Roy Schestowitz

• The World’s Most Powerful Server Embiggens A Bit With Power11 ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/07/16/the-worlds-most-powerful-server-embiggens-a-bit-with-power11/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:37:33

• ASRock Industrial unveils DSC-NV003-WT NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/16/asrock-industrial-dsc-nv003-wt-nvidia-jetson-agx-orin-developer-kit/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:38:58

• On a Prettier PATH ☞ https://www.olafalders.com/2025/07/16/on-a-prettier-path/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:39:35

• Into The Restless Ruins Review ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/into-the-restless-ruins-review/index.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:40:01

• available on Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/intel-releases-new-tool-to-measure-gaming-image-quality-in-real-time-ai-tool-measures-impact-of-upscalers-frame-gen-others-computer-graphics-video-quality-metric-now-available-on-github    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:41:04

• SonicWall customers hit by fresh, ongoing attacks targeting fully patched SMA 100 devices ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/sonicwall-sma100-attacks/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:41:27

• Annual IP3 Awards 2025 ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/annual-ip3-awards-2025/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:42:59

• Privileged Conversations | Aug. 2025 ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/privileged-conversations-aug-2025/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:43:14

• Firefox dev says defective chip maker Intel Raptor Lake crashes are increasing with rising temperatures in record European heat wave ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/firefox-dev-says-intel-raptor-lake-crashes-are-increasing-with-rising-temperatures-in-record-european-heat-wave-mozilla-staffs-tracking-overwhelmed-by-intel-crash-reports-team-disables-the-function    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:46:40

• Two More Steps Toward a Better Requests Page: Grouped Actions and Accurate Labels ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2025/07/16/request-redesign//    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:47:29

• mesa 25.2.0-rc1 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2025-July/226523.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:49:08

• mesa 25.1.6 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2025-July/226524.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:49:46

• How CMMC is addressing years of systemic failures in protecting sensitive data ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/fnn-25-anniversary/2025/07/a-look-back-at-the-origins-of-cmmc/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:51:08

• Club Drugs Strain Health System on Ibiza, Spain’s Party Island ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/world/europe/ibiza-spain-tourism-drug-crisis.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:51:38

• India’s river divers risk health in search for hidden treasures ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indias-river-divers-risk-health-in-search-for-hidden-treasures    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:51:48

• Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/16/1120285/babies-born-trial-of-three-person-ivf/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:57:25

• Oaxaca Mayor Raymundo Chagoya is saving his city’s water with people power ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexico-living/oaxaca-mayor-raymundo-chagoya-people-power/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:57:45

• Pilot project lets pharmacists consult patients who take a lot of pills ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/16.07.2025-pilot-project-lets-pharmacists-consult-patients-who-take-a-lot-of-pills.a606962/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:58:06

• South Korea's top court clears Samsung Chairman Lee in 2015 merger fraud case ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-top-court-clears-samsung-chairman-lee-in-2015-merger-fraud-case    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:58:32

• South Korea summons Japan’s defence attache in protest over island claims ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-summons-japans-defence-attache-in-protest-over-island-claims    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:58:59

• South Korean teacher and mother arrested for stealing exam papers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-teacher-and-mother-arrested-for-stealing-exams    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:59:27

• South Korea moves to end ‘baby exports’; state to take full responsibility for adoptions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-moves-to-end-baby-exports-state-to-take-full-responsibility-for-adoptions    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 02:59:44

• South Korea’s President Lee extends apology to bereaved families of major disasters ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-president-lee-extends-apology-to-bereaved-families-of-major-disasters    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:00:06

• South Korea’s President Lee orders new investigation team to look into deadly Halloween 2022 crush ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-president-lee-orders-new-investigation-team-to-look-into-deadly-halloween-2022-crush    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:00:29

• ‘My car is being swept away’: Man’s last phone call to wife in flood-hit South Korea province ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/my-car-is-being-swept-away-man-in-flood-hit-south-korea-province-last-phone-call-to-wife    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:00:44

• Malaysia in tight spot as pressure builds to reject Convicted Felon’s ‘alpha male’ pick as ambassador ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-in-a-tight-spot-as-pressure-builds-to-reject-trumps-alpha-male-pick-as-ambassador    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:01:11

• ‘It is absolute madness’: Malaysian minister on video of baby being raped sold online ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/it-is-absolute-madness-malaysian-minister-on-video-of-baby-being-raped-sold-online    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:01:45

• Former deputy minister seen as surprise front runner for Malaysia’s next chief justice: Sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/former-deputy-minister-seen-as-surprise-frontrunner-for-malaysias-next-chief-justice-sources    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:02:00

• Sven Hoexter: Surveillance Giant Google Cloud Oddities Summer 2025 Edition ☞ http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/gcp_2025_summer_rant/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:02:42

• What? Where? When? Reflection of climate risks in financial stability reports ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/16.07.2025-what-where-when-reflection-of-climate-risks-in-financial-stability-reports.a606976/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:03:27

• Google Says Hey Hi (AI) Agent Thwarted Exploitation of Critical Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/google-says-ai-agent-thwarted-exploitation-of-critical-vulnerability/ "Google refused to share any details on how its Big Sleep Hey Hi (AI) foiled efforts to exploit a SQLite vulnerability in the wild"    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:04:06

• Andreas Schneider: LC_TIME=C.ISO8601 ☞ https://blog.cryptomilk.org/2025/07/16/lc_timec-iso8601/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:06:20

• New Zealand weather events prompt rethink of government housing protections ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/new-zealand-weather-events-prompt-rethink-of-government-housing-protections    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:07:00

• Innovation starts with consumers, not academia ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/07/16/innovation/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:07:38

• Easy Excalibur hanging again at 2nd boot ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202507/easy-excalibur-hanging-again-at-2nd-boot.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:09:37

• Civil society files joint DSA complaint against X for targeting people with ads using their sensitive personal data ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/civil-society-files-joint-dsa-complaint-against-x-for-targeting-people-with-ads-using-their-sensitive-personal-data/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:11:09

• How much do apps know about you? 5 ways to improve your app privacy ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-much-do-apps-know-about-you-5-ways-to-improve-app-privacy-aJ4p38G3oS1x    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:11:37

• Gentle Parenting My Smartphone Addiction ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/gentle-parenting-my-smartphone-addiction    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:11:57

• Shitty Surveillance ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/smart-toilets-measuring-stools-colour-hardness-on-sale-in-japan-targeting-health-conscious-users    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:12:22

• Pluralistic: Ellen Ullman's "Close to the Machine" (16 Jul 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/16/beautiful-code/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:12:37

• Got the flu again ☞ https://rubenerd.com/got-the-flu-again/    

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

• It is not coding, it's slop, and it does not save time. This is hype. https://news.itsfoss.com/kiro-ai-ide/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:46:04

• "Falco is an open-source runtime security tool for Linux systems, built for cloud-native environments. It monitors the system in real time to spot unusual activity and possible security threats." https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/16/falco-open-source-cloud-native-runtime-linux-security-tool/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:46:39

• More likely spam disguised as article https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/proton-vpn-set-to-bring-split-tunneling-for-linux-and-macos-this-summer-and-many-more-features-youll-love    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:47:23

• "Plasma Bigscreen is making a comeback!" https://news.itsfoss.com/plasma-bigscreen-comeback/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:47:49

• "Google's Android president has confirmed the platform is set to replace ChromeOS – but not when." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/16/android_replacing_chromeos/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:48:20

• "Here's a simple way to test the open-source waters without diving in." https://www.zdnet.com/article/you-can-try-linux-without-ditching-windows-first-heres-how/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:48:47

• "Linux Mint is one of the most popular and most recommended Linux distributions for users new to Linux. We're going to walk you through the installation process step by step so you'll know exactly what to expect." https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-what-to-expect-when-you-install-linux-mint/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:49:17

• "NovaCustom sent over a fully configured NovaCustom V54 laptop, so let’s dive into what it’s like to configure and use an x86 laptop with Dasharo open firmware and a ton of unique customisation options." https://www.osnews.com/story/142758/review-the-novacustom-v54-is-an-outstanding-linux-laptop-with-dasharo-coreboot-firmware/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:49:51

• "I'm always on the lookout for apps that make it easier to work with Linux and Android, and this one by Packet fits the bill." https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-found-a-better-way-to-transfer-files-between-android-and-linux-and-its-free/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:50:14

• "Oracle released today VirtualBox 7.1.12 as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems." https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-12-improves-support-for-linux-kernel-6-16-on-linux-hosts-and-guests    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:50:55

• "Windows 10's days are numbered. Keep your PC running smooth and feeling familiar with these Linux distros." https://www.zdnet.com/article/6-most-windows-like-linux-distros-because-old-habits-die-hard/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:52:35

• "Not happy with your Linux distro's default file manager? Stop struggling and try something different. Considering that these are all free, what do you have to lose?" https://www.zdnet.com/article/these-6-linux-file-managers-are-way-better-than-your-default/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:53:45

• "The developers of LInux Mint in a short blog post this week previewed what's coming, including a new default kernel and a new version of LMDE. The kernel is going to make it easier to use brand new, cutting edge PCs and peripherals when you install Mint on your PC." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-22-2-work-better-new-pcs/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:54:10

• Seems misguided as very few Linux developers know Rust, so code will become harder to maintain and audit https://www.howtogeek.com/why-im-excited-that-rust-is-coming-to-the-linux-kernel/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:55:13

• Ventoy https://www.xda-developers.com/using-ventoy-to-try-out-linux-distros/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:56:15

• This Conda Alternative Gave Me the Perfect Linux Dev Environment https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-set-up-a-development-environment-with-mamba/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:56:43

• "Initially, Torvalds thought it might be a DRM or Netlink issue and started flailing around blaming everybody “and their pet hamster”. Thankfully, the issue was able to be replicated and fixed with a simple revert to before the issue was introduced." https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-616-rc6-is-back-on-track-after-linus-torvalds-squashed-a-nasty-bug/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 03:57:12

• Super Productivity: Open Source Project Manager That Does It All ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/07/super-productivity-open-source-project-manager-that-does-it-all/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:07:03

• "Emacs Gnus is the built-in Usenet client in GNU Emacs. I copies my `.newsrc.eld' from my daily driver to the Power Mac G4, and created a small Gnus config file `~/.gnus.el' file. More was not needed." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/occ25-gnus-for-reading-usenet-and-rssfeeds.txt    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:08:47

• "Via the web, I recently learned that Mark Discordia passed away late last year. Early internet folks might remember him as the plumber who wrote into Nintendo Power in the late 80s, that internet personality/writer/etc Seanbaby roasted on his site a decade later." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/7-17.gmi    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:09:38

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1355.jpg    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:11:08

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1705.jpg    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:11:14

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-07-18.gmi    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:11:50

• FLOSS Weekly Episode 841 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/floss-weekly-episode-841-drupal-and-ai-the-right-tool-for-everything/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:14:29

• FPGA-based Commodore 64 Ultimate keyboard PC is compatible with original C64 games ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/16/fpga-based-commodore-64-ultimate-keyboard-pc-is-compatible-with-original-c64-games/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:14:59

• "YouTube star" HAHA https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2611091/youtube-star-ishowspeed-visits-lithuania-in-eur30-000-tourism-push    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:15:31

