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  • "I've used Happy Hacking Keyboards (HHKB) [0] for years, but I haven't bought a new one in a long time - probably 10 years ago I bought the last of the four I have. The oldest two are PS-2 models, and they all still work fine, although the white plastic has discolored over time." gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/happy-hacking-keyboards.md    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:33:42

  • "The other day I was on one of my daily walks and saw this large bird pecking at a carcass along with a raven." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250730_turkture    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:34:50

  • "The big thing with certs is that they perform two tasks. The first is that it shows ownership of domains. Reading through the cert you can see that the entity owning `fu.br` is the same that owns `foobar.com`. Shortened URLs, secondary domains for specific services, etc. The certs help tie them all together." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/log/2025-07-31_re_hello_gemini.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:36:13

  • "The tag crawler recently passed a million URLs. Seems like a Gemini milestone." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-07-31_Tag_milestone.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:37:14

  • "July has come and gone! It felt both really quick and really long. I have been crunching for the past two weeks and my life has been... interesting." gemini://melyanna.net/small-web-july-conclusions    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:38:06

  • "I can now easily update my gemlog from my iOS phone! A text editor app called Pretext lets me directly edit files on the iOS filesystem. Then, I use the iSH app, which lets you run an Alpine Linux shell, to push to git and upload via SSH to tilde.club." gemini://tilde.club/~meljoann/2025-07-31_New_Gemini_Stack.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:38:45

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1369.jpg    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:40:11

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1719.jpg    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:40:17

  • 🔤SpellBinding — BUEKLRC Wordo: OKAYS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-07-31.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:41:17

  • tremble gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/tremble    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:42:07

  • "I am studying the excellent book by Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum, "Messianic Christology" (1998) published by Ariel Ministries. The purpose of the book is to identify and explain all the passages in the Hebrew Bible that prophesy concerning the first coming of Messiah, i.e., the life of Yeshua or Jesus." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/your-word/20250731-0.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:42:50

  • "I've made three tiny instances, to test handling of client certificates:" gemini://gim.org.pl/gemlog/2025-07-31-new-toys.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:43:28

  • [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-07-31.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:43:59

  • saw cars swim today gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-07-31.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:44:33

  • "Oswald Spengler came up with a rather long story about how civilizations start young, become just right, then dodder off into too-oldism. Parts of the story may actually be true. Elsewhere there's the so-called "Goldilocks zone", or being just about right in space and time." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/07/31/goldilocks.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:45:12

  • "Below is my thought or two on the topic that seemed to be a big discussion last month in gemini space when I was completely inactive. The discussion may have been touching topics beyond my concern, I could easily just skip it thinking it’s not part of my world." gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/relog/2025-07-31-re-stagnation.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:46:10

  • "I am somewhat envious. There were BBSes in Poland starting around 1986, but TBH, neither I nor any of my friends used one. Public (dialup) access to internet in Poland started in 1995. I don't think gopher ever took off here, most people that had access to internet at the end of 90s, were using WWW (and ofc irc, e-mail, usenet)." gemini://gim.org.pl/gemlog/2025-07-31-re-re-hello.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:47:06

  • 🖼️ xkcd — Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres #3122 gemini://discogem.gmi.bacardi55.io/capsules-of-the-day-2025-07-30/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:47:55

  • 🖼️ xkcd — Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres #3122 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3122.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:49:26

  • Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-01.gmi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 02:51:03

  • theregister = MICROSOFT SEZ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/kremlin_goons_caught_abusing_isps/?td=rt-3a    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 03:07:02

  • LibreOffice Developer’s Hotmail Account Locked After LibreOffice Criticizes Microsoft https://lunduke.substack.com/p/libreoffice-developers-hotmail-account    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 05:20:35

  • Many headlines perpetuate the lie Microsoft has just 2 waves of layoffs (there were 8 or 9) totalling 15k heads. The real number if about twice as big.    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 05:28:11

  • CISCO Gifts AGNTCY Project to Linux Foundation to Standardize AI Agent Communication https://news.itsfoss.com/agntcy-project-joins-linux-foundation/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 06:10:43

  • Flettner Rotor https://xkcd.com/3119/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:05:00

  • Geologic Periods https://xkcd.com/3120/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:05:15

  • Kite Incident https://xkcd.com/3121/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:05:29

  • Distorted sound of the early universe suggests we are living in a giant void https://theconversation.com/distorted-sound-of-the-early-universe-suggests-we-are-living-in-a-giant-void-259284    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:08:13

  • A company says it could turn mercury into gold using nuclear fusion. Can we take this claim seriously? https://theconversation.com/a-company-says-it-could-turn-mercury-into-gold-using-nuclear-fusion-can-we-take-this-claim-seriously-261891    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:08:29

  • Back in the Mass Surveillance Game? When did it "leave" this game? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/amazon-ring-back-mass-surveillance-game-effector-379    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:09:43

  • No time limit for invalidity based on bad faith http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/cjeu-no-time-limit-for-invalidity-based.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:14:18

  • Kangaroo Courts of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/guestpost-has-g124-made-referral-of.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:14:53

  • Kangaroo Courts of EPO at it again http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/breaking-referral-on-description.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:15:24

  • Science Perl Journal DOIs are now live! Update on videos and next Issue of the SPJ https://blogs.perl.org/users/oodler_577/2025/07/science-perl-journal-dois-are-now-live-update-on-videos-and-next-issue-of-the-spj.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:15:54

  • Is it still worth adding installation instructions to a distribution? https://blogs.perl.org/users/robert_rothenberg/2025/07/is-it-still-worth-adding-installation-instructions-to-a-distribution.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:16:14

  • [Older] Sydney August Meeting! https://blogs.perl.org/users/dean/2025/07/sydney-august-meeting.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:16:28

  • wasps https://theconversation.com/what-to-do-when-wasps-crash-your-picnic-a-scientists-guide-to-dining-safely-with-these-insects-261589    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:18:12

  • How the internet and its bots are sabotaging scientific research https://theconversation.com/how-the-internet-and-its-bots-are-sabotaging-scientific-research-261796    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:18:35

  • "Manuel Moreale on Why Blogs Matter" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/07/30/0121254    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:23:09

  • "Lincoln Project floats Murdoch/Vance scenario to sideline Trump via 25th Amendment" https://boingboing.net/2025/07/30/lincoln-project-floats-murdoch-vance-scenario-to-sideline-trump-via-25th-amendment.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:23:24

  • "Revealed: The top baby names in England and Wales with a 23% rise in Muhammad as it takes number one spot for second year in a row | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14958149/The-baby-names-England-Wales-Muhammad-takes-number-one-spot-second-year-row.html iophk: as Khaddaffi used to warn, "... without firing a single shot"    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:23:43

  • "A Judge’s Conflict of Interest Over Jeffrey Epstein Documents" https://jacobin.com/2025/07/epstein-files-preska-donziger-conflict http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:24:10

  • "Fried Chicken" http://www.careandkindness.org/capsules/animal45.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:24:22

  • "Trump Might Pardon the Sex Trafficker Who "Stole" His Spa Girls and Other Details of the Cover-Up" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/30/trump-might-pardon-the-sex-trafficker-who-stole-his-spa-girls-and-other-details-of-the-cover-up/ http://techrights.org/o/2019/12/21/police-report-bill-gates/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:24:40

