing the law: The 1st Amendment guarantees the right to protest as a form of free speech' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250611-tipping-point-in-the-us-1st-amendment-guarantees-the-right-to-protest-as-a-form-of-free-speech    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:54:51

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Crossed the Line at Fort Bragg ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/opinion/trump-wants-the-military-to-be-more-like-trump.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 17:55:15

  • My journal is full of trash (literally): How I fell in love with junk journaling ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/my-journal-is-full-of-trash-literally-how-i-fell-in-love-with-junk-journaling/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:00:41

  • Global law enforcement action in Asia nets large infrastructure seizure, 32 arrests ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/operation-secure-asia-takedown/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:01:20

  • Burundi's ruling party wins all seats in parliamentary vote as opposition cries foul ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250611-burundi-s-ruling-party-wins-all-seats-in-parliamentary-vote-as-opposition-cries-foul    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:01:55

  • Thai ruling party grapples with border crisis, thorny court case amid bleak economy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-ruling-party-grapples-with-border-crisis-thorny-court-case-amid-bleak-economy    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:02:37

  • Businesses grapple with Bali’s single-use plastics ban ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/businesses-grapple-with-balis-single-use-plastics-ban    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:03:09

  • John L. Young, 89, Dies; Pioneered Posting Classified Documents Online ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/john-l-young-dead.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:05:15

  • FreshPorts repos to be converted to subversion – a first draft ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2025/06/11/freshports-repos-to-be-converted-to-subversion-a-first-draft/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:05:52

  • Alleged laptop procurement graft puts ex-Indonesia education minister Nadiem in spotlight ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/alleged-laptop-procurement-graft-puts-ex-indonesia-education-minister-nadiem-in-spotlight    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:06:30

  • Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/blemmyes    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:10:55

  • The Universe's Largest Map Has Arrived, And You Can Stargaze Like Never Before ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-universes-largest-map-has-arrived-and-you-can-stargaze-like-never-before    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:12:11

  • Journalists are adding extra checks to keep ahead of the fake experts ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/fake-experts-seo-journalism/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:13:18

  • Daily Star drops page three pictures of scantily dressed women in redesign ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/daily-star-drops-page-three-pictures-of-women-in-redesign/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:14:09

  • US, China agree on trade ‘framework’ after high-level talks in London ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/11/us-china-agree-on-trade-framework-after-high-level-talks-in-london/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:14:53

  • Deal ‘is done’, says Convicted Felon, as China and US trade truce gets back on track after London talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-and-us-trade-truce-back-on-track-after-london-talks    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:15:12

  • At G-7 summit, S. Korea’s President Lee faces delicate balance in US-China rivalry ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/at-g-7-summit-s-koreas-president-lee-faces-delicate-balance-in-us-china-rivalry    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:15:32

  • China calls for building up consensus with US after 'candid' trade talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-calls-for-building-up-consensus-with-us-after-candid-trade-talks    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:15:49

  • Once a status symbol, Starbucks cuts prices on its tea-based drinks to woo Chinese consumers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/once-a-status-symbol-starbucks-cuts-prices-on-its-tea-based-drinks-to-woo-chinese-consumers    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:16:11

  • China, Africa ask US to return to 'right track' on trade differences ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-africa-ask-us-to-return-to-right-track-on-trade-differences    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:16:37

  • Rare earths: China’s trump card in trade war with US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/rare-earths-chinas-trump-card-in-trade-war-with-us    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:16:46

  • New China Trade ‘Deal’ Takes U.S. Back to Where It Started ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/us-china-trade-deal-trump.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:16:59

  • Pentagon Is Reviewing Deal to Equip Australia With Nuclear Submarines ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/asia/australia-nuclear-submarines-trump.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:17:08

  • Hong Kong Bans Taiwanese Video Game for Promoting ‘Armed Revolution’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/asia/hong-kong-bans-taiwan-game.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:17:25

  • South Korea Turns Off Speakers Blasting K-Pop Into North Korea ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/world/asia/korea-speakers-propaganda.html    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:18:26

  • South Korean military suspends loudspeaker broadcasts aimed at North Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-military-suspends-loudspeaker-broadcasts-aimed-at-north-korea    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:18:39

