Roy Schestowitz

• Human in cosmos gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2025-06-29-kosmos.gmi    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 03:30:05

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-06-30.gmi    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 03:31:09

• "AuraGem Ask is basically like Stack Exchange, but for Gemini. You can post questions within specific topics, people can post answers to those questions. Users can upvote answers they like, and the person who posted the question will (in the future) be able to select their preferred answer." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/29745    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 03:32:04

• Scripts in Gemini   

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 03:32:45

• "Brad at Ultimatum Labs posted about a potential loophole in Gemini to allow the execution of scripts.^ I didn't see the initial post, but JBanana linked to it yesterday.^^" gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202506/20250629-scripts-in-gemini.gmi    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 03:32:53

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1687.jpg    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 03:33:22

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1337.jpg    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 03:33:30

• bundle gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/bundle    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 03:34:34

• "Assuming the need to avoid certain topics after knowing the person dislikes the topic itself as a default behaviour is high-key disrespectful to both you and the person you're talking to because you're essentially censoring yourself while assuming the other person is probably as sensitive as you are." gemini://cyi1341.smol.pub/random56    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 03:35:25

• Every Windows user should keep a live version of Linux handy — here's why https://www.xda-developers.com/every-windows-user-should-keep-live-version-linux/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:01:21

• "When transitioning from Windows to Linux, it's essential to select the proper distribution that best suits your needs." https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-prefer-zorin-os-over-ubuntu-as-windows-to-linux-convert/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:01:55

• Misleading. It's not a back door. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/29/week-in-review-backdoor-found-in-soho-devices-running-linux-high-risk-winrar-rce-flaw-patched/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:02:36

• Windows TCO https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/24/high-risk-winrar-rce-flaw-patched-update-quickly-cve-2025-6218/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:03:03

• "One great thing about Linux is that it's not homogeneous. It's a vast and diverse ecosystem of distributions. While some distros can seem inaccessible to newcomers, there are plenty of others that are designed to be beginner-friendly and easy to use." https://www.howtogeek.com/5-more-beginner-friendly-linux-distros/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:03:23

• He used to write several times per week https://www.howtogeek.com/author/david-mckay/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:04:30

• Why I Refuse to Buy Another Windows PC https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-refuse-buy-another-windows-pc/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:06:04

• "Linux's biggest challenge is that it doesn't come pre-installed on any PCs you see in big box stores, since it's very easy to learn once you have it up and running."    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:06:59

• "Microsoft might be leaving those unsupported PCs behind, but not the Linux community." https://www.howtogeek.com/end-of-10-is-helping-people-move-from-windows-10-to-desktop-linux/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:07:40

• "AppImages and a thumb drive are a matched made in heaven." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-turned-a-usb-drive-into-a-linux-app-swiss-army-knife/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:08:04

• 5 NAS Accessories That Will Level Up Your Homelab https://www.howtogeek.com/nas-accessories-that-will-level-up-your-homelab/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:09:11

• "Time to stop treating it like a terminal illness." https://www.howtogeek.com/myths-about-the-linux-terminal-you-should-stop-believing/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:10:28

• "It’s time to give your old computer a Linux makeover." https://www.howtogeek.com/lightweight-linux-distros-that-go-easy-on-your-old-windows-pc/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:11:01

• https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-welcomes-windows-10-users-to-linux-says-microsoft-is-doing-tech-extortion/   

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:11:34

• "The KDE community is making the case for the Plasma desktop to Windows 10 users." https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-welcomes-windows-10-users-to-linux-says-microsoft-is-doing-tech-extortion/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:11:44

• "Boost your Ubuntu experience with essential keyboard shortcuts for faster app switching, terminal use, window management, and system control." https://www.howtogeek.com/my-favorite-ubuntu-keyboard-shortcuts/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:12:27

• Why I Quit Docker-CLI and Switched to Portainer https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-quit-docker-cli-and-switched-to-portainer/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:13:10

• "Want something different from the same old Linux distros? Try one of these OSes." https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-operating-systems-that-arent-linux/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:13:55

• Self-Hosting Isn’t Just for Nerds Anymore—Here’s Why You Should Care https://www.howtogeek.com/self-hosting-isnt-just-for-nerds-anymore-why-you-should-care/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:14:29

• 7 Things I Wish I Knew Before Running a Pi-hole https://www.howtogeek.com/things-i-wish-i-knew-before-running-a-pi-hole/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:15:08

• Whatever Happened to Firefox OS, Mozilla's Android Alternative? https://www.howtogeek.com/whatever-happened-to-firefox-os-mozillas-android-alternative/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:15:47

• "There's no substitute." https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-i-use-neovim-for-text-editing-on-linux/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:16:35

• Self-Hosting Gave Me the Digital Freedom I Wish I'd Found Sooner https://www.howtogeek.com/self-hosting-gave-me-the-digital-freedom-i-wish-id-found-sooner/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:17:31

• "I'll give you a hint: It's more than one letter." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-vs-kubuntu-how-different-are-they/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:18:15

• What Are Rolling Release Linux Distros? Continuous Updates Explained https://www.howtogeek.com/what-are-rolling-release-linux-distros-continuous-updates-explained/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:19:07

• locate vs. find vs. whereis: Linux Search Commands Compared https://www.howtogeek.com/locate-vs-find-vs-whereis-in-linux/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:19:55

• 5 Reasons I'm Switching My Software to Open Source Alternatives https://www.howtogeek.com/why-im-switching-my-software-to-open-source-alternatives/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:20:50

• "Now you too can use Arch, btw!" https://www.howtogeek.com/easiest-arch-linux-distros-to-get-started-with/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:21:26

• How I Set Up a Website on My Raspberry Pi in One Weekend https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-set-up-a-website-on-a-raspberry-pi/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:22:10

• "Red Star OS 3 is a weird (and old) operating system, but it has some pretty interesting tech inside." https://www.xda-developers.com/tested-fedora-linux-distribution-north-korea/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:24:46

• I use this tool to help manage my Proxmox server, and I can never go back https://www.xda-developers.com/i-use-this-tool-to-help-manage-my-proxmox-server/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:25:14

• "We've got to ease people onto the platform without much force." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-users-can-help-others-make-the-switch/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:25:47

