Roy Schestowitz

• "Most tree inventory plots have a minimum stem diameter threshold. Tree stems with a diameter lower than this threshold are not measured, because they are often too numerous to measure, and they contribute comparatively little to the total woody biomass of the plot." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/~johngodlee/posts/2025-07-02-size_distrib.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:04:53

• "I really like the idea but I'm already nearly only using the smolweb." gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2025-07-03-Small_Web_July.txt    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:06:00

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-07-03.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:06:27

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1690.jpg    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:07:09

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1340.jpg    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:07:15

• "Cut 20K more. The street will love that. You'll destroy the company along the way, but once exec bonuses are paid out nobody will care any more. What a pathetic leadership." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6vpg9n    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:13:36

• "I have heard > 20 years at the company, 9 months severance pay. Two people, different orgs and totally different role types. Middle age US born white guys 54 and 62. Also heard the company is not awarding any more Partners." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz5ngwmy    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:16:37

• "People buy games to enjoy some downtime, not to get a lecture from HR. Long may this continue in the games industry. It's pathetic how all these big studios have been run the past 10 years." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz5bmjkc    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:19:25

• "Azure growth is stalling and GOOG cloud is on track to pass them, while ai capital costs are massive and only getting bigger. xbox continues to underperform as usual. satya’s go-to move is pre-meditated layoffs—he pulls the trigger even when revenue and stock are solid, as soon as internal metrics start to slip." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz39vtv1    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:21:07

• "6300 H1B requests. It's not AI, it's just a replacement." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz39vtv1    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:21:30

• "a few '000s were laid off in Jan, with a smaller cut in June, putting the total around 18k so far. assuming a few more thousand are cut by the end of the year, we’re likely looking at around 20k total layoffs by year’s end..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz39vtv1    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:21:58

• "it’s frankly exhasting how the layoffs just keep coming month after month. first january, then may, then a few hundred more after the 6k, and now this. it really feels like they want people to stay anxious and overworked just to avoid being next." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz39vtv1    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:22:48

• "sooo, less than 2mo ago they cut 6k people. They had to know more layoffs were coming, so why not just do it all at once? Do they really think it looks better to do rolling cuts instead of being upfront and ripping the bandage off???? Well..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz39vtv1    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:23:11

• "Satya has basically turned Microsoft into a second-rate Amazon. He scored some early wins with cloud, but now that the market's saturated, he's out of moves. The only way left to hit that 10% growth target is through layoffs and offshoring." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz39vtv1    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:23:39

• ?high-revenue sales team of ~20 lost 3 ICs (including technical specs) and two from diff levels of management" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6mff4k    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:24:38

• Microsoft Toxic. "Things have taken a sharp turn for the worse over the past three years. The environment has become toxic, with people operating under constant fear and routinely putting in 10+ hour days." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6w5pp0    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:27:36

• Libxml2's "no security embargoes" policy https://lwn.net/Articles/1025971/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:33:55

• How to push out Linux veterans, replacing them with idiots https://lwn.net/Articles/1024202/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:35:43

• Who are kernel defconfigs for? https://lwn.net/Articles/1026337/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:36:08

• https://lwn.net/Articles/1025893/   

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:37:13

• Getting extensions to work with free-threaded Python https://lwn.net/Articles/1025893/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:37:20

• ‘Why H-1B requests?’ Microsoft layoffs spark strong reactions; questions around foreign hirings https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/why-h-1b-visa-requests-microsoft-layoffs-spark-strong-reactions-questions-around-foreign-hirings-101751501314461.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 05:40:41

• "We are back with renewed strength! you can expect to see a lot more in the coming weeks and months 🙂🌷" https://betanews.com/2025/07/02/microsoft-releases-powertoys-v0-92-with-new-features-for-many-modules/#comments    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 06:17:24

• Was BetaNews handed back to the previous owners? It seems so.    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 06:17:42

• Maybe they realised slopfarms don't work. Then threw in the towel.    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 06:18:05

• "This release also ships with the archinstall 3.0.8 menu-based installer that features a new version indicator in the title of the main menu." https://9to5linux.com/first-arch-linux-iso-release-powered-by-linux-6-15-is-now-available-for-download    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 06:34:40

• Bill Epsteingate-bribed BillBC says "as it invests in AI"... instead of just saying this business is failing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxl0w1w394o    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 06:59:58

• "Increase agility and effectiveness." = More lies. https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/microsoft-layoff-jobs-employees-cuts-b2781474.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:01:17

• Veteran Studio Head Steps Down Amid Microsoft Layoffs https://www.ign.com/articles/unannounced-mmo-from-the-elder-scrolls-online-dev-canceled-veteran-studio-head-steps-down-amid-microsoft-layoffs    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:02:57

• "NVIDIA are really doing the meme of incredibly helpful mobile app store changelogs with this one." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/nvidia-stable-driver-575-64-03-released/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:11:27

• "Another smaller update to the GE-Proton compatibility layer for running more Windows games on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/ge-proton-10-8-brings-fixes-for-doom-eternal-wuthering-waves-and-wayland/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:11:44

• "Pretty much as expected, Mecha BREAK is out now and it's Steam Deck Verified but the anti-cheat is a real nuisance." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mecha-break-is-out-now-on-steam-works-on-steam-deck-but-blocks-desktop-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:16:01

• "A pretty good month here for the July 2025 Humble Choice, which has a nice selection of games overall." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/humble-choice-for-july-2025-has-warhammer-40k-rogue-trader-deaths-door-and-more-hits/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:27:44

• "Want to play the classics Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4 on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck? Here's what you need to do to get them working fully." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-get-battlefield-3-and-battlefield-4-online-working-on-linux-steamos-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:28:06

• "Nexus Mods recently changed ownership, and some major changes have been announced in regards to some of the naughtier mods." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/nexus-mods-to-get-age-verification-in-uk-eu-for-adult-content-plus-a-new-cross-platform-app-upgrade/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:29:58

• "ProtonPlus is a useful tool for managing compatibility layers like Valve's Proton, GE-Proton and more on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/protonplus-makes-managing-proton-versions-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-simple/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:30:14

• "Valve launched a brand new update for Proton Experimental, their testing ground for running Windows games on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck systems." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/proton-experimental-adds-fixes-for-the-first-berserker-khazan-the-riftbreaker-multiple-resident-evil-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:30:30

• "KDE a Linux Desktop for Windows Users" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/kde-a-linux-desktop-for-windows-users:4    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:32:10

• "'With surgical precision' — Ukrainian drones strike Russian plant 1,300 km away, SBU source says" https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-target-russian-city-of-izhevsk-occupied-crimea-in-overnight-attack/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:32:42

• Comment: The right to seek information must not be restricted | "Kommentar: Rätten att söka information får inte begränsas | Inrikes | Svenska Yle" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://yle.fi/a/7-10080593    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:33:18

• "Spectrum Text Remains in Spending and Tax Bill Passed by Senate - Inside Towers" https://insidetowers.com/spectrum-text-remains-in-spending-and-tax-bill-passed-by-senate/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:33:31

• "Muskenfreude - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/muskenfreude    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:33:42

• "Stop Killing Games" https://www.stopkillinggames.com/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:33:53

• iophk: microsoft apologists avoid solving the actual problem https://www.securityweek.com/like-ransoming-a-bike-organizational-muscle-memory-drives-the-most-effective-response/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:34:15

• "The Worst Bill in History - Truthdig" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-worst-bill-in-history/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:34:28

• "At the Raspberry Pi Foundation we believe ensuring every child knows how to code will equip them with the skills to thrive in the future." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/new-to-coding-resources-to-help-children-learn-to-code-2/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:35:51

• "In the Shadows of the Hermosa Mine" ☛ https://therevelator.org/land-an-ancestor/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:36:37

• "PFAS Protections" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-pfas-drinking-water | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:37:13

• "Elon Musk was pleading." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-legislature-laws-spacex-tesla | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:37:33

• "[juskim] wanted to build a tiny mouse, but it couldn’t just be any mouse." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/smallest-gaming-mouse-has-crazy-fast-polling-rate-and-resolution/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:37:52

• Riace to lose its mayor: Mimmo Lucano announces resistance to judgement – and would give up seat in EU Parliament ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/07/02/riace-to-lose-its-mayor-mimmo-lucano-announces-resistance-to-judgement-and-would-give-up-seat-in-eu-parliament/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:40:05

• Outreachy Gives DEI Presentation, Nobody Shows Up ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/outreachy-gives-dei-presentation    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:40:20

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

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:40:59

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

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:41:10

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

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:41:39

• Pwd Command on GNU/Linux with Examples ☞ https://idroot.us/pwd-command-linux/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:42:07

• "One downside? Counters only support integers. That means decimals and fractions are out of the question. We’d have to display the integer part and fractional part separately somehow." ☛ https://css-tricks.com/animating-number-counters/ | Source: CSS Tricks    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:43:05

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

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:43:20

• How to Delete Local and Remote Git Branches ☞ https://idroot.us/delete-local-and-remote-git-branches/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:43:42

