Roy Schestowitz

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1346.jpg    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:04:30

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1696.jpg    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:04:37

• "Recently I wrote about installing a Telnet server [1], and a FTP server [2] in a FreeBSD jail." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/occ25-more-preparations.txt    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:05:50

• "I fell into the Wayland rabbithole these last few days. Progress has been made, but there are many, many rough edges. This isn't ready, yet. A lot of stuff works, but there are so many little things that don't. This isn't just about "compositors" but also about toolkits and tools." gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-07/2025-07-08--wayland-needs-more-time.txt    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:07:38

• Choosing a tool gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2025-07-08.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:09:07

• turning point gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/turning_point    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:10:50

• "Yes, it's been a long time. I broke my gemini server while upgrading the entire box and had to fix a lot of stuff, in particular the SSL certificate parsing." gemini://spikydinosaur.com/2025/07/08-resurrecion.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:11:46

• "When I moved to XFree86 (later known as Xorg) we of course used Jamie’s screensaver collection. I liked a lot of them, like the ones where it moves around pieces of your screen and what not, and when the Matrix movie came out the Matrix style “digital rain” was fun to look at." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/popsquares    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:13:42

• running gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/self/body/2025-07-08.running.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:15:09

• "I quite like running, and cycling (of which there is /s/bicycles) and other forms of activity away from a computer. The irony of wanting to talk about things away from a computer on a computer is not lost on me. Nevertheless, I wrote down some thoughts on running and thought others might have their own so created this sub." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/running/30023    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:15:59

• Technical Reasons, Not Politics: With Wayland "it feels a lot like Linux from 20-25 years ago, which is horrendously frustrating, because it feels like we wasted one or two decades of progress and stability" http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Technical_Reasons_Not_Politics_With_Wayland_it_feels_a_lot_like.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 02:51:47

• "Then, YouCanToo/The CrankyZombie experienced a fire at his house. Now, if you didn’t already know, he hosted PCLinuxOS, the forum, the magazine, PCLOS-Cloud, PCLOS-Talk, pclosmail, the PCLinuxOS Wiki, and ImagStor on servers in his house." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202507/editorial.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 04:11:38

• ICYMI: N. Korean Hackers Use Fake Identities To Land Remote US Tech Jobs https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202507/page01.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 04:12:55

• PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202507/page11.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 04:14:20

• Typst Cookbook: Part Three https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202507/page04.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 04:16:02

• Wiki Pick: Restore Grub2 https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202507/page08.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 04:16:30

• "A variety of things in typical graphical desktop sessions communicate through the use of environment variables; for example, X's $DISPLAY environment variable." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdUserEnvironmentThings | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:32:10

• "In particular, if any single file in /etc/exports.d has a problem, no files from /etc/exports.d get processed and no exports are updated." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/ExportfsStopsOnErrors | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:32:25

• "While FreeBSD is similar in many concepts to other UNIX systems or to Linux – its good to know exact commands and solutions for various needs." ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:32:38

• "Analysing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) SYN segments, the initial step in the TCP three-way handshake, can reveal patterns and anomalies in network traffic, providing insights into potential threats." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/09/decoding-tcp-syn-for-stronger-network-security/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:32:56

• "Explore the universal design for learning framework and explore how you can make your computing lessons accessible to all students." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/how-to-build-young-peoples-agency-through-accessible-learning/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:34:29

• "It took me about 30 minutes to assemble it: I spent a lot of time on the custom LCD, as making it fit into the plastic body was really hard." ☛ https://www.ncartron.org/quick-review-of-the-sensor-watch-pro.html | Source: Nico Cartron    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:34:59

• "OBS Studio 31.1.0 is out now with various new features and improvements, and it's a nice release for Linux users too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-0-released-with-multitrack-video-for-linux-explicit-sync-support-for-pipewire/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:35:42

• "The popular Linux gaming image Bazzite has a July 2025 update out with some interesting new features and expanded device support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/bazzite-gets-a-new-app-store-newly-supported-devices-improved-wifi-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:37:32

• Spammy? "Here's the Prime Day list for Prime Gaming, going over all the games you can claim if you sub to Amazon Prime." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/heres-all-the-games-to-claim-from-prime-gaming-for-prime-day-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:37:48

• "The Diplomacy Update for X4: Foundations is now in Beta bringing some huge new features to the popular space sim. It's an opt-in Beta with a password, details on accessing it are available on their forum." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-big-diplomacy-update-for-x4-foundations-is-now-in-beta/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:37:58

• "I'm not entirely sure if their announcement of it being the "world's first" truly holds up, but I can't say I've seen anything like Rhythm of Resistance." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/rhythm-of-resistance-is-the-worlds-first-rhythm-metroidvania/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:38:08

• "Made public today is a fresh round of security issues, this time for AMD CPUs with Transient Scheduler Attacks. It affects quite a lot of processors including desktop, mobile and data centre." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/amd-cpu-transient-scheduler-attacks-security-flaw-revealed/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:39:07

• "The Tariff Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-tariff-beatings-will-continue    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:45:25

• "Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers’ Union Are Hatching a Plan to ‘Bring AI into the Classroom’" https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-openai-and-a-us-teachers-union-are-hatching-a-plan-to-bring-ai-into-the-classroom/ see: https://truthout.org/articles/regulating-ai-isnt-enough-lets-dismantle-the-logic-that-put-it-in-schools/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:45:42

• "Linux" -- yet the vector is Microsoft PowerShell ... https://therecord.media/bert-ransomware-identified    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:46:05

• "Hiltzik: Who will stand up for our beleaguered billionaires?" https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-07-08/does-america-need-billionaires-billionaires-say-yes    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:46:23

• "They don’t only fall out of windows: Meduza reviews the sudden deaths of 13 Russian energy and transportation executives since 2022" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/07/they-don-t-only-fall-out-of-windows    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:46:51

• "StopKillingGames part 5 - developers face reputational damage if their games work ???" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/stopkillinggames-part-5-developers-face:6    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:47:06

• "Navy veteran discusses repair lockouts & leadership forcing use of broken equipment" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/navy-veteran-discusses-repair-lockouts:7    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:47:23

• "Don’t Miss This Part of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/dont-miss-this-part-of-trumps-big iophk: note also the absence of money for legal / processing so this ends up creating concentration camps such as "Alligator Auschwitz"    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:48:05

• "I’m referring to the windfall funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is set to receive over the next four years: $45 billion for detention centers and $30 billion to hire more agents. That will make ICE the most generously-funded law enforcement agency in the country, with a budget that rivals several major militaries."    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:48:23

• "Video: ICE agents drive SUV through protesters in San Francisco" https://missionlocal.org/2025/07/video-ice-agents-brandish-rifles-drive-through-protesters-at-s-f-immigration-court/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:48:46

• "Not smart vs. stupid | Seth's Blog" https://seths.blog/2025/07/not-smart-vs-stupid/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:48:57

• "A quote from Aphyr" https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/7/aphyr/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:49:17

• "The Megabill Is a Disaster for Children - Truthdig" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-megabill-is-a-disaster-for-children/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:49:33

• "Frustration with Bondi’s Epstein fumble grows beyond MAGA" https://www.semafor.com/article/07/08/2025/bondis-epstein-bumble-sparks-frustration-inside-the-trump-administration    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:50:07

• "What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Understand About Soldiers" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/08/warrior-myth-lethality-pete-hegseth/683247/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:50:22

• "Bill Gates no longer among world’s top 10 billionaires; Elon Musk still on top" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/bill-gates-no-longer-among-worlds-top-10-billionaires-elon-musk-still-on-top/articleshow/122313266.cms    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:50:53

• "Marine veteran’s painting recreates urban combat in Fallujah" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-fallujah-painting-urban-combat/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:51:02

• Age limits for social media are a terrible idea | "Åldersgräns för sociala media är en usel idé" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/07/08/aldersgrans-for-sociala-media-ar-en-usel-ide/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:52:01

• "Nordic-Baltic total defence: easier said than done" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/07/08/nordic-baltic-total-defence-easier-said-than-done/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:52:14

• "Is Latvia ready for war?" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/07/08/is-latvia-ready-for-war/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:52:24

• "After a white-supremacist hacker got access to digital records of old applications for admission to Columbia College and passed them on to the New York Times" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/07/08/the-dangers-of-identity-databases/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:54:34

• "Not for Sale" ☛ https://therevelator.org/nature-not-for-sale/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:55:19

• "Microsoft Patch Tuesday"... "Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/microsoft-patch-tuesday-july-2025-edition/ | Source: Krebs On Security http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:59:14

• "Philo-Semitism" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/07/08/philo-semitim-from-buchenwald-german-kz-memorial-categorises-kufiya-and-demand-for-ceasefire-as-anti-semitic/ | Source: Site36    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 08:59:59

• "This is particularly true among her students, who are concerned about AI's massive energy and water consumption as well as the use of original works to train models" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-video-becomes-more-convincing-rattling-creative-industry/articleshow/122310372.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:00:43

• "UK hosting provider Innetra PC is pushing back against a $25 million lawsuit from pay-TV giant DISH Network." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/uk-hosting-provider-asks-court-to-dismiss-25-million-pirate-iptv-lawsuit/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:00:59

• "Keep that point in mind, because it’s going to be pretty key to this slightly different story in which Nestle, owners of Seattle’s Best Coffee" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/nestle-petitions-to-cancel-seattle-strong-coffee-trademark-arguing-it-owns-seattle/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:01:26

• "Last month, Apple overhauled its App Store rules to comply with the EU order to scrap its technical and commercial curbs on app developers in order to avoid daily fines of 5% of its average" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/apple-takes-fight-against-587-million-eu-antitrust-fine-to-court-1890157 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:02:14

• "I foolishly believed that Google would aim to comply with the letter and the spirit of the DMA, given that it’s probably the most open of the Gatekeepers, both technically and culturally." ☛ https://brucelawson.co.uk/2025/googles-second-dma-compliance-workshop/ | Source: Bruce Lawson    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:02:29

• "Most of these pampered monopolies have shifted over to monopolizing prison phone videoconferencing as well." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/trump-fcc-boss-brendan-carr-ignores-the-law-encourages-prison-telecom-monopolies-to-rip-off-inmate-families/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:02:57

• "The ICC said there were grounds to believe that supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, chief justice of the Taliban" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/icc-issues-arrest-warrants-for-taliban-leaders/a-73206017 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:04:31