• "It might not be as sophisticated as Proxmox in some ways, but the traditional Linux distro just works better for my home lab setup." https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-prefer-ubuntu-linux-proxmox-home-server/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:26:07

• "Linux Mint is on a whole different level" https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-linux-mint-lifelong-windows-user-customization-blew-away/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:26:28

• How I used NixOS to make my home lab truly immutable https://www.xda-developers.com/how-nixos-make-home-lab-immutable/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:27:02

• "I love Linux, but I can't take the plunge just yet." https://www.xda-developers.com/3-things-linux-needs-to-have-before-i-can-make-the-swap/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:28:06

• "X11 had a good run." But it is STILL around. https://www.xda-developers.com/kubuntu-drops-x11-support-wayland/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:28:33

• This Proxmox script makes updating my VMs and LXCs so much easier https://www.xda-developers.com/this-proxmox-script-makes-updating-my-vms-and-lxcs-so-much-easier/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:29:11

• "It’s 2025, and Linux still manages to trip over the same old problems." https://www.xda-developers.com/things-linux-still-gets-wrong/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:30:05

• quartz is a slop form and notice who sponsors this SLOP: "I WILL TEACH U TO BE RICH" https://qz.com/quartz-daily-brief-june-30-2025    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 04:57:42

• "Why should our tax dollars pay for it? Private industry does much better at building better mouse traps. Gov should only fund the military and handle foreign affairs. Enough communism in this country." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jypqazh0    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 05:19:15

• The Web is fast becoming a "glitch". Looking for information on the Web is tricky, as the signal-to-spam (or slop) ratio decreases fast.    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:08:25

• And "search engines", seeing this trend and recognising the problem, try to become even worse. In the process they tell us we don't need to even visit any sites but just blindly trust GAFAM "wordspew". This is not "AI arms race". Over time people will just give up altogether.    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:09:54

• Slop is what Bannon called "flooding the zone with shit"... before slop was a "thing".    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:10:24

• People will just stop "swimming" in this "zone".    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:10:47

• Yesterday (Sunday) Techrights served 558,849 WWW hits, but many were just worthless bots. Hard to imagine how sites with a large database can justify the cost computing and serving that, as even with caching they would have to do lots of backend work. The bots don't just request the same (cached) pages over and over again.    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:12:40

• Sites that delay or refuse to go static will perish. They will be too expensive and complicated to run. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:13:13

• They say evolve or die, publish or perish. Adopting slop isn't the solution, it's merely becoming part of the problem.    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:13:51

• This week Microsoft will join BetaNews. Both became a good example (or examples) of what happens when you adopt slop. Everyone gets laid off, as there's nothing of value left. Even the code is garbage.    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:14:46

• Slop is not "the future", slop is credibility suicide and commercial doom. Just like "pivot to video" was a lie spread by Kapo-Berg. It was just a way to kill news sites but outspending their budget, based on a lie.    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:16:39

• The Web isn't a protocol, TCP/IP and HTTP/S are    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:17:00

• The Web is becoming a large pool of domains that respond on a couple of ports and most of these domains are parked or Webspam    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:17:32

• The protocols themselves are OK. As for HTML, many sites don't do that anymore. Their domains are just an anchor for JavaScript or WASM "webapps". They're not sites but "resources" and they're not user-friendly in any way; it's not even possible to link to things in them.    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:18:47

• That means that "the Web" isn't what "the Web" meant in the 90s. It's just some vague concept and many conflate that with "apps".    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:19:22

• Geminispace does not do "webapps". It cannot. It can take user queries/input, but that's about it.    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 07:21:09

• Richard Stallman We're heading for a total disaster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxFPNNVGtXo    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 08:12:41

• "I got my hands on a D-Link DIR-878 A1 Router (say that ten times fast…), which supports OpenWrt. If you’ve never heard of OpenWrt before you should check it out." ☛ https://btxx.org/posts/starlink-openwrt/ | Source: Brad Taunt    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:29:51

• "It’s because I’ll have both laptops running at the same time and I’m not a fan of sharing creds, even with myself." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/06/29/steps-for-adding-a-new-laptop/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:30:01

• "More people have been working on blocking whole ranges of IP numbers, since that catches hosting providers that give bots access to the whole range they control." ☛ https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2025-06-16-ban-asn | Source: Alex Schroeder    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:30:12

• "So systemctl is probably using $0 (the command line argument that holds the name of the program itself) to then do the action and modify its behaviour to mimic the old pre-systemd shutdown, reboot, halt etc scripts." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/shutdown-linux-computer-through-rdp-restart-issues/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:30:23

• "With years, I accumulated devices on my local network, which in general run on Linux. I meticulously added them to my /etc/hosts/ file, so as not to remember their IP." ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/broadcast-devices-name-local-network/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:30:33

• "Live coding CSS Art: a cute(-ish) koala with a 3D clay feeling, drawn with HTML and CSS. Video at end of article." ☛ https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68077/drawing-a-koala-with-css | Source: Alvaro Montoro    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:30:42

• "[...] Have you tried copying Flatpak bundles across separate computers? Let us know which method you used in this week's Opinion Poll. [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250630 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:31:06

• "Trump Administration's Reliance On Lie Detectors" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/dissenter-update-trump-administrations-reliance-on-lie-detectors/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:32:05

• "The BBC's broadcast of Glastonbury hate chanting is nothing short of criminal" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/29/bbc-hate-chanting-glastonbury-death-idf-broadcast-ofcom/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:32:18

• sharia: "Citing religious liberty, Supreme Court allows parents to opt out of LGBTQ books" https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0627/supreme-court-montgomery-county-schools-lgbtq-books    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:32:39

• "Financial Capitalism Is More Dangerous Than Ever Today" https://jacobin.com/2025/06/financial-capitalism-speculative-fictitious-neoliberalism/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:32:49

• "Bezos Wedding Guests Given Monogrammed Plastic Bottles To Urinate In During Ceremony" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/06/bezos-wedding-guests-given-monogrammed-plastic-bottles-to-urinate-in-during-ceremony/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:33:03

• "Inequality, Part V: Predatory Financialization" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/inequality-part-v-predatory-financialization    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:33:14

