Roy Schestowitz

• "Adding a gemtext syntax parser to Alhena via the RSyntaxTextArea library wasn't too terrible. Well, except for word wrap (the library is designed for code editing)." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/bluesman/30627    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 01:11:22

• "The other day while in a sort of after-work stupor I was laying on the couch when I thought "I wonder how my Gemini friends are doing." So I opened Lagrange and checked Antenna to learn that my Gemini friends are not, in fact, doing very well." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/doing-right-by-gemini.gmi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 01:12:19

• source-richard-stallman-video-interview-b9f74240254f    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:116:48

• "A few days ago I had the honor of hosting in my Rome apartment, freedom activist and hacker Richard Stallman, a near-like mythological figure in the world of computing, and hacking and a pioneer figure in supporting free software as a political weapon." https://masternewmedia.com/what-is-free-software-a-reply-from-the-source-richard-stallman-video-interview-b9f74240254f    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:16:57

• "Some legacy hardware isn't going to get drivers out-of-the-box anymore." https://www.howtogeek.com/garuda-linux-hardware-profile-changes/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:39:49

• When there are more laptops than desktops it makes no sense to refer to both collectively as "the desktop"    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:41:01

• "A whole lot of power in a tiny package." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-core-ultra-tiny-pc-is-built-for-kubuntu-linux/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:45:13

• Memorize These Linux Commands to Take Control of Your Storage and Disks https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-commands-for-managing-disks/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:46:02

• "Don't make the same missteps I did" https://www.xda-developers.com/mistakes-made-moving-windows-to-linux/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:48:20

• "Linux, Windows, macOS... how about something else?" https://www.xda-developers.com/niche-operating-systems-you-can-use-not-based-linux/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:48:47

• "A distro that blends elements from macOS, Windows, and Linux" https://www.xda-developers.com/why-bluestar-most-beautiful-linux-distro/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:49:14

• 4 cool operating systems that have nothing to do with Windows, macOS, or Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/os-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-windows-macos-or-linux/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:49:56

• "Experience a dedicated home theatre OS that does one job exceptionally well." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-distro-built-for-home-theatres/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:50:34

• 5 ways Btrfs subvolumes differ from conventional storage partitions https://www.xda-developers.com/how-btrfs-subvolumes-differ-from-conventional-storage-partitions/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:51:17

• "PC gaming is exciting again" https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-best-thing-happen-pc-gaming-in-years/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:52:01

• "Is Microsoft's grip on Windows users starting to crumble?" https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-breaks-a-new-record-for-us-market-share-as-people-presumably-flee-windows-for-its-open-source-rival/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:52:23

• I tried this free and open-source operating system inspired by BeOS, and it was surprisingly good https://www.xda-developers.com/i-tried-this-open-source-operating-system-inspired-by-beos-it-was-surprisingly-good/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:52:54

• "I don't rely on an expensive server for my music, video, and gaming streaming, because this tiny mini PC handles it all astonishingly well" https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-intel-n100-mini-pc-running-linux-perfect-streaming/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 03:53:35

• "This is a Wendy’s sir. But seriously, this is not Microsoft Support. We don’t care about all your problems with Windows. Not one lick." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0zhd7hn    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 05:39:36

• IBM floundering https://www.reuters.com/business/ibms-software-sales-disappoint-eclipsing-ai-mainframe-revival-2025-07-23/ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/ibm-q2-earnings-report-2025.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 05:41:59

• "I created Linuxiac to share all the latest news and updates from the Linux world and the open-source ecosystem, along with practical tips, how-tos, and reviews that can help make your day-to-day Linux use more informed, efficient, and enjoyable." https://linuxiac.com/about-us/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 07:18:04

• And then turned to LLM slop :/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 07:18:23

• "We understand that the uses of computing can be unjust. Most do not realize that the mechanisms of computing can be unjust at their own level in their own ways." https://stallman.org/talks.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 07:18:57

• "Arriving later in 2026, Oceaneers has a really fun sounding idea. It's a survival-crafting adventure in a flooded world of sinking islands. Can't wait to get my hands on this one, really do love the overall style of it." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/oceaneers-is-a-survival-crafting-adventure-set-in-a-flooded-world-of-sinking-islands/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:35:50

• "Fanatical have a fresh Steam Deck friendly Play on the Go Elite Collection Bundle release, where you can grab some great games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/fanaticals-steam-deck-friendly-play-on-the-go-elite-collection-is-back/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:36:01

• iophk: more microsoft sharepoint articles misrepresent microsoft as an authority rather than the weakest point and, in effect, the cause of the breaches    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:36:47

• Red Hat as reseller of Microsoft surveillance and proprietary spyware with back doors ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/bringing-red-hat-ai-gitops-to-microsoft-azure-sql-database | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:39:42

• "Red Hat’s understanding of these complexities, in collaboration with Simudyne, provides cutting-edge solutions that can transform operational strategies in an ever-changing environment." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-and-simudyne-empowering-stock-exchanges | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:39:51

• Sponsored spam https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-expands-free-access-to-rhel-for-business-developers/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/06/27/What_Linux_Foundation_Research_is_Paid_Marketing.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:44:28

• Chris Wright is shilling the latest Ponzi scheme instead of actual technology https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/infrastructure/133114/chris-wright-ai-needs-model-accelerator-and-cloud-flexibility/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:46:07

• More mindless marketing of a scam https://technologymagazine.com/news/red-hats-emea-cto-on-ai-edge-the-future-of-hybrid-cloud    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:46:42

• More marketing https://www.hitachivantara.com/en-us/blog/replatform-faster-openshift-vsp-one-storage-offload https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-july-25-2025    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:48:45

• "Ozzy Osbourne Quotes: Funniest, Most Wise Sayings" https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/ozzy-osbourne-quotes-1235392311/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:30:56

• "Futurehome was subsidized by taxpayers before ransomwaring 30,000 customers w/ bankruptcy scam" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/futurehome-was-subsidized-by-taxpayers:f    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:31:10

• "The Rise Of A New Generation Of Linux Users" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/the-rise-of-a-new-generation-of-linux:3    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:31:34

• "How Phones Can Be Attacked, But Why This Isn't a Source of Fear (Not About Privacy)" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/hack:a2    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:31:54

• "Switching Microsoft Office Users To LibreOffice Should Be Our Focus" https://odysee.com/@DistroTube:2/switching-microsoft-office-users-to:d    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:32:25

• "Alfonso Siciliano / kde-installer-dialogs · GitLab" https://gitlab.com/alfix/kde-installer-dialogs    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:33:59

• "Journalists and activists in Qamishlo condemn the massacre of the Druze in Suweida" https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/journalists-and-activists-in-qamishlo-condemn-the-massacre-of-the-druze-in-suweida-80437    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:34:32

• Constitutional amendment gives the government the power to enact laws without parliamentary approval | "Grundlagsändring ger regeringen makt att stifta lagar utan riksdagsbeslut" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/07/24/grundlagsandring-ger-regeringen-makt-att-stifta-lagar-utan-riksdagsbeslut/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:35:34

• "What are the Epstein files and will Trump release them?" https://www.axios.com/2025/07/24/epstein-files-trump-administration-bondi http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:35:57