• "The case has drawn national interest because of a 2-1 ruling issued in May by a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that erased a path through the federal Voting Rights Act" ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2025/07/appeals-court-rules-against-north-dakota-tribes-in-voting-rights-case-that-could-go-to-supreme-court.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:05:54

• "Alphabet’s self-driving car company launches what it hopes will be lucrative individual teen accounts—and maybe a whole lot of social change in the process." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-teens-are-taking-waymos-now/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:06:15

• "ICE agents brandish rifles, drive through protesters in S.F." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/ice-agents-brandish-rifles-drive-through-protesters-in-s-f/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:07:04

• "grossly unfair trials" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/08/saudi-arabia-capital-punishment-executions-foreigners-drug-offences-crime-600-people-amnesty-international | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:07:26

• "The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for the top brass of the Taliban in Afghanistan" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250708-icc-issues-arrest-warrants-for-taliban-leaders-over-persecution-of-afghan-women | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:07:59

• "The warrants were issued against Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhunzada and the head of the Supreme Court, Abdul Hakim Haqqani" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-07-08/icc-issues-arrest-warrants-for-taliban-leaders-over-persecution-of-women-and-girls | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:09:37

• "While the Taliban have imposed certain rules and prohibitions on the population as a whole" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/international-criminal-court-seeks-arrest-of-taliban-leaders-over-persecution-of-women/article69788080.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:10:21

• "This practice is a form of planned obsolescence and is not only harmful to customers, but makes the preservation of computer games virtually impossible" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2841237/stop-killing-games-wants-to-put-pressure-on-gaming-giants.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:10:34

• "It is alarming that the Senegalese state is once again resorting to the criminalization of journalism" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/07/senegalese-commentator-detained-under-false-news-claims/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:14:08

• "X (formerly Twitter) said on Tuesday that it was ordered to block over 2,300 accounts" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/india-ordered-block-on-2355-x-accounts-including-reuters-later-reversed-says-x/articleshow/122319204.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:14:27

• "within one hour" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/x-says-government-had-ordered-blocking-of-reuters-handle/article69787317.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:14:57

• "according to digital forensic researchers who pinpointed the timing of the attacks and diagnosed the infections." ☛ https://therecord.media/appeals-court-revives-salvadoran-journalist-lawsuit-nso-group-spyware | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:15:15

• "Two judges on the appellate panel — U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Sung, a Joe Biden appointee, and U.S. District Judge Michael Simon, a Barack Obama appointee at the District Court of Oregon who sat on the panel by designation" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-revives-el-salvador-journalists-suit-against-israeli-spyware-firm/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:15:30

• "Paramount’s $16 million settlement with Donald Trump is a stunning display of bribery, greed, and cowardice." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/the-medias-profits-trump-democracy-once-again/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:15:58

• "The statement follows a federal immigration judge’s ruling on July 1 granting Guevara $7,500 bail and ordering his release from ICE custody." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/journalist-group-pressures-ice-to-comply-with-court-order-to-release-detained-reporter/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:16:09

• "A journalist in jail: freed former RFE/RL reporter recalls Belarus prison ordeal" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2604517/a-journalist-in-jail-freed-former-rfe-rl-reporter-recalls-belarus-prison-ordeal | Source: LRT    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:16:31

• "The statement, which informed that the previously planned arrangements for media outlets and journalists had changed, reads as follows: [...]" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/kck-journalists-will-not-be-able-to-attend-ceremony-in-south-kurdistan-due-to-security-reasons-80180 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:17:43

• [Old] "Back in 1988, "Internet" was a new word and much of USENET flowed over plain old modem links via a protocol called UUCP." ☛ https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/rhfban.html |    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:18:59

• "For three decades, America ran a radical experiment: What if the government only lightly regulated the most powerful communication medium ever invented?" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/supreme-court-pornography-ai-internet/683449/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:19:11

• "Five Kurdish civilians were sentenced to a total of 11 death penalties, lengthy prison sentences, and financial penalties for their involvement in the ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ protests in Bukan." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/iran-hands-death-sentences-long-prison-terms-to-kurdish-civilians-over-jin-jiyan-azadi-protests-80189 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:22:59

• [Old] "We identify two interlinked forms of epistemicide and have struggled to find names for them as they are not evident in the literature" ☛ https://realkm.com/2025/02/27/usaid-and-the-new-burning-of-the-books-in-digital-and-ideological-epistemicide-a-call-to-action/ |    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:23:17

• "Save Our Signs" ☛ https://www.404media.co/save-our-signs-national-parks-archive-qr-codes/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:35:36

• "seemingly daily government edicts that declare any recognition of racial diversity or America’s racist past (and present) to be un-American activities subject to censorship, stifling, or complete removal from the public record." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/national-park-visitors-reject-trump-administrations-bigoted-attempt-to-erase-history/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:36:01

• "The attack on the News 9 weather radar system comes amid a sustained disinformation campaign on social media" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/texas-floods-conspiracy-theories-geoengineering-weather-weapon/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:37:21

• "The online retail giant is in the process of removing a number of books, which appear to be AI generated" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/ai-generated-fake-biographies-of-nicola-sturgeon-john-swinney-humza-yousaf-removed-from-amazon-5213340 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:37:32

• "Tyler Buffie, who served as the managing director at Accenture for more than two years, has joined Big Four firm EY as a principal focussing on data and artificial intelligence (AI)" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/another-accenture-exec-departs-tyler-buffie-moves-to-ey-as-principal/articleshow/122321440.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:38:11

• "Passengers at US airports will no longer need to remove their shoes during security checks under a new policy announced Tuesday, ending a 20-year requirement." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250709-us-airports-shoe-security | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:39:36

• "subprime AI crisis." ☛ https://futurism.com/openai-trouble-subprime | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:42:35

• "The deal gives Replit, a startup founded in 2016, a new conduit to Microsoft’s vast customer base" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/07/08/2025/microsoft-teams-up-with-startup-replit-to-help-businesses-jump-on-vibe-coding-craze | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:43:12

• "Big AI companies are also racing to find new markets for their products." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/openai-new-hires-scaling/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:43:36

• "One of the most pernicious barriers to our ability to bring about a better world is our natural tendency to anchor ourselves in the existing state of the world." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/visionaries-without-vision | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:44:25

• "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor client in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 1.4.5." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/arti_1_4_5_released/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:44:49

• How I build software quickly ☞ https://evanhahn.com/how-i-build-software-quickly/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:45:42

• "Known affectionately as 'Dadi' and 'Dai Maa' among forest staff and wildlife lovers, Vatsala was more than 100-years-old and had been battling illness for a long time." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mp-asias-oldest-elephant-dies-at-panna-tiger-reserve-8846002#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:48:55

• "Despite their reputation as 'killer' whales, orcas are known to lend a helping fin by sharing their food with humans." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/wild-orcas-filmed-offering-gifts-of-food-to-humans | Source: Science Alert    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:49:17

• "A new train connecting Copenhagen to Prague through stops in Germany will allow travellers to reach the Czech capital in around 11 hours." ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20250707/new-international-train-to-run-from-copenhagen-through-germany | Source: The Local DK    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:51:16

• "Back in [cryptocurrency]'s fledgling years" ☛ https://futurism.com/bitcoin-wallets-2011-billions | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:51:28

• "You have taken an oath to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution, an entirely godless and secular document, and are charged with great responsibility over citizens, including those who may not share your personal religious viewpoints." ☛ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-condemns-abbotts-call-for-prayer-after-texas-flood-disaster-urges-investment-in-science/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:52:29

• "The U.N. Human Rights Council passed a motion on climate change and human rights on Tuesday after the Marshall Islands withdrew a divisive amendment that called on states to recommit to a phase-out of fossil fuels." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/un-vote-phase-out-fossil-fuels-tests-climate-commitments-2025-07-08/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:52:50

• "The study is based on a peer-reviewed method developed by researchers at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, but the study itself has not yet been peer-reviewed." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/weather-climate-floods-texas-1.7578905 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:53:41

• "I didn’t think I’d find anything because [the road] looked really clean, and I was so surprised to find them everywhere, between cracks in the pavement, in the bushes, just everywhere" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/08/no-butts-day-hongkongers-collect-over-20000-cigarette-butts-as-part-of-global-environmental-campaign/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:54:16

• "The new report follows by just days the passage of the congressional tax bill in a party-line vote that stymies the additions of low-cost and much-needed new solar, wind and battery power." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/doe-plans-to-prop-up-dirty-coal-plants | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:54:37

• "According to a report by the Princeton University ZERO Lab" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/one-big-beautiful-bill-signed-into-law-reflects-de-prioritization-of-renewable-energy/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:55:05

• "Two legal avenues are likely available to challenge Monday’s order." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-wind-and-solar-energy-subsidies/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:55:29

• "Despite the rising threat of climate disasters like last week’s deadly flash flood in Texas, US lawmakers continue to underfund the federal government program supporting a nationwide flood warning system." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/07/texas-flood-warning-system-congress/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:55:46

• "Midway through the short film, all the sounds and feelings gleaned from the glacier — the brightness of flowing water" ☛ https://futurism.com/dying-glacier-music-crying | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:56:03

• "In this post, we’ll talk about the DomainTools side of the investigation and technical observables. For the deeper context of the stories, please see the original reporting at Frontstory.pl." ☛ https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/rdap-and-bgp-in-investigative-journalism/ | Source: DomainTools    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:57:15

• "There was a remarkable moment in Trump’s cabinet meeting. A journalist asked, first, if it was true that Jeffrey Epstein had worked for a foreign intelligence service." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/08/are-you-still-talking-about-jeffrey-epstein/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:57:31

• "Army Special Forces soldiers famously used horses with the Northern Alliance during the initial invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 — those horses were provided by Afghan partners" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-no-more-horses/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:58:45

• "Most victims were permanently silenced — either murdered during or after the assaults or remain too traumatized to talk — creating unique evidentiary challenges" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-07-08/israeli-report-accuses-hamas-of-using-sexual-violence-as-a-weapon-of-war-on-oct-7 | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 09:59:15

• "International migration is a highly difficult issue with no simple solution." ☛ https://overpopulation-project.com/the-demographic-struggle-over-international-migration/ | Source: Overpopulation    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:00:11

• "block China from U.S. farmland ownership" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/07/08/repub/usda-chief-outlines-plan-to-block-china-from-u-s-farmland-ownership/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:00:30

• "The American Revolution" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/07/08/ken-burns-documentary-on-american-revolution-to-premiere-this-fall/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:00:58

