Roy Schestowitz

• Understanding Debian's security processes https://lwn.net/Articles/1030669/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 03:45:16

• When free-software communities unite for privacy https://lwn.net/Articles/1029769/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 03:46:06

• Deep immutability for Python https://lwn.net/Articles/1030291/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 03:46:55

• Scheduler medley: time-slice extension, sched_ext deadline servers, and LRU batching. https://lwn.net/Articles/1029093/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 03:48:48

• How to write Rust in the kernel: part 3 https://lwn.net/Articles/1026694/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 03:59:38

• QUIC for the kernel https://lwn.net/Articles/1029851/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 03:59:45

• [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-30.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 04:01:50

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1718.jpg    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 04:01:58

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1368.jpg    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 04:02:04

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-07-31.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 04:02:36

• Cryptocurrency gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-07-31Cryptocurrency.txt    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 04:03:18

• "Where does the time go? Today I cleaned up some odd test pages here and updated my books page. My manager recently went to Scotland and brought back some Tunnock's Caramel Log bars, which are very rare in the south of England." gemini://tilde.club/~hammie/tiny-gemlog.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 04:04:35

• "Strange goings-on because it's strange that I'm still obsessing over some of this stuff. Nevertheless, there are some related Gemini-related updates to report." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20250730.gmi    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 04:06:57

• The top, feature, most visible "topic" in https://www.theregister.com/ right now is "MICROSOFT SEZ". The site is a Microsoft firehose. Sold. Finished.    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 04:30:24

• As covered in https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/The_Register_Relays_Microsoft_Marketing_Dubs_That_Marketing_Res.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 04:43:44

• They basiclally sold their soul and the editor in chief left for a GAFAM job https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/26/The_Register_is_Desperate_for_Money_According_to_The_Register.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 04:44:23

• There's no sugar-coating the fact they have financial problems. Having said that, selling out like this    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 05:13:12

• REAL article, linuxiac hopefully gave up on the LLM slop https://linuxiac.com/alma-based-heliumos-10-is-out-heres-what-i-think/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 05:14:45

• IBM is sinking https://finbox.com/NYSE:IBM/explorer/total_debt/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/25/IBM_s_Debt_Rose_by_Almost_10_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_6_Mont.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 05:18:49

• "Agree. Reminds me of the C.A. model, Inovation by Assimilation. LOL love this. I hate the management and leadership. Absolutely BS of a company." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0zy95nr    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 05:19:34

• "We the data professionals, we hate PDFs. They might look good and structured for your human eyes, but the data inside them is a mess, unstructured and not suitable to be processed by computer programs." https://avi.alkalay.net/2025/07/pdfs-must-die.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 06:17:05

• EPO crisis brewing again https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Local_Staff_Committee_Munich_LSCMN_at_the_European_Patent_Offic.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 07:33:00

• Palantir ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/07/30/palantir-breaks-new-ground-in-algorithmic-surveillance-and-control/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:02:31

• Mamdani ☛ https://fair.org/slider/wsj-ran-10-op-eds-in-one-week-to-try-to-take-down-mamdani/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:02:49

• "The Truth About Linux Desktop Market Share" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/the-truth-about-linux-desktop-market:3    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:04:06

• "8647" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/8647/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:04:15

• "Fossil Fool - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/fossil-fool    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:04:26

• "ICE’s Budget Is Set to Triple Next Year" https://jacobin.com/2025/07/ice-budget-trump-dhs-deportations/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:04:40

• "Keep Digging, Donald. You’re Keeping the Epstein Scandal Alive." https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/keep-digging-donald-keeping-epstein-scandal/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:05:00

• ""Botlicker is my personal favorite," one user commented." https://futurism.com/sloppers-ask-ai-everything ""People Are Becoming "Sloppers" Who Have to Ask AI Before They Do Anything""    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:05:16

• BS Microsoft spin, Microsoft sez, trying to portray "hey hi" (slop) as inevitable https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/30/become-sewage-worker-avoid-ai-jobs-bloodbath-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:06:09

• "Open-source billing and metering platform Flexprice raises $500,000" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/open-source-billing-and-metering-platform-flexprice-raises-500000/articleshow/122982638.cms    

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

• Local newspapers, volunteering and LIBRARY | "Lokalaviser, frivillighet og BIBLIOTEK – Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2025/07/30/lokalaviser-frivillighet-og-bibliotek/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:06:56

• "If you wrote your Web page in anything other than vi, you are an Internet wannabe, forever beholden to Bill Gates." (2000/10/4 update: vim is also acceptable) http://www.scotthelmke.com/personal.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:07:51

• "‘Appeasement of the aggressor’ Sanctioned Russian Federation Council speaker attends global summit in Switzerland, uses platform to repeat Kremlin war narrative" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/29/appeasement-of-the-aggressor    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:08:56

• "Ghislaine Maxwell seeks immunity in exchange for congressional testimony" https://www.axios.com/2025/07/29/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-immunity-testimony http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Well_He_s_Dead_So_Bill_Gates_Tells_the_Media_Which_He_Pays.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:09:25

• "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Eat" https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/eat-5    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:09:35

• iophk: how much can be traced back to Windows TCO? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cewd49znze4t    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:09:52

• "Epstein files must be released by Trump administration under obscure law, Democrats contend" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/07/30/repub/epstein-files-must-be-released-by-trump-administration-under-obscure-law-democrats-contend/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:10:02

• "What the George Floyd Summer Wrought" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/george-floyd-summer-2020-riots/683697/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:10:42

• "'Witch hunt': Trump punishes Brazil with tariffs, sanctions over trial of ally Bolsonaro" https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2325303.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:10:53

• Online age verification – what does the EU think? | "Ålderskontroll online – hur tänker EU då?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/07/30/alderskontroll-online-hur-tanker-eu-da/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:11:20

• "Zambia : What the Leaked Audio Really Reveals Our Justice System" https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/07/30/what-the-leaked-audio-really-reveals-our-justice-system/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:11:32

• "hundreds of polished online gaming" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/scammers-unleash-flood-of-slick-online-gaming-sites/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:13:02

• surveillance ☛ https://thegrayzone.com/2025/07/31/israeli-spyware-surveillance-state/ | Source: The Gray Zone    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:13:19

• Our Relationship With Nature ☛ https://therevelator.org/environmental-poetry-reviews/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:13:40

• "what will the temporarily embarrassed billionaires dooooo" https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@midnightspire/114933317187822534    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:15:55

• "Microsoft is discouraging Windows users" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/opera-calls-out-microsoft-for-anticompetitive-tactics-with-edge | Source: PC Mag    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:17:36

• "Regarding other noteworthy takeaways, Spotify has bolstered its existing $1 billion stock-buyback program" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/29/spotify-stock-q2-2025-earnings/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:18:05

• "DRM is crucial for protecting premium streaming content, with Microsoft's PlayReady a leading solution used by giants" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/playready-drm-leak-triggers-microsoft-takedown-and-amazon-account-suspensions/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:18:15

• "Federal agents take an hour and a half, almost two, trying to figure out who I am. You know it just doesn't make sense." ☛ https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-texas-man-shave-beard-arrest-2104965 | Source: Newsweek    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:18:39