• "Because my markup is just a bunch of tags inside a custom element and I’m using CSS grid for layout, I can use the order property in CSS!" ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/element-ordering-edge-function-html-rewriter/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:43:55

• How To Install Docker Desktop on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-docker-desktop-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:44:15

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

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:44:33

• 2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Latest as Future closes Laptop Mag ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/journalism-job-cuts-2025-tracked/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:45:17

• Oldest Egyptian DNA Reveals Secrets of Elite Potter From Pyramid Era ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-egyptian-dna-reveals-secrets-of-elite-potter-from-pyramid-era    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:45:36

• Ubuntu Blog: Spring support available on Ubuntu ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/devpack-spring-support-ubuntu    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:46:43

• Ubuntu Blog: Source to production: Spring Boot containers made easy ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/spring-boot-containers-made-easy    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:47:27

• Women who work Brett Wilson LLP = Kapo. http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/03/Microsoft_Staff_Harassing_Women_Strangling_Women_Telling_Women_.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:48:55

• 10 Little-Known GNU/Linux Commands You Probably Missed – Part 5 ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/10-lesser-known-useful-linux-commands-part-v/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:50:11

• "Made in the USA" ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/after-a-week-trump-mobile-drops-claim-that-the-t1-phone-is-made-in-the-usa/ | Source: Purism    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:52:24

• "The RoyalBlue54L Feather is an upcoming development board designed to deliver a full-featured experience in the familiar Feather footprint." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/royalblue54l-feather-with-nordic-nrf54l15-and-risc-v-coprocessor-for-thread-matter-and-zigbee/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:53:13

• "Red Pitaya has unveiled new open-source STEMlab TI boards developed with Texas Instruments for demanding signal processing tasks in photonics, sensing, and laboratory automation." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/red-pitaya-and-texas-instruments-collaborate-on-new-stemlab-boards-for-high-performance-data-acquisition/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:53:25

• Supercharging Hey Hi (AI) isolation: microVMs with RamaLama & libkrun ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/02/supercharging-ai-isolation-microvms-ramalama-libkrun    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:54:32

• How HaProxy router settings affect middleware applications ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/02/how-haproxy-router-settings-affect-middleware-applications    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:55:10

• Simplify multi-VPC connectivity with amazon.aws 9.0.0 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/02/simplify-multi-vpc-connectivity-amazonaws-900    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:55:35

• Hey hi hype ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/support-case-summarization-efficiency-with-granite | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:57:50

• "While ephemeral, stateless VMs have become common in cloud-native environments, most enterprise VM workloads remain stateful." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/disaster-recovery-approaches-red-hat-openshift-virtualization | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 07:58:02

• "These patterns make tail latency more important than you may think." ☛ https://brooker.co.za/blog/2021/04/19/latency.html | Source: Marc Brooker    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:10:04

• "To know why we should delete tests, let’s start with why we write tests in the first place. Why do we write tests? At the surface level, it’s to see if our program works the way we expect." ☛ https://andre.arko.net/2025/06/30/you-should-delete-tests/ | Source: André Arko    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:10:18

• "The best way to avoid this hangover is by adopting a transparent approach to your vulnerability management situation." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/the-cure-for-your-zero-cve-hangover-is-transparency/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:10:31

• "Bad code isn’t just an inconvenience; it’s a significant liability that can lead to expensive outages and frustrated development teams." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/why-quality-code-matters-and-how-to-achieve-it/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:12:05

• "(Tree-)Structured Concurrency is neat because it greatly simplifies concurrent programs. It greatly reduces, if not outright eliminates the possibility of logical races due to concurrency issues." ☛ https://blog.yoshuawuyts.com/replacing-tasks-with-actors/ | Source: Yoshua Wuyts    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:12:18

• "Here are a few tangentially-related ideas vaguely near the theme of comparison operators." ☛ https://dotat.at/@/2025-07-02-cmp.html | Source: Tony Finch    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:12:30

• ">So here we go, folks: using man or --help is always a good idea, even in the AI area!" ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/using-mandoc-is-always-a-good-idea.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:12:44

• "I realize that for all I've talked about Logic for Programmers in this newsletter, I never once explained basic logical quantifiers. They're both simple and incredibly useful, so let's do that this week!" ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/logical-quantifiers-in-software/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:13:10

• "I used the weekend to design a two-sided funeral card: front side read like a eulogy, with a cartoon of an engineer crushed under labeled tech boxes (overwhelming the engineer due to its sheer diversity)." ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/platform-eng-is-dead/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:13:24

• "One of the reactions I saw to my entry on malloc(0) being allowed to return NULL is to wonder why you'd ever do a zero-size allocation in the first place." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/CHowZeroSizeMallocs | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:13:35

• "The portable document format (PDF) is a standard method for sharing information electronically. Files created in other applications (e.g., Microsoft Word) are often converted into this format" ☛ https://blog.talosintelligence.com/pdfs-portable-documents-or-perfect-deliveries-for-phish/ | Source: Threat Source    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:13:49

• "Hidden classes give you the ability to more quickly read from objects, but you, the runtime implementor, have to decide what kind of cache you want to use. Should you have a monomorphic cache? Or a polymorphic cache?" ☛ https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/class-distribution/ | Source: Max Bernstein    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:16:08

• "If your Python code is slow and needs to be fast, there are many different approaches you can take, from parallelism to writing a compiled extension." ☛ https://pythonspeed.com/articles/different-ways-speed/ | Source: Python Speed    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:16:25

• "This is hardly a Discord killer, but as far as messengers go there are some interesting properties: [...]" ☛ https://holdtherobot.com/blog/crdt-messenger-in-12-lines-of-bash/ |    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:16:56

• "I am putting this out into the ether to see if anyone wants to join me, in any capacity, in some kind of accountability structure" ☛ https://smallcypress.bearblog.dev/a-small-web-july/ |    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:19:33

• "Amiga lore is full of exciting tales. Many of them are retold to demonstrate how the incompetence of Commodore's management destroyed a platform that, by rights, was destined for success" ☛ https://www.datagubbe.se/amix/ | Source: Carl Svensson    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:19:45

• "The Swiss government has issued a warning after a third-party service provider suffered a ransomware attack, which saw sensitive information stolen from its systems and leaked onto the dark web." ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/government-attackers-stolen-sensitive-data-ransomware-attack | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:20:15

• "Law enforcement has been notified, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)." ☛ https://therecord.media/surmodics-medical-device-company-reports-cybersecurity-incident | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:20:26

• "The hacker told Bloomberg he obtained 460 gigabytes of data in total — after spending two months targeting and penetrating increasingly privileged layers of the university’s servers" ☛ https://therecord.media/hacker-political-agenda-columbia-cyberattack | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:20:41

• "In this article, we introduce openPenny, an open-source traffic checker currently under development as part of the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/petros_gigis/openpenny-developing-an-open-source-tool-for-detecting-non-spoofed-traffic/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:23:16

• "Scattered Spider members have increasingly coalesced around a tactic of using targeted social engineering" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/scattered-spider-most-imminent-threat/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:23:35

• "letter to Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-shield-concerns-prompt-eu-commission-to-engage-italian-govt-250702/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:24:30

• "after September 11" ☛ https://werd.io/republican-budget-bill-signals-new-era-in-federal-surveillance/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:24:48

• "Percona said it would help customers comply with policies and regulations that require encryption" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/02/postgresql_ondisk_database_encryption/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:25:12

• "These problems are well understood. But one thing that’s frequently forgotten by traveling techies is data privacy and security." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2827368/why-you-need-to-pack-a-vpn-for-your-next-vacation.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:25:28

• "an enemy of the cause of white supremacist accelerationism" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-02/california-man-hit-list-terrorgram-collective-indictment | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:25:59

• "full Finnish Parliament passed the bill" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0701/finland-land-mines-treaty-withdraw | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:26:17

• "Let us examine the evidence with the cold precision it demands." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-republic-of-cruelty | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:26:33

• "Donald Trump envisions himself as an all-powerful leader whose will is equal to law." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/welcome-to-the-age-of-disappearance | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:26:51

• "Sadly the progress that has been made has been undermined by the Supreme Court and all the yes men around Trump." ☛ https://techtea.io/articles/2025/june-review/ | Source: TechTea    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:27:10

• "The two countries are preparing to announce a deal where the French take back migrants who have illegally crossed the Channel" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/02/migrants-barred-from-asylum-in-uk-under-deal-with-france/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:29:16

• "laptop farms" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/29-north-korean-laptop-farms-busted-by-u-s-department-of-justice-illicit-it-workers-across-16-states-reportedly-obtained-employment-with-more-than-100-u-s-companies-to-help-fund-regime | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:29:28

• "The recommendation was issued by the General Superintendence of Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense (SG/CADE)" ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/01/brazil-recommends-sanctions-for-apple/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:40:56

• "Running an organization on an unsupported platform is a huge no-no, not least from a regulatory standpoint" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/02/exchange_skype_subscription_versions/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:41:25

• "NASA+ is expected to come to Netflix later this summer." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/astrophotography/nasas-epic-space-footage-is-coming-to-netflix-this-summer-but-you-can-already-watch-it-now-for-free | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:41:41