• "I mentioned it in a post recently, but wanted to document it here separately for my journey as well :) I was accepted as a Country Reporter for GDPRhub (by noyb.eu)" ☛ https://blog.avas.space/gdprhub-entry/ | Source: Ava    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:04:34

• "EFF agrees with Appellants that § 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code does not authorize disclosure of taxpayer-provided address information as set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)" ☛ https://www.eff.org/files/2025/07/08/trabajadores_v._bessent_-_eff_amicus_-_final_draft_2025-07-06.pdf | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:04:57

• "EFF has filed an amicus brief in Trabajadores v. Bessent, a case concerning the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sharing protected personal tax information with the Department of Homeland Security for the purposes of immigration enforcement." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/eff-us-court-appeals-protect-taxpayer-privacy | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:05:22

• "Bodyguards from the Swedish Security Police (Säpo) have accidentally revealed the location of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and members of the royal family on multiple occasions by uploading runs or rides to the Strava training app, it has been claimed." ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250708/sapo-bodyguards-strava-runs-reveal-locations-of-swedish-pm-and-royals | Source: The Local SE    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:05:36

• Windows TCO: "analysts discovered a PowerShell script that disables security tools on victims' systems before downloading and executing the ransomware." ☛ https://therecord.media/bert-ransomware-identified | Source: The Record    

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

• Windows TCO: "allowing them to steal names, addresses, driver's license numbers, Canadian Social Insurance numbers" ☛ https://therecord.media/thousands-impacted-cyber-nova-scotia | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:07:06

• Windows TCO: "The malware exfiltration files including office documents and system logs." ☛ https://therecord.media/spyware-strain-steals-data-russian-industrial-sector | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:08:36

• Windows TCO: "In April, unknown hackers gained unauthorised access to a control panel managing a valve at a dam near Risevatnet in Bremanger, Norway." ☛ https://cyberriskleaders.com/hackers-open-dam-valves-in-norway/ |    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:08:46

• Windows TCO: "Australian airline Qantas on Monday confirmed that it has received an extortion attempt following the June 30 cyberattack and data breach at one of its call centers." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/qantas-hit-with-extortion-demand-after-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:09:05

• "I can’t believe I did that" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/trainwreck-netflix-project-x-truth/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:09:51

• "In an interview for Jacobin, Mike Watson asked Tuuva and her campaign manager, the artist Jenna Jauhiainen, what they think explains her success." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/07/finland-memes-instagram-left-tuuva/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:10:11

• "democratic backsliding" ☛ https://theconversation.com/there-are-many-things-american-voters-agree-on-from-fears-about-technology-to-threats-to-democracy-258440 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:10:42

• "That risk is small, though. There’s just much less friction in clicking a repost button. Most people will do what’s easiest." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2025/07/08/an-update-on-mastodon-quote.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:11:13

• "I often don’t talk on social media because I don’t think it’s a place that’s deserving of any real complicated conversation" ☛ https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/sarah-jessica-parker-politics-social-media-1236450365/ | Source: Variety    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:11:30

• "Turns out ChatGPT is telling people to go to Soundslice, create an account and import ASCII tab in order to hear the audio playback. So that explains it!" ☛ https://www.holovaty.com/writing/chatgpt-fake-feature/ |    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:12:22

• "This account of how LLMs are used to create spam accounts across Mastodon servers is likely a glimpse into both the future of spam and the future of online communities." ☛ https://werd.io/the-future-of-forums-is-lies-i-guess/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:12:37

• "The union said it planned to open the National Academy for A.I. Instruction in New York City, starting with hands-on workshops for teachers this fall on how to use A.I. tools for tasks like generating lesson plans." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/chatgpt-teachers-openai-microsoft.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:13:06

• "The actor likely aimed to manipulate targeted individuals using AI-generated text and voice messages, with the goal of gaining access to information or accounts" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-07-08/rubio-impersonator-used-ai-in-calls-to-foreign-ministers-cable-shows | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:13:31

• "The recipients of the scam messages, which were sent by text, Signal and voice mail, were not identified in the cable, a copy of which was shared with The Associated Press." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/people/2025/07/impostor-uses-ai-to-impersonate-rubio-and-contact-foreign-and-us-officials/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:13:53

• "So copywriters, who can actually write are getting called in to fix chatbot vibe-writing. And a few of them have gone public." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/08/calling-in-the-ai-vibe-writing-cleanup-crew/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:14:19

• "However, some businesses are rushing in, and as Ms Skidd shows, it can often create more work and costs than originally intended." ☛ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvm1dyp9v2o | Source: BBC    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:14:50

• "I want to be very clear that I have learned my lesson about giving free consulting to overlay companies, so I am not going to outline a path for it to remedy its failures." ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2025/07/accesstive-will-get-you-sued.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:15:07

• "It appears X or xAI (the AI company that owns X, though both are owned by Musk) has since deleted that specific tweet from Grok but that was far from the only instance." ☛ https://gizmodo.com/round-them-up-grok-praises-hitler-as-elon-musks-ai-tool-goes-full-nazi-2000626156 | Source: Gizmodo    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:15:24

• "Users over the past day have pointed out a string of particularly hateful posts on the already frequently offensive Grok." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/701884/grok-antisemitic-hitler-posts-elon-musk-x-xai | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:15:53

• "What we are seeing from Grok LLM right now is irresponsible, dangerous, and antisemitic, plain and simple" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/08/elon-musks-updated-grok-chatbot-promoted-holocaust-praised-adolf-hitler/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:16:14

• "That post would later disappear, evidently deleted by xAI. Yet the cat was out of the bag, and when users pressed Grok on the extreme rhetoric, it only made things worse" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-grok-chatbot-antisemitic-posts-1235381165/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:16:44

• "Elon Musk’s chatbot has gone on a tirade, praising Adolph Hitler and parroting antisemitic tropes." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/grok-antisemitic-posts-x-xai/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:17:27

• "Why does this keep happening? Whether on purpose or by accident, Grok has been instructed or trained to reflect the style and rhetoric of a virulent bigot" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/grok-anti-semitic-tweets/683463/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:17:43

• "This is exactly what you’d expect from someone who has explicitly declared that empathy is “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization” and described caring about human suffering as a “bug” to be eliminated from social systems." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-nazi-ai-and-the-collapse-of-moral | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:18:01

• "Imagining that LLM assistants will help with what is essentially an exercise in theory-building seems deeply mistaken." ☛ https://kivikakk.ee/2025/07/08/unedited-thoughts-about-llms | Source: Kivikakk    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:18:19

• "The fact that soooo many people have come to rely on these platforms, which are effectively the worst possible way to design effective distribution of trusted knowledge, might be humanity’s biggest self-own ever." ☛ https://rscottjones.com/re-the-future-of-forums-is-lies-i-guess/ | Source: R Scott Jones    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:18:35

• "A blitz of media coverage has now propelled The Velvet Sundown past one million Spotify monthly listeners." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/07/velvet-sundown-one-million-spotify-monthly-listeners/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:19:00

• "Experts have long warned about the dangers of AI-image, video and music generators blurring the lines between the real and fake." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-viral-indie-rock-sensation-reveals-theyre-100-ai | Source: Science Alert    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:19:15

• "The more likely scenario to me looks much more like 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' where everybody is competing over a few remaining resources that aren't controlled by some warlord somewhere" ☛ https://futurism.com/mit-economist-ai-economy-mad-max | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:19:34

• "Steffes has firsthand experience with AI's ethical challenges." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2319503.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:19:55

• "This time, instead of just taking photos, I created the same setup on my 11" M4 iPad Pro and my 14" MacBook Pro and compared the size of the UIs in general." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/macos-still-isnt-as-small-as-you-think/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:20:30

• "As a designer, I’m meant to dislike settings. As a user, I love them." ☛ https://aresluna.org/frame-of-preference/ |    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:20:45

• [Old] "In my last post, I talked about how social media is a threat to my psychological sovereignty." ☛ https://ankursethi.com/blog/how-i-use-my-computer-and-phone-while-minimizing-distractions/ | Source: Ankur Sethi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:21:08

• "At the time, the VA aimed to reduce its workforce to 2019 levels, which were below 400,000 employees." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-veterans-affairs-cuts-layoff-plan-30000-down-original-80000-target-1737800 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:21:19

• "His team analyzed data from over 11,000 adults who averaged 55 years old." ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chronic-low-back-pain-walking | Source: Science News    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:21:32

• "Let’s look at these two SSDs (full smartctl output appears at the end)." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/07/08/x8dtu-main-ssds-how-worn-are-they/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:22:25

• "If there are going to be third-party Power11 systems, and IBM didn't say anything in the press release about them either, they generally follow six to twelve months after." ☛ https://www.talospace.com/2025/07/power11-hits-market-this-month.html | Source: Talospace    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:22:37

• "The AFT represents 1.8 million members across the United States, from kindergarten through high school." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2319658.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:23:22

• "The union said it planned to open the National Academy for AI Instruction in New York City" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-and-microsoft-bankroll-new-ai-training-for-teachers/articleshow/122327994.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:23:36

• "The three AI companies and the union did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the information released on YouTube." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-openai-and-a-us-teachers-union-are-hatching-a-plan-to-bring-ai-into-the-classroom/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:23:48

• "This anniversary snuck up on me, and I think that’s a sign of how well things have gone since I published that blog post." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2025/07/ten-years-indie/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:24:05

• "Stephen Hackett celebrated the 10th anniversary of quitting his job and going out on his own: [...]" ☛ https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/07/stephen-hackett-joins-the-10-year-indie-club/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:24:21

• "Remember that you are not alone and that community is available if you look for it." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/everyday-courage/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:24:35

• "NASA emphasizes that the mission is purely scientific, aimed at understanding planetary cores, with no plans to harvest the asteroid’s resources." ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/nasa-is-studying-an-asteroid-valued-at-10000000000000000000-which-could-give-everyone-on-earth-1246105919-but-it-might-have-the-opposite-effect/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:25:03

• "extinction-level event" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/nasa_boss_budget_reaction/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:25:17

• "There’s one challenge most bloggers face: discovering their unique voice." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/07/08/finding-your-voice-and-keeping/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:25:39

• "There’s a question that’s been bugging me for nearly a decade. How is it that half of America looks at Donald Trump and doesn’t find him morally repellent?" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-administration-supporters-good/683441/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 10:25:50

• "First we have the conflation of a very specific product (in this case, Pocket) with a whole category of services." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/if-you-are-able-use-the-tools-youve-got | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:29:34

• "If you’ve been wondering why so many of us are sad about the end of FireWire — despite it being well past its prime — you have to go back to its start." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2025/07/firewires-introduction/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:30:05