  • "Ten years ago today, I published this article, in which I predicted that Republicans would all fall in line behind Trump." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/30/ten-years-ago-i-warned-republicans-had-few-means-of-limiting-the-damage-trump-would-do/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:24:54

  • "The Media Can’t Handle the Absence of Truth" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-media-cant-handle-the-absence    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:25:10

  • EU lawyers criticize Danish proposal for chat control | "Internes Protokoll: EU-Juristen kritisieren dänischen Vorschlag zur Chatkontrolle" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/internes-protokoll-eu-juristen-kritisieren-daenischen-vorschlag-zur-chatkontrolle/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:25:42

  • "Fans, locals recall the 'cranky' owner behind legendary L.A. shack Bill's Burgers" https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2025-07-30/bills-burgers-owner-bill-elwell-obituary-van-nuys-shack-san-fernando-valley    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:25:55

  • "Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End" https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2025/07/science-empire-america-decline/683711/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:26:20

  • "Can San Francisco Be Saved?" https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/07/can-san-francisco-be-saved/683594/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:26:34

  • ""New discrepancies" found in Epstein jail video" https://boingboing.net/2025/07/30/new-discrepancies-found-in-epstein-jail-video.html http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/15/Meme_Well_He_s_Dead_So_Bill_Gates_Tells_the_Media_Which_He_Pays.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:26:55

  • "One-third of Turkey's workforce is idle, official data reveals" https://bianet.org/haber/one-third-of-turkey-s-workforce-is-idle-official-data-reveals-309958    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:27:10

  • "ID Uploads: The Privacy Disaster Waiting to Happen" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/id-uploads-the-privacy-disaster-waiting:f    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:27:23

  • "Trump’s Effort to Distract From Epstein Mess Is a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-epstein-distract-obama-russia-time-bomb-1235397768/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/15/BillPR_EpsteinGate_Bribed_NPR_is_Turning_Into_a_Partial_Slopfar.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:27:48

  • "Meta Pirated and Seeded Porn for Years to Train AI, Lawsuit Says" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/07/30/0143216 Whose law enforcement?? http://techrights.org/o/2022/04/02/microsoft-crime-unpunished/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 09:28:34

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

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:33:42

  • "Chat Control 2 – senaste läckan från ministerrådet" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/07/31/chat-control-2-senaste-lackan-fran-ministerradet/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:33:56

  • "Evil terrorist confesses he masterminded 7/7 bombings - but could be freed in DAYS despite ‘grave concerns from cops’ | The Sun" https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36105382/haroon-aswat-terrorist-7-7-prison/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:34:11

  • "Trump Ends Tariff Exemption for Small Packages" https://www.wired.com/story/president-trump-suspends-de-minimis/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:34:29

  • CIA-funded site "misrepresents Microsoft as an authority, worse as an authority on security" https://therecord.media/russia-fsb-turla-espionage-foreign-embassies-isp-level like http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/For_Second_Day_in_a_Row_Top_Story_in_The_Register_MS_is_Microso.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:35:35

  • "Trump’s Effort to Distract From Epstein Mess Is a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-epstein-distract-obama-russia-time-bomb-1235397768/ http://techrights.org/o/2019/12/21/police-report-bill-gates/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:36:00

  • "Did Trump Know What Epstein “Stole” Virginia Giuffre For?" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-epstein-stolen-giuffre/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:36:34

  • "Zelenskyy calls for regime change in Russia" https://www.semafor.com/article/07/31/2025/zelenskyy-calls-for-russia-regime-change-after-deadly-overnight-strikes    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:36:56

  • "BREAKING: Right Wingers Believe Jim Comey Threw the 2016 Election to Trump and Jim Jordan Must Go to Jail" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/31/breaking-right-wingers-believe-jim-comey-threw-the-2016-election-to-trump-and-jim-jordan-must-go-to-jail/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:37:09

  • "Trump's Emergency Emergency" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/30/trumps-emergency-emergency/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:37:23

  • "ICE Arrests Carpenter Named Jesus, Church Community Fights for His Release" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/ice-arrests-carpenter-named-jesus-church-community-fights-for-his-release/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:37:40

  • "You should be using RSS" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/you-should-be-using-rss/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:37:55

  • "Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Donald Trump’s presidency had brought an end to “political discrimination” against Hungary" ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/08/01/orban-says-political-discrimination-against-hungary-is-in-the-past-thanks-to-trump | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:38:40

  • "branded in MAGA propaganda " ☛ https://fair.org/home/media-sidelined-deadly-consequences-of-trumps-reconciliation-bill/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:39:37

  • Back from Display Next Hackfest 2025 ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/back-from-display-next-hackfest-2025/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:45:51

  • "Not an actual music video, the scene was the opener of documentarian D.A. Pennebaker’s penetrating 1967 film Dont Look Back" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bob-dylan-subterranean-homesick-blues-video-influence-1235395318/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:48:32

  • "The report focuses on intellectual property rights filings by Shanghai Firetech, a company the DOJ said works on behalf of the Shanghai State Security Bureau (SSSB)." ☛ https://therecord.media/patents-silk-typhoon-company-beijing | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:49:20

  • "Both companies were previously linked to the Silk Typhoon crew, also known by the Microsoft moniker "Hafnium," which first made headlines in 2021 after exploiting zero-day flaws in Microsoft Exchange to compromise tens of thousands of systems worldwide." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/silk_typhoon_attack_patents/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:49:41

  • "In 1961, the Andersons filed a lawsuit against the Wham-O toy company and eventually settled with a small amount of compensation." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/01/joan-anderson-dies-aged-101-hula-hoop-australian-woman | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:50:39

  • "Opera complained to the European Commission in December 2007 about Microsoft tying its Internet Explorer browser to its Windows operating system. The case eventually ended with a 561 million-euro ($648 million) EU antitrust fine for the U.S. company." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/microsoft-hit-with-opera-complaint-to-brazilian-antitrust-regulator-1894583 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:51:03

  • "Microsoft came under particular fire, with the panel’s report saying it has “significant market power” with some of its software products." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/microsoft-cma-amazon-amazon-web-services-google-b2799605.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:51:16

  • "Epic may not be the only company to put a rival app store inside of Google’s Play Store in the near future." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/716914/fortnite-epic-games-store-android-google-play | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:54:51

  • "That's because systemic problems have systemic solutions. They are addressed through mass movements, impact litigation, political action, street uprisings, mutual aid, and other forms of solidarity and community." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/31/unsatisfying-answers/#systemic-problems | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:55:03

  • Digital Restrictions (DRM): "Spotify users worm their way through a maze of AI-generated slop" ☛ https://futurism.com/spotify-military-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:55:50

  • "Our home Internet connection went down earlier this week without warning, and stayed that way for a few days." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/when-the-interwebs-went-down/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:56:28

  • "The researchers estimated that pushing the network past any more than 6.7 Starlink customers per square mile" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/31/study-shows-musks-starlink-too-congested-to-tackle-u-s-broadband-woes-despite-billions-in-new-subsidies/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:57:00

