Roy Schestowitz

• Undermining the GDPR through ‘simplification’: EDRi pushes back against dangerous deregulation ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/undermining-the-gdpr-through-simplification-edri-pushes-back-against-dangerous-deregulation/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:00:46

• Beanie ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/08/five-minuteish-beanie-is-the-fastest-weve-seen-yet/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:01:13

• Today’s the day to be in compliance with a data security rule from the Department of Justice ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/07/todays-the-day-to-be-in-compliance-with-a-data-security-rule-from-the-department-of-justice/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:02:12

• 2 Dead and 500 Injured After Typhoon Danas Strikes Taiwan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/asia/typhoon-danas-taiwan.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:02:42

• Trash Overflows in Philadelphia as City Workers’ Strike Enters Second Week ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/trash-philadelphia-strike.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:03:17

• Dihydroxyacetone Man welcomes Netanyahu at the White House. Can he get a ceasefire in Gaza? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0707/trump-netanyahu-meeting    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:03:32

• Popular industry security tool repurposed by cybercriminals to deploy infostealer malware — Shellter developer blasts 'reckless and unprofessional' researchers for not disclosing issue for months ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/popular-industry-security-tool-repurposed-by-cybercriminals-to-deploy-infostealer-malware-shellter-developer-blasts-reckless-and-unprofessional-researchers-for-not-disclosing-issue-for-months    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:04:02

• Splunk uncovers surge in social engineering through fake CAPTCHA attacks ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/08/splunk-uncovers-surge-social-engineering-fake-captcha-attacks/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:04:29

• Legitimate Shellter Pen-Testing Tool Used in Malware Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/legit-shellter-pen-testing-tool-used-in-malware-attacks/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:06:08

• Dihydroxyacetone Man T1 Phone Android OS vs. PureOS ☞ https://puri.sm/posts/trump-t1-phone-android-os-vs-pureos/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:06:37

• Ex-Malaysian PM Najib’s wife Rosmah wins $30,000 in suit against TikToker ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ex-malaysian-pm-najibs-wife-rosmah-wins-30000-in-suit-against-tiktoker    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:07:14

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Tees Up a Fentanylware (TikTok) Deal, But Is China Biting? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/08/trump-china-us-tiktok-deal/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:09:06

• Another Canadian Digital Policy Own Goal: Corporate Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban Leads to Millions in Lost Cultural Group Support ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/owngoal/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:09:17

• Oscillator Negativity ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/08/oscillator-negativity-is-a-good-thing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:09:58

• "More recently, more direct tools of genetic engineering have risen to prominence, further allowing us to tinker with our crops to make them do more of what we want." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/08/could-space-radiation-mutate-seeds-for-the-benefit-of-humanity/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:11:14

• "The Rigol oscilloscopes have a long history of modifications and hacks, and this latest from [Matthias] is an impressive addition; he’s been working on adding a function generator to the DHO800 line of scopes." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/08/budget-brilliance-dho800-function-generator/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:11:33

• "Of course, there are definite downsides to that, like weight, power consumption, and vibrations. There are solid-state heat pumps — the kind you see in portable coolers, for example. But, they are not terribly efficient and have limited performance." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/08/better-solid-state-heat-pumps-through-science/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:11:54

• "So why not 3D print an observation hive? With [Teddy Hatcher]’s 3D printing creativity, that is exactly what he did." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/08/view-a-beehive-up-close-with-this-3d-printed-hive/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 02:12:03

• First those MSFT and LF sponsored liars said this page was "being reviewed" (it was false), now it is just a BLANK page https://thenewstack.io/why-almost-everyone-wants-richard-stallman-cancelled/ https://www.devopschat.co/articles/why-almost-everyone-wants-richard-stallman-canceled    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 04:07:26

• So they reached the conclusion that their RMS 'hit piece' was FALSE    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 04:07:49

• "When installing Linux for the first time, it can be a little confusing as to what you should do next. Thankfully, most Linux distros are well configured out of the box, allowing you to get up and running from the get-go, but there are a few commands I usually perform on any fresh Linux installation." https://www.xda-developers.com/run-these-commands-on-fresh-linux-install/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 04:26:39

• Accessing new kernel features from Python https://lwn.net/Articles/1026749/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 04:27:37

• Fedora's i686 support gets a reprieve https://lwn.net/Articles/1026917/ http://techrights.org/o/2022/04/08/planned-obsolescence-ibm/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 04:28:09

• Used to work for Microsoft, now an LLM pusher https://lwn.net/Articles/1026558/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 04:29:10

• How to make Linux unreadable to well over 90% of its developers https://lwn.net/Articles/1025232/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 04:29:53

• Improved load balancing with machine learning https://lwn.net/Articles/1027096/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 04:30:37

• Social Control Media: "Back in the not so olden days, I used to be able to post something on Twitter and have it find the right audience to get decent feedback." ☛ https://chrisenns.com/2025/07/building-a-gaming-pc-in-2025-takes-a-community/ | Source: Chris Enns    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 06:07:22

• "As Valve continue updating Steam with better accessibility options, the latest Beta makes it super easy to make Steam bigger (or smaller)." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/steam-now-has-a-ui-scaling-slider-and-accessibility-menu-on-desktop/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 06:08:07

• "While the developers of The Last of Us Part II Remastered still suggest you play it the original way, now you can play it chronologically." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/the-last-of-us-part-ii-remastered-gets-a-new-way-to-play-chronologically/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

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

• "Older readers might be interested in this one. Silent Shoals Software announced In Silence Waits, a modern take on classic graphical adventures." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/in-silence-waits-is-an-upcoming-modern-take-on-classic-graphical-adventures/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 06:11:07

• "With a demo live on Steam, Vehicle No. 4 could be one to watch if you love your horde survival games with you building your own vehicle" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/vehicle-no-4-has-you-build-your-own-vehicle-in-this-horde-survival-game/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 06:13:17

• "Need a fresh Tower Defense game to try out? Here's another tip for you! Operation Octo arrives in September with a chance to try it early." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/operation-octo-is-an-upcoming-frantic-aquatic-tower-defense-with-big-boss-fights/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 06:13:32

• "Coming to Early Access later in July, MR FARMBOY blends elements of Stardew Valley with automation and optimisation. Sounds like it could be a fun idea and you can try this early too as there's a demo available." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mr-farmboy-is-like-stardew-valley-but-with-automation-and-optimization/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 06:15:20

• "It's easy to miss games when there's just so-much-news, so here's a small selection I wanted to highlight to go on your wishlists." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/a-selection-of-upcoming-games-im-excited-to-see-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 06:15:46

• "STEEL HUNTERS from Wargaming Group only arrived on Steam in April, and it's already going to be shut down by the developers." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/steel-hunters-is-another-live-service-casualty-as-its-shutting-down/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 06:39:20

• "On a seriously tight budget? I feel you. So here's a bunch of fantastic games in the Steam Summer Sale 2025 under £3." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/incredible-cheap-treats-in-the-steam-summer-sale-2025-under-3/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 06:42:34

• "Minigalaxy is a simple and to the point GOG game downloader for Linux, with a brand new release in version 1.4 now available. It might not have all the bells and whistles that the likes of Heroic and Lutris have" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/simple-gog-client-for-linux-minigalaxy-version-1-4-released/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 06:42:47

• "Germans Growing Increasingly Uneasy as Peace in Europe Looks More Fragile - DER SPIEGEL" https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/bunkers-emergency-plans-and-the-army-reserve-germans-growing-increasingly-uneasy-as-peace-in-europe-looks-more-fragile-a-8e0f75b0-c105-4174-a166-3f5829b2fd89#ref=rss    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:01:58

• "NATO's Eastern Flank: Germany's Rising Concerns about Russia - DER SPIEGEL" https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/natos-eastern-flank-germanys-rising-concerns-about-russia-a-66c25d03-9202-4598-8f39-e5801d42d1ee#ref=rss    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:02:11

• "Russia bans Yale University as ‘undesirable organization,’ citing Navalny’s attendance" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/08/russia-bans-yale-university-as-undesirable-organization-citing-navalny-s-attendance    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:02:24

• "Trump’s religious liberty commission might be the end of religious freedom for all" https://kansasreflector.com/2025/07/09/trumps-religious-liberty-commission-might-be-the-end-of-religious-freedom-for-all/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:02:38

• "Cole's French Dip to close permanently in downtown L.A." https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2025-07-07/coles-french-dip-permanent-closure-early-august    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:02:52

• "EU Aims to Stockpile Critical Medical Supplies for Future Crises" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-07-09/eu-aims-to-stockpile-critical-medical-supplies-for-future-crises    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:03:06

• "When it comes to dictators, Tucker Carlson presents a false choice between censorship and softball interviews. There’s another way." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/how-to-understand-tucker-carlsons    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:04:57

• iophk: maybe someday in the distant future it would be appropriate to revisit how systemd got shoehorned into so many distros, it fits with the investigations into brigading and such, including decommodification https://blog.tjll.net/the-systemd-revolution-has-been-a-success/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:05:27

• "Stop Killing Games Finally Reaches One Million Signature Milestone, but There's a Pretty Big Catch" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/07/07/2242255    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:05:42

• iophk: how much of that comes from bots? https://werd.io/threads-is-nearing-xs-daily-app-users-new-data-shows/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:05:58

• "Socratic dialectics with AI | Sean Voisen" https://seanvoisen.com/blog/socratic-dialectics-with-ai/ iophk: he misunderstands LLMs AFAICT    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:06:17

• "New aircraft carriers face years of delivery delays" https://www.navytimes.com/naval/2025/07/09/new-aircraft-carriers-face-years-of-delivery-delays/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:06:28

• "Europe human rights court finds Russia committed grave international law violations in Ukraine" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/europe-human-rights-court-finds-russia-committed-grave-international-law-violations-in-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:06:45