• "Future capabilities of quantum attackers will present a host of new vulnerabilities for RPKI." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/dirk/pqc-for-the-rpki/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:30:38

• "I appreciate Go's verbosity, but not when it comes to writing tests." ☛ https://antonz.org/be/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:31:15

• "I added a rss feed to my site, in this post I will go over how the feed is generated" ☛ https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/generating-rss-feeds-in-python/ | Source: Vincent Lammens    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:32:15

• "All of the examples below use the same dataset, which includes the temperature measurements in Spain" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/specialized-r-packages-for-spatial-cross-validation-sperrorest-and-blockcv/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:33:12

• "I am a grug-brained developer. I prefer simple solutions over complex ones. I also do hard things and involved architectures sometimes. But overall, I keep things stupid simple." ☛ https://aartaka.me/stupid.html | Source: Artyom Bologov    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:33:37

• "If you've ever used an old mechanical typewriter, you know that when you get to the end of the line there's a physical action to to get back to the start of the line." ☛ https://dgl.cx/2025/07/git-clone-submodule-cve-2025-48384 | Source: David Mead    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:33:56

• "If you go too fast, your work is buggy and hard to maintain. If you go too slowly, nothing gets shipped. I have not mastered this tension, but I’ll share a few lessons I’ve learned." ☛ https://evanhahn.com/how-i-build-software-quickly/ | Source: Evan Hahn    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:34:26

• "I released Logic for Programmers exactly one year ago today." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/logic-for-programmers-turns-one/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:35:04

• "What I’m thinking is to build a personal web desktop, for all the various services I use online that offer API’s I can play with." ☛ https://heyloura.com/2025/07/08/mini-coding-adventure-a-personal.html | Source: Loura    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:35:23

• "I’ll start with Micro.blog since I’ve got quite a bit of experience building little side projects with it and using it’s private notes as data storage." ☛ https://heyloura.com/2025/07/08/mini-coding-adventure-a-personal.html | Source: Loura    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:35:39

• "Firefox is dead to me" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/firefox_isnt_dead/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:36:09

• "I’ve exported all my saves, which turned out to be a list of nearly 15,000 URLs split across two CSV files." ☛ https://heydingus.net/blog/2025/7/pouring-one-out-for-pocket | Source: Jarrod Blundy    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:36:24

• "Long before I started working with Mozilla, Firefox was my preferred browser for personal browsing. Why? A lot of it comes down to trust, transparency, and customizability." ☛ https://mattcool.tech/posts/my-favorite-firefox-features/ | Source: Matt Cool    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:36:38

• "In the curl project we make an concerned effort to keep memory use and allocations to a minimum and we are proud of our work." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/08/keeping-tabs-on-curls-memory-use/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:37:19

• "Additionally, the latest release brings improvements to the OpenTimelineIO (OTIO) export function. Tracks now maintain proper order upon export, and files consistently adopt the correct “.otio” extension, eliminating previous confusion." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kdenlive-25-04-3-wraps-up-series-with-key-bug-fixes/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:38:32

• "We couldn't help but notice, over the last few decades, that whenever there is a new PowerDNS software release, this is, by far, the major and most important news item of the day." ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/2025/07/07/powerdns-authoritative-server-4.9.7 | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:38:57

• "Today I discovered filezilla has a feature "directory list filters" to exclude certain directories/files: (View > Directory list filters (cmd+I on macos)). You can use this to exclude files like .git, or .DS_Store (you have to add .DS_Store)" ☛ https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/filezilla-directory-list-filters/ | Source: Vincent Lammens    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:39:11

• "KDE's Amarok 3.3 music player lands with a switch to Qt6/KF6, a new GStreamer-based audio engine, and better database and emoji support." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/amarok-3-3-music-player-adopts-qt6-kf6-and-gstreamer/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:40:44

• Debian ☛ https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/reinstalling-debian-over-ssh/ | Source: Vincent Lammens    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:44:03

• "SUSE is European-headquartered and therefore in a relatively favorable position with regard to specific European concerns about sovereignty." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/suse_sovereign_support/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:44:49

• "This new support offering will ensure that when SUSE customers ask for support, their requests will be routed to EU-based support engineers and service delivery managers" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/suse-launches-a-sovereign-premium-support-service-for-eu-customers/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:44:58

• "In this post, we look at how to use the periodic scripts provided by the system and how to integrate a script of our own." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/an-introduction-to-freebsds-periodic-system/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:45:37

• "Those three trends have resulted in people like DHH, PewDiePie, and others making the switch, which only adds to the momentum." ☛ https://initialcharge.net/2025/07/dhh-moving-to-linux/ | Source: Mike Rockwell    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:46:15

• "The window is open for a major shift to happen. First gradually, then suddenly. It feels like morning in Linux land!" ☛ https://world.hey.com/dhh/get-in-losers-we-re-moving-to-linux-5e1b93cd | Source: 37signals LLC    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:46:27

• "Although Plasma 6.4 is the most current branch of the KDE desktop environment, the 6.3 series is still actively maintained and continues to receive updates." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-6-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:47:46

• "In this regard, over two months after the Plasma 6.3.5 release in early May, the KDE team rolled out version 6.3.6, the sixth (and last) bugfix update to its 6.3 series, initially launched in February 2025." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-6-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:47:52

• "YOLO. When I did my Plasma 6.4 review, I didn't really have any idea how much time I was going to invest into actually testing and benchmarking Wayland and X11 performance. But post that review I did, received some feedback I did, and so I began doing more and more and more testing. First, I showed you idle system GPU numbers on an AMD graphics laptop." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:49:03

• "YOLO. When I did my Plasma 6.4 review, I didn't really have any idea how much time I was going to invest into actually testing and benchmarking Wayland and X11 performance. But post that review I did, received some feedback I did, and so I began doing more and more and more testing." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:49:20

• "First, I showed you idle system GPU numbers on an AMD graphics laptop." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:49:27

• "Then, CPU and power data on that same machine. Then, as I had some spare brain cycles, I went further, and I showed you idle and loaded system performance benchmarks on a different laptop with hybrid Intel-Nvidia graphics" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:49:33

• "Now, I want to go back to my IdeaPad 3 machine, with its AMD integrated graphics and repeat the tests from my Nvidia adventure. Namely check the CPU, GPU and power utilization while playing a 4K 60FPS video clip and running a WebGL simulation in Firefox." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:49:39

• "I will do this for both Wayland power efficiency (PE) and color accuracy (CA) modes, and for X11 session with compositing on and off. I'll do this on a fully updated KDE neon desktop, but I want to let you know already, I shall endeavor to redo this test in Fedora 42 Gnome very soon. Now, let's commence" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:49:47

• Cellphones confiscated in Correctional Centre raid ☞ https://www.protectionweb.co.za/correctional-services/cellphones-confiscated-in-correctional-centre-raid/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:50:42

• "Collabora Advances Rust-for-Linux with New Tyr DRM Driver for Mali GPUs" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/collabora-advances-rust-for-linux-with-new-tyr-drm-driver-for-mali-gpus/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:58:23

• "ADLINK Technology has introduced two new 3.5-inch single board computers designed for edge computing and industrial applications. The SBC35-MTL and SBC35-ASL, launched this week, offer DDR5 memory support, dual RJ45 ports, and a fanless design." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/adlink-3-5-sbcs-accommodate-intel-core-ultra-series-1-processors/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 11:59:47

• "The ClockworkPi uConsole is designed for Raspberry Pi CM4 or CM5 modules, but a growing group of users has been working to run the Radxa CM5 inside this pocket terminal." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-cm5-gets-adapted-for-use-with-uconsole-pocket-terminal/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:00:26

• "Using it, you don’t need to manually type up documents as they are automatically transformed into machine-readable text format, which comes in handy in some situations and allows you to save time and effort." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/best-linux-ocr-tools/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:03:07

• "Here at Mozilla, we are the first to admit the internet isn’t perfect, but we know the internet is pretty darn magical." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/interviews/tiffanie-barriere-browses-like-she-bartends-with-soul-sass-and-a-splash-of-magic/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:04:03

• "What our users make with Ubuntu Pro" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-our-users-make-with-ubuntu-pro-episode-1 | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:05:38

• "With the Security Select Add-On, we're committing to a 90-day turnaround time for fixes and patches." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rhel-security-select-add-on | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:05:59

• "The next OpenShift Commons Gathering is coming to Atlanta, Georgia, on November 10, alongside KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, and the call for proposals is officially open." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/real-world-openshift-stories-inspiration-your-next-openshift-commons-gathering-talk | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:06:10

• GNOME 48.3 Adds Support for More Video/Audio Types in Nautilus’ Search Filter ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gnome-48-3-adds-support-for-more-video-audio-types-in-nautilus-search-filter    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:08:08

• Amarok 3.3 Open-Source Music Player Is Out as First Release Fully Ported to Qt 6 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/amarok-3-3-open-source-music-player-is-out-as-first-release-fully-ported-to-qt-6    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:08:18

• KDE Plasma 6.3.6 Released with Numerous Improvements and Bug Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-6-released-with-numerous-improvements-and-bug-fixes    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:08:32

• PCLinuxOS Recovering From Fire ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/PCLinuxOS_Recovering_From_Fire.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:24:13

• Technical Reasons, Not Politics: With Wayland "it feels a lot like GNU/Linux from 20-25 years ago, which is horrendously frustrating, because it feels like we wasted one or two decades of progress and stability" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Technical_Reasons_Not_Politics_With_Wayland_it_feels_a_lot_like.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:24:23

• Slopwatch: Turning Bugs Into FUD About "Linux", Getting Basic Facts Wrong ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Slopwatch_Turning_Bugs_Into_FUD_About_Linux_Getting_Basic_Facts.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:24:35

• GNOME 49 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing, Disables X11 Session by Default ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gnome-49-alpha-is-now-available-for-public-testing-disables-x11-session-by-default    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:24:59

• Ethical Hacking Distro Parrot OS 6.4 Is Out with GNU/Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, New Tools ☞ https://9to5linux.com/ethical-hacking-distro-parrot-os-6-4-is-out-with-linux-kernel-6-12-lts-new-tools    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:25:37

• Wayland 1.24 Is Now Available for Download with New Features and Improvements ☞ https://9to5linux.com/wayland-1-24-is-now-available-for-download-with-new-features-and-improvements    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:25:49

• OBS Studio 31.1 Released with Multitrack Video Support on GNU/Linux ☞ https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-31-1-released-with-multitrack-video-support-on-linux    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:26:05

