Roy Schestowitz

• How to install 0 A.D. on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/06/how-to-install-0-ad-on-kubuntu-2404.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 00:55:53

• Taylor Swift stadium plot https://www.dw.com/en/teen-in-germany-charged-over-taylor-swift-stadium-plot/a-73067256    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 01:05:33

• surging meth trade https://www.dw.com/en/inside-southeast-asia-s-surging-meth-trade/a-73066620    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 01:06:38

• China border dispute https://www.dw.com/en/india-calls-for-permanent-solution-in-china-border-dispute/a-73057622    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 01:07:17

• Germany to raise minimum wage to €14.60 by 2027 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-€14-60-by-2027/a-73058477    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 01:08:19

• fake https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-viral-evin-prison-blast-video-is-likely-ai-fake/a-73063165    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 01:09:19

• Europe: Scorching heat grips the continent https://www.dw.com/en/europe-scorching-heat-grips-the-continent/a-73070873    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 02:31:42

• China's faltering economy https://www.dw.com/en/china-s-faltering-economy-in-focus-of-wef-tianjin-meeting/a-73057237    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 02:32:15

• charged with rape and sexual assault https://www.dw.com/en/son-of-norway-princess-charged-with-rape-and-sexual-assault/a-73074220    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 03:42:58

• The Right to Criticize: Honoring Independent Journalism at the Izzy Awards https://www.projectcensored.org/independent-journalist-izzy-awards/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 03:43:47

• Kanye West's Australian Visa Revoked Over Offensive Act — Could This Be Bianca Censori's Chance to Break Free? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kanye-wests-australian-visa-revoked-over-offensive-act-could-this-bianca-censoris-chance-1737367    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 03:44:27

• journalist Hassan Zaza https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/cpj-calls-on-syrian-authorities-to-disclose-the-whereabouts-of-kurdish-journalist-hassan-zaza-80085    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 03:44:56

• Pointless, mindless chaff. They just render in another colour. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/microsoft-windows-blue-screen-of-death-1.7572342    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 03:46:50

• Instead of actually SOLVING the root issues/causes    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 03:47:23

• techrights has no microsoft focus, it has an evil company focus, which means it must write a lot about microsoft    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:04:55

• Hackers Using PDFs to Impersonate Microsoft, DocuSign, and More in Callback Phishing Campaigns https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/hackers-using-pdfs-to-impersonate.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:05:48

• Apple Revamps EU App Store Terms to Avert More Fines https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-06-27/apple-revamps-eu-app-store-terms-to-avert-more-fines    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:06:11

• Attempting to Comply With the Latest Dictums Regarding the DMA https://daringfireball.net/2025/06/apple_app_store_policy_updates_dma    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:07:06

• Vulkan = Microsoft ---hub, unlike Blender https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/06/26/2035245/blender-50-introducing-hdr-support-on-linux-with-vulkan--wayland    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:08:21

• City in France https://www.neowin.net/news/city-in-france-is-latest-to-ditch-windows-and-office-in-favor-of-linux-and-foss-alternatives/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:08:55

• X11 Fork XLibre Released For Testing On Systemd-Free Artix Linux https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/06/28/054245/x11-fork-xlibre-released-for-testing-on-systemd-free-artix-linux    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:09:41

• How to Repair a Corrupted USB Drive in Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/repair-corrupted-usb-drive-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:11:17

• How to Set Up a Web-based Code Server on Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/set-up-web-based-code-server-on-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:11:47

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (26/2025): Cell Broadcasting https://linmob.net/weekly-update-26-2025/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:12:14

• OK, it looks like PCLinuxOS is being rebuilt https://pclinuxos.com/ https://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:20:27

• And the "hello world" post has been removed https://pclinuxos.com/2025/07/02/hello-world/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:21:32

• How to “Wilder” in a Virtual, Financialized World https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/01/how-to-wilder-in-a-virtual-financialized-world/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:38:14

• Self determination theory https://theconversation.com/self-determination-theory-how-to-use-it-to-boost-wellbeing-259829    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:38:52

• SLOP, not HEY HI https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-how-to-spot-ai-generated-newscasts/a-73053782    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:39:18

• Whose stupid idea was it that SLOP would offer REAL value? The media got paid to promote and popularise this lie.    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:40:02

• Specifically, it got paid to sell PLAGIARISM as "INTELLIGENCE"    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:40:26

• Slop devouring YouTube now https://www.maketecheasier.com/ai-powered-youtube-search/ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mrbeast-pulls-ai-thumbnail-tool-after-backlash-youtubers-didnt-mean-upset-anyone-1736910    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:41:20

• As if YouTube didn't already have enough crap #shorts uploaded to it and drowning out content, saturating the pool    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:42:15

• Google CANNOT complain about slop on the Web because Google PROMOTES its own slop ("Gemini"), so it would be like complaining about the water having urine in it while standing on the springboard peeing into the pool    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:43:53

• boredom https://www.vox.com/life/418586/kids-summer-phones-youtube-millennials-boredom    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:44:48

• US Supreme Court to Review Billion-Dollar Cox Communications Copyright Case https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-06-30/us-supreme-court-to-review-billion-dollar-cox-communications-copyright-case    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:45:51

• 'man' - read the manual pages - Video Man Pages https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=1V5ewUKIM1I    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:48:15

• Choosing a Linux Distro | Beginner's Guide to Linux https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=9Alx5jPZlX4    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:48:48

• Wayback: Fork In The Road For X11 Support https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Hg3j1GapNyw    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:51:34

• 16 GREAT LINUX FOSS APPS https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Hqvkpkhv3_8    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:51:54

• Wayland Has A Problem With Primary Monitors https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=pLzxP4WFe5U    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:52:35

• "Stop Killing Games" Needs Your Help ... should take aim at IBM and Fedora also!! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=SlgkM8XLuZ8    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:53:04

• Ditch Top for Btop++ – Gorgeous, Fast, and User-Friendly https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ZXClWDkOH3Q    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:53:24

• Kali Linux KDE 2025.1a Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/shorts/OXl2_sFzrlo    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:53:43

• 'mv' - move files and directories - Video Man Pages https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=R8CQjsNYdvY    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:54:34

• Says IBM https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=3EPSoRH_haE    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:54:56

• KDE X11 Support Has A Very Long Life Left https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=g11x9V2L4zU    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 04:55:22

• Kenya Gen Z protests see press freedom under fire https://www.dw.com/en/kenya-gen-z-protests-see-press-freedom-under-fire/a-73078878    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:12:19

• Germany and COVID-19: What went wrong? https://www.dw.com/en/germany-and-covid-19-what-went-wrong/a-73062579    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:13:02

• police ban https://www.dw.com/en/big-attendance-expected-at-budapest-pride-despite-police-ban/a-73074461    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:14:13

• Journalist Hesen Zaza https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/journalist-hesen-zaza-detained-by-government-forces-in-syria-80014    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:16:01

• How to install Lubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=YUDPtsaUCKs    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:16:25

• GhostBSD 25.01 Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/shorts/IAyGQTjQBxw    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:16:38

• Lubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=AaCfy_YWp-I    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:16:51

• 5 Things I ABSOLUTELY HATE in GNOME (And How I Fix Them) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=xZyhs-b6P5c don't use GNOME?    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:17:21