• Press STAR to start    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:15:44

• "This release adds the ability to specify NFS version and improves touchpad support for tap-to-click and multifinger gestures." https://9to5linux.com/rescuezilla-2-6-1-swiss-army-knife-of-system-recovery-adds-ubuntu-25-04-support    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:37:26

• Repost: Tidy RAG in R with ragnar ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/repost-tidy-rag-in-r-with-ragnar/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:53:18

• siliconangle continues to promote a lot of fraud and scams dubbed "hey hi". It's paid to do this. It is a participant.    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:54:08

• Mexico fines US-sanctioned banks US $10M for compliance failures ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/mexico-banking-regulator-fines-us-sanctioned-banks/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:54:58

• Latvian bank claims Baltic first with new bond fund ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/16.07.2025-latvian-bank-claims-baltic-first-with-new-bond-fund.a607056/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:55:12

• Software Patent: H2 Intellect geofencing patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/14/h2-intellect-geofencing-patent-challenged    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:56:03

• In re SAP America: Sharpening the Dispute over PTAB Discretionary Denials ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/america-sharpening-discretionary.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:57:02

• Why I am Suing the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Alex Balabhadra Graveley, in the UK High Court This Week ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Why_I_am_Suing_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Alex_Balabha.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:57:23

• It is Not About Politics ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/It_is_Not_About_Politics.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:57:46

• Good Journalism Saves Lives ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Good_Journalism_Saves_Lives.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:57:57

• Reboots Should Never be Necessary ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/14/Reboots_Should_Never_be_Necessary.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 04:58:08

• Cambodia Makes 1,000 Arrests in Latest Crackdown on Cybercrime ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cambodia-makes-1000-arrests-in-latest-crackdown-on-cybercrime/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:01:16

• United Natural Foods Projects Up to $400M Sales Hit from June Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/united-natural-foods-projects-up-to-400m-sales-hit-from-june-cyberattack/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:01:43

• China-linked hackers target Taiwan's chip industry with increasing attacks, researchers say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-linked-hackers-target-taiwans-chip-industry-with-increasing-attacks-researchers-say    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:08:11

• Lion cub cuddles on offer with afternoon tea in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/lion-cub-cuddles-on-offer-with-afternoon-tea-in-china    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:08:34

• China hands 3-1/2-year prison sentence to Astellas' Japanese employee, Nikkei says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-hands-3-1/2-year-prison-sentence-to-astellas-japanese-employee-nikkei-says    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:09:01

• BHP says too costly to build Australian green iron industry, as Albanese seeks China collaboration ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/bhp-says-too-costly-to-build-australian-green-iron-industry-as-pm-seeks-china-collaboration    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:09:20

• Beijing accused of trying to block screenings of Filipino documentary on South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/filipino-director-pushes-back-after-beijing-tries-to-block-south-china-sea-film    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:09:36

• US to build Philippine boat repair facilities near contested South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/us-to-build-philippine-boat-repair-facilities-near-contested-south-china-sea    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:09:47

• Beijing reaffirms normalisation of ties with EU ahead of July summit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/beijing-reaffirms-normalisation-of-ties-with-eu-ahead-of-july-summit    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:10:03

• Propping up his bubble ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nvidias-jensen-huang-turns-on-the-charm-in-beijing-amid-us-china-tech-rivalry https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/NVidia_is_a_Bubble.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:10:38

• China’s electricity load exceeds 1.5 billion kW in new record high ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-electricity-load-exceeds-1-5-billion-kw-breaking-record    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:11:25

• US Government Relaxes Hey Hi (AI) Chip Export Restrictions To China ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/us-government-relaxes-ai-chip-export-restrictions-to-china/ They mean GPUs    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:11:56

• Fake monies ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/07/16/teacher-li-cryptocurrency-activism/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:12:20

• China jails Japanese national for 3.5 years for espionage, embassy says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/16/china-jails-japanese-national-for-3-5-years-for-espionage-embassy-says/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:12:40

• Inside India's ignored conflict: where is Manipur's path to reconciliation? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250716-inside-india-s-ignored-conflict-where-is-manipur-s-path-to-reconciliation    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:12:54

• "Blu-ray Won, But At What Cost?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/blu-ray-won-but-at-what-cost/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:13:31

• Sonic Boom ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/mach-cutoff-bending-the-sonic-boom/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:13:50

• Dementia Linked With Treatment For Chronic Lower Back Pain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dementia-linked-with-treatment-for-chronic-lower-back-pain    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:14:02

• ‘Japanese First’ party shakes up election with alarm over foreigners ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-first-party-shakes-up-election-with-alarm-over-foreigners    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:14:41

• Trying to associate journalism with UTTER trash is a bad idea https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/nextdoor-app-partner-local-news-sites/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/streak-mechanism-key-gen-z-gamified-app-newsreel/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:15:21

• Chip gear provider ASML shares drop 11% on cautious 2026 growth outlook ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/16/asml-shares-drop-11-cautious-2026-growth-outlook/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:16:27

• Study of 1.2 Million Children Finds No Risk From Common Vaccine Additive ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-of-1-2-million-children-finds-no-risk-from-common-vaccine-additive    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:17:50

• Energy Drinks Seen Fuelling Cancer, But There's a Strange Catch ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/energy-drinks-seen-fuelling-cancer-but-theres-a-strange-catch    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:18:00

• The World's First Nuclear Explosion Created a Rare Form of Matter ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-first-nuclear-explosion-created-a-rare-form-of-matter    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:18:24

• Breaking: Major Antimatter Discovery May Help Solve Mystery of Existence ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/breaking-major-antimatter-discovery-may-help-solve-mystery-of-existence    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:18:32

• Birth of a Solar System Witnessed in Spectacular Scientific First ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/birth-of-a-solar-system-witnessed-in-spectacular-scientific-first    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:18:46

• Meteorite Discovery Could Fill Billion Year Gap in Moon History ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/meteorite-discovery-could-fill-billion-year-gap-in-moon-history    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:18:55

• These 4 Simple Exercises Could Help Break Your Insomnia ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/these-4-simple-exercises-could-help-break-your-insomnia    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:19:18

• 8 Babies Born in UK Using Radical 'Three Parent' IVF Technique ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/8-babies-born-in-uk-using-radical-three-parent-ivf-technique    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:19:26

• "Mini Car Racing Game Really Shows Off Multicolor Printing" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/mini-car-racing-game-really-shows-off-multicolor-printing/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:19:57

• "Brunnian Links" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/opening-a-six-lock-safe-with-one-key-using-brunnian-links/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:20:24

• "This SSD Will Self Destruct In Ten Seconds…" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/this-ssd-will-self-destruct-in-ten-seconds/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:20:51

• Hyprland 0.50.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1030177/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:21:50

• Hyprland 0.50.0 released! https://hypr.land/news/update50/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:23:05

• Vintage Hardware ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/16/vintage-hardware-find-includes-time-capsule-of-data/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:24:09

• Nvidia C.E.O. Treads Carefully in Beijing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/business/nvidia-jensen-huang-beijing.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:24:32

• Quit calling layoffs "restructuring". You relay lies.    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:25:28

• Nvidia basically pay them to play along with a SCAM, to perpetuate a lie and a bubble https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/16/indonesia-to-establish-ai-center-of-excellence-with-support-from-nvidia-cisco-and-indosat/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:26:05

• Jane’s Addiction Sues Lead Singer Perry Farrell Over Last Year’s Onstage Altercation ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/16/janes-addiction-perry-farrell/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:26:56

• Immigrants File Class-Action Lawsuit to Stop ICE Courthouse Arrests ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/nyregion/trump-ice-arrests-lawsuit-immigrants.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:27:15

• BigONE crypto exchange cleaned out for $27 million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more — Seychelles-based outfit says security attack occurred, will fully cover all losses ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/bigone-crypto-exchange-cleaned-out-for-usd27-million-in-bitcoin-ethereum-and-more-seychelles-based-outfit-says-security-attack-occurred-will-fully-cover-all-losses    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:29:45

• Probably "will fully cover all losses" with FAKE COINS in "credit". It'll invent more fake "money".    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:30:15

• ‘The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born’ ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/the-old-world-is-dying-and-the-new-world-struggles-to-be-born/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:30:34

• If bitcoin is the future, then the future is an encrypted hard drive with missing passphrase, bad sectors, and "money" that ceases to even exist    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:31:30

• The future of US education is fake wrestling and women in small bikinis ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-go-ahead-with-education-department-cuts-pending-litigation/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:32:52

• Hong Kong democrat found guilty in landmark nat. security case described as ‘diligent’ legislator at appeal hearing ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/15/hong-kong-democrat-found-guilty-in-landmark-nat-sec-case-described-as-diligent-legislator-at-appeal-hearing/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:38:37

• 2 jailed Hong Kong activists had unfair trial, lawyers tell court in appeals against subversion convictions ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/16/2-jailed-hong-kong-activists-had-unfair-trial-lawyers-tell-court-in-appeals-against-subversion-convictions/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:39:01

• Tightened prison rules restricting visits on nat. security grounds to take effect on Friday ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/17/tightened-prison-rules-restricting-visits-on-nat-security-grounds-to-take-effect-on-friday/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:39:48

• Operation Dudula blocks babies from getting vaccines ☞ https://www.protectionweb.co.za/civil-security/operation-dudula-blocks-babies-from-getting-vaccines/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:40:28

• It looks like the US has just pulled Indonesia into South China Sea cooperation ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/it-looks-like-the-us-has-just-pulled-indonesia-into-south-china-sea-cooperation/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:41:28

• Friends to all: Competing for Pacific security partnerships ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/friends-to-all-competing-for-pacific-security-partnerships/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:41:59

• Former US Soldier Who Hacked AT&T and Verizon Pleads Guilty ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/former-us-soldier-who-hacked-att-and-verizon-pleads-guilty/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:42:30

• The real issue here is the back doors ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinas-salt-typhoon-hacked-us-national-guard/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/CALEA_CALEA2_is_the_Real_Problem_Not_Chinese_Operatives_Exploit.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:43:55

• Compumedics Ransomware Attack Led to Data Breach Impacting 318,000 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/compumedics-ransomware-attack-led-to-data-breach-impacting-318000/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:44:10

• voter rights https://www.dw.com/en/russia-s-election-watchdog-and-voter-rights-group-disbands/a-73232343    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:47:09

• Sharing Classified Info on Russia-Ukraine War on Dating Site https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-07-14/retired-army-officer-pleads-guilty-to-sharing-classified-info-on-russia-ukraine-war-on-dating-site    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:49:04

• Ukrainian Hackers Wipe 47TB of Data from Top Russian Military Drone Supplier https://www.kyivpost.com/post/56348    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:50:04

• Pro-Russian Cybercrime Network https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-07-16/europol-led-global-operation-takes-down-pro-russian-cybercrime-network    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 05:50:36

• Alpha males are surprisingly rare among primates – new research https://theconversation.com/alpha-males-are-surprisingly-rare-among-primates-new-research-260472 https://theconversation.com/why-many-americans-still-think-darwin-was-wrong-yet-the-british-dont-260709    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:10:58

• Remembering Matt Trout https://blogs.perl.org/users/roz/2025/07/remembering-matt-trout.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:12:04