• Andy Wingo: guile lab notebook: on the move! ☞ https://wingolog.org/archives/2025/07/08/guile-lab-notebook-on-the-move    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:26:43

• The FSF's SysOps Team Recovered From Serious Hardware Issue Within Hours ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/The_FSF_s_SysOps_Team_Recovered_From_Serious_Hardware_Issue_Wit.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:27:52

• GNOME 49 Alpha Released with Tablet Pad Dials Support & Xorg Disabled ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/gnome-49-alpha-released-with-tablet-pad-dials-support-xorg-disabled/    

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

• X is SO attractive to people... that it MUST be disabled    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:30:47

• Floating Mini Panel GNOME Extension Adds Auto Mode ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/floating-mini-panel-gnome-extension-automatic-mode    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:30:55

• Stuart Langridge: Making a Discord activity with PHP ☞ https://www.kryogenix.org/days/2025/07/08/making-a-discord-activity-with-php/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:32:43

• The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 899 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/07/07/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-899/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 12:33:35

• VA briefly approved crisis line employees for deferred resignation, before walking back decision ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2025/07/va-briefly-approved-crisis-line-employees-for-deferred-resignation-before-walking-back-decision/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:02:35

• Commission registers European Citizens' Initiative on the right to food ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1765    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:02:48

• Canada Shipping Natural Gas to Asia as It Looks Beyond the US for Trade ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/canada/natural-gas-asia-us-trade.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:03:40

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Revives Trade War, Threatening Steep Aug. 1 Tariffs on Allies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/politics/trump-tariffs-japan-south-korea.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:03:57

• Dihydroxyacetone Man threatens new tariffs, moves deadline again. Will deals get done? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2025/0708/trump-tariffs-deals-korea-japan    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:04:09

• Japan, South Korea seek to soften tariff blow before August deadline ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-south-korea-seek-to-soften-tariff-blow-before-august-deadline    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:05:59

• Why meteorologists warn summer could be South Korea’s hottest yet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-meteorologists-warn-summer-could-be-south-koreas-hottest-yet    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:06:18

• Dihydroxyacetone Man says South Korea should be paying for its own defence ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-says-south-korea-should-be-paying-for-its-own-defence    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:06:41

• U.S. imposes 25% tariffs on all products from Japan and South Korea — new measures could be a big hit for the memory industry ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-imposes-25-percent-tariffs-on-all-products-from-japan-and-south-korea-new-measures-could-be-a-big-hit-for-the-memory-industry    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:07:02

• DRAM prices are about to skyrocket ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/dram-prices-are-about-to-skyrocket-ddr4-and-gddr6-among-formats-that-could-increase-in-price-by-up-to-45-percent https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-imposes-25-percent-tariffs-on-all-products-from-japan-and-south-korea-new-measures-could-be-a-big-hit-for-the-memory-industry    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:07:27

• Dihydroxyacetone Man announces new tariffs on Japan, South Korea and 12 other nations ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250708-trump-announces-new-tariffs-on-japan-south-korea-and-12-other-nations    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:07:44

• US tariffs to take centre stage as Asean meets in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/us-tariffs-to-take-centre-stage-as-asean-meets-in-malaysia    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:09:43

• Jeff Williams, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Is Retiring After 27 Years ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/jeff-williams-apple-retiring.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:10:35

• Apple to EU: “Letting Devs Make More Money and Users Save Some, is Bad and Confusing” ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/apple-appeals-eu-fine-cheaper-apps-bad/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:11:11

• Windows TCO ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/08/silverfort-uncovers-critical-netlogon-flaw-impacting-windows-domain-controllers/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:12:31

• Report: Halo Studios was hit by Microsoft and Xbox layoffs, too — dev says nobody "is really happy about the quality" of the next game https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/halo/halo-studios-was-hit-by-microsoft-and-xbox-layoffs-too-dev-says-nobody-is-really-happy-about-the-quality-of-the-next-game    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:17:59

• Microsoft applied to hire 6,000 foreign workers just before mass layoffs https://www.peoplematters.in/news/business/microsoft-applied-to-hire-6000-foreign-workers-just-before-mass-layoffs-46292    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:18:24

• Microsoft applied to fill thousands of foreign worker positions in months before mass layoffs https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3461971/microsoft-h1b-thousands-foreign-worker-positions-before-mass-layoffs/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:19:03

• Many sites cover the IBM-esque hirings of Microsoft in India (moving to low-paid labour), but it is considered a "toxic" or sensitive topic to cover, mostly due to what it gets associated with and who (or what comments) that attracts    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:20:48

• To people who read that in India it is mostly good news and signals the demand might in fact still grow    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:21:35

• The Cheeto Coyote does not place tariffs on wages, maybe because he too exploits low-paid overseas labour    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:22:26

• NanoPi R76S dual 2.5GbE SBC and router supports up to 16GB LPDDR5, M.2 WiFi module, HDMI 2.0 video output ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/08/nanopi-r76s-dual-2-5gbe-sbc-and-router-supports-up-to-16gb-lpddr5-m-2-wifi-module-hdmi-2-0-video-output/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:23:00

• Bezos Prime Day turned tomshardware into spamfarm this week    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:24:25

• Birger Schacht: Debian on Framework 12 ☞ https://bisco.org/notes/debian-on-framework-12/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:26:03

• EU probes alleged misuse of funds by far-right lawmakers including ex-Le Pen adviser ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250708-eu-probes-alleged-misuse-of-funds-by-far-right-lawmakers-including-ex-le-pen-adviser    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:55:28

• EU probes far-right political group over alleged misuse of funds ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250708-eu-probes-far-right-political-group-over-alleged-misuse-of-funds    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:55:38

• Thunderbird 140 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1029175/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:56:06

• Wayland vs X11, AMD graphics, KDE neon, 4K and WebGL data ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-vs-x11-performance-amd-graphics.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:57:08

• Two weeks of wayback ☞ https://ariadne.space/2025/07/07/two-weeks-of-wayback.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 13:57:29

• Thailand’s Cabinet shelves draft law for casinos ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailands-cabinet-shelves-draft-law-for-casinos    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:01:58

• RP2350-PiZero – An RP2350 board with Raspberry Pi Zero form factor, mini HDMI, 16MB flash ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/08/rp2350-pizero-rp2350-board-with-raspberry-pi-zero-form-factor-mini-hdmi-16mb-flash/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:02:37

• GlobalFoundries to make RISC-V CPUs — fab acquires MIPS, will integrate RISC-V and Hey Hi (AI) IP into its portfolio ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/globalfoundries-to-make-risc-v-cpus-fab-acquires-mips-will-integrate-risc-v-and-ai-ip-into-its-portfolio    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:03:23

• GlobalFoundries buys RISC-V chip firm MIPS to accelerate its Hey Hi (AI) ambitions ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/08/globalfoundries-buys-risc-v-chipmaker-mips-accelerate-ai-ambitions/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:03:54

• From Aleppo in ruins to the Deir ez-Zor's last bridge: Syria seven months after Assad’s fall ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250708-from-aleppo-in-ruins-to-a-tank-cemetery-in-deir-ez-zor-syria-seven-months-after-assad-s-fall    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:04:40

• Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025, (Tue, Jul 8th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32088    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:05:44

• Scarlett Gately Moore: KDE Applications snaps 25.04.3 released, plus new snaps and fixes! ☞ https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-applications-snaps-25-04-3-released-plus-new-snaps-and-fixes/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:06:24

• Fraud cases up 8% in first 5 months this year as overall crime drops, Hong Kong police chief says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/09/fraud-cases-up-8-in-first-5-months-this-year-as-overall-crime-drops-hong-kong-police-chief-says/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:06:47

• Hong Kong public does not want waste charging scheme implemented ‘for now,’ environment chief says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/08/hong-kong-public-does-not-want-waste-charging-scheme-implemented-for-now-environmental-chief-says/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:07:17

• Internet Society: Community Snapshot—June ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/07/community-snapshot-june/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:07:59

• Kdenlive 25.04.3 released ☞ https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.04.3/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:18:00

• Apple Way Past Its Prime ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Apple_Way_Past_Its_Prime.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:20:07

• Microsoft's Nat Friedman Became Unemployed the Same Time the SLAPPs Against Techrights Started Coming From His Friends (Weeks After We Had Exposed Scandals About Him and the Serial Strangler, His Best Friend, Who Got Arrested a Few Days Later) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/Microsoft_s_Nat_Friedman_Became_Unemployed_the_Same_Time_the_SL.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:20:23

• The 'Corporate Neckbeard' is Not the "Good Guy" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/The_Corporate_Neckbeard_is_Not_the_Good_Guy.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:20:33

• You Need Not Wave a Rainbow Flag This Month to Basically Oppose Arseholes Looking to Disrupt and Divide the Community ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/You_Need_Not_Wave_a_Rainbow_Flag_This_Month_to_Basically_Oppose.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:20:45

• With Workers Back From a Holiday Weekend, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs Carry on, More Waves to Come ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/With_Workers_Back_From_a_Holiday_Weekend_Microsoft_Layoffs_Carr.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:20:54

• Layoffs and Shutdowns at IBM, Not Just Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/Layoffs_and_Shutdowns_at_IBM_Not_Just_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:36:48

• FSF40 T-shirt message ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/08/FSF40_T_shirt_message.shtml by Alex Oliva, lxo    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:37:11

• Many Lawyers (for Microsoft) and 1,316 Pages to Pick on a Litigant in Person Who Exposed Serious Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Abuses (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/08/Many_Lawyers_for_Microsoft_and_1_316_Pages_to_Pick_on_a_Litigan.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:37:22

• Dalai Lama Succession as Evidence That Determined, Motivated People Can Reach Their Nineties (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/Dalai_Lama_Succession_as_Evidence_That_Determined_Motivated_Peo.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:37:34

• Peter Czanik: Prometheus exporter in syslog-ng ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/prometheus-exporter-in-syslog-ng    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:41:00

• Year two of freelancing ☞ https://stgraber.org/2025/07/07/year-two-of-freelancing/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:41:54

• Microsoft lobbying front group spreads the mindless, ruinous hype of "hey hi" ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/building-digital-public-goods-reflections-from-un-open-source-week-2025    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:42:37

• But is is true that Microsoft transitions towards AI, it's just that the I stands for Indians, not intelligence    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:43:09

• There are intelligence Indians, but that is another matter completely    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:43:36

• Building MCP servers the easy way with Apache OpenServerless ☞ https://opensource.net/building-mcp-servers-with-apache-openserverless/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:43:54