• Fake 'email' https://www.androidpolice.com/gmail-mark-as-read-notifications-testing/ ("Gmail may soon let you Mark as Read from your notifications")    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:33:29

• Making things even worse https://linuxiac.com/meet-wayback-a-bridge-between-x-desktops-and-wayland/ ("Meet Wayback: A Bridge Between X Desktops and Wayland")    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:33:48

• "Danish Copyright on Your Digital Representation" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/06/29/0430235    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:34:00

• Microsoft VAPOURWARE and misinformation has already begun https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-12-release-is-pushed-back-at-least-another-year-as-microsoft-announces-windows-11-version-25h2    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:34:20

• windows tco https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/nordeas-netbank-ramt-af-nedbrud ("Nordeas netbank ramt af nedbrud | Nyheder | DR")    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 09:34:41

• "GPD has shared early information about the MicroPC 2 on Indiegogo, describing it as an updated version of its ultra-compact computer for mobile technical tasks and on-site troubleshooting." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/gpd-micropc-2-with-intel-n250-brings-multi-port-connectivity-to-ultra-mobile-design/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:31:04

• "This week, Orange Pi previewed its upcoming Orange Pi Nova, a single-board computer developed in collaboration with Loongson." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/orange-pi-nova-teased-with-loongson-2k3000-as-loongson-expands-product-line/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:31:34

• zurichess – UCI chess engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zurichess-uci-chess-engine/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:32:45

• "People have been talking about switching from Windows to Linux since the 1990s, but in the world of open-source operating systems, there is much more variety than just the hundreds of flavors of Linux-based operating systems today." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/29/switching-from-desktop-linux-to-freebsd/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:33:35

• "It’s a tumultuous time for copyright in the United States, with dozens of potentially economy-shaking AI copyright lawsuits winding through the courts." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/us-copyright-office-chaos-doge/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:38:42

• "That’s a hell of a position to take in a debate where a central issue is consent. How did they think this would be received?" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/ceasing-my-use-of-creative-commons/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:38:51

• Right of Publicity ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/denmark-seeks-to-make-it-illegal-to-spread-deepfake-images-citing-concern-about-misinformation/articleshow/122117662.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:39:23

• "Google's monopolistic stranglehold on Android results in poor experience for power-users, and artificially restricts choice for those who have older phones. For example, Google Wallet is the de facto way to use NFC payments on Android. There's one problem though - it only works with Google's Android." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/06/contactless-payments-with-grapheneos/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:39:52

• "Spyglass sued Microsoft, and in January 1997 the two companies settled for $8 million." ☛ https://dfarq.homeip.net/spyglass-a-web-browsing-pioneers-ipo/ | Source: David L Farquhar    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:40:06

• "Protecting basic civil rights is truly important, and many of the prejudices and civil-rights violations that Obama, Biden, and Trump have variously cited are real" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/college-trump-attack-law/683337/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:42:10

• "The effort represented a scaled-back version of a plan that was nixed from the reconciliation bill on Monday for violating Senate rules." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-06-29/senator-mike-lee-scraps-plan-to-sell-public-land-fierce-backlash | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:42:23

• "Journalists from the newsroom weren’t allowed inside the robotaxis and were mocked for asking riders basic questions." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tesla/694333/tesla-robotaxi-media-influencers-musk-fans | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:43:03

• "Unlike other credibility indicators, the JTI evaluation considers how journalistic work is put together, not just the output." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/29/10-years-of-hkfp-hong-kongs-first-journalism-trust-initiative-certified-newsroom/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:43:20

• "The justices held that a group of Maryland parents can opt their children out of curriculum they say violates their religious beliefs while their lawsuit against the school district continues." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0627/supreme-court-montgomery-county-schools-lgbtq-books | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:43:53

• "The League of Social Democrats, a pro-democracy party with a 19-year history, has announced it will hold a press conference Sunday to announce its disbandment, signaling the disappearance of pro-democracy parties from Hong Kong’s political landscape." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/china/2025/06/27/social-democrats-hong-kong-disband/ | Source: RFA    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:44:08

• "It is the latest opposition party to cease operating after Beijing imposed a national security law on Hong Kong in 2020 to curb dissent and end democracy protests that had brought the financial hub to a standstill." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2316912.html | Source: RTL    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:44:37

• [Old] "Gilley is represented in the case by attorneys from the Institute for Free Speech, a nonpartisan First Amendment advocacy group that defends political speech rights, and the Angus Lee Law Firm, PLLC." ☛ https://www.ifs.org/news/university-of-oregon-dei-officer-sued-for-blocking-critic-on-twitter/ |    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:45:04

• "After two-and-a-half years of litigation led by the Institute for Free Speech, the parties have now reached a settlement that vindicates Professor Gilley’s rights while establishing new" ☛ https://www.ifs.org/news/free-speech-victory-professor-bruce-gilley-secures-settlement-in-university-of-oregon-social-media-censorship-case/ |    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:47:05

• "Authoritarians rarely learn from their own failures until they’re out of power. And, so, they continue to make the same mistakes over and over again." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/27/chinese-government-streisands-banned-game-in-hong-kong/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:47:23

• "While the bill is still under deliberation, state IT Minister Priyank Kharge said that it is being misinterpreted." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/just-connecting-the-dots-karnatakas-it-bt-minister-priyank-kharge-defends-proposed-misinformation-bill/articleshow/122142380.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:54:12

• "That's all about to change this fall, when Fair Isaac Corp, one of the largest credit scoring bureaus" ☛ https://futurism.com/microloan-apps-economy | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:54:42

• "The daisies (Marguerites?) are still blooming like crazy in the corner garden." ☛ https://alexwolfe.ca/my-local-neighbourhood/ |    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:56:18

• "You may not have to imagine a world where air conditioning uses more energy than computing for much longer." ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/06/29/computing-air-conditioning-energy-usage/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:56:34

• "organize their home chore routines to ease demands" ☛ https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/06/why-running-your-dishwasher-overnight-is-a-form-of-climate-action-and-saves-money.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:56:55

• "In the conversation that was meant to be private" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/leaked-iran-call-nuclear-trump-1235375174/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:57:41

