Roy Schestowitz

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Tells Russian Official to ‘Watch His Words,’ but He Bites Back Instead ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/europe/trump-medvedev-russia.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:07:38

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Sharpens Sanctions Threat on Russia, While Admitting It May Not Work ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/us/politics/trump-russia-putin-sanctions.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:07:49

• Russia 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 Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:08:12

• War in Ukraine : At least 31 killed in latest Russian strikes on Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250801-war-in-ukraine-at-least-31-killed-in-latest-russian-strikes-on-kyiv    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:09:14

• Kyiv observes day of mourning after massive Russian strikes, Convicted Felon slams ‘disgusting’ attack ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250801-kyiv-observes-day-of-mourning-after-massive-russian-strikes-trump-slams-disgusting-attack    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:09:34

• Russia's Roscosmos, NASA agree to extend ISS operations until 2028 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250731-russia-space-nasa-iss-us    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:09:49

• Lithuanian President hails Ukraine's new anti-corruption law ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2629383/lithuanian-president-hails-ukraine-s-new-anti-corruption-law    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:10:04

• Lithuania issues diplomatic protest over Russian attacks on Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2629366/lithuania-issues-diplomatic-protest-over-russian-attacks-on-ukraine    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:10:17

• Ukrainians Cheer As Zelenskyy Signs Law Ensuring Anti-Corruption Agency Independence ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-bill-anticorruption-law-zelenskyy-parliament-protests/33490791.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:10:30

• At Least 16 Dead, Dozens Injured In Russian Strikes On Kyiv Residential Area ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-deadly-attack-ukraine-kyiv/33490627.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:10:43

• Fleeing Domestic Violence, and the Russian Advance ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/europe/ukraine-russia-women-sumy.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:10:57

• After Backlash, Ukraine Votes to Restore Watchdogs’ Powers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-agencies-parliament.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:11:10

• Russian Missile and Drone Attack Pummels Kyiv, Killing at Least 7 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/europe/ukraine-russia-attack-kyiv.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:11:23

• Russian attack on Kyiv leaves at least 28 dead — including 2-year-old child ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/world-news/russian-attack-on-kyiv-leaves-at-least-28-dead-including-2-year-old-child/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:11:34

• War in Ukraine : Ukraine President Zelensky urges 'regime change' in Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250801-war-in-ukraine-ukraine-president-zelensky-urges-regime-change-in-russia    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:11:46

• War in Ukraine: Death toll in Kyiv rises to 31 after russian strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250801-war-in-ukraine-death-toll-in-kyiv-strikes-rises-to-31    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:11:56

• Russia-affiliated Secret Blizzard conducting ongoing espionage against embassies in Moscow ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/russia-secret-blizzard-espionage-embassies-moscow/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:12:19

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

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:12:53

• India holds its ground for now as Convicted Felon slaps 25% tariff and threatens penalty for trade with Russia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-holds-its-ground-for-now-as-trump-slaps-25-tariff-and-threatens-penalty-for-trade-with-russia    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:13:09

• How John Durham and Chuck Grassley Covered Up Getting Ass-Handed by Russia ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/01/how-john-durham-and-chuck-grassley-covered-up-getting-ass-handed-by-russia/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:13:26

• China, Russia Showcase Security Ties With New Pacific Drills ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/military-exercise-japan-taiwan-navy-china-russia-partnership/33491860.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:13:39

• US tariffs on India: A changing tide in their partnership? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250801-us-tariffs-on-india-a-changing-tide-in-their-partnership    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:13:53

• Aftershocks From 8.8-Magnitude Quake Rattle North Pacific ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/asia/aftershocks-russia-earthquake.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:14:09

• Russian drone strike destroys Lithuanian aid group Blue/Yellow’s warehouse in Kyiv ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2630261/russian-drone-strike-destroys-lithuanian-aid-group-blue-yellow-s-warehouse-in-kyiv    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:14:21

• How to build a 70-strong newsbrand with 20,000 subscribers in a warzone ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders/kyiv-independent-subscribers-2025-interview/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:14:47

• Tonybot educational humanoid robot is programmable with Arduino, Scratch, and Python ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/01/tonybot-educational-humanoid-robot-is-programmable-with-arduino-scratch-and-python/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:15:32

• Drone from Belarus discovered after four days of search in central Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2630183/drone-from-belarus-discovered-after-four-days-of-search-in-central-lithuania    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:15:44

• Jēkabpils group happy to perform in Belarus despite war and warnings ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/latvians-abroad/31.07.2025-jekabpils-group-happy-to-perform-in-belarus-despite-war-and-warnings.a608726/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:15:55

• Ty Dolla $ign, Create Music Group Settle Long-Running Copyright Lawsuit—But Kanye’s Still On the Hook ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/ty-dolla-sign-create-music-group-lawsuit/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:16:31

• Creator Orgs Rally in Support of Potentially Game-Changing Copyright Case Vetter v. Resnik ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/vetter-v-resnik-industry-support-comments/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:16:42

• Legislative Momentum Is Building to Rein in Hey Hi (AI) Misuse of Copyrighted Music, Says AIMP ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/ai-misuse-copyrighted-music/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:17:06

• What’s R vector, Victor? ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/whats-r-vector-victor/    

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

• TTAB Posts August 2025 Hearing Schedule ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/07/ttab-posts-august-2025-hearing-schedule.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:18:44

• LibreOffice Asia Conference 2025, Tokyo – Call for proposals is open ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/01/libreoffice-asia-conference-2025-tokyo-call-for-proposals-is-open/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:20:17

• What’s new in ODF 1.3 and 1.4 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/01/whats-new-in-odf-1-3-and-1-4/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:20:26

• Remi Collet: 📝 Valkey version 8.1 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/08/01/Valkey-version-8.1    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:20:42

• "For reasons, we had a package that needed to be sent via UPS (United Parcel Service) [1]. All I had to do was drop it off at the local UPS (United Parcel Service) store around the corner from Chez Boca." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/07/31.1    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:22:01

• "I have a machine with a 3 disk ZFS raidz pool and recently a disk in the pool had faults." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2025-08-01-resilvering-a-disk-after-faults-with-zfs.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:22:48

• TTOS 1.2.0 is out https://distrowatch.com/ttos    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:23:10

• South Korean restaurant owner puts pet dog inside fridge to prevent animal from overheating ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-restaurant-owner-puts-pet-dog-inside-fridge-to-prevent-animal-from-overheating    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:23:55

• "Why are all these enviornmental problems popping up all at once, you might ask? It’s because we started using a capitalist market system where environmental effects are unaccounted for in transactions. Anyone who loves capitalism should push for regulation. Or we’ll have to replace the entire thing with some odonian Bookchin thing." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/farewell-plastics    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:24:52

• 🔤SpellBinding: EHLOSWU Wordo: MASTS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-01.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:25:29

• Fake Modules gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-07-30-fake-modules    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:26:40

• "I haven't been writing nearly as much as I would like due to my own, well, not exactly fear, I'm not sure what the best word for this is, but because of LLM (Large Language Model)s being shoved down the collective throats of everybody. It's as if the rest of the world has decided to double down on crazy pills and if you aren't also taking crazy pills, you yourself are crazy and should be shunned from society." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/01.1    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:27:58

• "I haven't been writing nearly as much as I would like due to my own, well, not exactly fear, I'm not sure what the best word for this is, but because of LLM (Large Language Model)s being shoved down the collective throats of everybody." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/01.1    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:28:19

• "It's as if the rest of the world has decided to double down on crazy pills and if you aren't also taking crazy pills, you yourself are crazy and should be shunned from society."    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:28:27

• "Some people, when dumped, take the hint. They delete your number from their phone, cry into a pint of ice cream, and go on with their lives." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-08-01    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:29:42

• "if these institutions knew that it takes me literally all day and requires all my life blood to write two job applications, they would give me a job i swear..." gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-01.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:30:33

• mad girl supper gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/mad_girl_supper    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:31:14

• "Yes you heard that right, I was a total [REDACTED] and kept the only version of my software on a device prone to breaking. I suffered and I learned. My old static site generator was an incredibly efficient Makefile, consisting of less than 50 lines of code." gopher://tilde.club:70/0/~user18130814200115/posts/0001-the-return-of-the-blog.txt    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:32:42

• "I'm thinking of building a Neocities site to try something new. I've got some ideas – it will mostly be a blog, a few pages to log books, films etc. It will be a fun challenge anyway." gemini://tilde.club/~hammie/tiny-gemlog.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:33:55

• South Korea’s Yoon resists questioning by lying on the floor in underwear ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-yoon-resists-questioning-by-lying-in-underwear    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:41:08

• Are South Koreans lonely? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/are-south-koreans-lonely    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:41:25

• Malaysia unveils ambitious $185b five-year plan to reshape country amid global economic headwinds ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-unveils-ambitious-185b-five-year-plan-to-reshape-country-amid-global-economic-headwinds    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:42:06

• Malaysia says 19% US tariff outcome achieved without compromising its sovereign rights ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/trump-sets-19-tariff-for-malaysian-exports-ahead-of-deadline    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:42:20

• Thailand seeks neutral venue for border talks with Cambodia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-seeks-neutral-venue-for-border-talks-with-cambodia    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:42:35

• Thailand returns some Cambodian soldiers ahead of key border talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-returns-some-cambodian-soldiers-ahead-of-key-border-talks    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:42:49

• Japanese woman with child injured in subway station attack in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-woman-injured-in-subway-station-attack-in-china    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:43:04

• HK universities see success in drive to attract more top talent from abroad ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hk-universities-see-success-in-drive-to-attract-more-top-talent-from-abroad    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:43:33

• Stand-ups won’t sit down in China ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0731/Stand-ups-won-t-sit-down-in-China    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:43:55

• ‘All gone’: Beijing villagers left with nothing after deadly floods ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/all-gone-beijing-villagers-left-with-nothing-after-deadly-floods    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:44:11

• US CDC weighs travel notice for China as chikungunya cases rise ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-cdc-weighs-travel-notice-for-china-as-chikungunya-cases-rise    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:44:30

• US FBI opens office in New Zealand ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/us-fbi-opens-office-in-new-zealand    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:44:45

• At least 60 dead in north China following extreme rain, authorities say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/death-toll-rises-in-chinas-north-following-extreme-rain    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:45:07