  • North Korea appears to have stopped loudspeakers blasting noise, Seoul says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-appears-to-have-stopped-loudspeakers-blasting-noise-seoul-says    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:18:56

  • South Korea shuts off loudspeaker broadcasts to North in bid to ‘restore trust’ ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/06/11/south-korea-military-halts-loudspeaker-broadcasts/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:19:09

  • South Korean K-pop stars of BTS discharged from military service ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250611-south-korean-k-pop-stars-of-bts-discharged-from-military-service    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:19:23

  • We Are So Back—Hybe is Very, Very Ready for BTS’ Military Decommission ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/11/hybe-bts-military-decommission/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:19:41

  • "Install applications that are not available via the standard package manager" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/third-party-apps-made-easy-simplify-linux-app-installations-using-deb-get    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:21:02

  • "And the fact is, Wayland is the future and the more distributions that force it by default, the quicker the Linux world can move on and continue improving." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/ubuntu-25-10-goes-all-in-with-wayland-dropping-support-for-gnome-on-xorg/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:22:05

  • "If you're wondering why I've adopted Warp terminal as my default command line, I have a story that just might convince you to switch." https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-i-finally-cracked-a-tricky-linux-problem-with-this-ai-terminal-app/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:24:05

  • "The new Kubuntu Focus M2 Gen 6 is a 16 inch notebook with a 2560 x 1600 pixel, 240 Hz display, an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX Arrow Lake processor, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 graphics. Unfortunately those upgraded specs come at a cost: literally." https://liliputing.com/the-newest-kubuntu-focus-m2-linux-laptop-features-intel-arrow-lake-and-ndivia-rtx-50-series-graphics/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:24:44

  • "For those used to Windows looking to make the jump to Linux, one point of confusion I see crop up again and again comes down to RAM." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-didnt-eat-ram-heres-whats-happening/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:26:01

  • "Accessing a serial device in Linux is typically achieved using a command such as screen. But, with Linux there are always other options. I’ve used Tio for many years with my collection of microcontrollers. Why? Because it just works, and it is easy to use." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/how-to-use-tio-connecting-to-serial-devices-with-linux    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:26:44

  • "When Apple drops support for your Intel Mac, these Linux distributions can give it a fresh lease on life." https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-macos-like-linux-distros-that-can-rescue-your-old-intel-mac-before-support-ends/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:27:07

  • "They've done another big pass over the interface to make everything clearer. Each page now has a proper distinct header, distinct icon and a little bit of flavour text to help you easily know which area of the app you are in and what you can do there." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/nexus-mods-new-app-gets-more-ui-improvements-performance-upgrades-and-a-linux-fix/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:28:26

  • Moving these to GNU/Linux https://dailyjournalonline.com/2025/06/11/library-will-begin-upcycling-old-computers/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:28:52

  • "If you want the fastest, most reliable method of downloading online files on Linux, this is the way to go." https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-a-faster-way-to-download-files-on-linux-without-a-web-browser/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:29:22

  • "Ever since I first used the Raspberry Pi OS in 2017, I've become obsessed with trying out different Linux distributions. Now that I’ve experimented with some of the most obscure distros out there" https://www.xda-developers.com/i-tried-using-a-freebsd-distro-as-my-daily-driver-in-2025/    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:29:57

  • "After trying various #Ubuntu #linux flavors on my old laptop with only 4Gb of RAM, I needed to find something lighter that didn't use up more than half my RAM, but I still wanted disk encryption and working hardware keys and trackpad." gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 18:57:07

  • [jp] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-06-12.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 19:02:39

  • "I'm occasionally still on Facebook, mostly to keep up on a few writing community-related things, and in amongst that and the AI slop, Facebook occasionally decides to show me things by old friends." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/6-12.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 19:03:20

  • 🔤SpellBinding: AUCIORB Wordo: QUICK gemini://tilde.team/~stack/ensemble/gemlog/2025-06-12.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 19:05:02

  • 🔤SpellBinding: AUCIORB Wordo: QUICK gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-06-12.gmi    

posted Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 19:05:45
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