• "A California jury has ordered Google to pay $314 million for collecting data from Android phones while they were connected to cellular networks" ☛ https://therecord.media/google-lawsuit-data-collection-android-cellular | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:42:16

• "The Lifeline program provides support for communications services to qualifying low-income customers." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/carr-rejects-efforts-to-extend-lifeline-waiver/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:42:38

• "He was taken to Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, and installed in the Potala palace, the complex where the Dalai Lamas resided for centuries" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/26/dalai-lama-90-reincarnation-china-plot/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:43:07

• "The spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism asserted that the Gaden Phodrang Trust has sole authority to recognise the future reincarnation" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/dalai-lama-affirms-institution-will-continue-after-his-death/article69762863.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:43:25

• "'Are you Alawite?': A Call to Prevent Genocide in Syria" ☛ https://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2025/06/updates-on-the-persecution-of-alawites | Source: Daniel Pipes    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:43:46

• [Old] "internal complexity of their millions of parameters" ☛ https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/AI-will-create-a-thousand-Post-Office-scandals | Source: Computer Weekly    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:44:09

• "The company – which publishes 26 newspapers, four magazines, and a host of online brands" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/data-and-tech-overhaul-paved-way-for-prensa-iberica-expansion/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:45:46

• "Bill Moyers died last week at the age of 91. His career began as a close aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson" ☛ https://fair.org/home/farewell-to-bill-moyers-who-showed-what-public-tv-could-be/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:45:58

• "Journalists trying to report within Iran also face [Internet] restrictions." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/07/iranian-media-under-siege-after-israel-war-internet-disrupted/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:46:31

• "60 Minutes" ☛ https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/paramount-trump-settlement-60-minutes-lawsuit-1236404935/ | Source: Variety    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:49:49

• "Unilever is cutting off millions in funding for Ben & Jerry’s charitable foundation after it refused to provide audit documents" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/06/30/2025/unilever-cuts-off-funding-for-ben-jerrys-foundation-amid-tensions-over-gaza-audit | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:51:12

• "CPJ has documented an ongoing crackdown on dissent in Zimbabwe, amid political tension." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/07/zimbabwe-authorities-arrest-newspaper-editor-on-charges-of-insulting-the-president/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:51:24

• "Microsoft hasn't formally announced plans to cut staff, and our questions went unanswered" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/02/microsoft_layoffs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:52:34

• "Microsoft Corp. today launched a round of job cuts that is expected to affect 9,000 employees, or about 4% of its workforce." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/02/microsoft-cuts-9000-jobs-latest-round-layoffs/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:52:43

• "The software [sic] company also announced layoffs in May affecting around 6,000 people." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/microsoft-laying-off-about-9000-employees-in-latest-round-of-cuts.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:52:53

• "Microsoft has confirmed a new wave of job cuts this year, affecting approximately 9,100 employees" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-layoffs-hit-thousands-sources-say-rares-everwild-canceled-xbox-division-takes-major-1737318 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:53:03

• "Jonathan V. Last's A Song of “Full Self-Driving”: Elon Isn’t Tony Stark." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2025/07/teslas-robotaxi-revolution.html | Source: David Rosenthal https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:54:19

• "rebrand fossil fuel" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/louisiana-is-latest-state-to-redefine-natural-gas-a-planet-warming-fossil-fuel-as-green-energy/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:54:43

• "Most of us like a bit of sunshine on our holidays, but when does hot become “too hot”" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/mediterranean-too-hot-for-summer-holidays/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:55:00

• "X (formerly Twitter) saw the biggest audience drop among the 25 biggest website publishers in the UK between May 2024 and May 2025." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/biggest-website-publishers-uk-2025-x-twitter-reddit-tiktok-bbc-mail/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 08:55:50

• [Old] "AI can turn some impressive party tricks, but it's unsuited for solving serious problems in the real world." ☛ https://www.danmcquillan.org/ai_thatcherism.html |    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:00:57

• "A Maine police department's attempt to add their logo to a drug bust photo backfired spectacularly when citizens caught them lying about using artificial intelligence to alter evidence photos." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/07/02/maine-police-caught-lying-about-using-ai-to-alter-drug-bust-photo.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:01:14

• "AI-powered coding tools and the so-called “vibe coding” craze have enabled developers to build more code more swiftly than ever before, but lurking underneath all that productivity lie unrecognized security risks." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/ai-coding-tools-create-more-bugs-than-they-fix/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:01:40

• "The models usually gave the correct answer! But they could only have given the right answer if they had trained on the questions." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/02/how-to-pass-an-ai-coding-benchmark-train-on-the-questions/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:02:16

• "He was seeing security reports that seemed convincing but they were also confusing. He asked for my help and together we determined the reports were generated with an LLM and were meaningless." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/security-work-isnt-special | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:02:52

• "Experience shows that it’s anything but easy, but it’s always been hard for me to pinpoint exactly why that is the case. And I think I’ve finally found a good answer." ☛ https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/hidden-complexity-in-software-development/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:03:06

• "One of the findings is that the AI often inaccurately transcribed customer call audio into text thanks to caller accents, pronunciation, and speech speed." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/02/call_center_ai_assistants/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:03:21

• 'Linux' Foundation is a bunch of charlatans and fraudsters who not only lie for large corporations but get paid to do exactly that. Torvalds let his project and brand be controlled by charlatans and fraudsters.    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:04:16

• "Microsoft Copilot has been trounced by an (emulated) Atari 2600 console in Atari Chess." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/not-to-be-outdone-by-chatgpt-microsoft-copilot-humiliates-itself-in-atari-2600-chess-showdown-another-ai-humbled-by-1970s-tech-despite-trash-talk | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:04:34

• "Some of the input focuses on the specifics of the CC signals proposal, offering constructive questions and suggesting ideas for improving CC signals in practice." ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2025/07/02/why-cc-signals-an-update/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:05:08

• "It urges technologists, companies and policymakers to pause and ask: Who is this technology working for—and who is being left behind?" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-marginalized-americans-highly-skeptical-artificial.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:05:21

• "The number of telecommunications companies victimized in the United States stands at nine, according to Leatherman." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/top-fbi-cyber-official-salt-typhoon-largely-contained-in-telecom-networks/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:05:47

• "Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CM) consolidates IP telephony, high-definition video, unified messaging, instant messaging, and Presence status indicators. Its Session Management Edition centralizes dial-plan and trunk aggregation across multi-site deployments." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/02/cisco_patch_cvss/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:06:01

• "The Register asked the ICC to elaborate on the nature of the attack and who might be responsible." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/01/international_criminal_court_cyberattack/ | Source: The Register UK https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Microsofts-ICC-email-block-reignites-European-data-sovereignty-concerns    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:06:25

• "The European Commission's Eurostat website has been exploited by third parties who used it to advertise shady IPTV services." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/official-eu-website-exploited-to-advertise-shady-iptv-services-250701/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:06:37

• "Donald Trump's so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill' is moving closer to becoming law" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/medicaid-cuts-could-leave-17-million-americans-without-health-insurance-1737293 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:07:28

• "asked 21 of the country’s largest health insurance groups whether they would stop providing cost-free coverage" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/insurers-wont-say-if-theyll-pay-for-childhood-vaccines-dropped-from-recommended-schedule/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:07:37

• "A whole class of speculative execution attacks against CPUs were published in 2018. They seemed pretty catastrophic at the time." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/ubuntu-disables-spectre-meltdown-protections.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:09:46

• "It happened again yesterday, to my shame. As usual, it was after getting flustered, this time because I had failed to check my batteries in advance and had to fix that after only a few minutes" ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/i-will-get-fooled-again | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:09:58

• "AI's impact on higher education come primarily from historical forces, not from its claim to be sci-fi tech from the future." ☛ https://www.danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar.html |    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:10:26

• "Also for the first time in 13 years I don't have a "boss". Technically I report to the department chair, who until a few days ago reported to me." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2025/07/a-professor-again.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:10:36

• "This is the other side project I have going, currently sailing towards the 100th edition—on July 25th—and the end of year 2—on August 29th." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/random-mid-year-update | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:10:55

• "20 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬" ☛ https://lostfocus.de/2025/07/02/thought-leadership/ | Source: Dominik Schwind    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:11:11

• "let me ask you a question. Do you think photography is best driven by uniqueness or conformity?" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/photo-technique/im-not-sure-we-should-share-our-photography-secrets-and-ill-explain-why | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:11:40

• "We feel like it would be nice to see explicitly what doesn’t hold here. In this light reading note we work out local examples that show that the reverse of any known positivity implication fails." ☛ https://www.magnusson.io/post/curvature-examples/ |    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:12:05

• "Using band-edge filters for carrier frequency recovery with an FLL is an interesting technique that has been studied by fred harris and others." ☛ https://destevez.net/2025/07/about-flls-with-band-edge-filters/ | Source: Daniel Estévez    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:13:04

• "Now, working in partnership with members of the Coharie Tribe, state officials have successfully recovered the vessel, which could be centuries old." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-dugout-canoe-made-from-a-12-foot-long-log-was-found-bobbing-in-a-north-carolina-river-180986898/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:13:24