• Chongqing residents seek shelter as heatwave hits China’s south-west ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chongqing-residents-seek-shelter-as-heatwave-hits-chinas-south-west    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:45:18

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1370.jpg    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:47:08

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1720.jpg    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:47:15

• Djibouti is the next arena for US-China competition in the Red Sea ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/djibouti-is-the-next-arena-for-us-china-competition-in-the-red-sea/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:57:09

• More Chinese companies expected to list in Hong Kong amid US-China tensions, finance chief says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/31/more-chinese-company-expected-to-list-in-hong-kong-amid-us-china-tensions-finance-chief-says/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:58:10

• Unsolicited free delivery of state-run China Daily copies to UK Parliament halted after review, says MP ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/01/unsolicited-free-delivery-of-state-run-china-daily-copies-to-uk-parliament-halted-after-review-says-mp/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:58:33

• Bookshelf: surviving China’s secret prisons ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bookshelf-surviving-chinas-secret-prisons/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:58:45

• 'World's Oldest Baby' Born From 30-Year-Old Frozen Embryo ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-oldest-baby-born-from-30-year-old-frozen-embryo    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:59:14

• List memory percentage per user ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/41712/list-memory-percentage-per-user    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 01:59:54

• TTAB Sustains Disney's Opposition to OSWALD THE RABBIT for Movie and Play Production Due to Lack of Bona Fide Intent ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/ttab-sustains-disneys-opposition-to.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:00:45

• 2025 journalism job cuts tracked: Fortune and Informa Techtarget both cut 10% of workforce ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/journalism-job-cuts-2025-tracked/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:01:21

• Freelance journalists given rare chance to ‘right wrongs’ of unfair payment practices ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/freelance-journalist-pay-government-consultation/    

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

• White House embraces rise of ‘newsfluencers’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/white-house-embraces-rise-of-newsfluencers/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:02:28

• Diddy Seeks Acquittal or New Trial on Prostitution Convictions: ‘Combs, At Most, Paid to Engage in Voyeurism As Part of a ‘Swingers’ Lifestyle’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/diddy-acquittal-push-july-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:07:09

• Common Viruses May Wake Dormant Breast Cancer Cells, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/common-viruses-may-wake-dormant-breast-cancer-cells-study-finds    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:08:55

• Massive Study Links 6 Sleep Traits to Risk of 172 Diseases ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-study-links-6-sleep-traits-to-risk-of-172-diseases    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:09:06

• Promising New Male Contraceptive Passes First Human Safety Trial ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/promising-new-male-contraceptive-passes-first-human-safety-trial    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:09:48

• Air Pollution Linked With Increased Risk of Brain Bleeds in US Study ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/air-pollution-linked-with-increased-risk-of-brain-bleeds-in-us-study    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:10:31

• Surprising Study Finds Potatoes Evolved From Tomato Ancestor ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprising-study-finds-potatoes-evolved-from-tomato-ancestor    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:10:58

• Leopard Seal Mating Songs Are Eerily Like Our Nursery Rhymes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/leopard-seal-mating-songs-are-eerily-like-our-nursery-rhymes    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:11:10

• İstanbul retail inflation reaches 42.48% in July ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/istanbul-retail-inflation-reaches-42-48-in-july-310055    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:11:28

• Lithuanian military intelligence chief accused of psychological abuse, workplace bullying ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2630287/lithuanian-military-intelligence-chief-accused-of-psychological-abuse-workplace-bullying    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:12:18

• The Real Squeeze Inside Convicted Felon’s Brazil Tariffs ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/31/the-real-squeeze-inside-trumps-brazil-tariffs/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:12:40

• Yemen government urged to end crackdown on journalists ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/yemen-government-urged-to-end-crackdown-on-journalists/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:13:11

• US federal court revives New York judge misconduct lawsuit ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/07/us-federal-court-revives-lawsuit-over-judicial-misconduct-investigation/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:13:33

• Flight attendants sue Boeing over MAX 9 panel blowout incident: report ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/us-news/alaska-airlines-flight-attendants-sue-boeing-for-mid-air-cabin-panel-blowout/ "negligence in manufacturing practices"    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:14:02

• Mozilla Localization (L10N): L10n Report: July Edition 2025 ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2025/07/31/l10n-report-july-edition-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:14:56

• YALA – Yet Another Linter Aggregator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yala-yet-another-linter-aggregator/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:15:46

• codename goose – Hey Hi (AI) agent ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/codename-goose-ai-agent/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:16:06

• Firefly AIBOX-3588S Embedded Fanless PC: Power Consumption ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/firefly-aibox-3588s-embedded-fanless-pc-power-consumption/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:16:25

• Bandit – find security issues in Python code ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bandit-find-security-issues-python-code/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:16:50

• libinput 1.29.0 https://lore.freedesktop.org/wayland-devel/20250731092534.GA4100432@quokka/T/#u    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:18:52

• Shebang 25.8 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/shebang    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:20:02

• TrueNAS 25.04.2 and Dr.Parted 25.08 also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/truenas https://distrowatch.com/drparted    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:20:25

• FOSS Weekly #25.31: Kernel 6.16, OpenMandriva Review, Conky Customization, System Monitoring and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-31/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:21:59

• Proton’s New 2FA Authenticator App Supports Ubuntu ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/proton-authenticator-2fa-app-linux-desktop    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:22:13

• Thomas Bechtold: Streamline Root Filesystem Modifications with chimg ☞ https://toabctl.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/streamline-root-filesystem-modifications-with-chimg/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:22:50

• TkmViewer – analyse TaskMonitor output ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tkmviewer-analyse-taskmonitor-output/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:24:11

• Wangle – networking library ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wangle-networking-library/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:24:20

• Pylama – code audit tool for Python ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pylama-code-audit-tool-python/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:24:53

• Best Free and Open Source Software: July 2025 Updates ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software-july-2025-updates/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:25:24

• 7 Ways to Fix Broken Packages in Ubuntu GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/7-ways-to-fix-broken-packages-in-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:25:57

• DragonFly DRM updated ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/07/31/dragonfly-drm-updated/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:30:45

• Kernel 6.16: Fine-tuning the details ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/kernel-6.16-fine-tuning-the-details.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:30:57

• Remi Collet: ⚙️ PHP version 8.3.24 and 8.4.11 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/08/01/PHP-version-8.3.24-and-8.4.11    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:33:45

• Quick Fix: Recover a Corrupted Btrfs Filesystem in Minutes ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2025/07/31/quick-fix-recover-a-corrupted-btrfs-filesystem-in-minutes/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:34:04

• DuckStation PS1 Emulator Dev May Drop GNU/Linux Support After AUR Frustrations ☞ https://linuxiac.com/duckstation-ps1-emulator-dev-may-drop-linux-support-after-aur-frustrations/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:37:19

• Arch AUR Under Fire Once More as Malware Resurfaces ☞ https://linuxiac.com/arch-aur-under-fire-once-more-as-malware-resurfaces/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:37:29

• Incus 6.15 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/incus-6-15-container-virtual-machine-manager-released/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:37:39

• RustDesk 1.4.1 Remote Desktop Adds Terminal and Stylus Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/rustdesk-1-4-1-remote-desktop-adds-terminal-and-stylus-support/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:38:42

• Follow Journalctl Logs in Realtime to Monitor System and Services ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/tail-journalctl-logs/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:39:00

• Chapter 7: Control Flow With Loops ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/awk/awk-loops/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:39:12

• How to Install SoundConverter on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-soundconverter-funos/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:39:46

• Automatic certificate provisioning with cert-manager and DNS challenge ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/01/automatic-certificate-provisioning-cert-manager-and-dns-challenge    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:40:02

• Arch GNU/Linux Installer Gets U2F Authentication and Bluetooth Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-installer-gets-u2f-authentication-and-bluetooth-support    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:41:27

• RecipeSage – recipe keeper, meal planner and shopping list organizer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/recipesage-recipe-keeper-meal-planner-shopping-list-organizer/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:42:02

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.20: Journalctl Logs, Semgrep, lsattr, chattr and More GNU/Linux Stuff ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-20/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:42:14

• Michael Ablassmeier: libvirt - incremental backups for raw devices ☞ https://abbbi.github.io//datafile/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:42:42

• R Girls Open Event 2025 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/r-girls-open-event-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:43:47

• Animated Maps with {ggplot2} and {gganimate} ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/animated-maps-with-ggplot2-and-gganimate/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:44:23

• June 2025 Top 40 New CRAN Packages ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/june-2025-top-40-new-cran-packages/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:44:33

• 5 steps to consistently patch RHEL and backdoored Windows systems ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/01/5-steps-consistently-patch-rhel-and-windows-systems    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:44:55

• How Bad Is It?: Convicted Felon’s War on Comedians ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-bad-is-it-trumps-war-on-comedians    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:45:20

• Late Night’s Last Laugh ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/critics-at-large/late-nights-last-laugh    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:45:38

• An Illusion and Cult Worship of Magnitude (Ubiquity as "Victory") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/An_Illusion_and_Cult_Worship_of_Magnitude_Ubiquity_as_Victory.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 02:46:15

• "Avram Piltch has served as US editor for The Register".... 7 out of 8 of his articles so far are Microsoft! https://www.theregister.com/Author/Avram-Piltch    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 03:40:32

• Cybercrooks attached Raspberry Pi to bank network and drained ATM cash https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/cybercrooks_bribed_lackeys_in_physical/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/Cash_Machines_ATMs_Make_Mistakes_and_They_re_Proprietary_Softwa.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 03:41:41

• Microsoft’s CFO Just Sent a Company Email That’s a Master Class in How Not to Talk About Bad News https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/microsofts-cfo-just-sent-a-company-email-thats-a-masterclass-in-how-not-to-talk-about-bad-news/91222083    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 03:47:05

• blowout earnings or blowout DEBT? https://www.businessinsider.com/microsofts-cfo-intensity-internal-earnings-memo http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Microsoft_s_Debt_Exploded_by_15_4_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_9.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 03:51:22

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 03:54:33

• Fagioli slowed down a lot. Hopefully realising that creating his own slopfarm rather than turning BetaNews into one won't work.    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 03:54:40