• This week in PSC (198) https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2025/07/this-week-in-psc-198-2025-07-04.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:12:18

• "I am limiting the number of new political notes per day so as not to overload the volunteers who install new notes. If you'd like to help, please write to rms at gnu period org." https://stallman.org/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:22:40

• Wisconsin video game developer hit with layoffs amid larger Microsoft cuts https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-video-game-developer-layoffs-microsoft-cuts    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:24:24

• Microsoft Is Gutting the Video Game Industry https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/twsu-07172025/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:26:28

• Hahahah!!! "Where Microsoft is flying high"... yes, 50,000 layoffs in a year will be high-flying! https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/323464/intel-layoffs-worse-than-expected    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:28:21

• "Intel is circling the drain." Yes, just like Microsoft, but Paul Thurrott cannot say that.    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:28:55

• AWS layoffs... again https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-cloud-division-cuts-hundreds-of-jobs-as-ai-spending-intensifies/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:30:10

• Nothing to do with "hey hi"; it is a false, fake, nefarious narrative https://nypost.com/2025/07/17/business/amazon-aws-cloud-unit-slashing-hundreds-of-jobs-report/    

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

• iophk: Where did the $14 000 000 000 disappear to so suddenly? https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/scale-ai-lays-off-200-employees-one-month-after-metas-usd14-billion-investment-says-it-scaled-up-too-quickly    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:35:00

• Ripped off, capital stolen https://cdn.mises.org/HAP-414-Charts.pdf    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:36:07

• "Ever since EPI first drew attention to the decoupling of pay and productivity (Mishel and Bernstein 1994), our work has been widely cited in economic analyses and by policymakers. It has also attracted criticisms from those looking to deny the facts of inequality." https://www.epi.org/publication/understanding-the-historic-divergence-between-productivity-and-a-typical-workers-pay-why-it-matters-and-why-its-real/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 06:36:52

• "I don't need another controller, at this point I have 7 but another couldn't hurt right? The 8BitDo Pro 3 Bluetooth with swappable magnetic ABXY looks lovely." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/8bitdo-pro-3-bluetooth-announced-with-swappable-magnetic-abxy/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 07:53:46

• "Want some action? The Devil May Cry Humble Bundle is another chance for you to build up your collection of games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/get-the-devil-may-cry-game-series-in-the-latest-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 07:53:58

• "Battlesmiths: Blade & Forge is a tactical RPG where every piece of gear is forged by you, and there's also some town-building involved too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/battlesmiths-blade-forge-announced-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 07:54:23

• "Help make some dreams come true for critically ill children in the Wish 200 Week Charity Sale that's now live on Steam." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/make-a-wish-uk-launches-the-wish-200-week-charity-sale/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 07:58:03

• GAFAM and oligarch-funded (Michael Bloomberg) https://2025.fossy.us/sponsorship/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 08:19:08

• "You can now play some major games on RISC-V systems running Linux, thanks to the felix86 emulator that's really coming along. I covered the felix86 project initially here on GamingOnLinux back in May" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/felix86-emulator-for-linux-for-x86-and-x86-64-apps-on-risc-v-can-now-run-steam-and-major-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 08:19:19

• "Mesa 25.1.6 is the latest bug-fix release for the open source Linux graphics drivers, plus the first Release Candidate for the next feature-release." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mesa-25-1-6-and-mesa-25-2-0-rc1-are-now-available-for-linux-graphics-drivers/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 08:20:53

• "0 A.D. is a free and open source RTS game that saw a first release in years back in January, now an important bug fix patch is out now. This aims to clean up the most pressing issues, as part of their new workflow to get releases out much quicker." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/impressive-free-and-open-source-rts-0-a-d-gets-an-essential-patch-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 08:22:13

• "Extreme sports game Descenders Next is set to arrive sometime soon, and they've ensured it works well on Steam Deck as it's Verified ahead of release." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/extreme-sports-game-descenders-next-is-steam-deck-verified-ahead-of-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 08:47:56

• "NVIDIA are continuing to make us guess what's included in their updates with the NVIDIA driver 570.172.08 release today" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/nvidia-570-172-08-released-for-linux-as-the-main-stable-driver/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 08:50:02

• "CD PROJEKT RED have released the latest major free update for Cyberpunk 2077 today, bringing with it new content and graphics enhancements." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/cyberpunk-2077-2-3-is-out-with-new-vehicles-auto-drive-amd-fsr-4-intel-xess-2-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 08:50:18

• "Rochdale groomers could finally be sent back to Pakistan" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/17/rochdale-groomers-deport-pakistan-airline-ban-lifted/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:22:11

• "‘Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor’ – Pixel Envy" https://pxlnv.com/linklog/andreessen-traitor/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:22:28

• "The Road to MechaHitler - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-road-to-mechahitler    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:22:38

• "Trump Discovers MAGA Has No 'Off' Switch" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-epstein/683544/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:22:52

• "Trump’s Epstein Answers Are Getting Worse" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/trump-epstein-obama-boring/683546/ https://techrights.org/o/2019/12/21/police-report-bill-gates/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:23:13

• "Taipei holds air raid drill to prepare for Chinese attack" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/17/taipei-holds-air-raid-drill-to-prepare-for-chinese-attack/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:23:35

• iophk: windows TCO -- Microsoft killed not just Novell's NetWare but even the very concept of file sharing as it was then known as, now known as Networked Accessible Storage, OpenAFS is no more, Ceph has not taken off https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/weve-got-to-stop-sending-files-to-each-other/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:24:12

• "Pam Bondi Fired the Avenger of Sex Trafficking Victims on Donald Trump's Personal Authority" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/17/pam-bondi-fired-the-avenger-of-sex-trafficking-victims-on-donald-trumps-personal-authority/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:24:57

• "The Emergency Ethics of Democratic Defense: Gavin Newsom Is Right to Fight Fire with Fire" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-emergency-ethics-of-democratic    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:25:15

• "Does the Trump administration care about white-collar crime?" https://www.vox.com/policy/419953/white-collar-crime-trump-department-of-justice-enforcement-priorities    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:25:29

• "Teacher tips from CSTA 2025 on integrating computer science into any subject - discover real advice from educators across the US." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/teacher-tips-csta-2025-integrating-computer-science/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:33:13

• "Over on his YouTube channel [Pat Deegan] from Psychogenic Technologies shows us two KiCad tips to save a million clicks." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/improve-your-kicad-productivity-with-these-considered-shortcut-keys/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:33:30

• In Search of Hedgehogs ☛ https://therevelator.org/in-search-of-hedgehogs/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:36:26

• "Winning a world championship" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/18/winning-a-world-championship-is-nothing-compared-to-raising-a-kid | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:36:49

• aiding enemy ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/18/for-the-first-time-russia-jails-suspect-accused-of-new-aiding-the-enemy-offense | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:38:24

• RFK ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:39:07

• ESP32 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/esp32-plugs-in-to-real-time-crypto-prices/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:39:38

• F.D.A. Approves Juul Vapes After Yearslong Delay ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/health/fda-juul.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:44:03

• Thai mental health crisis deepens amid shrinking population, finds report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-mental-health-crisis-deepens-amid-shrinking-population-report-finds    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:44:41

• 8 healthy babies born after IVF using DNA from 3 people ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250717-8-healthy-babies-born-after-ivf-using-dna-from-3-people    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:44:54

• Not enough sun in Latvia? Enough for sunburn, say skin doctors ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/17.07.2025-not-enough-sun-in-latvia-enough-for-sunburn-say-skin-doctors.a607117/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:45:20

• "requiring judicial oversight" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-site-blockades-get-judicial-scrutiny-in-germany-but-no-transparency/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:46:44

• "owns the YouTube channel Once Were Nerd" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/retro-reviewer-could-face-up-to-three-years-in-jail-over-copyright-italian-authorities-investigate-creator-for-advertising-anbernic-handheld-game-consoles | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:46:59

• "This incident is not an isolated episode" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/15/metallica-copyright-strike-us-government/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:47:14

• "Critical undersea infrastructure (CUI) as these connections are known, supports about US$9-trillion worth of trade per day." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/the-internets-weakest-link-under-ocean/266971/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:47:45

• "The preserve is a place where tribal members continue to hunt, trap and fish, as well as catch the school bus, hold sacred rituals and bury their loved ones." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2025/07/the-miccosukee-tribe-of-florida-wants-to-join-a-federal-lawsuit-against-alligator-alcatraz.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:49:03

• "raises significant concerns about environmental degradation and potential impacts." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/fl-miccosukee-tribe-joins-environmental-groups-suing-over-alligator-alcatraz/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:49:22

• "The decision noted that Aydınalp had been detained for one day and that all evidence, including video recordings, had been reviewed." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/prosecutors-drop-indecency-charges-against-model-activist-over-normal-birth-protest-309550 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:50:01

• "Only a third had gone to unions or agencies, such as the Fair Work Ombudsman, for help." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-young-workers-employers.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:50:31

• "What happened to me wasn’t just a mistake" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-16/army-vet-detained-for-three-days-after-immigration-raid-calls-for-investigation | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:50:54

• "The impact on local communities in rural areas, she said, could be significant, given that many people rely on their stations for emergency alerts related to tsunamis and other forms of extreme weather as well as educational programs." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/07/17/repub/us-senate-republicans-vote-to-claw-back-funding-for-npr-pbs-foreign-aid-programs/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:51:49

• "Without public media funding, local stations will close, creating news deserts and allowing political corruption to thrive." ☛ https://werd.io/senate-votes-to-strip-1-1-billion-from-public-broadcasting-in-blow-to-pbs-and-npr/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:52:01

• "It does almost nothing to improve the federal budget but gives legislative imprimatur to Trump’s corrosive attacks on the press." ☛ https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/07/17/tense-week-for-public-broadcasters-study-maps-local-news-decline/index.html | Source: Northwestern University    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:52:14

• "The 51-48 mostly party-line vote seeks to revoke more than $8 billion from foreign aid programs run by the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development." ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/07/17/nebraskas-ricketts-fischer-voted-to-cut-9b-funding-cuts-from-public-media-foreign-aid/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:52:42

• "Well, philantropies and wealthy Democrats will probably take up some of the slack. But how about listeners? I think they can. Here’s why." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/07/16/if-you-like-public-broadcasting-be-customers-not-just-consumers/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:53:08

• "DOGE [sic]’s responses to American Oversight’s FOIA requests and litigation highlight how the agency twists its mandate to shield itself from scrutiny." ☛ https://americanoversight.org/doges-smoke-and-mirrors-how-the-agency-deliberately-avoids-transparency/ | Source: American Oversight    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:53:28

• "This piece is part of a debate series that poses the question" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/democracy-needs-a-proactive-defense | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:54:27

• "Is it overreach and political malpractice, or the proactive defense needed to stop authoritarianism before it destroys the system from the inside? Using the example of the far-right AfD party in Germany" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/why-we-cant-protect-democracy-by | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:55:15

• "The modern fight for democracy is a complex affair." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/next-move-debate-banning-democracy | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:55:45

• "Altayli, who has more than 1.5 million YouTube subscribers, was jailed pending trial last month over the comments in a social media video about a poll that showed most Turks opposed Erdogan ruling for life." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-07-17/turkish-journalist-could-face-minimum-5-years-prison-for-erdogan-comments | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:56:08