• "SLOP talent [sic] wars: Scam Altman's SLOP WARE poaches top engineers from Musk, Zuckerberg firms" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-talent-wars-altmans-openai-poaches-top-engineers-from-musk-zuckerberg-firms/articleshow/122346063.cms https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/technology/sam-altman-sister-lawsuit.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:07:28

• "Hamas charter, writings, teachings reveal 'genocidal intent to destroy, dehumanise Israeli people' - France 24" https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250709-hamas-charter-writings-teachings-reveal-genocidal-intent-to-destroy-dehumanise-israeli-people    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:07:48

• "Pam Bondi Admits She Must Fire Kash Patel and Dan Bongino" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/07/pam-bondi-admits-she-must-fire-kash-patel-and-dan-bongino/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:08:00

• "Whatever happened to Romney Republicans? — Crooked Timber" https://crookedtimber.org/2025/07/08/whatever-happened-to-romney-republicans/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:08:13

• "The mug — Crooked Timber" https://crookedtimber.org/2025/07/09/the-mug/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:08:26

• Shawnee National Forest ☛ https://therevelator.org/shawnee-climate/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:18:44

• "Free Speech, Press Freedom Groups Oppose Effort" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/a-model-anti-doxing-law-free-speech-press-freedom-groups-oppose-effort/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:19:02

• An EA executive takes a jab at Microsoft’s mass layoffs: “Short-term results...” https://en.as.com/meristation/news/an-ea-executive-takes-a-jab-at-microsofts-mass-layoffs-short-term-results-n/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:20:51

• "A recent forum event held in Washington promised to discuss how pirate site-blocking orders can be safely implemented in the United States." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/after-sopas-painful-death-safe-site-blocking-claim-disputed-by-cloudflare-250709/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:22:34

• "As numerous Walled Culture posts attest, site blocking is in the vanguard of the actions by copyright companies against sites engaged in the unauthorised sharing of material." ☛ https://walledculture.org/as-site-blocks-pile-up-european-commission-issues-subtle-slapdown-to-italys-piracy-shield/ | Source: Walled Culture    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:22:51

• "To the researcher, this feels like pure convenience, perhaps even magic, but for publishers, it looks like disintermediation." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/07/guest-post-when-the-front-door-moves-how-ai-threatens-scholarly-communities-and-what-publishers-can-do/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:23:06

• "Alphabet's Google said it failed this week to resolve disagreements with hotels, airlines and specialised search services such as Skyscanner over how it presents search results" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-says-discord-over-search-results-is-unresolved-risks-eu-antitrust-fine/articleshow/122347857.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:23:57

• "A week ago today I had the pleasure of attending both the Apple and Google DMA compliance workshops in Brussels." ☛ https://formularsumo.co.uk/blog/2025/apple-vs-the-law/ |    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:24:07

• "I have always been disgusted by the fact that, in this day and age, anything that we “purchase” digitally is not truly ours; we pay for the rights to access it or to stream it." ☛ https://gabz.blog/posts/access-vs-ownership | Source: Gabriel    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 07:24:29

• "A federal appeals court just threw out a new government regulation that would have required subscription services to give consumers an easy way to cancel." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/702398/ftc-click-to-cancel-rule-struck-down-appeals-court | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:05:25

• "The Federal Trade Commission's rules requiring easy and straightforward subscription cancellations were tossed out on procedural grounds, and are unlikely to be resubmitted anytime soon." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2844040/ftcs-click-to-cancel-subscription-rules-thrown-out-by-judges.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:05:49

• "Such a measure seems easy to support unless you're a company engaged in such practices. Even the triumvirate of judges making the decision doesn't really seem to be against the rule - they just don't like how it was implemented." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/ftc_clicktocancel_rule_scrapped/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:06:01

• "According to the court, the FTC made a procedural error by failing to provide with a preliminary regulatory analysis, which is required for any rule with an annual economic impact of over $100 million. As a result, the court opted to toss out the rule." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/09/appeals-court-overrules-click-to-cancel/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:06:23

• "Amazon can’t, of course, quadruple output without burdening the workers who pick, sort, package, and deliver the goods." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/amazon-prime-days-sweatshop-conditions/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:06:42

• "equal protection under the laws” to anyone “born or naturalized in the United States" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2025/07/09/today-in-history-july-9-14th-amendment-ratified-2/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:07:01

• "The court is not convinced that a reasonable consumer could believe the two ads at issue — 'Don’t drink and drive, call an Uber,' and 'Stay safe tonight." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-prunes-some-claims-from-bellwether-cases-in-uber-sexual-assault-litigation/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:07:22

• "exposing women like Morsal to abusive situations." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-women-shelter-safe-house-taliban/33467619.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:07:45

• "intention of causing a person under 18 to marry or enter a civil partnership would be a criminal offence." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/09/under-18s-could-be-banned-marrying-scotland/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

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

• "The 1950s marked a decade of upheaval for Tibet. China’s Communist Party sought to annex the resource-rich plateau, which would help secure the country’s southwest border." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2025/0709/In-Boston-and-beyond-Tibetans-in-exile-keep-their-culture-alive | Source: CS Monitor    

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

• "The court decided that 36-year-old Sonia Mejri, who returned from Syria, will be tried in a special criminal court for crimes against humanity, including genocide" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/french-woman-to-stand-trial-for-yazidi-genocide-80197 | Source: ANF News    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:09:12

• "block access to certain X accounts in the country" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/govt-denies-blocking-reuters-on-x-slams-platform-for-delay-1890208 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:09:53

• "Media freedom is often a casualty of war, and Israel’s recent war with Iran is no exception." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/07/israel-uses-iran-war-to-escalate-assaults-on-press/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:10:21

• "Orellana, who works for United Parcel Service, has no criminal record and previously served in the U.S. Marines, according to Carlos Montes, a fellow member of Centro CSO." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-03/activist-indicted-face-shields-protests | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:22:28

• "Since Beijing imposed a national security law in Hong Kong in 2020, the city has seen the closure of independent media outlets, journalists jailed, newsrooms raided and government tax audits that appear to disproportionately target the media sector." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/09/explainer-the-decline-of-hong-kongs-press-freedom-under-the-national-security-law/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:22:52

• "The Zugdidi City Court has sentenced activist Rosto Zarandia to five days of administrative arrest over a Facebook comment in which he called the Zugdidi City Hall’s spokesperson a goose." ☛ https://oc-media.org/georgian-activist-jailed-for-calling-official-a-goose-on-facebook/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:23:13

• "After a recent update, Grok began responding users with explicit messages, some of which included highly vulgar language." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/reports-turkish-prosecutors-investigate-x-s-grok-ai-after-offensive-content-targeting-erdogan-ataturk-309286 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:23:28

• "Instead of looking to jail his rivals, Trump is simply going to make their lives infinitely more difficult." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/trumps-secret-to-limiting-free-speech | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:29:28

• "fabricated investment schemes in order to build trust and get engagement from victims" ☛ https://therecord.media/news-websites-faked-to-spread-investment-scams | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:30:18

• "Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams is stepping down from his role next month and leaving the company later this year to spend more time with friends and family." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/apple_coo_williams_retiring/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:32:29

• "The American Federation of Government Employees also confirmed that some airports adopted the new policy Friday ahead of the change being implemented more widely" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-08/no-need-to-take-off-your-shoes-at-some-airports-heres-tsa-new-policy-on-shoe-screening | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:32:42

• "SDA was created in 2019 as a standalone acquisition organization within the Space Force." ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/space/2025/07/08/air-force-review-spotlights-risks-in-space-agencys-go-fast-approach/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:33:01

• "Per the Financial Times, the company has gone as far as installing fingerprint "biometric access controls" around its offices, as well as electronically-dependent security airlocks, similar to the kind found in industrial cleanrooms." ☛ https://futurism.com/paranoid-openai-espionage | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:33:27

• "creating space for those who promise algorithmic optimization as a more efficient alternative to democratic deliberation." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/you-are-here-a-short-history-of-the | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:34:01

• "Crook’s move to directly lead the design team comes at a time when Apple is undergoing a significant visual overhaul." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/major-leadership-shift-coming-at-apple-after-coo-change-design-team-to-report-to-tim-cook/articleshow/122337652.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:34:21

• "Though the overall trends were mostly positive, the report does highlight one area of concern: legacy systems." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/09/fortinet-report-shows-c-suite-now-owns-operational-technology-cybersecurity/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:34:38

• "Wild salmon is now so rare that Norway in 2021 placed it on its red list of near-endangered species." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2319713.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:35:12

• "Among other things, the study shows that the Greenland shark is found much closer to Denmark than most people imagine." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-skagerrak-nursery-area-enigmatic-greenland.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:35:29

• "This marks a significant milestone for conservation efforts, as it is the first time the species has bred in the South West of England in over a century." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pine-marten-dartmoor-babies-kits-b2785750.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:35:45

• "While obvious and very quick to execute, this has a multitude of tradeoffs which will bite you down the road (and fairly quickly - in a fintech situation): [...]" ☛ https://blog.julik.nl/2025/07/data-over-time | Source: Julik Tarkhanov    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:36:21

• "Unfortunately, the flight tracking system known as ADS-B, and the civilian websites that follow it, never looks away." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-flight-sky-genitals/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:37:10

• "The reality facing property owners in the project path is that there are few avenues in statute and in state court to stop ITC Holding Corp." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/07/09/attorney-michigan-farmers-in-proposed-transmission-line-path-are-being-offered-bad-deals/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:37:18

• "The recovery value can be high for certain products such as electronics, automotive parts, as well as materials like plastic and metal. This is still difficult for machines to do." ☛ https://theconversation.com/from-robotic-trucks-to-smart-bins-how-technology-is-helping-cities-sort-their-waste-problem-260023 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:37:43