• BetaNews has a Microsoft mole in it again, spreading the lie that "HEY HI" is why the layoffs happen: "Microsoft announces another round of layoffs as it plows money into AI".    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:21:02

• It's a lie, of course it's a lie, but it's a lie that helps Microsoft con shareholders some more    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:21:29

• Discussion paper proposal gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-07-02-fasc.txt    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:55:58

• "I was on a shopping spree with the kids the other day on the way home the following exchange took place in my car: [...]" gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2025-07-03-favourite-child.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 09:56:39

• "The bigger problem in my mind is #2, and I’ve been contemplating solutions to this for some time." ☛ https://nathansnelgrove.com/2025/07/give-footnotes-a-spec | Source: Nathaniel Snelgrove    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:19:16

• "This initiative calls to require publishers that sell or license videogames to consumers in the European Union (or related features and assets sold for videogames they operate) to leave said videogames in a functional (playable) state." ☛ https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home |    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:22:43

• "Stop Killing Games (SKG) is described as a consumer movement designed to preserve video game ownership." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/what-stop-killing-games-movement-why-pewdiepie-endorsing-it-1737301 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:22:57

• "I don't even care if they ship me their code or anything, though companies like Id software went the extra mile in the past." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/you-will-own-nothing-and-be-happy-stop-killing-games-0 | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:23:08

• Education ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/07/02/cpponsea-trip-report | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:28:14

• "Cloudflare’s head of AI control" LOL!! ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-blocks-ai-crawlers-default/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:29:03

• "The bargain between content makers and crawlers has broken down" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/01/cloudflare_creates_ai_crawler_toll/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:29:30

• "Nowadays it seems like every tech company is eager to scrape the web." ☛ https://brandonrozek.com/blog/anti-scraper-techniques/ | Source: Brandon Rozek    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:29:48

• "Mozilla has just unveiled Thunderbird version 140 of its widely adopted free and open-source desktop email client" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-140-esr-focuses-on-enterprise-needs/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:31:23

• "XScreenSaver 6.11 is out now. This is a Unix-only release -- this version contains preliminary support for Wayland." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/xscreensaver-6-11/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:31:35

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: Rcpp 1.1.0 on CRAN: C++11 now Minimum, Regular Semi-Annual Update ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/07/02#rcpp_1.1.0    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:33:47

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Ruffy and The Riverside - 2025-07-02 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-07-02-edition/index.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:34:26

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 606 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/07/02/this-week-in-rust-606/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:38:04

• FLOSS Weekly Episode 839 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/floss-weekly-episode-839-i-want-to-get-paid-twice/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:38:24

• Pluralistic: Tessa Hulls's "Feeding Ghosts" (2 Jul 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/02/filial-piety/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:38:43

• Alley Chaggar: Demystifying The Codegen Phase Part 2 ☞ https://alleych.github.io/gnome/codegen-part2/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:49:37

• LibreOffice project and community recap: June 2025 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/02/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-june-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 10:57:49

• "My journey with MX Linux has been interesting. I drew a lot of flak for my early, negative review of this system and its associated brethren distros. But I persevered, and so did the distro team. Fast forward a bunch of years, MX Linux has found its true calling." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/mx-23-6-kde.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:01:23

• "It's a simple system with no frills, friendly, accessible, and it puts the end user in focus, first and foremost. Like the fact you STILL get 32-bit builds for ancient hardware. In my book, that means a lot. Well, let's see what gives. Plasma version, mind!" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/mx-23-6-kde.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:01:28

• Carlos Garnacho: Developing an application with TinySPARQL in 2025 ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/carlosg/2025/07/02/developing-an-application-with-tinysparql-in-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:02:15

• iaito – official graphical interface for radare2 ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/iaito-official-graphical-interface-radare2/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:02:50

• ddotlp – smart power management ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ddotlp-smart-power-management/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:03:10

• Looks like more worthless LLM slop https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/manjaro-250-zetar-bold-leap-flatpak-integration-and-gaming-optimization see http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/25/Linux_Journal_is_a_Slopfarm_It_s_Experimenting_With_LLM_Authors.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:05:04

• fnt – apt for fonts ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fnt-apt-fonts/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:05:30

• ProtonPlus – modern compatibility tools manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/protonplus-modern-compatibility-tools-manager/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:05:59

• Ubuntu Fixes Desktop File Thumbnails Not Showing ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/desktop-file-thumbnails-fix-ubuntu-24-04    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:06:24

• "In other words, designed with enterprise users, institutions, and conservative users in mind, it offers a stable, long-term support cycle for those prioritizing stability and reliability over rapid feature changes." https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-140-esr-focuses-on-enterprise-needs/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:07:25

• Why the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft People Who Started SLAPPs Against Techrights Could Very Well be Sent Back to Prison ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Why_the_Microsoft_People_Who_Started_SLAPPs_Against_Techrights_.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:08:25

• Richard Stallman Was Right About Reasons Not to Use Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/03/Richard_Stallman_Was_Right_About_Reasons_Not_to_Use_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:08:34

• Claims That Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Looks for Staff That Works More and Gets Paid Less (or Can Only Code by Grabbing Other People's Code, Under the Guise of "AI") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/03/Claims_That_Microsoft_Looks_for_Staff_That_Works_More_and_Gets_.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:08:46

• New BetaNews Realises There's No Potential or Future in Slopfarms, Prior Editor Wayne Williams is Back ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/03/New_BetaNews_Realises_There_s_No_Potential_or_Future_in_Slopfar.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:08:55

• Build with confidence, sustain for the future: Collabora joins the Toradex Proven Partner Network ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/collabora-joins-toradex-proven-partner-network.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:10:03

• "The openSUSE Tumbleweed rolling-release distribution has published snapshot 20250630, which delivers a mix of core package updates and software enhancements, plus the debut of a significant new component: Myrlyn." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/latest-tumbleweed-update-marks-myrlyns-introduction/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:16:08

• "One place where I find myself playing games often is trains and rolling dice in a moving train with small tables can be a pain." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/everyday-tabletop-gaming-carry-edtgc/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:16:36

• "universal assembly language" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/ebpf-has-a-bright-future-in-infrastructure-development/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:20:57

• "The Internet has long been fertile ground for innovative technologies to grow and openly compete." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/maria-farrell-break-ground-plant-seeds-rewild-the-internet/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:21:20

• Workaround for broken network tray applet ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202507/workaround-for-broken-network-tray-applet.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:22:33

• GNOME 49 Makes Papers a Core App, Replacing Evince ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/papers-pdf-viewer-gnome-49    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:23:34

• FSF Blogs: June GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali featuring Sixteen new GNU releases: GNUnet, Nettle, and more! ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2025-june-gnu-spotlight-with-amin-bandali    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:25:02

• Orcas Caught 'Kissing' For Two Minutes With Tongue ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/orcas-caught-kissing-for-two-minutes-with-tongue    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:27:13

• US Calls Reported Threats by Pro-Iran Hackers to Release Convicted Felon-Tied Material a ‘Smear Campaign’ ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-calls-reported-threats-by-pro-iran-hackers-to-release-trump-tied-material-a-smear-campaign/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:28:06

• US strikes set back Iran nuclear program by up to two years, says Pentagon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250702-us-iran-nuclear-program-pentagon    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:28:28

• Press advocacy group condemns Israel airstrike that killed Palestinian journalists ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/cpj-condemns-israel-airstrike-against-palestinine-journalists/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:28:37

• US, India push for trade pact after Convicted Felon strikes deal with Vietnam: Sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/us-india-push-for-trade-pact-after-trump-strikes-deal-with-vietnam-sources    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:29:57

• Pentagon Again Shifts Assessment of Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Program ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/politics/iran-nuclear-us-strike-trump.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:30:37

• Hiroshima mayor urges Convicted Felon visit after US President’s A-bomb comments ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hiroshima-mayor-urges-trump-visit-after-a-bomb-comments    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:30:51

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says U.S. Has Reached Trade Deal With Vietnam ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/economy/trump-vietnam-trade-deal.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:31:12

• US strikes set back Iran nuclear programme by up to two years, says Pentagon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250702-us-iran-nuclear-program-pentagon    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:31:36

• #PrivacyCamp25: Call for Sessions open ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/privacycamp25-call-for-sessions-open/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:31:55

• As Hey Hi (AI) Gains Power, We Must Push for Guardrails to Protect Civil Liberties ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/as-ai-gains-power-we-must-push-for-guardrails-to-protect-civil-liberties    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:32:38

• Davidson Kempner entity, QPrivacy, data security patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/1/davidson-kempner-entity-qprivacy-data-security-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:33:04

• The Slopfarms Are Losing the Plot (and Surveillance Giant Google is Propping Up Rogue Sites) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/03/The_Slopfarms_Are_Losing_the_Plot_and_Google_is_Propping_Up_Rog.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:34:04

• FOSS Weekly #25.27: System Info, Retro Tools, Fedora 32-bit Update, Torvalds vs Bcachefs and More GNU/Linux Stuff ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-27/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:46:47

• Video: From gaming console to dental product ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-jaguar-to-dental-product-design.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:47:41