• "Russia previously criminalized sharing such content, but with officials saying censorship during wartime is justified, restrictive digital laws are being tightened." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/17/russia-internet-censorship/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:56:25

• "Lai, the 77-year-old founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy media outlet Apple Daily, has been detained since December 2020." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/17/govt-defends-jimmy-lais-detention-arrangements-after-newspaper-op-ed-alleges-appalling-conditions-in-custody/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:56:59

• "The website specialises in surfacing deleted or blocked WeChat posts on politically sensitive topics." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/17/chinese-tech-firm-tencent-seeks-removal-of-anti-censorship-archive-freewechat-watchdog-says/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:57:27

• "the crime of reading" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/cards/the-crime-of-reading | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:58:00

• "The result, one source told Izvestia, has been a surge in disorganized and often excessive disruptions, especially in response to the growing number of drone attacks across the country." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/15/russia-moves-to-centralize-mobile-internet-shutdowns-amid-rise-in-ukrainian-drone-attacks-a89824 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:58:20

• "Once on CBS, Colbert won loyal viewers with his searing commentaries on President Trump and his actions — even before Trump was elected in 2016." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-07-17/cbs-announces-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-to-end-next-year | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 09:58:43

• "Siddaramaiah said social media platforms must act responsibly" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/karnataka/meta-platforms-distorting-facts-due-to-faulty-auto-translation-cmsiddaramaiah-1892081 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:01:30

• "With each passing day, our information environment is becoming more chaotic. It is filled with lies and spin and rage" ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/before-you-share-that-health-tip-read-this/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:01:47

• "The thing is that these days, many people tend to expect that well-known software would have a short, simple URL. Such as, in this case, PUTTY.ORG. For instance, Lithuanian hosting company Hostinger links to PUTTY.ORG when discussing SSH" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/puttyorg_website_controversy/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:02:06

• vladimir.putty.org    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:02:32

• "Each company received a contract worth up to $200 million, according to a notice from the Chief Digital and AI Office. The firms will help the Defense Department develop agentic AI workflows for key national security missions." ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/pentagon/2025/07/15/pentagon-taps-four-commercial-tech-firms-to-expand-military-use-of-ai/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:02:44

• "New CEO Lip-Bu Tan has warned Intel's in a bit of a bind - its x86 dominance is fading, the company is nowhere in GPU" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/intel_layoffs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:03:10

• "Intel plans to lay off over 5,500 employees across the US, with teams in California and Oregon set to see the most job cuts." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/intel-to-layoff-more-than-5500-employees-in-us/articleshow/122619863.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:03:23

• "With cuts of “at least 5,400 Oregon jobs since August,” according to the source, there are now 18,000 employees left in Oregon." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/intel-allegedly-planning-more-oregon-layoffs-new-report-says-retreating-operation-could-become-a-liability-to-the-state | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:03:48

• "employed 900 people, so cutting 200 staff represents a major reduction in its workforce." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/scale-ai-lays-off-200-employees-one-month-after-metas-usd14-billion-investment-says-it-scaled-up-too-quickly | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10:04:35

• "Well, that time has come, and as of a few days ago, I now have a fully working* iPod again, complete with 128GB of fancy solid-state storage!" ☛ https://flower.codes/thoughts/nostalgia/2024/07/11/batteries-redux | Source: Zach Flower    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:48:47

• "Now, you could SSH into your machine and then use upsc to check each UPS; however, this isn’t the best solution for all cases. That is where a web dashboard is incredibly useful." ☛ https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-peanut/ | Source: Pi My Life Up    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:49:03

• "Between 2024 and 2025, data center power usage accounted for $9 billion, or 174%, of increased power costs, a June report by Monitoring Analytics, an external market monitor for PJM Interconnection, found." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/07/16/repub/ai-data-centers-are-using-more-power-regular-customers-are-footing-the-bill/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:49:30

• iophk: people will fill in the news vacuum with disinformation from social control media provided by FSB, CCP, and Hamas. Evan is totally clueless about who owns social control media and what that ownership is about: "We Deserve Better: A New Social Media Bill of Rights" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/we-deserve-better-a-new-social-media-bill-of-rights/ To paraphrase Zuckerberg: "dumbfuck"    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:50:45

• "The entirety of the Tazara, as the railway is known, runs from Tanzania’s coastal financial hub of Dar es Salaam west to New Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/2025/0717/tazara-tanzania-zambia-railway | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:51:00

• "TerraPower is working to develop a sodium-cooled small modular nuclear reactor." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/16/trump_tax_law_bill_gates/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:51:14

• "Under this sustainable development project, 96 solar-powered street lights have been installed across these villages, bringing much-needed illumination to public spaces for the first time." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/solar-power-illuminates-lives-in-odishas-tribal-villages-1891773 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:51:37

• "Since May, at least 10 Chinese provincial and municipal governments have announced consumer subsidies ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 RMB (about $280 to $700) per car" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/huawei-car-china-local-government-subsidies/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:51:55

• "If enacted, the bill will establish rules for issuers of stablecoins, a type of coin pegged to a $1 valuation, which proponents have pitched as a faster and cheaper way to make payments." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/genius-act-congress-crypto-law-passes/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 11:52:09

• "In the DTECH Midwest session, Driving the Future of EV Grid Planning, moderator Bienvenido (Ben) Clarin" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/electric-vehicle/ev-charging/a-game-of-tetris-how-can-utilities-spread-the-load-of-ev-charging/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:04:48

• "Earth’s history confronts us with the fleeting fragility of our moment: Earth doesn’t have to look like it does now." ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-history-earth-warming | Source: Science News    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:11:55

• "In recent years, northern Thailand has faced an alarming rise in forest fires, driven by slash-and-burn agriculture, prolonged dry seasons, and climate change." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/17/firefly-community-centric-wildfire-detection-using-drones-and-iot-sensors/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:12:07

• "We haven’t written about climate change at The Next Move and it’s certainly not the main focus for a publication covering the fight for democracy." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/this-political-movement-spends-billionsand | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:12:18

• "Such a historic weakening of the safety net—the programs that support the finances of lower-income Americans" ☛ https://fair.org/home/nyt-obscured-worst-harms-of-trumps-budget/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:13:06

• "Today I learned that Kagi uses Yandex as part of its search infrastructure, making up about 2% of their costs" ☛ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2025/07/17/kagi/ | Source: Herman Õunapuu    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:13:38

• "only folks who seemingly don’t want to release the full findings of the investigation into Epstein" ☛ https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/419905/jeffrey-epstein-files-client-list-donald-trump-pam-bondi | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:14:08

• "increasingly powerful conspiracy industry have a rare opportunity" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/epstein-files-what-trumps-opponents | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:14:54

• "a deep bench of powerful friends" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-07-17/trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-republicans | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:17:07

• "national security transparency nonprofit Property of the People" ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/national-guard-was-hacked-chinas-salt-typhoon-group-dhs-says-rcna218648 | Source: NBC    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:17:27

• "The document was obtained by the national security transparency nonprofit Property of the People and first reported by NBC News" ☛ https://www.csoonline.com/article/4023313/salt-typhoon-hacked-the-us-national-guard-for-9-months-and-accessed-networks-in-every-state.html | Source: CSO http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/CALEA_CALEA2_is_the_Real_Problem_Not_Chinese_Operatives_Exploit.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:18:01

• "Experts Said…" ☛ https://kottke.org/25/07/journalisms-experts-said-conclusion | Source: Jason Kottke    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:18:16

• "That's seen by some of his supporters as a betrayal" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-epstein-maga-revolt-midterms-1.7586299 | Source: CBC    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:20:11

• "During the election, Trump pledged to release the government's files related to Epstein." ☛ https://futurism.com/situation-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-elon-musk-bizarre | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:20:21

• "“Fascism” sounds hyperbolic." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/fascism-for-first-time-founders/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:20:57

• "Europe marks 40 years since the creation of the Schengen Area" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2606785/poland-s-fight-against-irregular-migration-will-border-checks-work | Source: LRT    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:21:16

• "the use of American submarine cable repair" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/the-fcc-wants-to-ban-chinese-tech-from-the-undersea-cables-that-connect-the-u-s-to-the-rest-of-the-world-proposed-new-rules-would-secure-cables-against-foreign-adversaries | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:21:59

• "the Commission would vote next month" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/fcc_china_subsea_cables/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:22:24

• "The FCC did not cite specific threats to U.S. submarine cables." ☛ https://therecord.media/fcc-plans-to-ban-chinese-tech-undersea-cables | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:22:59

• "Unlike traditional artificial intelligence assistants, these systems are programmed to form emotional connections with users." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-quarters-teens-ai-companions.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:25:34

• "Then Frum is joined by the former FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/07/david-frum-show-peter-strzok-fbi/683547/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:26:02

• "A recent leak of venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s group chats has revealed that he’s quite happy to see our university system destroyed if it will keep out foreigners and humiliate the elites who “actively discriminated against” people like him." ☛ https://www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andreessen-is-a-traitor/ |    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:26:30

• "EPIC’s testimony explains why S.30/H.4229 would provide significant privacy and online safety protections for minors" ☛ https://epic.org/epic-testifies-in-support-of-massachusetts-s-30-h-4229-an-act-protecting-children-from-addictive-social-media-feeds/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:27:06

• "The older students do not care about anything but TikTok." ☛ https://smallcypress.bearblog.dev/new-post/ | Source: Small Cypress    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:27:51

• "But the Taliban hopes that such contact has suddenly become far more necessary." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/16/taliban-strategy-against-britain/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:28:05

• "This technique, which Yandex began in 2017 and Meta started in September 2024, deliberately bypassed sandboxing, a security measure that prevents web browsers from exchanging information with apps locally installed on a users’ device." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5621/meta-and-yandex-break-security-save-their-business-model | Source: Privacy International    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:33:36

• "This differs from traffic coming via softer ad-blockers that still allow all or many of these monetisation options for publishers but hide the most aggressive advertising for users." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/adblockers-stop-publishers-serving-ads-to-or-even-seeing-1bn-web-users/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:33:56

• "Today, noyb has filed GDPR complaints against AliExpress, TikTok and WeChat. All three tech companies have failed to comply with access requests under Article 15 GDPR." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/how-tiktok-aliexpress-wechat-ignore-your-gdpr-rights | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:34:31

• "While Shein, Temu and Xiaomi provided the complainants with additional information, TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat "continued to violate" the EU's landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Noyb said." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-hit-by-fresh-complaint-over-data-access/articleshow/122627847.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:34:54

• "Investors had accused the executives of ignoring problems at Cambridge Analytica, a now defunct political consulting firm which allegedly improperly collected data about millions of Facebook users. " ☛ https://therecord.media/meta-investors-zuckerberg-settle-privacy-lawsuit | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:35:09

• "Lawmakers and some CMS officials have challenged the legality of deportation officials’ access to some states’ Medicaid enrollee data." ☛ https://apnews.com/article/immigration-medicaid-trump-ice-ab9c2267ce596089410387bfcb40eeb7 | Source: Associated Press    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:35:26

• "The agreement was reported by the Associated Press." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/medicaid-is-giving-ice-access-to-data-of-79m-enrollees-including-ethnicity/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:35:39