• "Tumult over Epstein files dogs Trump in both DC and Florida" https://kansasreflector.com/2025/07/24/repub/tumult-over-epstein-files-dogs-trump-in-both-dc-and-florida/ http://techrights.org/o/2019/12/21/police-report-bill-gates/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:36:23

• "Hulk Hogan dies: The rise and fall of a wrestling icon" https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2025-07-24/hulk-hogan-dies    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:36:36

• "Chuck Mangione dead: Grammy-winning jazz superstar was 84" https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-07-24/chuck-mangione-dead-grammy-winning-jazz-superstar-84    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:36:50

• "Tucked Into Columbia University’s Deal With Cheeto: A Restriction on International Enrollments" https://www.chronicle.com/article/tucked-into-columbias-deal-with-trump-a-restriction-on-international-enrollments paywall    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:37:12

• "RFK Jr. Has Been Handed a Very Dangerous Weapon" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/rfk-jr-braidwood-uspstf/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:37:21

• iophk: he went out standing up https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/ozzys-last-concert-charitable-donations-raise/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:37:55

• "Army announces Europe and Middle East deployments for six units" https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2025/07/24/army-announces-europe-and-middle-east-deployments-for-six-units/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:38:17

• "Cheeto is attacking California’s cage-free law for high egg prices nationwide. That’s absurd." https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/420978/proposition-12-california-eggs-pork-doj-lawsuit    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:38:32

• "Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ice-trump-detention-regime-cruelty/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:38:46

• "Meta: Slow Blogging Ahead" https://blog.dshr.org/2025/07/meta-slow-blogging-ahead.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:39:00

• "Zephyr RTOS 4.2 introduces major updates in hardware support, networking, tooling, and power monitoring." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/zephyr-rtos-4-2-released-with-renesas-rx-support-usb-video-class-mqtt-5-0-and-nearly-100-new-boards/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:41:18

• "As a long-standing and active member of both communities, Canonical is excited about this merger and the opportunities it brings" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/linux-foundation-openstack | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:41:47

• "KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader whose boss’s email account got phished and was used to trick one" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/phishers-target-aviation-execs-to-scam-customers/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:42:24

• "Explore global perspectives on AI literacy in education with experts from Kenya, Lithuania, and Malaysia on the Hello World podcast." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/hello-world-podcast-what-does-ai-education-look-like-around-the-world/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:43:34

• "Sells Out Journalism" ☛ https://fair.org/home/paramount-sells-out-journalism-to-secure-purchase-by-skydance/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:44:37

• FOSS Community Invited to Historic Copyleft Trial ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/jul/24/travel-grants-for-vizio-trial-to-foss-community/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:49:51

• Our Three Lawsuits Against Microsofters Are About to Become a Lot More Relevant to GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/Our_Three_Lawsuits_Against_Microsofters_Are_About_to_Become_a_L.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:52:41

• Microsoft is Trying to "Pull a Nokia" on GNU/Linux as Desktop/Laptop Platform ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/Microsoft_is_Trying_to_Pull_a_Nokia_on_GNU_Linux_as_Desktop_Lap.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:52:50

• Freedom Generally Wins at the End, History Shows (But It's Constantly Attacked, Too) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Freedom_Generally_Wins_at_the_End_History_Shows_But_It_s_Consta.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:53:19

• Mark J. Wielaard: classpath.org domain is back! ☞ https://gnu.wildebeest.org/blog/mjw/2025/07/24/classpath-org-domain-is-back/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:53:30

• Bobby Borisov (LinuxIac) Has Apparently Begun Experimenting With LLM Slop, So We Cannot Trust LinuxIac Anymore ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Bobby_Borisov_LinuxIac_Has_Apparently_Begun_Experimenting_With_.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:54:16

• Slopwatch: LinuxTechLab, linuxsecurity.com, LinuxIac, and More ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/25/Slopwatch_LinuxTechLab_linuxsecurity_com_LinuxIac_and_More.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:54:25

• PCLinuxOS is Raising Money to Support Development After Fire Incident at the Host (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/PCLinuxOS_is_Raising_Money_to_Support_Development_After_Fire_In   

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 11:54:33

• Ubuntu Artwork Themes for Chrome & Vivaldi Browsers ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/ubuntu-artwork-themes-for-chrome-vivaldi/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:05:29

• "Most of the 23-page Action Plan gives a green light to the tech industry, focusing on accelerating AI innovation rather than addressing concerns such as model safety" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/07/24/trumps-ai-action-plan-dei | Source: Axios    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:07:26

• "During yesterday's "Winning the AI Race" summit, President Trump weighed in on the debate surrounding AI and copyright, noting that it is "not doable" for AI companies to pay for all copyrighted content used in model training." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/president-trump-its-not-doable-for-ai-companies-to-pay-for-all-copyrighted-input/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:07:39

• "When a search result has an AI overview, only 1% of searchers click on any of the supposed links to the original sources next to the overview. 99% just go right on past." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/24/nobody-clicks-past-googles-ai-overviews/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:07:54

• "Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)" ☛ https://brucelawson.co.uk/2025/cma-designates-google-and-apple-proposes-measures/ | Source: Bruce Lawson    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:08:26

• "you treasure what you measure" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/24/geometry-hates-cars/#dogshit-unit-economics | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:10:32

• "As the Middle East continues to experience shockwaves from ongoing conflict and an evolving geopolitical landscape, the priorities of the United Nations (UN), Western states, and Iraq have shifted." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/an-open-wound-a-fading-light-marking-eleven-years-since-the-yezidi-genocide/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:10:56

• "It’s never going to make financial sense" ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/07/23/privatize-or-downsize-the-usps-rural-customers-worry-either-hurts-them/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:11:07

• "The “Justice Needs No Mask” bill comes in response to growing public concern over masked, unidentified federal agents conducting immigration raids and detentions across the country." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/07/24/michigan-house-democrats-introduce-bill-to-ban-masked-unidentified-law-enforcement-officers/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:11:39

• "I mean, you can see the cleansing from here. The Trump administration doesn’t actually care about Medicaid enrollees unless it can find some way to kick them off the service." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/24/trump-sends-medicaid-data-to-ice-turning-this-service-into-another-weapon-for-his-racist-ice-goon-squads/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:18:26

• "In a landmark finding, the United Nations’ top court on Wednesday issued an advisory opinion stating that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right." ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/un-healthy-environment-human-right-icj.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:19:07

• "In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an “internationally wrongful act”—meaning countries could face legal consequences for harming the planet." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-icj-rules-failing-to-combat-climate-could-be-a-violation-of-international-law/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:19:20

• "This blockbuster finding was released by the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ), known more colloquially as the World Court" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/un_world_court_curb_emissions/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:19:38

• "Jeff Bezos is reportedly interested in buying CNBC to add to his media empire, which also includes The Washington Post." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/buying-cnbc-could-be-tricky-insider-on-jeff-bezoss-new-interest-in-cable-network-101753307101727.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:20:33

• "In May, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Shari Redstone, the chair of Paramount Global, raising questions about the lawsuit and its potential influence on a planned merger between Paramount and Skydance Media." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/elizabeth-warren-paramount-trump-settlement-1235392413/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:20:47