  • "That’s exactly what happened in Ontario, California, when a masked officer claiming to be an ICE officer attempted to enter a private area of a private building — namely, the inner rooms of a surgery center" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/30/ice-claims-officer-was-assualted-during-an-illegal-search-of-a-hospital-but-the-recording-shows-something-else/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:57:46

  • "Executives are stumbling over themselves to replace pesky and expensive human labor with [Slop]." ☛ https://futurism.com/ceo-lays-off-150-employees-replaced-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:58:02

  • "GEO invested $70 million preparing to expand its detention capacity before Trump even took office; CoreCivic spent $40 million doing the same before a single new contract was signed." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/ice-budget-immigration-enforcement/683678/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:58:20

  • "That memo comes months after NASA was caught purchasing a license to use Clearview AI — a controversial digital surveillance startup — throughout its facilities." ☛ https://futurism.com/nasa-searching-workers | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:58:42

  • "On July 30, 1950, Costa Rica witnessed a quiet but groundbreaking revolution: for the first time, women voted alongside men, marking a turning point in the country’s democratic history." ☛ https://ticotimes.net/2025/07/31/how-costa-rican-women-won-the-right-to-vote | Source: Cost Rica    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:59:10

  • "Last month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement directed personnel to sharply increase the number of immigrants they shackle with GPS-enabled ankle monitors." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/why-more-immigrants-are-being-tracked-with-ankle-monitors--and-who-profits/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 11:59:32

  • "The agreement is the culmination of nearly three years of negotiations and organizing, despite union-busting tactics from Nexstar management." ☛ https://wbng.org/2025/07/31/journalists-at-the-hill-overwhelmingly-ratify-first-ever-union-contract/ | Source: Washingon-Baltimore News Guild    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:00:09

  • "The ceremony will be held in the Capitol Auditorium, with Gov. Kay Ivey providing the opening remarks, before the unveiling of the statues. " ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/07/31/rosa-parks-helen-keller-statues-set-to-be-dedicated-at-alabama-state-capitol-in-october/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:22:52

  • "The goal of this resource was to get people aware of, and designing for accessibility concerns and considerations. Generally-speaking, that’s a great idea! The earlier in the process that you can get people considering accessibility, the better." ☛ https://ericwbailey.website/published/on-inclusive-personas-and-inclusive-user-research/ | Source: Eric Bailey    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:23:13

  • "The reality is that Axios launders rightwing talking points in ugly short form vignettes that not only hide nuance, but reveal how their version of “neutral, objective” coverage actually means normalizing Donald Trump’s madness." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/30/what-liberal-media-axios-thinks-being-neutral-means-kissing-trumps-ass/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:24:21

  • "Throughout this transformation process, journalists benefit from the news-gathering and dissemination capabilities provided by digital tools while simultaneously facing new responsibilities regarding the boundaries of freedom of expression and digital security practices." ☛ https://bianet.org/yazi/journalists-rights-and-obligations-in-digital-media-309971 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:24:33

  • "Derk Sauer, the Dutch media entrepreneur who founded The Moscow Times, died on Thursday at age 72, his family said in a statement." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/31/derk-sauer-moscow-times-founder-and-dutch-media-entrepreneur-dies-at-72-a90055 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:24:45

  • "However the more obvious workaround was to simply install a VPN and browse the web as if from another country where such age verification laws don't apply." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/banning_vpns_to_protect_kids/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:25:41

  • "Online, this has taken the form of content blocks, particularly in the United Kingdom, where a new law requires users to verify their age with either a picture of their ID card or a scan of their face." ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/07/31/uk-online-safety-ninja-sword-ban/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:26:07

  • "Ofcom said it expected to make further enforcement announcements in the coming months." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ofcom-peter-kyle-b2799503.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:29:38

  • "To restore service, users say they are often required to delete the offending content, sign written pledges to avoid future criticism, and, in some cases, publish statements in support of the Islamic republic" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-sim-service-suspened-dissenting-voices/33490992.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:30:03

  • "every week, hundreds of millions of people come to Reddit looking for advice, and we’re turning more of that intent into active users of Reddit’s native search." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/717095/reddit-q2-2025-earnings-search-engine | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:30:43

  • "But so far, they have chosen to settle with Trump instead — and in so doing, campus free speech advocates say they are compromising academic freedom and dialogue throughout higher education." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/421954/columbia-brown-harvard-trump-settlement-antisemitism | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:31:05

  • "This is 60 Minutes. Oh, boy. Oh, shit.” An anchor then nervously introduces a report of South Park’s protest against the president, who, he is quick to add, “is a great man; we know he’s probably watching." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/07/south-park-trump-episode-paramount-satire/683722/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:31:38

  • "Yesterday, Brown University signed an agreement with the Trump administration. You can read it here." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/negotiating-with-terrorists-unsuccessfully | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:32:30

  • "Advertising tools or services that provide access to banned online resources can result in even penalties up to 500,000 rubles (about $5,600)." ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/russia-to-fine-people-for-extremist-search-queries-under-new-law/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:32:47

  • Misinformation ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/a-ukraine-without-ukrainians-putin-is-erasing-europes-largest-nation/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:33:36

  • "5,090 days later, he handed the reins to Tim Cook" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/cook-era/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:35:04

  • "There’s an implicit pressure on candidates to not push harder for such figures" ☛ https://sneak.berlin/20250801/show-candidates-your-cap-table/ | Source: Jeffrey Paul    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:35:26

  • "there is an underreported but epic struggle being waged for the hearts and minds" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/new-apostolic-reformation-lancaster-churches/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:35:45

  • "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, would it be fair to call it a duck?" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/researchers-find-automated-financial-traders-will-collude-with-each-other-through-a-combination-of-artificial-intelligence-and-artificial-stupidity | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:36:09

  • "Applying a special dye to multiple areas on a peacock's tail" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/mind-blowing-discovery-peacocks-have-lasers-in-their-tails | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:36:49

  • "Thousands of years of co-evolution have given dogs special ways to tune in to our voices, faces and even brain chemistry." ☛ https://theconversation.com/your-dog-can-read-your-mind-sort-of-261720 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:37:09

  • "Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission's executive vice president for tech sovereignty" ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/29/europe-sets-its-sights-on-multi-billion-euro-gigawatt-ai-factories.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:38:01

  • "The EU's effort, if realized, is probably one of the world's largest publicly funded initiatives in artificial intelligence" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/eu-readies-usd30-billion-investment-in-gigawatt-ai-data-centers-multiple-sites-hosting-100-000-ai-gpus-each-planned-for-the-bloc | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:38:15

  • "The facility will be located in Kvandal outside the town of Narvik in Norway's northern reaches, and is expected to eventually add 230 megawatts of compute capacity to OpenAI's planned Stargate compute network with the potential to add another 290 megawatts in the future." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/norway_stargate_openai/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:38:31

  • "Since only 4 percent of existing renewable energy projects are on public land, clean industry insiders who have interpreted the new policy narrowly are not yet panicking." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/will-new-interior-department-rules-shackle-wind-and-solar-insiders-are-divided/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:38:50