• "shave your beard" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/07/29/american-fascism-ice-arrests-u-s-citizen-then-tells-him-to-shave-your-beard.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:18:54

• "Trump’s “populist” policy is backed by the National Restaurant Association—probably because it won’t stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/04/no-tax-on-tips-is-an-industry-plant | Source: New Yorker    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:19:08

• "The Restaurant Lobby Said No" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/07/restaurant-industry-tipped-subminimum-wages/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:20:10

• "Those found guilty of drug trafficking face the death penalty in Saudi Arabia. Of a total of 217 executions since the start of 2025, 144 have been put to death for drug-related offences." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250730-war-against-captagon-why-saudi-arabia-executing-drug-dealers-on-massive-scale | Source: France24    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:20:21

• "Eighty-two years have passed since 33 Kurdish villagers from the Saray (Serav) and Özalp (Qelqelî) districts of the eastern province of Van were detained by soldiers and executed ont he shores of Sefo Stream." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/82nd-anniversary-of-sefo-stream-massacre-commemorated-309927 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:20:35

• "On the 11th anniversary of the genocide committed by ISIS in 2014, discussions, evaluations, and efforts within the Yazidi community and among the people of Shengal have intensified around building a free and democratic future." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/interview/iraq-refuses-to-admit-yazidi-genocide-80528 | Source: ANF News    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:20:43

• "Wayne Reid, executive director of APT, said it will lose about $3.2 million, equal to about 13% of its FY24 budget, in federal funding after President Donald Trump signed a law revoking $1.1 billion for public media over the next two fiscal years." ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/07/29/alabama-public-television-may-drop-npr-affiliate-stations-after-federal-funding-cuts/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:21:18

• "The use of overlapping defamation charges and suspended sentences to keep journalists behind bars has become a dangerous pattern for press freedom in Iraqi Kurdistan" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/07/kurdish-journalist-omed-baroshkys-imprisonment-extended-by-6-months/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:21:29

• "extremist" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-journalist-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-connections-to-anti-corruption-foundation/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:21:49

• "There of course remains a danger with use of the vague term “Islamophobia” to describe hatred against Muslims. " ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/29/labour-new-islamophobia-definition-could-backfire/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:30:41

• "The current moves are a disaster for freedom of speech, artistic expression, creation of online spaces away from the big apps, and consumer rights." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/never-comply/ | Source: Ava    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:30:54

• "Fears are mounting that the Iranian state may be preparing to repeat the 1988 massacre in which thousands of political prisoners were executed." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/rights-groups-warn-of-mass-executions-in-iran-s-prisons-80540 | Source: ANF News    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:31:06

• "The [Internet] as we know it is in failure mode: [...]" ☛ https://www.8ball.report/p/the-anglo-american-internet-schism | Source: Sean Monahan    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:37:55

• "Negative articles about a tech CEO vanished from Google after someone made fraudulent requests using the Refresh Outdated Content Tool." ☛ https://www.404media.co/journalist-discovers-google-vulnerability-that-allowed-people-to-disappear-specific-pages-from-search/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:38:08

• "Dill's book is one of 596 that are banned on the department's list, which was made public earlier this month by a federal judge hearing the case of E.K. v. the Department of Defence." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-author-anti-racism-book-banned-by-u-s-department-of-defense-1.7596988 | Source: CBC    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:38:20

• "Similar messaging has also spread across pro-government Telegram channels." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/30/maybe-it-will-distract-people-from-rising-prices | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:38:41

• "There’s a lot in this message that reads far-left. The anti-Israel, pro-Iran worldview. The obsession with demographics. The naked antisemitism" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/this-is-the-craziest-email-ive-ever | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:39:47

• "Previously the team of security researchers followed the 90+30 timetable, where vendors were told about a bug and given 90 days to fix it. Then, 30 days after that patch was shipped, the full technical details about the bug were published." ☛ https://therecord.media/google-project-zero-publicly-announce-vulnerabilities-week-after-reporting | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:39:53

• "The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is supposed to be about attacks on computer systems. It is not, as a federal district court suggested in Ryanair v. Booking.com, applicable when someone uses valid login credentials to access information to which those credentials provide access." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/ryanairs-cfaa-claim-against-bookingcom-has-nothing-do-actual-hacking | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:44:23

• "The EU's AI Act was enacted in March last year, making it the first legislation designed specifically to address the risk of artificial intelligence" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/eu_ai_act/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:44:40

• "It’s also a giveaway of Canadian constitutional rights in the name of “border security.”" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/30/canadas-bill-c-2-opens-the-floodgates-to-u-s-surveillance/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:45:05

• "The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact (CNDCP or the Pact) is made up of more than 100 bit barn operators and trade associations, and claims to account for more than 85 percent of Europe's datacenter capacity." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/datacenter_lobby_eu_efficiency/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:50:02

• "The latest data center, a joint effort between regional energy infrastructure company Tallgrass and AI data center developer Crusoe" ☛ https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-data-center-electricity-wyoming-cheyenne-44da7974e2d942acd8bf003ebe2e855a | Source: Associated Press    

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

• "The upcoming huge AI data center is so big that it will need its own dedicated energy production using a mix of gas and renewables." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/power-usage-in-wyoming-ai-data-center-could-eclipse-consumption-of-the-states-human-residents-by-5x-tenant-of-colossal-investment-remains-a-mystery | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:50:32

• "This time around, though, it is possible to trace the price hikes in these cities to a specific source: the boom in data centers, those large warehouses of technology that support artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other Big Tech wonders." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/27/electricity-rates-ohio-data-centers-ai/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:51:00

• "Serving 67 million customers, the PJM region covers just over a dozen states, including Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, as well as DC." ☛ https://futurism.com/ai-datacenters-raising-electric-bills | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:53:40

• "Inbound flights were still able to land, London’s Gatwick Airport said. Monitoring site Flightradar24 showed that no flights were taking off from UK airports at one point, though planes were later seen departing from several hubs." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/30/travel/uk-flights-technical-issues-intl | Source: CNN    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:53:51

• "The Sun can reveal cockpit crews were urgently messaged: “Please be aware that there is an ATC radar failure at Swanwick which has zero rated UK airspace as of 14.30 GMT." ☛ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36088854/message-sent-pilots-outbound-uk-flights-grounded-airports/ | Source: The Sun    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:55:56

• "But solar panels, batteries, and virtual power plant technology have proven to be critical in keeping up the supply of power for air conditioners, and may have saved households in New England up to $20 million on their bills. [...]" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/07/29/2025/us-clean-energy-helps-prevent-blackouts-during-heatwave | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:56:06

• "Environmental lawyers aren’t so sure that a nationwide permit for data centers, regardless of their size, would follow the intent of the Clean Water Act" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/big-tech-asked-for-looser-clean-water-act-permitting-trump-wants-to-give-it-to-them/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 09:59:13

• "Vehicle pollution kills, and Donald Trump’s catastrophic rollback of the vehicle standards will eviscerate one of our most effective tools to tackle the nation’s top polluting industry." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trump-proposes-to-gut-clean-vehicle-standards-and-wipe-out-climate-science | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:00:38