• Credit Suisse collapse obfuscated Parreaux, Thiébaud & Partners scandal (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/25/Credit_Suisse_collapse_obfuscated_Parreaux_Thiebaud_Partners_sc.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:36:35

• Security: Shane Wegner & Debian statement of incompetence ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/18/Security_Shane_Wegner_Debian_statement_of_incompetence.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:36:52

• "That’s because traffic for DNS lookups often goes largely unmonitored by many security tools. Whereas web and email traffic is often closely scrutinized, DNS traffic largely represents a blind spot for such defenses." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/dns-records-hidden-malicious-code/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:40:10

• Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub): "To turn this issue around I updated my robots.txt to allow LinkedInBot to crawl my resources." ☛ https://evgeniipendragon.com/posts/i-was-wrong-about-robots-txt/ |    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:40:51

• Openwashing ☛ https://thenewstack.io/open-source-is-too-important-to-dilute/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:41:13

• Windows TCO: "Ryuk ransomware was prevalent in 2019 and 2020, infecting thousands of victims globally across the private sector" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/karen-vardanyan-ryuk-ransomware-extradited/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:42:19

• Windows TCO: "The attack on Whole Foods Market’s primary distributor was part of an ongoing attack spree linked to Scattered Spider" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/united-natural-foods-cyberattack-400-million/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:42:32

• "I was staring at that and thinking of social media. Is it any wonder that we are so frustrated all the time, when all day we are living with everyone else’s outrage in our social timelines?" ☛ https://www.manton.org/2025/07/16/live-with-criticism-learn-to.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:43:29

• "Mastodon for 11 hours" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/kids-use-their-phones-way-too-much-and-me-too/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:43:43

• "47 percent of users reported issues with the app, while 38 percent experienced issues with the website, according to Downdetector." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/reddit-restores-services-after-global-outage-affects-over-14-lakh-users-1892039 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:44:28

• "The hearing, before Justice N Nagaprasanna, pertained to X Corp's challenge to the applicability of Section 79 of the Information Technology Act" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/social-media-monitors-us-constantly-need-to-regulate-centre-tells-karnataka-hc-in-x-corp-case-101752755386621.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:44:50

• "So far, neither Grok nor any other large language model has proved capable of unearthing the secrets of spacetime, or what's behind a black hole's singularity, or anything else particularly novel." ☛ https://futurism.com/former-ceo-uber-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:51:33

• "Second mistake: If a talking dog tells you something, that doesn’t mean it’s true. Check the work." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/07/the-talking-dog/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:51:51

• "Nokia’s private 5G network uses its AirScale radio access equipment and 5G Core Enterprise Solution." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/nokia-to-deploy-private-5g-network-for-memphis-light-gas-and-water/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:52:14

• "Over six years starting in 2026, Uber will acquire and deploy over 20,000 Lucid Gravity SUVs that will be equipped with autonomous vehicle (AV) technology from startup Nuro, the three companies said in a statement." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/uber-to-invest-300-million-in-ev-maker-lucid-as-part-of-robotaxi-deal/articleshow/122642529.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:52:42

• "By the way, in case you are unsure who this dynamic pricing benefits — you are not, but stick with me — it is the airlines." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/airlines-ai-pricing/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:53:16

• "do not highlight any negatives" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/some-researchers-are-hiding-secret-messages-in-their-papers-but-theyre-not-meant-for-humans-180986996/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:53:57

• "The vendor disclosed CVE-2025-20337 on Wednesday in an update to a June security advisory about two other max-severity flaws in the same products." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/critical_cisco_bug/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:54:46

• "Since the dramatization was broadcast, Fujitsu CEO Takahito Tokita, CFO Takeshi Isobe, and head of UK and Europe Paul Patterson have all apologized for the company's role in the scandal" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/fujitsu_govt_contracts/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:55:09

• "Incident responders from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and Mandiant" ☛ https://therecord.media/sonicwall-sma-100-series-overstep-malware-unc6148 | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:55:35

• "I didn't switch to Mac because it was superior, but because it offered a distinct experience. It created a separation between my personal and work computing." ☛ https://merecivilian.com/why-i-moved-away-from-windows-15-years-ago/ | Source: Mere Civilian    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:57:47

• "Over the past couple of months, I read several posts in my RSS reader from people who, in previous lives, were Apple users but now" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/on-using-apple-products | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12:58:04

• "addictive feeds" ☛ https://epic.org/documents/massachusetts-testimony-in-support-of-s-30-h-4229-an-act-protecting-children-from-addictive-social-media-feeds/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:00:33

• "imagine that a solar-electricity developer approaches you and presents three options" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/california-farmers-identify-a-hot-new-cash-crop-solar-power/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:00:47

• "spent on social media" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/gentle-parenting-my-smartphone-addiction | Source: New Yorker    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:01:18

• "This letter shares with you one of those things you should do: stay out of the software development process. I have made some of the mistakes in this letter myself." ☛ https://agentultra.com/blog/letter-to-a-young-engineering-manager-1/index.html | Source: J Kenneth King    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:02:25

• "The one-year American Service Fellowship program is being run through the Harvard Kennedy School, which focuses on public policy issues." ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/education-transition/2025/07/17/harvard-to-launch-new-service-fellowship-for-veterans-federal-workers/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:02:45

• "Working openly is an institutional capability. We’re just all trying to make our institutions feel better about it." ☛ https://gilest.org/notes/open-test-learn.html | Source: Giles Turnbull    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:03:08

• "this is actually the most important part of finding discussable books, before you Rin to those resources, you really need to understand what makes for a great book discussion book." ☛ https://raforall.blogspot.com/2025/07/tips-for-choosing-better-book.html | Source: Becky Spratford    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:03:32

• "the symmetry in behaviour between matter and antimatter is not perfect." ☛ https://theconversation.com/new-discovery-at-cern-could-hint-at-why-our-universe-is-made-up-of-matter-and-not-antimatter-261274 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:04:31

• "The Novo Nordisk Foundation, the non-profit which controls pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/denmark-aims-to-host-worlds-most-powerful-quantum-computer/articleshow/122629496.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:08:19

• "Why are people still sending files to each other?" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/weve-got-to-stop-sending-files-to-each-other/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:08:48

• "In this post, I would like to inform you about a new Java library that is now available on Maven Central" ☛ https://webtechie.be/post/2025-07-17-introducing-java-dmx512-library-with-demo-javafx-ui/ | Source: Frank Delporte    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:12:33

• "Before we dive into the technical explanations of these methods, let’s talk shop." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/python-apply-vs-apply_async-which-should-you-use/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:12:55

• "An example of brutal violation of this principle is the TestCase class in Python's standard library." ☛ https://antonz.org/deep-modules/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:13:14

• "I think the main problem with both single-file and satellite-style codebases" ☛ https://www.rugu.dev/en/blog/against-single-file-codebases/ | Source: Uğur Erdem Seyfi    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:13:55

• "Not long ago, I wrote a blog post which tried to explain Zig's Writers." ☛ https://www.openmymind.net/Zigs-New-Writer/ | Source: Karl Seguin    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:14:06

• "A 5G band I’m particularly interested in is n78 (3.3 – 3.8 GHz TDD)" ☛ https://destevez.net/2025/07/n78-band-5g-nr-recordings/ | Source: Daniel Estévez    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:15:49

• "To use the Montreal subway (the Métro), you tap a paper ticket against the turnstile and it opens." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2024/06/montreal-mifare-ultralight-nfc.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:17:05

• "The ESWIN Computing EBC77 Series SBC offers impressive performance featuring 64-bit Out-of-Order(OoO) RISC-V CPU and self-developed NPU, LPDDR5 memory running at 6400Mbps high-speed and stable user experience for web surfing" ☛ https://canonical.com/blog/eswin-computing-launches-the-ebc77-series-single-board-computer-with-ubuntu | Source: Canonical    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:17:18

• "It's been two years since I last posted on my Gemini capsule, but I have not abandoned it! Nor have I stopped browsing Geminispace. I don't like to post personal details in this public space, so I tend to come up with post ideas and then abandon them." gemini://tobykurien.com/articles/2025-07-18-still-here.gmi    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:36:19

• 🔤SpellBinding: ACDEJNY Wordo: MOODY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-18.gmi    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:37:12

• "Reading. I have been reading every day for months now. One chapter per day." gemini://melyanna.smol.pub/small-web-july-02    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:38:24

• Thai Flavors: Ultramarine 41 and 42 — Your GNU/Linux Menu Picks ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/07/thai-flavors-ultramarine-41-and-42-your-linux-menu-picks/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:47:34

• "Santa is sweating! Heatwave in Finnish Lapland makes international headlines" https://yle.fi/a/74-20173286    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 13:57:48

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 608 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/07/16/this-week-in-rust-608/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:34:03

• BSD Now 620: Postmortem for jemalloc ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/620    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:34:43

• BAZ Warns YouTube, Facebook (Farcebook) Podcasters: Same Rules Apply to Online Broadcasting ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/baz-warns-youtube-facebook-podcasters-same-rules-apply-to-online-broadcasting/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:35:20

• Rencontres d'Arles festival puts women and Indigenous voices front and centre ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20250717-rencontres-d-arles-festival-puts-women-and-indigenous-voices-front-and-centre    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:36:32

• 8-Core ARM Pocket Computer Runs NixOS ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/8-core-arm-pocket-computer-runs-nixos/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:37:11

• Russia sentences man to 3 years for donations to Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-sentences-man-to-3-years-for-donations-to-navalnys-anti-corruption-foundation/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:44:17

• OpenShift LACP bonding performance expectations ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/17/openshift-lacp-bonding-performance-expectations    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:44:35

• Post-Quantum Cryptography in Kubernetes ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/07/18/pqc-in-k8s/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:49:01

• Time remains on Putin’s side. That must change. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/time-remains-on-putins-side-that-must-change/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:50:29

• $3,000 for Proxense authentication patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/6/30/2000-for-proxense-authentication-patent-prior-art    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:51:04

• Huawei reclaims top spot in China’s phone market, data shows ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/17/huawei-reclaims-top-spot-in-chinas-phone-market-data-shows/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:51:47

• Ubuntu Blog: ESWIN Computing launches the EBC77 Series Single Board Computer with Ubuntu ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/eswin-computing-launches-the-ebc77-series-single-board-computer-with-ubuntu    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:51:58

• Occupation and Preoccupation ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/occupation-and-preoccupation/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:53:06

• Purism CEO Todd Weaver: U.S.-Made Liberty Phone Proves Domestic Tech Manufacturing Is Possible—and Competitive ☞ https://puri.sm/posts/purism-ceo-todd-weaver-u-s-made-liberty-phone-proves-domestic-tech-manufacturing-is-possible-and-competitive/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:53:40

• Connie Francis, Pop Superstar of the 60s (And Viral Fentanylware (TikTok) Star) Passes Away ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/17/connie-francis-passes-away-2025/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:54:20

• "Security researchers recently revealed that the personal information of millions of people who applied for jobs at McDonald’s was exposed after they guessed the password (“123456”) for the fast food chain’s account at Paradox.ai" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/poor-passwords-tattle-on-ai-hiring-bot-maker-paradox-ai/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:54:51