• Video: Switch to Linux? ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-switch-to-linux-swf.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:48:13

• Fedora Continues 32-Bit Support ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Fedora-Continues-32-Bit-Support    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:48:47

• Converseen Image Converter Added Revert Check & New Themes ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/converseen-revert-check-theme/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:49:29

• Led by Europe, GNU/Linux Makes Big Gains This Month ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Led_by_Europe_GNU_Linux_Makes_Big_Gains_This_Month.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:49:47

• Microsoft Lost Its Foothold in Africa ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Microsoft_Lost_Its_Foothold_in_Africa.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:49:56

• Cities in France and Germany Move to GNU/Linux and statCounter Detects Big Differences ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Cities_in_France_and_Germany_Move_to_GNU_Linux_and_statCounter_.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:50:23

• El Presidente Talks, Canada Walks (Away From Windows) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/El_Presidente_Talks_Canada_Walks_Away_From_Windows.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:51:52

• Microsoft Layoffs in Spain, Portugal Record for GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Microsoft_Layoffs_in_Spain_Portugal_Record_for_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:52:01

• GNU/Linux is Replacing backdoored Windows in Laptops/Desktops ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/GNU_Linux_is_Replacing_Windows_in_Laptops_Desktops.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:52:12

• Microsoft backdoored Windows Nosedives in Switzerland While GNU/Linux Leaps Above 6% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Microsoft_Windows_Nosedives_in_Switzerland_While_GNU_Linux_Leap.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:52:32

• GNU/Linux is Replacing Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Windows. But We Need to Eradicate Microsoft, It's a Hub of Crime. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/GNU_Linux_is_Replacing_Microsoft_Windows_But_We_Need_to_Eradica.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:52:44

• Oops! What happened to pclinuxos? https://pclinuxos.com/2025/07/02/hello-world/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:53:25

• GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in the United States of America (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_in_the_United_States_of_America.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 11:53:59

• Everyone, everywhere, all the time — Nepal’s push for rural broadband inclusion ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/03/everyone-everywhere-all-the-time-nepals-push-for-rural-broadband-inclusion/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:10:22

• Abrego Garcia Was Beaten and Tortured in El Salvador Prison, Lawyers Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-trump-deportation.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:10:49

• CutePeaks – cross platform Sanger Trace file viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cutepeaks-cross-platform-sanger-trace-file-viewer/    

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

• 15 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux GUI Password Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-password-managers/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:15:08

• How Will Juniper Change HPE’s Datacenter Networking Strategy? ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/07/02/how-will-juniper-change-hpes-datacenter-networking-strategy/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:16:18

• Banana Pi BPI-F3 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Power Consumption ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/banana-pi-bpi-f3-single-board-computer-running-linux-power-consumption/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:16:38

• Hubert Figuière: Dev Log June 2025 ☞ https://www.figuiere.net/hub/wlog/dev-log-june-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:23:56

• Not dead. ☞ https://ultimateedition.info/not-dead/ "I did not want you to think I am dead."    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:24:28

• Unlike UPC, this is a real patent court ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/colin-birss-appointed-chancellor-of-high-court-england-wales/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:25:53

• SAP’s Mandamus Petition Challenging Convicted Felon Admin’s Discretionary Denial Policy Shift ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/mandamus-challenging-discretionary.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:26:28

• Microsoft Media Operatives and Bill Epsteingate-Funded Sites Said Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lays Off 9,000, But Other Sites Say More (Including 2,300 in Redmond Alone) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Microsoft_Media_Operatives_and_Bill_Epsteingate_Funded_Sites_Sa.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:28:08

• Why the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft People Who Started SLAPPs Against Techrights Could Very Well be Sent Back to Prison (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Why_the_Microsoft_People_Who_Started_SLAPPs_Against_Techrights_.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:28:19

• Confirmed: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Shutdowns Today, Not Only Mass Layoffs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Confirmed_Microsoft_Shutdowns_Today_Not_Only_Mass_Layoffs.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:28:32

• Anxiety at Microsoft: Many Workers (Maybe Over 10,000) Still Don't Know They're Being Laid Off Just Before US Independence Day ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Anxiety_at_Microsoft_Many_Workers_Maybe_Over_10_000_Still_Don_t.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:30:09

• Microsoft "Declined to Say How Many People Would be Laid Off," According to Associated Press ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Microsoft_Declined_to_Say_How_Many_People_Would_be_Laid_Off_Acc.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:30:34

• The X War is Over and the "Wayland People" Lost ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/The_X_War_is_Over_and_the_Wayland_People_Lost.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:31:11

• 20 Years Since My Thesis ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/20_Years_Since_My_Thesis.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:32:11

• Now Comes the Expected Webspam, Framing Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs as "Hey Hi" Success Story (False Marketing That's Piggybacking the Layoffs) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Now_Comes_the_Expected_Webspam_Framing_Microsoft_Layoffs_as_Hey.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:32:23

• Hungary: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows Sinks to 17% "Market Share" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Hungary_Microsoft_Windows_Sinks_to_17_Market_Share.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:32:48

• Yes, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is Again Using Its Favourite Liars (Stenographers) to Seed Fake Layoff Numbers, Much Lower Than What's Really Happening ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Yes_Microsoft_is_Again_Using_Its_Favourite_Liars_Stenographers_.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:33:02

• Will Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Once Again Choose Its Favourite Liar to Spread Lies About Today's Layoffs, Quickly to be Replicated and Spread by Slopfarms? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Will_Microsoft_Once_Again_Choose_Its_Favourite_Liar_to_Spread_L.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:33:17

• There is Nothing That LLMs Can Offer Honest People ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/There_is_Nothing_That_LLMs_Can_Offer_Honest_People.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:33:41

• What statCounter Shows Today Helps Explain Microsoft's Helplessness, Mass Layoffs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/What_statCounter_Shows_Today_Helps_Explain_Microsoft_s_Helpless.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:34:17

• Microsoft Gets the Chop in South America ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Microsoft_Gets_the_Chop_in_South_America.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:34:35

• Europe Has an 'Exit' ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Europe_Has_an_Exit.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:34:44

• The "Davos Effect": Tarnishing the Reputation of Places Not by Overtourism But by Oligarch Infestation ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/01/The_Davos_Effect_Tarnishing_the_Reputation_of_Places_Not_by_Ove.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:34:59

• Microsoft Uses LLM Slop to Defraud (or Rob) Shareholders ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/01/Microsoft_Uses_LLM_Slop_to_Defraud_or_Rob_Shareholders.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:35:09

• The Company Run by Former (and Last Proper) Red Bait CEO, Promoting Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Mono, Faces Shock as Senior Partner Jailed for 33 Sexual Offenses Including Pedophilia ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/The_Company_Run_by_Former_and_Last_Proper_Red_Hat_CEO_Promoting.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:35:17

• Debian looking for testers with Fashion Company Apple M1/M2 machines ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1028224/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:35:48

• Richard Littauer: A handful of EDs... Erectile Dysfunctions in GNOME ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/richardlitt/2025/07/02/a-handful-of-eds/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:37:15

• LeMan to be removed from shelves after 'Muhammad-Moses' cartoon ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/leman-to-be-removed-from-shelves-after-muhammad-moses-cartoon-309052    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:40:29

• Nvidia's Upcoming 'Double D' gaming GPU becomes the '5090D V2' in latest leak — GPU previously known as the 'RTX 5090DD' remains China-exclusive ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidias-upcoming-double-d-gaming-gpu-becomes-the-5090d-v2-in-latest-leak-gpu-previously-known-as-the-rtx-5090dd-remains-china-exclusive    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:41:03

• Not to be outdone by ChatGPT, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Copilot humiliates itself in Atari 2600 chess showdown — another Hey Hi (AI) humbled by 1970s tech despite trash talk ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/not-to-be-outdone-by-chatgpt-microsoft-copilot-humiliates-itself-in-atari-2600-chess-showdown-another-ai-humbled-by-1970s-tech-despite-trash-talk    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:42:25

• Nintendo Switch 2 units allegedly overheating — users report freezing and crashes while playing Cyberpunk 2077 and less power-hungry games ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/nintendo-switch-2-units-allegedly-overheating-users-report-issues-while-playing-cyberpunk-2077-and-less-power-hungry-games    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:42:35

• OpenWheely is a 4WD robot car based on ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 WiFi and BLE module (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/03/openwheely-4wd-robot-car-based-on-esp32-s3-wroom-1-wifi-and-ble-module/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:43:12

• pyDrone – An ESP32-S3 drone running MicroPython firmware ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/02/pydrone-an-esp32-s3-drone-programmable-with-micropython/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:43:32

• US federal appellate court expands immunity for CIA contractors in Guantanamo detainee case ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/us-federal-appellate-court-expands-immunity-for-cia-contractors-rules-no-jurisdiction-over-guantanamo-detainee-case/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:50:04

• Wall St Journal may challenge Hong Kong gov’t decision not to intervene in press union head’s unlawful dismissal suit ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/02/wall-st-journal-may-challenge-hong-kong-govt-decision-to-not-intervene-in-press-union-heads-unlawful-dismissal-suit/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:50:29