• "This conversation originally appeared on the Today, Explained podcast and was featured in the Today, Explained newsletter, which you can subscribe to here." ☛ https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/419106/texas-flooding-national-weather-service-cuts-fema-hurricane-season | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:37:54

• "European Union’s Commissioner for Defence and Space" ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/07/08/if-the-eu-wants-peace-it-needs-to-prepare-for-war/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:39:20

• "The Trump administration has an ideal opportunity to revive a broader coalition to prevent the Islamic Republic becoming nuclear-armed." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/07/western-alliance-nuclear-iran/683465/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:39:46

• "18,000 individual donors, Instagram and TikTok views have kept Deja Foxx — a once long-shot Gen Z candidate — competitive in the race for a congressional seat in Arizona." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/07/09/theyre-calling-her-an-influencer-shes-calling-it-campaign-strategy/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:40:03

• "Europe has ideas for how to provide for its own security." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/europe-has-ideas-for-how-to-provide-for-its-own-security-the-us-should-take-notice/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:40:35

• "promises mass employee terminations, widespread cancellation of federal programs and services, and the dismantling of much of the Federal Government as Congress has created it." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/07/08/supreme-court-trump-fire-federal-workers | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:41:27

• "As terror groups continue to launch attacks in the Sahel, some fear that the day will come when insurgents march into a capital city and topple the national government." ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/07/gains-by-sahel-terror-groups-spark-fears-major-cities-could-fall/ | Source: ADF    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:41:36

• "Notice that Trump barely even pretends that there’s an economic justification for this action. This is all about punishing Brazil for putting Jair Bolsonaro on trial." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-dictator-protection-program | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:41:48

• "This article, however, came after the legislation was passed." ☛ https://fair.org/home/massive-expansion-of-trumps-deportation-machine-passes-with-little-press-notice/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:42:18

• "Trump has strongly criticized the prosecution of right-wing ally Bolsonaro, who is on trial for allegedly plotting to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections to Lula." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-says-us-will-charge-brazil-with-50-tariff-8851889 | Source: NDTV    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:43:06

• "witch hunt" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-brazil-tariff-bolsonaro-1.7581237 | Source: CBC    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:43:13

• "warrants for the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and the group’s chief justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani" ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/five-questions-and-expert-answers-about-the-icc-arrest-warrants-against-taliban-leaders-for-crimes-against-women-and-girls/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:43:44

• "Here’s the TL;DR: If you actually built your cryptography properly, you shouldn’t give a shit which country hosts the ciphertext for your messaging app." ☛ https://soatok.blog/2025/07/09/jurisdiction-is-nearly-irrelevant-to-the-security-of-encrypted-messaging-apps/ | Source: Dhole Moments    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:44:15

• "The Canadian debate over age verification technologies – which has now expanded to include both age verification and age estimation systems – requires an assessment of both the proposed legislative frameworks and the technologies themselves." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/risky-business-the-legal-and-privacy-concerns-of-mandatory-age-verification-technologies/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:45:12

• "The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills." ☛ https://www.404media.co/ice-is-searching-a-massive-insurance-and-medical-bill-database-to-find-deportation-targets/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:45:38

• "EDRi urges the Commission to withdraw the proposed amendment to Article 30(5) GDPR." ☛ https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/202507-EDRi-contribution-consultation-Simplification-GDPR.pdf | Source: EDRI    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:46:01

• "EDRi has responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the GDPR ‘simplification’ proposal." ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/undermining-the-gdpr-through-simplification-edri-pushes-back-against-dangerous-deregulation/ | Source: EDRI    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:46:32

• "Until last week, the platform that runs the Olivia chatbot, built by artificial intelligence software firm Paradox.ai, also suffered from absurdly basic security flaws" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-ai-hiring-chat-bot-paradoxai/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:47:59

• "A German court has ruled that Meta must pay €5,000 ($5,900) to a German Facebook user who sued the platform for embedding tracking technology in third-party websites" ☛ https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:49:06

• "Arrests made with the technology represent just 0.15 percent of all arrests made in the capital during that time, despite significant police resources being plowed into its expansion" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/big_brother_watch_met_lfr/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:49:23

• Windows TCO: "As adversaries grow faster, stealthier, and more destructive, traditional recovery strategies are increasingly insufficient." ☛ https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/isolated-recovery-environments-modern-cyber-resilience/ | Source: Google    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:50:33

• Windows TCO: "In a June 23 post screenshotted by the security firm and shared in a Tuesday report" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/iranian_ransomware_crew_reemerges/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:50:49

• Windows TCO: "A court in Paris has jailed Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of involvement in a hacker group’s extortion activities." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/10/at-u-s-request-france-jails-russian-basketball-player-daniil-kasatkin-on-suspicion-of-ransomware-conspiracy | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:51:06

• "The change apparently led it into a full-on Nazi tailspin, turning it into an vile entity only Musk and his closest followers could be proud of." ☛ https://futurism.com/grok-mocks-developers-racist-posts | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:51:51

• "In the early morning hours of Tuesday, before Grok's big day of wild racism, Bier posted a baffling tweet taking a potshot at Musk's chatbot." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/grok-hitlergate-x-head-of-product-warning | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:52:23

• "Issues of political biases, hate speech and accuracy of AI chatbots have been a concern since at least the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT in 2022." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51342660/x-removes-posts-by-musk-chatbot-grok-after-antisemitism-complaints | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:53:00

• "Yaccarino did not say why she was leaving X or whether she had accepted a role at another company." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/linda-yaccarino-x-ceo-resigns-elon-musk/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:53:46

• "It seems that X has taken Grok offline for now." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2025/07/grok-goes-full-nazi/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:54:14

• "The posts have since been deleted, but in the last 24 hours, the chatbot reportedly began praising Adolf Hitler to the point of describing itself as "MechaHitler."" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/grok_nazi/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:56:37

• "Grok repeatedly referred to itself as “MechaHitler”, and seems happy to go by “Grokler”." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/ai-personality-space/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:57:12

• "That comes after complaints from users on social media platform X and the US-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that Grok was producing content that had antisemitic tropes and praise for Adolf Hitler." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/musks-grok-chatbot-at-the-center-of-antisemitic-scandal/a-73212009 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:57:30

• "Elon Musk's AI Chatbot Praises Hitler" ☛ https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025-07-09/ty-article/.premium/musks-grok-chatbot-praises-hitler-jokes-about-holocaust-in-long-antisemitic-tirades/00000197-ee61-d5bc-a597-eff165d40000 | Source: Haaretz    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 08:58:21

• "Grok Goes Nazi" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/grok-goes-nazi/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:00:12

• "Essentially it looks like Support Assistant will introduce a new layer of chat that customers can access before speaking to an Apple employee." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2843164/if-you-think-siris-bad-just-wait-for-apples-customer-support-ai.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:00:37

• "AI journalist and author Karen Hao spoke about her new book, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Scam Altman’s OpenAI" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/09/1119784/inside-openais-empire-a-conversation-with-karen-hao/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:04:35

• "What CTOs Think: Using Digital Transformation to Scale Skills and Unlock Enterprise Potential" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/csuite_sours_on_ai/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:04:53

• "As we spoke over Zoom, Lee munching on the occasional corn chip while opining on superintelligence, his pitch began to sound familiar." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/ai-radicalization-civil-war/683460/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:05:07

• "Back to Universal Music’s stance, it’s also possible that Nash and his company are publicly downplaying the situation while raising the alarm behind the scenes." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/08/velvet-sundown-universal-music-response/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:05:19

• "The EU “simplification” agenda should not be used to drive deregulation" ☛ https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-european-commission-must-champion-the-ai-act-amidst-simplification-pressure/ | Source: EDRI    

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

• "Between the lines: Despite those forecasts, few appear to be taking the AI tsunami seriously enough." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/07/09/ai-rapid-change-work-school | Source: Axios https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:06:20

• "How do we get to a point to `trust` it? I am not sure, I just know its not solving SWE-Bench." ☛ https://punkx.org/jackdoe/code-and-trust.html | Source: Punkx    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:06:36

• "Anysphere is the startup that produces Cursor, your sort-of dependable vibe coding buddy. You tell Cursor what you’d like and it spits out a complete function! This leads to some spectacular vibe code disasters" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/09/cursor-tries-setting-less-money-on-fire-ai-vibe-coders-outraged/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:10:00

• "And now the kicker. This whole mess is exactly what AI is trained on." ☛ https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/adrift-in-a-sea-of-sameness/ | Source: Jono Alderson    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:10:14

• "US Environmental Protection Agency CIO Carter Farmer has a blunt message for AI hype-chasers: Shiny-object syndrome too often drives teams to leap into AI without defining a clear use case or vetting their data" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/ai_projects_need_planning/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:10:41

• "Most of the videos feature what looks like a white man in his 20s named "Josh," who speaks to the camera and makes racially charged statements about immigrants and their role in the job market." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-generated-fake-marketing-1.7578772 | Source: CBC    

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

• "The number of telecoms victimized in the United States stands at nine, according to Leatherman." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/salt-typhoon-largely-contained-in-telecom-networks-says-fbi-official/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:11:40

• "Qantas says that when cybercrooks attacked a "third party platform" used by the airline's contact center systems" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/qantas_begins_telling_customers_data/ | Source: The Register UK    

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

• "I have no idea what will happen over there, but at least my watches are arriving home soon!" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/casio-didnt-let-me-type-my-address/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:12:34

• "Microsoft requires you to log in with an online account for Windows 10 and 11, even in the Home versions. However, this can be bypassed during installation or changed later." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2836156/how-to-delete-the-microsoft-account-that-windows-made-you-set-up.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:13:18

• "That verbiage is highly contestable, as Citrix’s market share is small and analysts of The Register’s acquaintance rate VMware’s stack as the industry’s most mature virtualization offering." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/citrix_returns_to_mainstream_hypervisors/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:13:45