• Old: Complain About -- Don't Work Around -- Microsoft's Abusive UEFI Scheme https://techrights.org/o/2013/02/01/uefi-scheme-anger/index.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:12:58

• AnandTech URLs are already breaking, e.g. in https://lwn.net/Articles/987847/ - see http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/31/Links_31_08_2024_Kremlin_Targets_Galina_Timchenko_AnandTech_Say.shtml and http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/31/Cheaters_and_Spammers_Like_These_Do_Real_Damage_to_Real_Sites_L.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:13:48

• AnandTech dead links: https://www.itworld.com/article/2879484/anandtech-reviews-googles-nexus-9-tablet.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/3034243/android/is-googles-pixel-c-worth-buying.html https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3021818/intels-dropping-support-for-bios-making-your-old-software-useless-on-new-machines    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:15:03

• So the site is basically being dismantled now    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:15:19

• iophk: found a direct link, it is dead too https://www.anandtech.com/show/21258/german-court-bans-sales-of-select-intel-cpus-in-germany https://www.anandtech.com/show/21270/arm-announces-neoverse-v3-and-n3-cpu-cores    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:16:03

• No worries, LLM slop will make up for it ^_^    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:16:19

• UK to ‘never allow’ political extradition of Hongkongers after alarm over law changes ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/01/uk-to-never-allow-political-extradition-of-hongkongers-after-alarm-over-law-changes/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:17:49

• Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly threatening media outlets to publish ‘seditious’ report ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/01/hong-kong-man-arrested-for-allegedly-threatening-media-outlets-to-publish-seditious-report/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:29:59

• The Unconventional Innovator Scholarship ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/01/the-unconventional-innovator-scholarship/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:30:18

• Manhattan Has More Secure Buildings Than Most Cities. That Wasn’t Enough. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/business/manhattan-shooting-building-security.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:31:22

• Nvidia says no ‘backdoors’ in chips as China questions security ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nvidia-says-no-backdoors-in-chips-as-china-questions-security    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:31:47

• China summons chip giant Nvidia over alleged security risks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-summons-chip-giant-nvidia-over-alleged-security-risks    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:31:58

• China raises security concerns over Nvidia's H20 Chips — hardware may expose user data or hidden tracking functions ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/china-raises-security-concerns-over-nvidias-h20-chips-hardware-may-expose-user-data-or-hidden-tracking-functions    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:32:36

• DFIR tools and techniques for tracing user footprints through Shellbags ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/dfir-tools-and-techniques-for-tracing-user-footprints-through-shellbags/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 04:33:12

• Lithuanian MP owns drone company shares but rejects conflict of interest suspicions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2628405/lithuanian-mp-owns-drone-company-shares-but-rejects-conflict-of-interest-suspicions    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:24:41

• Macau ex-lawmaker arrested in city’s first nat. security law action ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/07/31/macau-ex-lawmaker-arrested-in-citys-first-nat-security-law-action/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:25:04

• Nvidia says no ‘backdoors’ in chips allowing remote access, as China questions security ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/01/nvidia-says-no-backdoors-in-chips-allowing-remote-access-as-china-questions-security/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/NVidia_is_a_Bubble.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:25:32

• Friends to all: No guarantee of light-touch security partnerships for Samoa ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/friends-to-all-no-guarantee-of-light-touch-security-partnerships-for-samoa/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:26:08

• Speaking, Volunteering, Parenting, and Exploring Nature — My Week at OSS Summit NA 2025 ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/07/31/speaking-volunteering-parenting-and-exploring-nature-my-week-at-oss-summit-na-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:26:26

• Chinese Researchers Suggest Lasers and Sabotage to Counter MElon’s Starlink Satellites ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-researchers-suggest-lasers-and-sabotage-to-counter-musks-starlink-satellites/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:27:16

• Army secretary directs West Point to rescind appointment of Biden-era cybersecurity director ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-news/2025/07/army-secretary-directs-west-point-to-rescind-appointment-of-biden-era-cybersecurity-director/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:27:43

• How Salt Typhoon breached the National Guard — and what it means for U.S. cybersecurity ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/how-salt-typhoon-breached-the-national-guard-and-what-it-means-for-u-s-cybersecurity/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:28:01

• Cannibal Modernity: Oswald de Andrade’s Manifesto Antropófago (1928) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/manifesto-antropofago    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:28:50

• Fort Dix to Hold Thousands as Convicted Felon Militarizes Detention System ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/fort-dix-to-hold-thousands-as-trump-militarizes-detention-system    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:29:44

• It’s National Whistleblower Day and OSC is recognizing some public servants ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/07/its-national-whistleblower-day-and-osc-is-recognizing-some-public-servants/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:31:37

• DOJ offers to pay whistleblowers for successful antitrust claims ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/07/doj-offers-to-pay-whistleblowers-for-successful-antitrust-claims/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:31:47

• Out of court settlement, de facto: Who’s suing Hey Hi (AI) and who’s signing: Gannett signs up with Perplexity ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:32:36

• AAEON PICO-MTU4-SEMI may be the world’s smallest defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra mini PC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/07/31/aaeon-pico-mtu4-semi-world-smallest-intel-core-ultra-meteor-lake-mini-pc/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:33:31

• microSD-express Pi Adapter is an ultra-small microSD Express adapter for the Raspberry Pi 5 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/01/microsd-express-pi-adapter-is-an-ultra-small-microsd-express-adapter-for-the-raspberry-pi-5/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:33:51

• Spying on People Through Airportr Luggage Delivery Service ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/spying-on-people-through-airportr-luggage-delivery-service.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:34:18

• ECB abuse against staff https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/international/la-bce-epinglee-parce-qu-elle-oblige-les-elus-du-personnel-a-consacrer-une-partie-de-leur-temps-a-leur-travail-tous-les-jours_AN-202507290228.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:34:56

• Repackaging the Same Flawed Ideas on Patent Quality ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2025/07/repackaging-the-same-flawed-ideas-on-patent-quality/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:57:19

• HP and Freshfields successfully defend printer cartridges in Munich ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/hp-and-freshfields-successfully-defend-printer-cartridges-in-munich/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:57:37

• Ideology, Expertise, and the Evolving Federal Circuit ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/ideology-expertise-evolving.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 05:57:59

• USPTO Closes AAPA Door: New Memo Practically Reverses Shockwave from Below ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/07/practically-reverses-shockwave.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:00:44

• Bittersweet win for inventor against Aldi at Regional Court Düsseldorf ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/bittersweet-win-for-inventor-against-aldi-at-regional-court-dusseldorf/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:02:11

• OP Corporate Bank posts first half of year Latvian results ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/31.07.2025-op-corporate-bank-posts-first-half-of-year-latvian-results.a608755/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:05:59

• Banks ponder changes to client language provision rules ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/01.08.2025-banks-ponder-changes-to-client-language-provision-rules.a608854/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:06:23

• BSD Now 622: Interview with Mark Phillips - Technical Marketing Manager at the FreeBSD Foundation ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/622    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:07:00

• 97: Tortuous Negotiations ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24249 "I’ve been in more than one IT organization where the various groups feel frustrated or full-out angry with one other."    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:07:28

• curl adds parallel host control ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/08/01/curl-adds-parallel-host-control/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:08:14

• IEPG at IETF 123 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/01/iepg-at-ietf-123/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:11:09

• Malaysia ramps up enforcement and surveillance in haze battle ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-environment-department-ramps-up-haze-battle    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:39:14

• Australia to force Surveillance Giant Google to conduct age checks in world-first rules for search engines ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-to-force-google-to-perform-age-checks-in-world-first-rules-for-search-engines    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:39:35

• Google 'Search' is Fast Becoming No Better Than Social Control Media Infested With Bots ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/30/Google_Search_is_Fast_Becoming_No_Better_Than_Social_Control_Me.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:41:34

• As Expected, Surveillance Giant Google in the UK Now Experiments With Slop Instead of Web Search (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/As_Expected_Google_in_the_UK_Now_Experiments_With_Slop_Instead_.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:41:45

• Google as a 'Bullshit Generator' Disguised as Intelligence (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Google_as_a_Bullshit_Generator_Disguised_as_Intelligence.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:41:56

• Major UK publishers have seen Surveillance Giant Google search visibility ‘drop by up to 80%’ since 2019 ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/major-uk-publishers-have-seen-google-search-visibility-drop-by-up-to-80-since-2019/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:42:25

• Google Loses Appeal of Order to Revamp App Store Policies ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/07/31/google-appeal-app-store-policies/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:42:58

• Rural crime prevention hindered by lack of surveillance infrastructure, says Mashatile ☞ https://www.protectionweb.co.za/civil-security/rural-crime-prevention-hindered-by-lack-of-surveillance-infrastructure-says-mashatile/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:43:33

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Announces Health Care Records System for Consumers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/politics/trump-health-records-system.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:53:03

• Age Verification Doesn’t Need to Be a Privacy Footgun ☞ https://soatok.blog/2025/07/31/age-verification-doesnt-need-to-be-a-privacy-footgun/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:54:50

• utterly stupid buzzwords nonsense from Mozilla https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/07/30/open-by-design-how-nations-can-compete-in-the-age-of-ai/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:55:39

• Paul Wise: FLOSS Activities July 2025 ☞ http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2025/08/01/floss-activities/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:58:38

• Dozens Killed in Protests Over Gas Prices in Angola ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/world/africa/angola-fuel-protests-killed.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:59:01

• Australia should balance innovation and sovereignty in supply chain security ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-should-balance-innovation-and-sovereignty-in-supply-chain-security/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 06:59:21

• World's Longest Lightning Strike Crossed 515 Miles From Texas to Kansas ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-longest-lightning-strike-crossed-515-miles-from-texas-to-kansas    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:00:32

• Massive Earthquake Could Strike Canada as Ancient Fault Line Wakes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-earthquake-could-strike-canada-as-ancient-fault-line-wakes    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:00:45

• #KeepItOn: Syrian government must restore internet access and respect rights in Suwayda ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/syrian-government-must-restore-internet-access-in-suwayda/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:01:41

• Senator calls for US to pressure UK over Attacks on Encryption ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/google-refuses-to-deny-uk-encryption-demands/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:02:28