• "In this article, Bik shared insights into her forensic work, the tools she uses" ☛ https://www.the-scientist.com/data-integrity-in-scientific-research-insights-from-elisabeth-bik-73119 | Source: LabX Media Group    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:57:51

• "Japan, an economically advanced country, has witnessed its population decline to 120.3 million in 2024." ☛ https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-shrinking-nation-japan-s-battle-with-age-and-birth | Source: Observer Research Foundation    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:58:51

• "Cod used to be giants." ☛ https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/schrumpfende-dorsche-wie-der-mensch-das-erbgut-der-fische-veraendert |    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:03:31

• "Speculation over Iran’s capacity to recover from Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear and military sites during its 12-day war" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250629-iran-could-resume-uranium-enrichment-in-a-matter-of-months-un-nuclear-watchdog-says | Source: France24    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:25:21

• "On the website you can get a quick overview of all of Project 2025 goals that have been successfully implemented or that are in progress, and you can sort by agency, subject, or status." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/06/29/checking-in-on-project-2025.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:25:38

• "Frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/grossi-iran-uranium-enrichment-possible-after-us-israel-strikes-iaea/33458434.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:26:23

• "His campaign — built more for TikTok than TV — resonated with young voters around the city and brought them to the polls." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/29/gen-z-millennials-elections-zohran-mamdani | Source: Axios    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:26:34

• "We are witnessing something historically unprecedented: a capitalist class so drunk on its own power that it has become incapable of recognizing its own interests." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-last-defenders-of-a-dead-faith | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:31:47

• "In this context what matters is not the marginal groups of swinging voters who have absorbed so much attention: the “left behind”, the “manosphere” and so on." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/06/29/the-end-of-us-democracy/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:31:56

• "We have enough information to conclude that the law won't save us." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cross-the-courts-off-the-list | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:32:08

• "None of the above/Prefer not to say" ☛ https://blog.avas.space/netflix-and-gender/ | Source: Ava    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:32:46

• "VPN providers typically offer security and privacy as a service. They make it difficult for outsiders, including ISPs, to monitor users' activities." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/new-vpn-service-cant-log-users-by-design/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:32:55

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/30/information_security_in_brief/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:37:32

• "Arkansas is among several states that have been enacting restrictions on social media, prompted by concerns about the impact on children's mental health." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tech-industry-group-sues-arkansas-over-new-social-media-laws/articleshow/122138406.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:38:55

• "Sebastian's father Marcin believes his son died while attempting a viral TikTok challenge with a scarf." ☛ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35622660/yorkshire-boy-dies-social-media-challenge/ | Source: The Sun    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:39:33

• "LLM failures to reason, as documented in Apple’s Illusion of Thinking paper, are really only part of a much deeper problem" ☛ https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/generative-ais-crippling-and-widespread | Source: Gary Marcus    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:40:52

• "You're a worker, your productivity is increasing because we give you AI, right?" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/06/29/ai-productivity-four-day-work-week | Source: Axios    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:41:24

• "To further muddy the math, Gartner contends that most of the purported agentic AI vendors offer products or services that don't actually qualify as agentic AI." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/29/ai_agents_fail_a_lot/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:41:54

• "And, unlike Nvidia, Broadcom deals in merchant silicon." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/27/broadcom_ai_ip/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:42:16

• "It has become almost impossible to browse the internet without having an AI-generated video thrust upon you. " ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/694687/asteria-bryn-mooser-uncanny-valley-gen-ai | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:42:50

• "Our good friend Aron Peterson, a.k.a. Shokunin Studio, hears the AI shills loudly claiming that AI video generators can make professional work, now or in six months." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/29/google-veo-3-fails-week-2-fail-harder-shokunin-studio-spins-the-gacha/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:43:41

• "The company, which is often said to be “China’s Google” thanks to its dominance of its domestic search market, confirmed it will gradually roll out the open-source version of Ernie starting today." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/06/29/chinas-baidu-declares-war-openai-others-open-sourcing-ernie-chatbot/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:44:22

• "The hallucinations [sic] become worse after that. It has started saying it will hand-deliver drinks to its customers in person." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/anthropics-ai-fails-hilariously-at-running-a-business-claude-hallucinates-profusely-as-it-struggles-with-vending-drinks | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:44:49

• "The move, which marks the first time OpenAI has used non-Nvidia chips in a meaningful way" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-turns-to-googles-ai-chips-to-power-its-products-the-information/articleshow/122122979.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:45:30

• "If you're confused by how such an arrangement is superior to the admittedly broken advertising model we have now, we are too" ☛ https://futurism.com/ai-ads-targeting-bots | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:45:42

• "Google’s calling this new feature Offerwall, and it just rolled out after months of testing." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/06/google-offerwall-zimbabwe-revenue-impact/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:49:04

• "But in the context of academia, cognitive offloading no longer seems so benign. Here is a collection of relevant concerns raised about AI writing and learning in the MIT paper [emphases mine]: [...]" ☛ https://calnewport.com/does-ai-make-us-lazy/ | Source: Cal Newport    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:49:31

• "That realization keeps growing. You get your first job and assume your boss must have it all figured out. Until you become the boss yourself somewhere, and find out that even at that level, you’re often just guessing." ☛ https://yordi.me/the-world-is-improvised/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:49:41

• "Chan and CZI declined to say why the couple opted to abandon the Primary School." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/29/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-school-closure/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:50:31

• "J.D. Vance outlined what’s happening now.” While running for a Senate seat in Ohio in 2022, the vice president said: “Our institutions are corrupt. We have to replace the people who run them. Some of those institutions we have to destroy." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-06-29/science-under-trump-they-want-to-destroy-the-scientific-system-and-replace-it-with-something-that-reflects-their-ideology.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:51:06

• "The Pythagorean Theorem is an often-proved-theorem. Often an often-proved-theorem has proofs that use hard math (e.g., proofs that primes are infinite using Ramsey Theory, see my post on that here)." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2025/06/two-high-school-students-have-new-proof.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:51:24

• "While running for a Senate seat in Ohio in 2022, the vice president said: “Our institutions are corrupt. We have to replace the people who run them. Some of those institutions we have to destroy." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-06-29/science-under-trump-they-want-to-destroy-the-scientific-system-and-replace-it-with-something-that-reflects-their-ideology.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:52:23