• "The very existence of RUTFs is a secular miracle. Considered one of the greatest innovations in preventing deaths from hunger since they were invented in the 1990s" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/usaid-rutf-state-department-supplies-warehouses/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:14:27

• "He had no inkling of its dangers at the time, but after he suffered a heart attack in 1980 at the age of just 32, he started suspecting something was up." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51342442/we-breathed-it-in-utah-vietnam-war-veteran-seeks-memorial-to-those-exposed-to-agent-orange | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:14:47

• "Frontline staffers at the VA are sounding the alarm. Nurses and doctors are now being asked to cover administrative duties because the people who used to handle billing or facilities management are simply gone." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-veterans-affairs-cuts-workers-doge-1235381473/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:15:02

• "California voters approved the measure, the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act, by 63% to 32%. The law sets minimum space standards for for egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and calves raised for veal." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-sue-california-over-price-of-eggs/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:18:29

• "The time I spend editing my computerised medical notes outweighs any productivity gains I get from not writing them." ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/health/2025/07/doctors-beware-the-ai-scribe | Source: New Statesman    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:18:46

• "The Apple M2, introduced in 2022, and the Apple M4, launched in 2024, are both ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) designs featuring unified memory architecture." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/07/09/memory-level-parallelism-apple-m2-vs-apple-m4/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:19:26

• "The American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest U.S. teachers union, said Tuesday that it would start an AI training hub for educators with $23 million in funding from three leading chatbot makers: Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-and-microsoft-bankroll-new-ai-training-for-teachers/articleshow/122335061.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:19:51

• "On the one hand, I am aware that every generation complains that the kids who come next are doing everything wrong and have gotten stupider and less respectful." ☛ https://www.vox.com/culture/419070/childhood-literacy-college-students-reading-crisis-ai | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:20:15

• "While there’s less dinosaurs on offer here than some of the others in the global top 25, it earns its spot for its wide-ranging exhibits" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/the-edinburgh-attraction-in-150-year-old-building-named-among-the-worlds-10-best-museums-for-dinosaur-lovers-5216452 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:20:48

• "The bulk of the money will go toward AI and cloud credits for K-12 schools and community colleges" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/microsoft_ai_training/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:21:14

• "Research does not occur in isolation—it is a collaborative process involving researchers, libraries, government agencies, publishers, associations and societies, local communities, and the broader public." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/09/trust-and-integrity-a-research-imperative/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:22:06

• "China is dedicating an increasing share of its growing GDP toward research. In just ten years, it jumped from publishing fewer papers than the US to 60% more" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/08/guest-post-how-the-growth-of-chinese-research-is-bringing-western-publishing-to-breaking-point/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:22:18

• "I haven’t shipped any new features for Quamina in many months, partly due to a flow of real-life distractions, but also I’m up against tough performance problems in implementing Regular Expressions at massive scale." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/07/07/Epsilon-Wrangling | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:22:48

• "The event, dubbed "The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants" was held on Capitol Hill and featured 21 science exhibitions that are now canceled due to lack of funding." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/science_funding_trump/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:23:04

• "For Small Web July, my little stack of goals: [...]" ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/small-webbing-along-update-1 | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:24:06

• "They provide an in-depth look at what life was like in medieval Normandy and England, including details on the Vikings’ seafaring traditions and military structures." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-230-foot-long-bayeux-tapestry-is-returning-home-to-england-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-1000-years-180986961/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

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

• "The EFF Awards recognize specific and substantial technical, social, economic, or cultural contributions in diverse fields including journalism, art, digital access, legislation, tech development, and law." ☛ https://www.eff.org/press/releases/electronic-frontier-foundation-present-annual-eff-awards-just-futures-law-erie-meyer | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:24:36

• systemd timers for the Butlerian Jihad gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-09-systemd-timers    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:31:44

• "But more often than not, the end result is something wonderful: the undercover boss, confronted with their own complete ineptitude, begins to appreciate how much hard work and skill these jobs really demand, and how knowledgable, dedicated, patient, and helpful the workers are." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/carney-nightmare-boss.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:32:36

• front porch talk gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/front_porch_talk    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:33:14

• "My precise usecase was a 3/4 left pane with my editor and a 1/4 right pane with a watcher running tests on changes." gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/log/2025-07-09.tmux-panes.gmi    

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

• Listening to Music Locally gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/7-09.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:34:48

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-07-10.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:35:17

• "For some reason I became obsessed with folding kayaks. I think I watched a YouTube video of someone dragging a large bag to a riverbank, undolfing it into an amazing-looking kayak, and exploring abandoned ruins not accessible by land..." gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-09.kayak.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:36:24

• "Hugo Riemann came up with some pretty complicated ideas, which one might simplify to some form of functional harmony (the I-IV-V-I progression) or a means to get around the circle of fifths, descending (I-IV-VII-III-VI-II-V-I)." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/07/10/inv.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:37:04

• "The WorldFlora R package[4], developed by Roeland Kindt, provides code for querying a downloaded copy of the WFO database and providing taxonomic information." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/johngodlee/posts/2025-07-09-taxon_check.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:38:46

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1347.jpg    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:39:57

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1697.jpg    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:40:04

• FireWiRetired ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/firewire-retired/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:00:33

• "We’ve all been there: a notification pops up, and suddenly we’re responding — even if it completely derails our focus" ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/multitasking/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:01:18

• "We’re happy to share that ShinyProxy 3.2.0 is now available." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/shinyproxy-3-2-0/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:02:13

• "Testing isn’t a checkbox, it’s your safety net." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/the-4-layers-of-testing-every-r-package-needs/ | Source: Rlang    

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

• "C++26 brings a series of improvements to std::format, continuing the work started in C++20 and refined in C++23. These changes improve formatting consistency, runtime safety, and user ergonomics." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/07/09/cpp26-format-part-1 | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:03:25

• "It is time to expand my testing some more. Now that I'm committed, it is time for fresh benchmarks. The story trail is somewhat long, so let me remind you." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-fedora-gnome-kde-neon-amd-graphics-benchmark.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:05:14

• "I tested Plasma 6.4, I got worried, I showed you various Wayland problems. To put my words where my mouth is or whatever, I decided to run a bunch of checks. First, I showed you Plasma idle desktop figures, two separate articles." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-fedora-gnome-kde-neon-amd-graphics-benchmark.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:05:24

• "Second, I did another experiment on an Nvidia hybrid graphics laptop, and added load tests - 4K video playback and some WebGL action." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-fedora-gnome-kde-neon-amd-graphics-benchmark.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:05:52

• "Then, I went back to my AMD-powered, AMD-graphics laptop and redid the load tests in Plasma. All of my power, CPU, GPU, and FPS results show that X11 offers a superior, leaner performance, both in Plasma 5 and 6, both on AMD and Nvidia graphics." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-fedora-gnome-kde-neon-amd-graphics-benchmark.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:06:15

• "To make my testing complete, I am now going to redo everything in Fedora 42 Workstation Gnome. As Wayland as it gets. So let's see what gives. Beware, this is a very long, exhaustive article with tons of data. Do dedicate a nice chunk of time to read it." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/wayland-fedora-gnome-kde-neon-amd-graphics-benchmark.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:06:21

• Jeremy Cline: Re-designing signing in Fedora ☞ https://www.jcline.org/blog/fedora/signing/2025/07/09/fedora-artifact-signing-p2.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:07:13

• Event Wrap: MyNOG 12 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/10/event-wrap-mynog-12/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:08:15

• Upcoming actionable, hands-on workshops at APNIC 60 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/10/upcoming-actionable-hands-on-workshops-at-apnic-60/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:08:24

• Red Hat AI: Accelerate Hey Hi (AI) innovation ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-ai-accelerate-ai-innovation IBM flinging about mindless buzzwords because it has too little stuff of substance to show and entertain    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:09:19

• Getting started with node disruption policies ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/getting-started-node-disruption-policies    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:09:32

• Ridiculous crackpottery from Red Hat, selling a lie because suits who have fantasies fancy replacing workers with chaff, slop, and scams ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/why-agents-are-new-kingmakers | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:12:28

• "AI workloads" nonsense, aka "let's rebrand everything as "AI" and present this as new innovation ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linuxs-evolution-summit-blog-roundup | Source: Red Hat Official    

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

• "Over the years, it has grown into a global movement, powering desktops, servers and development environments across the open source world." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/07/09/celebrating-20-yrs-of-os/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:14:04

• "Canonical’s processes are now officially ISO/SAE 21434 certified." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/raising-the-bar-for-automotive-cybersecurity-in-open-source-canonicals-iso-sae-21434-certification | ISO is a scam http://techrights.org/wiki/ISO/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:15:44

• "Today we’re delighted to announce that the Build HAT firmware, together with its signing keys, is now open source and available under the permissive [sic] BSD 3-Clause licence." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/build-hat-firmware-now-fully-open-source/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:16:34

• "The CC licenses and public domain tools are a simple and effective way for CHIs, such as museums, libraries and archives, to make heritage materials (and associated metadata) open." ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2025/07/09/recommended-licenses-and-tools-for-cultural-heritage-content/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:16:45

• "One of the most effective defenses for protecting software freedom is the GNU General Public License (GPL)." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/the-licensing-and-compliance-lab-not-just-holding-it-down | Source: FSF    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:17:13

• "I added Sveltia CMS (a fork of Decap) on Sunday for the sole purpose of adding new notes from my phone." ☛ https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2025/added-a-cms/ | Source: Luke Harris    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:20:50

• "The browser is slated to launch in the coming weeks, three of the people said, and aims to use artificial intelligence to fundamentally change how consumers browse the web." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/openai-to-release-web-browser-in-challenge-to-google-chrome/articleshow/122348832.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:21:29

• "Perplexity AI, supported by Nvidia, has introduced Comet, an AI-powered web browser designed to rival Google Chrome." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-backed-perplexity-launches-ai-powered-browser-to-take-on-google-chrome/articleshow/122347466.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:21:53