• "Temperatures the world over have soared in recent years as climate change creates ever more erratic weather patterns, and Japan is no exception." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-japan-high-temperature-412c.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:01:11

• "Brine shrimp viability, mineral production and recreation are all threatened when the lake falls to 4,192 feet elevation or lower. At the same time, lower elevation also exposes more of its dried lakebed, leaving communities prone to dust storms that lower air quality, the state's Great Salt Lake Strategic Plan explains." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51352823/great-salt-lake-drops-back-to-a-really-bad-level-but-expert-sees-silver-lining-for-now | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:01:28

• "Now, retreating water levels are exposing stretches of cracked, arsenic-laden lakebed. Windstorms have begun to blow across the lakebed, picking up clouds of poisonous dust. They carry it into the Wasatch Front, which houses 2.8 million of Utah’s 3.4 million residents." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/great-salt-lake-utah-water-levels-lakebed/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:02:08

• "The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the population grew by 700,000 in the year to last June" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/england-wales-population-migration-b2798711.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:03:03

• "The blood-curdling savagery of the attack and the choice of target – young girls dancing to a pop singer who had been singled out for death threats that summer by Islamic State – told anyone who cared to think about it that Axel Rudakubana had spent time in Islamist chatrooms." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/29/allison-pearson-lucy-connolly-southport-decent-britain/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:06:43

• [Old] "The unipolar U.S.-centered order hoping to “end history” reflected a basic economic and political dynamic that has been a characteristic of Western civilization ever since classical Greece and Rome set off along a different track from the Near Eastern matrix in the first millennium BC" ☛ https://michael-hudson.com/2022/07/the-end-of-western-civilization/ |    

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

• "Australia’s plan, which comes into force in December, is not to ban kids from using social media. The nation’s leaders instead want to stop social media services from tracking kids through their accounts." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/australia_kids_socials_signup_ban_extended/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:41:43

• "Since the government said last year it would exempt YouTube due to its popularity with teachers, platforms covered by the ban, such as Meta's Facebook and Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, have complained" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/australia-widens-teen-social-media-ban-to-youtube-1894551 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:42:08

• "The experts monitoring sanctions against the two groups said “the organization’s pivot towards parts of Africa continued" partly because of Islamic State losses in the Middle East due to counterterrorism pressures." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-07-30/islamic-state-and-al-qaida-threat-is-intense-in-africa-with-growing-risks-in-syria-un-experts-say | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:43:02

• "With a new feature, Footnotes, TikTok will let a select group of users add context and background information to some of the short videos on the app, along with links to the information's sources." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-asks-users-to-help-police-misinformation/articleshow/123002484.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:43:33

• "Under-16s won't be allowed to have active YouTube accounts or subscribe to YouTube channels when the federal government's social media ban comes into effect." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/youtube-will-be-included-in-the-under-16s-social-media-ban/vez5w8g0a | Source: SBS    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:45:39

• "Islamic State-Mozambique is one of many terrorist groups in Africa using child abduction as a weapon of war." ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/07/terrorists-in-mozambique-use-child-abductions-to-grow-ranks/ | Source: ADF    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:45:53

• "R Street is a think tank that stands for “free markets and limited, effective government”, so they will not say this, but privacy legislation would help protect users from these kinds of abuses." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/tea-spilled/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:46:19

• "We will use AI to interpret a variety of signals that help us to determine whether a user is over or under 18. These signals include the types of videos a user is searching for, the categories of videos they have watched, or the longevity of the account" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/youtube-to-use-ai-to-detect-viewers-under-18-1894570 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:46:37

• "Data-brokers hold all kinds of data on you, from the "legitimate" information about everywhere your car has driven" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/#medallion-clubbed | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:47:48

• "Cool, cool, all makes sense, I can see they’re trying to get teens to develop healthy online habits, and…hold on a minute, go back to that first one. "Showing only non-personalized ads" is a "protection" now?" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/personalized-advertising-is-an-adult-custom/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:47:58

• "certain age restricted content" ☛ https://www.404media.co/spotify-uk-age-check-verification-yoti/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:48:21

• "There is a pattern when schools adopt such technologies: parents aren’t consulted or asked for consent, vulnerable student populations are impacted and already limited resources are diverted without actually achieving the intended goal" ☛ https://therecord.media/flock-safety-raptor-technologies-schools-surveillance | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:54:25

• "In the letter, Wyden reported that Google said it could not tell him whether the British government had demanded special “backdoor” access to users’ private data on its services. That seemed to raise the possibility that Apple, which has said it received such a demand, was not alone." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/29/uk-encryption-backdoor-wyden-letter-gabbard/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:56:33

• "In response to the letter, Jim Killock, Executive Director of Open Rights Group said: [...]" ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/google-refuses-to-deny-uk-encryption-demands/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:56:45

• "The Pick Up After Your DOGE [sic] Act from Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/doge-audits-agency-it-systems-senate-democrats-bill/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:57:12

• "Why the sudden about-face on privacy? One clue: These days, there are billions of dollars to be made by tech companies willing to work with police or the defense sector to trample on our civil liberties." ☛ https://www.eff.org/effector/37/9 | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:57:26

• "Like many similar groups, Lazarus over the years has shifted tactics." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/30/lazarus-turns-open-source-weapon-latest-global-espionage-push/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:05:48

• Windows TCO: "Although Ingram Micro previously said it had contained the incident" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/ingram_micro_ransomware_threat/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:08:37

• Windows TCO: "Data breaches in the U.S. are getting more costly even as they’re getting cheaper in the rest of the world." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/us-data-breach-costs-rise/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:09:01

• Windows TCO: "Phishing remains the most common method of attack, with media groups targeted both by ‘hacktivists’ and for-profit ransomware gangs." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/cyberattack-publishers-editors-washington-post-haymarket/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:09:10

• "This isn't that essay. I'm too lazy to write something amazing, and too aware of the limitations of outsourcing my thinking." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/winners-dont-use-chatgpt/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:09:36

• "Tyler, the Creator’s ninth studio album, Don’t Tap the Glass, was set up for a massive summer impact. But the album release has been overshadowed by an AI song with the same name on TikTok." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/29/tyler-the-creator-dont-tap-the-glass-ai-song/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:09:47

• "For instance, Foster pointed to one viral video in which a man recounted going on a first date with a woman — but was surprised when she pulled out ChatGPT on her phone and asked it what she should order off the menu. ("There was no second date," he concluded.)" ☛ https://futurism.com/sloppers-ask-ai-everything | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:10:05

• "David Ho is an oceanographer at the University of Hawai’i. Cosmos posted an article about removing carbon from the oceans. " ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/30/csiro-posts-ai-fake-climate-article-with-made-up-quotes/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:11:13

• "Others in the industry are calling for keeping humans at the heart of video games, or citing concerns that an LLM-powered NPC could lead to all kinds of unpredictable — and potentially unsavory — behavior." ☛ https://futurism.com/demo-video-game-characters-panic-code-matrix | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:11:35

• "Over the last few weeks I’ve seen an increase in advertising in places that appear new and where I haven’t seen it before. Along with new places, there has been a massive increase in others. I’d like to take a quick tour through these areas." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/the-invasion-of-advertising/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:12:16