• Hyprland Premium Is Not What It Seems https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=7AcG44TC2-A    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:17:34

• "Ergo, when trying to use the Fate rules together with a blorbier prep, something’s got to give. It’s not inherently a good fit. And that can mean giving up on blorb principles and/or house-ruling Fate. Blorb is totally my jam so I tried to go for the latter." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/fate-blorb    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:24:20

• "The changelog is very paradigm specific and each entry highly correlated to the last, and the photo log is mostly just the photo and clicking through to a single page with just one photo doesn't make much sense when you could link the photo directly if you wanted that." gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/log/2025-07-05.tiny-log.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:25:05

• The 4th gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/JUL2025/entry-1    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:26:23

• "Junior woke up early today which in turn leads to us waking up early (mostly to the sound of something crashing down and his manic laughter). Well, as we are already awake and the chances that he would go back to bed where near zero we decided that we just roll with it and start our day." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/050725.txt    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:27:15

• "Randomly chosen images from Geminispace" gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-07-06.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:28:20

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1693.jpg    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:28:58

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1343.jpg    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:29:03

• between train rides and tonic gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/between_train_rides_and_tonic    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 05:29:46

• social media can be dangerous https://www.dw.com/en/for-women-in-pakistan-social-media-can-be-dangerous/a-73060858    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:23:56

• Europe swelters as early summer heat breaks records https://www.dw.com/en/europe-swelters-as-early-summer-heat-breaks-records/a-73085364    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:24:26

• brunt of bitcoin mining https://www.dw.com/en/us-rural-communities-bearing-the-brunt-of-bitcoin-mining/a-72889383 http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:25:20

• cut development aid https://www.dw.com/en/to-prioritize-defense-germany-to-cut-development-aid/a-73093270    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:26:08

• trafficking victims https://www.dw.com/en/more-trafficking-victims-forced-into-online-scam-hubs/a-73095664    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:26:43

• influencers normalize misogyny for clicks https://www.dw.com/en/manosphere-when-influencers-normalize-misogyny-for-clicks/a-73060131    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:27:08

• Turkey raises natural gas prices, marking 150% increase in 16 months https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-raises-natural-gas-prices-marking-150-increase-in-16-months-309064    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:28:33

• Flames https://bianet.org/haber/massive-wildfires-sweep-western-turkey-as-strong-winds-hamper-response-308955 https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-30/wildfires-burn-in-turkey-and-france-as-early-heatwave-hits    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:29:36

• 25 billion dollars in losses https://bianet.org/haber/krg-says-halt-in-oil-exports-to-turkey-caused-25-billion-dollars-in-losses-308810    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:30:26

• Turkey’s unemployment rate at 8.4% in May https://bianet.org/haber/turkeys-unemployment-rate-at-8-4-in-may-308966    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:32:08

• SparkKitty https://www.maketecheasier.com/protect-phone-from-sparkkitty/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:33:18

• journalist Ismail Abu Hatab https://cpj.org/2025/07/israeli-airstrike-kills-photojournalist-ismail-abu-hatab-21-injures-journalist-in-gaza/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:34:04

• Clergyman Who Criticized the Government https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-27/crowds-block-armenian-security-forces-from-arresting-a-clergyman-who-has-criticized-the-government    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:37:00

• renewables https://www.dw.com/en/how-do-renewables-contribute-to-energy-security/a-73047739    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:37:26

• Northern Light Health patients affected by security incident at Compumedics; 10 healthcare entities affected https://databreaches.net/2025/06/27/northern-light-health-patients-affected-by-security-incident-at-compumedics-10-healthcare-entities-affected/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:38:43

• Flood-Hit China Expands Social Security Net as Extreme Rain Takes Toll https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-06-27/flood-hit-china-expands-social-security-net-as-extreme-rain-takes-toll    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:39:09

• Hikvision https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hikvision-ordered-cease-canadian-operations-security-concerns-1.7573584    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:39:31

• Serious cybersecurity risks identified in pathology provider audit https://www.theage.com.au/national/serious-cybersecurity-risks-identified-in-pathology-provider-audit-20250630-p5mbhg.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:40:26

• CNN May Be Prosecuted https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-07-01/homeland-security-secretary-noem-says-cnn-may-be-prosecuted-over-report-on-migration-app    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:41:41

• What His Hanging Reveals About Japan's Justice and Death Penalty System https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/takahiro-shiraishi-twitter-killer-executed-what-his-hanging-reveals-about-japans-justice-death-1736927    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:43:47

• Mastodon was never a "Twitter killer" but a copycat    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:44:18

• UN Peacekeeping Chief Warns That Conflict in Sudan Is Spilling Into Central African Republic https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-06-27/un-peacekeeping-chief-warns-that-conflict-in-sudan-is-spilling-into-central-african-republic    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:47:36

• cancer drugs https://www.dw.com/en/1-in-6-cancer-drugs-in-four-african-nations-are-defective/a-73062221    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:48:03

• Nearly 20% of cancer drugs defective in 4 African nations https://www.dw.com/en/nearly-20-of-cancer-drugs-defective-in-4-african-nations/a-73062221    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:48:37

• plant breeders' rights system = monopolies http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/06/south-africas-new-plant-breeders-rights.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:49:08

• H5N1 Bird Flu on Poultry Farms https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-07-02/south-africa-reports-h5n1-bird-flu-on-poultry-farms-international-agency-says    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:49:55

• "When I first setup my gemini server, I used my main domain 8by3.net that was valid for ten years. That seemed like a long time. I used the following command to get a key and crt." gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/log/2025-07-01.new-cert-old-key.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:55:17

• Hopefully still alive https://blog.the-brannons.com/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:56:21

• Rust is SO good that so many projects that are IMPORTANT are written in Rust, like.... wait, almost nothing!    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:57:22

• Rust is SO security-conscious that it chose to outsource everything, even all the files... to to NSA ;-)    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 06:58:53

• The "s" in Rust stands for security, just like the "s" in "GITHUB" (the CSO is NSA)    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:00:06

• French air traffic controller strike strands thousands https://www.dw.com/en/french-air-traffic-controller-strike-strands-thousands/a-73140444    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:17:39

• Crete https://www.dw.com/en/crete-wildfire-on-greek-island-prompts-evacuations/a-73135182    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:18:31

• pipeline https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/enbridge-says-it-would-pitch-new-alberta-b-c-pipeline-only-under-right-conditions-1.7570677    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:19:13

• Canada's digital services tax https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-terminating-trade-discussions-canada-1.7572964 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-digital-services-tax-explained-1.7573099    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:20:10

• 'mismanagement' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-government-supervisors-4-school-boards-1.7572705    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:20:45

• urban heat islands https://www.dw.com/en/what-are-urban-heat-islands/a-73125012    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:21:42

• Australia https://www.dw.com/en/australia-cancels-kanye-west-s-visa-over-nazi-song/a-73122745    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:22:12

• reliance on Chinese drones https://www.dw.com/en/can-taiwan-help-germany-ease-its-reliance-on-chinese-drones/a-73092796    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:22:48

• Europe heat wave https://www.dw.com/en/europe-heat-wave-intensifies-as-fresh-warnings-issued/live-73108302    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:23:48