• "Krita 5.2.10, a free and open-source digital painting app, is out now with critical bug fixes, improved performance, and prep for Krita 5.3 and 6.0." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/krita-5-2-10-rolls-out-with-bug-fixes-ahead-of-major-feature-releases/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:22:21

• "Thunderbird 140 "Eclipse" is not just an ordinary new version: it's the new Extended Support Release, which means that for the most cautious users this will be current until the middle of next year, and its packing some fresh functions." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/09/new_thunderbird_esr_is_here/ | Source: The Register UK    

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

• "It also yields a big performance improvement for users of the LMDB lookup feature." ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/2025/07/08/first-release-candidate-of-powerdns-dnsdist-2.0.0 | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:23:21

• KWallet to SecretService, a client application: name wanted ☞ https://notmart.org/blog/2025/07/kwallet-to-secretservice-a-client-application-name-wanted/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:28:32

• All roads lead to Brest: Collabora at DebConf25 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/debconf25.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:29:12

• Did Debian put its CoC in Brest?    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:29:35

• Shotcut 25.07 Beta Added Scrub While Dragging to Timeline trimming ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/shotcut-25-07-beta-added-scrub-while-dragging-to-timeline-trimming/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:01:36

• PANZER-LITE93 Ubuntu 24.04 Box PC puts FRDM-IMX93 development board into a 3D printed case ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/09/panzer-lite93-ubuntu-24-04-box-pc-puts-frdm-imx93-development-board-into-a-3d-printed-case/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:02:24

• The Way Ubuntu Boots on Raspberry Pi is Changing ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-raspberry-pi-boot-process-change    

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

• Amarok 3.3 Released with Qt 6, GStreamer Audio Engine ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/amarok-3-3-released-with-qt-6-gstreamer-audio-engine    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:04:26

• British Court Sentences 3 For Arson Plot Linked To Russia's Wagner Group ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-britain-wagner-arson-london-warehouse-plot/33469267.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:17:02

• "bomb the shit out of Moscow" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/09/at-a-pre-election-fundraiser-trump-claimed-he-warned-putin-he-d-bomb-the-shit-out-of-moscow-if-russia-invaded-ukraine-cnn | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:17:34

• Falling Debris Ignite Fires In Kyiv As Russian Drones Rain Down On Ukrainian Capital ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-drone-attack-putin-zelenskyy-trump/33470137.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:17:54

• Russia Makes Record Attack on Ukraine as Convicted Felon Castigates Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/europe/russia-ukraine-attack-weapons-trump-putin.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:18:14

• Putin Is Undeterred by Convicted Felon’s Public Anger ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/briefing/putin-trump-ukraine-war-comey-fbi.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:18:38

• "Microsoft Pledges [FICTION] Toward Hey Hi (AI) Education" = 1) Microsoft wants you to stop talking about its endless mass layoffs; 2) There is declining "demand" for slop, everything they tried (e.g. sticking prompts everywhere) cannot offset the losses, need new smokescreen    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:20:13

• Putin Escalates His War Against Ukraine, Undeterred by Convicted Felon’s Words ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/europe/russia-ukraine-putin-trump.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:21:03

• Europe human rights court finds Russia committed grave international law violations in Ukraine ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/europe-human-rights-court-finds-russia-committed-grave-international-law-violations-in-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:21:55

• Columbia detains man accused of planning attacks on Ukrainian drone shipments in Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2605363/columbia-detains-man-accused-of-planning-attacks-on-ukrainian-drone-shipments-in-lithuania    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:22:44

• Lithuania to contribute €1m to the EC’s Ukraine reconstruction programme ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2605352/lithuania-to-contribute-eur1m-to-the-ec-s-ukraine-reconstruction-programme    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:23:11

• Lithuania extends exemption from language requirement for Ukrainians ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2605288/lithuania-extends-exemption-from-language-requirement-for-ukrainians    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:24:46

• Lithuania and Finland plan to produce anti-personnel mines after treaty withdrawal – media ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2605243/lithuania-and-finland-plan-to-produce-anti-personnel-mines-after-treaty-withdrawal-media    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:25:19

• European Court Holds Russia Liable for Human Rights Violations in Ukraine and MH17 Attack ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/europe/european-court-human-rights-russia-mh17-ukraine.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:25:39

• You know "The World" is getting worse fast when: countries that are considered rich and civilised unanimously vote to plant into the ground bombs that may even explode 100 years later (on kids, deer, rabbits)... and also harm the prospect of safe agra (i.e. food) https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2605243/lithuania-and-finland-plan-to-produce-anti-personnel-mines-after-treaty-withdrawal-media    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:27:30

• How to make the world better! More bombs hiding in the soil! Yeah!!    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:27:51

• Rubio to meet Russia's Lavrov in Kuala Lumpur, US official says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/rubio-to-meet-russias-lavrov-in-kuala-lumpur-us-official-says    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:28:23

• "Russia launches record 728 drones at Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/09/russia-launches-record-728-drones-at-ukraine-targeting-western-city | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:28:45

• "U.S. reportedly considering sending another Patriot air defense system to Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/09/u-s-reportedly-considering-sending-another-patriot-air-defense-system-to-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:29:04

• Kursk ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/09/five-year-old-s-death-brings-ukrainian-drone-attack-in-kursk-toll-to-four | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:29:23

• Philippines plans to negotiate with US to lower tariffs, envoy to Washington says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-plans-to-negotiate-with-us-to-lower-tariffs-envoy-to-washington-says    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:32:28

• Latvian company owners to face prosecution for supplying Russian military uniforms ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/09.07.2025-latvian-company-owners-to-face-prosecution-for-supplying-russian-military-uniforms.a606206/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:33:23

• Budgetary rules relaxed by Brussels to allow increased defence spending ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/09.07.2025-budgetary-rules-relaxed-by-brussels-to-allow-increased-defence-spending.a606127/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:33:36

• Dispatch from Svalbard: Tensions are simmering in the High North ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/dispatch-from-svalbard-tensions-are-simmering-in-the-high-north/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:34:02

• Russia election watchdog terminates work amid sentencing of election expert ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-election-watchdog-terminates-work-amid-sentencing-of-election-expert/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:34:37

• Russia court announces ‘LGTBQA+ propaganda’ case against bookstore ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-court-announces-lgtbqa-propaganda-case-against-bookstore/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:34:58

• Thune Says Russia Sanctions Vote Could Come as Soon as This Month ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/russia-sanctions-senate-thune-trump.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:35:17

• The Tsikhanouski story: could his release split the Belarusian opposition? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2604879/the-tsikhanouski-story-could-his-release-split-the-belarusian-opposition    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:35:37

• "warrant in absentia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/09/moscow-court-issues-arrest-warrant-in-absentia-for-meduza-co-founder-and-publisher-galina-timchenko | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:35:54

• One person, hence Microsoft Lunduke now accuses "Linux" as a whole of being "PEDO BAR" https://lunduke.substack.com/p/canonical-responds-to-sex-offender    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:36:44

• Same thing that Drew DeVault. Saw one pedo, hence everyone is. Bonus: turns out DeVault was the real issue.    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:37:20

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

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:37:31

• Lunduke Isn't Even Hiding His Anti-Linux Agenda (From "Linux Sucks" to "Linux is Pedophiles") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Lunduke_Isn_t_Even_Hiding_His_Anti_Linux_Agenda_From_Linux_Suck.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:37:40

• Extremism as a Weapon Against GNU/Linux (Microsoft Lunduke) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Extremism_as_a_Weapon_Against_GNU_Linux_Microsoft_Lunduke.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:37:52

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

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:38:51

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

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:39:04

• How To Install Kdenlive on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kdenlive-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:39:39

• TI-20250709-0001: IPv4 traffic failures for Techaro services ☞ https://anubis.techaro.lol/blog/incident/TI-20250709-0001    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:40:59

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

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:43:29

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

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:43:57

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

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:44:23

• "How To Train A New Voice For Piper With Only A Single Phrase" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/how-to-train-a-new-voice-for-piper-with-only-a-single-phrase/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:46:32

• "The primary component is an Arduino Nano ESP32 board" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/07/10/this-beyblade-battlebot-is-like-a-whirling-dervish-of-destruction/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:47:57

• "One of the most important aspects that goes into the design of a ZFS storage pool is the VDEV layout. What VDEV configuration is used has a deep impact on the performance and reliability of the pool, as well as its flexibility for future expansion" ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/designing-storage-pool-raidz-mirrors-hybrid-configurations/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:48:59

• "Since the setup of the honeypot, one of the interesting observations in logs was direct-tcp connection requests. More than 1000 different IPs within a month were seen to have made these requests and more than 75% were made to a single destination IP." ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32094 | Source: SANS    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:49:44

• Thibault Martin: Kubernetes is not just for Black Friday ☞ https://ergaster.org/posts/2025/07/09-kubernetes-black-friday/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:52:47

• CIBanco, Intercam and Vector win temporary reprieve from US money laundering sanctions ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/sanctioned-mexican-banks-us-extension/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:53:24

• Mozilla Thunderbird: Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest – June 2025 ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-june-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 11:55:11

• France’s far-right RN under investigation for misuse of campaign funds ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250709-france-s-far-right-rn-under-investigation-for-misuse-of-campaign-funds    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:00:50

• Disinformation is the issue, not slop per se (it's not "AI") ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/07/09/us-news/overwhelming-majority-of-trump-voters-back-ai-guardrails-with-nearly-90-concerned-about-deepfakes-poll/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:01:38

• Use four PCIe FFC connectors on the Raspberry Pi 5 with Waveshare PCIe TO 4-CH HAT ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/09/use-four-pcie-ffc-connectors-on-the-raspberry-pi-5-with-waveshare-pcie-to-4-ch-hat/    