• "I introduced this family project in the spring of 2024. I won’t reproduce those arguments for why we’re working on this, but in the current climate I feel like I hardly need to. Since that post, our aversion to Google dependency has only grown stronger. Progress has been non-zero but not fast." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/07/29/DeGoogling | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:12:32

• "Health data are critical to health systems in Canada, but the potential of these data to be accessed and used by foreign entities for surveillance purposes without consent is concerning." ☛ https://www.cmaj.ca/content/197/26/E763 |    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:13:19

• "New measurements of fine microplastic particles suspended in the air in homes and cars suggest that humans may be inhaling far greater amounts of lung-penetrating microplastics than previously thought." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-07-inhale-lung-penetrating-microplastics-daily.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:13:34

• "I need a better way of organising my notes, to-dos and tasks. I have crap all over the place at the moment, so if you have a system, I'd love to know what it is." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/how-do-you-take-notes | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:15:20

• "Sometimes, less is more. Sometimes, limits unlock flow." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/07/30/less-time-more-blog/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:15:37

• "I thought I would read this book and do a big compare and contrast as to how best practice advice has changed. As it happens, most of the book is worked out examples" ☛ https://noelrappin.com/blog/2025/07/programming-proverbs-in-1975-and-2025/ | Source: Noel Rappin    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:15:49

• "It remains the longest-running theatrical release in film history and still plays in cinemas today. We look back with the cast and crew to find out how the film became such a cult phenomenon." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/31/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-at-50-an-oral-history | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:18:18

• "From club member to mentor, Isabelle shares how her passion for reading and helping others led her to mentor at a local Code Club." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/from-coder-to-mentor-meet-isabelle/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:39:51

• Red Hat is falsely marketing proprietary, back-doored Microsoft things as confidential; IBM has no sense of integrity anymore ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/confidential-containers-microsoft-azure-red-hat-openshift-sandboxed-containers-110-and-red-hat-build-trustee | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:40:57

• More fake security from IBM; truly atrocious ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/deploy-sensitive-workloads-with-openshift-confidential-containers | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:41:24

• Forrester is bribed by Red Hat to issues marketing disguised as "independent" "analyses" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-named-leader-forrester-wave-q3-2025 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:42:04

• "independent" "analyses" http://techrights.org/wiki/Forrester/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:44:28

• Shame on LWN for being a parrot of Microsoft and its bribed officials https://lwn.net/Articles/1031943/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/24/Microsoft_Hiring_European_Politicians_is_Another_Form_of_Briber.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/25/Microsoft_Bribes_and_Buys_Politicians_to_Tell_Europe_What_to_Do.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:47:14

• openforumeurope is also now officially infiltrated by Microsoft, which says a lot https://techrights.org/o/2021/01/31/openforum-europe-lf/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:47:47

• Ma-ma-ma-ma my Fedora - Good and bad lessons from '42 ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-42-gnome-good-bad-things.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:48:21

• Flaw in Vibe Coding Platform Base44 Exposed Private Enterprise Applications ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/flaw-in-vibe-coding-platform-base44-exposed-private-enterprise-applications/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:49:18

• Bits from Debian: New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2025) ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2025/07/new-developers-2025-06.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:52:09

• Federal Circuit Steps Into Apple-Fintiv Discovery Fight Days Before August 4 Trial ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/federal-circuit-discovery.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:53:50

• Manjaro 25.0.6 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:55:24

• Diablo-like Games You Can Play With Steam on GNU/Linux ☞ https://itsfoss.com/diablo-like-games/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:12:59

• Slopwatch: Surveillance Giant Google News is Pumping in Lots of Web Traffic Into Fake Sites That Say "Linux" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Slopwatch_Google_News_is_Pumping_in_Lots_of_Web_Traffic_Into_Fa.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:13:18

• Wayland Considered Harmful (to GNU/Linux Adoption) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Wayland_Considered_Harmful_to_GNU_Linux_Adoption.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:13:29

• Cash Machines (ATMs) Make Mistakes and They're Proprietary Software ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Cash_Machines_ATMs_Make_Mistakes_and_They_re_Proprietary_Softwa.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:14:52

• Bribery is OK If You Work for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (No Punishment Expected) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Bribery_is_OK_If_You_Work_for_Microsoft_No_Punishment_Expected.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:15:06

• The OSI Has Been Silent for Over 3 Weeks, It Has a Severe Trust Issue After Promoting Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Proprietary Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/The_OSI_Has_Been_Silent_for_Over_3_Weeks_It_Has_a_Severe_Trust_.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:15:30

• Before the OSI Was Bribed and Hijacked by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft via Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub and Compromised Management... ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Before_the_OSI_Was_Bribed_and_Hijacked_by_Microsoft_via_GitHub_.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:15:49

• Slopwatch Makes the Web Better ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Slopwatch_Makes_the_Web_Better.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:16:01

• My Experience With Judges Has been Positive, But We Must Still Pursue SLAPP Reform in the United Kingdom ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/My_Experience_With_Judges_Has_been_Positive_But_We_Must_Still_P.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:16:15

• Wall Street Does Not Care About Microsoft's Impending (August) Layoffs, It Believes Lies From Microsoft, Whose Debt Grows Rapidly ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Wall_Street_Does_Not_Care_About_Microsoft_s_Impending_August_La.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:16:33

• How to Report Fashion Company Apple Layoffs Without Saying the "L" Word ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/How_to_Report_Apple_Layoffs_Without_Saying_the_L_Word.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:16:49

• Riot for peace & Love: Catholic Influencers and Digital Missionaries welcome Jubilee of Youth (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Riot_for_peace_Love_Catholic_Influencers_and_Digital_Missionari.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:17:06

• Malikie MPEG-DASH related patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/29/malikie-mpeg-dash-patent-challenged    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:23:09

• Dominion Harbor entity, Arlington Technologies, Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/29/dominion-harbor-entity-arlington-technologies-wi-fi-patent-challenged    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:23:32

• "For government agencies and enterprise systems, the implications are even more grave." ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/ai-puts-your-personal-privacy-at-risk/ | Source: Purism    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:24:59

• "If you’re here, you likely already know about preemption, determinism, and real-time capable operating systems." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/enable-real-time-ubuntu | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:25:41

• "You can save yourself some time by creating aliases for your most commonly used commands." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/create-alias-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:25:54

• "Tux Math (or Tux, of Math Command) is a free software education game designed for kids to learn mathematics by playing." ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/07/how-to-install-tux-math-game-on-ubuntu-2404.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:26:20

• "The July 2025 release of DietPi v9.15 introduces support for the Orange Pi 3 non-LTS, provides its own updated Unbound packages" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-july-2025-update-adds-orange-pi-3-support-and-prepares-for-debian-trixie/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:26:57

• "After nearly 28 years as W8MHB, I decided recently to apply for a new vanity call sign." ☛ https://ai5.mx/blog/how-i-chose-my-new-call-sign/ |    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:30:13

• "Text is the oldest and most stable communication technology (assuming we treat speech/signing as natural phenomenon" ☛ https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html |    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:30:26