• "Losik said he took several photos and submitted them to Belaruski Hajun, a popular online monitoring channel reporting on military activities across Belarus." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/mikita-losik-ihar-brother-belarus-rights-rferl-espcapes-opposition/33482648.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:21:04

• "The Comcast-owned network informed “E! News” staff Thursday the program will tape its final episode on Sept. 25." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-07-24/e-entertainment-television-is-shutting-down-its-nightly-news-program | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:21:28

• "Our goal is to wake up every day and unearth what we describe as “Story Zero”: the story before anybody even knows there’s a story to tell." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-era-for-wired-that-starts-with-you/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:22:07

• "Dick has been appointed head of print (nationals) after leading Reach’s titles in Scotland, including the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, for seven years." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/reach-scotland-editor-in-chief-david-dick-to-lead-publishers-national-titles-in-print/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:24:01

• "Courts in England and Wales will be required to notify journalists in advance when discretionary reporting restrictions are being considered." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/courts-to-notify-journalists-of-reporting-restrictions-so-they-can-be-challenged/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:24:15

• BBC and news agencies sound alarm over ‘threat of starvation’ for journalists in Gaza ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/bbc-and-news-agencies-sound-alarm-over-threat-of-starvation-for-journalists-in-gaza/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:26:49

• Third-party scrapers are stealing publisher content to order for Hey Hi (AI) companies ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/third-party-scrapers-are-stealing-publisher-content-to-order-for-ai-companies/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:27:36

• "The UK drafted plans to evacuate millions of people in Hong Kong in an “Armageddon scenario,” following China’s Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, according to newly declassified documents." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/24/declassified-files-outline-uk-plan-to-evacuate-hongkongers-in-armageddon-scenario-after-tiananmen-crackdown/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:28:16

• "undesirable" to Russia or to Putin? ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/24/russia-bans-andrei-sakharov-institute-as-undesirable-organization | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:28:49

• "Payment processors are rapidly changing what types of content can and can’t be easily accessed online." ☛ https://www.404media.co/credit-card-companies-are-hurting-the-future-of-video-games/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:29:35

• "The weaponization of payment processors to enact target censorship is not a new tactic." ☛ https://soatok.blog/2025/07/24/against-the-censorship-of-adult-content-by-payment-processors/ | Source: Dhole Moments    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:29:54

• "The administration’s war with Harvard is ongoing, and a number of other research universities, including Princeton, Brown, Cornell, and Northwestern, have had research funding frozen." ☛ https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/421137/columbia-university-trump-administration-settlement-research-funding-freeze | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:30:18

• "[Cryptocurrency] founders have long traded similar stories in which US banks either refuse to supply them with loans or checking accounts, or they withdraw their accounts suddenly." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-great-crypto-re-banking-has-begun/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:31:24

• "On his second day in office, Trump, along with OpenAI CEO Scam Altman, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, announced the Stargate Project" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/donald-trump-ai-action-plan/683647/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:32:11

• "Trump's FCC approved the $8 billion deal a week after Colbert's show, which was super critical of Trump, was canned. CBS' parent company is Paramount Global." ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/24/paramount-skydance-merger-approved-trump-fcc/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:32:36

• "The APNIC Executive Council (EC) extends its sincere thanks to the community for its engagement and feedback during the recent consultation process on proposed changes to the APNIC By-laws." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/24/further-consultations-on-apnic-by-law-reforms-to-be-held-at-apnic-60/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:32:58

• "this calendar year, the software giant has cut more than 15,000 jobs, including 9,000 in July." Nope, a LOT more ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/microsoft_ceo_job_cuts/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:33:37

• "Given that most government (and other vital) services still run without US cloud support, let us relearn how we did that, and use those skills to maintain sovereignty from where we are." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/our-self-inflicted-cloud-crisis/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:33:52

• "The Perl and Raku Foundation (TPRF) is delighted to announce a generous €10,000 donation from Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH" ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/proxmox-donates-to-tprf/ | Source: Perl    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:34:21

• "The conditional commitment, which would have provided a loan guarantee of up to $4.9 billion" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/transmission/doe-terminates-4-9b-funding-for-critical-interregional-transmission-line/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:35:15

• "This isn’t speculation. This isn’t connecting dots that don’t exist" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-bitcoin-coup-how-crypto-accelerationists | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:35:28

• "This initiative aims to amend an existing Commission delegated regulation by: [...]" ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14431-Vehicle-safety-cybersecurity-requirements-for-L-category-vehicles_en | Source: European Commission    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 12:35:45

• "“Mega-fire” is a technical term used for fires that have burned areas of 40,000 hectares or more." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/fires-caused-by-human-activity-spread-to-much-larger-areas-309725 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:34:00

• "Trump’s NOAA Cuts Put Coastal Communities at Risk" ☛ https://therevelator.org/trump-noaa-cuts/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:34:20

• "to avoid allowing votes" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/first-kill-the-news | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:38:21

• "Will the scandal around Jeffrey Epstein's list prove to be Trump's Watergate or will it simply find a way to conveniently disappear?" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/what-did-trump-know-and-when-did-he-know-it/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:38:42

• "But if the government really had damning information about Trump’s entanglements with Epstein in its possession for years" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/421141/epstein-files-biden-trump-conspiracy | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:39:30

• "The US Department of Justice is set to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's convicted accomplice" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250724-justice-dept-to-meet-epstein-accomplice-maxwell-on-thursday-us-media | Source: France24    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:39:54

• "Having failed to prevent the article from being published, Trump shifted into distraction mode." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/trump-epstein-denials/683638/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:40:17

• "The Senate deserves to hear directly from senior administration officials about Donald Trump’s name appearing in these files" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/07/24/repub/tumult-over-epstein-files-dogs-trump-in-both-dc-and-florida/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:40:45

• "The Israeli settlers crept up to the ancient church perched above the West Bank’s last Christian-majority town." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/24/israeli-settlers-burn-west-banks-last-christian-town/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:41:45

• "The notion of Taiwan giving up without a fight is improbable to anyone who understands the history of its people" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-taiwan-scenarios-4-the-catastrophe/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:42:38

• "To understand how this could happen, we need to look at the face of modern war." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/07/24/will-russia-attack-beyond-ukraine/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:45:21

• "2014 annexation of Crimea and the war Moscow unleashed in Donbas" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/25/not-a-drop-to-drink | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:45:49

• "RFE/RL and the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT), an open-source intelligence group" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-nato-weapons-production-us-germany/33482927.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:46:52

• "“War Pigs” was aimed at Vietnam but rang through all 20 years of the Global War On Terror" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/ozzy-osbourne-war-pigs-gwot/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:48:12

• "The camp that’s nominally pro-democracy refuses to learn how to win." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/the-next-move-will-do-what-the-political | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:48:51

• "The ease with which we accept two summer lovers being exposed to the entire planet by a concert camera is impressive" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-07-23/coldplays-semi-fascist-kiss-cam.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:49:43

• "This may give the impression that the technology is muscling in on work previously done by humans and threatening jobs, but the way in which fleet management providers are using it counters this narrative." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/ai-cameras-are-watching-and-acting/267290/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:49:55

• "Anyone would have been able to gain or might have gained absolute super-admin access to all the operations and data of this company" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/luggage-service-web-bugs-exposed-travel-plans-users-diplomats-airportr/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:51:08