• "Time really flies huh? GamingOnLinux has now been around officially for 16 years." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/happy-birthday-gamingonlinux-16-years-today/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:25:15

• "Lithuania to boost cyber defences during zapad military exercise" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2603175/lithuania-to-boost-cyber-defences-during-zapad-military-exercise    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:25:47

• "Blogs have birthdays too" https://birming.com/2025/07/05/blogs-also-have-birthdays/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:26:07

• "The Web Is So Cool" https://lmnt.me/blog/the-web-is-so-cool.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:26:18

• "PewDiePie INSTALLED Linux… Here’s Why You Should Too!" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/pewdiepie-installed-linux%E2%80%A6-here%E2%80%99s:1    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:26:27

• "Yanis Varoufakis on the Legacy of Greece’s Oxi Referendum" https://jacobin.com/2025/07/yanis-varoufakis-on-the-legacy-of-greeces-oxi-referendum/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:26:44

• "Elon Musk announces creation of his new ‘America Party’" https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250705-elon-musk-announces-creation-of-his-new-america-party    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:26:53

• "Hvad er det Open Source kan, som Closed Source ikke kan ? | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/hvad-er-det-open-source-kan-som-closed-source-ikke-kan    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:27:08

• "(National) identity crisis A Moldovan journalist grapples with her home country’s post-independence transformation" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/04/national-identity-crisis    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:27:22

• Khamenei Appears in Public for First Time Since Israel War Began ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/world/middleeast/ayatollah-khamenei-iran-israel.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:30:31

• Sudan sees mass atrocities and attacks on health facilities, rights group says ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/sudan-sees-mass-atrocities-and-attacks-on-health-facilities-rights-group-says/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:30:47

• "You can also read the message in full while you wait for the updated packages for OpenBSD-current to turn up on your favorite mirror." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250705081711 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:31:18

• KDE is fixing blurry screens by snapping almost-1x scale factors back to 1x on Wayland ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-is-fixing-blurry-screens-by-snapping-almost-1x-scale-factors-back-to-1x-on-wayland/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:31:57

• This Week in Plasma: chugging along ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/07/05/this-week-in-plasma-chugging-along/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:33:16

• "After more than a decade of timely updates, Google Search's takedown transparency report has stalled since mid-April." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/googles-dmca-transparency-report-freezes-after-recent-volume-surge/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:37:13

• "A court in Brazil has handed down prison sentences totaling 14 years to three individuals for money laundering offenses linked to a pirate IPTV service." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-iptv-trio-sentenced-to-14-years-prison-for-money-laundering-250705/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:37:33

• "The antitrust complaint focuses on Google’s AI Overviews feature." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/04/publisher-group-files-eu-antitrust-complaint-google-ai-overviews/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:38:43

• "EU antitrust complaint over its AI Overviews" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/googles-ai-overviews-hit-by-eu-antitrust-complaint-independent-publishers-2025-07-04/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:39:05

• "poll shows that the government's plan to cancel the tax deductibility of union membership fees is deeply unpopular." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20171202 | Source: YLE    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:39:54

• "The young Dalai Lama’s childhood ended abruptly in 1950 when the Chinese Communist regime’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) invaded" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/07/04/dalai-lama-90-birthday-profile/ | Source: RFA    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:40:23

• "It’s part of a major shift that has thrust the military into border enforcement with Mexico like never before." ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/07/05/militarized-zones-now-make-up-13-of-southern-border-stirring-debates/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:41:30

• "we’ll see more and more cases like these" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-04/latinos-denounce-ices-use-of-racial-profiling-to-detain-us-citizens-i-am-american.html | Source: El País    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:42:45

• "Kurdish prisoner Agit Kortak, who is being held in Erzincan High Security Closed Prison" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/kurdish-prisoner-sentenced-to-solitary-confinement-over-kurdish-song-lyrics-in-his-notebooks-80119 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:43:03

• "No official reason has been provided by the Indian government or X, leaving the exact cause unclear." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/reuters-x-account-withheld-in-india-1889707 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:43:55

• "Reached by phone a few days ago, the investigating judge in charge of the Tesse case was neither reassured nor reassuring." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250704-forbidden-stories-an-anti-corruption-journalist-s-murder-in-haiti-and-a-prosecutor-above-the-law | Source: France24    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:44:19

• "Canadians are increasingly turning to online personalities for financial advice" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/finfluencers-stock-tips-1.7572820 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:45:27

• "Russia has removed the image of a dove of peace from the cover of its official high school history textbook" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/04/russia-removes-peace-symbol-from-school-textbook-cover-a89690 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:45:45

• "To create credible advanced cloud providers here in Europe, we can build on our existing hardware/network/storage providers. And one could then base advanced services on existing (open source) software." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/european-cloud-modules/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:46:13

• "t’s fairly easy to have an idea and start a company around it, however, what’s hard for many is continuing the business." ☛ https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/avoid-vc-funded-companies/ | Source: Gregory Hammond    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:46:56

• "One way companies continue is by going to venture capitalists (also known as angel investors, which I’ll use interchangeably) and asking for money in return for something. There are positives and negatives to this, not only for the business but also the end customer."    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:47:36

• "Billionaire tech moguls aren't the only ones doomsaying about artificial intelligence layoffs." ☛ https://futurism.com/ceos-ai-job-market | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:48:00

• "Microsoft has announced its decision to shut down its limited operations in Pakistan, citing its ongoing global strategy to reduce workforce and streamline regional engagements." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/neighbours/microsoft-closes-pakistan-office-after-25-years-amid-global-restructuring-1889565 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:48:14

• "The move, which sparked speculation on social media, was first brought to public attention by a LinkedIn post from Jawad Rehman, the former head of Microsoft Pakistan." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-shuts-down-pakistan-office-as-global-firms-lose-faith-in-local-market/articleshow/122265243.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:48:29

• "The European Commission confirms that the Artificial Intelligence Act will proceed as scheduled. There will be no delays or grace periods." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-rules-to-go-ahead-no-pause-eu-commission-says/articleshow/122248994.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:48:57

• "It would be odd if the economics of Substack — a collection of writers and publications with paying subscribers" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/pressure-on-substack/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:49:42

• "if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere" ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2025/07/05/paintings-of-norwegian-fjords-1827-99/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:50:53

• "The goal of the plan is to transfer an additional 70,000 barrels of oil per day from the Wildcat Loadout Facility, which is located in Utah, down to the Gulf Coast refineries via a route that runs along the Colorado River" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-quietly-accelerates-massive-crude-oil-project-on-colorado-river/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:51:36

• "In Boxtown, the historically Black neighborhood in South Memphis where xAI's data center is situated, Musk's unfettered pollution has ripped the band-aid off a wound that had barely begun to heal." ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-pollution-permit | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:52:06

• "Many scientists fear, however, that we're actually underestimating its impact." ☛ https://futurism.com/major-satellite-suddenly-disappears | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:56:54

• "None of what appeared in the Vancouver Province actually happened. It was all one reporter’s wild speculation." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/empress-of-ireland-survivor-mystery/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 07:59:58

• "What do you do when your employer is breaking the law?" ☛ https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-opinion/what-should-you-do-if-your-employer-is-breaking-laws.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:00:07

