Roy Schestowitz

• Discharge but no acquittal for ex-PM Najib in 1MDB-related money laundering case ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-drops-1mdb-related-money-laundering-charges-against-ex-pm-najib    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:14:19

• Flights to Bali resume after disruption by volcano eruption ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/flights-to-indonesias-bali-resume-after-disruption-by-volcano-eruption    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:14:50

• Malaysians fret over hotpot of bad economic news, as govt moves to expand sales and services tax ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysians-fret-over-hotpot-of-bad-economic-news-as-govt-set-to-expand-sales-and-services-tax    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:15:10

• Baby in Malaysia dies after being pinned under father who had fatal heart attack ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/baby-in-malaysia-dies-after-being-pinned-under-father-who-had-a-fatal-heart-attack    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:15:37

• Cave Explorer Videos Show Decade of Trash in ‘Avatar’ Park in China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/asia/china-caves-trash-avatar.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:16:09

• Not just business: US-Japan steel deal helps America to compete against China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/not-just-business-us-japan-steel-deal-helps-america-compete-more-effectively-with-china    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:16:30

• Taiwan says UK Navy ship sailed through Taiwan Strait ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-says-uk-navy-ship-sailed-through-taiwan-strait    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:16:52

• China evacuates 1,600 from Iran and hundreds from Israel, warns of border congestion ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-evacuates-1600-from-iran-and-hundreds-from-israel-warns-of-border-congestion    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:17:15

• Pink pond in Chinese village sparks fear of toxic water ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pink-pond-in-chinese-village-sparks-fear-of-toxic-water    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:17:33

• Japan destroyer sails through Taiwan Strait after China jet encounter ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-destroyer-sails-taiwan-strait-after-china-jet-encounter    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:17:54

• China warns of extensive flooding after heavy rains ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-warns-of-extensive-flooding-after-heavy-rains    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:18:50

• China condemns British warship’s ‘troublemaking’ Taiwan Strait transit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-condemns-british-warships-troublemaking-taiwan-strait-transit    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:19:47

• Taiwan says UK Navy ship sailed through Taiwan Strait ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/19/taiwan-says-uk-navy-ship-sailed-through-taiwan-strait/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:20:20

• Israel-Iran war undermines Beijing’s Mideast diplomatic push ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250619-outbreak-of-israel-iran-war-leaves-china-s-mideast-diplomacy-at-an-impasse    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:20:40

• Chinese cargo planes secretly landing in Iran with aid? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250619-chinese-cargo-planes-secretly-landing-in-iran-with-aid    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:21:01

• China’s meeting was mostly talk, but the Pacific still listened ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-meeting-was-mostly-talk-but-the-pacific-still-listened/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:21:17

• "Game Boy? NES? Why Not Both!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/game-boy-nes-why-not-both/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:22:17

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Soulstone Survivors - 2025-06-18 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-06-18-edition/index.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:22:49

• ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Launches with Sleek UI, Hey Hi (AI) Features, and Markdown Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-9-0-launches-with-sleek-ui-ai-features-and-markdown-support/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:24:30

• Hacker Tactic: ESD Diodes ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/hacker-tactic-esd-diodes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:26:06

• RP2040 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/fission-simulator-melts-down-rp2040/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:26:28

• Tech media challenges: ‘World of churn for clicks is disappearing’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b2b/tech-media-challenges-world-of-churn-for-clicks-is-disappearing/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:27:51

• Publicist to receive damages after settling legal claim against Sun publisher ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/publicist-to-receive-damages-after-settling-legal-claim-against-sun-publisher/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:28:52

• "In England there is a no-fault collective right for the owners of flats in a block to have the management of the block transferred to a company they control, called a Right To Manage company or RTMco. It is one of the more effective remedies to the problems of long leases on flats." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-06-20_removing-another-restriction-on-right-to-manage.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:31:14

• Announcement: Public Yggdrasil Node gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202506/20250620-announcement-public-yggdrasil-node.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:32:21

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1330.jpg    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:33:36

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1680.jpg    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:33:49

• News and Links Digest gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250620-0.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:36:05

• Heterodox Technology links for 2025-06-20 gemini://gemini.ucant.org/heterodox-tech/links/2025-06-20_links.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:36:59

• "I'm currently in the process of moving my search engine database from Firebird to Postgresql. The entire search engine crawler data will also be rebuilt from scratch." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/29393    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:38:08

• "The world is going crazy, I guess... and I decided to try and open a new capsule called "voice of the people" (KOL HA'AM in Hebrew), it will be a Hebrew/English capsule on Flounder.online gemini hosting and it's supposed to be a free and open newspaper for various opinions" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2647    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:39:28

• Two EPO leaks to be released today    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:57:07

• Longest day today    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:57:32

• Dual RGB Cameras Get Depth Sensing Powerup ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/dual-rgb-cameras-get-depth-sensing-powerup/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:58:01

• Study finds that LLM use leads to ‘likely decrease’ in learning skills ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/19/study-finds-llm-use-leads-likely-decrease-learning-skills/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:58:58

• Risk of Sleep Breathing Disorder Set to Rise 45% by End of Century ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/risk-of-sleep-breathing-disorder-set-to-rise-45-by-end-of-century    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:59:45

• Adam Young: I call it my ctaginator ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/06/i-call-it-my-ctaginator/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:00:27

• Remi Collet: 🎲 PHP version 8.3.23RC1 and 8.4.9RC1 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/06/19/PHP-version-8.3.23RC1-and-8.4.9RC1    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:03:02

• The syslog-ng Insider 2025-06: arm64; PAM; testing ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-insider-2025-06-arm64-pam-testing/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:03:30

• Lingmo OS – modern GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lingmo-os-modern-linux-distribution-debian/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:05:04

• Cuneo is a widget-like calculator and conversion tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cuneo-widget-like-calculator-conversion-tool/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:05:13

• BrosTrend 5 Port 2.5GB Switch Review ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/brostrend-5-port-2-5gb-switch-review/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:05:25

• TrustedQSL – radio contact validation ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/trustedqsl-radio-contact-validation/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:05:34

• MineSector is a snappy minesweeper-based game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/minesector-snappy-minesweeper-based-game/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:05:43

• Grafito is a simple, self-contained web-based log viewer for journalctl ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/grafito-simple-self-contained-web-based-log-viewer-journalctl/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:06:00

• Paragon must answer for spyware use against civil society and journalists ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/paragon-must-answer-for-spyware-use-against-civil-society/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:06:40

• Paragon: stop spyware abuse and deliver justice to victims ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/paragon-stop-spyware-abuse-and-deliver-justice-to-victims/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:06:54

• Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub is not Open Source, they should point the finger at Microsoft or stop blaming the tools ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-campaigns-distribute-malware-via-open-source-hacking-tools/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:08:20

• Security researchers find 16B stolen credentials from malware in open cloud storage ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/19/security-researchers-find-16b-stolen-credentials-malware-open-cloud-storage/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:08:39

• #KeepItOn: Israel must stop cutting Gaza off from the world ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-israel-must-stop-cutting-gaza-off/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:09:01

• Digital ceasefire: the path to peace goes online ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/digital-ceasefire-the-path-to-peace-goes-online/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:09:29

• Tracking historical IP assignments with Defender for Endpoint logs ☞ https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/06/19/tracking-historical-ip-assignments-with-defender-for-endpoint-logs/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:10:19

• Dihydroxyacetone Man to decide 'in two weeks' whether US will directly attack Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250620-trump-us-iran-israel    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:10:37

• Europeans push for renewed diplomacy with Iran as Convicted Felon mulls military action ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250620-europe-diplomacy-iran-trump-military    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:11:02

• Iran has just finished losing a war and is not in a position to dictate terms, analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20250619-iran-has-just-finished-losing-a-war-and-is-not-in-a-position-to-dictate-terms-analyst-says    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:11:18

• Israel says Khamenei 'can no longer be allowed to exist' after Iran strikes hospital ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250619-israel-says-khamenei-can-no-longer-be-allowed-to-exist-after-iran-strikes-hospital    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:11:32

• Israel threatens Iran's supreme leader as Iranian strikes wound over 200 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250619-israel-threatens-iran-s-supreme-leader-as-iranian-strikes-wound-over-200    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:11:51

• France urges Iran nuclear talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250619-france-urges-iran-nuclear-talks    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:12:14

• What is Israel’s Iron Dome and why isn’t it invulnerable? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250619-what-is-israel-s-iron-dome-and-why-isn-t-it-invulnerable    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:12:25

• Israel-Iran war: Internet blackout in Tehran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250619-israel-iran-war-internet-blackout-in-tehran    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:12:43

• Like Egypt in 2010. For the same reasons.    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:13:05

• Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down law weakening state attorney general’s power ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/wisconsin-supreme-court-strikes-down-law-weakening-state-attorney-generals-power/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:13:43

• Israel Threatens Khamenei After Hospital Strike As Global Concerns Grow Over Possible US Entry Into Conflict ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-tehran-israel-trump-khamenei-airstrikes/33448568.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:14:01

• US will strike N. Korea if it attacks South with nukes, says Seoul’s spy chief nominee ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-will-strike-north-korea-if-south-attacked-with-nukes-souths-spy-chief-nominee-says    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:14:30

• Boy, 15, Survives Lightning Strike in Central Park, Police Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/nyregion/boy-survives-lightning-central-park.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:14:49

• Doctor at Soroka Hospital in Israel Recounts Iranian Strike ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/middleeast/israel-soroka-hospital-hit-iranian-strike.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:15:07

• Iran Missile Strikes Hospital in Southern Israel ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/middleeast/iran-missile-israel-hospital.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:15:22

• Pakistan Waging a Deadly Drone Campaign Inside Its Own Borders ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/asia/pakistan-drones-militants.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:15:34

• Iranians mostly lost internet access on the sixth day of Israeli strikes. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/19/world/iran-israel-trump-news/iranians-mostly-lost-internet-access-on-the-sixth-day-of-israeli-strikes    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:15:51

• 🔴 Live: Israel attacks dozens of military targets in Iran, including nuclear research site ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250620-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-israel-iran-war-europe-us    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:16:12

• Telescope ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/build-your-own-telescope-the-modern-way/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:17:08

• Computer Noises ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/ben-eater-makes-computer-noises/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:17:29

• Floppy ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/19/mac-se-restomod-has-a-floppy-surprise/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:17:46

• Flesh-Eating Fly Invasion Could Cause Devastation Across America ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/flesh-eating-fly-invasion-could-cause-devastation-across-america    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:18:03

• FDA-Approved Sleeping Pill Slows Alzheimer's Tangles in Pre-Clinical Trial ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fda-approved-sleeping-pill-slows-alzheimers-tangles-in-pre-clinical-trial    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:18:14

• 5 Daily Habits Could Be Causing Your Liver Serious Harm ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/5-daily-habits-could-be-causing-your-liver-serious-harm    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:18:30