• Inside Convicted Felon’s Charm Offensive as He Woos Holdout Republicans ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/politics/trump-bill-holdout-republicans.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:50:53

• Renesas R8P1 – A 1 GHz Arm Cortex-M85 microcontroller with Ethos-U55 NPU for Audio and Vision Hey Hi (AI) applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/02/renesas-r8p1-a-1-ghz-arm-cortex-m85-microcontroller-with-ethos-u55-npu-for-audio-and-vision-ai-applications/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:51:31

• pgtt v4.4 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgtt-v44-released-3097/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:51:50

• Disinformation and hybrid warfare: New frontlines for African security ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/cyber-defence/disinformation-and-hybrid-warfare-new-frontlines-for-african-security/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:52:20

• Peter Czanik: Your first steps configuring syslog-ng ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/your-first-steps-configuring-syslog-ng    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:55:17

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1028160/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:55:38

• 'Linux' Foundation conflict of interest ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1028209/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/26/LWN_is_a_Voice_of_GAFAM_Through_Linux_Foundation_Their_Front_Gr.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 12:58:27

• Kelly Benefits Data Breach Impacts 550,000 People ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/kelly-benefits-data-breach-impacts-550000-people/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:09:02

• Forminator WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes 400,000 Websites to Takeover ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/forminator-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-exposes-400000-websites-to-takeover/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:09:18

• CISA Warns of Two Exploited TeleMessage Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-of-two-exploited-telemessage-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:09:31

• Senate Republicans look to limit the size of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/07/senate-republicans-look-to-limit-the-size-of-the-office-of-the-director-of-national-intelligence/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:11:03

• Cyberattack Targets International Criminal Court ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-targets-international-criminal-court/ Cyberattack? Microsoft was ALSO the attacker https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Microsofts-ICC-email-block-reignites-European-data-sovereignty-concerns    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:11:54

• Noem asks DHS advisers for help firing ‘people who don’t like us’ ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2025/07/noem-asks-dhs-advisers-for-help-firing-people-who-dont-like-us/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:12:07

• Latvian, Israeli foreign ministers meet in Rīga ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/02.07.2025-latvian-israeli-foreign-ministers-meet-in-riga.a605253/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:12:20

• Qantas Data Breach Impacts Up to 6 Million Customers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/qantas-data-breach-impacts-up-to-6-million-customers/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:12:41

• Senate grants Security Ministry broad data access powers, sparking ‘police state’ fears ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/spy-law-security-ministry/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:13:21

• Opposition ‘deliberately lying’ about Spy Law, Sheinbaum says: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/opposition-lying-spy-law-sheinbaum-wednesdays-mananera-recapped/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:13:29

• For Quad to be taken seriously, it must formalise and expand ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/for-quad-to-be-taken-seriously-it-must-formalise-and-expand/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:14:04

• Reflecting on 25 years of UNSC Resolution 1325 ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/reflecting-on-25-years-of-unsc-resolution-1325/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:14:27

• "Smarter Laptop Cooler" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/making-a-smarter-laptop-cooler/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:15:05

• Hong Kong govt proposes recognising same-sex couples’ rights ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-govt-proposes-recognising-same-sex-couples-rights    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:30:14

• Rights group raises concerns over water crisis in Guatemala amid government inaction ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/rights-group-raises-concerns-over-water-crisis-in-guatemala-amid-government-inaction/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:30:47

• US federal judge halts Convicted Felon administration Health and Human Services restructuring plan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/us-federal-judge-halts-trump-administration-health-and-human-services-restructuring-plan/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:31:15

• One non-profit is stepping in to meet the mental health needs of those displaced USAID workers ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/07/one-non-profit-is-stepping-in-to-meet-the-mental-health-needs-of-those-displaced-usaid-workers/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:31:40

• North Korean Tech Workers Infiltrating Companies Around World, U.S. Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/world/asia/north-korea-tech-workers.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:31:59

• Lovebugs Swarm South Korea’s Capital, Drawing Residents’ Ire ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/world/asia/south-korea-seoul-lovebugs.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:32:25

• Sounds like good news, not "worst-case scenario"; The worst-case scenario is people starving due to overpopulation and war ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-population-could-drop-by-85-in-next-100-years-study    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:33:22

• South Korea president Lee says ‘doing utmost’ for trade deal with US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-president-lee-says-doing-utmost-for-trade-deal-with-us    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:33:49

• South Korea's Lee pledges 'bold' economic policy after martial law crisis ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-lee-pledges-bold-economic-policy-after-martial-law-crisis    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:34:00

• Taiwan, South Korea and Japan also need to spend 5 percent on defence ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/taiwan-south-korea-and-japan-also-need-to-spend-5-percent-on-defence/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:34:27

• Loan sharks in Malaysia hold ‘funerals’ for debtors ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/loansharks-in-malaysia-hold-funerals-for-debtors "posting their actions on social control media."    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:35:17

• Scooter Braun Steps Down As CEO of Hybe America as Bieber Financial Drama Simmers ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/01/scooter-braun-steps-down-hybe-america/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:35:38

• PM Anwar takes flak as Malaysia’s judiciary faces leadership vacuum ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/pm-anwar-takes-flak-as-malaysias-judiciary-faces-leadership-vacuum    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:36:02

• Malaysian nurses following the money abroad for more opportunities ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-nurses-following-the-money-abroad-for-more-opportunities    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:36:23

• Unrest, disease risk in Thailand not a deterrent for Malaysian travellers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/unrest-disease-risk-in-thailand-not-a-deterrent-for-malaysian-travellers    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:36:35

• Dalai Lama Succession: How the Next Tibetan Spiritual Leader Will Be Chosen ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/world/asia/next-dalai-lama-tibet.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:37:21

• Dalai Lama Tightens Grip on Reins of Succession in the Face of Chinese Pressure ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/world/asia/dalai-lama-successor-tibet-china.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:37:32

• Solar Industry Says Republican Policy Bill Would Cede Production to China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/energy-environment/trump-bill-solar-panels-china.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:37:55

• China braces itself for more heavy rain as floods kill several people ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-braces-for-more-heavy-rain-as-floods-kill-several-people    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:38:43

• What is the trust that will identify the Dalai Lama's successor? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/what-is-the-trust-that-will-identify-the-dalai-lamas-successor    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:40:28

• India minister’s dismissal of Asean members as ‘China’s B team’ hits confidence in trade pact ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-ministers-dismissal-of-asean-members-as-chinas-b-team-hits-confidence-in-trade-pact    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:41:01

• China’s north and west on alert after sweeping rains trigger deadly floods ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-north-and-west-on-alert-after-sweeping-rains-trigger-deadly-floods    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:43:21

• Dalai Lama says he will have a successor who won’t be picked by China ☞ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/07/02/dalai-lama-successor-china/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:43:44

• China urged to end state interference in Tibet religious practices ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/rights-group-calls-on-china-to-end-state-interference-in-tibet-religious-practices/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:44:01

• Hong Kong school responds after 4 secondary schoolgirls allegedly harassed by men during China study tour ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/02/hong-kong-school-responds-after-4-secondary-schoolgirls-allegedly-harassed-by-men-during-china-study-tour/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:44:21

• Tibetan leader Dalai Lama sets clear succession plan, urges China to stay out ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250702-tibetan-leader-dalai-lama-sets-clear-succession-plan-urges-china-to-stay-out    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:45:00

• Despite it all, China dominates Australian trade—again ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/despite-it-all-china-dominates-australian-trade-again/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:45:39

• "A Siberian tiger ripped off his arm" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/02/out-of-the-woods | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:46:21

• "High-Rise Fire Escape Solutions To The Masses" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/south-korea-brought-high-rise-fire-escape-solutions-to-the-masses/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:46:50

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppArmadillo 14.6.0-1 on CRAN: New Upstream Minor Release ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/07/02#rcpparmadillo_14.6.0-1    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:47:49

• Public Knowledge Condemns CBS 60 Minutes Settlement with Hell Toupée as Attack on Press Freedoms ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-condemns-cbs-60-minutes-settlement-with-president-trump-as-attack-on-press-freedoms/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:51:39

• Ted Cruz Wants To Sell Your Wi-Fi to AT&T. This Will Make Your Wi-Fi Suck and Your Mobile Bill Higher. ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/ted-cruz-wants-to-sell-your-wi-fi-to-att-this-will-make-your-wi-fi-suck-and-your-mobile-bill-higher/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:52:12

• 454 Hints That a Chatbot Wrote Part of a Biomedical Researcher’s Paper ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/health/ai-chatgpt-research-papers.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:52:47

• Microsoft to Lay Off About 9,000 Employees, According to Microsoft (it's more) ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/technology/microsoft-layoffs-ai.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:53:26

• Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250702-colombia-narco-submarine-starlink    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:55:07

• PKK leader accuses Turkish government of 'seeking to sabotage' disarmament process ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250703-turkish-government-seeking-to-sabotage-disarmament-process-says-pkk-leader    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:55:25

• German charity refuses to comply with Bitcoin ransomware demand — hackers attempt to extort hunger-fighting group for over $2 million ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/german-charity-refuses-to-comply-with-bitcoin-ransomware-demand-hackers-attempt-to-extort-hunger-fighting-group-for-over-usd2-million    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:55:45