• “Brutal Milestone”: 2000 Attacks on Ukraine’s Hospitals, Clinicians, and Health Infrastructure Since Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion ☞ https://phr.org/news/brutal-milestone-2000-attacks-on-ukraines-hospitals-clinicians-and-health-infrastructure-since-russias-full-scale-invasion/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:55:39

• Ukraine’s recovery cannot wait until Russia’s invasion is over ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-recovery-cannot-wait-until-russias-invasion-is-over/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:56:02

• Dihydroxyacetone Man allocates arms for Ukraine, threatens Russia with tariffs if no truce in 50 days ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250717-trump-allocates-arms-for-ukraine-threatens-russia-with-tariffs-if-no-truce-in-50-days    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:56:13

• UN human rights office urges ceasefire after Russia attacks kill dozens in Ukraine ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/un-human-rights-office-urges-ceasefire-after-russian-attacks-kill-dozens-in-ukraine/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:56:28

• Nordics and Baltics pledge lion’s share of Europe’s support to Ukraine – Lithuanian FM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2612169/nordics-and-baltics-pledge-lion-s-share-of-europe-s-support-to-ukraine-lithuanian-fm    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:56:41

• Svyrydenko Takes Helm As PM In Move To Drive Ukraine's War Effort And US Ties ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-parliament-approves-svyrydenko-pm-us-relations/33476718.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:56:55

• "mega deal" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/17/zelensky-touts-battle-tested-ukrainian-drones-as-bargaining-chip-in-mega-deal-for-u-s-weapons | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:57:13

• "Russian strike on Ukrainian shopping center kills at least two and injuries 27" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/17/russian-strike-on-ukrainian-shopping-center-kills-at-least-two-and-injuries-27 | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 15:57:29

• EU proposes 'most ambitious ever' budget of two trillion euros ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250717-eu-proposes-most-ambitious-ever-budget-of-two-trillion-euros    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 16:00:40

• Microsoft Bankruptcy in Russia, Shutdown in Pakistan, What Next? (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Microsoft_Bankruptcy_in_Russia_Shutdown_in_Pakistan_What_Next.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 16:00:57

• ‘Japanese-first’ party Sanseito denies ties with Russia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-first-party-sanseito-denies-ties-with-russia    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 16:06:07

• Telegram ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/17/messaging-app-telegram-reportedly-plans-russian-office-to-satisfy-regulatory-demands | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 16:06:28

• "pro-Russian hacker group" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/17/e-u-says-joint-law-enforcement-operation-dismantled-pro-russian-hacker-group | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:35:08

• "grounds for revoking naturalized citizenship" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/17/russian-lawmakers-expand-grounds-for-revoking-naturalized-citizenship | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:35:36

• "Let’s keep the lighthouse on Supporting Meduza from inside Russia is impossible" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/17/let-s-keep-the-lighthouse-on | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:36:33

• UN experts urge investigations into deaths in custody of political prisoners in Belarus ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/un-experts-urge-investigations-into-deaths-in-custody-of-political-prisoners-in-belarus/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:37:11

• Lithuania hands in protest note to Belarus over Gerbera drone airspace violation ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2612108/lithuania-hands-in-protest-note-to-belarus-over-gerbera-drone-airspace-violation    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:37:24

• █████ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english?rss ██████████████████████ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:33:00 +0300 ███████ Belarus shuts down nuclear reactor, no radiation change in Lithuania    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:37:46

• Belarus shuts down nuclear reactor, no radiation change in Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2612077/belarus-shuts-down-nuclear-reactor-no-radiation-change-in-lithuania    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:38:00

• Does Lithuania fund Belarus opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya’s office in Vilnius? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2611244/does-lithuania-fund-belarus-opposition-leader-tsikhanouskaya-s-office-in-vilnius    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:38:18

• Retro reviewer could face up to three years in jail over copyright monopoly — Italian authorities investigate creator for 'advertising' Anbernic handheld game consoles ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/retro-reviewer-could-face-up-to-three-years-in-jail-over-copyright-italian-authorities-investigate-creator-for-advertising-anbernic-handheld-game-consoles    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:38:58

• Josh Hawley Calls Out Hey Hi (AI) Companies for “Largest Intellectual Property Theft in American History” ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/17/josh-hawley-ai-companies-comments-senate-hearing/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:39:22

• When People Call a Best/Close Friend of Famous Criminal Bill Gates a "Serial Rapist" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/When_People_Call_a_Best_Close_Friend_of_Bill_Gates_a_Serial_Rap.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:39:37

• Uncomfortable Truths: Prosecution History Disclaimer in Design Patents ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/uncomfortable-prosecution-disclaimer.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:40:22

• "I will be at EuroBSDCon this September, teaching courses on TLS and email. Yes, they’re based on TLS Mastery and Run Your Own Mail Server." ☛ https://mwl.io/archives/24235 | Source: MWL    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:42:03

• "It was 1992, and I had just finished my undergrad at IIT Bombay." ☛ https://medium.com/@vishalmisra/how-i-became-the-first-linux-user-in-india-b86be9d2a6c5 | Source: Medium    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:42:21

• "APNIC is pleased to introduce the three keynote speakers who will take the stage at APNIC 60, 4 – 11 September 2025, in Da Nang, Viet Nam." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/17/introducing-the-apnic-60-keynote-speakers/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:42:33

• "Since my website is built with Eleventy which is a Javascript tool, I tend to build my website tools with Javascript as well so this command line tool is a Javascript script too." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/custom-cli-tool-to-link-mastodon-posts-and-blog-posts/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:43:23

• "LibreOffice 25.2.5 rolls out with over 60 bug fixes, addressing crashes and compatibility issues across Writer, Calc, Impress, and Base." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-25-2-5-rolls-out-with-over-60-bug-fixes/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:43:56

• "After years of development, Mozilla is finally rolling out WebGPU support in Firefox 141" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/webgpu-lands-in-firefox-141-on-windows-eyes-linux-and-macos-next/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:44:53

• "These days, there's an unusually large plague of web crawlers" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/ToolsToSeeVolumeSources | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:45:44

• "I can’t wrap my head around is the proliferation of people who are tech-savvy" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/rss-feeds | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:45:53

• "Welcome to the June 2025 development and community update." ☛ https://krita.org/en/posts/2025/monthly-update-28/ | Source: Krita    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:46:28

• "Tech giant Huawei topped China’s smartphone market for the first time in over four years" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/17/huawei-reclaims-top-spot-in-chinas-phone-market-data-shows/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:47:56

• "Smartphones are everywhere. They are entirely commoditized now." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/symbian_forgotten_foss_phone_os/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:48:05

• "As of April 2025, BadBox 2.0 is comprised of more than ten million infected AOSP-based TV streaming boxes, tablets, projectors" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/google_sues_25_unnamed_chinese/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:49:03

• "After extensive research, I decided to look at more options and consider routers beyond OpenWRT" ☛ https://jlelse.blog/posts/better-wifi-asus | Source: Jan Lukas Else    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:49:11

• "Rescuezilla 2.6.1" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12503 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:50:03

• "Curtis Gedak has announced the release of GParted Live 1.7.0-8" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12499 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:51:17

• "Normally when someone resigns they are changed to the Emeritus status." ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/security-shane-wegner-debian-statement-incompetence/ | Source: Daniel Pocock    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:51:27

• "fc-cache(1) has been using pledge(2) since May." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250717061920 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:52:01

• "Make no mistake, this is a major change, which touches a lot of components across the base system." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250717103345 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:52:27

• "This report covers hrev58898 through hrev58945." ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-07-12-haiku_activity_contract_report_june_2025/ | Source: HaikuOS    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:52:45

• "I was researching what would happen if someone was to read the site and the font is not available – for example, RSS" ☛ https://mandarismoore.com/2025/07/17/creating-perfect-font-fallbacks-in.html | Source: Mandaris Moore    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:53:19

• "I’ll be honest, I don’t often find many uses for subgrid in the work I do" ☛ https://piccalil.li/blog/a-handy-use-of-subgrid-to-enhance-a-simple-layout/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:53:30

• "The Server That Wasn't Meant to Exist, ZFS Performance Tuning" ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/620 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:53:52

• "According to the latest numbers from Statcounter, Linux-based desktop operating systems have reached a new milestone, sitting at a market share of 5.03 percent in the US. It’s a monumental moment as it’s the first time Linux has ever crossed the 5 percent threshold." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2851606/linux-market-share-just-crossed-5-percent-hitting-a-new-milestone.html | Source: PC World    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:54:27

• Frontex wants to send surveillance planes to the Atlantic and negotiates with Cape Verde on operations off West Africa ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/07/17/frontex-wants-to-send-surveillance-planes-into-the-atlantic-and-negotiates-with-cape-verde-on-operations-off-west-africa/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:56:05

• The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 25.2.5 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/17/tdf-announces-libreoffice-25-2-5/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:57:02

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

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:58:00

• How To Install GNS3 on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-gns3-fedora-42/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:58:21

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

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 19:58:47

• How to Install JabRef in Ubuntu 24.04 GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-jabref-in-ubuntu-24-04-linux/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:00:45

• How to Build FFmpeg WebAssembly on Ubuntu 24.04 GNU/Linux (Step-by-Step) ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-build-ffmpeg-webassembly-on-ubuntu-24-04-linux/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:01:40

• "While beginners may rely on manual editing with vi or nano, experienced system administrators frequently turn to these tools for automated parsing and rewriting of configuration files." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/edit-configuration-files-using-sed-and-awk/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:02:36

• "LILYGO has released the T-Display S3 Pro LR1121, a modular variant designed to expand the capabilities of the standard T-Display S3 Pro." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/t-display-s3-pro-lr1121-adds-dual-band-lora-via-expansion-shield/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:03:13

• "The whole event is five days of open source engagement and collaboration." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubucon-africa-and-djangocon-africa-2025 | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:03:27

• Krita Monthly Update - Edition 28 ☞ https://krita.org/en/posts/2025/monthly-update-28/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:04:27

• "In enterprise Kubernetes environments, security risks often arise from overlapping administrative access." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/separate-admin-roles-with-confidential-containers | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:05:37

• CTO pushing scams https://www.redhat.com/en/technically-speaking/more-efficient-AI-vLLM    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:07:46

• Red Hat ads/IBM ads disguised as information in BBC? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct6znz    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:09:25

• selling pointless things as having magical capabilities is good for nobody.    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:10:12

• Hype, by their OWN admission https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-beyond-hype-red-hat-summit-7-key-announcements    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:10:51

• Those are just PR people https://www.redhat.com/en/authors/isabel-lee    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:11:26

• Hype selling with openwashing https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/open-source-ai-transforming-healthcare-boston-Children-hospital    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:11:52

• ‘right to hope’ https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-tells-council-of-europe-it-will-not-extend-right-to-hope-to-ocalan-309342    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:12:53

• Turkey enacts law allowing 10 consecutive workdays for tourism workers https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-enacts-law-allowing-10-consecutive-workdays-for-tourism-workers-309457    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:13:45

• Arnaud Rebillout: Acquire-By-Hash for APT packages repositories, and the lack of it in Kali GNU/Linux ☞ https://arnaudr.io/2025/07/17/acquire-by-hash-for-apt-packages-repositories-and-the-lack-of-it-in-kali-linux/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:14:18