• "Not everyone works this way, I acknowledge. Many people are ok to type straight into their computers for everything." ☛ https://discombobulated.co.nz/2025/06/29/kinaesthetic-creativity | Source: Jessica Nickelsen    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:53:20

• "No, I think what makes a good rant is: one, it’s an issue that you obviously care deeply about, and two, you have enough knowledge about what is wrong and how it should be." ☛ https://lmika.org/2025/06/29/on-ranting.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:53:41

• "This site should still work fine without JavaScript, except for recipe mode." ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/messing-with-media-queries/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:53:52

• "That got me wondering about my own output, so here are some random stats: [...]" ☛ https://512pixels.net/2025/06/some-random-blog-numbers/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:54:13

• "A few weeks ago, I decided to switch from self-webmention to self-pingback because I like what pingbacks display better." ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2025/06/29/self-webmention-versus-self-pingback/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:55:08

• "I haven't been able to maintain a routine for several months now. I'm not blaming myself, as I simply had no desire to follow one." ☛ https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2025/on-missing-routine/ | Source: Amit Gawande    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:55:31

• "Swapped my MacBook for a Framework 13, iPhone for Pixel, left Fosstodon, joined Micro.blog, and canned Kagi & YouTube. Less noise, more life. Here's how it's going..." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/out-with-old-tech-in-with-the-new | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 12:58:16

• How To Install Hashicorp Vault on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-hashicorp-vault-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:04:04

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

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:04:17

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

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:04:47

• RFC: How to build my Wine package ☞ https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/rfc-how-to-build-my-wine-package/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:06:12

• How To Install IntelliJ IDEA on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-intellij-idea-almalinux-10/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:06:33

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

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:06:46

• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 29th, 2025 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-june-29th-2025    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:06:55

• How To Install KDE Plasma on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kde-plasma-almalinux-10/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:07:04

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

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:07:15

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 26 (Jun 23 – 29, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-26-jun-26-29-2025/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:07:49

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

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:08:05

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

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:08:13

• How To Install Next.js on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-next-js-fedora-42/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:08:21

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

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:08:31

• "Thank you for visiting FOSSphones. We're glad you stopped by!" gemini://fossphones.com/    

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

• HopToDesk – remote desktop tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hoptodesk-remote-desktop-tool/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:22:43

• ShashChess is a free UCI chess engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/shashchess-uci-chess-engine/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:22:51

• QLog – amateur radio logbook ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/qlog-amateur-radio-logbook/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:23:02

• Srain is a modern IRC client written in GTK ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/srain-modern-irc-client-gtk/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:23:25

• Incus 6.14 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/incus-6-14-container-and-virtual-machine-manager-released/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:23:51

• "Basically, I suggested a way to run scripts in a backwards compatible way using preformatted text blocks. Even though I stressed it was only a thought experiment, I've since received an anonymous comment asking that I not implement scripting in Gemini." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20250630.gmi    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:27:40

• 🔤SpellBinding: DUHORTG Wordo: WHISH gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-06-30.gmi    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:29:03

• "While it is true that clients could support anything they want inside of gemtext, I personally think the spec explicitly disallows this, so it would not be spec-compliant." gemini://auragem.ddns.net/techlog/20250630.gmi    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:29:59

• "Now despite what the title may lead you to believe, this is in fact not a story, but rather an attempt to ask my beloved group of people - internet strangers - on how they think!" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2654    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:31:03

• "Iran's government has blocked international communication by internet for most people, which has made it hard for Iranians in Iran to communicate securely with each other. Reportedly the state fears a student uprising." https://stallman.org/archives/2025-mar-jun.html#28_June_2025_(Internet_shutdown,_Iran)    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:40:15

• Beyond the Basics: Books to Supercharge Your R Skills ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/beyond-the-basics-books-to-supercharge-your-r-skills/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:47:57

• Counting Digits Quickly ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/counting-digits-quickly/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:48:33

• ggplot dotplot using R | geom_dotplot, dot plot using ggplot2 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/ggplot-dotplot-using-r-geom_dotplot-dot-plot-using-ggplot2/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:48:58

• Commodore acquired for a ‘low seven figure’ price — new (acting) CEO comes from the retro community ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-acquired-for-a-low-seven-figure-price-new-acting-ceo-comes-from-the-retro-community    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:49:50

• Alpine GNU/Linux Says "No XLibre!" for Political Reasons ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/alpine-linux-says-no-xlibre-for-political    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:50:23

• "Why should we prioritize spending on them?" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/30/why-should-we-prioritize-spending-on-them-belgorod-authorities-won-t-repair-homes-of-residents-who-left-russia-until-after-the-war-ends | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:52:48

• "Zelensky signs decree to withdraw Ukraine from landmine ban treaty" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/06/30/zelensky-signs-decree-to-withdraw-ukraine-from-landmine-ban-treaty | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:53:03

• Monday Briefing: The Toll of an Attack on an Iranian Prison ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/briefing/iran-israel-evin-prison-trump-venezuela-immigration-ukraine-russia.html    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:53:30

• Russia Pounds Ukraine With Drones and Missiles in One of War’s Largest Attacks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war.html    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:53:51

• Russia launches the biggest aerial attack since the start of the war, Ukraine says ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0629/Russia-launches-the-biggest-aerial-attack-since-the-start-of-the-war-Ukraine-says    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:54:07

• Russia Fires Over 500 Missiles And Drones At Ukraine In Biggest Air Attack Since War Began, Kyiv Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy--airstrikes-war-invasion/33458314.html    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:54:29

• Zelenskyy Acts To Quit Global Anti-Landmine Pact, Honors Pilot As Ukraine Recovers From Massive Air Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-landmine-pilot-russia-ukraine-drone/33458519.html    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:54:41

• Russia ramps up attacks on Ukraine in biggest air offensive since war began ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250629-russia-ramps-up-attacks-on-ukraine-in-biggest-air-offensive-since-war-began    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:54:54

• The Sunday Secret Sauce | LINUX Unplugged 621 ☞ https://feed.jupiter.zone/allshows#entry-13561    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:55:33