• Cannabis Linked to 2x Risk of Heart Disease Death, Scientists Discover ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cannabis-linked-to-2x-risk-of-heart-disease-death-scientists-discover    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:18:55

• Astronomers Uncover a Massive Shaft of Missing Matter ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-uncover-a-massive-shaft-of-missing-matter    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:19:18

• 1930s 'Dragon Man' Finally Gives Elusive Ancient Human Species a Face ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/1930s-dragon-man-finally-gives-elusive-ancient-human-species-a-face    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:19:26

• A Cracked Piece of Metal Self-Healed in Experiment That Stunned Scientists ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-cracked-piece-of-metal-self-healed-in-experiment-that-stunned-scientists    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:19:36

• Rice prices double in Japan as inflation accelerates ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/rice-prices-double-in-japan-as-inflation-accelerates    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:19:51

• Groceries with inflation-busting price hikes revealed ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/groceries-with-inflation-busting-price-hikes-revealed-aEVpb1i1gruh    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:20:04

• A Day Later, Watchdog Says Iranians Still Largely Cut Off From Internet By Authorities ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/netblocks-iranians-outage-internet/33448841.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:20:27

• U.S. Spy Agencies Assess Iran Remains Undecided on Building a Bomb ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/us/politics/iran-nuclear-weapons-assessment.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:21:18

• It should also sue Zuckerberg for creating a site which objectified women without their consent ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/19/meta-sues-hong-kong-based-company-behind-ai-deepfake-app-that-creates-fake-nude-images/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:22:27

• Fat Joe Accused of Engaging in Sex with Minors in $20 Million Lawsuit ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/19/fat-joe-minor-sex-lawsuit/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:23:44

• Police Investigate Threats to Mamdani in Mayoral Race’s Final Days ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-threats-nypd-investigation.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:25:08

• Carol Kaye Says She Is ‘Declining’ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/19/carol-kaye-rock-hall-of-fame-comments/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 03:26:27

• Gov’t vows strict vetting of applications for event subsidies, performance venues to prevent ‘soft resistance’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/20/govt-vows-strict-vetting-of-applications-for-event-subsidies-performance-venues-to-prevent-soft-resistance/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:10:09

• Taiwan on alert over China’s military activities in Pacific ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-on-alert-over-chinas-military-activities-in-pacific    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:11:01

• 16 billion accounts exposed in one of the largest data breaches in history — enormous data haul holds two accounts for every human alive ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/16-billion-accounts-exposed-in-one-of-the-largest-data-breaches-in-history-enormous-data-haul-holds-two-accounts-for-every-human-alive    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:11:15

• Lithuania to evacuate diplomats' families, some staff from Israel as situation escalates ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2594099/lithuania-to-evacuate-diplomats-families-some-staff-from-israel-as-situation-escalates    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:12:51

• Swedish Truck Giant Scania Investigating Hack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/swedish-truck-giant-scania-investigating-hack/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:14:23

• High-Severity Vulnerabilities Patched by Cisco, Atlassian ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/high-severity-vulnerabilities-patched-by-cisco-atlassian/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:14:33

• Krispy Kreme Confirms Data Breach After Ransomware Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/krispy-kreme-confirms-data-breach-after-ransomware-attack/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:14:56

• Encryption Backdoors: The Security Practitioners’ View ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/encryption-backdoors-the-security-practitioners-view/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:15:23

• Fake money is... fake ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/predatory-sparrow-burns-90-million-on-iranian-crypto-exchange-in-cyber-shadow-war/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:15:55

• Europe is Leaving Microsoft, the Press Coverage Isn't Sufficiently Helpful ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/Europe_is_Leaving_Microsoft_the_Press_Coverage_Isn_t_Sufficient.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:20:43

• Why Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Its 'Hey Hi' (Slop) Frenzy Fail While Sinking in Deep, Growing Debt ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/Why_Microsoft_and_Its_Hey_Hi_Slop_Frenzy_Fail_While_Sinking_in_.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:20:52

• Mastodon and the Fediverse Have an Issue: Liability for Content (Even in Other Instances) and Costs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/Mastodon_and_the_Fediverse_Have_an_Issue_Liability_for_Content_.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:21:01

• The Manchester Bees and This Hot Summer ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/The_Manchester_Bees_and_This_Hot_Summer.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:21:10

• BetaNews Appears to Have Fired All Of Its Staff ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/18/BetaNews_Appears_to_Have_Fired_All_Of_Its_Staff.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:21:23

• Collabora takes first place at ICME 2025 Grand Challenge ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/collabora-takes-first-place-at-icme-2025-grand-challenge.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:21:48

• Microsoft's backdoored Windows is a Niche Operating System in Africa (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/18/Microsoft_s_Windows_is_a_Niche_Operating_System_in_Africa.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:22:12

• Somebody turned a Nintendo Switch into the world's slowest iPhone, and the results were a disaster — boasts 20-minute boot times, kernel panics, and no working apps ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/somebody-turned-a-nintendo-switch-into-the-worlds-slowest-iphone-and-the-results-were-a-disaster-boasts-20-minute-boot-times-kernel-panics-and-no-working-apps    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:22:46

• Stable kernels 6.15.3, 6.12.34, and 6.6.94 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1026008/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:23:07

• UPC is illegal and they really ought to point this out because that's essential to know ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/6/19/misbehavn-in-the-upc-good-frand-behavior    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:25:01

• Prepare for the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/prepare-for-the-uk-cyber-security-and-resilience-bill/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:28:30

• Watch out for flight tracking images showing Chinese cargo planes landing in Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250619-iran-chinese-cargo-planes-flight-tracking-images    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:29:03

• Hong Kong proposes registration of subdivided flats from March 2026 to phase out ‘substandard’ living spaces ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/20/hong-kong-proposes-registration-of-subdivided-flats-from-march-2026-to-phase-out-substandard-living-spaces/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:29:32

• Chilling Photos Capture Police Shooting Man, Fueling Anger in Kenya ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/asia/kenya-protests-police-shooting-albert-ojwang.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:29:54

• Russell Coker: The defective chip maker Intel Arc B580 and PCIe Slot Size ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/06/20/intel-arc-b580-pcie-slot-size/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:30:29

• Migrating my infrastructure ☞ https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/migrating-my-infrastructure/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:34:41

• AAEON de next-RAP8 credit card-sized Raptor Lake SBC features up to defective chip maker Intel Core i7-1365UE CPU ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/19/aaeon-de-next-rap8-credit-card-sized-raptor-lake-sbc-features-up-to-intel-core-i7-1365ue-cpu/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:35:42

• SolidSense AIoT – An IP64-rated Hey Hi (AI) vision development platform with Renesas RZ/V2M or Hailo-15 System-on-module ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/20/solidsense-aiot-an-ip64-rated-ai-vision-development-platform-with-renesas-rz-v2m-or-hailo-15-system-on-module/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:35:57

• Event Wrap: INNOG 8 and India ISP Conclave 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/06/20/event-wrap-innog-8-and-india-isp-conclave-2025/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:36:21

• pg_auto_reindexer v1.5 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_auto_reindexer-v15-released-3089/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:36:41

• Agencies grapple with cyber skills gap in control systems ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/06/agencies-grapple-with-cyber-skills-gap-in-control-systems/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:37:22

• Subsidies spur spending in China’s 618 shopping fiesta but momentum could fade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/subsidies-spur-spending-in-chinas-618-shopping-fiesta-but-momentum-could-fade    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:38:02

• Beware of dodgy ULEZ sites advertising on Surveillance Giant Google ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/beware-of-dodgy-ulez-sites-advertising-on-google-ar6xH0H6EKFH    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:39:06

• [Algorithms on] surveillance cameras helped prosecute 6 people for monkey feeding, Hong Kong gov’t says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/19/ai-surveillance-cameras-helped-prosecute-6-people-for-monkey-feeding-hong-kong-govt-says/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:39:54

• Modernising border security in South Africa through integrated surveillance technologies ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/modernising-border-security-in-south-africa-through-integrated-surveillance-technologies-2/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:40:19

• "BUT IS IT HEY HI?" ALWAYS SAY "YES!!!" Yes, yes, buy it from me, it's Hey Hi (AI). People lying to people to sell the old junk with new buzzwords!    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:41:15

• Pakistan’s air-combat lesson for Indonesia: buy air-surveillance aircraft ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/pakistans-air-combat-lesson-for-indonesia-buy-air-surveillance-aircraft/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:41:54

• ...surveillance is now "hey hi". Same thing, different label.    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:42:22

• Government Reverses on Privacy and the Charter: Department of Justice Analysis Concludes Political Party Privacy Bill Raises No Charter of Rights Effects ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/government-reverses-on-privacy/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:43:02

• Russell Coker: Matching defective chip maker Intel CPUs ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2025/06/19/matching-intel-cpus/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:43:26

• How to Install Heroic Games Launcher on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-heroic-games-launcher-funos/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:43:49

• Kendallknight: An R package for efficient implementation of Kendall’s correlation coefficient computation ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/kendallknight-an-r-package-for-efficient-implementation-of-kendalls-correlation-coefficient-computation/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:44:45

• R Package Quality: Validation and beyond! ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/r-package-quality-validation-and-beyond/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:45:21

• How to use pacman to manage packages in Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-use-pacman-to-manage-packages-in-arch-linux/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:49:32

• "closed zones" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/19/some-russian-highways-will-never-have-mobile-coverage-due-to-closed-zones-says-road-agency-chief | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:50:12

• recession ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/19/economy-minister-warns-russia-is-on-the-brink-of-recession-finance-minister-and-central-bank-head-disagree | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:50:24

• "What even is propaganda?" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/19/what-even-is-propaganda | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:50:46

• Kharkiv ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/20/russian-drones-strike-odesa-and-kharkiv-overnight-killing-at-least-one | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:51:01

• "air defenses" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/20/russian-air-defenses-shoot-down-two-drones-near-moscow-mayor-says | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:52:07

• The Rise and Fall of DOGE ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/the-rise-and-fall-of-doge    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:52:22

• Taryn Simon explores ‘The Game’ of Democracy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20250619-taryn-simon-explores-the-game-of-democracy    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:53:24

• TikTok Hits Cannes, Where a U.S. Ban Seems a Distant Dream ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/business/media/tiktok-cannes-shou-chew.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:54:03

• US sanctions CJNG leaders, citing Fentanylware (TikTok) influencer’s murder ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/us-sanctions-cjng-leader/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:54:31

• Amazon Linux 2023 achieves FIPS 140-3 validation https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/20/amazon-linux-2023-achieves-fips-140-3-validation/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 04:58:53

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-06-21.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 05:03:44

• "Here are audio samples of "CTRL" by Shadrow, licensed CC BY-NC 3.0. In both cases, the samples are at a constant bit rate of 16 kb/s. Have a listen." gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/opus.gmi    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 05:04:34