• Dalai Lama says only his organisation can name his successor; Beijing pushes back ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/dalai-lama-says-only-his-organisation-can-name-his-successor-beijing-pushes-back    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:58:01

• Drinking of alcohol to be banned at Malaysia’s Port Dickson public beaches ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/alcohol-consumption-to-be-banned-at-port-dickson-beaches    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:58:22

• Australia vows tougher childcare laws after worker charged with child sex offences ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-vows-tougher-childcare-laws-after-worker-charged-with-child-sex-offences    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:58:36

• Paramount’s Settlement With Convicted Felon Is a Humbling Moment for ’60 Minutes’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/media/trump-paramount-cbs-60-minutes-lawsuit.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:58:49

• Explore Neural Networks Interactively with Quarto Live! ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/explore-neural-networks-interactively-with-quarto-live/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 13:59:47

• against modern sl[AI]very ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/against-modern-slaivery/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:00:29

• POSETTE: An Event for Postgres 2025 – It’s a wrap ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/posette-an-event-for-postgres-2025-its-a-wrap-3098/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:01:00

• Navigating Failures in Pods With Devices ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/07/03/navigating-failures-in-pods-with-devices/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:01:23

• OSI is a corrupt front group that's shilling Microsoft. LinuxFr.org is perhaps not fully aware of this. ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/linuxfr-org-joins-the-osi-strengthening-the-francophone-community    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:02:24

• "OSS Fetishism" Wins After Ferenc Zsolt Szabó Ousted (Microsoft Mole From Capgemini) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/OSS_Fetishism_Wins_After_Ferenc_Zsolt_Szabo_Ousted_Microsoft_Mo.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:03:18

• "Selecting a random sample from a set is simple." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/reservoir-sampling-or-how-to-sample-sets-of-unknown-size/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:03:58

• Green claims: how to spot possible greenwashing while you shop ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/green-claims-how-to-spot-greenwashing-atnH43T0Tp5c    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:04:14

• Just don't have them?? ☞ https://www.protectionweb.co.za/cyber-security/my-house-is-my-castle-kaspersky-explains-how-to-protect-smart-home-devices/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:04:36

• How to Install Docker on AlmaLinux 10: A Step-by-Step Guide ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-docker-on-almalinux-10/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:04:54

• TTAB Reverses 2(e)(2) Geographical Descriptiveness Refusal of BUCKEYE CUSTOM E-BIKES ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/ttab-reverses-2e2-geographical.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:05:39

• "What did I say? Go up, grab her ass" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/02/what-did-i-say-go-up-grab-her-ass | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:06:11

• As Poland reintroduces border checks, Lithuanian travellers brace for disruptions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2601171/as-poland-reintroduces-border-checks-lithuanian-travellers-brace-for-disruptions    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:06:32

• "Russia warns citizens to ‘carefully consider current situation’ before traveling to Azerbaijan amid diplomatic crisis" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/02/russia-warns-citizens-to-carefully-consider-current-situation-before-traveling-to-azerbaijan-amid-diplomatic-crisis | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:06:50

• Kim Jong-un Appears to Mourn His Troops Killed Fighting for Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/world/asia/north-korea-troops-kim-jong-un.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:07:06

• Russia-Azerbaijan Tensions Soar, Threatening Moscow’s Influence ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/world/europe/russia-azerbaijan-tensions-safarov.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:07:21

• Chechnya’s Strongman Is Visibly Ailing. The Russian Region Is Bracing for Succession. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/world/europe/chechnya-kadyrov-illness-succession.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:07:35

• C.I.A. Says Its Leaders Rushed Report on Russia Interference in 2016 Vote ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/politics/russia-trump-2016-election.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:08:03

• North Korea opens massive beach resort, rolls out red carpet for Russians ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-opens-massive-beach-resort-rolls-out-red-carpet-for-russians    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:08:23

• European Powers Alarmed As Iran Halts Nuclear Oversight ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-iaea-cooperation-germany-france-russia-deal/33462008.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:08:39

• Investigators: Russian GRU behind vandalising Lithuanian partisan leader’s monument ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2601081/investigators-russian-gru-behind-vandalising-lithuanian-partisan-leader-s-monument    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:09:00

• Suspected limpet mine attacks in the Mediterranean highlight a new era of maritime risk ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/suspected-limpet-mine-attacks-in-the-mediterranean-highlight-a-new-era-of-maritime-risk/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:09:35

• But Wayland People keep contradicting themselves by pushing Wayland ☞ https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-july-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:11:27

• Avalue EPI-ARLS 4-inch EPIC SBC features LGA1851 socket for defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra Arrow Lake-S processors ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/02/avalue-epi-arls-4-inch-epic-sbc-features-lga1851-socket-for-intel-core-ultra-arrow-lake-s-processors/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:11:53

• Iran becomes the latest Russian ally to discover the limits of Kremlin support ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/iran-becomes-the-latest-russian-ally-to-discover-the-limits-of-kremlin-support/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:12:13

• How To Install VNC Server on GNU/Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-vnc-server-linux-mint-22/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:12:37

• Russia applauds Cheeto working for Russia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russia-applauds-us-decision-to-halt-key-weapons-deliveries-to-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:13:11

• Israel-Iran war has exposed Russia’s vulnerability ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/israel-iran-war-has-exposed-russias-vulnerability/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:13:38

• Ukraine’s drone wall is Europe’s first line of defense against Russia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-drone-wall-is-europes-first-line-of-defense-against-russia/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:14:02

• Ukraine appeals for clarity as US says it is halting some weapons shipments ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250702-ukraine-appeals-clarity-as-us-says-halting-some-weapons-shipments    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:31:31

• Amid US arms shipment suspension, Lithuanian FM urges continued support for Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2601205/amid-us-arms-shipment-suspension-lithuanian-fm-urges-continued-support-for-ukraine    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:31:52

• US Halts Some Weapons Shipments to Ukraine Amid Concerns Over Stockpile Levels ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-weapons-supply-war-pentagon-trump/33461518.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:32:07

• Pentagon Is Reviewing Which Countries Receive U.S. Weapons ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/politics/pentagon-weapons-review.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:32:27

• Pause in U.S. Weapons Deepens Ukrainian Concerns as Russian Attacks Grow ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-trump-weapons.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:32:36

• US pause some weapons deliveries to Ukraine over depleting military stockpiles ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250703-us-to-pause-weapons-deliveries-to-ukraine-over-depleting-military-stockpiles    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:32:53

• "America hasn’t ended weapons assistance for Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/03/as-washington-halts-critical-interceptor-missile-shipments-u-s-state-department-insists-that-america-hasn-t-ended-weapons-assistance-for-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:33:11

• "Patriot missile shipments to Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/02/u-s-suspends-patriot-missile-shipments-to-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:33:28

• Kherson ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/02/hospital-damaged-in-kherson-as-russian-strikes-hit-multiple-regions-of-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:33:47

• "North Korea preparing to triple number of troops fighting for Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/02/north-korea-preparing-to-triple-number-of-troops-fighting-for-russia-ukrainian-intelligence-says-cnn | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:34:09

• Cofense uncovers dramatic rise in phishing attacks using Spain’s .es domains ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/02/cofense-uncovers-dramatic-rise-phishing-attacks-using-spains-es-domains/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:35:23

• Darktable: The Open Source Lightroom Alternative Every Shooter Needs ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/07/darktable-the-open-source-lightroom-alternative-every-shooter-needs/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:36:15

• Clownflare Rolls Out ‘Permission-Based Approach’ to Hey Hi (AI) Crawling and Content Scraping — Universal Music Says the Move Will ‘Support New Licensing’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/02/cloudflare-ai-scraping-policy/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:36:42

• Iran charges French detainees Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris with spying for Israel ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250702-iran-charges-french-detainees-c%C3%A9cile-kohler-and-jacques-paris-with-spying-for-israel    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:37:00

• SBA Demands Venues Return Millions in COVID Relief Disbursements ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/02/sba-demands-svog-funds-return/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:38:08

• Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/health/fda-covid-vaccines.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:38:20

• Heathrow Shutdown Caused by Problem Left Unfixed for Years, Report Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/world/europe/london-heathrow-shutdown-transformer.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:38:42

• 4 Ways to Fix Clownflare cdn-cgi/rum? HTTP 404 Error ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/cdn-cgi-rum-404-error-fix/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:39:06

• Copyleft-next project relaunched ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1028166/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:39:35

• Common Motion Sickness Drug Being Used to Turn People Into Zombies ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-motion-sickness-drug-being-used-to-turn-people-into-zombies    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:39:59

• Your Food Packaging Is Shedding Microplastics Into Every Meal, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-food-packaging-is-shedding-microplastics-into-every-meal-study-reveals    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:41:02

• Earth Became a Hothouse 250 Million Years Ago, And We Finally Know Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-became-a-hothouse-250-million-years-ago-and-we-finally-know-why    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:41:11

• Scientists Find Most Cats Sleep on Their Left Side – This Could Be Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-most-cats-sleep-on-their-left-side-this-could-be-why    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:41:28