• "A strict separation between sites that do or do not have pornography means the definition of pornography, (not in itself illegal in the UK, becomes crucial." ☛ https://theconversation.com/porn-websites-now-require-age-verification-in-the-uk-the-privacy-and-security-risks-are-numerous-261592 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:54:04

• "When I divorced Google from my life I had to find new providers for basic productivity services, like e-mail, calendar, and contact lists." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/fastmail.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:54:19

• "So-called ‘Pay or Okay’ systems are on the rise in Europe. First introduced by newspapers in Austria and Germany, Meta adopted the approach for Instagram and Facebook in 2023." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/noybs-pay-or-okay-report-how-companies-make-you-pay-privacy | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:57:09

• "The Tribunal declared that it will aim to hear much of Apple’s case, as well as PI and our co-claimants’, in public based on assumed facts." ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5624/update-our-case-against-uk-governments-secret-surveillance-orders-be-heard-2026 | Source: Privacy International    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:57:20

• Update: Our case against UK Government's secret surveillance orders to be heard in 2026 ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5624/update-our-case-against-uk-governments-secret-surveillance-orders-be-heard-2026    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 13:58:34

• AT LEAST they are saying "GPUs" and not HEY HI chips https://cloudnativenow.com/contributed-content/open-source-tooling-to-run-large-language-models-without-gpus-locally/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:03:36

• Which would be as dumb as saying "BITCOIN CHIPS"    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:03:53

• Or "web3 chips" or "blockchain chips" etc    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:04:31

• Secure service-to-service authentication in Developer Hub ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/24/secure-service-service-authentication-developer-hub    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:05:06

• Comments on June 2025 draft rules to amend Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024 ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/comments-on-june-2025-draft-rules-to-amend-telecommunications-telecom-cyber-security-rules-2024/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:05:47

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/free-decryptor-victims-phobos-ransomware-released | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:06:44

• "The administration is penalizing prospective students and visitors for shielding their social media accounts" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/24/you-shouldnt-have-to-make-your-social-media-public-to-get-a-visa/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:07:19

• Openwashing ☛ https://fedscoop.com/open-source-ai-trump-ai-action-plan/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:07:39

• "The current state of digital identity is a mess." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/how-solid-protocol-restores-digital-agency.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:08:07

• "Scan through recent telco layoff announcements from major players like BT Group, Vodafone, or Telia." ☛ https://www.rsinc.com/telcos-are-cutting-jobs-but-not-because-of-ai.php |    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:09:31

• "In its present form, AI is capable of acts of pure plagiarism, scanning cyberspace at warp speed to find chunks of information requested in a prompt." ☛ https://ticotimes.net/2025/07/23/why-i-choose-real-life-in-costa-rica-over-the-ai-hype | Source: Cost Rica    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:09:45

• "In January 2025, the Swedish Agency for Digital Government (Digg) together with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) launched guidelines to encourage the use of generative AI in public administration." ☛ https://www.imy.se/en/news/national-guidelines-for-generative-ai-in-public-administration-are-launched/ | Source: Sedishj Authority for Privacy Protection    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:10:03

• "The appearance of AI tracks on official Artist Pages continues to raise questions in the industry about Spotify’s response to this emerging type of AI fraud." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/toto-ai-generated-track-spotify-page/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:10:38

• "The paper’s contributions also include: the identification of 7 “personalities” of LLM use (the “collaborator”, the “copy-paster” etc.); practical advice on how best to use an LLM for debugging; the methodology that we used to assess the results" ☛ https://bertrandmeyer.com/2025/07/24/more-sizzle-than-steak-using-an-llm-to-produce-verified-bug-fixes-new-paper/ | Source: Bertrand Meyer    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:11:11

• "These include "whoami," to enumerate user context and validate privilege levels, plus "cmd.exe," the default command-line interpreter for Windows operating systems, and batch scripts." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/microsoft_sharepoint_ransomware/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:11:41

• "The “ToolShell” exploit chain allows attackers to fully access SharePoint content and execute code over the network, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-sharepoint-attacks-400-victims-us-agencies/ | Source: Scoop News Group http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:12:18

• Misdirection. The villain here is MICROSOFT, not China. ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/chinese-hack-sharepoint-bug-warlock-ransomware/ | Source: Cyble Inc http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:13:01

• "The disclosure marks a potential escalation in the campaign, which has already hit at least 400 victims, according to Netherlands-based cybersecurity firm Eye Security." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-says-some-sharepoint-server-hackers-now-using-ransomware-1893433 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:13:44

• "Attackers have exploited the flaws in SharePoint since at least July 7, said Adam Meyers, senior vice president at CrowdStrike." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-says-chinese-hackers-exploiting-sharepoint-flaws-1893218 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:14:02

• Windows TCO ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/sharepoint-zero-day-attackers-ransomware/267265/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:14:20

• "First, I knew that if I moved all devices to AppleCare One, I’d be paying $25.98 ($19.99 + $5.99) every month. If I had kept things as-is, I’d have to convert things to a comparable monthly rate, so let’s have some fun with division!" ☛ https://schwarztech.net/articles/mathing-out-applecare-one | Source: SchwarzTech    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:15:48

• "If the OS was officially released today I wouldn’t update and that is saying something for me as someone that is always on the beta train." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/07/23/i-lasted-1-2-a-day-with-ios-26/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:16:10

• Tech industry layoffs hit 100,000 for 2025 — defective chip maker Intel leading the pack with over 12,000 personnel cut, so far ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tech-industry-layoffs-hit-100-000-for-2025-intel-leading-the-pack-with-over-12-000-personnel-cut-so-far    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:16:35

• The issue is not China; this is misdirection ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsoft-says-china-based-hackers-exploiting-critical-sharepoint-vulnerabilities-to-deploy-warlock-ransomware-three-china-affiliated-threat-actors-seen-taking-advantage http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/21/How_Not_to_Report_News_About_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:17:36

• Wayback 0.1 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1031287/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:18:43

• "But it has also made up nonexistent studies, known as AI “hallucinating,” or misrepresented research, according to three current FDA employees and documents seen by CNN." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/23/politics/fda-ai-elsa-drug-regulation-makary | Source: CNN    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:19:42

• "It's a terrifying reality that could, in a worst-case scenario, lead to potentially dangerous drugs mistakenly getting the stamp of approval from the FDA." ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/fda-ai-drugs-hallucinations | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:20:04

• "For the new study, scientists at Emory University and Baylor College of Medicine in the US tested it on cultures of human cells and on live mice." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/psilocybin-extends-life-of-human-cells-by-50-in-wild-new-study | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:20:43

• "My main workhorse keyboard is an accountant-keyboard, with keypad attached to the right. Good if you are a touch typist or does not rely on a mouse. When a mouse enters in scene is where your ergonomic problems starts." ☛ https://boilingsteam.com/aula-win68he-review/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:22:08

• "The report, ‘From Vision to Reality’, draws insights from 165 higher education institutions in 21 states and three Union Territories." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/digital-learning-access-remains-undeveloped-says-report-1893510 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:22:40

• "I think this is true, not just for authors but across the board." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/24/the-myth-of-the-academic-summer-break-and-other-lies-we-tell-ourselves/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:26:12