  • "Meanwhile, the fossil fuel Mad Men are also facing pushback within their own ranks" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/fossil-fuels-climate-change-denial-coprorations/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:39:18

  • "Can you imagine the US Congress changing tack so quickly?" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/ukrainian-protesters-remind-us-how | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:39:59

  • "Hamas actually wants a famine in Gaza." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/hamas-wants-famine/683724/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:40:25

  • "Combatants in Ethiopia have perpetrated widespread, systematic" ☛ https://phr.org/news/brutal-reproductive-violence-systematic-deliberate-and-ongoing-in-ethiopia-report/ | Source: PHR    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:41:18

  • "According to US court documents obtained by The Sun" ☛ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/36105382/haroon-aswat-terrorist-7-7-prison/ | Source: The Sun    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:41:41

  • "A recent Army exercise in Europe revealed a generational gap with drones." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-exercise-project-flytrap-counter-drones/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:42:01

  • "A Swedish court has sentenced a man to life in prison for helping kill a Jordanian pilot" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/swedish-jihadi-jailed-for-life-over-infamous-murder-of-pilot/a-73483505 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:42:23

  • "Judge Anna Liljenberg Gullesjo" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250731-swedish-jihadist-gets-life-sentence-for-2015-killing-of-jordanian-pilot-in-syria | Source: France24    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:42:42

  • "The population of England and Wales is estimated to have jumped by more than 700,000 in the year to June 2024" ☛ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c207nzgrz3vo | Source: BBC    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:43:14

  • "There were an estimated 61.8 million people in England and Wales in mid-2024" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/england-wales-ons-government-office-for-national-statistics-b2798706.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:44:11

  • "This means the population of England and Wales is estimated to have grown by 1.5 million between June 2022 and June 2024" ☛ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/migration-largest-population-increase-england-wales-uk-visas-b1240681.html | Source: Evening Standard UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:44:21

  • "We know that social media is doing social harm, and my government and this parliament is prepared to take action" ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/what-to-know-about-under-16s-social-media-ban/cunrckq5u | Source: SBS    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:44:41

  • "So you have a Cute Homelab and you want to use it to secure your services and containers with x509 certificates?" ☛ https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/07/letsencrypt-homelab-stepca/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:45:29

  • "Currently, Google Chrome does include an option labeled "Authenticate with biometrics before filling passwords" in the Autofill settings." ☛ https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-is-making-chrome-autofill-a-little-less-risky-on-android | Source: Android Central    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:46:05

  • "Unfortunately, Google Chrome on Android currently autofills passwords without any form of authentication, but that will soon change." ☛ https://www.androidauthority.com/google-chrome-password-autofill-biometrics-3582675/ | Source: Android Authority    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:46:16

  • "Regarding age verification, here is our current plan for UK users: [...] " ☛ https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1548205 |    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:46:31

  • "For years, I've been doing something similar to this when generating internal reports on DNA Lounge demographics: e.g., if someone bought a ticket for an 18+ event 5 years ago, they must be at least 23 years old now." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/07/ambient-age-verification/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:46:48

  • "The Internet is not like meatspace. When you supply your government ID to a website in order to verify your identity, at least two of the following security and privacy risks introduced at once: [...]" ☛ https://soatok.blog/2025/07/31/age-verification-doesnt-need-to-be-a-privacy-footgun/ | Source: Dhole Moments    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:47:02

  • "YouTube on Tuesday announced it’s beginning to roll out age-estimation technology in the U.S. to identify teen users in order to provide a more age-appropriate experience." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/youtube-rolls-out-age-estimatation-tech-to-identify-u-s-teens-and-apply-additional-protections/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:47:19

  • "Tea and the App Store" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/07/31/tea-and-the-app-store/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:47:34

  • "Tea, unsurprisingly, has almost nothing on their website about the security violations their users have suffered, nor any mention in their App Store listing." ☛ https://daringfireball.net/2025/07/tea_number_3_app_store | Source: John Gruber    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:47:50

  • " When it was being debated in parliament, ORG argued that proposals in the Online Safety Act (OSA) to prevent young people seeing adult content were unworkable and harmful to privacy and freedom of expression. Here’s what we are seeing as the law comes into effect." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-great-british-firewall-age-verification-has-failed/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:48:17

  • "A full list of the organizations and companies signed onto the plan, called Early Adopters, can be found on the CMS website." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/31/trump-administration-announces-medical-records-access-plan-privacy-issues-loom/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:48:33

  • "The new contract, the largest ever awarded to the software and data analysis company, cements Palantir’s role as a major processor of data for the military." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/31/palantir-army-contract-10bn/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:48:48

  • "These rules will protect us from fraudsters, stalkers, and scams and put individual Americans back in control of their own personal information. Furthermore, they will encourage privacy-protective innovation that can improve and expand our online world." ☛ https://epic.org/documents/u-s-senate-judiciary-committee-protecting-the-virtual-you-safeguarding-americans-online-data/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:49:24

  • "The perpetrator, Taleb A., is said to have hand written letters that personally addressed victims by name and mailed these to their homes." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/german-christmas-market-attacker-shocks-victims-with-letters/a-73475581 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:49:37

  • "Almost 7 years after the GDPR came into force, noyb remains to be one of the leading European forces pushing for the fundamental right to data protection for all users." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/annual-report-2024-out-now | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:49:53

  • "A major shift has rippled through the United Kingdom’s digital landscape with the full implementation of the Online Safety Act. This legislation marks a new era for age verification across a broad spectrum of major websites—not just those with explicit content." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/30/uk-online-safety-act-spotify-compliance/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:50:04

  • "services like Proton Mail" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/proton-launches-free-open-source-authenticator-app/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:50:32

  • Windows TCO: "We now know this was not a system glitch or technical error" ☛ https://statescoop.com/st-paul-mn-cyberattack-walz-national-guard/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:51:35

  • Windows TCO: "because the magnitude and complexity of the attack" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/30/minnesota_gov_calls_in_national/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:51:54

  • Windows TCO: "Private equity-backed NRS Healthcare works with around 40 councils across England and Northern Ireland" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/nhs_disability_equipment_provider_nears/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:52:09

  • Windows TCO: "I am afraid of what's next" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/ransomware_physical_harm_threats/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:52:27

  • Windows TCO: "we still see a stream of reports about people who have actually gone out and bought their first bitcoins" ☛ https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-despicable-no-good-blackmail.html | Source: BSDly    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:52:50

  • "As far as I can tell, the only reason for “AI” in search is to keep people on a Google domain, rather than send them to where the search engine actually found the information that its AI regurgitates." ☛ https://brucelawson.co.uk/2025/gen-ai-in-the-uk/ | Source: Bruce Lawson    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:53:27

  • "Worse yet, Wingate eventually replaced the errors-riddled order with a corrected version — which still cites a 1974 that doesn't appear to exist, according to Mississippi Today" ☛ https://futurism.com/judge-accused-ai-ruling | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:54:12

  • "By video's end, one starts to suspect that Zuckerberg may well have used one of his LLMs to actually write the script and its accompanying letter, which are full of pablum and platitudes but light on anything resembling substance." ☛ https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-personal-superintelligence-video | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:57:08