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

• New Cell Discovered in Pythons Allows Them to Completely Digest Bones ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-cell-discovered-in-pythons-allows-them-to-completely-digest-bones    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:04:07

• Setting up Your Own Certificate Authority for Development: Why and How., (Wed, Jul 9th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32092    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:04:47

• But China says HK is just China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/09/quicker-immigration-clearance-system-at-revamped-checkpoint-will-not-send-data-to-china-hong-kong-security-chief-says/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:06:06

• Wildfires Scar Syria Anew ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/middleeast/syria-wildfires-photos-videos.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:06:26

• IBM's new Power11 server chips are focused on two things: Hey Hi (AI) and ransomware ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/ibms-new-power11-server-chips-are-focused-on-two-things-ai-and-ransomware    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:24:19

• ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens, Schneider, Phoenix Contact ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ics-patch-tuesday-vulnerabilities-addressed-by-siemens-schneider-phoenix-contact-2/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:24:58

• Record July temperatures in South Korea with many people affected by heat-related illnesses ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/record-july-temperatures-as-south-korea-grapples-with-heatwave    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:25:19

• X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says She Is Leaving MElon’s Platform ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/technology/linda-yaccarino-x-steps-down.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:25:45

• How Elephants Say They Like Them Apples ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/science/elephants-gesturing-trunk.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:26:08

• David Bremner: Hibernate on the pocket reform 3/n ☞ https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/hibernate-pocket-3/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:27:09

• China detains female erotica writers in porn crackdown, stirring sympathy for low-earning authors ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-detains-female-erotica-writers-in-pornography-crackdown    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:27:34

• Government reform urged amid upcoming UN rights review for Vietnam ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/human-rights-watch-stresses-government-reform-in-upcoming-un-rights-review-of-vietnam/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:28:01

• Speech by Commissioner Lahbib at the European Parliament on the Upcoming Wildfire and Droughts Season ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_1785    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:28:52

• After two years as X CEO, Linda Yaccarino is stepping down ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/09/two-years-x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-stepping/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:29:49

• Elodie Bergot Still Doing Illegal Things at the EPO, Based on the Local Staff Committee Munich ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/10/Elodie_Bergot_Still_Doing_Illegal_Things_at_the_EPO_Based_on_th.shtml    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:30:05

• SLAPP Funding Transparency Urgently Needed in the UK and Elsewhere (in Practice, Not Just in Theory) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/10/SLAPP_Funding_Transparency_Urgently_Needed_in_the_UK_and_Elsewh.shtml    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:30:15

• Dan Neidle Said That Tax Evasion Facilitator Mr Zahawi (Working to Silence Bloggers Through Brett Wilson LLP) Targeted Not Only Him (But The Others Kept Quiet) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/10/Dan_Neidle_Said_That_Tax_Evasion_Facilitator_Mr_Zahawi_Working_.shtml    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:30:26

• Computers Are Just a Tool ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Computers_Are_Just_a_Tool.shtml    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:30:36

• Some Scheduled Maintenance Later Today ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Some_Scheduled_Maintenance_Later_Today.shtml    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:30:47

• Example of "Old" Things That Still Work ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Example_of_Old_Things_That_Still_Work.shtml    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:31:03

• Some People Use Computers to Get Actual Work Done ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Some_People_Use_Computers_to_Get_Actual_Work_Done.shtml    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:31:13

• Huge Piles of Legal Papers ('Paper DDoS') Do Not Impress Judges and Regulators ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Huge_Piles_of_Legal_Papers_Paper_DDoS_Do_Not_Impress_Judges_and.shtml    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:32:11

• Brett Wilson LLP Sent Over 5 Kilograms (or Over 12 Pounds) of Legal Papers! Because Writing About Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Abuses is 'Illegal'. (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Sent_Over_5KG_Kilograms_or_Over_12_Pounds_of_L.shtml    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:32:22

• Prior Art Document vs. Prior Art Process: How Lynk Labs Exposes a Fundamental Ambiguity in Patent Law ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/document-fundamental-ambiguity.html    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:33:08

• Vice President of the European Patent Office (EPO) Complains That Techrights Gives Visibility to Legal and Technical Issues at the EPO ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Vice_President_of_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Complains_That.shtml    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:33:21

• Patent Dispute Report: 2025 Mid-Year Report ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/9/patent-dispute-report-2025-mid-year-report    

POSTED tHURSDAY, jULY 10, 2025 AT 12:33:50

• UPC is illegal and this seems like marketing spam for a sponsor lookng to profit from this illegality ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/powell-gilbert-to-open-office-in-dusseldorf-with-vossius-partner/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:34:52

• What the 2026 budget proposal for HHS means for national health programs ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/budget/2025/07/what-the-2026-budget-proposal-for-hhs-means-for-national-health-programs/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:36:39

• Support.Mozilla.Org: What’s up with SUMO – H1 2025 ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/sumo/2025/07/09/whats-up-with-sumo-h1-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:37:31

• 10 Years of HKFP: New, free mobile news apps for Android and iOS ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/09/10-years-of-hkfp-new-free-mobile-news-apps-for-android-and-ios/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:37:55

• Pakistan seeks YouTube ban on more than two dozen critics, including opposition, journalists ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/pakistan-seeks-youtube-ban-on-more-than-two-dozen-critics-including-opposition-journalists    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:38:06

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Princess Maker: Children of Revelation - 2025-07-09 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-07-09-edition/index.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:38:25

• Announcing self-service access to Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux for Business Developers ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/09/announcing-self-service-access-red-hat-enterprise-linux-business-developers    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:39:42

• How to deploy EVPN in OpenStack Services on OpenShift ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/09/how-deploy-evpn-openstack-services-openshift    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:40:05

• """AI in schools isn't progress -it's a sign of how far we've strayed from the purpose of education.""" truthout.org/articles/regulating-ai-isnt-enough-lets-dismantle-the-logic-that-put-it-in-schools/ it is not even "AI", it's slop or autocomplete on cocaine    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:54:58

• A beautiful afternoon in an Asquith coffee shop ☞ https://rubenerd.com/a-beautiful-afternoon-in-an-asquith-cafe/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:55:30

• Harald Welte: Security Issues regarding GSMA eSIMs / eUICCs + Javacard ☞ https://laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/20250709-gsma-esim-euicc-security/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:55:57

• LibreArts Weekly recap — 6 July 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/07/week-recap-6-july-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:56:42

• Taking EasyOS to the next-level ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202507/taking-easyos-to-the-next-level.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 12:57:07

• Climate Chaos to Come ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flash-flood-camp-mystic-climate-change-trump-noaa-fema | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:00:22

• FEMA ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/california-disasters-fema-trump-funding-fires | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:00:35

• TTAB Affirms Five Refusals of SHYFT Marks for Beer and Flavored Malt Beverages: Confusable with SHIFT for Wine ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/ttab-affirms-five-refusals-of-shyft.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:01:04

• Vodacom must launch an investigation into Safaricom for enabling potential human rights abuses ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/vodacom-must-launch-an-investigation-into-safaricom/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:02:24

• Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/halt-human-rights-abuses-safaricom-and-its-shareholders-must-ensure-transparency-and-accountability-in-kenya/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:02:38

• Israel Launches New Ground Incursion in Lebanon, Raising Fears for Truce ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/middleeast/israel-lebanon.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:03:24

• Gaza hospital director’s killing in Israeli strike highlights toll on health sector ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250709-gaza-hospital-director-s-killing-in-israeli-strike-highlights-toll-on-health-sector    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:03:36

• Israel strikes Gaza school shelter, 40 Palestinians killed ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250709-israel-strikes-gaza-school-shelter-40-palestinians-killed    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:03:45

• Philadelphia Union Reaches Deal to End Strike That Led to Trash Pileup ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/americas/philadelphia-strike-trash.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:04:05

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Discusses Economic Investment With African Leaders at White House Meeting ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-african-leaders-china.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:04:16

• End-to-End Encrypted Messaging with EnChat on Terminal ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/end-to-end-encrypted-messaging-terminal/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:04:51

• Jurisdiction Is Nearly Irrelevant to the Security of Encrypted Messaging Apps ☞ https://soatok.blog/2025/07/09/jurisdiction-is-nearly-irrelevant-to-the-security-of-encrypted-messaging-apps/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:05:20

• "Crunching The News" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/crunching-the-news-for-fun-and-little-profit/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:06:16

• Amarok Released 3.3 with Qt6/KF6 Port & GStreamer Backend ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/amarok-3-3-qt6-gstreamer/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:07:26

• GNU/Linux Was Always a 'Movement' of Inclusion of Tolerance ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/GNU_Linux_Was_Always_a_Movement_of_Inclusion_of_Tolerance.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:07:36

• Slopwatch: linuxsecurity.com and Various Slopfarms That Lie About "Linux" and Are Promoted by Surveillance Giant Google News ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/09/Slopwatch_linuxsecurity_com_and_Various_Slopfarms_That_Lie_Abou.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:07:45

• EGGER Achieves 99.99% Uptime with SIOS LifeKeeper for GNU/Linux ☞ https://tfir.io/egger-achieves-99-99-uptime-with-sios-lifekeeper-for-linux/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:07:58

• PHP 8.5.0 Alpha 1 available for testing https://www.php.net/archive/2025.php#2025-07-03-5    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:08:37

• Splitting Hairs: Chinese Immigrants, the Queue, and the Boundaries of Political Citizenship ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/splitting-hairs    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:10:42

• Unpatched Ruckus Vulnerabilities Allow Wireless Environment Hacking ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/unpatched-ruckus-vulnerabilities-allow-wireless-environment-hacking/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:12:18

• Nippon Steel Subsidiary Blames Data Breach on Zero-Day Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/nippon-steel-subsidiary-blames-data-breach-on-zero-day-attack/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:12:31