• "I “grew up” in a very flat department. Walking around the building, the corridors were a long sequence of office doors. Each door had one or more names on—names, but no titles." ☛ https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/blog/2025/07/24/#academic-hierarchy | Source: Stephen Kell    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:27:10

• "I interviewed, passed, got an offer, and accepted the offer." ☛ https://dgerrells.com/blog/why-i-quit-my-dream-job | Source: David Gerrells    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:28:30

• "Way back in 2021, I described the approach moteus uses for filtering encoder values and its derivation from the “all-digital phase locked loop”." ☛ https://blog.mjbots.com/2025/07/24/correcting-the-encoder-filter-frequency/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:29:03

• " This is managing your personal finances 101, really basic stuff." ☛ https://andrewkelley.me/post/renting-is-for-suckers.html | Source: Andrew Kelley    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:29:54

• "MoCA 2.0 supports gigabit speeds, and MoCA 2.5 supports 2.5 gigabit, though you’ll run into contention if you have too many busy endpoints." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/moca-multimedia-over-coax/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:30:45

• "We’re excited to welcome a new member to the Arduino Nano family – the Nano R4." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/07/24/introducing-the-arduino-nano-r4-small-in-size-big-on-possibilities/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:30:57

• "While we were busy reinventing navigation in JavaScript, the platform quietly solved the problem." ☛ https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/its-time-for-modern-css-to-kill-the-spa/ | Source: Jono Alderson    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:33:47

• "So in 2019, I built Minimal Character Sheet. It tries to be space efficient, yet give you space to write all of the information you want to record." ☛ https://blakewatson.com/journal/your-freeform-digital-character-sheet-for-dd-5e/ | Source: Blake Watson    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:34:10

• "Last week I was able to purchase a Nintendo Switch 2." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/nintendo-switch-2-physical-game-price-differences | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:35:05

• "It's so hard to write about the game (or even to talk about it really) because of the urge to avoid spoilers." ☛ https://roytang.net/2025/07/blue-prince/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:35:17

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

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:37:11

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

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:37:29

• How To Install VNC Server on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-vnc-server-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:38:01

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

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:39:21

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

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:39:47

• How To Install Nginx Proxy Manager on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nginx-proxy-manager-fedora-42/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:40:12

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

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:40:38

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-07-25.gmi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:49:39

• [jp] [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-24.gmi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:50:51

• "I've had a hard time reading, so I've recently tried to focus on shorter books. Here are one-sentence summaries of my latest reads, most of which are a revisiting of William Gibson's work." gemini://gemini.hearsay.tech/2025-07-24-some-books.gmi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:52:52

• 🔤SpellBinding — EFLSTZU Wordo: FETED gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-25.gmi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:53:33

• "There's a fighting game from 1987 where barbarians chop each other's heads off. It was released on multiple platforms. It was quite fun to play back in the day." gemini://cthulhu29.space/en/gemlog/2025/07-25-barbarian.gmi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:55:19

• "Here are a few links about dealing with the recent influx of server-killing bots attacking just about everything." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/devops/30636    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:56:50

• lost in lore gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/lost_in_lore    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:57:46

• "So what about that old wiki software that's been serving me so well for more than twenty years?" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-25-oddmuse    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 14:59:17

• Task queue in without Channel in go gemini://tilde.club/~silica/gemlog-en/2025-07-25_go-task-queue-without-channel.gmi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:00:41

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1362.jpg    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:01:20

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1712.jpg    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:01:31

• GNU GNU/Linux + how to brasero: pitfalls and problems + wodim how to burn bin cue image CD-R DVD-R + Who was author Schilling? + health is important (+story_time: the cdrecord history (born scsi scanner driver)) ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/07/24/gnu-linux-how-to-brasero-pitfalls-and-problems-wodim-how-to-burn-bin-cue-image-cd-r-dvd-r-who-was-author-schilling-health-is-important-story_time-the-cdrecord-history-born-scsi-scanner-d/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:32:49

• GNU GNU/Linux bash how to prioritize routes how to delete add default route ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/07/24/gnu-linux-bash-how-to-prioritize-routes-how-to-delete-add-default-route/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:33:51

• Dave Airlie (blogspot): ramalama/mesa : benchmarks on my hardware and open source vs proprietary ☞ https://airlied.blogspot.com/2025/07/ramalamamesa-benchmarks-on-my-hardware.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:35:12

• There’s only one way the news industry will win in the Hey Hi (AI) era: together ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/theres-only-one-way-the-news-industry-will-win-in-the-ai-era-together/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:36:20

• Niko Matsakis: You won't believe what this Hey Hi (AI) said after deleting a database (but you might relate) ☞ https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2025/07/24/collaborative-ai-prompting/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:37:36

• How to Install LibreCAD on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-librecad-funos/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:38:37

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including The Drifter and The Wandering Village - 2025-07-23 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-07-23-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:38:55

• Attempt to workaround currently pending bug with Dotfiles Installer on openSUSE Tumblweed ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/07/attempt-to-workaround-currently-pending.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:40:19

• In Mozilla, MS Lunduke found an easy target https://lunduke.substack.com/p/mozilla-fest-2025-climate-justice see http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/07/Mozilla_Had_No_Good_Reason_to_Outsource_Firefox_Development_to_.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:41:05

• No need for yet another clone of something else https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ladybird-proves-you-can-just-build    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:41:32

• 66% of today's Linuxiac.com stories are LLM slop!    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:42:42

• The Ultimate RAM Detective: Meet the Innoventions RAMCHECK ☞ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/the-ultimate-ram-detective-meet-the-innoventions-ramcheck/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:44:27

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1031274/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:44:46

• New Tool: ficheck.py, (Thu, Jul 24th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32136    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:45:40

• Debian Plans Long-Awaited Wiki Modernization ☞ https://linuxiac.com/debian-plans-long-awaited-wiki-modernization/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:46:02

• erb_lint – lint your ERB or HTML files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/erb_lint-erb-html-files/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:46:37

• CAFC Reverses TTAB: KIST is Confusable with SUNKIST for Soft Drinks ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/cafc-reverses-ttab-kist-is-confusable.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:47:22

• "Suppose that you have a shell script that's not necessarily complex but is at least long." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/BashGoodSetEReports | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:48:24

• "Rust is the most famous example of mainstream language that trades capability for tractability." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/programming-language-escape-hatches/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:54:56

• "While much of the global conversation centers around transformative agreements" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/07/23/guest-post-beyond-access-untangling-copyright-confusion-in-asian-open-access-journals/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:56:30

• "As AI-driven threats escalate" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/24/black-hat-usa-ai-security-thecube-insights-blackhatusa/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:56:58

• "That’s where my attention goes." ☛ https://remkusdevries.com/the-fine-line-between-editorial-focus-and-echo-chambers-in-wordpress/ | Source: Remkus de Vries    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:57:47

• "Jitsi is an open-source web conferencing application. Jitsi also hosts a public instance, with millions of monthly active users." ☛ https://zimzi.substack.com/p/jitsi-privacy-flaw-that-enables-one |    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:58:09

• "Android is, at its heart, based on the Linux operating system’s kernel." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/doom-on-android-linux-terminal-gui-canary/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:59:23