  • "In the comments, people note that this class of error has been known for a while and there are equivalents or counterparts in other languages: [...]" ☛ https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/07/22/the-sound-of-silence/ |    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:57:23

  • "California requires companies to obtain three permits to operate a commercial robotaxi service. So far, the state has granted Tesla just one of the permits, allowing it to run a ridehailing service with a human in the driver’s seat." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/716867/tesla-robotaxi-san-francisco-launch | Source: The Verge https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:57:59

  • "Whatever media format is newest is slop. In thirty years time, the twentysomethings of today may mourn generative AI." ☛ https://www.8ball.report/p/sloptimism | Source: Sean Monahan    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:58:23

  • "This is my personal mental model (not, to be clear, a company policy at my employer). A few people have said it’s helped them make decisions about AI in their own teams, workplaces, and lives, so I thought I’d share." ☛ https://werd.io/evaluating-ai/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 12:59:07

  • "It is clear that no lessons have been learnt since the Aug '23 NATS system outage and passengers continue to suffer as a result of Martin Rolfe’s incompetence" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-airports-disrupted-by-radar-fault-air-traffic-control-system-2025-07-30/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:01:29

  • "Cook says Apple has already spent around $800 million during the June quarter, which is less than the $900 million that the company predicted in May." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/717108/apple-trump-tariffs-1-billion-cost | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:01:46

  • "you may not need an iPhone 10 years from now." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/717103/apple-shipped-its-3-billionth-iphone | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:01:58

  • "Federal analysts are still sizing up what the Chinese hackers known as Volt Typhoon, who penetrated U.S. critical infrastructure to maintain access within those networks" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/feds-still-trying-to-crack-volt-typhoon-hackers-intentions-goals/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:02:15

  • "packaged, sold, and consumed in American media." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/07/30/luigi-the-musical-is-coming-soon-to-new-york-los-angeles-and-more.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:05:01

  • "Members of both parties on the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee chastised a U.S. Department of Agriculture official Wednesday for not consulting Congress before proposing to shift thousands of jobs out of the Washington, D.C., area." ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/07/30/repub/half-baked-usda-relocation-irritates-members-of-both-parties-on-us-senate-ag-panel/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:06:55

  • "The funny thing about this is that unlike the brick phone, another answer to the puzzle of how to keep children off social media, the families of Portland discovered that the very thing that limits the landline – the fact it’s attached to the wall – turned out to be one of its big attractions." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/31/worried-child-screentime-landline-parents-maine-drastic-step | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:07:23

  • "We weren’t the only community whose services got cut" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2025/0731/seattle-braille-library-funding-cuts | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:08:13

  • "We recently released a very cool particulate matter sensor - The SparkFun Air Quality PM1/PM2.5/PM10 Sensor" ☛ https://news.sparkfun.com/13704 | Source: SparkFun Electronics    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:09:18

  • "I think it’s new" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/cheating-on-quantum-computing-benchmarks.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:09:31

  • [Old] "This paper presents implementations that match and, where possible, exceed current quantum factorisation records using a VIC-20 8-bit home computer from 1981, an abacus" ☛ https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf | Source: Cryptology ePrints Archive    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:09:43

  • "At one time, many churches across northern Europe were constructed using load-bearing wooden posts termed staves, hence are known as stave churches." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2025/07/31/paintings-of-stave-churches/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:14:55

  • "It is very important to me to digitize old family photos and soon enough I would begin to scan in what turned out to be about 800 photos." ☛ https://www.engineersneedart.com/blog/camera/camera.html | Source: John Calhoun    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:15:17

  • "They internalize whatever the true end goal is and take ownership beyond their immediate assigned slice." ☛ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/07/31/The-Agency-Gap/ | Source: Ben Congdon    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:18:53

  • "This is probably the most obvious thing, but have you ever thought about how great it is that links just let you write whatever you want without actually having to provide that much context about something, just add a link and you’re good, no need to infodump extra paragraphs just in case!" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/links-make-the-web-great/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 13:19:24

  • Pluralistic: You can't fight enshittification (31 Jul 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/31/unsatisfying-answers/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:09:50

  • When the interwebs went down ☞ https://rubenerd.com/when-the-interwebs-went-down/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:10:11

  • Mind-Blowing Discovery: Peacocks Have Lasers In Their Tails ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mind-blowing-discovery-peacocks-have-lasers-in-their-tails    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:11:19

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man administration announces medical records access plan, but privacy issues loom ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/07/31/trump-administration-announces-medical-records-access-plan-privacy-issues-loom/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:14:07

  • The Great British Firewall: Age Verification has Failed ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-great-british-firewall-age-verification-has-failed/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:14:21

  • Proton Launches Free, Open Source Authenticator App ☞ https://linuxiac.com/proton-launches-free-open-source-authenticator-app/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:14:49

  • Cheating on Quantum Computing Benchmarks ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/cheating-on-quantum-computing-benchmarks.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:15:49

  • Nyarch 25.04.2 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nyarch    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:16:11

  • Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite Released with MediaTek MT7987A and Wi-Fi 7 Support ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-bpi-r4-lite-released-with-mediatek-mt7987a-and-wi-fi-7-support/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:17:06

  • Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 3 is Available to Download ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/ubuntu-25-10-snapshot-3-now-available-to-download    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:17:43

  • Scratch-Built KaOS and Its Latest KDE-Driven Evolution ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/07/scratch-built-kaos-and-its-latest-kde-driven-evolution/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:19:06

  • FSF Blogs: Missing Skype? Choose freedom and switch to GNU Jami ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/skype-shutdown-try-jami    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:19:52

  • www-zh-cn @ Savannah: Welcome our new member - Tim Yang ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10798    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:20:38

  • Shotcut 25.07 Released with Outline video filter, GGML Downloader ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/shotcut-25-07-released-with-outline-video-filter-ggml-downloader/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:21:48

  • FFmpeg 8.0 Expected to Be Available in Next Weeks in August ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/07/ffmpeg-8-0-expected-august/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:22:18

  • The Third Snapshot of Ubuntu 25.10 is Available for Testing ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/the-third-snapshot-of-ubuntu-25-10-is-available-for-testing/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:23:24

  • Tumbleweed Monthly Update - July 2025 ☞ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/08/01/tw-monthly-update-july/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:25:25

  • Lithuanian authorities raid company linked to prime minister’s family – media ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2629082/lithuanian-authorities-raid-company-linked-to-prime-minister-s-family-media    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:26:22

  • Art Spiegelman, John Waters and Other Banned Artists on How Censorship Changed Them ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/t-magazine/artists-censorship-book-bans.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:26:49

  • Iustin Pop: Our Grand Japan 2025 vacation is over 😭 ☞ https://k1024.org/posts/2025/2025-08-01-the-grand-2025-vacation-is-over/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:27:26

  • "SPONSORED FEATURE" = SPAM!!! ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/07/29/amd-epyc-is-a-more-universal-hybrid-cloud-substrate-than-arm/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:28:22

  • "Explore how tailored computing lessons and teacher training are improving learning outcomes in Odisha schools." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/adapting-our-computing-curriculum-resources-for-odisha-the-journey-so-far/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:29:11