• "Irregular migrants pelted Lithuanian border guards with stones" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2603221/migrants-throw-stones-at-lithuanian-border-guards-after-failed-border-crossing | Source: LRT    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:00:52

• "Many immigrants may feel patriotic towards their adopted country, too -- after all, they actually chose it" ☛ https://www.netmeister.org/blog/2025-07-04.html | Source: Jan Schaumann    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:01:26

• "Let us examine what Congress has actually authorized, since apparently no one else wishes to do so with any precision." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-secret-police-are-here | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:01:42

• "But for the Afghans fighting with Americans, Zero Unit slots were coveted because of better pay, better training" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/zero-units-cia-secret-afghan-army-1235375427/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:01:54

• [Old] "Around a million years ago (it feels like) but actually 9 months ago I delivered a brief talk on end to end encryption for the European Internet Forum at the European Parliament." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/end-to-end-encryption-european-internet-forum/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:02:36

• "The European Commission is working on a legislative proposal called chat control. If the law goes into effect, all EU citizens will have their communications monitored and audited. Now is the time to stop it." ☛ https://mullvad.net/en/chatcontrol | Source: Mullvad VPN    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:02:46

• "The European Commission is honestly asking for experts to advise them on ways to institute “effective and lawful access to data for law enforcement”. If you are an expert, I urge you to apply to join this group. You have until September 1st. Do read on for more details!" ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/possible-end-to-end-to-end-come-help/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:02:59

• "The NYT's lawsuit against OpenAI alleges that the AI company used the traditional media company's articles in the training of its large language models." ☛ https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/openai-execs-whine-about-the-new-york-times-lawsuit-during-live-nyt-event-get-served-by-nyt-journalist-it-must-be-really-hard-when-someone-does-something-with-your-data-you-dont-want-them-to/ | Source: PC Gamer    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:03:29

• "Scam Altman Just Got Roasted Right to His Face" ☛ https://futurism.com/journalists-roast-sam-altman | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:03:51

• "Android 16's new "network notification" feature can potentially expose when your device is connected to a fake cell tower" ☛ https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-mobile-network-security-3571497/ | Source: Android Authority    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:05:05

• Windows TCO ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2025/07/05/survey-war-cyberattacks-top-security-concerns-support-european-cooperation-grows | Source: NL Times    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:05:24

• "Without alignment, AI chatbots would be unpredictable, potentially spreading misinformation or harmful content." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/chatgpt-5-surprising-truths-about-how-ai-chatbots-actually-work | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:09:29

• "As always, I remain particularly interested in the field of open source models, not just for the obvious moral and custodial benefits but increasingly for the economic benefits." ☛ https://jmduke.com/posts/post/uber-for-tokens/ | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:09:38

• "But a much better example is making the rounds: CatAttack, an LLM attack that uses seemingly harmless phrases to confuse language models." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/07/05/cat-facts-cause-context-confusion.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:09:50

• "As we’ve seen over the past two weeks, Veo will not take direction. It has no consistency. It keeps making stuff up." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/05/google-veo-3-fails-week-3-fail-harder-with-a-vengeance/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:10:03

• "Modular prompting is a technique to divide a prompt into multiple sections." ☛ https://blog.adnansiddiqi.me/writing-modular-prompts/ | Source: Adnan Siddiqi    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:10:15

• "Google started the transition to using Artificial Intelligence in 2024, and that September introduced Audio Overview to provide spoken summaries of documents." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2025/07/05/a-brief-history-of-internet-search/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:10:31

• "But looking toward the blushing sky ahead of me, I realized that I didn’t even want this music to be art, or to feel that I was communing with its makers." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/velvet-sundown-ai-band-spotify/683410/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:10:46

• "With roughly 1.5 million papers indexed each year on the academic journal database PubMed, that means that at least 200,000 of those papers could have been written with the help of LLMs" ☛ https://futurism.com/scientific-papers-ai-writing-generated | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:11:01

• 'Impure' (slop, fake, chatbot-generated) papers will face the same fate as slopfarms. Once caught, nobody will trust the journals and authors again. This is an opportunity for ethical ones to rise while the rest fall.    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:13:22

• "Hola is a different kind of VPN. It doesn’t run on its own servers." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/hola-vpn-zimbabwe-data-bundles/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:13:44

• "Meetali Jain, a lawyer and founder of the Tech Justice Law project" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/chatgpts-mental-health-costs-adding-up/266222/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:14:10

• "Our attention is being stolen. We’re slowly losing the ability to concentrate, not only because of TikTok, but also because we constantly have access to easy consumption." ☛ https://arne.me/blog/reclaiming-my-attention | Source: Arne Bahlo    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:14:25

• "One of the disposable e-cigarettes studied released more lead during a day's use than nearly 20 packs of traditional cigarettes: [...]" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/lead-its-what-lungs-crave/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:14:38

• "It’s been almost a week since my June experiment ended and I’m starting to notice some interesting and unexpected long-lasting effects." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/rewiring-the-brain | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:15:28

• "The bill, which was just signed into law, adds massively to "Since the disastrous launch of the RTX 50 series, NVIDIA has been unable to escape negative headlines" ☛ https://blog.sebin-nyshkim.net/posts/nvidia-is-full-of-shit/ | Source: Sebin i>

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:16:46

• "My other former employees have more or less all found an alternative in a relatively short time" ☛ https://mzll.it/2025/07/where-we-stand/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:17:49

• "This experience has me thinking about the role of technology in our lives. It’s possible for me to take pictures of art, and to recognise them with my phone." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/07/04/it-s-possible-maybe-useful-but-is-it-necessary | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:19:10

• "This website is a trip down memory lane. I'm not trying to tell you to stop modern web development." ☛ https://simplesite.ayra.ch/ | Source: A Simple Website    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:19:22

• "Between 2014 and 2022, DigitalOcean sent free t-shirts to developers who completed the Hacktoberfest challenge." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/making-my-own-hacktoberfest-t-shirts/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:19:36

• [Old] "Leino stayed in Helsinki during the Civil War in 1918. The war shocked him to the core and he realised that he could not identify with either side in the conflict." ☛ https://375humanistia.helsinki.fi/en/eino-leino/high-brow-cultural-journals-and-low-brow-political-sketches | Source: The University of Helsinki    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:19:57

• "As a linguist who studies American dialects" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/07/05/pop-soda-or-coke-the-fizzy-history-behind-americas-favorite-linguistic-debate/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:20:10

• Leadership in Free Software ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/06/Leadership_in_Free_Software.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:22:11

• “Twibel” Actions Against Comedians (and Why It's a Truly Low Blow) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/Twibel_Actions_Against_Comedians_and_Why_It_s_a_Truly_Low_Blow.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:22:21

• Slop Videos Are Disappointing Garbage, Nothing New, Just Brute Force up on Display or a Pedestal of Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/Slop_Videos_Are_Disappointing_Garbage_Nothing_New_Just_Brute_Fo.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:22:30

• Crime and Corruption at Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Cannot be Covered Up by SLAPPs in Another Continent ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/Crime_and_Corruption_at_Microsoft_GitHub_Cannot_be_Covered_Up_b.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:22:40

• Monopolies and Scalping ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/Monopolies_and_Scalping.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:22:50

• Julian Assange Has Been Free for a Year ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/Julian_Assange_Has_Been_Free_for_a_Year.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:22:59