• "The DragonFly BSD project has published a new update to the operating system's 6.4 series." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12508 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 15:59:48

• "This week Noah heads to Open Sauce in San Fransisco to explore the world's biggest celebration of makers, creators, and inventors. Steve takes us through his hardware troubleshooting steps, and we give you an update on some of the projects we're working on." ☛ https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/452 | Source: The Ask Noah Show    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:00:26

• "The X Window System didn't immediately have X terminals, The Book of PF 4th Edition Is Coming Soon, Periodical 20 Localized Computing, and more" ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/621 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:00:57

• "DHH’s enthusiasm about Linux, Ruby, and programming is infectious." ☛ https://initialcharge.net/2025/07/dhh-lex-fridman/ | Source: Mike Rockwell    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:01:18

• Comprehensive Test Set Released For The Intel 80286 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/24/comprehensive-test-set-released-for-the-intel-80286/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:02:43

• China is developing nation-spanning network to sell surplus data center compute power — latency, disparate hardware are key hurdles ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/china-is-developing-nation-spanning-network-to-sell-surplus-data-center-compute-power-latency-disparate-hardware-are-key-hurdles    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:03:02

• Candace Owens: Who is the US podcaster claiming Brigitte Macron is a man? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250724-candace-owens-who-is-the-us-podcaster-claiming-brigitte-macron-is-a-man    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:07:04

• From Tech Podcasts to Policy: Convicted Felon’s New Hey Hi (AI) Plan Leans Heavily on Silicon Valley Industry Ideas ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/from-tech-podcasts-to-policy-trumps-new-ai-plan-leans-heavily-on-silicon-valley-industry-ideas/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:07:16

• New US Editor for The Register is a Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Booster (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/New_US_Editor_for_The_Register_is_a_Microsoft_Booster.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:07:55

• Don Marti: Making authorized agent services more effective with Right to Know ☞ https://blog.zgp.org/more-effective-authorized-agent/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:08:25

• COVID Can Cause Alzheimer's-Like Plaques in Eyes And Brain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/covid-can-cause-alzheimers-like-plaques-in-eyes-and-brain    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:08:50

• $12 WLED controller board supports WS2812 RGB LED strips ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/24/inexpensive-wled-controller-board-supports-ws2812-rgb-led-strips/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:09:28

• Latvian investment agency defends its 'influencer' collaboration strategy ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/24.07.2025-latvian-investment-agency-defends-its-influencer-collaboration-strategy.a607952/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:09:51

• Valhalla's Things: Things I Have Learnt At DebConf ☞ https://blog.trueelena.org/blog/2025/07/24-things_i_have_learnt_from_debconf/index.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:11:17

• Deadline nears to extend ‘critical’ cyber info sharing law ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/deadline-nears-to-extend-critical-cyber-info-sharing-law/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:12:10

• How PagedAttention resolves memory waste of LLM systems ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/24/how-pagedattention-resolves-memory-waste-llm-systems    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:13:08

• Submit remote RayJobs to a Ray cluster with the CodeFlare SDK ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/24/submit-remote-rayjobs-ray-cluster-codeflare-sdk    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:13:43

• Adam Young: Query FreeIPA by manager ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/07/query-freeipa-by-manager/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:14:25

• Ruby 3.2.9 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/07/24/ruby-3-2-9-released/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:15:50

• Ruby 3.3.9 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/07/24/ruby-3-3-9-released/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:16:00

• Reachy ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/25/reachy-the-robot-gets-a-mini-kit-version/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:16:24

• Court blocks access to news about journalists' wage protests at KRT TV ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/court-blocks-access-to-news-about-journalists-wage-protests-at-krt-tv-309771    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:17:23

• Against the Censorship of Adult Content By Payment Processors ☞ https://soatok.blog/2025/07/24/against-the-censorship-of-adult-content-by-payment-processors/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:17:49

• In photos: Turkey experiences hottest day of year ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/in-photos-turkey-experiences-hottest-day-of-year-309798    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:18:56

• Slop Is Not Intelligence and It Does Not Enhance Productivity ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/Slop_Is_Not_Intelligence_and_It_Does_Not_Enhance_Productivity.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:19:34

• Disable "Secure" Boot Today (the Only Better Time to Do So Was Yesterday) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Disable_Secure_Boot_Today_the_Only_Better_Time_to_Do_So_Was_Yes.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:19:46

• Microsoft, Microsofters and 'Secure' Boot Shills Already Storming the LWN Report About Expiring Certificate, Shooting the Messenger ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Microsoft_Microsofters_and_Secure_Boot_Shills_Already_Storming_.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:19:59

• Getting More From AnalogNowhere ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Getting_More_From_AnalogNowhere.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:20:14

• Speed of the Site Should be Better Now ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Speed_of_the_Site_Should_be_Better_Now.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:22:29

• Microsoft Hiring European Politicians is Another Form of Bribery; There Should be a European Investigation ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Microsoft_Hiring_European_Politicians_is_Another_Form_of_Briber.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:22:39

• Too Bribed by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft to Move to Free Software? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Too_Bribed_by_Microsoft_to_Move_to_Free_Software.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:22:50

• The LLM Con Artists Are Highly Destructive ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/The_LLM_Con_Artists_Are_Highly_Destructive.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:26:45

• Informa TechTarget's ITProToday is Becoming a Slopfarm Generated by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chatbots ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Informa_TechTarget_s_ITProToday_is_Becoming_a_Slopfarm_Generate.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:26:55

• Reda Demanded That FSF Removes Its Founder, Now Reda Works Directly for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Reda_Demanded_That_FSF_Removes_Its_Founder_Now_Reda_Works_Direc.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:27:05

• [Meme] Hard to Be a Better Person? (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Meme_Hard_to_Be_a_Better_Person.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:27:16

• BetaNews Sacked Brian Fagioli and Deleted His Comments, But He Still Tries to Use the "BetaNews" Brand for Self-Affirmation (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/BetaNews_Sacked_Brian_Fagioli_and_Deleted_His_Comments_But_He_S.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:27:25

• 'Tech' Gimmicks Are for Advertising, Not for Usability (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Tech_Gimmicks_Are_for_Advertising_Not_for_Usability.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:27:34

• Misinformation is Not Intelligence (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/Misinformation_is_Not_Intelligence.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:27:43

• Four new stable kernels ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1031280/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:28:02

• DynaIP entity WirelessWerx IP geofencing patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/23/dynaip-entity-wirelesswerx-ip-geofencing-patent-challenged    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:28:28

• CosMX and ATL take laptop battery fight to next round ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/cosmx-and-atl-take-laptop-battery-fight-to-next-round/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:28:47

• New code of conduct for lawmakers to introduce meeting attendance requirements, tougher penalties ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/24/new-code-of-conduct-for-lawmakers-to-introduce-meeting-attendance-requirements-tougher-penalties/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:29:35

• Major Labels Fire Back Against Verizon’s Push to Stay Copyright Suit: ‘This Case Is Already One Year Old and Has Not Left the Gate’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/24/verizon-lawsuit-stay-response/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:30:05

• Lithuania asked US to help free citizens jailed in Belarus – minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2622101/lithuania-asked-us-to-help-free-citizens-jailed-in-belarus-minister    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:30:22