  • "General Manager, Firefox" ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/promoted/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 14:30:58

  • OpenShift shilling ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/Improving-performance-of-multiple-I/O-threads-for-red-hat-openshift-virtualization | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:45:20

  • How CIOs Measure and Report IT Value https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/how-cios-measure-and-report-it-value    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:46:50

  • Red Hat pays site for a puff piece or plant https://techstrong.tv/videos/open-source-summit-na-2025/navigating-the-future-of-ai-infrastructure-with-stephen-watt-open-source-summit-na-2025 then links to that plant https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-august-1-2025-red-hat    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:48:39

  • Forrester is not independent, it is paid by Red Hat; this is a form of corruption/bribery https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-named-leader-multicloud-container-platforms-independent-research-firm-2025 http://techrights.org/wiki/Forrester/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:50:38

  • "Waveshare has introduced the ESP32-P4-WIFI6, a multimedia development board built around the ESP32-P4 with an integrated ESP32-C6 module. The design supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5/BLE, offering a wide set of human–machine interaction interfaces and hardware expansion capabilities." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-p4-wifi6-development-board-with-wi-fi-6-and-bluetooth-5-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:52:35

  • "The Banana Pi team has launched the BPI-R4 Lite, a smart router board powered by the MediaTek MT7987A processor." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-bpi-r4-lite-released-with-mediatek-mt7987a-and-wi-fi-7-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:52:51

  • "I've been playing with Meshtastic a lot, since learning about it at Open Sauce last year." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/decoding-meshtastic-gnuradio-on-raspberry-pi | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:53:27

  • "For Go 1.26, I am working on introducing a mutation testing framework for assembly" ☛ https://words.filippo.io/assembly-mutation/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:54:20

  • "The {gapminder} package we are using is from the Gapminder foundation" ☛ https://www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/animated-map/ | Source: Jumping Rivers    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:54:53

  • "I'm way too discombobulated from getting next month's release of Logic for Programmers ready, so I'm pulling a idea from the slush pile." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/2000-words-about-arrays-and-tables/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:56:08

  • "A ternary or conditional operator is an operator which behaves like an if statement, with a condition and two possible values." ☛ https://blogs.embarcadero.com/coming-in-rad-studio-13-a-conditional-ternary-operator-for-the-delphi-language/ |    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:56:21

  • "According to the official GitHub advisory, CVE-2025-54418 is a command injection vulnerability in CodeIgniter4’s ImageMagick handler, part of its image processing component." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/codeigniter4-vulnerability-cve-2025-54418/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:57:17

  • "Between January and July, cybersecurity firm Sonatype said it blocked 234 malicious packages uploaded to the widely used npm and PyPI code repositories and linked to the campaign." ☛ https://therecord.media/north-korean-hackers-targeting-open-source-repositories | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:57:40

  • "Project Zero, Google’s squad of security researchers who find and study zero-day vulnerabilities, will now publicly share when it discovers a vulnerability within one week of reporting that defect to the vendor." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/project-zero-google-zero-day-vulnerability-disclosure/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:57:55

  • "The security math doesn’t add up: While organizations take 258 days on average to identify breaches, AI-accelerated attacks operate in seconds. This isn’t just a speed gap; it’s a fundamental strategic disadvantage." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/beyond-the-hype-4-ways-to-use-ai-for-cybersecurity-defenses/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 15:58:51

  • "What FISTS wants to accomplish." ☛ https://fistsna.org/ |    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:00:15

  • "Data Science for Girls" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/r-girls-open-event-2025/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:00:27

  • "This post is going to assume you are at least a beginner to intermediate in Elixir." ☛ https://fly.io/phoenix-files/crafting-your-own-static-site-generator-using-phoenix/ | Source: Fly    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:02:11

  • "This is not the type of ERROR we'd normally attempt to debug but it's simple and my goal is to demonstrate the process." ☛ https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/stack-traces-postgres-errors-backtracefunctions | Source: EnterpriseDB Corporation    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:02:39

  • "We have always had a custom command line option parser in curl." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07/31/option-parsing-in-curl/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:03:13

  • "One of the simplest ways to improve the performance of a busy website is to add caching." ☛ https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/caching-with-apache-mod-cache/ | Source: Vincent Lammens    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:03:32

  • "And I follow a lot of people writing them consistently" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/using-freshrss-user-queries/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:03:58

  • "I’ve been heavily using RSS for over a decade, and it’s a travesty more people aren’t familiar with it." ☛ https://www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-rss/ | Source: Molly White    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:04:13

  • "Last week someone posted on Mastodon that their hyperscaler of choice didn’t deserve the ire directed at them for selling customer data" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/homelabs-and-hyperscalers/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:06:18

  • "If you are looking for a virtual qwerty keyboard for your Android, use Unexpected Keyboard." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/android-unexpected-keyboard-review | Source: Chris    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:06:50

  • "Most encoders used for positioning of motors, like the onboard on-axis magnetic encoder included with all moteus controllers" ☛ https://blog.mjbots.com/2025/07/31/improved-hall-performance/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:08:06

  • "Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are a critical but often overlooked component of the semiconductor industry." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/the-journey-of-reprogrammable-semiconductors-through-their-supply-chain/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:08:23

  • "Although it’s often considered to be a quaint, old-fashioned instrument in large parts of Europe and North America, the accordion is more popular than you may think." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/embedded-midi-synthesiser-on-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:08:30

  • "My answer to the question was that microcontrollers cannot replace a computer" ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/benchmarking-micropython | Source: Miguel Grinberg    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:09:26

  • "The WiFI 802.11 standards are a gnarly lot" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250731111632 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:09:59

  • "The KDE project is building its own immutable Linux distribution called KDE Linux, and testing builds are available for download." ☛ https://www.omglinux.com/kde-linux-immutable-os/ | Source: OMG! Linux    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:11:00

  • "The Testing Edition provides built-from-git-master versions of Plasma, KWin, and KDE apps." ☛ https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux |    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:11:14

  • "Suppose that you have a shiny new IAM system, and you take the 'access management' part of it seriously." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/AccessManagementRulesProblem | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:11:40

  • Erdoğan 'postpones' mine workers' strike, bringing his tally to 22 ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/erdogan-postpones-mine-workers-strike-bringing-his-tally-to-22-310012    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:12:12

  • RIR Governance Document consultation summary report and next steps ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/07/31/rir-governance-document-consultation-summary-report-and-next-steps/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:13:03

  • Court extends detention of journalist Ercüment Akdeniz in 'terrorism' case ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/court-extends-detention-of-journalist-ercument-akdeniz-in-terrorism-case-310019    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:13:38

  • Raspberry Pi RP2350 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/31/raspberry-pi-rp2350-a4-stepping-addresses-e9-current-leakage-bug/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:13:59

  • Hijacking multi-agent systems in your PajaMAS ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/07/31/hijacking-multi-agent-systems-in-your-pajamas/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:14:26

  • One Hertz Challenge ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/31/2025-one-hertz-challenge-4-function-frequency-counter/ | Source: Hackaday https://hackaday.com/2025/07/31/2025-one-hertz-challenge-op-amp-madness/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:15:31