• It's Official: NASA Confirms New Interstellar Object Is Zooming Through Solar System ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-official-nasa-confirms-new-interstellar-object-is-zooming-through-solar-system    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:41:50

• Your Brain on Speed: Is Watching Video in Fast-Forward Bad For Your Memory? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-brain-on-speed-is-watching-video-in-fast-forward-bad-for-your-memory    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:42:05

• Antarctica's Ocean Is Mysteriously Getting Saltier, Spelling End to Sea Ice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/antarcticas-ocean-is-mysteriously-getting-saltier-spelling-end-to-sea-ice    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:42:20

• 'Curse of Tutankhamun' Could Hide a Secret Cancer-Fighting Compound ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/curse-of-tutankhamun-could-hide-a-secret-cancer-fighting-compound    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:42:38

• Common Vitamin Could Be The Secret to Younger-Looking Skin ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-vitamin-could-be-the-secret-to-younger-looking-skin    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:42:52

• "Subpixel Rendering" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/subpixel-rendering-for-impossibly-small-terminal-text/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:43:24

• "Swaps Keys For Gang Signs" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/hack-swaps-keys-for-gang-signs-everyone-gets-in/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:43:52

• Dangerous US Supreme Court Decision for Online Privacy and Security ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/07/dangerous-us-supreme-court-decision-for-online-privacy-and-security/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:44:28

• "I kept wondering why the "recidive" jail never found any repeated offenders from the "butlerian-jihad" jail." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-03-fail2ban-some-more    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:46:47

• "I don't want to blog about this shit show more than once a month. Here we go. Let nobody claim they didn't know. Let nobody who supported Israel get away with it." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-03-israel    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:47:31

• "Aside from beginning with a bout of borrelia, it's been a nice and uneventful vacation (so far)" gemini://tilde.club/~draw/20250703.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:48:15

• "I started a general wiki, called WikiGem! Anyone can edit, and it's backed by git, so everything is version controlled, and you can see the commit history of the wiki. Reverting commits will come soon." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/29900    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:49:30

• 🔤SpellBinding: CEFHSMI Wordo: VIREO gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-03.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:50:42

• "Welcome to WikiGem, the expansive Wiki built specifically for Gemini. This wiki is backed by a git repository, so all changes are version controlled." gemini://auragem.ddns.net/~wikigem/wiki/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:52:38

• Call of Duty reportedly affected by Xbox and Microsoft layoffs https://esportsinsider.com/2025/07/call-of-duty-studio-affected-xbox-layoffs    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:55:16

• Microsoft layoffs hit Xbox division hard; 10% of Candy Crush team cut, multiple games cancelled https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-layoffs-hit-xbox-division-hard-10-of-candy-crush-team-cut-multiple-games-cancelled-11751534650052.html    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:55:45

• Why The Latest Linux Kernel Won’t Run On Your 486 And 586 Anymore https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/why-the-latest-linux-kernel-wont-run-on-your-486-and-586-anymore/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 14:59:56

• "Mini PCs are awesome because of their versatility, and when you marry them with an open-source operating system like Linux, the possibilities are endless. But why install Linux manually when you can skip the image writing and get dedicated support by buying Linux-first?" https://www.howtogeek.com/more-mini-pcs-with-linux-preinstalled/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 15:00:50

• "This week Jonathan chats with benny Vasquez about AlmaLinux! Why is AlmaLinux the choice for slightly older hardware? What is the deal with RISC-V? And how does EPEL fit in? Tune in to find out!" https://hackaday.com/2025/07/02/floss-weekly-episode-839-i-want-to-get-paid-twice/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 15:01:09

• "Although Linux continues to grow, distributions could attract - and retain - even more new users with just a few tweaks." https://www.zdnet.com/article/8-ways-every-linux-distro-could-make-things-a-lot-easier-for-newbies/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 15:02:46

• Liberux NEXX is the Most Powerful Linux Smartphone and Desktop in One That You Probably Never Knew About https://www.techeblog.com/liberux-nexx-linux-smartphone-specs-price-indiegogo/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 15:06:20

• "The Liberux NEXX was designed to be the most powerful Linux phone to date, with features including a Rockchip RK3588S processor, support for up to 32GB of user-replaceable RAM and 512GB of storage, an OLED display, and support for 5G networks." https://liliputing.com/liberux-isnt-giving-up-on-its-ambitious-linux-phone-despite-crowdfunding-fail/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 15:07:59

• "Yesterday, Red Hot Cyber published an in-depth analysis of a gserious vulnerability discovered in SUDO (CVE-2025-32463), which allows escalation of privileges to root in Linux environments by exploiting an abuse of the chroot function." https://www.redhotcyber.com/en/post/linux-pwned-privilege-escalation-on-sudo-in-5-seconds-hackerhood-tests-the-cve-2025-32463-exploit/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 15:11:09

• After more than a year of conflict woes between Bigscreen Beyond VR headsets, Nvidia GPUs and Linux, there's good news at long last as a fix is nearly in sight https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/vr-hardware/after-more-than-a-year-of-conflict-woes-between-bigscreen-beyond-vr-headsets-nvidia-gpus-and-linux-theres-good-news-at-long-last-as-a-fix-is-nearly-in-sight/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 15:12:23

• An Introduction to Linux Filesystem Layout: Where Everything Lives https://www.techloy.com/an-introduction-to-linux-filesystem-layout-where-everything-lives/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 15:13:02

• "Kali Linux has earned a solid reputation in cybersecurity circles for good reason. It comes packed with tools that make vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and security auditing not only possible but also efficient." https://www.xda-developers.com/features-kali-linux-help-keep-network-security-top-shape/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 15:13:30

• Aside from XBox, MSM totally fails to say WHERE in Microsoft the layoffs happen and how many. Many that's why MSFT dropped the bomb on a national holiday.    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 17:49:46

• All The Xbox Games Canceled And Studios Closed In Microsoft's Latest Mass Layoffs https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/all-the-xbox-games-cancelled-and-studios-closed-in-microsofts-latest-mass-layoffs/2900-6726/    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 17:50:39

• Microsoft has never been good at running game studios, which is a problem when it owns them all https://www.polygon.com/analysis/610779/microsoft-layoffs-perfect-dark-everwild-mismanagement    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 17:54:04

• "Notably, a number of Romero Games workers claim the cutbacks at Romero are a direct result of Microsoft's latest layoff spree—which saw the company make significant redundancies across its video game division." https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/report-romero-games-makes-layoffs-after-microsoft-cancels-project-funding    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 17:55:24

• "amid AI restructuring" = we are spreading Microsoft lies. https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/microsoft-lays-off-9-000-employees-cancels-major-games-amid-ai-restructuring-push see http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/29/Microsoft_s_Big_Lies_Regarding_This_Week_s_Mass_Layoffs_Have_Al.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 17:56:27

• The headline is patently false. 2014: 14,000 layoffs. Jan 2023: 11,000. This is false: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/7-key-things-to-know-about-microsofts-second-biggest-layoff-in-history/articleshow/122223366.cms    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 17:57:36

• UNLESS... they know something we don't. Did Microsoft just lay off 13,000 people in one day?    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 17:58:05

• It says "other divisions" but does not name any because this is NOT journalism, it's just parroting what Microsoft said (lied) https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-layoffs-xbox-f44079957b12370f72e24edebe9fcc6b    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 17:59:40

• Where is the press? Where are articles that are based on talking to staff? Articles that say which units got the biggest cuts, how many...    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 18:00:23

• Even AP is adapting to the law standards of slopfarms    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 18:00:43

• (low)    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 18:00:52

• "is it possible that MS is realizing that they are falling short on their AI ROI and somehow need to show some revenue growth by replacing their RiFd staff w/cheaper labor?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6zdx61    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 18:02:12

• "An Indian CEO at the helm? No wonder AI (All India) is front and center in their strategy." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6vpg9n    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 18:03:23

• "All this mumbo jumbo over AI. As I said yesterday….. Really pour all that you have, all that you know into the AI knowledge bank. Your jobs are safe and secure. Keep developing AI and help make it streamlined. Everything else will all just work out. Take college courses on coding, scripting and programming." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6vpg9n    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 18:04:04

• "All the rumors of those jobs being under threat via AI is a huge farce. Burn the midnight oil, sacrifice all of your spare time and weekends on learning coding. It can only benefit you in the future. Trust me on this….you are not in danger of losing your job to AI." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6vpg9n    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 18:04:36

• "Sure! The only reason your mgr was persuading you to stay was so they would have the next person lined up to be put on the layoff list, either in May, in July, or next quarter." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6vpg9n    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 18:05:10

• "This feels so much like how CVX and how they do layoffs every half-year. Welcome to the continuous reorg and the sword of Damocles hanging over your head. It su-ks." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6vpg9n    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 18:05:56

• "Bah….I call b--t.All is well. Just learn large language model and you’re good to go. It’s something you can just hammer out over the weekend and BAM!!!! Instant job on Monday, instant promotion on Tuesday. Easy peezy." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz6r96r9    

posted Thursday, July 03, 2025 at 18:06:53

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