• Ubuntu’s Desktop Icons Extension Adds New Keyboard Shortcuts ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/desktop-icons-gnome-extension-new-keyboard-shortcuts    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:03:33

• $1 Million Offered for WhatsApp Exploit at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/1-million-offered-for-whatsapp-exploit-at-pwn2own-ireland-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:10:22

• "viral Fentanylware (TikTok) comedians" https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexico-living/whats-on-in-puerto-vallarta-august-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:10:53

• "Just in case you were curious - no you will not be able to play Battlefield 6 on any Linux powered system including SteamOS." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/battlefield-6-will-be-a-unplayable-on-linux-systems-due-to-the-anti-cheat/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:17:17

• "Seems the main developer of the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation is not happy with Linux packaging, threatening to remove Linux support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/developer-of-playstation-1-emulator-duckstation-threatens-removing-linux-support-entirely-but-not-yet/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:17:46

• "A fresh month is here so time to take a look at what has been popular over the last month on Steam Deck, and time for you to tell us what you've been playing." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/heres-the-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-for-july-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:18:00

• "Valve released a new Steam Beta Client update for Desktop and SteamOS / Steam Deck, making customising your Steam games a bit easier." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-makes-steam-library-customisation-a-little-easier-in-the-latest-steam-beta/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:18:11

• "While we're nowhere near done with 2025 yet, Valve have revealed the first lot of sales event for 2026 so here's what you need to know." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-reveal-the-steam-sales-and-events-for-the-first-half-of-2026/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:22:25

• "The developer of the unofficial Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux project announced the first official release, which comes with a new UI." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-for-linux-hits-1-0-with-a-new-ui-making-it-easier-than-ever/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:22:39

• "PixiEditor is a free and open source fully-featured 2D graphics editor, now better than ever with the 2.0 release out that brings Linux support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/free-and-open-source-2d-graphics-editor-pixieditor-2-0-out-now-with-linux-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:27:05

• "Work continues to expand the cross-platform open source Nexus Mods app, which will eventually replace Vortex with v0.14.3 out now with new features." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-new-nexus-mods-app-adds-collections-creation-library-searching-and-more-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:41:35

• "Car Park Capital is an absolutely genius idea for a tycoon building sim, getting you to build up the greatest car parks ever." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/tycoon-strategy-game-car-park-capital-gets-a-new-trailer-and-publisher-announcement/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:43:52

• "The Steam trailer video player was old and not especially great, but now perhaps it might actually work a lot better with a big upgrade." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-finally-upgraded-the-steam-trailer-video-player-re-encoding-around-400000-videos/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:44:19

• "The ongoing saga of payment processors pushing game stores continues, with itch.io now reindexing free adult content but some issues remain." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/itch-io-to-reindex-free-adult-content-as-they-search-for-new-payment-processors/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:44:52

• "Update 23:36 BST - Valve provided a statement to GamingOnLinux in response: [...]" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/mastercard-release-a-statement-about-game-stores-payment-processors-and-adult-content/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:45:17

• "Major upgrades included hwinfo 25, systemd-rpm-macros 26 and Amarok 3.3.0. A couple GStreamer updates also landed in the rolling release along with curl 8.15.0, nvme-cli 2.15 and more." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/08/01/tw-monthly-update-july/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:47:38

• "Why We Need a Right Not to be Manipulated" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/07/30/0133228    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:48:04

• "Brave BLOCKS Big Brother Microsoft's Spy Tool..." https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/brave-blocks-big-brother-microsoft's-spy:1    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:48:18

• "Virginia Giuffre's family expresses shock over Trump saying Epstein 'stole' her" https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5488736    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:48:32

• Conde Nasty "misrepresents microsoft as an authority on security instead of the ultimate cause of holes and breaches" https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fsb-turla-secret-blizzard-apolloshadow-isp-cyberespionage/ as does The Register MS: https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/For_Second_Day_in_a_Row_Top_Story_in_The_Register_MS_is_Microso.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:49:22

• "India Cannot Remain Mute Spectator As Trump Destroys Institutions Like WTO: Congress" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/india-cannot-remain-mute-spectator-as-trump-destroys-institutions-like-wto-congress-1894932    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:49:54

• Weather station in Svalbard threatened by climate change | "Værstasjon på Svalbard truet av klimaendringene – Siste nytt – NRK" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/vaerstasjon-pa-svalbard-truet-av-klimaendringene-1.17512825    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:50:29

• Explosive growth in Danish Nvidia division | "Eksplosiv vækst i dansk Nvidia-afdeling | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/eksplosiv-vaekst-i-dansk-nvidia-afdeling http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/04/NVidia_is_a_Bubble.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:51:03

• "Camp Bryan: What to know about Ghislaine Maxwell's federal prison camp" https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/ghislaine-maxwell-camp-bryan-prison-texas    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:51:22

• "EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Federal Prison in Texas | The New York Sun" https://www.nysun.com/article/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epsteins-longtime-associate-is-moved-from-florida-to-a-prison-in-texas    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:51:36

• "Why are so many British [sic] babies being given the same name as a murderous Hamas terrorist?" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/01/why-are-so-many-babies-being-named-yahya/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:51:52

• "Child trafficker Maxwell scores cushy prison upgrade following mysterious interview with Trump official" https://boingboing.net/2025/08/01/child-trafficker-maxwell-scores-cushy-prison-upgrade-following-mysterious-interview-with-trump-official.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:52:06

• old: "Ann Arbor's Duo Security sold for $2B: What it teaches us" https://eu.freep.com/story/money/business/john-gallagher/2018/08/19/duo-security-cisco-ann-arbor/999379002/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:52:21

• "Epstein’s Top Lawyer Now Works for a MAGA Attorney" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/epsteins-lawyer-maga-attorney/683747/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:52:33

• "Don’t Vibe Check Me, Bro; Or How To Deal With Comments In An Era Filled With Post-Factual Nazis" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/01/dont-vibe-check-me-bro-or-how-to-deal-with-comments-in-an-era-filled-with-post-factual-nazis/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:52:52

• "Ghislaine Maxwell Transferred to Federal Prison Camp in Texas" https://www.tmz.com/2025/08/01/ghislaine-maxwell-transferred-new-prison-texas/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:53:06

• "Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell moved to Texas prison" https://www.dw.com/en/epstein-associate-ghislaine-maxwell-moved-to-texas-prison/a-73504250    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:53:21

• "Ghislaine Maxwell quietly moved from Florida prison to softer Texas ‘honor dorm’ after asking for Trump pardon" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-trump-pardon-epstein-b2800443.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:53:38

• "UK: Högljutt om Online Safety Act" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/08/01/uk-hogljutt-om-online-safety-act/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:53:55

• Lyon now says no to Microsoft | "Lyon siger nu nej til Microsoft | Ingeniøren" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://ing.dk/artikel/lyon-siger-nu-nej-til-microsoft    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:54:33

• Bill Gates-bribed publisher at it again https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/02/excelling-in-excel-inside-the-high-stakes-secretive-world-of-competitive-spreadsheeting iophk: distracts from LibreOffice / Calligra, and especially from open formats (did not click)    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 07:55:26

• "inflammatory" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/01/trump-orders-two-nuclear-submarines-to-appropriate-regions-after-russian-security-council-deputy-chairman-s-foolish-and-inflammatory-statements | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:06:12

• "It’s slow because he cares" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/02/it-s-slow-because-he-cares | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:08:14

• postpones only ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/08/01/senate-postpones-hearing-on-tsa-facial-recognition-and-id-verification/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:09:01

• cult ☛ https://fair.org/home/everything-makes-sense-if-you-get-that-most-of-the-maga-base-are-members-of-a-cult/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:09:49

• "Biomimicry" ☛ https://therevelator.org/biomimicry-needs-to-keep-evolving/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:10:28

• "Efforts to introduce pirate site blocking to the United States continue with the introduction of the "Block BEARD" bill in the Senate." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-senators-introduce-new-pirate-site-blocking-bill-block-beard/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:14:29

• "The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued an unprecedentedly broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/belgium-bans-internet-archives-open-library-in-sweeping-site-blocking-order/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:14:43

• "The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued a broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the Internet Archive's Open Library." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/belgium-targets-internet-archives-open-library-in-sweeping-site-blocking-order/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:14:56

• "The ruling clears the way for the Epic Games shop to operate within the Google Play Store despite the latter's requirement that apps use Google's payment system, which collects commissions on transactions." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/google-must-open-android-to-rival-app-stores-us-court-1894924 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:18:19

• "The real problem is you’ve depended on Google for your business. You’ve been obsessed with SEO and search ads for years, all built around a single search company" ☛ https://www.manton.org/2025/07/31/we-will-survive-google-zero.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:18:40

• "The three-judge panel in the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals affirmed the previous order forbidding Google from engaging in business practices including prohibiting developers from directing users away from its payment services, a tactic used to bolster the company's Play Store dominance." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/epic_google_verdict_affirmed/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:18:57

• [Old] "The researchers soon discovered that the compromise of the key was just the beginning of a much bigger supply-chain breakdown" ☛ https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/secure-boot-is-completely-compromised-on-200-models-from-5-big-device-makers/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:27:52

• [Old] "LogoFAIL is a constellation of two dozen newly discovered vulnerabilities that have lurked for years" ☛ https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/just-about-every-windows-and-linux-device-vulnerable-to-new-logofail-firmware-attack/ | Source: Ars Technica    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:28:20

• "The European Commission does not think that imposing a network fee on Big Tech companies is a viable solution to the debate over who should fund the rollout of 5G and broadband, a spokesman for the EU executive said on Thursday." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/network-fee-on-big-tech-not-a-viable-solution-to-boost-eu-digital-rollout-eu-says/articleshow/123023466.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:29:32

• "I ditched Verizon over two years ago for Mint Mobile. My only regret is not making the switch sooner." ☛ https://drmollytov.bearblog.dev/storytime-the-neediest-pleadiest-ex-i-ever-dumped/ | Source: Dr molly tov    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:29:44

• "Here, Wessler looks ahead to the legal battles on the horizon and shares his deepest concern" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/08/01/everybody-is-vulnerable-your-eroding-rights-at-the-border-under-trump.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:41:54

• "Authorities must do the right thing and release Muhoza without further delay." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/07/burundi-journalist-sandra-muhoza-still-behind-bars-2-months-after-appeal-ruling/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:42:52