• Ceasing my use of Creative Commons ☞ https://rubenerd.com/ceasing-my-use-of-creative-commons/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 13:56:42

• Rename Audio Devices on Ubuntu with this ‘Simple’ App ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/rename-audio-devices-ubuntu-linux-pipewire    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 14:08:40

• Sam Thursfield: dnf uninstall ☞ https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/dnf-uninstall/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 14:09:23

• health @ Savannah: GNU Health Hospital Information System 5.0 series released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10783    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 14:10:33

• App Center turns old Ubuntu Software in 24.04, How to Get it Back ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/06/app-center-back-24-04/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 14:12:02

• A Moveable GNOME Top Bar? This Extension Gives You One ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/floating-mini-panel-gnome-extension    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 14:12:16

• Improving mood in a few (literal) steps ☞ https://rubenerd.com/improving-mood-in-a-few-steps/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 14:12:51

• SLUDGE-based games are ready for testing ☞ https://www.scummvm.org/news/20250629/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 14:14:57

• Ahmed Fatthi: GSoC 2025: June Progress Report ☞ https://ahmedfatthi.pages.dev/posts/june-progress/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 14:15:18

• Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Abusive Monopolist Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-seemingly-lost-400-million-users-in-the-past-three-years-official-microsoft-statements-show-hints-of-a-shrinking-user-base    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 14:26:53

• Iranians flee to seek safety in Turkey amid Israeli strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250629-iranians-flee-to-seek-safety-in-turkey-amid-israeli-strikes    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 15:56:36

• Iran could resume uranium enrichment 'in a matter of months', UN nuclear watchdog says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250629-iran-could-resume-uranium-enrichment-in-a-matter-of-months-un-nuclear-watchdog-says    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 15:56:48

• Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza including several children ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250628-israeli-strikes-kill-dozens-in-gaza-including-at-least-three-children    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 15:56:56

• Bangladesh orders tax officials back to work as strike cripples port operations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-orders-tax-officials-back-to-work-as-strike-cripples-port-operations    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 15:57:21

• FreeBSD – view mongodb featureCompatibilityVersion ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2025/06/29/freebsd-view-mongodb-featurecompatibilityversion/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 15:57:45

• fossforce sould cover gemini:// the protocol, not Google's slop that uses the same name https://fossforce.com/2025/06/did-gemini-cli-drop-acid-last-night/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 15:58:41

• Japan’s ‘death-tainted’ homes gain appeal as property prices soar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japans-death-tainted-homes-gain-appeal-as-property-prices-soar    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 15:59:06

• Suicide Bombing Kills 13 Soldiers In Northwestern Pakistan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-north-waziristan-taliban-ttp/33457799.html    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 15:59:30

• Tech group sues Arkansas over social control media regulation law ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/tech-group-sues-arkansas-over-social-media-regulation-law/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:02:20

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says... he SAID IT BEFORE!! Stop repeating the "sez" BS ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/29/trump-says-we-have-a-buyer-for-tiktok/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:03:29

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says... Fentanylware (TikTok) ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/us/politics/trump-tiktok-buyer.html after saying it many times in vain    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:03:56

• Preview: Federal Circuit Oral Argument in Surveillance Giant Google v. Sonos (July 10, 2025) ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/06/preview-federal-argument.html    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:05:45

• US federal court allows lawsuit to proceed over Qatar World Cup labor conditions ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/us-federal-court-allows-lawsuit-to-proceed-over-qatar-world-cup-labor-conditions/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:06:15

• Kyrgyzstan passes laws weakening media freedom and torture prevention, rights group says ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/06/kyrgyzstan-adopts-laws-weakening-media-freedom-and-torture-prevention-rights-group-says/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:07:56

• Our Desktops Are Not Your Experiments, X is Not an Experiment (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/29/Our_Desktops_Are_Not_Your_Experiments_X_is_Not_an_Experiment.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:08:32

• Microsoft's Big Lies Regarding This Week's Mass Layoffs Have Already Begun (and They're Already Being Spread by Slopfarms) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/29/Microsoft_s_Big_Lies_Regarding_This_Week_s_Mass_Layoffs_Have_Al.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:08:45

• They Made Technology Scary and Taught Us That It's Innocent, Friendly, Even "Social" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/29/They_Made_Technology_Scary_and_Taught_Us_That_It_s_Innocent_Fri.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:08:56

• "The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) just released an update to the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format this week." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/png-has-been-updated-for-the-first-time-in-22-years-new-spec-supports-hdr-and-animation | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:14:26

• "I found a voice actor and hired them with the task of “Reading this very dry technical document in the most over-the-top sarcastic, passive-aggressive, condescending way possible." ☛ https://ericwbailey.website/published/you-must-listen-to-rfc-2119/ | Source: Eric Bailey    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:14:36

• "Python dataclasses are a really nice feature for constructing classes" ☛ https://chipx86.blog/2025/06/29/tip-use-keyword-only-arguments-in-python-dataclasses/ |    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:15:02

• "I’ve always been fascinated by how much we humans run on autopilot" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/what-can-we-learn-from-historys-most-bizarre-software-bugs/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:15:49

• "In the previous post, we looked at the likely short- and mid-term consequences if Steve’s projection should become reality." ☛ https://www.ufried.com/blog/ai_and_software_development_4/ | Source: Uwe Friedrichsen    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:16:02

• "You might think that Max's practices make for a maintenance nightmare. But I've been "maintaining" it for the last 15 years and I haven't found it to be a nightmare." ☛ https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/the-story-of-max.html | Source: James Stanley    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:16:13

• "This essay presents a list of reflections on my attempts to create a simple workflow for building front-end applications using vanilla JavaScript." ☛ https://www.rugu.dev/en/blog/making-js-simple/ | Source: Uğur Erdem Seyfi    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:16:29

• "That tells me: yes, the feature compatibility version is set." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/06/29/freebsd-view-mongodb-featurecompatibilityversion/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:17:31

• "Open-source video production suite OBS Studio has shipped its fourth hotfix of the 31.x cycle, which delivers stability improvements across Windows, macOS, and Linux, ensuring a smoother experience for content creators." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/obs-studio-31-0-4-hotfix-squashes-cross-platform-crashes-and-freezes/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:17:57