• In 2025 Everything is "AI". Remember Blockchains? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/In_2025_Everything_is_AI_Remember_Blockchains.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:23:57

• The Death of X Has Been Greatly Exaggerated (by Compromised Media) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/The_Death_of_X_Has_Been_Greatly_Exaggerated_by_Compromised_Medi.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:24:07

• Microsoft's MSN Helps Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Spread Lies About the Layoffs' Scale (Well Over 25,000 People Laid Off This Year) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/Microsoft_s_MSN_Helps_Microsoft_Spread_Lies_About_the_Layoffs_S.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:24:15

• U.S. Turns Eight Migrants Over to South Sudan, Ending Weeks of Legal Limbo ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/migrants-djibouti-south-sudan.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:25:53

• Iran Looks to BRICS for Allies, Testing a New World Order ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/world/americas/iran-brics-summit-rio-de-janeiro.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:26:10

• Israel 'systematically' violating Lebanon ceasefire deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250705-israel-systematically-violating-lebanon-ceasefire-deal    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:26:23

• Israel conducts deadly strikes on southern Lebanon despite fragile ceasefire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250705-israel-conducts-deadly-strikes-on-southern-lebanon-despite-fragile-ceasefire    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:26:35

• New Xfinity router motion-detecting feature stokes privacy fears — feature powered by Wi-Fi signals ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/routers/new-xfinity-router-motion-detecting-feature-stokes-privacy-fears-feature-powered-by-wi-fi-signals    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:26:57

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Hints At New Sanctions On Russia Amid Ongoing Fighting With Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33464766.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:27:57

• Weeks After Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Bankruptcy in Russia the Company Shuts Down in Pakistan, Too ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/Weeks_After_Microsoft_Bankruptcy_in_Russia_the_Company_Shuts_Do.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:28:31

• Russia becomes the first country to recognize Taliban government in Afghanistan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-becomes-the-first-country-to-recognize-taliban-government-in-afghanistan/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:28:44

• Vulnerabilities ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/07/04/common-vulnerabilities-and-exposures-cve-funding/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:32:54

• "Clicking that link will bring you a colorful article with all implementation details and links to the code for you" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250705081315 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:33:28

• "You are given a string containing only lower case English letters and ?." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/all-good.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:33:50

• "An ordered map is typically slower than a hash map, but it is needed every now and then. Thus I implemented one in Pystd." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/07/deoptimizing-red-black-tree.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:34:23

• "Sometimes these commands can save the day, but they can also give some headaches and cause serious data loss" ☛ https://pawelgrzybek.com/redo-the-undo/ | Source: Paweł Grzybek    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:34:42

• "In a fediverse post on 2025-07-04, the Game of Trees Hub announced that they will be taking signups for repository hosting: [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250705080828 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:34:52

• "Today I’m celebrating my two-year work anniversary at Weaviate, a vector database company." ☛ https://www.leoniemonigatti.com/blog/what_i_learned.html | Source: Leonie Monigatti    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:37:10

• "It has been nearly two weeks since I set up this blogroll, and it has already changed how I keep up with my feeds." ☛ https://susam.net/blogroll-as-feed-reader.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:37:47

• ""Thirty years ago, Netscape engineer Brendan Eich famously created a new client-side scripting language in just ten days. ☛ https://thenewstack.io/30-years-of-javascript-10-milestones-that-changed-the-web/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:37:56

• Eich created JS, Baker created a fortune for herself as she killed the Netscape family of browsers... on Google's (GAFAM) payroll    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:38:57

• "The latest 7-Zip release speeds up bzip2 by up to 40%, improves ZIP and FAT archive support" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/7-zip-25-file-archiver-released-with-performance-gains/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:39:07

• "The sixth generation of the Fairphone repairable mobile was launched at the end of June." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/05/ifixit_gives_fairphone_10/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:40:55

• "The coreboot project is pleased to announce the release of coreboot 25.06" ☛ https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2025/07/04/announcing-the-coreboot-release-25-06/ | Source: Coreboot (Official)    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:41:20

• "" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-google-chrome-on-almalinux-10/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:42:14

• How To Install Surveillance Giant Google Chrome on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-google-chrome-almalinux-10/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:44:15

• How to add 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) in Raspberry PI OS with Surveillance Giant Google Authenticator for SSH login ☞ https://peppe8o.com/how-to-add-2-factor-authentication-2fa-in-raspberry-pi-os-lite-with-google-authenticator-for-ssh-login/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:44:38

• How To Install OpenLDAP on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openldap-manjaro/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:45:15

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

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:45:36

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

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:45:46

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

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:46:00

• "they're all greedy corporations out there to make money" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/what-microsoft-thinks-about-games/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:51:12

• "Even when exposing a feature doesn't necessarily require providing programs with internal information from the filesystem" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/FilesystemsNotExposingFeatures | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:51:57

• "the early Unix kernels" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/OSKernelsAndMultipleReturns | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:52:11

• Anwar’s Paris visit a success, marks revival of partnerships across all sectors, says Macron ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/anwars-paris-visit-a-success-marks-revival-of-partnerships-across-all-sectors-says-macron    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:53:39

• How a Singaporean heatproofs himself to cope with 40 deg C summer in Chongqing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/surviving-40-deg-c-summer-in-chongqing-one-of-chinas-hottest-cities    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:54:42

• Mini review – Use LocalSend for simple file transfer on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.reallinuxuser.com/mini-review-use-localsend-for-simple-file-transfer-on-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:55:32

• 'Linux' Foundation Apparently Flirting With Slop (Marketing by LLM-Generated SPAM) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/Linux_Foundation_Apparently_Flirting_With_Slop_Marketing_by_LLM.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:58:12

• Kevin Fenzi: whew. Datacenter move (mostly) over ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/07/05/whew-datacenter-move-mostly-over/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:58:40

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:59:21

• DXVK 2.7 Drops Legacy Driver Support, Brings Performance Boosts ☞ https://linuxiac.com/dxvk-2-7-drops-legacy-driver-support-brings-performance-boosts/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 08:59:28

• Hashrat – hashing tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hashrat-hashing-tool/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:00:19

• Alternatives to popular CLI tools: free ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternatives-popular-cli-tools-free/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:00:31

• lcms2 – color management engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lcms2-color-management-engine/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:00:44

• EmptyEpsilon – spaceship bridge simulator game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/emptyepsilon-spaceship-bridge-simulator-game/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:00:57

• Length measures objects on screen ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/length-measures-objects-screen/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:03:52

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Audio Grabbers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/audiograbbersgraphical/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:04:03

• GTKTerm – serial port communication software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gtkterm-serial-port-communication-software/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:04:15

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says He Will Start Talks With China on Fentanylware (TikTok) Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/politics/trump-china-tiktok.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:06:41

• COVID-19 Sped Up Site Improvements in Techrights ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/COVID_19_Sped_Up_Site_Improvements_in_Techrights.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:07:49

• Violence at Synagogue and Restaurant Unnerves Jews in Melbourne ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/world/australia/jewish-synagogue-restaurant-violence.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:10:31

• The Top Five — For the Week Ending July 4, 2025 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/07/the-top-five-for-the-week-ending-july-4-2025/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:11:10