• Predicting the NASDAQ 100 with Hyperparameter Tuning ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/predicting-the-nasdaq-100-with-hyperparameter-tuning/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:45:50

• ShinyProxy 3.2.0 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/shinyproxy-3-2-0/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:46:44

• Raw data for domains in the pharmaversesdtm package ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/raw-data-for-domains-in-the-pharmaversesdtm-package/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:47:12

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1029150/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:47:38

• PhotoPrism AI-Powered Photos App Adds Map-Based Location Editor ☞ https://linuxiac.com/photoprism-ai-powered-photos-app-adds-map-based-location-editor/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:49:18

• Ubuntu 25.10 release to mandate RVA23 profile, obsoleting most RISC-V hardware ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/08/ubuntu-25-10-release-to-mandate-rva23-profile-obsoleting-most-risc-v-hardware/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:51:15

• Uiua is a general purpose array-oriented programming language ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/uiua-general-purpose-array-oriented-programming-language/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:57:29

• CiteBib – generate a Bibtex or LaTeX bibliography ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/citebib-generate-bibtex-latex-bibliography/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:58:03

• etcd – distributed reliable key-value store ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/etcd-distributed-reliable-key-value-store/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:58:25

• dano – hashdeep/md5tree for media files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dano-hashdeep-md5tree-media-files/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:58:58

• BrosTrend AX1800 USB WiFi 6 Adapter AX4L GNU/Linux Compatible ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/brostrend-ax1800-usb-wifi6-adapter-linux-compatible/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:59:08

• OBS Studio 31.1.0 Released with Multitrack Video for GNU/Linux & macOS ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-0-released-with-multitrack-video-for-linux-macos/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 14:59:46

• OBS Studio 31.1 Adds GNU/Linux Multitrack Video Support + More ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-whats-new    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:00:40

• FEX 2507 Tagged https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2507/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:01:52

• A libcamera port of Plasma Camera ☞ https://espi.dev/posts/2025/07/plasma-camera/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:02:16

• Windows TCO ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/how-to-conduct-a-password-audit-in-active-directory-ad/ "Weak or compromised passwords are still one of the most common ways attackers get into an organisation’s network."    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:03:09

• Europe has ideas for how to provide for its own security. The US should take notice. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/europe-has-ideas-for-how-to-provide-for-its-own-security-the-us-should-take-notice/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:03:39

• Relaying FALSE MARKETING for ICBM. What about outages, water damage, war etc? Oh, they don't account for that. https://www.phoronix.com/news/IBM-Power11-Announced    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:04:52

• Mike Lee ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-mike-lee-public-lands-sell-off | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:06:29

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

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:08:47

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

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:08:59

• How To Install Brave Browser on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-brave-browser-almalinux-10/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:09:18

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

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:10:36

• How To Install Amarok Music Player on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-amarok-music-player-manjaro/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:10:48

• Appeals court clears path for El Salvadoran journos to sue spyware maker ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/appeals-court-clears-path-for-el-salvadoran-journos-to-sue-spyware-maker/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:11:12

• Introducing Skia Graphite: Chrome's rasterization backend for the future ☞ https://blog.chromium.org/2025/07/introducing-skia-graphite-chromes.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:11:49

• Steinar H. Gunderson: Superimposed codes, take two ☞ http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2025-07-08-20-34_superimposed_codes_take_two.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:12:24

• ‘Our cash is in limbo’: Readers share how US sanctions on CIBanco, Intercam have affected their financial lives ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/readers-us-sanctions-mexican-banks-survey/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:18:56

• Battling next-gen financial fraud ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/08/1119039/battling-next-gen-financial-fraud/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:19:09

• Financial Calculations in Emacs ☞ https://entropicthoughts.com/financial-calculations-in-emacs    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:19:39

• Kangaroo Courts of the corrupt EPO ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/g1-23-if-it-is-public-it-is-prior-art/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:20:27

• K.Mizra network patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/8/kmizra-network-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:21:10

• Software patents that EPO granted illegally just like so many others ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/7/gevc-video-codec-patent-revocation-confirmed-by-epo-appeal    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:22:04

• Corcept v. Teva Oral Argument: Infringement by Drug Label, Again ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/corcept-argument-infringement.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:26:14

• Investigate your dependencies with Deptective ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/07/08/investigate-your-dependencies-with-deptective/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:27:49

• Amarok 3.3 "Far Above the Clouds" released! ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/07/08/amarok-3.3-far-above-the-clouds-released/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:31:30

• ‘Death is our business’ ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/podcast/death-is-our-business/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:34:36

• Linux Matters: Old Man Yells at GMail ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/59/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:35:33

• How Convicted Felon’s Policies Are Escalating Europe’s Data Sovereignty and Tech Independence Drive ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/07/how-trumps-policies-are-escalating-europes-data-sovereignty-and-tech-independence-drive/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:36:18

• navalny ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/russia-bans-yale-university-as-undesirable-organization-citing-navalny-s-attendance | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:36:45

• Putin is winning the drone war as Russia overwhelms Ukraine’s defenses ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-is-winning-the-drone-war-as-russia-overwhelms-ukraines-defenses/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:37:33

• Qubes OS Summit 2025: Call for sponsors ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/07/08/qubes-os-summit-2025-call-for-sponsors/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:38:06

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Ups Criticism Of Putin As He Releases Weapons, Considers Sanctions ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-critics-putin-ukraine-war/33467712.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:38:58

• Russian Lawmakers Confirm New Transport Minister Amid Questions Over Starovoit Death ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/starovoit-transport-minister-dead-russia/33467573.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:39:07

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Frustration With Putin Preceded Resumption of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-putin-ukraine.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:39:20

• The Supreme Court Cleared the Way for Mass Federal Firings ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/briefing/supreme-court-mass-firings-trump-putin-ukraine.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:39:29

• The Wild Russian Plot to Burn a London Restaurant and Kidnap Its Owner ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/europe/hide-wagner-plot-kidnap-uk.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:39:42

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Uses Cabinet Meeting to Vent About Epstein, Putin and Powell ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meeting-decor.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:39:51

• Cautious optimism in Ukraine as Convicted Felon vows to send more weapons ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/cautious-optimism-in-ukraine-as-trump-vows-to-send-more-weapons/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:40:14

• New findings: Russian aerial attacks amount to extermination and persecution ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/event-recap/new-findings-russian-aerial-attacks-amount-to-extermination-and-persecution/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:40:32

• For the US and the free world, security demands a resilience-first approach ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/resilience-first/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:41:08

• John Bolton deems Convicted Felon's lack of 'philosophy', and coherent policy, 'disconcerting to US allies' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250708-john-bolton-deems-trump-s-lack-of-philosophy-and-coherent-policy-disconcerting-to-us-allies    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:41:21

• French President Macron says Europe will never abandon Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250708-french-president-macron-says-europe-will-never-abandon-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:41:35

• US To 'Send Some More Weapons' To Ukraine, Convicted Felon Says In Apparent Reversal Of Pentagon Policy ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-patriots-trump-weapons-pentagon-supply/33466946.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:41:53

• Macron’s U.K. State Visit: Migrants and the War in Ukraine Are on the Agenda ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/europe/macron-starmer-france-uk-state-visit.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:42:06

• Ukrainians Are Cautiously Optimistic After Convicted Felon Says U.S. Will Send More Military Aid ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/europe/ukraine-russia-us-weapons-trump.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:42:17

• Replay: France's Macron addresses British parliament on state visit ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250708-replay-france-s-macron-addresses-british-parliament-on-state-visit    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:42:33

• Land Mines, a Cold War Horror, Could Return to Fortify Europe’s Borders ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/europe/land-mines-treaty-russia-ukraine.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:42:55

• Wednesday Briefing: Rare Earths, Made in Europe? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/briefing/rare-earths-china-europe-ukraine.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:43:12

• Russia Confirms Death of Minister Hours After Kremlin Dismissed Him ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/europe/russia-minister-dead.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:43:29

• Ukraine Turns to Fishing Nets to Catch Russian Drones ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/europe/ukraine-russia-drones-nets.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:43:53

• African Women Lured to Produce Russian War Drones ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/07/african-women-lured-to-produce-russian-war-drones/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:44:34

• Ukrainian Troops Struggle to Hold the Line on the Eastern Front ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/europe/ukraine-war-russia-donetsk.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:44:44

• John Bolton deems Convicted Felon's lack of 'philosophy' and coherent policy 'disconcerting to US allies' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250708-john-bolton-deems-trump-s-lack-of-philosophy-and-coherent-policy-disconcerting-to-us-allies    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:45:07

• "more weapons to Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/trump-says-washington-will-send-more-weapons-to-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:45:37

• Kursk ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/09/three-dead-after-ukrainian-drones-strike-kursk-city-beach | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:45:55

• What really came out of this year’s BRICS summit? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/what-really-came-out-of-this-years-brics-summit/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:46:13

• Braw in Foreign Policy on gray-zone aggression from Moscow in Estonia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/insight-impact/in-the-news/braw-in-foreign-policy-on-gray-zone-aggression-from-moscow-in-estonia/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:47:35

• Treasury slaps sanctions on people, companies tied to North Korean IT worker schemes ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/treasury-slaps-sanctions-on-people-companies-tied-to-north-korean-it-worker-schemes/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:48:08

• French nuclear waste secretly sent to Armenia? No. ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250708-french-nuclear-waste-secretly-sent-to-armenia-no    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:48:21

• Armenia charges two top opposition politicians, readies indictment against another ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/armenia-charges-two-top-opposition-politicians-readies-indictment-against-another    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:48:47

• ">Independent Russian election-monitoring group" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/independent-russian-election-monitoring-group-golos-shuts-down-after-co-chair-is-sentenced-to-prison | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:49:10

• "wave of searches targeting journalists and activists" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/russian-fsb-raids-syktyvkar-cultural-center-in-treason-case-amid-wave-of-searches-targeting-journalists-and-activists | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:49:29

• A journalist in jail: freed former RFE/RL reporter recalls Belarus prison ordeal ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2604517/a-journalist-in-jail-freed-former-rfe-rl-reporter-recalls-belarus-prison-ordeal    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:49:50

• "NATO’s last chance" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/08/nato-s-last-chance | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:50:17

• "raiding hostels and prayer houses" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/moscow-police-detain-hundreds-of-migrants-and-deport-more-than-30-after-raiding-hostels-and-prayer-houses | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:50:41