• Summer Plans in Techrights and Elsewhere ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/29/Summer_Plans_in_Techrights_and_Elsewhere.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:18:34

• The Openwashing Shills Initiative (OSI) - Part III: IRS and Status of OSI ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/29/The_Openwashing_Shills_Initiative_OSI_Part_III_IRS_and_Status_o.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:18:42

• Microsoft's Share in Guatemala Fell From 97% to 14% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/29/Microsoft_s_Share_in_Guatemala_Fell_From_97_to_14.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:19:06

• The Media is Under Attacks Partly Because There's Little Other (Remaining) Press to Speak in Its Defence ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/29/The_Media_is_Under_Attacks_Partly_Because_There_s_Little_Other_.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:19:22

• IBM Red Hat's Dogmatic Fanaticism Under a Thin Veil of "Modernism" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/29/IBM_Red_Hat_s_Dogmatic_Fanaticism_Under_a_Thin_Veil_of_Modernis.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:19:49

• "Arduino-Powered Book Archiving" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/29/a-scanner-for-arduino-powered-book-archiving/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:27:47

• Windows 95 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/29/windows-95-on-playstation-2-works-as-well-as-you-expected/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:28:35

• Australia must make its research security ecosystem work smarter ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-must-make-its-research-security-ecosystem-work-smarter/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:29:01

• Israeli court delays Netanyahu's appearance in corruption trial amid US pressure ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250629-israeli-court-delays-netanyahu-s-appearance-in-corruption-trial-amid-us-pressure    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:29:15

• In Pictures: One of Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy groups disbands citing ‘tremendous political pressure’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/29/breaking-one-of-hong-kongs-last-pro-democracy-groups-disbands-citing-tremendous-political-pressure/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:29:33

• Hong Kong’s last active pro-democracy group says it will disband amid security crackdown ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kongs-last-active-pro-democracy-group-says-it-will-disband-amid-security-crackdown    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:29:48

• ‘Soft resistance’ involves using false statements to create misunderstanding about authorities, justice sec. says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/30/soft-resistance-involves-using-false-statements-to-create-misunderstanding-about-authorities-justice-sec-says/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:30:23

• Ultrasound ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/29/break-the-air-gap-with-ultrasound/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:30:55

• We Shouldn’t Have Billionaires, Mamdani Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-nyc-affordability-billionaires.html    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:31:11

• Glastonbury Goes Sideways—Police Investigating Hate Speech Allegations Involving Bob Vylan, Kneecap ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/06/29/glastonbury-2025-hate-speech-investigation/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:32:13

• Gay politician among 41 detained as police storm LGBTI+ event in İstanbul ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/gay-politician-among-41-detained-as-police-storm-lgbti-event-in-istanbul-308946    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:33:14

• Quartz (qz.com) is Spam and a Slopfarm ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/30/Quartz_qz_com_is_Spam_and_a_Slopfarm.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:33:49

• Australia: backdoored Windows Fell to All-Time Low, Even Lower Than iOS ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/28/OMAustralia_Windows_Fell_to_All_Time_Low_Even_Lower_Than_iOS.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:33:56

• If Your Web Site is Run by Bots, Eventually Nobody Will 'Read' It Except Bots (People Don't Want to Read Slop) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/06/29/If_Your_Web_Site_is_Run_by_Bots_Eventually_Nobody_Will_Read_It_.shtml    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:34:10

• "Ever since the invention of the microscope, humanity has gained access to the world of the incredibly small" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/29/19th-century-photography-in-extreme-miniature/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:35:00

• Solar Flare Photobombs The ISS in Perfectly Timed Photo ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/solar-flare-photobombs-the-iss-in-perfectly-timed-photo    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:35:13

• D-Robotics RDK X5 development board features Sunrise X5 octa-core SoC with 10 TOPS BPU for ROS projects ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/30/d-robotics-rdk-x5-development-board-features-sunrise-x5-octa-core-soc-with-10-tops-bpu-for-ros-projects/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:35:41

• Pironman 5 Max Review – A fancy Raspberry Pi 5 Tower PC enclosure with dual M.2 PCI sockets for SSD and/or Hey Hi (AI) accelerator ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/06/29/pironman-5-max-review-a-fancy-raspberry-pi-5-tower-pc-enclosure-with-dual-m-2-pci-sockets-for-ssd-and-or-ai-accelerator/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:36:05

• Lazy Reading for 2025/06/29 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/06/29/lazy-reading-for-2025-06-29/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:36:51

• Physicists Catch Light in 'Imaginary Time' in Scientific First ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-catch-light-in-imaginary-time-in-scientific-first    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:37:21

• One Way of Drinking Coffee Could Help You Live Longer, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-way-of-drinking-coffee-could-help-you-live-longer-study-finds    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:37:34

• First Signal of Climate Change Became Detectable 130 Years Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/first-signal-of-climate-change-became-detectable-130-years-ago    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:37:45

• A Mysterious Blob of Cold Water Defies Ocean Heat – Now We Know Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-mysterious-blob-of-cold-water-defies-ocean-heat-now-we-know-why    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:38:05

• Mediterranean Diet Could Protect Against a Common Form of Liver Disease ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mediterranean-diet-could-protect-against-a-common-form-of-liver-disease    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:38:15

• No More Categories ☞ https://www.roguelazer.com/blog/no-categories/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:39:26

• Disturbing Signs of Hey Hi (AI) Slop Threatening People Spark Concern ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/disturbing-signs-of-ai-threatening-people-spark-concern    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:40:23

• "Turbine Blower 3D Prints Every Part, Including Triple Planetary Gears" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/06/29/turbine-blower-3d-prints-every-part-including-triple-planetary-gears/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:40:51

• Taiwan VP says not intimidated after alleged China plot ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/29/taiwan-vp-says-not-intimidated-after-alleged-china-plot/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:41:20

• Hong Kong pro-democracy party disbands under pressure from Beijing ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/06/27/social-democrats-hong-kong-disband/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:41:38

• Here’s a behind the scenes look at how a CPU air cooler is made — DeepCool gives a start-to-finish tour of its main production facility ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/air-cooling/heres-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-how-a-cpu-air-cooler-is-made-deepcool-gives-a-start-to-finish-tour-of-its-main-production-facility    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:41:58