• "Performing all sorts of small tasks and automations with shell scripts is a superpower for software developers, IT admins and other people working with computers." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/better-alternative-to-shell-scripts-with-python-uv-and-pytest/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:31:06

• "Last week, we discussed how to write our own formatter and finished with a relatively simple solution for printing a struct called ProgrammingLanguage. Today, we’ll take it to the next level." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/07/30/format-your-own-type-part-2 | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:31:27

• "I’m glad I did this. It’s good to look outside the ecosystems you use regularly." ☛ https://citizen428.net/blog/we-lost-something/ | Source: Michael Kohl    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:31:39

• "The Post SMTP plugin is an add-on used by approximately 400,000 WordPress-powered websites to improve the reliability" ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/200-000-wordpress-websites-at-risk-of-being-hijacked-due-to-vulnerable-post-smtp-plugin | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:32:30

• "Fortunately, we're in a much better place than we were this time last year." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-150a1/ | Source: Tor    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:33:00

• "In many cases we can accomplish the same thing with a shell redirect – which also redirects multiple URLs at once: [...]" ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/30/output-nothing-with-out-null/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:33:34

• "The Exim mail server has, among other features, a string expansion language with quite a number of expansion operators." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/EximRunQuotingChange | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:33:57

• "Lovense, a popular maker of [Internet]-connected sex toys with over 20 million users" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/millions-of-sex-toy-users-had-emails-and-accounts-exposed-by-app-flaw-101753934806437.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:35:42

• "Lovense has now fixed the security flaws highlighted earlier this week." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/lovense-sex-toy-app-security-flaw-can-leak-your-email-address | Source: PC Mag    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:35:55

• "Chris Boross, senior sales exec at Raspberry Pi, told us that with the new stepping" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/29/raspberry_pi_rp2350_update/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:36:31

• "When I got the CoCo, one of the big problems was the super-smeary, snowy video on the RF-out." ☛ https://www.leadedsolder.com/2025/07/15/tandy-trs80-coco-composite-mod-aquarius.html |    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:36:43

• "Howdie. Many a Linux nerd is under a wrongful impression that I have some rancorous emotional investment..." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-42-gnome-good-bad-things.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:37:16

• "Much longed for by some, remembered as a quaint memory by other greybeards" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250730080301 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:37:48

• "For as long as we’ve been doing SEO, we’ve been operating inside a URL-shaped worldview. Google’s early systems indexed and ranked URLs" ☛ https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/url-shaped-web/ | Source: Jono Alderson    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:38:13

• "Identity and Access Management (IAM) isn't the same thing as (single sign on) authentication, although I believe it's connected to authorization if you take the 'Access' part seriously, and also a bunch of IAM systems will also do some or all of authentication too so everything is in one place." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/MyIAMViewSoFar | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:38:26

• "You will note that this post claims 500 virtual devices and you might think “that is not a lot” and you’d be right." ☛ https://underjord.io/500-virtual-linux-devices-on-arm64.html | Source: Lars Wikman    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:38:49

• "1 hr 5 mins 58 secs" ☛ https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/453 | Source: The Ask Noah Show    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:39:17

• NIH director talks grant terminations controversy, Bethesda Declaration, making America healthy ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/07/the-director-of-the-nih-on-growing-controversy-over-grant-terminations-the-bethesda-declaration-and-what-it-will-take-to-make-america-healthy/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:41:10

• Canada’s Measles Cases Surpass U.S., Alberta Officials Push for State of Emergency ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/canada/canada-alberta-measles-outbreak.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:41:19

• How Healthcare.gov’s botched rollout led to a digital services revolution in government ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2025/07/how-healthcare-gov-botched-rollout-led-to-a-digital-services-revolution-in-government/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:41:36

• Dihydroxyacetone Man administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2025/07/trump-administration-is-launching-a-new-private-health-tracking-system-with-big-techs-help/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:41:54

• Dihydroxyacetone Man says US will impose 15% tariff on South Korean imports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-says-us-will-impose-15-tariff-on-south-korean-imports    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:42:16

• The case for South Korea-Australia defence industrial cooperation ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-case-for-south-korea-australia-defence-industrial-cooperation/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:43:22

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Told Taiwan’s President to Avoid U.S. Stopover ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/asia/trump-taiwan-china.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:43:42

• China earmarks $16 billion budget for 2025 childcare subsidies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-earmarks-16-billion-budget-for-2025-childcare-subsidies    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:44:20

• China and US are still key trade partners: Chinese commerce minister ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-and-us-still-key-trade-partners-commerce-minister-says    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:44:42

• China calls for more engagement with US, warns against confrontation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-calls-for-more-engagement-with-us-warns-against-confrontation    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:45:11

• "One Man’s Trash… Bicycle Edition" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/one-mans-trash-bicycle-edition/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:47:31

• "Case in point, this AM transmitter from [oldradiofixer.]" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-software-only-am-radio-transmitter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:47:56

• 'Bad Omen': An Ancient Pyramid in Mexico Collapsed Into A Pile of Rubble ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bad-omen-an-ancient-pyramid-in-mexico-collapsed-into-a-pile-of-rubble    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:48:28

• "Shares in Confluent Inc. plunged more than 26% in late trading" ... remember how once upon a time everyone spoke of CLOUD.... CLOUD.... CLOUD.... CLOUD.... CLOUD.... CLOUD.... CLOUD.......?    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:49:38

• WiFi ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/legally-distinct-space-invaders-display-wifi-info/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:50:14

• Mysterious 2,500-Year-Old 'Gift to The Gods' Finally Identified ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-2500-year-old-gift-to-the-gods-finally-identified    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:50:48

• This Potent Psychedelic Mysteriously Echoes Near-Death Experiences ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-potent-psychedelic-mysteriously-echoes-near-death-experiences    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:51:01

• Engineers Weigh Up Returning to Ancient Roman Concrete Recipes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/engineers-weigh-up-returning-to-ancient-roman-concrete-recipes    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:51:19

• Study Reveals The Shocking Amount of Plastic We Breathe in Every Day ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-the-shocking-amount-of-plastic-we-breathe-in-every-day    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:51:31

• Senate Democrats call Convicted Felon admin’s focus on state voter rolls a pretext for disenfranchisement ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/senate-democrats-call-trump-scrutiny-state-voter-rolls-disenfranchisement/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:52:45

• Angola: Deadly protests erupt over fuel price hikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250730-angola-deadly-protests-erupt-over-fuel-price-hikes    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:54:06

• Wayland's fault? https://linuxiac.com/duckstation-ps1-emulator-dev-may-drop-linux-support-after-aur-frustrations/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:55:10

• Too many "Mark Kapo-berg Says" articles this week. They replace journalism with quote-alism. Useless.    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:57:22

• IFPI, CISAC, and Many More Call Out Hey Hi (AI) Act Implementation Measures: ‘A Missed Opportunity to Provide Meaningful Protection of Intellectual Property Rights’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/30/ai-act-criticism-july-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 13:58:15

• UCLA reaches $6.13 million settlement with Jewish plaintiffs ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/ucla-reaches-6-13-million-settlement-with-jewish-plaintiffs/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:01:04