• A Feast Of 1970s Gaming History ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/05/a-feast-of-1970s-gaming-history-and-an-8080-arcade-board/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:12:08

• YouTube Pirates Are Cashing In on Hollywood’s Summer Blockbusters ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/technology/youtube-piracy-movies-copyright.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:12:25

• Even The Right Wing is Rejecting Bryan Lunduke ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/Even_The_Right_Wing_is_Rejecting_Bryan_Lunduke.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:13:19

• Bryan Lunduke is Actually Sending His Audience to Attack People ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/Bryan_Lunduke_is_Actually_Sending_His_Audience_to_Attack_People.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:13:27

• PHUSE Update ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/phuse-update/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:14:40

• DXVK 2.7 Improves Support for God of War, Watch Dogs 2, and Final Fantasy XIV ☞ https://9to5linux.com/dxvk-2-7-improves-support-for-god-of-war-watch-dogs-2-and-final-fantasy-xiv    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:15:31

• Taavi Väänänen: Tracking my train travel by parsing tickets in emails ☞ https://taavi.wtf/posts/parsing-train-ticket-emails/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:17:30

• "Running DOOM on ARM?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/05/daisy-chain-of-hacks-lets-new-arm-board-run-doom/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:18:09

• Sergio Cipriano: How I finally tracked my Debian uploads correctly ☞ https://sergiocipriano.com/track-debian-uploads.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:18:27

• Rewriting Things in Rust (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/Rewriting_Things_in_Rust.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:18:36

• “Twibel” Actions Against Comedians (and Why It's a Truly Low Blow) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/Twibel_Actions_Against_Comedians_and_Why_It_s_a_Truly_Low_Blow.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:18:51

• How to Combat the Exploitation and Abuse by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/05/How_to_Combat_the_Exploitation_and_Abuse_by_Microsoft_GitHub.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:18:59

• Steven Deobald: 2025-07-05 GNOME Foundation Update ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/07/05/2025-07-05-foundation-update/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:23:58

• MIT team creates chip-based 3D printer the size of a coin, cures resin using only light — handheld 3D printing tech enabled by silicon photonics ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/mit-team-creates-chip-based-3d-printer-the-size-of-a-coin-cures-resin-using-only-light-handheld-3d-printing-tech-enabled-by-silicon-photonics    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:25:08

• LUNYEE 3018 Pro Ultra review with offline controller and Easel CNC software (Part 2) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/05/lunyee-3018-pro-ultra-review-with-offline-controller-and-easel-cnc-software/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:25:42

• Sergio Cipriano: Disable sleep on lid close ☞ https://sergiocipriano.com/sleep-lid-close.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:26:14

• KDE Gear 25.08 branches created ☞ https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2025/07/kde-gear-2508-branches-created.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:27:39

• Iran’s Khamenei makes first public appearance since start of Israel-Iran war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250705-iran-s-khamenei-makes-first-public-appearance-since-start-of-israel-iran-war    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:28:17

• UK police arrest supporters of banned Palestine Action group at London protest ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250705-uk-police-arrest-supporters-of-banned-palestine-action-group-at-london-protest    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:28:36

• Possible End to End to End Encryption: Come Help ☞ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/possible-end-to-end-to-end-come-help/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:29:06

• The Great Inflatable Dome of China: 50m-high bubble blocks dust and noise from construction site ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/the-great-inflatable-dome-of-china-50m-bubble-blocks-dust-and-noise-from-construction-site    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:30:00

• Tomatoes in The Galapagos Islands Appear to Be Evolving in Reverse ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tomatoes-in-the-galapagos-islands-appear-to-be-evolving-in-reverse    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:31:30

• Surprise Discovery About Sugar in The Brain Could Help Fight Alzheimer's ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-discovery-about-sugar-in-the-brain-could-help-fight-alzheimers    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:31:43

• NASA Discovery Could Explain Why We've Never Found Life on Mars ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-discovery-could-explain-why-weve-never-found-life-on-mars    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:31:53

• Archaeologist solves ‘jigsaw puzzle’ of Ancient Roman fragments hidden for nearly two millennia ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/lifestyle/archaeologist-solves-jigsaw-puzzle-of-ancient-roman-fragments-hidden-for-nearly-two-millennia/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:32:02

• Air Pollution 'Strongly Associated' With DNA Mutations Tied to Lung Cancer ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/air-pollution-strongly-associated-with-dna-mutations-tied-to-lung-cancer    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:32:16

• At 1.3 Billion Light-Years Wide, Quipu Is Officially The Biggest Thing in Our Universe ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/at-1-3-billion-light-years-wide-quipu-is-officially-the-biggest-thing-in-our-universe    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:33:24

• "Software Defined Retro ROM Makes 8-bit Easy" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/05/software-defined-retro-rom-makes-8-bit-easy/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:35:00

• "Mapping Tool Helps Identify Usable Land For Building" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/05/mapping-tool-helps-identify-usable-land-for-building/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:35:27

• French cognac brands sales to China fell 70% ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250705-french-cognac-brands-sales-to-china-fell-70    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:35:49

• France says ‘major issues remain’ despite brandy price accord with China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/05/france-says-major-issues-remain-despite-brandy-price-accord-with-china/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:36:11

• US reportedly plans to curb sales of Hey Hi (AI) GPUs to Malaysia and Thailand to prevent smuggling to China ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/us-reportedly-plans-to-curb-sales-of-ai-gpus-to-malaysia-and-thailand-to-prevent-smuggling-to-china    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:36:21

• China’s first Legoland opens to tourists in Shanghai ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-first-legoland-opens-to-tourists-in-shanghai    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:36:39

• Lake in Australian desert springs to life as devastating floods leave silver lining ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/lake-in-australian-desert-springs-to-life-as-devastating-floods-leave-silver-lining    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:36:57

• Malaysia puts anti-dumping duties on some China, South Korea, Vietnam iron and steel ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-puts-anti-dumping-duties-on-some-china-south-korea-vietnam-iron-steel    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:37:35

• "Shadow Clock Shows The Time On The Wall" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/05/shadow-clock-shows-the-time-on-the-wall/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:38:22

• "If you are anything like us, last time you went bowling, you thought more about how the ball came back to you than actually knocking down the pin." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/05/a-look-through-the-eye-of-a-bowling-ball/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:38:32

• PikaOS 25.07.01 is out https://wiki.pika-os.com/en/home    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:47:07

• Gentoo 20250629 is out    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:47:35

• MagOS 20250627 is out https://magos-linux.ru/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:52:49

• Qantas customers involved in mammoth data breach https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/qantas-customers-involved-in-mammoth-data-breach/news-story/267c1915ca92c6f50d366a031dddddee    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:53:53

• SEC and SolarWinds Seek Settlement in Securities Fraud Case https://www.hunton.com/privacy-and-information-security-law/sec-and-solarwinds-seek-settlement-in-securities-fraud-case    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:54:35

• "A hacktivist with a “political agenda” broke into Columbia University IT systems and stole “targeted” student data in recent weeks, a university official said Tuesday." https://therecord.media/hacker-political-agenda-columbia-cyberattack    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:55:27

• Data breach reveals Catwatchful ‘stalkerware’ is spying on thousands of phones https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/data-breach-reveals-catwatchful-stalkerware-spying-on-thousands-android-phones/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:56:21