• "On March 5, 2025, in a crowded Dhaka courtroom, journalist Farzana Rupa stood without a lawyer as a judge moved to register yet another murder case against her." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/08/a-year-after-new-bangladesh-leader-vows-reform-journalists-still-behind-bars/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:45:15

• "All the charges brought against me are false. There is no evidence, no records. The accusation of ‘membership in an organization’ is materially baseless. Everything I have done either falls under journalism or activities related to EMEP." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/journalist-ercument-akdeniz-not-released-after-160-days-in-detention-80570 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:45:41

• "A 67-year-old journalist who set herself on fire at the Zappeion Gardens in Athens on Wednesday has died from her injuries, it was announced on Friday." ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1276979/journalist-dies-after-self-immolation-at-athens-zappeion-gardens/ | Source: Greece    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:46:04

• "The closing statement of Mzia Amoghlobeli, the detained founder of the Georgian media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, has been postponed to 4 August. Amoghlobeli herself requested the postponement after Friday’s exhausting session that lasted more than nine hours in Batumi City Court." ☛ https://oc-media.org/she-represents-the-free-press-imprisoned-georgian-media-founders-final-statement-delayed/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:46:37

• "Akdeniz, the former editor-in-chief of the leftist newspaper Evrensel, has been held at Marmara (Silivri) Prison on the outskirts of İstanbul since Feb 22." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/court-extends-detention-of-journalist-ercument-akdeniz-in-terrorism-case-310019 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:47:19

• "The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it will wind down its operations after the Trump administration and Congress slashed its funding." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pbs-npr-trump-funding-cuts-corporation-b2800575.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:47:59

• "Iran Requires Praise Online To Regain SIM Access" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/farda-briefing-sim-card-suspended-criticism-iran/33491076.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:49:15

• "In Russia, Internet outages have become routine." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/01/even-when-the-internet-works-in-russia-something-on-it-doesn-t-here-s-what-s-broken-over-the-past-month | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:49:59

• "upbeat results from ad industry leaders" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/reddit-surges-as-ai-driven-ad-strategy-wins-praise-from-wall-street/articleshow/123046198.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:50:20

• "In a letter to the university community Thursday, Frenk wrote that the canceled grants are from NSF, NIH and other federal agencies" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-31/trump-freezes-nih-nsf-funding-ucla | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:50:41

• "immediately clarify the legal basis for this mass detention of its citizens and cease treating those" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/07/iran-arrests-98-citizen-journalists-for-contact-with-uk-based-outlet/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:53:30

• "Alexei Navalny’s memoir “Patriot” to its list of “extremist” materials" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/31/russia-declares-navalny-memoir-extremist-a90046 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:53:59

• "Yekaterina Mizulina, head of the Kremlin-aligned Safe Internet League and a prominent advocate of online censorship" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/31/putin-signs-law-criminalizing-searches-for-extremist-content-a90053 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:54:37

• "Warning: Automatic translations may not be 100% accurate." ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14652-Electronic-signatures-and-seals-qualified-trust-service-applications-implementing-act-_en | Source: European Commission    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:56:08

• "Q1. What is the supreme law of the land?" ☛ https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2025/06/28/american/ | Source: Kieran Healy    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:56:29

• "Apple’s failure to capitalise on AI is particularly important to investors, who are calling for a dramatic pivot in strategy. Many would like to see a management shakeup — or even a big acquisition, something Apple has historically shunned in favour of in-house development." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/stuck-neutral-apple-misses-the-ai-moment/267748/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:57:20

• "This week, I decode the meaning behind Mark Zuckerberg’s “personal superintelligence” manifesto" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/717880/zuckerbergs-personal-superintelligence-plan-ai-chatgpt-race | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:57:44

• "OpenAI lost access to the Claude API this week after Anthropic claimed the company was violating its terms of service." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-revokes-openais-access-to-claude/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:58:08

• "OpenAI has raised $8.3 billion in funding, pushing its valuation to around $300 billion, according to The New York Times. The funding round came earlier than expected and drew strong investor interest. It follows OpenAI’s earlier plans to raise large sums, including $30 billion from SoftBank by year-end." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-raises-8-3-billion-at-300-billion-valuation-months-ahead-of-schedule/articleshow/123054654.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:58:48

• "That Raspberry Pi was equipped with a 4G modem, granting attackers remote access to the bank's internal network." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/cybercrooks_bribed_lackeys_in_physical/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 08:59:33

• "When you really break it down, it’s like trying to sing while you're starving" ☛ https://futurism.com/scientists-alarmed-whales-silent | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:00:25

• "When a power line gets to a town, it goes into a substation. This is basically just another giant transformer that reduces the AC voltage to something more manageable, like 10,000 volts." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ac-or-dc-which-is-better/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:01:15

• "WEAs were originally established to identify offshore locations deemed most suitable for wind energy development." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/offshore/us-offshore-wind-long-dead-now-really-dead/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:01:31

• "The Trump administration has been busy stalling and rolling back regulations essential to dealing with the climate crisis." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-climate-change-china/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:01:55

• "When Tesla first unveiled the stainless steel Cybertruck, it was pitched as an indestructible futurist icon." ☛ https://futurism.com/cybertruck-aging-poorly | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:02:15

• "Electric vehicles accounted for nearly a third of all new registrations during the first seven months of this year." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20175452 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:02:37

• "Why it matters: The massive infusion underscores how Trump and the [cryptocurrency] industry have been cozying up to one another." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/08/01/trump-crypto-donors-maga-super-pac | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:02:56

• "Not only do we need to find a way to live without fossil fuels. We also need to figure out life without plastics." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/farewell-plastics | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:03:31

• "Despite strong objections from the opposition, the bill was approved and immediately sparked protests by villagers and ecology activists" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/ecology/ecocide-through-mining-and-hydro-projects-in-kurdistan-80555 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:03:45

• "The Index report referred to a “frame-matching” technique that allowed precise positioning of various people present on the road" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/napalm-girl-photo-controversy-investigation-vietnam-war-1235395151/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:04:30

• "To deny that difference isn’t neutrality. It’s disorientation." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-fulcrum-of-the-gaslight | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:05:04

• "To deny that difference isn’t neutrality. It’s disorientation." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-fulcrum-of-the-gaslight | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:05:20

• "This quest for drone warships began in earnest in 2010 under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/navy-darpa-drone-ships/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:05:43

• "The Finnish National Agency for Education has called for stricter rules than set out in the law" ☛ https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/finnish-students-to-return-to-mobile-free-classrooms | Source: The Straits Times    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:06:11

• "The question now for the U.S. Navy is how much it can learn from Ukraine about using USVs against an adversary such as China." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-ukraine-drone-boats/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:06:27

• "If the answers are vague — or the architecture opaque — you’re probably looking at cloud washing." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/cloud-washing-in-the-age-of-ai-when-sovereign-isnt/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:07:23

• "I estimate that the risk of unauthorized signing is very low." ☛ https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2025/rotating-my-pgp-key | Source: Ruud van Asseldonk    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:07:35

• "I’m half expecting the UK to ban VPNs at this point." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/08/01/should-you-leave-a-vpn-on-all-of-the-time/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:08:18

• "Beyond that, the company is potentially set to earn an order of magnitude more in federal funds." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/01/palantir-trump-defense-tech-ai-software/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:08:38

• "The U.S. Army on Thursday said it was consolidating dozens of contracts into a single enterprise deal with Palantir (PLTR.O)" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/business/us-army-pools-contracts-into-up-10-billion-palantir-deal-2025-07-31/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:09:00

• "The agreement provides purchasing flexibility and removes contract-related fees and procurement timelines, the Army said." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/palantir-lands-10-billion-army-software-and-data-contract.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:09:26

• "The UK's media watchdog said Thursday it has launched investigations into 34 pornography websites over their compliance with new age-check" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/uk-regulator-to-probe-34-porn-sites-over-age-checks/articleshow/123019463.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:09:57

• "Travelers residing outside of the European Union will soon be required to have their fingerprints and faces scanned in order to enter 29 European countries, officials said Wednesday." ☛ https://therecord.media/eu-preps-biometric-checks-travel | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:10:16

• "Dozens and perhaps hundreds of individuals who applied to visit inmates at Everglades Correctional Institution (ECI) in Miami-Dade County" ☛ https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/29/florida-prison-data-breach-exposes-visitors-contact-information-to-inmates/ |    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:10:51

• "The allegedly leaked contact details of visitors included names, email addresses, and phone numbers, leaving many concerned for their own welfare" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/florida_prison_email_blunder/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:11:13

• "Technology firms have apparently suggested placing tracking devices or a microchip under the skin of convicted criminals to monitor them in prison or when they come out" ☛ https://theconversation.com/technology-could-open-up-new-ways-to-track-prisoners-261625 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:11:33

• Windows TCO ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/average-cost-data-breach-in-south-africa/267820/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:12:54

• "But recent data from the Pew Research Center, and trends among the youngest American voters" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/421896/young-gen-z-trump-republican-voter-democrat-shift-right-disapprove | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:13:19

• "Unfortunately, the state of AI-generated code security in 2025 is worse than you think. What we found should be a wake-up call for developers, security leaders, and anyone relying on AI to move faster." ☛ https://www.veracode.com/blog/genai-code-security-report/ |    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:14:22

• "Vendors under the microscope in the study include Oracle, SAP, Workday, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and Salesforce." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/forrester_ai_enterprise_software/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:15:02

• "A security flaw affecting over 100,000 WordPress websites has been discovered in the AI Engine plugin, specifically impacting versions 2.9.3 and 2.9.4." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/ai-engine-plugin-vulnerability/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:15:26

• "newfound productivity to achieve more than was previously possible." ☛ https://futurism.com/basic-flaw-mark-zuckerberg-plan-superintelligent-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:15:47

• "But notice how the robots are handling only very light objects. They’re going super-slow. And this video was, again, really obviously cobbled together from the best clips they could get." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/01/figure-ais-botq-humanoid-robot-is-an-investor-demo-not-a-product/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:16:06

• "Sutton walks through how the fields of computer chess, computer go, speech recognition, and computer vision have all experienced the bitter lesson." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/08/01/does-the-bitter-lesson-have-limits.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:16:33