• "This is MCAPS focused. They are making significant changes to the roles and alignments and flattening many management levels. Many will experience 10-15% reductions…some complete teams eliminated as Microsoft pushes focus to partners." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxgry8gy    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 06:21:40

• CEOs Using AI to Terrorize Their Employees https://futurism.com/ceo-ai-scare-labor    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 07:15:34

• Lousy and laughable attempts to twist a massive failure at Microsoft ass some sort of "AI" success story" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-planning-thousands-more-job-cuts-amid-heavy-spending-on-ai-1886209    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 07:16:24

• Finland Accuses Senior Crew of Russia-Linked Vessel in Damage of Undersea Power Cable in Baltic Sea https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-06-14/finland-accuses-senior-crew-of-russia-linked-vessel-in-damage-of-undersea-power-cable-in-baltic-sea    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 08:33:41

• Russian YouTuber Transferred To Maximum Security Prison In The Philippines https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vitaly-zdorovetskiy-news-russian-youtuber-transferred-maximum-security-prison-philippines-1735875    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 08:44:17

• Poland Says GPS Disruptions Over Baltic Could Be Related to Russia https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-17/poland-says-gps-disruptions-on-baltic-could-be-related-to-russia    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 08:51:50

• Sending Tech to Russia https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-17/uk-and-allies-to-announce-new-sanctions-against-russia    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 08:52:07

• Suspected Russian Hackers Used New Tactic Against UK Researcher https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-18/suspected-russian-hackers-used-new-tactic-against-uk-researcher    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 08:52:54

• ECB's Panetta Says EU a Victim of US Efforts to Distance Russia From China https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-18/kyiv-mourns-as-death-toll-from-russian-strike-climbs-to-28    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 08:53:39

• Russia's Economy Minister Says the Country Is on 'The Brink of Recession' https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-06-19/russias-economy-minister-says-the-country-is-on-the-brink-of-recession Brink?    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 08:55:09

• shadow fleet https://www.thelocal.dk/20250620/european-countries-announce-joint-action-against-russias-shadow-fleet https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/20.06.2025-nordics-baltics-and-partners-to-compile-guidelines-on-russias-shadow-fleet.a604047/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 08:56:27

• Ryuk ransomware’s initial access expert extradited to the U.S. from Ukraine https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ryuk-ransomwares-initial-access-expert-extradited-to-the-us/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:00:09

• Tukey https://xkcd.com/3104/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:08:33

• Exoplanet System https://xkcd.com/3103/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:08:48

• Reading a Big Number https://xkcd.com/3102/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:09:03

• interoperability requests https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250618-01.en.html They are part of the issue https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/FSFE_Now_Taking_Bribes_From_Microsoft_Its_Gold_Donor_the_Highes.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:10:30

• TikTok Star Khaby Lame Detained by ICE Over Visa, Voluntarily Departs the United States https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktok-star-khaby-lame-detained-ice-over-visa-voluntarily-departs-united-states-1735571    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:13:10

• tiktok is trashy https://www.vox.com/culture/416866/sabrina-carpenter-sydney-sweeney-kylie-jenner-girls-tiktok-feminism    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:13:39

• Dutch Government Recommends Children Under 15 Stay off TikTok and Instagram https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-06-17/dutch-government-recommends-children-under-15-stay-off-tiktok-and-instagram    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:14:23

• US Cites Murder of TikTok Influencer in New Mexican Cartel Sanctions https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-18/us-cites-murder-of-tiktok-influencer-in-new-mexcian-cartel-sanctions    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:14:57

• Russia Expert Falls Prey to Elite Hackers Disguised as US Officials https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/russia-expert-elite-hackers-us/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:16:49

• How to install Mendeley Desktop on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/06/how-to-install-mendeley-desktop-on.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:25:10

• How to install Wine 10.0 on a Chromebook https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/06/how-to-install-wine-100-on-chromebook.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:28:14

• How to install Godot on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/06/how-to-install-godot-on-kubuntu-2404.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:29:39

• How to install Krita easily on a Chromebook https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/06/how-to-install-krita-easily-on.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:32:30

• licensing associate Craig Topham http://www.fsf.org/events/free-software-licensing-101    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:33:06

• EU copyright http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/06/ag-emiliou-advises-cjeu-on-pastiche.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:33:53

• Top 8 INSANE COSMIC Desktop Features that will BLOW Your Mind! (And 3 Potential Deal-breakers) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=RmHfOBlqY9o    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:36:04

• Goodbye Windows, Hello Bazzite — Legion Go S Transformed! https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=fzdYdlnYouk    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:36:22

• Linux ARM Surface Pro? https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=anhBGGOk1gU    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:37:03

• Replacing 'Sudo' With 'Doas' On Linux https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=9uJPJ4lmTSY    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:37:24

• Switch to RSS for your online media! https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=-5MtaffecZU    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:37:48

• How to install Fedora 42. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=3W8TTjt1CO0    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:38:08

• Awesome Waterworks Game For Your Smartphone! https://inv.nadeko.net/shorts/BhoYBOf8JCg    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:38:57

• Fun with Linux: Run (and Fly) a Train in the Terminal https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=w17p1zag1Jk    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:40:24

• I Have No Idea What Mozilla Is Doing Anymore https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=uBlJ_g-OsqE    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:41:07

• Drop Windows and Install AnduinOS (Made By Microsoft Employee) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=oSks9dNWNaE    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:41:34

• How to install AnduinOS 1.3.1 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=J8518U5g3mo    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:42:09

• New Direction for GNOME, Mint accepts Libadwaita, OpenSUSE ditches Deepin: Linux https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=FwTnQw_5k3k    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:42:56

• Fedora 42: The Answer to Everything? https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=4peRLY5QR2E    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:43:26

• OpenMandriva 25.01 "ROME" Gnome Quick Overview https://inv.nadeko.net/shorts/cDJ1lkMd458    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:43:43

• Nobara Project 42 overview | a modified version of Fedora Linux with user-friendly fixes added to it https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ZTJxGk8l0-Q    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:44:19

• Ubuntu 25.10’s New Terminal is INSANE – Meet Ptyxis! (RIP GNOME Terminal) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Aco63-Gy8oY    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:44:51

• Why I Use Linux https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=7-UCkYlTr50    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:45:10

• Free Software in Education, Religion and Life (with Dr. Corey Stephan) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=36HvC40ds8Y    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:45:28

• The Decline of Microsoft Windows https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=01Hee3AXbLg    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:45:46

• X11 forked, Denmark moves to Linux, Android ROMs are in trouble https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=GWlAKTDrWwY    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:46:16

• You can't buy the Steam Deck OLED. Here's why. https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=KcIZzos4wvo    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:46:56

• Niri Is My New Favorite Wayland Compositor https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=DeYx2exm04M    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:47:18

• How to install Mendeley Desktop on Kubuntu 24.04 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=uN4ylb36s6s    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:47:43

• 'ls' - list directory contents - Video Man Pages https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=T-4Q7i6mNeM    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:48:07

• How to install Nobara Project 42 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=R9RyVwqUuX8    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:48:31

• How to install Godot on Kubuntu 24.04 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=CHBFY9uqGkE    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:48:52

• The End Of An Era On Linux https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=2xHl1FU0pcU    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:49:25

• Linux Standards Are Kind Of A Mess https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=02nFos3iHlo    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:49:45

• Help Vampires Are The Reason The Linux Community Is Toxic! https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=q4fWi07jGBk    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:50:11

• KDE Needs More Accessibility Immediately https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=PM6TRj54L_8    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:50:42

• Plasma 6.4: IMO, THE BEST Linux desktop environment right now https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ki3NOnF_MzQ    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:51:00

• Xorg XLibre Code Reverts Have Truly Begun https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=jps3H-AVDlo    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:51:19

• BRLTTY And The Forgotten World Of The Linux TTY https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=_C7Bf1JoCyw    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 09:51:43

• 'cd' - change directory - Video Man Pages https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=0p4l-rIGTfs    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:44:04

• Linux Mint 22.1 “Xia” Xfce Quick Overview https://inv.nadeko.net/shorts/ikezPoU64V8    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:44:22

• AlmaLinux OS 10 overview https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=dc-Um2pd9gg    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:44:46

• KDE Plasma 6.4 RELEASED! Session Restore, Advanced Tiling, Drag-Fix—MONSTER UPDATE! (For 2025) https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=6B_wnjP7QKo    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:45:01

• "Authorities in Greece are making good on their promise to crack down and deter use of pirate sites and services." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-pirate-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-decade-old-offenses-250620/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:48:09

• "Rising costs, low ticket sales, and strict visa rules are reshaping the touring landscape for artists worldwide. From major acts to emerging talent, the entire live music ecosystem is feeling the strain." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/17/why-artists-arent-touring/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:48:19

• "Tools like Udio and Suno, trained on millions of songs crafted by human artists, are now churning out millions of their own tunes at the click of a button. Deezer, a rival of Spotify Technology, estimates 20 000 AI tracks are uploaded to its platform daily, or 18% of the total." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/algorithm-will-sing-musicians-worried-ai/265403/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:48:31

• "blockbuster lawsuit against Midjourney" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/midjourney-generates-videos-of-disney-characters-amid-massive-copyright-lawsuit/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:48:51

• "AI [sic] systems" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/bbc-threatens-legal-action-against-ai-startup-perplexity-over-content-scraping-report/articleshow/121966451.cms | Source: India Times http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Image_Fusion_is_Not_AI_LLMs_Aren_t_Either.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:49:29

• "For small businesses, the DMA offers something just as valuable: the right to process their own payments." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/apple-australians-youre-too-stupid-choose-your-own-apps | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:51:46

• "Earlier this month, Microsoft’s Family Safety feature, primarily used by parents and schools as a set of parental controls and filters, started randomly blocking Google’s Chrome browser from opening on Windows." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/690179/microsoft-block-google-chrome-family-safety-feature | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:52:08

• "If your PC won’t open Google Chrome, there may be a culprit: Microsoft." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2823343/microsofts-family-safety-app-is-blocking-chrome-on-windows-pcs.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 10:54:07

• "This is the first time Netflix will broadcast live television channels. Such a deal seemed unthinkable until now, as TV groups had launched their own video-on-demand platforms to adapt to new viewing habits." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/netflixs-strategic-shift | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:08:16

• "After all, nobody wants to cough up for ad-free music just to find that their favorite acts’ songs are solely hitting a different service." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/20/amazon-music-exclusives-rod-stewart/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:08:29

• "In fact, MNOs already use network management tools like throttling, congestion control, and fair usage policies to deal with actual traffic." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/06/data-expires-heres-why-mobile-operators-say-it-must-and-why-thats-not-good-enough/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:09:35

• "At Code Club, we believe learning to code should be as fun as it is empowering — what better way to start than making your own game?" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/from-player-to-maker-learn-to-code-by-creating-your-own-game/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:10:58

• "German Government Moves Closer to Ditching Microsoft: "We're Done With Teams!"" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/06/19/2318221    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:13:10