  • "Find it out, write it down" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/01/find-it-out-write-it-down-get-it-out-there | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:16:18

  • "Online Safety" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/31/when-online-safety-means-surrendering-your-id-what-can-you-do/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:16:39

  • Simon Josefsson: Independently Reproducible Git Bundles ☞ https://blog.josefsson.org/2025/07/31/independently-reproducible-git-bundles/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:17:20

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

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:18:58

  • Google: From Pointing to Relevant Sites to Pointing to Social Control Media to Actually Parroting Social Control Media as "Facts" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Google_From_Pointing_to_Relevant_Sites_to_Pointing_to_Social_Co.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:19:09

  • Yes, You Can Love and Adore Things Whilst Also Criticising Them ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Yes_You_Can_Love_and_Adore_Things_Whilst_Also_Criticising_Them.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:19:21

  • theregister.com: The Voice of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft US? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/theregister_com_The_Voice_of_Microsoft_US.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:19:32

  • A Lot of Supposedly "Successful" Businesses Are Just Debt-Racking Vessels Without Any Prospects of Financial Sustainability ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/A_Lot_of_Supposedly_Successful_Businesses_Are_Just_Debt_Racking.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:19:45

  • Being Obedient or Doing the Right Thing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Being_Obedient_or_Doing_the_Right_Thing.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:20:07

  • Guido Günther: Free Software Activities July 2025 ☞ https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_July_2025.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:21:15

  • Junichi Uekawa: What a surprise it's August already. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2025-Aug-1.html.en#2025-Aug-1-16:19:37    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:22:10

  • The Data You Don't Give Away is Your Advantage ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/The_Data_You_Don_t_Give_Away_is_Your_Advantage.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:22:35

  • Financial Engineering Companies: A Company Worth 4 Trillion Dollars Would Not Borrow 100+ Billion Dollars at Interest Rates Like Today's ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Financial_Engineering_Companies_A_Company_Worth_4_Trillion_Doll.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:22:47

  • History Will Be Distorted, Sometimes Intentionally, Under the Guise of Intelligence (Manipulated/Curated Slop) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/History_Will_Be_Distorted_Sometimes_Intentionally_Under_the_Gui.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:27:10

  • What "the News" Looks Like in 2025 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/What_the_News_Looks_Like_in_2025.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:27:20

  • Stability and Reliability, Backward Compatibility ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Stability_and_Reliability_Backward_Compatibility.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:27:31

  • For Second Day in a Row, Top Story in The Register MS is "Microsoft Says" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/For_Second_Day_in_a_Row_Top_Story_in_The_Register_MS_is_Microso.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:27:42

  • "This is amazing Stallman moment. He hears that a student wants to be an intellectual property lawyer." https://x.com/LakeDaniel11/status/1951189485862916151    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:35:21

  • Neuro PlayGround Lite – A multichannel wireless bio-signal capture board for HCI & BCI projects (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/31/neuro-playground-lite-a-multichannel-wireless-bio-signal-capture-board-for-hci-bci-projects/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:37:30

  • Scattered Spider Related Domain Names, (Thu, Jul 31st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32162    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:38:34

  • Watching the World in a Dark Room: The Early Modern Camera Obscura ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-early-modern-camera-obscura    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:39:08

  • Mexican photographer Rodrigo Moya, who famously photographed Che Guevara, dies at 91 ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/rodrigo-moya-dies-at-91/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:39:25

  • This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 610 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/07/30/this-week-in-rust-610/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:40:34

  • Seeed Studio XIAO nRF54L15 USB-C boards support Matter, Thread, Zigbee, and Amazon Sidewalk ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/31/seeed-studio-xiao-nrf54l15-usb-c-boards-support-matter-thread-zigbee-and-amazon-sidewalk/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:41:30

  • LLMs as Attack Method Against Free Software and Programming ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/LLMs_as_Attack_Method_Against_Free_Software_and_Programming.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:41:47

  • Alley Chaggar: Challenges ☞ https://alleych.github.io/gnome/challenges/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:42:25

  • Raspberry Pi CM5-powered SPR “Secure Programmable Router” offers dual Ethernet and Wi-Fi 6 3×3 MIMO ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/01/raspberry-pi-cm5-powered-spr-secure-programmable-router-offers-dual-ethernet-and-wi-fi-6-3x3-mimo/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:43:35

  • Open Source CISA Tool Helps Defenders With Hacker Containment, Eviction ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/open-source-cisa-tool-helps-defenders-with-hacker-containment-eviction/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:43:52

  • Stop Hardcoding Passwords ☞ https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/08/01/stop-hardcoding-passwords/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:44:15

  • CloudNativePG 1.26.1, 1.25.3 and 1.27.0-rc1 Released! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/cloudnativepg-1261-1253-and-1270-rc1-released-3109/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:45:11

  • $4,000 awarded for Key Patent Innovations entity, Malikie Innovations, video streaming patents prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/7/31/4000-awarded-for-key-patent-innovations-entity-malikie-innovations-video-streaming-patents-prior-art    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:45:35

  • Linux Kernel 6.16 Released with Minor Fixes ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Kernel-6.16-Released-with-Minor-Fixes    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:46:20

  • Slopwatch: Surveillance Giant Google News Has Lost the Plot ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Slopwatch_Google_News_Has_Lost_the_Plot.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:47:23

  • Moving on in Techrights, Geeks Gonna Geek ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Moving_on_in_Techrights_Geeks_Gonna_Geek.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:47:33

  • Microsoft is Googlebombing "Linux" While Paying Former News Sites to Publish SPAM ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Microsoft_is_Googlebombing_Linux_While_Paying_Former_News_Sites.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:47:45

  • Sabotaging GNU/Linux on Behalf of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft With UEFI 'Secure' Boot (De Facto Remote 'Kill Switch'), Then Defaming, Stalking and Harassing Critics of 'Secure' Boot for 12 Years, Then SLAPPing Their Spouses and Them (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Sabotaging_Linux_on_Behalf_of_Microsoft_With_UEFI_Secure_Boot_D.shtml    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:47:56

  • Linus Torvalds still uses an AMD RX 580 from 2017 — also ditches Fashion Company Apple Silicon for an defective chip maker Intel laptop ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/linus-torvalds-still-uses-an-amd-rx-580-from-2017-also-ditches-apple-silicon-for-an-intel-laptop    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:48:20

  • "Moscow Times founder" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/31/derk-sauer-pioneering-dutch-journalist-and-moscow-times-founder-dies-at-72 | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:49:14

  • "I’ll smash your face" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/31/russian-veteran-turned-city-council-chairman-caught-on-video-threatening-resident-i-ll-smash-your-face | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:49:35

  • "A ‘zoo’ of IT infrastructure" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/31/a-zoo-of-it-infrastructure | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:49:53

  • "The Biden administration filed lawsuits against the two states in December after Department of Justice investigations concluded that they had failed to fix violations despite years of warnings." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:51:53

  • "In Los Angeles, a terrified immigrant sits inside a truck as a masked man swings a baton, shattering his window." ☛ https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/ |    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:52:16