• "The paper speaks to the struggles of early-century AI. But one sentence truly stands out today." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/epstein-files-science-tech-funding/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:16:49

• "The outcome, including $200 milliion in punitive damages, is a stunning rebuke for Tesla, which for years has fought to absolve itself of responsibility when its driver-assistance technology is involved in a crash." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/01/tesla-found-partially-liable-fatal-2019-crash-involving-driver-assistance-technology-jury-orders-200-million-damages/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:17:11

• "The case stems from a crash in Key Largo on April 25, 2019, when Tesla Model S driver George McGee struck the pair's car after running through a stop sign and a stop light. In court, he claimed he was trying to retrieve a dropped mobile phone and thought the car would take care of things." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/01/florida_tesla_verdict/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:17:29

• "Grok 3 is now available on Microsoft Azure, creating a pathway for GSA to study the tool, Whitman said. He emphasized that the agency was thinking about Grok from a “measurement” perspective and not putting the tool into operation." ☛ https://fedscoop.com/government-coders-ai-models-grok-output-hate-speech/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:17:53

• "This is the story of my doorlock. It starts with me thinking about getting a new gadget, just to play with it, take it apart, understand how it works" ☛ https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/08/My-Doorlock/ | Source: Jan Wildeboer    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:19:10

• "All in all, I believe OnlyOffice 9 is a better product than its previous version. There's a bit more focus on ergonomics." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-9.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:19:55

• "He said 71% of federal agencies reported meeting the July 2024 deadline for managing their permanent records in an electronic format." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/08/nara-sees-encouraging-progress-toward-fully-electronic-records/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:20:10

• "Soon, the British, French, German, Spanish and Dutch, who were likewise harbored outside of Veracruz" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/07/31/in-1914-the-us-navy-went-dry-but-not-before-it-threw-a-party/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:22:26

• "This website pays tribute to the 50s and 60s Heathkit® era, when electronic kit building was a pasttime enjoyed by many electronics enthusiasts and long before computers and the Internet became household words." ☛ https://www.heathkit-museum.com/ |    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:23:18

• "Procrastinating then rushing to finish a task isn’t about time management. It’s about emotion regulation. When a task feels uncertain or unpleasant, your brain looks for an escape hatch." ☛ https://nesslabs.com/deadline-high | Source: Ness Labs    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:23:37

• "Now I am a staff engineer. I effortlessly solve problems that brand-new engineers struggle to understand." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/impressing-people/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:23:57

• "This is the 101st edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Emma Goto and her blog, emgoto.com" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-emma-goto | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:24:16

• "ecause I think Mastroianni missed out the seventh and most important thing that journal articles must do: they must tell a compelling story that communicates interesting information." ☛ https://svpow.com/2025/08/01/journal-articles-are-trying-to-do-six-things-at-once-no-wonder-theyre-unreadable/ | Source: Matt Wedel    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:24:55

• "First published in 1872, the magazine has covered a vast range of topics—from groundbreaking inventions and space exploration to the latest trends in health, engineering, and environmental science." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2025/07/popular-science-covers.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:25:08

• "The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at black holes secretly snacking on stars within dusty galaxies." ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/webb-telescope-jwst-black-hole-star | Source: Science News    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:25:37

• "But if you try to get started with knots, it’s… a lot. The Ashley Book of Knots documents 3857 of them. I downloaded the Knots 3D app, hoping it would give me some guidance." ☛ https://allenpike.com/2025/getting-tied-up-knots | Source: Allen Pike    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:26:08

• >[Old] "The smol web is an attempt to unchain ourselves from the tech giants. We are here to build a web where we have the tools to communicate and collaborate without needing so much infrastructure and resources." ☛ https://bower.sh/what-is-the-smol-web |    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:26:34

• "Anyway, I encourage you — yes, you! — dear reader, to join in the fun of Blaugust. There are many free blogging sites out there if you need one, but my personal recommendation is to try Micro.blog." ☛ https://heydingus.net/blog/2025/8/oh-shit-its-blaugust | Source: Jarrod Blundy    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:27:02

• "Blaugust is a month long blogging event where the goal is to write 31 blog posts! It’s similar to WeblogPoMo or Writing Month, and there are some weekly prompts you can follow if you need ideas." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/blaugust-2025/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:27:28

• "You live and you learn. You publish and you progress." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/08/01/the-bored-blogger/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:27:41

• "So, did I finally replace tmux? For me, the answer is a resounding yes!" ☛ https://bower.sh/you-might-not-need-tmux |    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:46:20

• Python ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/08/fucking-python/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:46:45

• "The key is to test how your code behaves when interacting with external resources, without using the real ones." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/07/how-to-test-r-code-that-uses-llms-apis-or-databases/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:47:46

• "The BEAM ecosystem continues to grow across languages like Erlang, Elixir and Gleam" ☛ https://www.erlang-solutions.com/blog/supporting-the-beam-community-with-free-ci-cd-security-audits/ |    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:48:16

• Open Data ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/caracas-on-the-potomac | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:49:48

• "And now, at last, Donald Trump has fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/08/trump-statistics-bureau-labor/683749/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:50:04

• "Trump’s move to fire McEntarfer represented another extraordinary assertion of presidential power." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/08/trump-seeks-to-fire-official-overseeing-jobs-data-after-weak-employment-report/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:50:12

• "Commissioner Erika McEntarfer has been leading the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) since January 2024." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/trump-fires-labor-data-chief-over-disappointing-jobs-report/a-73504303 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:50:21

• "Now, it is different. The website is, for the most part, statically generated by Hugo" ☛ https://hacdias.com/2025/08/01/search/ | Source: Henrique Dias    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:51:32

• "Provided a practically unlimited number of URLs, curl can be asked to get them in a parallel fashion. It then makes sure to keep N transfers alive for as long as there is N or more transfers left to complete, where X is a custom number but 50 by default." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/08/01/curl-adds-parallel-host-control/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:52:06

• "RSS offers readers and writers a path away from unreliable, manipulative, and hostile platforms and intermediaries." ☛ https://www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-rss/?ref=werd.io | Source: Molly White    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:52:20

• "There’s a burgeoning ecosystem of great independent writing, and without an adversarial advertising network or venture capital funding to support it, many of these writers need to make a living another way. Subscriptions work." ☛ https://werd.io/curate-your-own-newspaper-with-rss/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:52:37

• "We've been recommending GNU Jami along with other free communication tools for some time now. It, like many other actively developed free programs, has been steadily acquiring both new users and new features." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/skype-shutdown-try-jami | Source: FSF    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:54:20

• "According to a talk we had with a representative from GNU Jami's parent company, users have increased dramatically since Skype's shutdown. Considering how harmful network effects can be, this is a win for the free software movement." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/skype-shutdown-try-jami | Source: FSF    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 09:54:32

• "On paper, OnlyOffice (headquartered in Latvia with British ownership) also ticks many of these boxes, offering modern collaborative features and strong Microsoft Office compatibility." ☛ https://ossmalta.eu/open-source-in-europe-did-lyon-pick-the-right-path-lessons-for-maltas-digital-autonomy/ |    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:06:16

• "My garage was built for cars from another era: inside it’s about ~4.8 m long × 2.5 m wide" ☛ https://www.poeticoding.com/build-a-parking-sensor-with-esp32-board-leds-and-ultrasonic-distance-sensor/ |    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:06:42

• "This post shows how I used a git spare checkout to build vuxml files without having the whole ports tree present." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/08/01/using-a-sparse-git-checkout-to-build-vuxml-files/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:09:57

• "Although players race to publish manuscripts to win the game" ☛ https://www.the-scientist.com/publish-or-perish-the-board-game-of-academic-survival-73133 | Source: LabX Media Group    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:11:40

• "beautiful vernacular artform that perfectly capture the moment" ☛ https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-08-01-marquees/ | Source: Dan Sinker    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:11:51

• "Raspberry Pi Connect enables you to remotely access your Raspberry Pi devices via screen sharing" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/connect-for-organisations-audit-log-improvements/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:12:19

• How To Disable NetworkManager on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/disable-networkmanager-almalinux-10/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:13:32

• How To Install Rocket.Chat on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-rocket-chat-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:14:45

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

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:15:32

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

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:15:56

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

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:16:18

• Three more stable kernel updates ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032147/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:21:20

• Microsoft's Debt Exploded by 15.4 Billion Dollars in the Past 9 Months Alone (Despite All the Layoffs) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Microsoft_s_Debt_Exploded_by_15_4_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_9.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:40:24

• Meeting (Webchat) With Maria Arranz Gomez, Florian Grundies, Jürgen Janda and Konstantinos Kortsaris Confronts EPO Management About Breaking Promises and Crushing Workers ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Meeting_Webchat_With_Maria_Arranz_Gomez_Florian_Grundies_Jurgen.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:40:35

• Microsoft's Debt Exploded by 15.4 Billion Dollars in the Past 9 Months Alone (Despite All the Layoffs) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/Microsoft_s_Debt_Exploded_by_15_4_Billion_Dollars_in_the_Past_9.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:41:01

• Jonathan Dowland: Debian Chronicles ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/debian_chronicles/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:42:29

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

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:50:41

• Birger Schacht: Status update, July 2025 ☞ https://bisco.org/notes/status-update-july-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:50:50

• Federal Circuit Extends EcoFactor Framework to Patent Damages Apportionment in Jiaxing Decision ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/ecofactor-framework-apportionment.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:53:29

• Mozilla Addons Blog: Warning: Phishing campaign detected ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2025/08/01/warning-phishing-campaign-detected/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:53:55

• Mandamus Denied: Fintiv’s Trial Moves Forward ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/mandamus-fintivs-forward.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:55:07

• Brown University reaches settlement deal with Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/brown-university-reaches-settlement-deal-with-trump/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:55:58

• Press group urges accountability for death of photojournalist in Syria ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/press-group-urges-accountability-for-death-of-photojournalist-in-syria/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:56:59

• Cursor’s Hey Hi (AI) coding agent morphed ‘into local shell’ with one-line prompt attack ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cursor-ai-prompt-injection-attack-remote-code-privileges-aimlabs/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:57:35