• US lawmakers sue Convicted Felon over detention facility visit restrictions ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/us-lawmakers-sue-trump-over-detention-facility-visit-restrictions/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:01:35

• France prepares law to fast-track return of art looted during imperial conquests ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250730-french-govt-prepares-new-law-to-return-colonial-era-art    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:01:54

• Chinese CPUs are closing the gap on AMD — next-gen Zhaoxin chips feature 96 cores, 12-channel DDR5 memory, and 128 PCIe 5.0 Lanes ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinese-cpus-are-closing-the-gap-on-amd-next-gen-zhaoxin-chips-feature-96-cores-12-channel-ddr5-memory-and-128-pcie-5-0-lanes    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:02:47

• Rethinking cyber insurance questions to find real risk ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/rethinking-cyber-insurance-questions-to-find-real-risk/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:03:38

• OpenSSF Newsletter – July 2025 ☞ https://openssf.org/newsletter/2025/07/30/openssf-newsletter-july-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:04:27

• To secure reprogrammable chips, the US must address supply chain risks ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/to-secure-reprogrammable-chips-the-us-must-address-supply-chain-risks/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:06:44

• Minnesota Activates National Guard in Response to Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/minnesota-activates-national-guard-in-response-to-cyberattack/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:07:20

• Cost of Data Breach in US Rises to $10.22 Million, Says Latest I.C.B.M. Report ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cost-of-data-breach-in-us-rises-to-10-22-million-says-latest-ibm-report/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:07:42

• Telecom Giant Orange Hit by Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/telecom-giant-orange-hit-by-cyberattack/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:09:09

• Scattered Spider Activity Drops Following Arrests, but Others Adopting Group’s Tactics ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/scattered-spider-activity-drops-following-arrests-but-others-adopting-groups-tactics/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:09:42

• Senate Committee Advances Convicted Felon Nominee to Lead CISA ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/senate-committee-advances-trump-nominee-to-lead-cybersecurity-agency-that-protects-election-systems/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:10:36

• Court case reveals security, oil-driven deforestation in Şırnak ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/court-case-reveals-security-oil-driven-deforestation-in-sirnak-309976    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:11:14

• Latvia and 17 other countries ask for loan from European Security Action Fund ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/30.07.2025-latvia-and-17-other-countries-ask-for-loan-from-european-security-action-fund.a608627/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:11:44

• Breaking the Celestial Ceiling: Now and Then #4 ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/07/now-and-then-4    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:12:25

• Flowers of Fealty: Wilhelm Dilich’s Commemoration of the Christening of Elisabeth of Hesse (1598) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/christening-of-lady-elisabeth-of-hesse    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:12:37

• Project Zero disclosure policy change puts vendors on early notice ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/project-zero-google-zero-day-vulnerability-disclosure/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:13:42

• Slop is not Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/07/google-search-ai-mode-zimbabwe/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:14:41

• CM5 MINIMA Raspberry Pi CM5 carrier board features M.2 2230/2242 socket for Hailo Hey Hi (AI) accelerator or NVMe SSD ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/31/cm5-minima-raspberry-pi-cm5-carrier-board-features-m-2-2230-2242-socket-for-hailo-ai-accelerator-or-nvme-ssd/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:15:07

• ALPON X5 – A Raspberry Pi CM5 Edge Hey Hi (AI) computer with 25 TOPS accelerator, 4G LTE connectivity (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/30/alpon-x5-raspberry-pi-cm5-edge-ai-computer-25-tops-accelerator-4g-lte-connectivity/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:15:31

• Palestinian activist Owdeh Hathaleen killed by Israeli settler in West Bank, witness says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250730-palestinian-activist-owdeh-hathaleen-killed-israeli-settler-west-bank-witness-says    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:23:40

• Measuring the Attack/Defense Balance ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/measuring-the-attack-defense-balance.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:30:32

• Retaliation ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1084/retaliation    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:31:05

• Securing Firebase: Lessons Re-Learned from the Tea Breach, (Wed, Jul 30th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32158    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:31:26

• OBS: Refining Your Notifications ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2025/07/30/notifications-project-filter-and-group-maintainers//    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:33:23

• Pro-Palestinian Group Can Appeal U.K. Ban, Judge Rules, Citing Free Speech ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/europe/palestine-action-uk-ban-terrorist-court.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:33:45

• Iran Withdraws 'Fake News' Bill After Public Outcry ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-fake-news-bill-free-speech/33489342.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:34:21

• Your Questions Answered: The Supreme Court's Impact On Our Rights ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/your-questions-answered-the-supreme-courts-impact-on-our-rights    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:49:00

• Brown University strikes deal with Convicted Felon administration to restore half a billion dollars in federal funding ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/us-news/brown-university-strikes-deal-with-trump-administration-to-restore-half-a-billion-dollars-in-federal-funding/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:55:51

• A Seaside Refuge in Gaza, Torn Apart by an Israeli Strike ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/middleeast/gaza-cafe-strike.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:56:09

• Drone strikes on Iraq oil fields threaten essential public services ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/drone-strikes-on-iraqi-oil-fields-threaten-essential-public-services/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:56:45

• At least 22 killed in Angola fuel hike unrest ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250730-at-least-22-killed-in-angola-fuel-hike-unrest    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 14:57:00

• "Failing Students With Disabilities" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:00:43

• "Venezuelan Men Sent to CECOT on What They Endured and Reuniting With Their Families" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:01:45

• GNOME Shell Gets a Proper Desktop Photo Widget (Finally) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/picture-desktop-widget-gnome-shell-extension    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:04:15

• Ubuntu 25.10 Offers Improved Disk Encryption Using TPM ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-25-10-tpm-disk-encryption    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:04:35

• cflow @ Savannah: GNU cflow version 1.8 ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10795    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:05:49

• gdbm @ Savannah: GDBM version 1.26 ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10796    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:06:30

• mailutils @ Savannah: GNU mailutils version 3.20 ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10797    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:07:22

• FSF Blogs: Can you help us with the GNU Press shop on August 11? ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/cfv-reminder-2025-08    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:08:03

• FSF Blogs: Meet Miles Wilson, the FSF's summer 2025 campaigns intern ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/miles-wilson-2025-summer-intern    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:08:20

• FSF News: Job opportunity: Operations assistant at the Free Software Foundation (part-time) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/news/2025-job-opportunity-fsf-operations-assistant    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:08:33

• FSF News: Job opportunity: Deputy director at the Free Software Foundation (part-time exempt) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/news/2025-job-opportunity-fsf-deputy-director    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:08:56

• "The Cheap Macropad Conundrum" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/linux-fu-the-cheap-macropad-conundrum/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:09:29

• wemake-python-styleguide – Python linter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wemake-python-styleguide-python-linter/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:10:23

• Fizz – TLS 1.3 implementation ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fizz-tls-implementation/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:10:34

• Raspberry Pi 5 Desktop Mini PC: Music Player ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/raspberry-pi5-desktop-mini-pc-music-player/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:10:52

• The XP-Pen Artist 22R Pro works on GNU/Linux now ☞ https://redstrate.com/blog/2025/07/the-xp-pen-artist-22r-pro-works-on-linux-now/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:12:55