• Lithuanian intelligence: Belarus KGB targeting Belarusian diaspora for recruitment ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2622295/lithuanian-intelligence-belarus-kgb-targeting-belarusian-diaspora-for-recruitment    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:31:13

• Elektroid – sample and MIDI device manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/elektroid-sample-midi-device-manager/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:33:10

• 6 Ways to Play Wordle on your GNU/Linux PC ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/play-wordle-linux-pc/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:33:18

• cpz – zippy alternative to cp ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cpz-zippy-alternative-cp/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:33:28

• Orange Pi R2S Single Board Computer Running Linux: Power Consumption ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/orangepi-r2s-single-board-computer-running-linux-power-consumption/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:33:38

• rmz – zippy alternative to rm ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rmz-zippy-alternative-rm/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:33:49

• 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Computer Algebra Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-computer-algebra-systems/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:33:58

• Hurry Curry! – multiplayer co-op cooking game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hurry-curry-multiplayer-co-op-cooking-game/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:34:25

• Windows 11 is unsupported? This app automatically moves important backdoored Windows 10 data to GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-is-unsupported-this-app-automatically-moves-important-windows-10-data-to-linux/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:34:52

• U.S. Aid Cuts Lead to Preventable Deaths, Medicine Shortages, Health Worker Layoffs in Kenya and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): New PHR Research ☞ https://phr.org/news/u-s-aid-cuts-lead-to-preventable-deaths-medicine-shortages-health-worker-layoffs-in-kenya-and-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-drc-new-phr-research/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:36:53

• Young Latvians don't rate themselves as particularly healthy ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/24.07.2025-young-latvians-dont-rate-themselves-as-particularly-healthy.a608029/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:37:05

• Chinese EV maker Zeekr expands EU presence in spite of tariffs ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250724-chinese-ev-maker-zeekr-expands-eu-presence-in-spite-of-tariffs    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:37:19

• EU-China ties hit 'inflection point' and calls climate chage 'a priority' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250724-eu-china-ties-hit-inflection-point-and-calls-climate-chage-a-priority    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:37:34

• Plankey vows to boot China from U.S. supply chain, advocate for CISA budget ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/plankey-vows-to-boot-china-from-u-s-supply-chain-advocate-for-cisa-budget/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:38:02

• With China visit, Australia signals its own agency to US ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-china-visit-australia-signals-its-own-agency-to-us/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:38:26

• 49 Dead In Passenger Plane Crash In Russia's Far East ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/plane-crash-tynda-far-east-russia-an24-blagoveshchensk/33482786.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:38:53

• Lithuania-based company helps transfer money to Russia – LRT Investigation ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2621299/lithuania-based-company-helps-transfer-money-to-russia-lrt-investigation    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:39:07

• Registration of Antonov An-24 banned in Lithuania decades before Russian crash ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2622208/registration-of-antonov-an-24-banned-in-lithuania-decades-before-russian-crash    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:39:23

• EU says China's links with Russia now 'determining factor' in ties ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250724-eu-says-china-s-links-with-russia-now-determining-factor-in-ties    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:39:41

• Plane crashes in Russia's Far East with 49 people on board ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250724-plane-crashes-in-russia-s-far-east-with-49-people-on-board    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:39:55

• Pluralistic: Convicted Felon's FCC abandons the future (24 Jul 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/24/geometry-hates-cars/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:46:58

• "more than 40 people on board crashes" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/24/passenger-plane-with-more-than-40-people-on-board-goes-missing-in-russia-s-amur-region | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:47:24

• "all on board believed dead" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/24/passenger-plane-crashes-in-russia-s-far-east-all-on-board-believed-dead | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:47:42

• "lawmakers crack down by banning people from sharing their phones" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/cards/with-scams-flourishing-in-wartime-russia-lawmakers-crack-down-by-banning-people-from-sharing-their-phones | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:47:59

• "international Satanism movement." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/24/the-devil-is-in-the-details | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:48:19

• "ban on gasoline export" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/25/russia-reportedly-planning-full-ban-on-gasoline-exports | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:48:40

• "investigate popular YouTube interviewer" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/25/russia-may-investigate-popular-youtube-interviewer-yury-dud-for-treason-state-media-reports | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:48:55

• Paxton ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:49:21

• Xiaomi TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen) – A quad-core Cortex-A55 TV Stick with Surveillance Giant Google TV ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/24/xiaomi-tv-stick-4k-2nd-gen-a-quad-core-cortex-a55-tv-stick-with-google-tv/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:50:07

• SonicWall Patches Critical SMA 100 Vulnerability, Warns of Recent Malware Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/sonicwall-patches-critical-sma-100-vulnerability-warns-of-recent-malware-attack/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:55:01

• High-Value NPM Developers Compromised in New Phishing Campaign ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/high-value-npm-developers-compromised-in-new-phishing-campaign/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:55:21

• Hacker injects malicious, potentially disk-wiping prompt into Amazon's Hey Hi (AI) coding assistant ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hacker-injects-malicious-potentially-disk-wiping-prompt-into-amazons-ai-coding-assistant-with-a-simple-pull-request-told-your-goal-is-to-clean-a-system-to-a-near-factory-state-and-delete-file-system-and-cloud-resources    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:57:34

• Windows TCO: ToolShell Attacks Hit 400+ SharePoint Servers, US Government Victims Named ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/toolshell-attacks-hit-400-sharepoint-servers-us-government-victims-named/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:58:03

• Public Knowledge Rejects FCC Vote Undermining Agency Transparency, Accountability, and Public Input ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-rejects-fcc-vote-undermining-agency-transparency-accountability-and-public-input/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:58:56

• Public Knowledge Urges FCC To Include Tribal Priority Window in Next Spectrum Auction ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-urges-fcc-to-include-tribal-priority-window-in-next-spectrum-auction/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:59:15

• Public Knowledge Opposes FCC Vote Risking America’s 911 Access ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-opposes-fcc-vote-risking-americas-911-access/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 16:59:28

• US alters tech policy, puts chips on the table ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/us-alters-tech-policy-puts-chips-on-the-table/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:00:41

• "bill to restore anti-corruption agencies’ independence" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/24/after-backlash-zelensky-submits-new-bill-to-restore-anti-corruption-agencies-independence | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:01:50

• Fortune Europe editorial team made redundant but new roles being created ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/fortune-europe-editorial-team-made-redundant-but-new-roles-being-created/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:03:32

• Supreme Court allows Convicted Felon to fire consumer safety commissioners ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-fire-consumer-safety-commissioners/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:04:11

• Ideal Number of Daily Steps Isn't as Many as We've Been Told ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ideal-number-of-daily-steps-isnt-as-many-as-weve-been-told    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:04:49

• That 'Chlorine' Smell Could Be a Deceiving Sign of a Pool's Hygiene ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/that-chlorine-smell-could-be-a-deceiving-sign-of-a-pools-hygiene    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:05:00

• Common Blood Protein Turns Yeast Infections Into Potential Killers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-blood-protein-turns-yeast-infections-into-potential-killers    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:05:11

• Celebrity Undergoes Controversial Procedure to Clean Blood of Microplastics ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/celebrity-undergoes-controversial-procedure-to-clean-blood-of-microplastics    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:05:25