• "‘Turning into a little Finland’: chilly New Zealand gets the hots for beachside saunas" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/turning-into-a-little-finland-chilly-new-zealand-gets-the-hots-for-beachside-saunas    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:13:28

• Swedish fighter jets on the wings – identified Russian aircraft | "Svenske jagerfly på vingene – identifiserte russiske fly – Siste nytt – NRK" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/svenske-jagerfly-pa-vingene-_-identifiserte-russiske-fly-1.17464382    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:13:58

• "John Bolton on What Trump Might Do in Iran: "For Trump, It's Now a Matter of Saving Face" - DER SPIEGEL" https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/john-bolton-on-what-trump-might-do-in-iran-for-trump-its-now-a-matter-of-saving-face-a-4c26dd51-5a78-4a69-ba25-b37ed0be4239    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:14:10

• llm-washing SPAM! https://michiganadvance.com/2025/06/20/repub/environmentalists-say-theyre-cautious-to-adopt-ai-into-their-work/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:14:33

• Destroying the planet for grifters https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-goes-nuclear-company-joins-bill-gates-in-backing-terrapower-a-company-building-nuclear-reactors-for-powering-data-centers http://techrights.org/o/2019/12/21/police-report-bill-gates/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:15:11

• "Why the Fed is on Hold - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-the-fed-is-on-hold    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:15:23

• "LibreOffice Adds Voice To 'Ditch Windows For Linux' Campaign" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/06/19/2327225    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:15:38

• "Never open links in emails or texts you receive from unknown and unexpected sources." https://www.macworld.com/article/2820280/shocking-security-breach-of-16-billion-logins-includes-apple-ids.html ("Shocking security breach of 16 billion logins includes Apple IDs") | iophk: in other words, neither the browser nor the OS it rides on are fit for purpose    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:17:49

• iophk: all kinds of people misunderstand the message here. it is not 5% on defense it is 5% buying junk from the US specifically https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-20/white-house-insists-all-european-countries-must-spend-5-on-defense.html ("White House insists all European countries must spend 5% on defense")    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:18:00

• "Another Beta update for the Steam Client and SteamOS with a few fixes and an improvement for the Lenovo Legion Go S handheld in SteamOS." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/small-steamos-update-for-legion-go-s-and-faster-steam-startup-time-if-you-have-lots-on-non-steam-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:19:31

• "Serial Cleaner DLC Blood and Confetti is officially out now bringing more content to the 2D action-stealth game." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/serial-cleaner-blood-confetti-dlc-released-and-its-a-challenge/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:20:34

• "Here's the most up to date list for late June 2025 for Prime Gaming, an easy way to add more games to your library across Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck. The initial list for June was quite short but they've recently added some extra titles." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/heres-29-games-to-claim-from-prime-gaming-for-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:20:51

• "If the craziness from Kindergarten and Kindergarten 2 wasn't enough, there's now a third helping with Kindergarten 3 out now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/sent-to-a-new-school-dark-comedy-kindergarten-3-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:24:14

• "Castlebound from Ogre Pixel now has a demo available to try on Steam, so you can defend your moving castle in this cute looking action roguelike. The developer previously made Hidden in my Paradise, A Tiny Sticker Tale and Lonesome Village." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/defend-your-moving-castle-in-the-demo-for-castlebound/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:24:43

• "Love musical games? Be sure to check out the June Tunes Humble Bundle with 9 nicely rated games. Here's the compatibility for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/get-some-musical-games-in-the-june-tunes-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:25:14

• "I absolutely need this. DERELIKT from developer Visuwyg releases in 2026 and it's everything I wanted in a retro styled FPS" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/narrative-retro-fps-derelikt-looks-awesome-with-inspiration-from-alien-resurrection-and-system-shock/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:25:48

• "Burn With Me is a narrative deck-builder like no other, where permanently burning your cards is one of the main game mechanics." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/burn-your-cards-and-do-forbidden-rituals-in-the-deck-builder-burn-with-me/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:29:33

• "Housing Unaffordability Is the Primary Cause of Homelessness" ☛ https://fair.org/home/housing-unaffordability-is-the-primary-cause-of-homelessness/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:30:56

• "Kilmar Abrego Garcia was returned to the United States on June 6, after being wrongly deported to El Salvador almost three months earlier." ☛ https://fair.org/home/top-papers-dutifully-echo-cooked-up-charges-against-abrego-garcia/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:32:12

• LaToya Parker ☛ https://fair.org/home/michael-galant-on-sanctions-immigration-latoya-parker-on-budgets-racial-impacts/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:32:23

• "Bans Anonymous Calls to Child Abuse Hotline" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-bans-anonymous-child-welfare-reports | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:32:59

• "An Early ‘Independents’ Day?" ☛ https://therevelator.org/an-early-independents-day/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:33:32

• US Homeland Security's Escalating Attacks On International Journalists ☛ https://thedissenter.org/us-homeland-securitys-escalating-attacks-on-international-journalists/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:34:04

• "Valve are preparing the next major version of their Windows compatibility layer Proton, with a new test build ready for you with Proton 10.0-2." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/proton-10-0-2-gets-a-release-candidate-for-gaming-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:34:38

• "Net.Attack() takes the basic idea of the action from Vampire Survivors and other survivor-likes but, it gets you to program your abilities with code blocks." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/net-attack-is-a-very-unique-take-on-survivor-like-roguelikes-with-programming-your-abilities/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:34:44

• "After successfully creating a sample LaTeX document in the previous tutorial, now we will try to understand the document structure in LaTeX with our Gummi Editor." ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/06/sections-in-latex-with-gummi-editor.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:55:17

• "This guide is beginner-friendly and great for system administrators, students, or anyone who runs a VPS, web server, or even a home Linux server." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/bash-script-to-block-ip-with-iptables/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:55:34

• "On Plasma 6.4 the wayland session will be the only one installed when the users does not manually specify kwin-x11." ☛ https://archlinux.org/news/plasma-640-will-need-manual-intervention-if-you-are-on-x11/ | Source: ArchLinux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:55:59

• "The openSUSE Project is preparing to expand its hardware capabilities with a high-performance system designed to accelerate support for the next generation of processor architecture." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/06/20/grace-hopper-to-boost-tw-armv9-builds/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:56:34

• "reduce data center costs" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/effective-infrastructure-automation-to-reduce-data-center-costs | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:57:20

• "Serdiuk’s home town of Komysh-Zoria, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, was part of the territory occupied in the first weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion in spring 2022." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/banned-from-home-for-40-years-deportation-russia-latest-move-to-cleanse-occupied-ukraine | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 11:59:46

• "Official statistics show that Turkey has over 11 million people between the ages of 45 and 54 out of its population of 85 million." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/too-old-to-work-too-young-to-retire-if-you-lose-your-job-after-40-you-face-an-empty-table-308644 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:00:21

• "increasingly using AI adoption as a cudgel to justify layoffs" ☛ https://futurism.com/ceo-ai-scare-labor | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:00:49

• "That extra step is hugely problematic, especially if Marines start pitching in with law enforcement work" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/20/us-marines-witnessed-detaining-a-us-citizen-in-los-angeles/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:01:13

• "U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer put off issuing any additional rulings and instead asked for briefings from both sides by noon Monday on whether the Posse Comitatus Act" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/donald-trump-los-angeles-california-gavin-newsom-san-francisco-b2774173.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:01:32

• "The alleged officers detaining hundreds if not thousands of people each day in California and across the country are often masked." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-20/chabria-column-secret-police-have-no-place-in-democracy | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:02:32

• "Not only does ICE believe it doesn’t need real warrants to enter homes, it believes it doesn’t even need self-issued “administrative” warrants to perform arrests." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/20/ice-tells-agents-they-can-start-making-unjustified-arrests-again/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:02:46

• "The federal government has no specific policy banning immigration agents from wearing masks." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-06-20/la-oe-reyes-masks | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:03:25

• "Video taken by López depicts her struggling with a masked agent wearing a Border Patrol uniform asking to see her identification" ☛ https://www.klfy.com/national/pregnant-u-s-citizen-detained-by-border-patrol-agents-we-didnt-do-anything-wrong/ |    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:04:00

• "Appealing to investors: The tough talk is for Wall Street, a signal that a company is on trend. (It doesn't hurt that investors tend to like layoffs.)" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/20/ai-ceos-workers-jassy | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:04:25

• "Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser was executed for criticizing the government on social media, drawing comparisons to the Jamal Khashoggi case." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/tweet-that-cost-a-life-after-jamal-khashoggi-saudi-journalists-online-dissent-ends-in-execution/articleshow/121936817.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:05:13

• "emboldened de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to continue his persecution of the press." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/saudi-arabia-executes-a-journalist-after-seven-years-behind-bars-activists-say-it-was-over-his-tweets/articleshow/121862565.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:05:36

• "NYT has the ability to sustain all that independent journalism. But if you can — especially if you live in New York — you might consider supporting them (recall that The City did a lot of the reporting on Eric Adams’ corruption before bigger outlets picked up the story)." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/18/why-kristi-noems-kidnapping-of-brad-lander-failed-thus-far/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:10:08

• "How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/06/how-my-reporting-on-the-columbia-protests-led-to-my-deportation/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:10:26

• "As the ruling Georgian Dream party intensifies efforts to consolidate authoritarian rule, independent media face unprecedented pressure and are now on the brink of survival." ☛ https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Georgia-statement.pdf | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:10:47

• "dark day for the truth." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/us-updates-trump-admin-slashes-jobs-at-voice-of-america/live-72990588 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:11:18

• "A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced journalist and economist Farid Mehralizada to nine years in prison on charges he says are tied directly to his critical reporting for RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service, known locally as Azadliq Radiosu." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/baku-azerbaijan-journalist-sentence-rfe-mehralizada-media-crackdown/33449887.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:11:34

• "Saudi Arabia has executed the prominent journalist Turki al-Jasser, who was arrested in 2018 and convicted on what press freedom advocates say are trumped-up charges." ☛ https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/18/headlines/saudi_arabia_executes_journalist_turki_al_jasser | Source: Democracy Now    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:12:16

• "As Mohammed bin Salman's economic and social reforms have made headlines in recent years, human rights activists have highlighted a parallel crackdown on dissent, including extreme sentences handed out to individuals for their social media posts." ☛ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/campaigners-say-saudi-arabia-executes-prominent-journalist-over-twitter-account | Source: Middle East Eye    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:12:32

• "Al-Jasser was also said to have posted several controversial tweets about militants and militant groups." ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/saudi-arabia-executes-journalist-after-7-years-bars-122863459 | Source: ABC    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:13:01

• "Reporters Without Borders (RSF) strongly condemns the execution of Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser, who was killed on 14 June after seven years of arbitrary imprisonment." ☛ https://rsf.org/en/reign-terror-saudi-arabia-execution-journalist-turki-al-jasser-demands-international-response | Source: RSF    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:13:21