• Ditch backdoored Windows 11: SparkyLinux 7.8 is the lightweight alternative to Microsoft's OS you've been looking for ☞ https://betanews.com/2025/07/16/ditch-windows-11-sparkylinux-7-8-is-the-lightweight-alternative-to-microsofts-os-youve-been-looking-for/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:15:23

• Gunnar Wolf: About our proof-of-concept LLM tool for navigating Debian's manpages ☞ https://gwolf.org/2025/07/about-our-proof-of-concept-llm-tool-for-navigating-debian-s-manpages.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:16:57

• Maybe writing speed actually is a bottleneck for programming ☞ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/maybe-writing-speed-actually-is-a-bottleneck-for/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:18:56

• 60 Years Later: How a Civil Rights-Era Defamation Case Empowers the Press ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/60-years-later-how-a-civil-rights-era-defamation-case-empowers-the-press    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:21:38

• PostgreSQL 18 Beta 2 Released! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-18-beta-2-released-3103/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:23:25

• 12 Best Free and Open Source Mailing List Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mailinglistmanagers/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:26:34

• markmap – build mindmaps with plain text ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/markmap-build-mindmaps-plain-text/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:26:43

• 7 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Crafting Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/craftingtools/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:26:58

• InfiniPaint – infinite canvas software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/infinipaint-infinite-canvas-software/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:27:07

• KeySmith – SSH key management ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/keysmith-ssh-key-management/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:27:17

• Nils Torvalds and Anna "Mikke" Torvalds (née Törnqvis) Hopefully Use GNU/Linux by Now ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Nils_Torvalds_and_Anna_Mikke_Torvalds_nee_Tornqvis_Hopefully_Us.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:27:33

• Hiding Payloads in GNU/Linux Extended File Attributes, (Thu, Jul 17th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32116    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:28:26

• Otto Kekäläinen: Debcraft – Easiest way to modify and build Debian packages ☞ https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/debcraft-easy-debian-packaging/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:29:12

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1030256/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:29:32

• WhatSie – WhatsApp web client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/whatsie-whatsapp-web-client/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:32:36

• Dotfiles Installer – install dotfiles with the minimum of fuss ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dotfiles-installer-install-dotfiles/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:33:20

• Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Installing to the eMMC ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/orangepi-rv2-single-board-computer-running-linux-emmc/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:33:47

• Plasma Bigscreen Returns ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Plasma-Bigscreen-Returns    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:34:43

• What the Israel-Iran ceasefire means for US critical infrastructure ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news/2025/07/what-the-israel-iran-ceasefire-means-for-u-s-critical-infrastructure/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:35:58

• DNS should be your next security priority: Lessons from NIST ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/07/dns-should-be-your-next-security-priority-lessons-from-nist/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:36:30

• Microsoft's All-Time Low in Finland ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/18/Microsoft_s_All_Time_Low_in_Finland.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:36:45

• "We Might Save Somebody's Life" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/We_Might_Save_Somebody_s_Life.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:36:53

• How Many Women Has Microsoft's Alex Balabhadra Graveley Already Strangled and Where Does That End? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/How_Many_Women_Has_Microsoft_s_Alex_Balabhadra_Graveley_Already.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:37:02

• Sharing Code and Recipes ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Sharing_Code_and_Recipes.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:37:13

• Will Brett Wilson LLP Handle Its Own Winding Up Petition or be Struck Off for Overt Abuse of Process? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Will_Brett_Wilson_LLP_Handle_Its_Own_Winding_Up_Petition_or_be_.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:37:22

• "Published the next strip on a topic that plagues engineers: having a wonderful product or service is futile without a proper marketing & sales process." ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-07-16.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:41:43

• UN calls on world leaders to promote gender equality in sports ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/un-calls-on-world-leaders-to-promote-gender-equality-in-sports/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:42:48

• The last public database tracking protests in China is about to go dark ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-last-public-database-tracking-protests-in-china-is-about-to-go-dark/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:43:21

• Attempt to run the most recent version of Dotfiles Installer designed by Stephan Raabe on openSUSE Tumbleweed ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/07/attempt-to-run-most-recent-version-of_17.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:44:30

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

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:44:48

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

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:45:07

• "Likewise, I think I'm a bit less stressed financially because everything feels so hopeless these days: I can ride the $3,000 from student loans for the rest of the summer." gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-07-17.gmi    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:46:38

• thoughts on your 41st birthday gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/thoughts_on_your_41st_birthday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:47:59

• "...listening to cannibal by kesha this morning" gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-07-18.gmi    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:49:24

• "Alhena 5.1.8 fixes the close_notify issue (notably with vger servers) and adds support for search urls. I also added a popup menu button with the top 20 most visited bookmarks based on history." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20250718.gmi    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:50:47

• My hope for the Butlerian Jihad gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-18-my-hope    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:52:27

• Bringing the Butlerian Jihad to Gopher gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-18-bring-jihad-to-gopher    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:53:03

• Bringing the Butlerian Jihad to Gemini gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-17-bring-jihad-to-gemini    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:54:55

• "Haven't updated my phlog for a while. I'm currently at Bornhack 2025 - a hacker camp on Funen (despite the name) where I am in a big tent with my computer." gopher://sigkill.dk:70/0/phlog/2025-07-18.md    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 20:56:36

• Expand Model-as-a-Service for secure enterprise Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/17/expand-model-service-secure-enterprise-ai    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:01:07

• Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong’s Decade of Legal Woes Ends ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/world/asia/samsung-lee-jaeyong-acquitted.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:31:02

• South Korea’s top court clears Samsung chairman Lee in 2015 merger fraud case ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-top-court-clears-samsung-chairman-lee-in-2015-merger-fraud-case    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:31:17

• South Korea battered by record rainfall; 2 dead and more than 1,000 evacuated ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-region-hit-by-most-rainfall-in-120-years    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:31:36

• New pier completed at North Korea rocket launch site, satellite imagery shows ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/new-pier-completed-at-north-korea-rocket-launch-site-satellite-imagery-shows    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:32:13

• South Korea retries ex-spy chief over 1979 presidential assassination ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-retries-ex-spy-chief-over-1979-presidential-assassination    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:32:30

• North Korea says Japan seeking to be a ‘military giant’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-says-japan-seeking-to-be-a-military-giant    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:37:47

• South Korea’s exam paper thieves suspected to have been active for at least 2 years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-exam-paper-thieves-suspected-to-have-been-active-for-at-least-2-years    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:38:05

• Malaysia’s King appoints Wan Ahmad Farid as new chief justice ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-king-appoints-wan-ahmad-farid-as-new-chief-justice    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:38:26

• Appointment of Malaysia’s new chief justice eases controversy over vacant top judge seats for now ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-appoints-new-chief-justice-easing-weeks-of-controversy-over-vacant-top-judge-seats    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:38:54

• Malaysian police arrest more than dozen men in raid of ‘gay party’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-police-arrest-more-than-dozen-men-in-raid-of-gay-party    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:39:38

• Sarawak considers banning sale of vape products ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/sarawak-mulls-banning-sale-of-vape-products    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:39:59

• China’s Aircraft Carriers Push Into Waters Long Dominated by U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/world/asia/china-carriers-us-japan.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:45:50

• ‘Who Killed Love?’ A Video Game Plays to Male Resentment in China. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/china-video-games-women.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:46:16

• How Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Persuaded Convicted Felon to Sell Hey Hi (AI) Chips to China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/technology/nvidia-trump-ai-chips-china.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:46:35

• China-linked hackers target Taiwan’s chip industry with increasing attacks, researchers say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-linked-hackers-target-taiwans-chip-industry-with-increasing-attacks-researchers-say    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:46:44

• Japan, EU to explore joint rare earths procurement, Nikkei reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-eu-to-explore-joint-rare-earths-procurement-nikkei-reports    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:46:56

• Taiwan holds annual live-fire, air raid drills that simulate Chinese attack ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/07/17/taiwan-drills-air-raid-military/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:47:46

• How Taipei is fighting back against Beijing’s spies ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-taipei-is-fighting-back-against-beijings-spies/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:48:00

• The problem with ‘stabilising’ China relations: it hardly makes a difference ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-problem-with-stabilising-china-relations-it-hardly-makes-a-difference/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:48:13

• Brett Wilson LLP Has Track Record in Scam Coin Cases (e.g. Craig Wright and More), Now It Works for 'Crypto' Scam Purveyors ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Brett_Wilson_LLP_Has_Track_Record_in_Scam_Coin_Cases_e_g_Craig_.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:48:28

• Under the Guise of "MIT Technology Review Insights" the Site MIT Technology Review Posts Corporate Spam as 'Articles' ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/16/Under_the_Guise_of_MIT_Technology_Review_Insights_the_Site_MIT_.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:48:36

• Microsoft shafts own staff. "The lessons for others to learn here is do not move halfway across the country without at least a two year golden parachute package." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzvrtf3n    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:49:49

• Victims of the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Alex Balabhadra Graveley, Wanted to Sue Him But Lacked the Funds (He Attacked Their Finances) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Victims_of_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Alex_Balabhadra_.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:52:44

• The People Who Promoted systemd in Debian Also Promote Wayland ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/The_People_Who_Promoted_systemd_in_Debian_Also_Promote_Wayland.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:52:55

• Greffiers and the US Attorney of the Serial Strangler From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Greffiers_and_the_US_Attorney_of_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Micr.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:53:06

• Tech Used to be Fun. To Many of Us It's Still Fun. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Tech_Used_to_be_Fun_To_Many_of_Us_It_s_Still_Fun.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:53:24

• Microsoft's Morale Circling Down the Drain ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Microsoft_s_Morale_Circling_Down_the_Drain.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:53:46

• Response to Ryo Suwito Regarding the Four Freedoms ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Response_to_Ryo_Suwito_Regarding_the_Four_Freedoms.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:54:53

• EPO Jobs Are Very Toxic and Bad for One's Health ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/EPO_Jobs_Are_Very_Toxic_and_Bad_for_One_s_Health.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:55:06

• CamThink NeoEyes NE101 – A low-power, modular ESP32-S3 Vision Hey Hi (AI) Camera with optional 4G LTE and WiFi HaLow connectivity ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/17/camthink-neoeyes-ne101-a-low-power-esp32-s3-vision-ai-camera-with-optional-4g-lte-and-wifi-halow-connectivity/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:57:49

• Volcanic eruption ends day’s search for bodies of Filipino cockfighters ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/volcanic-eruption-ends-days-search-for-bodies-of-filipino-cockfighters    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:58:35

• Who are the Middle East's Druze minority? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250717-who-are-the-middle-east-s-druze-minority    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:59:08

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Has a Bad Case of Biden on the Brain ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/trump-has-a-bad-case-of-biden-on-the-brain    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 21:59:47

• Hong Kong Observatory to consider T3 storm signal on Saturday as tropical cyclone nears ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/17/hong-kong-observatory-to-consider-t3-storm-signal-on-saturday-as-tropical-cyclone-nears/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:04:33

• Sold: Largest Mars Rock Exceeds Auction Expectations ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sold-largest-mars-rock-exceeds-auction-expectations    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:05:17

• Why I Believe Brett Wilson LLP and Its Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Clients Are All Toast ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Why_I_Believe_Brett_Wilson_LLP_and_Its_Microsoft_Clients_Are_Al.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:05:43