• Cyberattacks Disrupt Iran’s Bread Distribution, Payments Remain Frozen https://iranwire.com/en/news/142915-cyberattacks-disrupt-irans-bread-distribution-payments-remain-frozen/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:56:55

• Cl0p cybercrime gang’s data exfiltration tool found vulnerable to RCE attacks https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/02/cl0p_rce_vulnerability/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:58:22

• pharmaceutical factory blast https://www.dw.com/en/india-12-killed-in-telangana-pharmaceutical-factory-blast/a-73094602    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 09:59:09

• EU subsidy scandal https://www.dw.com/en/greek-government-in-crisis-after-eu-subsidy-scandal/a-73095982    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:04:30

• Privacy commissioner reviewing reported Ontario Health atHome data breach https://ca.news.yahoo.com/privacy-commissioner-reviewing-reported-ontario-152358162.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:05:13

• unionize https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-uber-drivers-unionize-1.7575942    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:05:53

• CMS warns Medicare providers of fraud scheme https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/cybersecurity/cms-warns-medicare-providers-of-fraud-scheme/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:06:39

• North American airline and transportation organizations https://databreaches.net/2025/06/27/alert-scattered-spider-has-added-north-american-airline-and-transportation-organizations-to-their-target-list/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:07:37

• Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates Notifies Individuals of Data Breach in 2024 https://databreaches.net/2025/06/28/texas-centers-for-infectious-disease-associates-notifies-individuals-of-data-breach-in-2024/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:08:11

• Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report https://cyberscoop.com/hacker-helped-kill-fbi-sources-witnesses-in-el-chapo-case-according-to-watchdog-report/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:15:05

• Battlefords Union Hospitals notifies patients of employee snooping in their records https://battlefordsnow.com/2025/06/27/multiple-privacy-breaches-at-buh-by-sha-employee/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:15:50

• Horizon Healthcare RCM discloses ransomware attack in December https://databreaches.net/2025/06/29/horizon-healthcare-rcm-discloses-ransomware-attack-in-december/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:16:26

• Disgruntled IT Worker Jailed for Cyber Attack, Huddersfield https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/disgruntled-it-worker-jailed-cyber-attack-huddersfield    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:17:24

• Swiss Health Foundation Radix Hit by Cyberattack Affecting Federal Data https://www.investing.com/news/world-news/swiss-health-foundation-radix-hit-by-cyberattack-affecting-federal-data-93CH-4116470    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:18:20

• National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/national-health-care-fraud-takedown-results-324-defendants-charged-connection-over-146    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:22:29

• Fact-Checking Claims By Cybernews: The 16 Billion Record Data Breach That Wasn’t https://databreaches.net/2025/06/30/fact-checking-claims-by-cybernews-the-16-billion-record-data-breach-that-wasnt/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:23:23

• Bolton Walk-In Clinic patient data leak locked down (finally!) https://databreaches.net/2025/06/30/bolton-walk-in-clinic-patient-data-leak-locked-down-finally/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:24:14

• 50 Customers of French Bank Hit by Insider SIM Swap Scam https://commsrisk.com/50-customers-of-french-bank-hit-by-insider-sim-swap-scam/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:25:13

• Terrible tales of opsec oversights: How cybercrooks get themselves caught https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/01/terrible_tales_of_opsec_oversights/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:26:04

• Pembroke Regional Hospital reported canceling appointments due to service delays from “an incident” https://www.pembrokeobserver.com/news/pembroke-regional-hospital-experiencing-service-delays-some-cancellations-after-cybersecurity-incident    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:26:45

• Iran-linked hackers threaten to release emails allegedly stolen from Trump associates https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/iran-trump-aides-email-hack-threat    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:27:21

• International Criminal Court hit with cyber attack during NATO summit https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/07/01/international-criminal-court-hit-with-cyber-attack-during-nato-summit    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:27:59

• Esse Health provides update about April cyberattack and notifies 263,601 people https://databreaches.net/2025/07/01/esse-health-provides-update-about-april-cyberattack-and-notifies-263601-people/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:28:36

• CMS Sending Letters to 103,000 Medicare beneficiaries whose info was involved in a Medicare.gov breach. https://databreaches.net/2025/07/01/cms-sending-letters-to-103000-medicare-beneficiaries-whose-info-was-involved-in-a-medicare-gov-breach/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:29:14

• One in Five Law Firms Hit by Cyberattacks Over Past 12 Months https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2025/07/01/one-in-five-law-firms-hit-by-cyberattacks-over-past-12-months/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:29:58

• Kelly Benefits updates its 2024 data breach report: impacts 550,000 customers https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kelly-benefits-says-2024-data-breach-impacts-550-000-customers/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:30:34

• DOJ investigates ex-ransomware negotiator over extortion kickbacks https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/doj-investigates-ex-ransomware-negotiator-over-extortion-kickbacks/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:31:14

• CentOS 10-20250630 and PLD 20250630 "New Rescue" are out    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:34:35

• blendOS 5a62dd59 and Berry 1.42 also out    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:36:55

• Gnuinos 2025.07.02 is out, no systemd https://www.gnuinos.org/ https://distrowatch.com/gnuinos    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:38:02

• deepin 25.0.1 released days after https://www.deepin.org/en/deepin-25/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:38:49

• Lubuntu 25.10-snapshot2 is out    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:41:08

• Also released: MODICIA 6.12.32, Volumio 3.819, DragonOS Noble_R5, and Calculate 20250703    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:41:42

• This data says costs are comparable https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-housing-transportation-cost-index-1.7574072    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:44:39

• Chronic pain https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/suffering-in-silence-no-more-how-peer-support-helps-people-with-chronic-pain-1.7570360    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:45:21

• orcas https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dive-into-whale-tale-radio-series-1.7572844    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:47:34

• Synthetic voice is NOT hey hi and NOT new https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ai-cloning-technology-voice-quebec-tool-als-diagnosis-1.7572524    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:49:06

• 'new normal' https://www.dw.com/en/europe-heat-wave-continues-as-un-chief-warns-of-new-normal/a-73097029    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:50:46

• DR Congo https://www.dw.com/en/conflict-brings-increased-sexualized-violence-to-dr-congo/a-73088057    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:51:53

• several killed in demonstrations https://www.dw.com/en/togo-rights-groups-report-several-killed-in-demonstrations/a-73111065    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:53:26

• Vancouver https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metro-van-slumping-condo-market-1.7573303    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:55:22

• hefty decline in manufacturing https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-gdp-april-2025-1.7572428    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:55:53

• Fake videos https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-fake-videos-cloud-kenya-protest-coverage/a-73114197    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:57:08

• hidden health and economic toll https://www.dw.com/en/extreme-heat-s-hidden-health-and-economic-toll/a-73036205    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:57:33

• China military presence not welcome in Pacific https://www.dw.com/en/fiji-pm-says-china-military-presence-not-welcome-in-pacific/a-73114549    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:58:34

• cultural appropriation https://www.dw.com/en/india-accuses-prada-of-cultural-appropriation-over-sandals/a-73106939    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 10:59:02

• DHL https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/dhl-workers-ratify-new-agreement-strike-end-1.7573689    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 11:00:26