• "tying payments to subsistence minimums" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/russian-lawmakers-overhaul-maternity-and-childbirth-benefits-tying-payments-to-subsistence-minimums | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:51:10

• "Russian lawmakers vote to restore Federal Security Service’s right to operate its own jails" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/russian-lawmakers-vote-to-restore-federal-security-service-s-right-to-operate-its-own-jails | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:51:44

• "rise and sudden demise of Russia’s ex-Transportation Minister Roman Starovoit" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/08/the-rotenbergs-invested-heavily-in-him | Source: Meduza .. RISE AND FALL... FROM WINDOWS    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:52:23

• Putin is a magician. He can make people jump from windows, especially if he casts a spell when he does not like them. Navalny's cell had no Windows. He used Linux.    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:53:44

• Buk or no Buk, when Putin wants a plane to fall, it'll fall    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:54:45

• Follow Up: An Analysis of YouTube Links From The White House’s “Wire” Website ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/youtube-links-from-whgov-wire/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:55:24

• Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 beta 3 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-beta-3/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:55:49

• Medical groups sue US health department over new COVID-19 vaccine policy ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/medical-groups-sue-us-health-department-over-new-covid-19-vaccine-policy/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:56:24

• So far, so close: Acclaimed Hong Kong play puts diaspora and belonging back on centre stage in West Kowloon re-run ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/08/so-far-so-close-acclaimed-hong-kong-play-puts-diaspora-and-belonging-back-on-centre-stage-in-west-kowloon-re-run/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:57:00

• China probes former Wuhan mayor who presided over Covid response ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/08/china-probes-former-wuhan-mayor-who-presided-over-covid-response/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:57:16

• Windows TCO: Italian authorities arrest Chinese man over Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Exchange Server hack, targeting of COVID-19 researchers ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/italian-authorities-arrest-chinese-man-over-microsoft-exchange-server-hack-targeting-of-covid-19-researchers/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:57:53

• "apparent suicide" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/we-were-shocked-kremlin-declines-to-comment-on-minister-s-apparent-suicide | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:58:23

• LG Innotek to slim down smartphones by replacing solder balls with copper posts ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/lg-innotek-to-slim-down-smartphones-by-replacing-solder-balls-with-copper-posts    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 15:58:44

• "This is going to be needed too, because the latest DXVK update actually now recommends Mesa 25.1. So soon a Proton update that pulls in that DXVK version will run better with it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/its-now-easier-to-get-mesa-25-1-on-the-latest-ubuntu-25-04/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:00:06

• 5 tweaks and apps that helped me appreciate Ubuntu as a lifelong Windows user https://www.xda-developers.com/tweaks-apps-helped-me-appreciate-ubuntu-lifelong-windows-user/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:01:02

• RISC-V Ecosystem Gets More Standardization as Ubuntu Drops Non-Compliant CPUs https://www.techpowerup.com/338734/risc-v-ecosystem-gets-more-standardization-as-ubuntu-drops-non-compliant-cpus    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:01:34

• Linux Gaming Improves, Thanks to DXVK 2.7 https://www.extremetech.com/computing/linux-gaming-improves-thanks-to-dxvk-27    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:02:50

• More "LF Spam" from SJVN, who gets paid to relay PR for LF https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-foundation-adopts-a2a-protocol-to-help-solve-one-of-ais-most-pressing-challenges/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:04:34

• Pakistan’s Transparent Tribe Hits Indian Defence with Linux Malware https://hackread.com/pakistan-transparent-tribe-indian-defence-linux-malware/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:05:35

• They make it sound like this has been exploited before its discovery and for over a decade https://www.csoonline.com/article/4018715/how-a-12-year-old-bug-in-sudo-is-haunting-linux-users.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:06:42

• Windows chaff https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-replaced-my-linux-system-with-this-200-windows-mini-pc-heres-the-verdict-after-a-week/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:07:17

• Windows chaff, marketing spam in the form of a reposted old "article" (placement)    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:08:07

• Lossless Scaling Frame Generation has been ported to Linux https://videocardz.com/newz/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-has-been-ported-to-linux    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:08:50

• ParrotOS 6.4 lands with key tool updates and kernel upgrade https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/08/parrotos-6-4-released/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:09:53

• SUSE launches new European digital sovereignty support service to meet surging demand https://www.zdnet.com/article/suse-launches-new-european-digital-sovereignty-support-service-to-meet-surging-demand/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:10:31

• PowerShell is Windows https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/bert-blitzes-linux-windows-systems    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:11:53

• Making life harder for oneself https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-wayland-better-than-x11/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:12:32

• "The standard utilities on Linux are boring; have you ever noticed that? Their function is essential, but they're boring. Wouldn't you like to jazz up their outputs with some pretty colors? Or even speed them up? These terminal utilities do that and more." https://www.howtogeek.com/alternative-cli-tools-i-immediately-install-on-linux/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:13:08

• https://steamdeckhq.com/news/lossless-scaling-is-getting-ported-to-linux/   

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:13:36

• Lossless Scaling Is Getting Ported to Linux By The Community https://steamdeckhq.com/news/lossless-scaling-is-getting-ported-to-linux/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:13:46

• "This release also introduces explicit sync support for PipeWire Screen Capture and QVBR rate control for VA-API." https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-31-1-released-with-multitrack-video-support-on-linux    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:14:41

• "In Europe," he said, "there is a certain amount of local sourcing required, and people want sourcing to be done from local European companies." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/suse_sovereign_support/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:15:06

• Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation Lands on Linux, Works on Steam Deck https://www.techpowerup.com/338745/lossless-scalings-frame-generation-lands-on-linux-works-on-steam-deck    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:15:59

• Linux contains dangerous secure boot flaw: hackers can bypass it with a USB stick https://oodaloop.com/briefs/cyber/linux-contains-dangerous-secure-boot-flaw-hackers-can-bypass-it-with-a-usb-stick/ https://cybernews.com/security/hackers-can-bypass-linux-secure-boot/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:16:46

• Is this a slopfarm? https://www.techpowerup.com/338705/system76-updates-its-meerkat-linux-mini-pcs-with-intel-raptor-lake-or-arrow-lake-cpus    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:21:45

• "The upcoming Blender 5.0 release is set to bring a notable improvement for Linux: experimental support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering when using the Wayland display server with the Vulkan graphics backend." https://news.itsfoss.com/blender-5-0-linux-hdr-support/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:22:55

• Danish Ministry switching from Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:24:04

• Weeding Out Extremism in Our Community ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/Weeding_Out_Extremism_in_Our_Community.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:24:18

• What Miguel de Icaza and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lunduke Have in Common ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/What_Miguel_de_Icaza_and_Microsoft_Lunduke_Have_in_Common.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:24:27

• More on "Lunduke is Actually Sending His Audience to Attack People" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/08/More_on_Lunduke_is_Actually_Sending_His_Audience_to_Attack_Peop.shtml    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:24:38

• CVE-2025-24294: Possible Denial of Service in resolv gem ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/07/08/dos-resolv-cve-2025-24294/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:25:23

• Human Rights Watch stresses government reform in upcoming UN rights review of Vietnam ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/human-rights-watch-stresses-government-reform-in-upcoming-un-rights-review-of-vietnam/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:48:33

• Microsoft Patches 130 Vulnerabilities for July 2025 Patch Tuesday ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-130-vulnerabilities-for-july-2025-patch-tuesday/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 16:48:58

• lxer.com offline for a while    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 17:02:42

• "History of stock buybacks, why it needs to be regulated, who does it benefit (not the company) https://youtu.be/xyGjUugYl3E " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jv5nhy0h    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 17:10:46

• "I believe that. August is when people find out what their rewards are after spring Connect review period, and September is when it gets implemented/paid (bonuses, raises, stock)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz847y7n    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 17:11:23

• "In addition to outsourcing, don't forget about insourcing via visa programs (that are displacing US citizens): https://www.newsweek.com/microsoft-layoffs-h1b-visa-applications-2094370 " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzes7t7e    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 17:12:59

• "AI = Anonymous Imdians . L1s for the win." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jvdsmxne    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 17:13:32

• "It didn't take long for Google's search AI [sic] to get ahead of Bing's AI [sic]. Can't imagine how bad it is in MS knowing how long it takes to get anything done in Google." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzh5bsde slop...    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 17:14:16

• "CWA union derides Microsoft layoffs when ‘the company is prospering’: 'We are living through a moment of profound corporate consolidation and disruption' | PC Gamer https://share.google/NUZunJzT2IIAXNmvl " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzdejf2r    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 17:14:46

• it's not prospering, its debt has surged    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 17:15:05

• US tariffs to take centre stage as Asean meets in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/us-tariffs-to-take-centre-stage-as-asean-meets-in-malaysia    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:19:50

• Malaysia braces itself for shake-up in supply chains in wake of US tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-braces-for-shake-up-in-supply-chains-in-wake-of-us-tariffs    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:20:03

• PM Anwar called out by his own lawmakers as Malaysia’s judicial crisis heats up ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/pm-anwar-called-out-by-his-own-lawmakers-as-malaysias-judicial-crisis-heats-up    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:20:18

• Deadly Flash Floods Sweep Away Nepal-China Bridge ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/asia/floods-nepal-china-bridge.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:20:33

• The French Seaside Factory Trying to Break China’s Chokehold on Rare Earths ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/europe/eu-china-rare-earth-minerals-metals.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:20:53

• Australia’s Albanese confirms China visit as Beijing eyes trade deal review ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australias-albanese-confirms-china-visit-as-beijing-eyes-trade-deal-review    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:21:11

• Why China’s ultimatum to Myanmar rebels threatens global supply of heavy rare earths ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-chinas-ultimatum-to-myanmar-rebels-threatens-global-supply-of-heavy-rare-earths    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:21:27

• China warns Convicted Felon on tariffs, threatens retaliation on supply chain deals ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-warns-trump-on-tariffs-threatens-retaliation-on-supply-chain-deals    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:21:48

• Philippines summons Chinese envoy after ex-senator sanctioned ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-summons-chinese-envoy-after-ex-senator-sanctioned    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:22:08

• Dozens missing after floods on Nepal-China border ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/dozens-missing-after-floods-on-nepal-china-border    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:22:27

• Lurid tale of China’s cross-dressing ‘red uncle’ goes viral online ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/lurid-tale-of-chinas-cross-dressing-red-uncle-goes-viral-online    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:22:51

• China detains principal over lead poisoning of 200 children ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-detains-principal-over-lead-poisoning-of-200-children    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:23:08

• China says US is in ‘no position’ to point fingers over Tibet issues ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-us-is-in-no-position-to-point-fingers-over-tibet-issues    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:23:28