• Latest Steam Proton beta adds support for new games on Linux, includes multiple bug fixes ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/latest-steam-proton-beta-adds-support-for-new-games-on-linux-includes-multiple-bug-fixes/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:13:42

• PurrCrypt – secure encryption tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/purrcrypt-secure-encryption-tool/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:14:08

• ManageMeals Web – recipe manager frontend ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/managemeals-web-recipe-manager-frontend/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:14:29

• Forkgram ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/forkgram/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:15:11

• Mozilla Open Policy & Advocacy Blog: Open by Design: How Nations Can Compete in the Age of Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/07/30/open-by-design-how-nations-can-compete-in-the-age-of-ai/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:16:30

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1031919/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:16:49

• Alma-Based HeliumOS 10 Is Out — Here’s What I Think ☞ https://linuxiac.com/alma-based-heliumos-10-is-out-heres-what-i-think/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:18:19

• LibreArts Weekly recap — 27 July 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/07/week-recap-28-july-2025/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:21:46

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including S.P.L.I.T. - 2025-07-30 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-07-30-edition/index.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:22:17

• Easy Excalibur 6.119 V7-beta6 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202507/easy-excalibur-6119-v7-beta6.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:22:55

• LumenPnP ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/the-lumenpnp-pasting-utility-never-buy-solder-stencils-again/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:24:34

• Australia widens teen social control media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250730-australia-widens-teen-social-media-ban-to-youtube-scraps-exemption    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:25:02

• "Rebooting WarGames‘ WOPR With A Pi And Gemini" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/rebooting-wargames-wopr-with-a-pi-and-gemini/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:25:34

• ! Avi Alkalay ¡: PDFs must die ☞ https://avi.alkalay.net/2025/07/pdfs-must-die.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:26:06

• How to Install ownCloud on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-owncloud-on-almalinux-10/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:26:32

• how to block pescy cookie and google popups on stackoverflow with ublock in firefox ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/07/30/how-to-block-pescy-cookie-and-google-popups-on-stackoverflow-with-ublock-in-firefox/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:26:59

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

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:27:31

• How To Install Snipe-IT on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-snipe-it-fedora-42/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:31:17

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

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:32:44

• How To Install Varnish on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-varnish-centos-stream-10/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:33:50

• How To Install Nano Text Editor on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nano-text-editor-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:34:42

• Someone Should Remind Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lunduke That Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Hires Many Sexual Criminals and Pedophiles as Well ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Someone_Should_Remind_Microsoft_Lunduke_That_Microsoft_Hires_Ma.shtml    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:34:56

• Wayland ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/psx-emu-dev-forbids-arch-linux-packages    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:35:13

• Pluralistic: Delta's AI-based price-gouging (30 Jul 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:35:32

• Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/07/scammers-unleash-flood-of-slick-online-gaming-sites/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:36:44

• Lithuania is not considering easing sanctions against Belarus, quite the contrary – FM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2628275/lithuania-is-not-considering-easing-sanctions-against-belarus-quite-the-contrary-fm    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:37:11

• 2000 words about arrays and tables ☞ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/2000-words-about-arrays-and-tables/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:38:29

• David Bremner: Hibernate on the pocket reform 10/n ☞ https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/hibernate-pocket-10/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:39:12

• Commentary: Ensuring the Sovereignty and Security of Canadian Health Data ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/07/commentary-ensuring-the-sovereignty-and-security-of-canadian-health-data/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:40:07

• Mozilla Thunderbird: State of the Thunder: Answering Community Questions! ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/state-of-the-thunder-answering-community-questions/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:40:36

• Don’t Struggle with Flatpaks—Warehouse Gives Easy Control on Any Distro ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/07/dont-struggle-with-flatpaks-warehouse-gives-easy-control-on-any-distro/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:41:41

• Russian journalist sentenced to 12 years for ties to Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-journalist-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-connections-to-anti-corruption-foundation/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:45:25

• "Russia adds Navalny’s posthumous memoir to list of banned ‘extremist’ materials" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/30/russia-adds-navalny-s-posthumous-memoir-to-list-of-banned-extremist-materials | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:45:54

• Getting in Marc Maron’s Head ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/books/book-currents/getting-in-marc-marons-head    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:46:25

• The journey of reprogrammable semiconductors through their supply chain ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/the-journey-of-reprogrammable-semiconductors-through-their-supply-chain/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:51:46

• "In the retrocomputing world, [DosDude1] is a name spoken with more than a little respect. He’s back again with a long-awaited hack for PowerPC Macintosh: soldered RAM upgrades!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/soldered-ram-upgrades-finally-available-for-mac-ppc/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:52:10

• Ukraine’s democracy is the key to the country’s Euro-Atlantic integration ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-democracy-is-the-key-to-the-countrys-euro-atlantic-integration/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:52:34

• Zelenskyy Says US Arms Deal Set As Parliament Prepares To Hear Key Anti-Graft Bill ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-anticorruption-protests-bill-parliament/33489480.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:52:45

• Ukraine will 'fix' controversial anti-graft law, FM says on eve of vote ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250730-ukraine-will-fix-controversial-anti-graft-law-fm-says-on-eve-of-vote    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:52:58

• Kolomoyskiy, Once Powerful Ukraine Tycoon, Loses $1.9 Billion Fraud Case ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-privatbank-fraud-kolomoisky-london-ruling/33489475.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:53:13

• Senate Majority Leader John Thune readying Russia sanctions as deadline for Ukraine cease-fire shortens to 10 days ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/07/30/us-news/senate-majority-leader-john-thune-readying-russia-sanctions-as-deadline-for-ukraine-cease-fire-shortens-to-10-days/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:53:24

• Dihydroxyacetone Man imposes 25% tariff, 'penalty' on India over Russia ties ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250730-trump-imposes-25-tariff-penalty-on-india-over-russia-ties    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:53:36

• Chasiv Yar ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/31/russia-claims-capture-of-chasiv-yar-in-eastern-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:53:53

• "precarious moment" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/30/a-political-crisis-that-could-weaken-the-war-effort-itself | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:54:16

• Giant Earthquake Off Russian Coast Triggers Mass Evacuations as Far as Hawaii ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-earthquake-off-russian-coast-triggers-mass-evacuations-as-far-as-hawaii    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:54:44

• Tsunami alerts due to Russian quake downgraded in several nations ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250730-tsunami-alerts-due-to-russian-quake-downgraded-in-several-nations    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:54:56

• No damages reported from tsunami effects; 8 ports remain closed ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/no-damage-tsunami-effects-8-ports-closed/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:55:08

• Russia warned of escalating state control over internet and digital repression ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/russia-warned-of-escalating-state-control-over-internet-and-digital-repression/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:55:31

• Russia, Pacific Coastlines Appear To Avoid Major Damage After Massive Earthquake ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/massive-earthquake-strikes-russia-kamchatka-tsunami-warning/33489167.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:55:44

• Huge earthquake rocks Russia’s far east, triggering tsunami warnings around Pacific ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/magnitude-8-earthquake-strikes-off-russias-kamchatka-sparks-tsunamis-warnings-in-japan    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:55:57