• "in other news, my current fling called me 6 times while i was sleeping because i didn't text him back immediately... so i'm either going to the beach today or biking to get an elaborate bagel, wearing Molecule 03 now and not looking at my phone..." gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-07-25.gmi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:12:59

• "For capital, new people that come into this world, a.k.a. babies , have negative value. Either because of the credit debt created by previous people in banks inherited by new people, either/also because it costs a lot of money to maintain a baby." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2025-07-25__Babies_and_Capital.gmi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:14:10

• "This handheld retro-console was released in 2024 and therefore there are a plethora of reviews and videos about it, and you may already know everything about it." gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/gemlog/2025-07-25-my-little-review-for-the-rg35xxsp-retro-handheld-console.gmi    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:15:05

• KeyMo Brings A Pencil To The Cyberdeck Fight ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/24/keymo-brings-a-pencil-to-the-cyberdeck-fight/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:20:46

• "The 555 is famously easy to use, but not exactly the most accurate timer out there" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/24/2025-one-hertz-challenge-555-timer-gets-a-signal-from-above/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:21:07

• Outsourced to Microsoft, boo ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/24/painting-in-metal-with-selective-electroplating/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:21:32

• Surprise Cosmic Clouds Likened to Finding Ice Cubes in a Volcano ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-cosmic-clouds-likened-to-finding-ice-cubes-in-a-volcano    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:21:48

• China says ‘deeply concerned’ over deadly Cambodia-Thailand border clashes ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/24/china-says-deeply-concerned-over-deadly-cambodia-thailand-border-clashes/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:22:27

• "When The UK’s Telephone Network Went Digital With System X" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/24/when-the-uks-telephone-network-went-digital-with-system-x/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:23:05

• Old Tape Recorder ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/24/not-repairing-an-old-tape-recorder/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:23:44

• Hey Hi (AI) chips? They mean GPUs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-companies-allegedly-smuggled-in-usd1bn-worth-of-nvidia-ai-chips-in-the-last-three-months-despite-increasing-export-controls-some-companies-are-already-flaunting-future-b300-availability    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:24:35

• Intel will cancel 14A and following nodes if it can't win a major external customer — move would cede leading-edge nodes to TSMC and Samsung ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/intel-might-cancel-14a-process-node-development-and-the-following-nodes-if-it-cant-win-a-major-external-customer-move-would-cede-leading-edge-market-to-tsmc-and-samsung    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:24:49

• When a GOVERNMENT is PARTICIPATING in Ponzi schemes https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/ai-gov-is-here-heres-what-it-means-for-australia/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:25:28

• "Intel to lay off almost a third of its staff". AMD next?    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:26:55

• Domestic help services see sharpest price hike in Lithuania – but label draws criticism ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2622258/domestic-help-services-see-sharpest-price-hike-in-lithuania-but-label-draws-criticism    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:45:49

• Houthi attacks on Red Sea cargo condemned as war crimes ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/houthi-attacks-on-red-sea-cargo-condemned-as-war-crimes/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:46:07

• UN experts call for Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws, protect religious minorities ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/un-experts-call-for-pakistan-to-repeal-blasphemy-laws-protect-religious-minorities/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:46:31

• Cardi B Faces a Lawsuit for Chucking a Mic at a Crowd Member In 2023 ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/23/cardi-b-lawsuit-mic-throwing-incident/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:47:02

• AMD CEO says U.S.-made TSMC chips are more expensive, but worth it — costs 'more than 5% but less than 20%' higher than Taiwan-sourced alternative ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/amd-ceo-says-u-s-made-tsmc-chips-are-more-expensive-but-worth-it-costs-more-than-5-percent-but-less-than-20-percent-higher-than-taiwan-sourced-alternative    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:47:59

• Canada top court affirms sex work-related offenses respect security rights ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/canada-top-court-affirms-sex-work-related-offenses-respect-security-rights/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:48:39

• China warns public workers against ‘showing off’ state secrets online ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/24/china-warns-public-workers-against-showing-off-state-secrets-online/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:48:55

• Notorious French drug baron 'The Fly' transferred to new supermax prison ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250724-french-drug-baron-transferred-to-new-supermax-prison    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:49:11

• Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/africas-minerals-are-being-bartered-for-security-why-its-a-bad-idea/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:49:34

• Mali, Mauritania and Senegal must unite against cross-border terrorism ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/mali-mauritania-and-senegal-must-unite-against-cross-border-terrorism/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:49:55

• Aselsan signs landmark agreement with Pamodzi to produce radios in South Africa ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/aselsan-signs-landmark-agreement-with-pamodiz-to-produce-radios-in-south-africa/ "handheld radios primarily for the defence and security sectors."    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:50:46

• Dispatch from Manila: A lesson in calling out Chinese maritime aggression ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/dispatch-from-manila-a-lesson-in-calling-out-chinese-maritime-aggression/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:51:19

• Clorox Sues Cognizant for $380 Million Over 2023 Hack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/clorox-sues-cognizant-for-380-million-over-2023-hack/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:52:15

• New York Seeking Public Opinion on Water Systems Cyber Regulations ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-york-seeking-public-opinion-on-water-systems-cyber-regulations/ http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/28/Media_Cannot_Tell_the_Difference_Between_Microsoft_and_Iran.shtml    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:52:43

• UNESCO ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/24/russian-drones-strike-ukraine-s-odesa-damaging-historic-market-and-unesco-protected-sites | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:54:01

• "to restore independence of Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/25/bill-to-restore-independence-of-ukrainian-anti-corruption-agencies-includes-polygraphs-for-staff-with-family-in-russia-zelensky-says | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:54:11

• Russia And Ukraine Trade Drone Strikes Amid Ongoing Frontline Clashes In Donetsk Region ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-drone-strike-war-battlefield/33482922.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:54:25

• Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Agencies Say Zelenskyy's New Draft Bill 'Restores' Their Independence ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-corruption-nabu-european-union-protests/33483051.html    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:54:37

• Federal judge rules Convicted Felon’s firing of credit union board members unlawful ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/us-federal-judge-orders-reinstatement-of-national-credit-union-administration-board-members/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:55:28

• Rights group finds Ukrainian officials targeting an anti-corruption activist ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/rights-group-finds-ukrainian-officials-targeting-an-anti-corruption-activist/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:55:48

• Zelensky approves new bill restoring 'independence' of anti-corruption bodies after protests ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250724-zelensky-approves-new-bill-restoring-independence-of-anti-corruption-bodies-after-protests    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:56:00

• Ukraine is now an indispensable security partner for the US and Europe ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-is-now-an-indispensable-security-partner-for-the-us-and-europe/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:56:18

• Wartime protests prove Ukraine’s democratic instincts are still strong ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/wartime-protests-prove-ukraines-democratic-instincts-are-still-strong/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:56:44

• Latvian company wins 24 million euro drone procurement for Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/24.07.2025-latvian-company-wins-24-million-euro-drone-procurement-for-ukraine.a608047/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 17:56:54

• Suspected XSS Forum Admin Arrested in Ukraine https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/suspected-xss-forum-admin-arrested/    

posted Friday, July 25, 2025 at 23:47:37

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