• "But the circumstances around that murder and al-Jasser’s killing, and the international response to it, are markedly different." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/18/saudi-arabia-turki-al-jasser-executed | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:13:52

• "War with Israel tightens information space" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-06-20/irans-internet-blackout-leaves-public-in-dark-and-creates-an-uneven-picture-of-the-war-with-israel | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:14:31

• "Activists see it as a form of psychological warfare for a nation all-too familiar with state information controls and targeted [Internet] shutdowns during protests and unrest." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/iran-israel-united-arab-emirates-israelis-persian-b2773797.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:15:02

• "It has now been 24 hours since Iran imposed a nationwide [Internet] shutdown; the ongoing blackout incident is the most severe tracked since the November 2019 protests and impacts the public's ability to stay connected at a time when communications are vital" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/netblocks-iranians-outage-internet/33448841.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:15:25

• "An unabashed government stamping out dissent through force ignores the commitment to unfettered political discourse that defines American law and traditions" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/democrats-detained-arrested-trump-immigration | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:15:56

• "Targeting foreign students has become the administration's cornerstone effort to crack down on the nation's oldest and wealthiest college." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-06-20/how-trump-has-targeted-harvards-international-students-and-what-the-latest-court-ruling-means | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:16:51

• "A UN special rapporteur raised concerns on Thursday over the negative effects of political interference on higher education within the US." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/un-expert-warns-of-threat-to-academic-freedom-in-us/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:17:16

• "The organization's objective was "to form a group of people loyal to Russia's interests" so that they would carry out disinformation campaigns against the Argentine state, the spokesman added." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/19/argentina-says-it-uncovered-russian-disinformation-operation-a89498 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:18:04

• AI   

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:18:17

• "AI deepfakes, video game footage passed off as real combat, and chatbot-generated falsehoods -- such tech-enabled misinformation is distorting the Israel-Iran conflict, fueling a war of narratives across social media." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2314664.html | Source: RTL    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:18:29

• "AFRINIC oversees allocation and management of IP addresses for 54 nations across Africa and the Indian Ocean." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/afrinic_election_proceeds/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:19:19

• "It said "some historic data on legacy systems" was accessed by unauthorized attackers, namely the personal information of people who worked on council-administered elections between 2001 and 2022." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/oxford_city_council_breach/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:19:41

• "These aren’t comments on lefty websites. These are official public comments to government requests for input from the public – input some poor soul has to read and summarize for Burgum and Miller." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/20/national-park-visitors-are-not-impressed-with-trumps-revisionism/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:20:11

• "Massachusetts rakes in £3.1 billion annually from international students—making it America's fourth-largest beneficiary after California, New York, and Texas." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trumps-harvard-crackdown-could-crush-bostons-luxury-scene-rich-foreign-students-vanish-1736229 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:20:39

• "The cuts are expected to be announced early next month, following the end of Microsoft’s fiscal year, according to people familiar with the matter." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-planning-thousands-more-job-cuts-amid-heavy-spending-on-ai-1886209 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:21:00

• "Arnav Sahu has joined Peak XV as the first investment partner after a four-year stint as principal at startup accelerator Y Combinator." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/former-y-combinator-investor-arnav-sahu-joins-peak-xv/articleshow/121981552.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:21:27

• "first author of the study from Stanford University in California." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/20/social-climbing-stanford-university-research | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:21:49

• "donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund, attended the inauguration, co-hosted a reception, and changed company policy to align more closely with the administration." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mark-zuckerberg-meta-nickname-trump-b2774168.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:22:25

• "I was today years old when I learned that Patreon offers no mechanism to download all of your own posts from your "creator" account. Because fuck you that's why." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/06/just-one-more-patreon-indignity/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:23:07

• "He could have pulled that out of his ass" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-carbon-emissions-energy-unknown-mystery-research/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:24:50

• "And they must adapt to an epochal change in how the grid works, as the industry attempts to transition from power generated with fossil fuels to power generated from renewable sources like solar and wind, in all their vicissitudes." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/19/1118248/electric-grid-future-lincoln-nebraska-utilities-energy-transition/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:25:20

• "Cryptocurrency mining is very power-intensive and generates little in the way of jobs and income for the local community" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/norway-plans-temporary-ban-on-power-intensive-cryptocurrency-mining/articleshow/121972530.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:25:39

• "The Estlink 2 electricity link between Finland and Estonia was operational again on Friday, according to Finnish transmission system operator Fingrid." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20168861 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:26:21

• "The world would need to plant a forest the size of North America in order to offset planet-warming emissions from the 200 largest oil and gas companies, new research has found." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-06-19/a-forest-the-size-of-north-america-would-be-needed-to-offset-big-oils-reserves-study-finds | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:32:13

• "A US complaint against oil and gas giants including BP and Shell claims they fueled the extreme heat that killed a woman in Seattle. Can the first death by "climate disaster" claim succeed?" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/major-oil-companies-face-first-climate-death-lawsuit/a-72899631 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:32:31

• "The Wai Ola Alliance, a coalition of Native Hawaiian leaders and environmental groups, is asking for partial summary judgment, arguing the Navy discharged petroleum into Pearl Harbor from two piers between March 2020 and September 2021." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/navy-faces-key-ruling-in-hawaii-fuel-contamination-case/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:32:46

• "Inactive and abandoned oil and gas wells in Canada are a much bigger climate problem than previously thought, emitting almost seven times more methane than the official estimates, according to a new study from researchers at McGill University." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/non-producing-oil-gas-wells-mcgill-1.7565725 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:33:09

• Overpopulation ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-06-colorado-river-fish-farmers-alike.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:33:45

• "I stopped using my cellphone for regular calls and text messages last fall and switched to Signal." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/06/trojan-horse-drones-homeland/683234/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:34:47

• "Of course, neither the protests nor the protesters have actual power to enact or force change. Those who marched hold no office; they have no vote in Congress." ☛ https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/06/20/bookman-massive-turnout-for-no-kings-protests-in-georgia-shows-peoples-courage-to-act/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:35:11

• "It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/06/18/violent-extremists-like-the-minnesota-shooter-are-not-lone-wolves/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:35:46

• "The results of the government-backed trial clear the way for the law to come into force by the end of the year." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-ban-moves-closer-in-australia-after-tech-trial/articleshow/121965270.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:36:35

• "We are seeing a shift toward the right of the political spectrum." ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/1272932/10-years-after-europes-migration-crisis-the-fallout-reverberates-in-greece-and-beyond/ | Source: Greece    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:40:13

• "The new restrictions target 60 vessels, which have also been targeted by sanctions from the United Kingdom, Canada and EU." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/18/australia-sanctions-oil-tankers-in-russias-shadow-fleet-a89485 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:40:26

• "Between the lines: Some senators did not directly respond to the latest plans for delay but again warned about the dangers of TikTok and urged a quick solution." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/18/senate-republicans-trump-tiktok-ban | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:40:42

• "restricting the use of apps in the US that are controlled by foreign adversaries, specifically naming TikTok as one of those apps." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/trump-extends-deadline-for-nationwide-tiktok-ban-another-90-days/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:41:24

• "My big question is whether these men could have provided the same assistance from the private sector." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/what-lt-col-boz-and-big-techs-enlisted-execs-will-do-in-the-army/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:41:55

• "Threats to the rule of law and democratic values persist, and are getting worse in some areas. That is the message from MEPs following an analysis of the EU Commission’s latest annual rule of law report, covering the year 2024." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250620-eu-rule-of-law-report-shows-worrying-trends-how-should-the-bloc-defend-its-core-principles | Source: France24    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:44:17

• "The world is running out of time to rein in human-driven climate change, with top UN scientists warning that key indicators are now in uncharted territory." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/crunch-time-for-climate-action-scientists-warn/a-72974250 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:44:27

• "Martyrdom or Bust" ☛ https://www.404media.co/martyrdom-or-bust-texas-man-caught-plotting-terror-attack-through-roblox-chats/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:44:47

• "the lower court held that the US unlawfully federalized the California National Guard and interfered with the state’s exercise of its police powers" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/us-appeals-court-allows-trump-to-keep-national-guard-deployed-in-california/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:44:56

• "All Americans." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-06-20/la-oe-cavanaugh-military | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:45:06

• "Last weekend’s massive “No Kings” rallies proved Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity. But Trump should be opposed as a symptom of America’s vast warmongering, oligarchic elite, not a simply a grotesque anomaly." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/06/no-kings-rallies-oligarchy-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:45:15

• Medically Assisted Dying Closer to Legalization After Vote by UK Lawmakers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/world/europe/assisted-dying-vote-uk.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:45:41

• FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz — June 20, 2025 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/06/foss-force-mostly-open-tech-news-quiz-june-20-2025/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:46:06

• This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.4 has arrived! ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/06/21/this-week-in-plasma-plasma-6.4-has-arrived/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:47:00

• Stage – Git GUI client for GNU/Linux desktops ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/stage-git-gui-client-linux-desktops/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:48:00

• wfview controls icom ham radios ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wfview-controls-icom-ham-radios/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:48:19

• "Previously, Plasma installations automatically supported both Wayland and X11 sessions. However, starting with 6.4, only the Wayland session will be installed by default. So, if you rely on X11, you must manually install plasma-x11-session and kwin-x11 before upgrading—otherwise, you might find yourself locked out of your desktop." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/plasma-6-4-on-arch-linux-requires-manual-package-installation/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:49:04

• "Previously, Plasma installations automatically supported both Wayland and X11 sessions. However, starting with 6.4, only the Wayland session will be installed by default. So, if you rely on X11, you must manually install plasma-x11-session and kwin-x11 before upgrading—otherwise, you might find yourself locked out of your desktop." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/plasma-6-4-on-arch-linux-requires-manual-package-installation/ |    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:49:37

• "The EU commission has proposed a new law to protect children against abuse. The cause is good, but the law itself is bad, because it requires online services with messaging functionality to be surveilled" ☛ https://chatcontrol.dk/en/ | Source: ChatControl DK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:53:43

• "On 11 May 2022 the European Commission presented a proposal which would make chat control searching mandatory for all e-mail and messenger providers and would even apply to so far securely end-to-end encrypted communication services." ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:54:01

• "The finding that there are no Charter effects is surprising since the Department of Justice examined many of the same provisions in the Bill C-65 Charter statement and concluded that they engaged Section 2(b) (freedom of expression) and Section 3 (democratic rights) of the Charter." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/government-reverses-on-privacy/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:54:30

• "Robertson and the Citizen Lab explain how this seems to be driven by compliance with the Second Additional Protocol to the Cybercrime Convention, but it could have far-reaching implications as currently drafted." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/canada-border-bill-powers/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:54:46

• "Good article from 404 Media on the cozy surveillance relationship between local Oregon police and ICE: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/surveillance-in-the-us.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:56:31