• Canadian Electric Utility Says Power Meters Disrupted by Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/canadian-electric-utility-says-power-meters-disrupted-by-cyberattack/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:12:51

• New data on TSP withdrawals and social security sustainability for federal retirees ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/retirement/2025/07/new-data-on-tsp-withdrawals-and-social-security-sustainability-for-federal-retirees/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:13:30

• Multiple CVEs Patched in Latest Git Update ☞ https://linuxiac.com/multiple-cves-patched-in-latest-git-update/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:14:52

• Miracle-WM 0.6 Released with Rounded Corners Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/miracle-wm-0-6-released-with-rounded-corners-support/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:15:06

• Red Hat Offers Free RHEL Access for Business Developers ☞ https://linuxiac.com/red-hat-offers-free-rhel-access-for-business-developers/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:15:19

• Vintage Speed Demon: Fixing an ARK1000VL Graphics Card ☞ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/vintage-speed-demon-fixing-an-ark1000vl-graphics-card/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:16:56

• "MayQueen Technologies PANZER-LITE93 is an NXP i.MX 93-powered box PC running a customized Ubuntu 24.04 LTS distribution with LXQt desktop environment and NPU libraries to leverage the built-in Arm Ethos-U65 micro NPU." https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/09/panzer-lite93-ubuntu-24-04-box-pc-puts-frdm-imx93-development-board-into-a-3d-printed-case/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:34:50

• AMD slips RDNA 3.5 iGPU firmware into Linux https://www.fudzilla.com/news/61334-amd-slips-rdna-3-5-igpu-firmware-into-linux    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:35:27

• "A lot of this update is general improvements to how the apps works, especially with downloads and installs so a lot more should work as expected." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/simple-gog-client-for-linux-minigalaxy-version-1-4-released/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:36:05

• Red Hat introduces Enterprise Linux for Business Developers ⚓ https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/09/red-hat-introduces-enterprise-linux-for-business-developers/ ䷉ Source: Help Net Security | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/09/red-hat-introduces-enterprise-linux-for-business-developers/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:36:35

• Linux Kernel Security in 2025: New Features and Emerging Threats https://www.itprotoday.com/linux-os/linux-kernel-security-in-2025-new-features-and-emerging-threats    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:37:36

• "For Linux this release also adds explicit sync support for PipeWire Screen Capture, this should ensure all graphics drivers get good capture performance and accuracy." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/obs-studio-31-1-0-released-with-multitrack-video-for-linux-explicit-sync-support-for-pipewire/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:38:57

• Not the end-of-life for Linux and open-source https://techhq.com/news/podcast/what-is-the-future-for-centos-7-and-the-suse-alternative/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:39:36

• "Switching from Windows to Linux can feel daunting, though it's less so when you pick the right distribution. And while tons of distros might make you feel at home on Linux right from the get-go, Linux Mint is the best one." https://www.makeuseof.com/left-windows-11-linux-best-distro-to-start/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:40:08

• Red Hat just expanded free access to RHEL for business developers | ZDNET ⚓ https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-expands-free-access-to-rhel-for-business-developers/ ䷉ Source: ZDNet | https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/09/red-hat-offers-free-simple-self-serve-access-rhel-application-developers/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:41:34

• It is a phishing or social engineering attack, not "Linux" https://www.scworld.com/brief/new-transparent-tribe-attacks-target-indian-defense-sectors-linux-systems    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:42:32

• "The datasheets, user manuals, and Linux SDK for the Allwinner A527, T527, and A733 SoCs, found in some SBCs like the Avaota A1, Radxa Cubie A5E, Orange Pi 4A, and upcoming Cubie A7A, are now available on Gitlab without any NDA requirements." https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/07/allwinner-a527-t527-and-a733-datasheets-user-manuals-and-linux-sdk-released/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:43:03

• 🔤SpellBinding: ABCDNLK Wordo: CAMPO gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-10.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:45:59

• MH17 ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/09/european-court-of-human-rights-finds-russia-responsible-for-downing-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh17 | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:47:09

• "Russia’s last independent election watchdog is shutting down." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/09/losing-golos | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:47:26

• Stalin is back ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/09/russian-regional-court-invalidates-contract-for-controversial-stalin-monument-as-governor-vows-it-will-stay | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:49:28

• "alleged participant in Russia’s pipeline raid" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/09/they-lost-their-minds | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:50:04

• "Journalists and activists across Russia face raids and interrogations after FSB charges ex-media manager Pavel Andreev with treason" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/09/politically-motivated-and-contrary-to-common-sense | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:50:20

• New upgrade paths for ELevate ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1029312/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:50:52

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1029278/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:51:38

• md5 – generate / check MD5 message digest ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/md5-generate-check-md5-message-digest/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:53:11

• QCalcFileHash – hash calculator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/qcalcfilehash-hash-calculator/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:53:20

• Eureka – RESTful (Representational State Transfer) service ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/eureka-restful-representational-state-transfer-service/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:53:30

• filepack – file hashing and verification ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/filepack-file-hashing-verification/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:54:14

• Orange Pi 5 Max Single Board Computer: Power Consumption ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/orangepi5-max-single-board-computer-power-consumption/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:57:55

• ssterm – console-based serial port terminal ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ssterm-console-based-serial-port-terminal/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:58:19

• Nonsense: "The European Union cannot practically declare its independence from Nvidia GPUs any more than any other nation"... there are MANY choices other than this company... for GPUs https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/07/09/with-money-and-rhea1-tapeout-sipearl-gets-real-about-hpc-cpus/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:59:14

• Ivanti, Fortinet, Splunk Release Security Updates ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ivanti-fortinet-splunk-release-security-updates/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:59:48

• Alleged Chinese State Hacker Wanted by US Arrested in Italy ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/alleged-chinese-state-hacker-wanted-by-us-arrested-in-italy/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 13:59:59

• Security practices must evolve to battle growing deepfake sophistication ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/09/security-practices-must-evolve-battle-growing-deepfake-sophistication/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:00:48

• Winning on economics means losing on national security ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/winning-on-economics-means-losing-on-national-security/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:01:28

• Dihydroxyacetone Man bill will have major impact on health care cybersecurity, experts warn Congress ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/health-care-cybersecurity-big-beautiful-bill-cuts-congress/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:01:51

• Frustrated Convicted Felon ramps up criticism of Putin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250709-frustrated-trump-ramps-up-criticism-of-putin    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:02:40

• Ukraine: Convicted Felon renews arms support as Putin strikes with major drone attack ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250709-ukraine-trump-renews-arms-support-as-putin-strikes-with-major-drone-attack    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:02:52

• The dizzying fall of a Russian gold magnate who fell out of favour with the Kremlin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250709-the-dizzying-fall-of-a-russian-gold-magnate-who-fell-out-of-favour-with-the-kremlin    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:03:06

• 'Dihydroxyacetone Man may be finally be getting tired of Putin's game', analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250709-trump-may-be-finally-be-getting-tired-of-putin-s-game-analyst-says    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:03:19

• How To Install VNC Server on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-vnc-server-almalinux-10/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:03:36

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

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:03:46

• New Research Questions Severity of Withdrawal From Antidepressants ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/health/antidepressants-withdrawal-symptoms.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:28:07

• Indonesian government stays mum on ex-president Jokowi’s health amid growing public concern ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-government-stays-mum-on-ex-president-jokowis-health-amid-growing-public-concern    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:28:26

• Scientists 3D print tumors for cancer research — TissueTinker using 3D bioprinting to create miniature models of healthy and diseased tissue for side-by-side comparison, backed by McGill ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/scientists-3d-print-tumors-for-cancer-research-tissuetinker-using-3d-bioprinting-to-create-miniature-models-of-healthy-and-diseased-tissue-for-side-by-side-comparison-backed-by-mcgill    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:28:39

• Search for source of streptococcal outbreak continues ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/09.07.2025-search-for-source-of-streptococcal-outbreak-continues.a606195/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:29:18

• Defense companies not ‘exiting’ market at such a fast rate ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-industry/2025/07/defense-companies-not-exiting-market-at-such-a-fast-rate/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:30:15

• South Korea arrests ex-president Yoon for a second time ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-court-orders-arrest-of-ex-president-yoon-yonhap    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:30:32

• South Korean court issues new arrest warrant for ex-president Yoon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250710-south-korean-court-issues-new-arrest-warrant-for-ex-president-yoon    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:30:47

• South Korea Returns Stranded North Korean Fishermen ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/asia/south-korea-returns-north-korean-fishermen.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:31:47

• Umbrellas Optional? East Asia’s Monsoon Rains Are No Longer a Sure Thing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/asia/monsoon-season-south-korea-japan.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:32:11

• Former President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea Is Arrested on New Charges ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/asia/south-korea-arrest-yoon-suk-yeol.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:32:28

• Seoul repatriates 6 North Koreans rescued at sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-returns-6-north-koreans-stranded-at-sea-in-2025    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:33:01

• South Korea’s former president Yoon attends hearing on detention warrant ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-former-president-yoon-attends-hearing-on-detention-warrant    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:33:53

• Is your summer safe? Food-borne illnesses in South Korea double in June ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/is-your-summer-safe-spike-in-foodborne-illness-in-south-korea-doubles-in-june    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:34:17

• Woman and daughter killed after they are hit by teenager who falls from building in South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-woman-dies-after-being-struck-by-falling-teen-in-incident-that-also-killed-her-daughter    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:35:04

• South Korea cites previously agreed terms with US on sharing defence costs after Convicted Felon’s demand ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-to-follow-agreed-terms-on-sharing-defence-costs-after-trumps-demand    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:35:42

• Harmless or a nuisance? Lovebug outbreak in South Korea sparks heated debate ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/harmless-or-a-nuisance-lovebug-outbreak-in-south-korea-sparks-heated-debate    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:35:59

• South Korean court orders arrest of ex-president Yoon: Yonhap ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-court-orders-arrest-of-ex-president-yoon-yonhap    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:36:20