• Improve their salary and working conditions? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/teacher-shortage-1.7572362    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 11:02:00

• Fact check https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-image-mislabels-iran-base-as-israeli-institute/a-73095641    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 11:03:05

• Europe heat wave intensifies as temperature records broken https://www.dw.com/en/europe-heat-wave-intensifies-as-temperature-records-broken/live-73108302    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 11:03:44

• flight risks rise https://www.dw.com/en/airlines-in-turbulence-as-flight-risks-rise-amid-conflicts/a-73107386    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 11:04:43

• Judge authorizes Tim Hortons Roll Up to Win class action — but only for Quebec customers https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/class-action-lawsuit-roll-up-to-win-tim-hortons-1.7573884    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 11:06:50

• protectionism https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-stubby-beer-bottle-1.7556282    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 11:07:31

• 'Absolutely Staggering': Anti-South Asian Hate Surges 1,350% in Canada Amid Immigration Blame Game https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/absolutely-staggering-anti-south-asian-hate-surges-1350-canada-amid-immigration-blame-game-1736988    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 11:08:32

• Too hot to handle: Is this heat the new normal? https://www.dw.com/en/too-hot-to-handle-is-this-heat-the-new-normal/a-73102745 Too hot to handle?    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:15:41

• Kenyans protest on July 7 https://www.dw.com/en/the-day-we-reclaimed-our-voice-why-kenyans-protest-on-july-7/a-73116092    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:16:16

• US, Canada trade talks to resume after digital tax scrapped https://www.dw.com/en/us-canada-trade-talks-to-resume-after-digital-tax-scrapped/a-73087307    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:17:33

• conservationist https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/blanchards-cricket-frog-locally-extinct-1.7571936    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:18:01

• Terror propagandist 'Dark Foreigner' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/terror-propagandist-dark-foreigner-should-get-14-years-for-vile-crimes-crown-argues-1.7569636"    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:19:07

• Seems like Microsoft is already rushing to replace its engineers with All Indians (AIs).http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/03/Claims_That_Microsoft_Looks_for_Staff_That_Works_More_and_Gets_.shtml But we have to be careful not to cover it "too much" or get a stigma. Because truth is sometimes "racist".    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:24:01

• Vibing coding is not coding. It's like calling autotune "making music", "composing" etc.    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:24:46

• And "French fries" in Burger King are not 'cuisine', they're sweatshop staff running on timer. Press here, press there, pour something out a plastic bag, wait for beep beep beep...    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:25:58

• With mediocrity planes will fall out the sky... and then we'll ask WHY! WHYYYYY!!!    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:26:29

• Obesity is a symptom of bad diet, not too much food. That says a lot about quality of work when "junk" is seen as more profitable through "affordability".    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:27:20

• Obesity is a symptom of bad diet, not too much food. That says a lot about quality of work when "junk" is seen as more profitable through "affordability".    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:27:38

• (*Vibe coding)    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:27:46

• You want slop for code? Good luck. See you in hell. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-28/boeing-s-737-max-software-outsourced-to-9-an-hour-engineers    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:28:17

• It's dead, Jim. "Forza Motorsport is gone, after huge layoffs from Microsoft".    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:28:47

• As IBM staff puts it, if you pay peanuts you will get monkeys (yes, there is an offensive racist connotation) https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/why-h-1b-visa-requests-microsoft-layoffs-spark-strong-reactions-questions-around-foreign-hirings-101751501314461.html https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsofts-h-1b-hiring-spree-draws-criticism-amid-us-job-cuts/articleshow/122251450.cms    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:30:13

• Microsoft used to be called "SLOPWARE" even before it used slop (LLM junk) for code. Now it's literally correct. http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/01/No_Microsoft_Plagiarism_is_Not_AI.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:30:59

• This past weeks Microsoft made enough TEARS to feel a barrel http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/02/Anxiety_at_Microsoft_Many_Workers_Maybe_Over_10_000_Still_Don_t.shtml    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:32:22

• (fill)    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:32:30

• The unsaid part: Microsoft left out there, unemployed, a lot of toxic waste of staff. Wherever they go next, it poses a risk (e.g. attempts to impose AD, Azure, C# etc. on colleagues)... it's not a new problem but its magnitude grows when Microsoft lays off about 29,000 people in 6 months.    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:34:11

• If those people cannot find a job that matches their 'skills', then they might find some job onto which they'll unload Microsoft.... 'skills'    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 12:34:58

• Microsoft layoffs hit 830 workers in home state of Washington https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzfvdrbw    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 14:18:43

• "This isn’t just about headcount or over hiring. Oh and the jobs they’re adding back? Cheaper, junior, offshore, or ‘ghost roles’ to keep shareholders happy." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzes7t7e    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 14:19:56

• Run the real thing instead. Nobody is stopping you, right? https://www.xda-developers.com/4-reasons-i-run-two-different-wsl-distros-side-by-side/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 14:32:29

• "Considering Arch Linux, but feeling intimidated by its reputation? While testing the waters is usually the best way to figure out if you’re ready, with Arch there’s a risk of drowning in technical complexity. That said, if you show these five signs, you’ll probably thrive with Arch Linux." https://www.howtogeek.com/signs-youre-ready-to-make-the-leap-to-arch-linux/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 14:32:56

• SEO+snakeoil = https://www.streetinsider.com/Binary+News+Network/Closed+Zero-Day+Market+Offers+Targeted+Exploits+for+WhatsApp%2C+Android%2C+iOS%2C+macOS%2C+and+Linux/25019419.html    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 14:33:25

• 14 of the best plugins and DAWs you can use on Linux https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/daws/plugin-week-linux-redux    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 14:33:57

• This New Linux App Makes Android File Sharing a Breeze https://www.howtogeek.com/packet-linux-app-makes-android-file-sharing-a-breeze/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 14:34:43

• 'I Feel a Deep Sense Of Pain From This Decision' EA Japan President Calls Out Microsoft Over Mass Layoffs https://gamerant.com/ea-japan-president-calls-out-microsoft-mass-layoffs/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 16:57:48

• Microsoft layoffs: Xbox executive suggests laid-off workers ask ChatGPT for career advice https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/microsoft-layoffs-executive-suggests-ask-chatgpt-career-advice-10109303/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 16:58:14

• "I originally wanted to switch from X.Org to labwc but soon found out about the many issues in the Wayland world. One of them being that the people in those circles hold very strong opinions. Naturally, I don't agree with all of them and I need some way to deal with this dissent." gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-07/2025-07-06--the-long-road-to-wayland.txt    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 18:28:42

• [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-06.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 18:30:07

• 🔤SpellBinding: CHLMPSU Wordo: ROBIN gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-06.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 18:30:54

• [japan] [rail] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-05.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 18:31:53

• "I don’t want to write nontrivial Gemini apps because that’s too much like the day job" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 18:32:53

• early hours on the 6th floor gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/early_hours_on_the_6th_floor    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 18:33:48

• "I have no experience in user interface design whatsoever. Frankly, I should be reading some materials on how its problems are typically solved, but that's boring! Instead I'm going to come up with some ideas of my own, then see how they do after implementing them in a project." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2660    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 18:34:39

• decline of the small web gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/log/2025-07-01.small-web-decline.gmi    

posted Sunday, July 06, 2025 at 18:35:51

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