  • "Why France’s Railways Ran Five Minutes Behind" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/31/railway-time-why-frances-railways-ran-five-minutes-behind/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:53:17

  • "2-in-1 Panoramic Camera" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/07/31/double-the-sensors-double-the-fun-with-2-in-1-panoramic-camera/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 16:53:43

  • "social media dust-up with Trump" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/31/a-step-towards-war | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:09:58

  • "India tells state refiners to find alternatives to Russian oil" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/31/amid-u-s-tariff-threat-india-tells-state-refiners-to-find-alternatives-to-russian-oil-bloomberg | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:10:44

  • "Russian forces appear ready to launch a full assault" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/31/a-fortress-under-threat | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:13:54

  • "apartment building struck by Russian missile" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/01/kyiv-death-toll-hits-28-as-rescue-workers-recover-10-more-bodies-from-apartment-building-struck-by-russian-missile | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:14:07

  • "will travel to Russia soon" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/01/trump-says-u-s-special-envoy-steve-witkoff-will-travel-to-russia-soon | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:14:21

  • "makeshift body armor to the military" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/01/russian-defense-contractor-charged-with-embezzling-billions-of-rubles-by-supplying-makeshift-body-armor-to-the-military | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:14:42

  • "restoring anti-corruption agencies’ independence" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/31/ukrainian-parliament-passes-zelensky-s-bill-restoring-anti-corruption-agencies-independence | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:15:14

  • "gets Russian propagandists talking" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/07/31/suit-up | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:15:55

  • "No One Should Remain Alive in Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/31/russian-state-media-runs-op-ed-titled-no-one-should-remain-alive-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:16:18

  • "content deemed ‘extremist’ by Russian authorities" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/31/putin-signs-law-penalizing-online-searches-for-content-deemed-extremist-by-russian-authorities | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:16:34

  • "Putin’s top people" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/31/u-s-reports-secret-talks-with-putin-s-top-people-but-no-progress-toward-peace-in-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:16:54

  • No Sleep For Kaname Date: Review ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/no-sleep-for-kaname-date-review/index.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:17:36

  • "DIY MP3 Player Inspired By The IPod" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/diy-mp3-player-inspired-by-the-ipod/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:18:01

  • ‘Despicable’ terrorist who bragged about helping Osama bin Laden plan 9/11 could be free in days ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/us-news/osama-bin-ladens-terrorist-associate-who-bragged-about-masterminding-9-11-could-be-free-in-days/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:18:51

  • 20 hospitals in Thailand impacted by Thai-Cambodia border conflict; 9 closed ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/20-hospitals-in-thailand-impacted-by-thai-cambodia-border-conflict-9-closed    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:19:05

  • Chikungunya fever poses ‘medium to high risk’ of local transmission, warns Hong Kong health official ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/01/chikungunya-fever-poses-medium-to-high-risk-of-local-transmission-warns-hong-kong-health-official/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:19:45

  • Brother: Walmart attack suspect a danger for years, ‘fell through cracks every time’ ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/brother-walmart-attack-suspect-danger-years-fell-through-cracks-every-time/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:20:07

  • Breast milk deliveries from Michigan prison benefit babies with moms behind bars ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/breast-milk-deliveries-michigan-prison-benefit-babies-moms-behind-bars/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:20:52

  • How a low-key change to your hands can warn of advanced lung cancer ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/health/low-key-change-to-your-hands-can-warn-of-advanced-lung-cancer/    

posted Frid-ay, August 01, 2025 at 17:21:03

  • Interim head of Latvian Medical Association chosen ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/31.07.2025-interim-head-of-latvian-medical-association-chosen.a608763/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:21:27

  • 14 Best Free and Open Source Graphical YouTube Tools Bypassing the Web-Only Barrier ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/excellent-youtube-tools-bypassing-web-barrier/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:23:21

  • E.U. Did Not Retain Texts Sought by Journalists on Covid Vaccine Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/europe/eu-texts-covid-new-york-times.html    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:29:41

  • FOSS Force Mostly Open Tech News Quiz—August 1, 2025 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/08/foss-force-mostly-open-tech-news-quiz-august-1-2025/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:30:10

  • Thibault Martin: TIL that Micro habits can bring you down ☞ https://ergaster.org/til/micro-habits-bring-down/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:31:11

  • Programming Proverbs in 1975 and 2025 ☞ https://noelrappin.com/blog/2025/07/programming-proverbs-in-1975-and-2025/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:32:19

  • Adam Young: Find files to download from Apache default pages ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/07/find-files-to-download-from-apache-default-pages/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:39:25

  • Android Unexpected Keyboard Review ☞ https://entropicthoughts.com/android-unexpected-keyboard-review    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:39:58

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

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:41:00

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

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:41:13

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

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:41:27

  • How to Enable SSH on Debian 13 ☞ https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-enable-ssh-on-debian-13/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:41:46

  • How to Install ERPNext on Debian 13 ☞ https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/how-to-install-erpnext-on-debian-13/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:42:19

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

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:43:03

  • How To Install PHP OPcache on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-php-opcache-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:43:41

  • How To Install Sublime Text on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-sublime-text-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:44:03

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

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:57:07

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

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:57:48

  • LibreOffice Developer’s Hotmail Account Locked After LibreOffice Criticizes Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/libreoffice-developers-hotmail-account    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:58:08

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

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:58:33

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

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:58:49

  • Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032083/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:59:20

  • Those are not "confidential"; those are GAFAM with back doors and illusion of privacy ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/31/how-install-openshift-confidential-nodes-gcp    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 17:59:40

  • Took so long https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-services/its-everywhere-mozilla-ramps-up-access-with-vpn-now-available-on-all-linux-distros    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 18:41:39

  • The problem here is proprietary software, not "Linux" https://www.centraleyes.com/sap-vulnerability-linux-system-breach/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 18:44:01

  • Ushering in bad approaches https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/ubuntu_tpm_fde/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 18:44:55

  • "Deep dive into UNC2891’s multi‑stage bank intrusion: Raspberry Pi ATM implant, bind mount evasion, Dynamic DNS C2, and a CAKETAP move toward HSM manipulation." https://www.group-ib.com/blog/unc2891-bank-heist/    

posted Friday, August 01, 2025 at 18:45:27

  • How to use the Clevis PKCS #11 pin ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/31/how-use-clevis-pkcs-11-pin    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:03:49

  • Single-instance Oracle Database on OpenShift Virtualization ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/31/single-instance-oracle-database-openshift-virtualization    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:04:04

  • IBM Hyper Protect with OpenShift sandboxed containers ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/07/31/ibm-hyper-protect-openshift-sandboxed-containers    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:04:18

  • A Ukraine without Ukrainians: Putin is erasing Europe’s largest nation ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/a-ukraine-without-ukrainians-putin-is-erasing-europes-largest-nation/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:05:00

  • Senate legislation would direct federal agencies to fortify against quantum computing cyber threats ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/quantum-cybersecurity-migration-act-federal-encryption-legislation/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:05:50

  • Kyiv Attack Death Toll Hits 31 In Russian Attack Convicted Felon Calls 'Disgusting' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-disgusting-putin-russia-ukraine-kyiv-ceasefire/33491320.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:06:03
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