• Malaysia calls for stronger inter-Asean trade amid tariffs uncertainty ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-calls-for-stronger-inter-asean-trade-amid-tariffs-uncertainty    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:36:45

• Malaysia will not retaliate against US tariff as talks continue ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-will-not-retaliate-against-us-tariffs-as-talks-continue    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:37:31

• Amid handshakes and familiar friends, Asean navigates tariffs and tension in KL ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/amid-handshakes-and-familiar-friends-asean-navigates-tariffs-and-tension-in-kl    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:37:45

• Hundreds of Chinese Children Poisoned With Lead From Kindergarten Food ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/asia/china-children-lead-poisoning.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:38:18

• Rubio Visits Asia as Convicted Felon Raises Trade-War Tensions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/asia/rubio-asia-diplomacy-tariffs.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:38:36

• China’s change to flight path in sensitive Taiwan Strait raises safety concerns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-change-to-flight-path-in-sensitive-taiwan-strait-raises-safety-concerns    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:38:56

• Japan opens Osprey base on Kyushu as China ramps up military presence ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-opens-osprey-base-on-kyushu-as-china-ramps-up-military-presence    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:39:09

• China hit by floods, landslides and heat as extreme weather takes its toll ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/flash-flood-warnings-in-eastern-china-as-storm-danas-moves-inland    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:39:28

• China’s gig economy booms as blistering heat leaves workers exposed ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-gig-economy-booms-as-blistering-heat-leaves-workers-exposed    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:39:46

• China’s ‘new farmers’ learn to live stream in rural revitalisation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-new-farmers-learn-to-livestream-in-rural-revitalisation    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:40:28

• Philippines says Canada troops pact ready for signing, eyes China deterrence ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-says-canada-troops-pact-ready-eyes-china-deterrence    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:40:44

• China speeds up renewables building spree: Report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-speeds-up-renewables-building-spree-report    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:41:04

• Five missing after landslide as rain lashes China’s south and east ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/five-missing-in-landslide-as-rain-lashes-chinas-south-and-east    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:41:17

• China says Germany’s claim of laser directed at plane over Red Sea ‘inconsistent with facts’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-german-plane-laser-claim-inconsistent-with-facts    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:41:35

• China decries ‘discriminatory’ ban on Chinese purchases of US farmland ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-decries-discriminatory-ban-on-chinese-purchases-of-us-farmland    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:41:43

• China speeds up renewables building spree, report says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/09/china-speeds-up-renewables-building-spree-report-says/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:42:04

• Taiwan kicks off annual military drills in face of China threat ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/09/taiwan-kicks-off-annual-military-drills-in-face-of-china-threat/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:42:19

• India’s water treaty power play signals regional shift ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/indias-water-treaty-power-play-signals-regional-shift/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:42:36

• Could a Paper Plane Thrown From The International Space Station Survive The Flight? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/could-a-paper-plane-thrown-from-the-international-space-station-survive-the-flight    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:43:30

• 'Chimpfluencers' Are Sticking Grass in Their Ears And Butts in Latest Viral Trend ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/chimpfluencers-are-sticking-grass-in-their-ears-and-butts-in-latest-viral-trend    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:43:45

• Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Function in Older People ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cheap-daily-supplement-appears-to-boost-brain-function-in-older-people    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:43:58

• Sound of The Big Bang Suggests Our Galaxy Floats Inside a Void ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sound-of-the-big-bang-suggests-our-galaxy-floats-inside-a-void    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:44:26

• Dying Star's Strangled Jets Solve 50-Year-Old X-Ray Mystery ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dying-stars-strangled-jets-solve-50-year-old-x-ray-mystery    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:44:40

• World's Most Popular Weedkiller Has a Regrettable New Ingredient ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-most-popular-weedkiller-has-a-regrettable-new-ingredient    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:45:01

• I’m a relationship expert — this is the No. 1 thing couples should do if they want a happy relationship ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/07/09/lifestyle/relationship-expert-shares-the-key-to-a-happy-relationship/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:45:12

• 2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Bloomberg cuts dozen roles in restructure ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/journalism-job-cuts-2025-tracked/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:46:01

• Substacker Judd Legum on doing journalism that ‘went out of fashion’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/substack-judd-legum-popular-information-journalism/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:46:39

• More defective chip maker Intel layoffs are hitting, this time in Israel — company is even considering dramatic decision to shut down Fab 28 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/more-intel-layoffs-are-hitting-this-time-in-israel-company-is-even-considering-dramatic-decision-to-shut-down-fab-28    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:47:36

• Antidepressant Withdrawal Is a Major Public Health Issue, Experts Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/antidepressant-withdrawal-is-a-major-public-health-issue-experts-warn    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:48:16

• Scientists Just Debunked 'Earth's Oldest Impact Crater' ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-debunked-earths-oldest-impact-crater    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:49:17

• 1 Down, 99 to Go: Diddy Scores a Big Victory In a Civil Lawsuit; Federal Sentencing Is Scheduled for October 3rd ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/09/diddy-sentencing-october-3/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:49:37

• Immigration Officials Used Shadowy Pro-Israel Group to Target Student Activists ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/ice-canary-mission-student-deportations.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:50:12

• ‘We fed ourselves from that soil’: What Israeli buffer zones cost Gazans ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0709/israel-buffer-zones-gaza-farmland    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:50:27

• Bangladesh recordings suggest its ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina ordered deadly crackdown ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-recordings-suggest-ex-pm-ordered-deadly-crackdown    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:50:51

• In Canada’s Arctic, national security is a military and civic responsibility ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2025/0709/canada-arctic-security-yukon-defense-climate    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:51:10

• No plans for women-only MTR carriages, gov’t says despite rise in sexual crimes on public transport ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/09/no-plans-for-women-only-mtr-carriages-govt-says-despite-rise-in-sexual-crimes-on-public-transport/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:51:44

• Hong Kong activist Tam Tak-chi drops appeal application against nat. security jail sentence ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/10/hong-kong-activist-tam-tak-chi-drops-appeal-application-against-nat-security-jail-sentence/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:52:17

• FLOSS Weekly Episode ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/floss-weekly-episode-840-end-of-10-not-just-some-guy-in-a-van/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:52:49

• How the Attention Economy Is Devouring Gen Z — and the Rest of Us ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-kyla-scanlon.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:53:32

• Going Linux #469 · Listener Feedback ☞ https://goinglinux.com/episode-469-listener-feedback/index.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:54:01

• Amarok 3.3 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1029313/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:54:27

• [Podcast] Kentik’s view of secure BGP in 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/10/podcast-kentiks-view-of-secure-bgp-in-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:55:25

• Streamline Your GNU/Linux Workflow with Albert ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/07/streamline-your-linux-workflow-with-albert/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:55:53

• A 2010 winter storm overhauled the government’s approach to telework for more than a decade ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/07/a-2010-winter-storm-overhauled-the-governments-approach-to-telework-for-more-than-a-decade/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:56:26

• Rights groups press Guinea authorities for information on activists one year after enforced disappearances ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/rights-groups-press-guinea-authorities-for-information-on-activists-one-year-after-enforced-disappearances/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:56:47

• Samsung Announces Security Improvements for Galaxy Smartphones ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/samsung-announces-security-improvements-for-galaxy-smartphones/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:57:37

• Ex-Malaysian PM Najib’s wife Rosmah awarded $30,000 in suit against TikToker ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ex-malaysian-pm-najibs-wife-rosmah-wins-30000-in-suit-against-tiktoker    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:57:58

• TikTok Canada Yanks Sponsorships from Juno Awards, MusiCounts, ADISQ Following Nationwide Ban ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/09/tiktok-canada-yanks-sponsorships/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:58:23

• CZR Is Right About Fake Phones, But Getting Rid of Them Could Hurt More Than Help ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/counterfeit-electronics-zimbabwe-czr-response/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:58:52

• Yet Another Strava Privacy Leak ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/yet-another-strava-privacy-leak.html    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:59:23

• Kids Vs Computers: Chisanbop Remembered ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/kids-vs-computers-chisanbop-remembered/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 14:59:46

• "These dots can use the full CMYK color model for prints, RGB(A) for digital images or a limited color space including greyscale." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/dithering-with-quantization-to-smooth-things-over/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 15:00:04

• "His recent video on tensors begins by showing the vector form of Ohm’s law, making it even more interesting." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/no-tension-for-tensors/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 15:00:31

• Volume Controller Rejects Skeumorphism, Embraces The Physical ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/09/volume-controller-rejects-skeumorphism-embraces-the-physical/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 15:00:49

• With initial deadline tomorrow night, https://www.fsf.org/ now 60% towards goal regarding funds. They'll extend date, so...    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 15:24:20

• "We're running a small, independent web zine at http://elpis.ws dedicated to retro computing, old internet protocols, alternative platforms, and the pre-corporate web. It's minimal, static, and designed to work in old browsers — we test it in Arachne, Netscape 3, Dillo, and Links." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2662    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 17:39:34

• But if you know all that and you don't take any action, why measuring in the first place." gemini://text.eapl.mx/what-is-worth-to-measure    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 17:40:33

• "For instance a Spanish YouTube shared his thoughts about the Oura Ring or the Apple Watch which gives you a lot of info about your health." gemini://text.eapl.mx/what-is-worth-to-measure    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 17:40:49

• 🛠️ Automating Git Repo Updates and Navigation with a POSIX Shell Script gemini://sava.rocks/blog/automating-git-repo-updates-and-navigation-with-a-posix-shell-script/    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 17:41:32

• https://pclosmag.com/ seems to have recovered fully (also older files)    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 19:35:58

• Michael Larabel has put up a new photo of himself. He seems to have aged very fast due to all that work he does in the basement. https://www.phoronix.com/assets/categories/michaellarabel.jpg    

posted Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 19:38:29

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