• Life Became Simpler When I Stopped Driving and I Don't Miss Driving When I See "Modern" Cars ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Life_Became_Simpler_When_I_Stopped_Driving_and_I_Don_t_Miss_Dri.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:05:53

• Not My Problem, I Don't Care ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Not_My_Problem_I_Don_t_Care.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:06:04

• Attack of the Slopfarms ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/Attack_of_the_Slopfarms.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:06:15

• Quectel KCMA32S – A Zigbee 3.0 and BLE 5.3 module based on Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 wireless SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/17/quectel-kcma32s-a-zigbee-3-0-and-ble-5-3-module-based-on-silicon-labs-efr32mg21-wireless-soc/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:07:28

• P250Q-M80 M.2 NVMe SSD supports one-click data destruction by software or hardware (smoke involved) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/17/p250q-m80-m-2-nvme-ssd-supports-one-click-data-destruction-by-software-or-hardware/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:07:36

• CALEA / CALEA2 is the Real Problem, Not Chinese Operatives Exploiting CALEA / CALEA2 (as Any Other Nation Can) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/CALEA_CALEA2_is_the_Real_Problem_Not_Chinese_Operatives_Exploit.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:09:00

• UK Media Under Threat: Cannot Report on Data Breach, Cannot Report on Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Staff Strangling Women (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/UK_Media_Under_Threat_Cannot_Report_on_Data_Breach_Cannot_Repor.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:09:19

• What Matters More Than "Market Share" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/What_Matters_More_Than_Market_Share.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:09:31

• 99.99% Uptime in First Half of 2025 (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/99_99_Uptime_in_First_Half_of_2025.shtml    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:09:44

• Stirling Engine Bike ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/building-a-stirling-engine-bike/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:10:41

• Qubes OS Summit 2025: Tickets for sale and Call for Participation open! ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/07/17/qubes-os-summit-2025-tickets-now-available/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:11:31

• "Browsing The Information Superhighway Like It’s 1995" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/protoweb-browsing-the-information-superhighway-like-its-1995/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:12:00

• "There's been a megathread in the last week about whether Emacs should support LLVM, with Richard Stallman and now Eric Raymond joining the frey." https://josephg.com/blog/in-the-long-run-gpl-code-becomes-irrelevant/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:15:32

• "It may be true, but the GPL is uniquely positioned to create a floor that ratchets upwards, whereas the other licenses are susceptible to being consumed and extended." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44605873    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:16:39

• "Is this a true assertion? If you define sufficiently large company to be Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc. then sure, of course they can. That's an extremely high bar though and I would bet that even then, these companies would have to pick and choose their battles."    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:17:19

• "This article is already largely irrelevant. The GPL (and the FSF), whether you like it or not, always has been a political movement. The aim of the movement is to expand the pool of free/libre software and to disallow commercial entities from gaining an unfair advantage without contributing back."    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:17:44

• "With the GPLv2 they already have, as it permits them to run the software in the cloud, with their proprietary additions, without contributing back. AGPLv3 closes that loophole that's why it's even less popular."    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:18:16

• "You can license your software as you wish, but in the long run the GPL has ensured that contributions reach back upstream for the common good, rather than for profit. The GPL gives protections for the people/end consumers, much like labour laws do in your own country.    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:18:46

• "The GPL ensures that your contributions are respected, available to all, and not abused for profit (not always true, but tribunals have enforced the license terms before). The GPL has the effect of doing this globally while allowing contributions back from a global audience. It's genius and the companies absolutely hate it."    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:18:56

• "This whole argument hinges on the statement that the GPL "does nothing for users" but is "annoying for developers". I dispute both of these claims."    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:20:15

• "GPL is all about doing something for users. It is users who are able to request source code. My entire network setup is based on the fact that I can customize my router which I can only do because users were able to request the source for the router in order to customize it."    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:20:21

• "If AI/LLM can't provide _me_ any productivity gains in performing such elementary tasks, why should I believe it would do any better at much more complicated tasks, and/or for people without my disabilities?" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-07/msg00016.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:23:23

• "That’s a fair nuance. Many people do find paid roles in Free Software — at Red Hat, Mozilla, or through grants — but the landscape remains precarious. The point was that in Free Software, power isn't centralized in families or bosses in the same way." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-07/msg00017.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:24:31

• "In most cases, manual scoring rules are just as accurate, far more transparent, and worth considering (yay for the enduring human spirit and dignified work). I hope this helps! FLOSS is undead, long live FLOSS!" https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-07/msg00020.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:26:36

• "It's unhelpful to limit AI discussions to the most basic understanding of LLMs. There are AI models that use reasoning rather than simply LLM approaches. LLMs have limitations, and AI development is already passing those by going beyond the approach of LLMs." https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-07/msg00021.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:30:24

• Linuxfx 11.25.07 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/linuxfx    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:31:47

• Calculate 20250717 and Expirion 6.0-20250717 also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calculate https://distrowatch.com/expirion    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:33:21

• FOSS Weekly #25.29: End of Ubuntu 24.10, AUR Issue, Terminal Tips, Screenshot Editing and More GNU/Linux Stuff ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-29/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:35:35

• The Akademy 2025 Program is now live! ☞ https://akademy.kde.org/news/2025-07_akademy-2025-program-now-live/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:36:08

• LibreOffice 25.2.5 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 63 Bug Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/libreoffice-25-2-5-office-suite-is-now-available-for-download-with-63-bug-fixes    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:37:11

• Torrential rain pounds South Korea for third day as thousands take shelter ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/torrential-rain-pounds-south-korea-for-third-day-as-thousands-take-shelter    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:40:16

• Plasma Bigscreen, KDE’s TV Interface, is Back on Air ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen-revival-kde-tv    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:41:05

• New RISC-V SBC Supports Ubuntu 24.04, Won’t Run Future Releases ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/eswin-ebc77-risc-v-sbc-ubuntu-24-04-support    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:41:14

• Adjust Touchpad Sensitivity in Ubuntu 24.04 | 25.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/adjust-touchpad-sensitivity-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:41:38

• Fuzzy, Large, And Very Old: Everything We Know About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fuzzy-large-and-very-old-everything-we-know-about-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:42:51

• GNU/Linux howto ffmpeg convert audio of mp4 to different format (vorbis ogg to aac because firefox can not play mp4 with ogg audio?) ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/07/17/gnu-linux-howto-ffmpeg-convert-audio-of-mp4-to-different-format-vorbis-ogg-to-aac-because-firefox-can-not-play-mp4-with-ogg-audio/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:43:20

• Meta’s arguments for using Australian data ☞ https://rubenerd.com/metas-arguments-for-using-australian-datar/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:44:40

• "Criminal Enterprise" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/lawsuit-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-community-response-team-thomas-donlon | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:45:02

• Desktop update icon now updates devx sfs ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202507/desktop-update-icon-now-updates-devx-sfs.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:45:26

• Security Vulnerabilities in ICEBlock ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/security-vulnerabilities-in-iceblock.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:46:41

• EU: stop criminalizing migration in the Facilitator’s Package law ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/eu-stop-criminalizing-migration-in-the-facilitators-package-law/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:47:16

• #KeepItOn: Togolese authorities must uphold human rights online and off during protests ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/keepiton-togolese-authorities-must-uphold-human-rights-online-and-off-during-protests/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:47:51

• https://liliputing.com/eswin-ebc77-is-a-risc-v-single-board-computer-with-ubuntu-24-04-support/   

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:48:52

• "The ESWIN EBC77 is a credit card-sized single-board computer that looks like a Raspberry Pi. But instead of an ARM-based processor, this little PC has a 1.8 GHz ESWIN EIC7700X quad-core chip based on RISC-V architecture." https://liliputing.com/eswin-ebc77-is-a-risc-v-single-board-computer-with-ubuntu-24-04-support/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:49:00

• "Europe keeps on marching...towards [Free software]." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-29/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:49:51

• "What has 8 ARM cores, 8 GB of RAM, fits in a pocket, and runs NixOS? It’s no pi-clone SBC, but [MWLabs]’s smartphone– a OnePlus 6, to be precise." https://hackaday.com/2025/07/17/8-core-arm-pocket-computer-runs-nixos/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:52:02

• Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-has-over-6-of-the-desktop-market-yes-you-read-that-right-heres-how/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:52:53

• I Tried Homebrew on Linux. Here's How It Went https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-homebrew-on-linux/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:53:44

• "According to Techspot, the rise of Linux is partly explained by the looming end of life for Windows 10 and the fact that many Windows 10 PCs aren’t eligible for Windows 11. For them, switching to one of the many Linux-based alternatives is an enticing option." https://www.pcworld.com/article/2851606/linux-market-share-just-crossed-5-percent-hitting-a-new-milestone.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:54:14

• galaxy-z-flip-7-linux-terminal-3578675/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:54:36

• "The Terminal app runs a Linux VM and is part of Android 16, but it probably won’t be available on many other devices." https://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-z-flip-7-linux-terminal-3578675/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:54:47

• "now that it's actually up on the open-gpu-kernel-modules GitHub, we can see they did in fact tag RTX 5050 as supported with this release, despite the models missing from the driver update page." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/nvidia-570-172-08-released-for-linux-as-the-main-stable-driver/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:55:11

• Linux surpasses 5% market share on US desktops for the first time https://www.techspot.com/news/108701-linux-surpasses-5-market-share-us-desktops-first.html    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:55:36

• "They sent along a screenshot of Steam running on their RISC-V board" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/felix86-emulator-for-linux-for-x86-and-x86-64-apps-on-risc-v-can-now-run-steam-and-major-games/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:56:11

• Even MSN ran this https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/linux-market-share-just-crossed-5-hitting-a-new-milestone/ar-AA1INy6F?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:56:31

• Linux smashes through five per cent desktop share in the US https://fudzilla.com/news/61378-linux-smashes-through-five-per-cent-desktop-share-in-the-us    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:56:57

• "For Mesa 25.2.0 this will come with new hardware enabling, performance improvements and new features. All the new stuff will be covered here on GamingOnLinux when it's fully ready." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/mesa-25-1-6-and-mesa-25-2-0-rc1-are-now-available-for-linux-graphics-drivers/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:57:26

• Mozilla neglecting the only OS that pre-bundles Firefox https://news.itsfoss.com/firefox-webgpu-support/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:58:19

• Xlibre and Wayback: Two Linux Projects Clash Over X.org’s Legacy https://www.redhotcyber.com/en/post/xlibre-and-wayback-two-linux-projects-clash-over-x-orgs-legacy/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:59:03

• Run Isolated Linux Processes without Docker in 2025 https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/run-isolated-linux-processes-without-docker-in-2025-ab4b661b8328    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 22:59:38

• "As usual for GamingOnLinux, I like to first-hand verify everything I possibly can that I report on. And despite complete information overload when going through all the tutorials, it works with no problems on Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/umamusume-pretty-derby-gets-rated-steam-deck-playable-steamos-compatible-and-works-on-desktop-linux/    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 23:00:05

• Red BAIT https://adtmag.com/articles/2025/07/16/red-hat-launches-no-cost-enterprise-linux-offering-for-business-developers.aspx    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 23:00:39

• It is red because of the blood or prior victims    

posted Friday, July 18, 2025 at 23:00:59

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