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Threatens India With Steep Tariffs, Including Penalty Over Russian Oil ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/india-tariffs-trump-russia.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:56:12

• Brennan and Clapper: The Forrest Dump Administration Is Rewriting History of Russia and 2016 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opinion/trump-obama-treason-russia-miller.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:56:27

• Why Did Such a Powerful Earthquake Generate Such a Weak Tsunami? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/science/russia-earthquake-tsunami-physics.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:56:38

• Powerful Earthquake Rattles Russia’s Far East But Causes Little Damage ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/europe/russia-earthquake-kamchatka.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:56:52

• In Kamchatka, Epicenter of the Russian Earthquake, Seismic Activity Is Common ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/asia/kamchatka-earthquake.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:57:04

• Russia’s Far East Suffers Some Damage From Earthquake and Tsunami ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/world/asia/russia-far-east-earthquake.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:57:16

• "off Russian coast " ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/30/an-extraordinary-event | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:58:21

• "earthquake triggers tsunami" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/30/volcano-erupts-in-russia-s-kamchatka-hours-after-massive-earthquake-triggers-tsunami | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:58:40

• "purchases of Russian energy" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/30/trump-announces-penalty-export-tariff-on-india-over-purchases-of-russian-energy-resources-and-weapons | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 15:59:02

• "You’ll want to do it again!" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/30/you-ll-want-to-do-it-again | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:03:10

• "anti-abortion" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/30/russian-convent-hands-out-plastic-fetuses-to-women-in-anti-abortion-campaign | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:03:27

• Kamchatka ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/30/we-just-kept-doing-our-job | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:03:54

• "including child" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/31/russian-overnight-strike-on-kyiv-kills-at-least-six-including-child | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:04:34

• "Thanks to [Mikhail Trishchenkov], you can use a nice Linux tool to easily configure your macropad. You can build it from source, or get built versions for Linux, Windows, and Mac. The whole thing is written in Rust if you want to take it apart or modify it." https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/linux-fu-the-cheap-macropad-conundrum/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:06:13

• The issue here is proprietary software from SAP, not "Linux" https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/hackers-exploit-sap-vulnerability-to.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:07:04

• "As someone who grew up with Windows, I’m used to the same desktop layout that offers just enough customizability to set my PC apart while preventing me from performing a complete makeover of the operating system’s UI." https://www.xda-developers.com/ive-tested-numerous-linux-desktop-environments-and-these-5-are-my-favorites/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:07:30

• 10 ways true Linux power users get more out of the world's best OS https://www.zdnet.com/article/10-ways-true-linux-power-users-get-more-out-of-the-worlds-best-os/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:09:01

• minimum." https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-linux-lagging-try-my-10-go-to-tricks-to-speed-it-up/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:11:31

• "Fortunately, Ubuntu ships with a Startup Applications utility, which makes it easy to enable or disable applications that start automatically when you log in. When I need to make such adjustments, I always keep startup applications to a minimum." https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-linux-lagging-try-my-10-go-to-tricks-to-speed-it-up/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:12:14

• Marketing spam? https://news.itsfoss.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-pro-15-gen10/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:15:30

• Striving For Light Gets Native Linux Build That Becomes Default On Steam Deck https://steamdeckhq.com/news/striving-for-light-gets-native-linux-build-that-becomes-default-on-steam-deck/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:16:05

• Maru OS: Turn Your Phone Into A Linux PC With Ease! https://ostechnix.com/maru-os-phone-to-pc/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:16:56

• "So… shall we play a game? If you’ve ever longed to chat with an 80s military AI about thermonuclear war or tic-tac-toe without doubting you end the world in a blink, start on this build." https://hackaday.com/2025/07/30/rebooting-wargames-wopr-with-a-pi-and-gemini/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:17:23

• 5 Linux distros for businesses looking to save money and protect their assets https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-linux-desktop-distributions-for-businesses-looking-to-save-money-and-protect-their-assets/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:20:40

• "NPU in Ryzen chips not fully utilized on Linux; base price is €1090, available for purchase next month." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-linux-laptop-has-a-powerful-amd-ryzen-chip/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:21:09

• "Are you using KDE Plasma but still working the same way you did on Windows? Do you wonder if you're getting the most out of your KDE Plasma setup? Well, here are five game-changing features that completely transformed how I use and interact with my PC!" https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-kde-plasma-features-that-completely-changed-how-i-use-my-pc/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:23:14

• The terrible people being UEFI 'secure' boot may go bankrupt this year    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:23:36

• (behind)    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:23:46

• Davey Winder, Microsoft media mole (for many years already), pushing snake oil https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/07/28/new-fbi-warning---windows-and-linux-users-must-apply-2fa-now/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:24:27

• "This brings the Release Candidate build previously reported on by GamingOnLinux to a wider audience, with no extra opt-in needed. Just download Proton 10 from your Steam Library directly and then you can individually swap games to it for some testing." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/proton-10-0-2-beta-brings-even-more-gaming-improvements-to-linux-steamos-steam-deck/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:24:50

• "Oracle has introduced new licensing terms that some users may see as hidden within the terms for VirtualBox, the general-purpose virtualization software for x86_64 hardware." https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/licensing_change_oracle_virtualbox/?td=rt-3a    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 17:46:11

• Gentoo vandalised via Wiki https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Richard_Stallman_on_GNU/Wheels    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 17:52:11

• Oh, unless this entire wiki and domain is just fake    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 17:52:52

• Amazon debt grew over 2 billion dollars in 3 months https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:AMZN/explorer/total_debt    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 18:03:52

• TikTok encourages and rewards harm https://www.theage.com.au/national/tiktok-shows-individual-removing-chalk-marks-from-parked-cars-20250728-p5midi.html    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 19:59:25

• Intelligence cyberattack on Crimea. Documents confirming abduction of children from Ukraine found https://news.liga.net/en/politics/news/intelligence-cyberattack-on-crimea-documents-confirming-abduction-of-children-from-ukraine-found    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 20:01:47

• Russia Clamps Down on Online Searches https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/24/russia-clamps-down-on-online-searches    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 20:02:15

• Russia to crack down on what it deems 'extremist' content https://www.dw.com/en/russia-to-crack-down-on-what-it-deems-extremist-content/a-73409136    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 20:03:02

• 'Partisans' Who Paralyzed Russian Airports Have Track Record of Disruptive Hacks https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-07-28/partisans-who-paralyzed-russian-airports-have-track-record-of-disruptive-hacks    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 20:05:42

• Hacker group “Silent Crow” claims responsibility for cyberattack on Russia’s Aeroflot https://kyivindependent.com/russias-aeroflot-reports-major-system-malfunction-hacker-group-claims-responsibility/    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 20:06:41

• Russian Journalist Sentenced to 12 Years Over Ties to Opposition Group https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-07-29/russian-journalist-sentenced-to-12-years-over-ties-to-opposition-group    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 20:07:04

• Russia: Internet Blocking, Disruptions and Increasing Isolation https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/07/30/russia-internet-blocking-disruptions-and-increasing-isolation    

posted Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 20:08:56

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