• "And even if there were, if those 200 companies had to pay for planting all those trees, it would cost $10.8 trillion, more than their entire combined market valuation of $7.01 trillion." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/want-to-plant-trees-to-offset-fossil-fuels-youd-need-all-of-north-and-central-america-study-finds/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:57:26

• "I didn’t accept that, and suggest you don’t either. I just checked in another browser, and in Europe (or at least in The Netherlands, where I am VPN’d right now), Bloomberg gives you these choices: [...]" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/06/20/weve-had-enough-of-this-shit/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 12:58:56

• "What is perhaps most alarming, however, is not the number of people who have had their sensitive personal information breached, but rather the type of information that was taken: [...]" ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/krispy-kreme-hack-exposed-sensitive-data-of-over-160-000-people | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:08:18

• Common Mistake: Believing Social Control Media Will Document Your Writings/Thoughts and Search Engines Like Surveillance Giant Google Will Help You Find These ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/Common_Mistake_Believing_Social_Control_Media_Will_Document_You.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:08:33

• "Krispy Kreme’s investigation showed that information such as name, date of birth, Social Security number, driver’s license or state ID number, financial account information, payment card information" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/161000-people-impacted-by-krispy-kreme-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:08:53

• "This alone is dangerous and makes the bill an obvious target for a constitutional challenge." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/lawful-access-on-steroids/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:09:34

• "Far from a peace milestone, the Abraham Accords represent the public formalization of a long-standing covert partnership between two governments with interests in population control and surveillance." ☛ https://dawnmena.org/the-outsized-role-of-surveillance-technology-in-the-israel-uae-abraham-accords/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:12:54

• "Talks between representatives of Reddit and World ID parent Tools for Humanity highlight the growing market for new identity verification technologies" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/06/20/2025/reddit-considers-iris-scanning-orb-developed-by-a-sam-altman-startup | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:13:09

• "Requiring you to repeatedly provide sensitive personal information creates an unacceptable security risk that we refuse to impose on our users" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/big-name-porn-sites-back-online-in-france-after-age-check-row/articleshow/121978507.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:13:19

• "In a bid to preserve privacy, the government decree also required operators to offer a third-party “double-blind” option that would prevent the platforms from seeing users’ identifying information." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/pornhub-back-online-france | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:13:34

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/record-breaking-ddos-attack-peaked-at-7-3-tbps/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:17:35

• Social Control Media: "Carlon says the incident highlights just how far people will go to get a good photo, as well as their flagrant lack of accountability." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/museumgoers-accidentally-break-fragile-crystal-covered-chair-inspired-by-vincent-van-gogh-painting-180986842/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:18:24

• Social Control Media: "Thirty years ago, Irwin Winkler’s proto–cyber thriller, The Net, was released." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/20/1118379/the-net-cyber-thriller-digital-isolation/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:20:27

• "If you wish you could do the same, stop wishing and just do it." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/digital-chains | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:20:45

• "It's not useful, it's slop." ☛ https://futurism.com/chatgpt-weird-way-talking-see-it-everywhere | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:21:43

• "Stupid things can go on way longer than you’d think. Especially stupid and well-funded not-technically-a-Ponzi schemes." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/20/ai-venture-capital-resorts-to-feeding-the-secondary-market/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:22:04

• "AI is encroaching on our turf, so let’s flip the script and call for more AI transparency, not the other way around" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/i-saw-a-photographers-work-wrongly-accused-of-being-ai-why-do-we-have-to-prove-our-innocence-i-want-ai-content-credentials-and-a-purple-tick | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:22:28

• "The US Patent and Trademark Office is exploring a plan for using AI at the agency to speed up the process of granting patents - but its initial request for information says that vendors should expect to be paid in exposure rather than cold, hard cash." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/us_patent_office_ai/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:22:47

• "But there's a huge, embarrassing catch. As Electrek reports, the self-driving cabs will have a human "safety monitor" plunked in the front passenger seat — a far cry from Elon Musk's bold promise that his automaker would be hosting unsupervised rides this summer." ☛ https://futurism.com/tesla-embarrassing-front-seat-robotaxis | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:23:06

• "Elon Musk is once again fuming against his own AI model, Grok, because he doesn't like that its answers don't line up with his personal politics." ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-infilitrated-grok-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:23:41

• "What happens when AI isn’t just answering prompts, but making decisions, completing tasks, and acting independently? At St Francis College for Women, students from across Hyderabad got hands-on with agentic AI, a model that shifts AI from passive automation to intelligent" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/experts-caution-against-bias-in-ais-work-1886586 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:24:01

• "The news highlights a troubling trend, with countless ChatGPT users developing bizarre delusions and even spiraling into severe mental health crises, as we reported last week." ☛ https://futurism.com/conspiracy-theorists-creating-ai-chatbots | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:24:16

• "Jisc, a provider of digital solutions for UK education and research, has negotiated a national agreement for programming and development platform Oracle Java SE." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/20/uk_colleges_45m_saving_deal/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:30:04

• "A quick baseline & recap for ye of low Dedoimedo readership. I don't like Windows 11. I don't want to use it, like at all, nopety nope." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-11-reset.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:30:18

• "So big telecoms are so afraid of liability and government oversight they’ve just stopped looking for evidence of intrusion in one of the worst hacks the U.S. has ever seen. That’s sure to fix the problem." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/20/salt-typhoon-hack-keeps-getting-worse-telecoms-tell-employees-to-stop-looking-for-evidence-of-intrusion/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:30:43

• "Several collections of login credentials reveal one of the largest data breaches in history, totaling a humongous 16 billion exposed login credentials. The data most likely originates from various infostealers." ☛ https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/ | Source: Cybernews    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:31:03

• "an effort to paint him as a terrorist." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/luigi-mangione-pans-prosecutors-for-cherry-picked-journal-release/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:33:48

• "The correlation between obesity and longevity is more obvious (R square of 0.59)." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/06/21/life-expectancy-of-men-in-canadian-provinces/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:34:06

• "Private equity firms are the demon princes of the hellspace that is the imploding, life-destroying, plutocrat-generating American economy. Their favorite scam, the "leveraged buyout" is a mafia bustout dressed up in respectable clothes" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/20/the-doctor-will-gouge-you-now/#states-rights | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:34:42

• "The research differs from previous studies in that it will not consider single, severe head injuries but instead examine the effects of many small ones over time." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-brain-injuries-weapon-exposure/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:35:09

• "Since I started working on AArch64 in 2012, I had been searching for a hardware system capable of meeting my development needs at home." ☛ https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2025/06/20/the-hunt-for-a-development-machine/ | Source: Marcin Juszkiewicz    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:38:03

• "This is a follow up to the Tiny Undervalued Hardware Companions article. While the original covered quite a lot of small valuable hardware companions – as time passed – I made friends with several more of them." ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/more-undervalued-hardware-companions/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:38:19

• "You’ve taken a look at the best soldering irons and soldering stations, and you are ready to put some fresh solder into a project. But what are the “hot soldering tips” that you need before you get started? We’ve got them right here for you!" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/soldering-irons/ive-spent-15-years-burning-my-hands-so-you-dont-have-to-these-are-my-21-hottest-soldering-iron-tips | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:38:34

• "Its reopening is “symbolic of a turnaround,” says Yunus Chamda, program coordinator for an activist organization called the Joburg Crisis Alliance." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2025/0620/johannesburg-city-library-closure-reopening | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:39:23

• "Two modes for learning. Both essential. Exploring is preliminary, faster, wider, and often more fun. Diving comes next. It’s slower, deeper, more difficult, but ultimately more satisfying." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/exploring-and-diving | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:39:37

• "This is the 95th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Dave Rupert and his blog, daverupert.com" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-dave-rupert | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:42:06

• "That doesn’t mean you need to be 100% up-beat all the time, or be a pushover, or never complain. Those things are normal human behavior. But strongly avoid communities that make complaining the core of their identity." ☛ https://brooker.co.za/blog/2025/06/20/career.html | Source: Marc Brooker    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:42:28

• "Hall said UM needs to enroll and educate more Michigan high school graduates, helping keep them in the state after graduation." ☛ https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/06/dei-and-international-students-why-state-gop-wants-to-cut-university-of-michigan-budget.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:42:51

• "Privately owned ICEYE has grown rapidly in recent years and says its fleet of 48 Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites providing near real-time imaging" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/finland-backs-space-tech-iceye-firm-with-rd-funding/articleshow/121956969.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:44:08

• "In topology, we say that two shapes are the same if there is a homeomorphism– an invertible continuous map– between them." ☛ https://bartoszmilewski.com/2025/06/20/weak-homotopy-equivalences/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:44:27

• "The Dr. Demento Show began in 1970 as a rock 'n' roll and oldies radio program that featured B-sides, rarities and other nuggets. But it was zany songs like Sheb Wooley's "The Purple People Eater," Barnes & Barnes' "Fish Heads" and Elmo & Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" that caught the public's ear." ☛ https://text.npr.org/2010/06/22/127989850/dr-demento-off-the-air-but-still-happily-deranged?ref=ironicsans.ghost.io | Source: NPR    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:45:21

• "The Dr. Demento Show began in 1970 as a rock 'n' roll and oldies radio program that featured B-sides, rarities and other nuggets. But it was zany songs like Sheb Wooley's "The Purple People Eater," Barnes & Barnes' "Fish Heads" and Elmo & Patsy's "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" that caught the public's ear." ☛ https://text.npr.org/2010/06/22/127989850/dr-demento-off-the-air-but-still-happily-deranged | Source: NPR    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:45:42

• "By the time the show officially went off the air, it had already been dropped by many local stations and was hard to find. So you may not know that Dr. Demento has continued producing an online streaming version of his show every week since then." ☛ https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-internet-is-about-to-get-less-weird/ |    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:45:59

• "Over the decades, Dr. Demento became synonymous with offbeat humor, introducing generations to songs like Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett’s “The Monster Mash,” Benny Bell’s “Shaving Cream,” and Barnes & Barnes’ “Fish Heads.”" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/19/dr-demento-retiring-from-radio/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:46:18

• "All of that meant that the file names in that storage were a mess, a mixture between random non-descriptive hashes, files with year and month, and files with year, month and day." ☛ https://hacdias.com/2025/06/20/organizing-media-storage/ | Source: Henrique Dias    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:47:00

• "Today is Midsummer’s Day here in Sweden. Of all the holidays we celebrate, this might just be the biggest. Yes, even bigger than Christmas." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/06/20/swedish-midsummer-family-frogs-flowers/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:47:49

• "Preventing data races with mutexes may sound easy, but dealing with race conditions is a whole other matter. Let's learn how to handle these beasts!" ☛ https://antonz.org/go-concurrency/race-conditions/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:50:55

• "FIT files record the activities of people using devices such as sports watches and bike head units." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/analysing-fit-data-with-perl-basic-beginnings/ | Source: Perl    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:52:18

• "We are excited to announce a new version of GifCities, Internet Archive’s GeoCities Animated GIF Search Engine!" ☛ https://blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/keep-on-gifin-a-new-version-of-gifcities-internet-archives-geocities-animated-gif-search-engine/ | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:52:43