• China’s scorching heat poses summer test for electricity grid ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-scorching-heat-poses-summer-test-for-electricity-grid    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:42:13

• China’s envoy urges Australia to resist US pressure on military spending ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/chinas-envoy-urges-australia-to-resist-us-pressure-on-military-spending    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:42:35

• China resumes qualified seafood imports from some Japanese regions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-resumes-qualified-seafood-imports-from-some-japan-regions    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:42:47

• China’s EV battery-maker CATL starts construction of $7.5b nickel project in Indonesia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinas-ev-battery-maker-catl-starts-construction-of-7-5b-nickel-project-in-indonesia    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:43:07

• 30-cent bubble tea, $9.9k EVs: China updates law to curb cut-throat price wars ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/30-cent-bubble-tea-9-9k-evs-china-updates-law-to-curb-cutthroat-price-wars    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:43:29

• China rolls over $4.3 billion loans to Pakistan, say sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/china-rolls-over-4-3-billion-loans-to-pakistan-say-sources    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:43:55

• Explainer: How will the Dalai Lama's successor be chosen? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/explainer-how-will-the-dalai-lamas-successor-be-chosen    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:44:12

• China confronts senior cancer surge with early detection, TCM ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-confronts-senior-cancer-surge-with-early-detection-tcm    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:44:34

• Seat belts a must on express, tour buses in Malaysia from July 1 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/seat-belts-a-must-on-express-tour-buses-in-malaysia-from-july-1    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:44:48

• Despite midterm rating uptick, Malaysian PM Anwar faces fiscal challenges, political pressures ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/midterm-minefield-despite-rating-uptick-pm-anwar-faces-fiscal-challenges-and-political-pressures    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:45:07

• Telegram increases cooperation with South Korean police in criminal investigations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/telegram-increases-cooperation-with-south-korean-police-in-criminal-investigations    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:45:30

• "Windows is a great operating system, and depending on your requirements, might be your only choice. However, if you're bold enough to leave, you'll find that Linux is quite a useful alternative. I've left Windows for Linux, and I'm gone for good." https://www.makeuseof.com/left-windows-for-linux-never-looking-back/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:46:53

• I tried this self-hosted Cron dashboard for managing my automated Linux tasks https://www.xda-developers.com/self-hosted-cron-dashboard-for-managing-automated-linux-tasks/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 16:47:34

• "I agree with @clseibold that this is not really in line with the Gemini specification." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/discuss/29783    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 17:00:03

• as if I might escape gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/escape    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 17:00:46

• "Anyways, this seems like a good moment to regroup and set some goals for the rest of the year, in the form of "what is in and out for the rest of the year"." gemini://melyanna.smol.pub/in-and-out-june-2025    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 17:01:34

• Alcohol consumption trends in Lithuania: less drinking but more drunk driving ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2598742/alcohol-consumption-trends-in-lithuania-less-drinking-but-more-drunk-driving    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:35:57

• France bans smoking in parks, beaches and bus stops ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250629-france-bans-smoking-in-parks-beaches-and-bus-stops    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:36:39

• Thailand warns of hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-warns-of-hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:37:01

• Republicans Seek Votes for Convicted Felon Policy Bill as Senate Begins Debate ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/us/politics/senate-trump-domestic-policy-bill.html    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:37:31

• Europe Heat Wave Drives Record-High Temperatures, Prompting Health Alerts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/world/europe/europe-heat-wave-record-temperatures.html    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:37:53

• South Korea’s President Lee names finance minister, makes other picks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-president-lee-names-finance-minister-makes-other-picks    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:38:54

• We. Communications lays off 2% of global staff https://www.prweek.com/article/1923888/we-communications-lays-off-2-global-staff    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:43:12

• Mass Layoffs at Xbox Expected to Be Confirmed on 2nd July https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/06/mass-layoffs-at-xbox-expected-to-be-confirmed-on-2nd-july    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:43:58

• "One of the original founding members of Xbox, Laura Fryer, believes the firm's hardware ambitions are "dead."" https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-hardware-is-dead-says-founding-team-member-it-looks-like-xbox-has-no-desire-or-literally-cant-ship-hardware-anymore    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:45:32

• "Some new rumors have dropped regarding claims that there will be a new round of layoffs in Microsoft, particularly in their gaming division." https://gameranx.com/updates/id/543557/article/rumor-negative-chatter-coming-out-of-uk-xbox-studios-today/    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:46:33

• Xbox Hardware Is Dead https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-hardware-is-dead-says-founding-team-member-it-looks-like-xbox-has-no-desire-or-literally-cant-ship-hardware-anymore    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:47:13

• "What a waste of time, even if it's only 4 minutes. Told me nothing new about IBM's AI to garbage roadmap and co-creation. Just lots of buzzwords and hand-waving. IBM is the Leading company for Cloud and AI ? Not any more. Whatever happened to Quantum that Alvind keeps pushing ? No mention of that." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jyztsyr7    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:49:46

• "The Sheikh of Marketing BS is now the Sheikh of IBM Marketing garbage. It would be more inspiring to see Rob the Slob dancing in his hoodie on stage than watching Adashek tediously plough through his insipid script. It shows. Maybe a new Marketing VP is needed. Plenty of guys in India with fake degrees who would love the opportunity to take over. And then, in a worst case situation, there's always AI."    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:50:04

• "In pro sport, they say pressure is a privilege; at IBM, it can ki-l older employees who try to hold on to their jobs" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jyfe4ta8    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:52:18

• Krishna : ‘IBM dinosaur-rejects risk heart attack or aneurysm while facing unavoidable fate of becoming obsolete, while realizing this competitive industry is made for young people and age discrimination is real’ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jyfe4ta8    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:52:35

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:52:56

• "The person had the brain aneurysm to begin with. The worry and related conditions could have caused it to rupture but the aneurysm was medically already there. Many reasons for one said by one who has both brain and heart aneurysms. I'm a walking time bo-b and can only hope I'm still employed when they bleed so my wife can collect insurance." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jyfe4ta8    

posted Monday, June 30, 2025 at 21:53:03

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