• 🎉 Celebrating Five Years of OpenSSF: A Journey Through Open Source Security ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/08/01/%f0%9f%8e%89-celebrating-five-years-of-openssf-a-journey-through-open-source-security/ It was never about real security http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:58:42

• Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 303 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-303-released/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:59:09

• Iran authorities amputate fingers of three individuals convicted of theft ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/iran-authorities-amputate-fingers-of-three-individuals-convicted-of-theft/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 10:59:47

• Single-instance Oracle Database on OpenShift Virtualization ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/single-instance-oracle-database-openshift-virtualization    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:00:36

• Tomas Tomecek: Backporting upstream patches with Code Assistants ☞ https://blog.tomecek.net/post/backporting-with-coding-agents/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:01:27

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 31, 2025 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-31-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:04:00

• Sergio Cipriano: How I deployed this Website ☞ https://sergiocipriano.com/blog-setup.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:05:01

• HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/apple-vs-samsung-vs-google-which-phone-has-the-best-ai-atsIq6g0aqUj    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:05:25

• Kenya dispatch: advocate’s death after forced psychiatric admission reveals gaps in mental health law ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/kenya-dispatch-advocates-death-after-forced-psychiatric-admission-reveals-gaps-in-mental-health-law/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:06:46

• Providing Reproductive Health and Family Planning in Papua New Guinea ☞ https://overpopulation-project.com/providing-reproductive-health-and-family-planning-in-papua-new-guinea/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:09:27

• Here’s how VA envisioned cutting 83,000 employees before scrapping its plans ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2025/08/heres-how-va-envisioned-cutting-83000-employees-before-scrapping-its-plans/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:09:53

• Social engineering attacks surged this past year, Palo Alto Networks report finds ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/social-engineering-top-attack-vector-unit-42/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:10:16

• ‘Like me? Approach me directly, okay?’: Inside a matchmaking event for China’s wealthy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/like-me-approach-me-directly-okay-inside-a-matchmaking-event-for-chinas-wealthy    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:10:42

• U.S. bill targets Chinese repression of Uyghurs ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/08/01/uyghur-bill-china-sanctions/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:11:02

• Daniel Stenberg will talk at FrOSCon about the AI slop DoS attacks against cURL: https://froscon.org/en/news/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:11:33

• Mozilla Thunderbird: Monthly Release 141 Recap ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/monthly-release-141-recap/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:12:48

• NetworkManager 1.54 Adds Per-Device IPv4 Forwarding ☞ https://linuxiac.com/networkmanager-1-54-adds-per-device-ipv4-forwarding/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:14:40

• More malware uploaded to Arch GNU/Linux AUR (Linuxiac) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032193/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:14:49

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032174/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:15:10

• Geany version 2.1 compiled ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202508/geany-version-21-compiled.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:15:38

• Federal Judge Denies Ex-Register Shira Perlmutter’s Preliminary Injunction Motion — Appeal Already Underway ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/01/shira-perlmutter-preliminary-injunction-motion-denied/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:17:17

• Software Freedom Conservancy gives its first Distinguished Service Award in Software Freedom to Lance Albertson ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/aug/01/distinguished-award-in-lance-albertson/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:17:56

• SFC is just a copycat of SFLC and FSF; it also attacks both    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:18:42

• Illegal smokes raft spotted on Latvian-Belarusian border ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/01.08.2025-illegal-smokes-raft-spotted-on-latvian-belarusian-border.a608938/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:19:14

• "tears up his Russian passport" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/01/former-political-prisoner-kevin-lik-freed-in-prisoner-swap-one-year-ago-publicly-tears-up-his-russian-passport | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:19:32

• "compact harvest" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/01/the-kremlin-s-grain-spin | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:19:52

• "Here’s how you can reach them." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/01/be-a-lifeline | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:20:06

• Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/europe/derk-sauer-dead.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:20:20

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says He Ordered Nuclear Submarines Repositioned After Threats From Medvedev ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/us/politics/trump-nuclear-submarines-russia.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:20:36

• This Week in GNOME: #210 Periodic Updates ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/08/twig-210/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:21:19

• Court Confirms Prison Sentence For Bosnian Serb Leader Dodik, Who Rejects Case ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/court-confirms-prison-sentence-bosnian-serb-leader-dodik/33492110.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:22:10

• Russian citizen who jumped from Kaliningrad transit train found in Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2630298/russian-citizen-who-jumped-from-kaliningrad-transit-train-found-in-lithuania    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:22:25

• Dihydroxyacetone Man orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia after 'provocative' comments ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250801-trump-nuclear-submarines-moved-russia-provocative-comments    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:22:51

• The questionable experts with the Global Fact-Checking Network, Russia's verification organisation ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250801-questionable-experts-global-fact-checking-network-russia-verification-organisation    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:23:10

• Where does the Gulf stand on Russia’s recognition of the Taliban? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/where-does-the-gulf-stand-on-russias-recognition-of-the-taliban/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:23:36

• Parroting, not journalism https://www.securityweek.com/russian-cyberspies-target-foreign-embassies-in-moscow-via-aitm-attacks-microsoft/ like this: https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/01/For_Second_Day_in_a_Row_Top_Story_in_The_Register_MS_is_Microso.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:24:18

• "Russia says it controls Ukraine’s Chasiv Yar after 16 months of fighting." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/01/a-city-destroyed | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:24:54

• For this inspiring Ukrainian opera, the show must go on – underground ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0801/ukraine-national-opera-underground-russia    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:25:08

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Orders Nuclear Submarines Near Russia After Medvedev's Doomsday Threats ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-medvedev-russia-united-states-nuclear-submarines/33492225.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:25:19

• Jonathan Dowland: School of Computing Technical Reports ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/tech_reports/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:26:16

• Using a sparse git checkout to build vuxml files ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2025/08/01/using-a-sparse-git-checkout-to-build-vuxml-files/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:26:55

• "Ultimate Cyberdeck" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/hackaday-podcast-ep-331-clever-machine-tools-storing-data-in-birds-and-the-ultimate-cyberdeck/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:27:19

• John Brennan, Former C.I.A. Director, on Being Targeted by Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/the-former-cia-director-john-brennan-on-being-targeted-by-donald-trump    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:28:12

• Pluralistic: Mattie Lubchansky's 'Simplicity' (01 Aug 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/01/ecosexuality/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:28:45

• FOSS Force’s Top Ten for July ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/08/foss-forces-top-ten-for-july/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:28:54

• Boston-Based FSF Could Use a Few Volunteers on August 11 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/08/boston-based-fsf-could-use-a-few-volunteers-on-august-11/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:29:13

• Putin Blames Frustration Over Ukraine Talks on ‘Inflated Expectations’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/europe/trump-putin-ukraine-russia-talks.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:29:31

• Kyiv Death Toll Hits 31 In Russian Air 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 11:29:42

• Amid backdoored Windows 11 data loss fears, Ubuntu tests new feature that backdoored Windows users will want ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/amid-windows-11-data-loss-fears-ubuntu-tests-new-feature-that-windows-users-will-want/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:31:24

• Prospector – analyse Python code ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/prospector-analyse-python-code/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:32:26

• Constrict – compress videos to target sizes ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/constrict-compress-videos-target-sizes/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:32:35

• mpd-mpris – MPRIS protocol for MPD ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mpd-mpris-protocol/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:32:44

• Video: Multisystem 2 Update ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-multisystem2-update-20250801.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:33:34

• Expirion 6.0-250801 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/expirion    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:56:01

• BigLinux 2025-08-01 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:56:17

• BornHack ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/two-for-the-price-of-one-bornhack-2024-and-2025-badges/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:56:44

• "flip-disc clock" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/2025-one-hertz-challenge-the-flip-disc-clock/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 11:57:03

• Gen Z in the Crosshairs: Cybercriminals Shift Focus to Young, Digital-Savvy Workers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/gen-z-in-the-crosshairs-cybercriminals-shift-focus-to-young-digital-savvy-workers/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 13:51:39

• Justice Committee Chairperson Condemns Killing of Prosecutor ☞ https://www.protectionweb.co.za/civil-security/justice-committee-chairperson-condemns-killing-of-prosecutor/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 13:52:38

• Smartphone shipments dipped globally, but Africa’s still on the up, Tecno, Itel Eating it Up ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/smartphone-market-q2-2025-africa-transsion/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 13:53:15

• Digital Guitar Of The Future Has No Strings ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/digital-guitar-of-the-future-has-no-strings/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:25:53

• "Once upon a time, you could buy floppy drive cleaning disks at just about any stationary or computer store." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/you-can-make-your-own-floppy-drive-cleaning-disks/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:26:13

• "So why would you just blindly accept AI code review? You wouldn’t, and that’s [Bill Mill’s] point with his recent tool made to help him do better code reviews" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/01/ai-code-review-the-right-way/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:27:16

• 'Misokinesia' Phenomenon Could Affect 1 in 3 People, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/misokinesia-phenomenon-could-affect-1-in-3-people-study-reveals    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:28:56

• Just One Diet Soda a Day May Raise Your Type 2 Diabetes Risk by 38% ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/just-one-diet-soda-a-day-may-raise-your-type-2-diabetes-risk-by-38    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:29:08

• Reading Hits Differently to Listening For Your Brain, Science Says ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/reading-hits-differently-to-listening-for-your-brain-science-says    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:29:25

• This 17th-Century Aristocrat Had a Clever Secret For Keeping Her Teeth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-17th-century-aristocrat-had-a-clever-secret-for-keeping-her-teeth    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:29:45

• Stunning Tattoos Discovered on Siberian Mummy From 2,000 Years Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/stunning-tattoos-discovered-on-siberian-mummy-from-2000-years-ago    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:30:01

• Is Your IXP at Risk of Becoming a “Zombie”? ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/08/is-your-ixp-at-risk-of-becoming-a-zombie/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:30:36

• Three senior execs to retire from defective chip maker Intel Foundry, including respected semiconductor veteran Gary Patton ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/three-senior-execs-to-retire-from-intel-foundry-including-respected-semiconductor-veteran-gary-patton    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:31:06

• Attacker wounds Japanese national in China with rock, Tokyo embassy says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/01/attacker-wounds-japanese-national-in-china-with-rock-tokyo-embassy-says/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:32:46