• "We look back at the oddly poetic, near-simultaneous loss of two musical geniuses" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sly-stone-brian-wilson-obituary-death-1235369187/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 13:52:55

• Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 in Leipzig https://blogs.perl.org/users/kenichi_ishigaki/2025/06/perl-toolchain-summit-2025-in-leipzig.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:00:16

• Array vs List in Perl https://blogs.perl.org/users/mohammad_s_anwar/2025/06/array-vs-list-in-perl.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:00:31

• Upcoming Dancer2 2.0.0 release https://blogs.perl.org/users/jason_a_crome/2025/06/upcoming-dancer2-200-release.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:00:47

• How To Install ModSecurity with Apache on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-modsecurity-apache-fedora-42/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:08:56

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

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:09:09

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

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:09:35

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

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:09:54

• How to Upgrade AlmaLinux 9 to AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/upgrade-almalinux-9-to-almalinux-10/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:10:25

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

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:11:46

• IBM "B10 equals bigger layoff target, specially if you over age 50. At B10 either you will end up getting laid off or they will burn your out. So be careful for what you wish for. Also expect negative impact on your marriage and family relationship. Seen it to many times." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxx062dn    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:13:06

• "Companies don't require entire AI teams though. If they do have a division, they lay off most if not all of them when it's up and running." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jwkjmka1    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:14:37

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

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:15:12

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

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:15:28

• 🔤SpellBinding — SGIKMNC Wordo: ELFIN gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-06-21.gmi   

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:27:03

• midsummer magic gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/midsummer_magic   

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:27:39

• "The theme of users being in control of computers and working with them    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:40:54

• "The theme of users being in control of computers and working with them as a tool needs amplification," an associate argued, "IMHO".    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 14:41:03

• How to Install GitKraken on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-gitkraken-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:38:27

• "In this guide, I’ll walk you through every upgrade process step from Alma 9 to Alma 10, ensuring you can make the transition smoothly and hassle-free." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-almalinux-10-from-almalinux-9/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:39:10

• "Here’s a handful of our favourites: [...]" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-cohort-of-cornell-students-turn-in-their-pico-projects/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:39:33

• "There’s something charming about the clash between obsolete and modern technology." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/numitrons-nixies-and-numeric-displays/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:39:55

• "SNS-SHTC3B is lower cost version of the encapsulated SNS-SHTC3F and more suitable for breadboarding." ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/friday-new-products-usb3-hub-with-usb-c-connector-usb-c-card-reader-shtc3-sensor-for-breadboard-kfl05-and-kp05-bearings/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:40:33

• "I have a local friend who is a private collector of vintage computers and consoles, and he has an incredible collection." ☛ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/unboxing-a-legend-amiga-1000/ | Source: Andrew Hutchings    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:40:43

• "Active since at least June 2021 and believed to be based on leaked Anubis banking trojan code" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/godfather-android-trojan-creates-sandbox-on-infected-devices/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:42:02

• "Thunderbird Mobile Progress Report: May 2025" ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/06/thunderbird-mobile-progress-report-may-2025/ | Source: Thunderbird    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:43:43

• "This meant that I had to create every PDF used in the printing myself." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/06/book-creation-using-almost-entirely.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:43:53

• "The original code was uncovered not long ago and is available at the ELIZA archaology site. Here's a recreation in the browser, complete with glowing green phosphors." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/06/20/rebuilding-eliza-the-mother-of-all-chatbots.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:44:04

• "Over a month after its previous 8.4 update, Calibre, the beloved open-source e-book management software, has rolled out version 8.4" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-5-e-book-manager-adds-new-kobo-features/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:44:21

• "DER is a type-length-value (TLV) binary format. Which means serialized data is all of the form [type code][length][value]" ☛ https://alexgaynor.net/2025/jun/20/serialize-some-der/ | Source: Alex Gaynor    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:46:01

• "Enter the miniDVD. It is a smaller version of the standard CD/DVD optical disc size." ☛ https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/06/20/minidvd/ | Source: Tyler Thorsted    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:46:10

• "Yeahhhhh, still pretty complex, right? But hear me out, peeps." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/doing-a-jack-baty | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:46:37

• "Despite the promises of HTTP/2, the web still struggles with latency, jitter and real-world network volatility. Enter HTTP/3 — not just an upgrade, but a ground-up redesign over User Datagram Protocol (UDP)." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/http-3-in-the-wild-why-it-beats-http-2-where-it-matters-most/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:47:32

• "Given even this cursory log analysis, I suspect that for our web server, HTTP/1.1 requests are significantly correlated with access from non-browsers, including crawlers (both overt and covert)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/HTTP2OurWebServerHowMuch-2025 | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:47:44

• "I was absolutely captivated by the Arc web browser from the moment I started using it a few years ago and quickly became an evangelist. It really felt like an entirely new idea for how to use the internet" ☛ https://parkerortolani.blog/2025/06/20/on-dia-arc-and-people.html |    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:54:48

• "Using Dia is a nice reminder that there is very little lock-in with web browsers. Switching to a new browser is easy. If The Browser Company can’t make their business work, then I’ll switch to something else." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2025/06/20/dia-after-a-week.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:55:14

• "What I will say is that I don't understand their business logic at all here. They had a quite large, die-hard fan base in Arc, but they didn't think they could grow that audience into the hundreds of millions of users." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/dia-killed-arc-but-its-not-clear-why/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:55:30

• "I wrote about a performance mystery with WireGuard on 10G Ethernet, and since then I've done additional measurements with results that both give some clarity and leave me scratching my head a bit more." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/WireGuard10GPerformanceSoFar | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:56:09

• "Most websites are awful." ☛ https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/javascript-broke-the-web-and-called-it-progress/ |    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:56:24

• "Direction set, all we need to do is write the code. On OpenBSD, input is handled by wscons, which is why I run wsconsctl to reverse scrolling direction." ☛ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/vulgar-gestures | Source: Ted Unangst    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:56:39

• "I have written regularly about using a feed reader to stay on top of interesting articles from around the web. My feed reader of choice at the moment is a Miniflux instance hosted using Pikapods." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/domain-specifc-google-news-rss-feeds/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:56:50

• "Don't clone Brian!" https://betanews.com/2025/06/16/betanews-is-growing-with-you-alongside/#comments    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:59:03

• "feel free to go to nerds dot xyz"    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:59:37

• So BetaNews sacked Fagioli    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 15:59:51

• "Thanks Mike! Reader feedback is much appreciated, we'll take that onboard. -Ashley, Beta News Community Team"    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:00:37

• "Hi psycros, thank you for the suggestion! We will look into doing this and get back to you. - Ashley, Beta News Community Team"    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:01:28

• Documenting the Big Picture ☞ https://www.kdab.com/documenting-the-big-picture/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:03:54

• 16 Billion Passwords Leaked in Massive Data Breach Discovery ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/16-billion-passwords-leaked-massive-data-breach/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:04:33

• The Fall of Rise of Industry 2 ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/rise-of-industry-2-review/index.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:05:40

• This Week in GNOME: #205 Loading Films ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/06/twig-205/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:06:07

• Red Hat pushing slop, hype, and nonsense ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/06/20/unleashing-multimodal-magic-ramalama    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:08:04

• Amazon gives employees 30 days 'deadline' to …. or resign in 60 days https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-gives-employees-30-days-deadline-to-or-resign-in-60-days/articleshow/121945280.cms    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:11:46

• Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/technology/us-tech-europe-microsoft-trump-icc.html http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:12:56

• How Vera Rubin Telescope Scientists Will Deal With 60 Million Billion Bytes of Imagery ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/science/vera-rubin-telescope-data.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:14:40

• HKUST student denied bail after allegedly posing as anti-graft agency officer, defrauding victim of HK$278K ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/20/hkust-student-denied-bail-after-allegedly-posing-as-anti-graft-agency-officer-defrauding-victim-of-hk278k/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:15:15

• Green Party MPs Back Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill ☞ https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/06/20/green-party-mps-back-terminally-ill-adults-end-of-life-bill/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:15:53

• Apparently even governments acknowledge things are getting a lot worse as suddenly it's popular for governments to help people kill themselves https://greenparty.org.uk/2025/06/20/green-party-mps-back-terminally-ill-adults-end-of-life-bill/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:17:00

• 'Collective problem needs collective solution: Global warming projected to increase well beyond 2°' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250620-collective-problem-needs-collective-solution-global-warming-projected-to-increase-well-beyond-2%C2%B0    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:20:25

• People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/health/diabetes-cure-insulin-stem-cell.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:20:41

• North Korea flag disrupts South Korean church’s live stream in ‘hacking incident’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/n-korea-flag-disrupts-s-korea-church-livestream-in-hacking-incident    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:21:11

• South Korean taxi driver under fire for sexually harassing Thai tourist ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-taxi-driver-under-fire-for-sexually-harassing-thai-tourist    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:21:35

• New S. Korean President’s call for public to suggest Cabinet members ‘more than a populist move’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/new-s-korean-presidents-call-for-public-to-suggest-cabinet-members-more-than-a-populist-move    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:22:02

• South Korea's chief trade negotiator plans US visit June 22-27 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-chief-trade-negotiator-plans-us-visit-june-22-27    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:22:11

• Ex-Malaysia Premier Najib Has Money Laundering Charges Dropped ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/world/asia/malaysia-razak-charges-1mdb.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:22:28

• Online critics face growing scrutiny as Malaysia rolls out controversial data collection project ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/online-critics-face-growing-scrutiny-as-malaysia-rolls-out-controversial-data-collection-project    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:22:48

• Japan-US-Philippines coast guards simulate crisis amid China threat ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-us-philippines-coast-guards-simulate-crisis-amid-china-threat    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:23:15

• Even Nvidia's China-specific RTX 5090D falls victim to the infamous 16-pin melting issue ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-5090d-falls-victim-to-infamous-16-pin-melting-issue-saga-continues-with-china-specific-chip    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:23:33

• Sven Hoexter: Terraform: Validation Condition Cycles ☞ http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/tf_validation_conditions_cycles/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:24:42

• Casino Lights Could Be Warping Your Brain to Take Risks, Scientists Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/casino-lights-could-be-warping-your-brain-to-take-risks-scientists-warn    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:25:06

• ‘Justice Will Prevail,’ Mahmoud Khalil Says as He Goes Free on Bail ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/nyregion/mahmoud-khalil-release-order.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:26:16

• AI-On-The-Edge-Cam ESP32-S3 board aims to digitize legacy utility meters ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/20/ai-on-the-edge-cam-esp32-s3-board-aims-to-digitize-legacy-utility-meters/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:26:48

• Ubuntu 24.10 'Oracular Oriole' Support Is About to End https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/ubuntu-24-10-oracular-oriole-190115052.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:28:38