• Berlin says China military targeted German plane with laser over Red Sea ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/08/berlin-says-china-military-targeted-german-plane-with-laser-over-red-sea/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:24:04

• China’s ‘Taiwanese separatist’ hotline shows expanding lawfare strategy ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-taiwanese-separatist-hotline-shows-expanding-lawfare-strategy/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:24:31

• "PET Plastic" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/08/turning-pet-plastic-into-paracetamol-with-this-one-bacterial-trick/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:24:54

• Sleep Divorce Could Be The Secret to Getting a Good Night's Rest ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sleep-divorce-could-be-the-secret-to-getting-a-good-nights-rest    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:25:53

• Microbiologist Explains How Often You Should Wash Your Sheets ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/microbiologist-explains-how-often-you-should-wash-your-sheets    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:26:04

• Surprise Hair Loss Breakthrough: DNA Sugar Gel Triggers Robust Regrowth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-hair-loss-breakthrough-dna-sugar-gel-triggers-robust-regrowth    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:26:20

• Your Poop Schedule Says a Lot About Your Overall Health, Suggests Study ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-poop-schedule-says-a-lot-about-your-overall-health-suggests-study    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:26:46

• Scientific First: 'Slow-Motion' Earthquakes Captured in Real Time ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientific-first-slow-motion-earthquakes-captured-in-real-time    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:27:07

• [japan] [photography] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-09.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:29:07

• Past puzzle: 2025-07-08 | Crostic Nine gemini://gem.bahai.fyi/crostic/9/log/2025-07-08    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:29:39

• 🔤SpellBinding: CGHIUNM Wordo: HAILS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-09.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:30:27

• Against “approaches” in TRPG gemini://idiomdrottning.org/approaches    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:32:16

• "There’s this card game “Pairs” that I love playing and we’ve been playing a lot lately. You flip up one card at a time and if you get a pair you lose that many points and first to lose twenty one points loses the game" gemini://idiomdrottning.org/we-need-to-change-the-rules    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:32:57

• "So does anyone remember XP - or extreme programming? The rough idea being that you write some code and then push it live, learn some stuff, and then throw away what you wrote and then write it again given you have learned more things" gemini://envs.net/~olap/musings-20250709.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:33:44

• "First off, this works with any Gemini client. It's an experiment but it's also a way for someone with a capsule on a static server to add dynamic content - even games - to their pages." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20250709.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:34:24

• "I wrote a gemlog about it. It doesn't break the spec and works in all clients." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/bluesman/30038    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:36:08

• i wanna roc gemini://dt.smol.pub/2025-07-08_18-i-wanna-roc    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:36:46

• "Following yesterdays conversation about the demise of geminispace, one of the mentioned issues was the disappearance of the go documentation service. So I rectified that by spinning up gemini://godocs.8by3.net/ " gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/log/2025-07-02.go-docs.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:37:51

• "I assume this wasn't always the case, but consumer enshitification; engineering products to maximize profits e.g. shelf life over taste and quality, mean its not hard to out do anything you can buy." gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/others/food/2025-06-29.ice-cream.gmi    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:38:52

• Past puzzle: 2025-07-06 | Crostic Nines gemini://gem.bahai.fyi/crostic/9/log/2025-07-06    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:39:39

• First UK Patients Receive Diabetes Drug That Delays Symptoms by Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/first-uk-patients-receive-diabetes-drug-that-delays-symptoms-by-years    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:41:31

• Detection Engineering: Practicing Detection-as-Code – Introduction – Part 1 ☞ https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/07/08/detection-engineering-practicing-detection-as-code-introduction-part-1/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:41:51

• Inflation ticks up to 3.8% in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/08.07.2025-inflation-ticks-up-to-38-in-latvia.a606021/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:42:11

• How the Technical Community Runs the Internet ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/07/how-the-technical-community-runs-the-internet/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:42:41

• Marco Rubio Impersonation Under State Dept. Investigation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/rubio-ai-impersonation-investigation.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:42:59

• Colorado Judge Fines MyPillow Founder’s Lawyers for Error-Filled Court Filing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/judge-fines-lawyers-mypillow-ai.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:43:57

• Grok, MElon’s Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot, Shares Antisemitic Posts on X ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/grok-antisemitism-ai-x.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:44:17

• Marco Rubio impersonator reportedly used Hey Hi (AI) to contact government officials ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/08/report-marco-rubio-impersonator-used-ai-contact-government-officials/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:45:41

• July Software Releases: Plasma Camera & Plasma Settings ☞ https://plasma-mobile.org/2025/07/08/releases-25-07/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:46:46

• KDE Plasma 6.3.6, Bugfix Release for July ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.6/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:47:15

• TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals - How Did They Turn Out? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/ttablog-test-three-recent-section-2e1.html    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:48:49

• Building a Wi-Fi robot controller that accepts voice commands ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/07/07/building-a-wi-fi-robot-controller-that-accepts-voice-commands/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:49:23

• Concept Bytes’ coffee table tracks people and walks itself across a room when called ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/07/08/concept-bytes-coffee-table-tracks-people-and-walks-itself-across-a-room-when-called/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:49:34

• PKK disarmament ceremony to be held behind closed doors for security reasons ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/pkk-disarmament-ceremony-to-be-held-behind-closed-doors-for-security-reasons-309259    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:50:10

• Haha, they publish this while turning a blind eye to EPO corruption https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1742    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:52:48

• "Mr Neidle said after repelling Mr Zahawi he was contacted by bloggers and tweeters who had received similar threats. They deleted their work “and in most cases never commented publicly on anything again”." https://www.westminsterextra.co.uk/article/harrington-there-are-things-well-never-know    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:59:07

• "In other words, scrutin­eers and critics were silenced. He accepted that among the legal fraternity, he probably wasn’t popular for talking about the need for reform – libel is good work for the lawyers after all."    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 18:59:52

• "But one of the suggestions he shared was to push libel cases into a small claims court-style system, which he said would mean “having informal hearings where the best case outcome for the winner is a require­ment that the defendant apologises, no costs, no lawyers”."    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 19:00:04

• "Or the UK could turn to the example of the United States where those suing must prove malicious intent. With no change, he warned: “There’s a lot of people in the public eye, and people in the know know stuff about them but cannot print it. That is a threat to the rule of law, it’s a threat to democracy that we have… If we want to hold the wealthy to account, we have to be able to talk about them.”"    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 19:00:50

• Impostor Uses Hey Hi (AI) to Impersonate Rubio and Contact Foreign and US Officials ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/impostor-uses-ai-to-impersonate-rubio-and-contact-foreign-and-us-officials/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 19:03:46

• Adobe Patches Critical Code Execution Bugs ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-patches-critical-code-execution-bugs/    

posted Wednesday, July 09, 2025 at 19:04:10

• SAP Patches Critical Flaws That Could Allow Remote Code Execution, Full System Takeover ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/sap-patches-critical-flaws-that-could-allow-remote-code-execution-full-system-takeover/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:41:59

• Exploits, Technical Details Released for CitrixBleed2 Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/exploits-technical-details-released-for-citrixbleed2-vulnerability/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:42:27

• Qantas Hit with Extortion Demand After Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/qantas-hit-with-extortion-demand-after-data-breach/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:42:38

• A set of Git security-fix releases ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1029182/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:43:03

• Homicides drop 15% as security strategy shows results: Tuesday’s mañanera recapped ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/homicides-drop-15-percent-tuesdays-mananera-recapped/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:43:39

• Morphisec warns of Iran-backed ransomware campaign driven by political motives ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/08/morphisec-warns-iran-backed-ransomware-campaign-driven-political-motives/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:44:42

• Hong Kong NGO defends ecotourism research after ‘soft resistance’ accusation from Beijing-backed paper ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/08/hong-kong-ngo-defends-ecotourism-research-after-soft-resistance-accusation-from-beijing-backed-paper/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:47:47

• Why the US and Europe could lose the race for fusion energy ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/08/1119630/why-the-us-and-the-west-could-lose-the-race-for-fusion-energy/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:48:51

• Why Japan and South Korea are on different paths in the latest US trade salvo ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-japan-and-south-korea-are-on-different-paths-in-the-latest-us-trade-salvo    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:49:36

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Ends Deportation Protections for Hondurans and Nicaraguans ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/politics/trump-deportations-tps-honduras-nicaragua.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:50:15

• Southern border crossings are down. A sea of shoelaces remains. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2025/0708/us-southern-border-new-mexico-immigration    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:50:33

• US airports end shoe removal requirement for security screening ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250709-us-airports-shoe-security    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:51:34

• Timeline: Press freedom in Hong Kong under the national security law ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/09/explainer-the-decline-of-hong-kongs-press-freedom-under-the-national-security-law/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:52:01

• Recap: OpenSSF Community Day Japan 2025 ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/07/08/recap-openssf-community-day-japan-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:52:30

• New York mayoral hopeful Mamdani trolled by Indian PM Modi fans on social control media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/new-york-mayoral-hopeful-mamdani-trolled-by-indian-pm-modi-fans-on-social-media    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:53:17

• Mayor and Police Chiefs Let Corruption Fester at N.Y.P.D., Suits Charge ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/nyregion/nypd-corruption-lawsuits-adams.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:56:01

• Chipmaking giant TSMC hit with class-action lawsuit in the U.S. for bias, racism, and unsafe conditions — over 30 plaintiffs have accused the company of illegal practices at Arizona fab ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chipmaking-giant-tsmc-hit-with-class-action-lawsuit-in-the-u-s-for-bias-racism-and-unsafe-conditions-over-30-plaintiffs-have-accused-the-company-of-illegal-practices-at-arizona-fab    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:56:18

• Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 130 vulnerabilities, none actively exploited ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-july-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:56:58

• Why Are Police Officers in South Africa Torturing People? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/africa/south-africa-torture-police-crime.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:57:30

• South African Police’s Frequent Use of Torture Echoes Apartheid’s Brutality ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/africa/south-africa-torture-police-tubing.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:57:41

• Ollama or vLLM? How to choose the right LLM serving tool for your use case ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/08/ollama-or-vllm-how-choose-right-llm-serving-tool-your-use-case    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:58:11

• Google Offerwall explained: Easy way for publishers to test pay-as-you-go and ad-gated access ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/google-offerwall-monetisation-adverts-publishers/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:58:48

• Germany urged to protect Egypt journalist against transnational repression ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/germany-urged-to-protect-egyptian-journalist-against-transnational-repression/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 01:59:16

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