• "Broadband service providers facing complex transitions to cloud-based networks received a boost this week as two industry organizations joined forces to simplify equipment procurement." https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/broadband-forum-linux-foundation-unite-to-slash-broadband-equipment-procurement-costs/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:33:49

• Andrew Burns Enhances Linux Server Security and Access Management https://www.wearetech.africa/en/fils-uk/tech-stars/andrew-burns-enhances-linux-server-security-and-access-management    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:35:08

• Proprietary https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/this-free-windows-tool-recreates-circle-to-search-on-windows-and-linux    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:36:35

• A U.S. Attack on Iran Would Show the Limits of China’s Power ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/world/asia/us-iran-israel-china.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:38:56

• Chinese Tech Giants Have Big Ambitions in Brazil ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/business/china-temu-meituan-shein-brazil.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:39:14

• China warns of more floods as extreme storms hit world’s No. 2 economy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-warns-of-extensive-flooding-after-heavy-rains    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:39:29

• China angered by British warship sailing as Taiwan raises alert level ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-condemns-british-warships-troublemaking-taiwan-strait-transit    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:39:41

• Clean energy could help China achieve 2035 economic goals, slash emissions: Study ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/clean-energy-could-help-china-achieve-2035-economic-goals-slash-emissions-study    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:40:04

• Monsters and memes: Labubu dolls ride China soft-power wave ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/monsters-and-memes-labubu-dolls-ride-china-soft-power-wave    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:40:41

• Nvidia RTX 5090D falls victim to infamous 16-pin melting issue — saga continues with China-specific chip ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-5090d-falls-victim-to-infamous-16-pin-melting-issue-saga-continues-with-china-specific-chip    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:41:13

• EU bans Chinese firms from major state medical equipment contracts ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/20/eu-bans-chinese-firms-from-major-state-medical-equipment-contracts/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:41:34

• Taiwan pursues homegrown Chinese spies as Beijing intensifies espionage ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/21/taiwan-pursues-homegrown-chinese-spies-as-beijing-intensifies-espionage/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:41:51

• Commission restricts Chinese participation in medical devices procurement ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1569    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:42:17

• Israel-Iran war: How are Asian heavyweights reacting to the hostilities? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/access-asia/20250620-israel-iran-war-how-are-asian-heavyweights-reacting-to-the-hostilities    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:42:55

• "We really are in a perfect storm" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/20/we-really-are-in-a-perfect-storm | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:43:43

• "An economic reality check" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/06/20/an-economic-reality-check | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:44:01

• Indonesia expects to sign free trade deal with Russia-led union this year, minister says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/indonesia-expects-to-sign-free-trade-deal-with-russia-led-union-this-year-minister-says    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:44:16

• Lithuania, Baltics call for Russian army personnel to be banned from EU ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2594510/lithuania-baltics-call-for-russian-army-personnel-to-be-banned-from-eu    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:44:40

• Russians, Belarusians banned from buying real estate in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/20.06.2025-russians-belarusians-banned-from-buying-real-estate-in-latvia.a604027/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:44:51

• Nordics, Baltics and partners to 'compile guidelines' on Russia's shadow fleet ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/20.06.2025-nordics-baltics-and-partners-to-compile-guidelines-on-russias-shadow-fleet.a604047/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:45:02

• Updates to the Retro Corner ☞ https://rubenerd.com/updates-to-the-retro-corner/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:45:35

• You don’t have to like coffee shops ☞ https://rubenerd.com/you-dont-have-to-like-coffee-shops/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:46:08

• Godfather Android Trojan Creates Sandbox on Infected Devices ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/godfather-android-trojan-creates-sandbox-on-infected-devices/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:46:27

• "Active since at least June 2021 and believed to be based on leaked Anubis banking trojan code, Godfather is known for targeting hundreds of banking and cryptocurrency applications worldwide with web overlays. " https://www.securityweek.com/godfather-android-trojan-creates-sandbox-on-infected-devices/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 16:48:52

• Oh, wow, Gulagboy loses the spouse as quickly as he loses a job (a year or two). Now on hunger strike. Sounds terrible.    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:03:02

• Clownflare Tunnels Abused in New Malware Campaign ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cloudflare-tunnels-abused-in-new-malware-campaign/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:26:55

• Iran suggests US using nuclear talks as cover for Israeli airstrikes as negotiations remain stalled ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/06/20/world-news/iran-questions-us-trust-in-nuclear-talks-as-negotiations-remain-stalled-amid-islamic-republics-conflict-with-israel/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:27:49

• Israel/Iran, Convicted Felon’s decision, G7, Bezos Wedding Protests ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20250620-israel-iran-trump-s-decision-g7-bezos-wedding-protests    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:28:33

• No, this Israeli minister didn’t say that he underestimated Iran’s missile capabilities ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250620-israeli-minister-iran-missile-capabilities    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:28:54

• 'In military terms, US and Israel would be able to destroy Iran nuclear program, weaken their govt' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250620-in-military-terms-us-and-israel-would-be-able-to-destroy-iran-nuclear-program-weaken-their-govt    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:29:10

• Escalating air war between Israel and Iran enters second week ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250620-escalating-air-war-between-israel-and-iran-enters-second-week    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:29:22

• Israel-Iran war enters its second week with multiple strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250620-israel-iran-war-enters-its-second-week-with-multiple-strikes    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:29:35

• European Diplomats Report No Progress After Talks In Geneva As Convicted Felon Considers US Action In Iran ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-iran-israel-trump-netanyahu-nuclear-khamenei/33449253.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:29:54

• Dihydroxyacetone Man reverses 2 decades of US ban on Israeli antinuke strikes ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0620/israel-iran-nuclear-bomb    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:30:25

• Dr Richard Stallman přednáší o vlivu technologií na svobodu https://tuni.tul.cz/kalendar/kalendar-fakulty-mechatroniky/id:160972/dr-richard-stallman-prednasi-o-vlivu-technologii-na-svobodu    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:34:43

• An Iranian strike in downtown Haifa damaged at least two places of worship. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/world/israel-iran-maps-tracking/an-iranian-strike-in-downtown-haifa-damaged-at-least-two-places-of-worship    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:52:02

• Are Israel’s Airstrikes on Iran Within Legal Bounds? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/world/middleeast/iran-israel-airstrikes-legal.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:52:15

• What Happens if Convicted Felon Decides to Strike Iran or Assassinate Its Leader? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/world/middleeast/us-strikes-iran-war-scenarios.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:52:27

• Live Updates: Convicted Felon Suggests There’s Little He Can Do to Stop Israeli Attacks on Iran ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/20/world/israel-iran-trump    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:52:42

• FreeType Zero-Day Found by Meta Exploited in Paragon Spyware Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/freetype-zero-day-found-by-meta-exploited-in-paragon-spyware-attacks/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:53:03

• ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Released with New Themes, Hey Hi (AI) Tools + More ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/onlyoffice-9-0-desktop-new-features-ai    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:53:39

• FSF Blogs: GNU Press Shop is open! FSF 40 gear, books & more -- now until July 28 ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/summer-2025-gnu-press-shop-is-open    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:54:00

• "To paraphrase an old joke: How do you know if someone is a Rust developer? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/21/if-your-kernel-development-is-a-little-rusty/ | Source: Hackaday http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Rust_People_Are_a_Threat_to_BSD_Too_the_Licence_Isn_t_the_Main_.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:54:50

• Calibre 8.5 Open-Source E-Book Manager Improves the Kobo Driver ☞ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-5-open-source-e-book-manager-improves-the-kobo-driver    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:57:32

• Was Jack Wallen asked to do this Hey Hi (AI) shitposting or does he do this all on his own? https://thenewstack.io/how-ai-can-help-you-learn-the-art-of-programming/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 17:59:58

• TRMNL customizable 7.5-inch wireless E-Ink display supports plugins for greater ease-of-use ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/20/trmnl-customizable-7-5-inch-wireless-e-ink-display-supports-plugins-for-greater-ease-of-use/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:01:09

• Steven Deobald: 2025-06-20 GNOME Foundation Report ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/06/20/2025-06-20-foundation-report/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:02:48

• Announcing Istio 1.26.2 ☞ https://istio.io/latest//news/releases/1.26.x/announcing-1.26.2/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:03:42

• Tumbleweed – Review of the weeks 2025/25 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/06/tumbleweed-review-of-the-weeks-2025-25/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:04:00

• Astellas and Hoyng ROKH successfully defend Xtandi in the Netherlands ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/astellas-and-hoyng-rokh-successfully-defend-xtandi-in-the-netherlands/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:20:19

• UPC is illegal and JUVE knows it, but at this point many get paid to pretend not to know and to play along with kangaroo courts ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/reshuffle-at-dusseldorf-regional-court-as-daniel-vos-moves-to-upc-full-time/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:20:39

• UPC is illegal and will likely collapse not long from now; why play along with the EPO and now EU corruption? They violate laws and constitutions out in the open. ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/06/20/golconda-and-the-quest-for-coherence-unitary-and-national-patents-in-the-european-landscape/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:22:45

• Article III, the PTAB, and Expired Patents: Constitutional Analysis After Oil States ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/06/article-constitutional-analysis.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:23:11

• Quick Points Regarding This Week's Court Hearing (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/Quick_Points_Regarding_This_Week_s_Court_Hearing.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:23:51

• On "Learning to Code" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/20/On_Learning_to_Code.shtml    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:24:03

• Information war: Iran and Israel battle to control the narrative ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/scoop/20250620-information-war-iran-and-israel-try-to-control-narrative    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:24:52

• Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 299 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-299-released/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:25:20

• Photographic Lenses ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/20/all-you-need-to-know-about-photographic-lenses/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:27:12

• 2 Hongkongers evacuated from Israel as conflict with Iran enters 8th day ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/20/2-hongkongers-evacuated-from-israel-as-conflict-with-iran-enters-8th-day/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:27:26

• Nvidia products could be made using humanoid robots for the first time ever — company in talks with Foxconn to deploy them in Houston factory building GB300 Hey Hi (AI) servers ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/nvidia-products-could-be-made-using-humanoid-robots-for-the-first-time-ever-company-in-talks-with-foxconn-to-deploy-them-in-houston-factory-building-gb300-ai-servers    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:28:02

• Windows 11 24H2 updates are still failing on Western Digital's SN770, despite the fact that a fix came out 8 months ago — here's what to do if you're stuck ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/windows-11-24h2-updates-are-still-failing-on-western-digitals-sn770-despite-the-fact-that-a-fix-came-out-8-months-ago-heres-what-to-do-if-youre-stuck    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:28:30

• Who’s suing Hey Hi (AI) and who’s signing: BillBC threatens Perplexity, raft of Prorata partnerships ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:29:37

• WYHA? TTAB Finds DOCRETENTION Merely Descriptive of Document Retention Software ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/06/wyha-ttab-finds-docretention-merely.html    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:30:08

• Labubu ☛ https://meduza.io/en/slides/nepo-babies-and-kremlin-labubu-dolls | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 18:34:18

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