• Microsoft ending backdoored Windows 11 SE support October 2026 — Chrome OS competitor also won't get version 25H2 update coming later this year ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-ending-windows-11-se-support-october-2026-chrome-os-competitor-also-wont-get-version-25h2-update-coming-later-this-year    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:34:03

• Microsoft as a US back door for espionage ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/china-accuses-us-of-exploiting-microsoft-zero-day-in-cyberattack/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:35:23

• The issue is defective Microsoft products, not a "leak" ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-microsoft-probes-toolshell-leak-port-cybersecurity-raspberry-pi-atm-hack/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:36:09

• "Crumbling Rural Schools" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-rural-schools-funding-legislation | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:54:47

• The issue is shoddy software with back doors, not "China" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack-china-cybersecurity | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:55:32

• Ubuntu’s Desktop Icons Extension Gains New Keyboard Shortcuts ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/desktop-icons-gnome-extension-new-keyboard-shortcuts    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:56:02

• 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 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/31/Sabotaging_Linux_on_Behalf_of_Microsoft_With_UEFI_Secure_Boot_D.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:56:13

• US Tariff Change Could Send SBC & Mini PC Prices Soaring ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/us-tariffs-sbc-mini-pc-increase-prices    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 14:57:13

• "25.7, nicknamed 'Visionary Viper', features reusable and thoroughly revamped frontend code, an SFTP backup plugin" https://distrowatch.com/12507    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:02:35

• "The system is now optimized for x86_64-v2 and v3, allowing better compiler optimizations, reduced latency, and smarter memory use. If your processor supports v3, I strongly recommend using the corresponding ISO - the speed boost is noticeable across daily tasks." https://liyalinux.freeflarum.com/d/26-liya-linux-v24-shravya    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:03:13

• "Stability is one of the things to expect, Debian 'Stable' is undoubtedly the most stable Linux distribution that exists." https://br-os.com/2025/07/22/br-os-12-11-e-lancado-com-base-debian-e-alcanca-outro-nivel-de-profissionalismo/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:03:49

• "QEMU reported a old style disk geometry that was max 8GB, so the installer would create a too-small volume. The installer now reads true disk size." https://www.dragonflybsd.org/release64/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:04:39

• "KDE developers have announced that you can now test KDE Linux, a completely new Linux distribution currently in a "pre-alpha" phase. It's big news for KDE enthusiasts like myself, as it's meant to be a pure KDE Plasma experience free from the meddling of third-party distro developers." https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-linux-testing-released/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:07:02

• "As per the Steam store page that's now live, it will have Kernel-Level anti-cheat, which in the updated official FAQ notes it's Javelin. So our curated anti-cheat page has been updated to now list it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/battlefield-6-will-be-a-unplayable-on-linux-systems-due-to-the-anti-cheat/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:07:33

• Linux Foundation Launches AGNTCY Project to Standardize Open Multi-Agent System Infrastructure and Break Down AI Agent Silos - ARC Advisory https://www.arcweb.com/blog/linux-foundation-launches-agntcy-project-standardize-open-multi-agent-system-infrastructure    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:08:18

• 3 Game-Changing Linux Apps to Try This Month (August 2025) https://www.howtogeek.com/game-changing-linux-apps-to-try-in-august-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:08:55

• "On the official GitHub a change was made by Connor "stenzek" McLaughlin to remove the PKGBUILD for Arch Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/developer-of-playstation-1-emulator-duckstation-threatens-removing-linux-support-entirely-but-not-yet/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:09:39

• Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT

     

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:10:08

• "It's also easier than ever to actually install it, and thanks to the UI it's simpler to make it actually work now too. However, the UI might seem a little familiar, because it was originally a separate project that has been merged into the main lsfg-vk project now. Nice and tidy." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-for-linux-hits-1-0-with-a-new-ui-making-it-easier-than-ever/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:11:53

• "The original creator mentioned their mission with it is to "give the world free and open source, offline, Universal 2D Image editor, that can do as much as expensive proprietary creative software such as Adobe's, if not more" and they believe version 2.0 "already outpaces Photoshop in certain areas"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/free-and-open-source-2d-graphics-editor-pixieditor-2-0-out-now-with-linux-support/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:12:22

• Wayland https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/08/its-easier-to-just-walk-away-developer-of-ps1-emulator-duckstation-threatens-to-end-linux-support    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:12:53

• "Ubiquiti Networks has introduced the Unifi OS Server, a new option that allows users to experience UniFi OS in full on their own Windows, macOS or Linux hardware. The company promises that there are no functional limitations when using the new server." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ubiquiti-s-new-Unifi-OS-Server-allows-users-to-run-UniFi-OS-on-their-own-Windows-macOS-or-Linux-hardware.1075057.0.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:13:56

• Kali Linux can now run in Apple containers on macOS systems https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kali-linux-can-now-run-in-apple-containers-on-macos-systems/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:14:44

• "Although most Linux distros can be secured, some stand out by delivering advanced privacy and security features out of the box. These distros employ a range of apps and services to ensure you and your data remain safe and private." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-distros-will-level-up-your-online-privacy-and-security/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:15:11

• So what? 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 Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:15:49

• "Batocera Linux may seem like just another retro gaming distribution, but it has a surprising amount of versatility. While it's built to boot into an emulation frontend and play your favorite classic titles, it can do much more than that. The real fun begins when you explore the features that aren’t immediately obvious." https://www.xda-developers.com/weird-incredible-things-can-do-batocera-linux/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:16:25

• "Archinstall 3.0.9 releaase rolling out with interface to change LUKS iteration time and various other changes." https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-installer-gets-u2f-authentication-and-bluetooth-support    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 15:16:48

• New 'Plague' PAM Backdoor Exposes Critical Linux Systems to Silent Credential Theft https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/new-plague-pam-backdoor-exposes.html    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 16:49:18

• 🖼️ xkcd: Canon #3123 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3123.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:14:36

• 🔤SpellBinding: ABCFLKH Wordo: NUDIE gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-02.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:15:30

• Notes After Recording gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/8-01.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:16:21

• "I have recently been experimenting with Racket. Overall the experience has been positive. It has a great standard library and a lot of third-party maintained libraries available via `raco`. It is easy to build stand-alone executable. Most things seem to just work." gemini://goyangi.au/gemlog/2025-08-01-transducers-in-typed-racket.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:17:11

• "here i'll share a little writeup on every song i get super obsessed with. some of them might end up as major influences in my own art, some will just be things that resonate and make me feel right. i hope youll check them out ♥️" gemini://mare4ever.net/now-playing.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:18:03

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-02.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:18:27

• my ISP wanted my opinion so I gave it to them gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-08-01-2    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:20:09

• "In Oregon, there is a program called Oregon Library Passport. In short, if you have a valid library card from your local library, you can go to just about any public library in Oregon and get a limited-validity card from there." gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2025-08-01-collect-oregon-library-cards    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:21:03

• "do you remember the days when you were a preteen indie rock head? when you would wear corduroy and do your hair in the spunky, unwashed look? when you wore powder blue shirts with hello kitty on them?" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2677    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:21:52

• Number of active capsules has leapt to 3106 today gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:23:07

• Arkane 2025.07.25 is out https://distrowatch.com/arkane    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:24:12

• MagOS 20250725 is out https://distrowatch.com/magos    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:26:02

• "This release is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems." https://slackel.sourceforge.io/forum/viewtopic.php?t=815    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:26:42

• iDeal 2025.07.27 https://distrowatch.com/ideal    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:27:01

• Calculate 20250727 is out https://www.calculate-linux.org/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:27:35

• Announcing the release of HeliumOS 10 https://www.heliumos.org/blog/post/heliumos-10-released/    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 17:28:30

• Windows fell to 17% in Iran https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/iran/#monthly-200902-202508    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 18:02:50

• "We need to layoff more people to make up for the extra expenditure." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1n9x8ma    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 18:13:27

• "Sunk megabucks into OpenAI, which will obviously pay off when they achieve singularity. It’s not like there was ever a large brain drain from OpenAI. Upon singularity, the rest of MS employees will be let go but that’ll be OK because shareholders profit." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1kaq2pn    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 18:14:24

• Chrome at 68% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/#monthly-200902-202508    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 18:16:50

• Vista 10 share is UP this month https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/#monthly-200902-202508    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 18:18:39

• Perplexity seems to be collapsing https://gs.statcounter.com/ai-chatbot-market-share#monthly-200902-202508    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 18:19:57

• Africa: Windows down to 53% on desktop https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/africa/#monthly-200902-202508    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 18:22:27

• 4% GNU/Linux in South America https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/south-america/#monthly-200902-202508    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 18:24:01

• Garuda 250729, Gnuinos 2025.07.29, spirit 16.1, and Volumio 3.832 are released. Not very major release, mere builds/ISOs.    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:27:45

• Ubuntu Cinnamon 25.04 Plucky Puffin Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/shorts/J4Dm3xUYY3I"    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:29:13

• World's Fastest Linux Distro? No. https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=aPGC4xFhrCg    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:29:50

• "Adding, yeah, Red Hat, yada, yada, still he wasn't the man to get the top job." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1kggwf6    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:38:52

• Stop Using top Like It’s the 90s — Here’s What’s Better https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=LoHXCKBUJz4    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:39:09

• 30 Year Old Linux Kernel Bug Hidden In Plain Sight https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=JemMvW0pvzU    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:39:24

• The Truth About Linux Desktop Market Share https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ORvMMJIXdUk    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:39:55

• "All the hate for Ginni. I get it. But I had a career when Ginni was here. A future. Now every day feels like my last. Who cares about the stock price when your future looks dismal? And too old to find another job - ageism is an American tradition." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1kggwf6    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:41:05

• "To be fair, the stock of MANY tech companies has been inflated – AND it still is even with the latest market corrections, we are here for a longer ride. It was going to happen eventually, but the fake bonanza would have lasted just a bit longer. The correction happened earlier as a result of other reasons, which forced the harsh reality to come out of the shadow."    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:42:13

• "Perspective people. On 1/1/2024 IBM stock closed at $159. Absolutely nothing in the following 18 months justified the runup to $296. Just a bunch of empty promises about AI and Quantum that will never happen. It's headed right back to that level."    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:43:09

• IBM moves scientists out of Almaden Research Center https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/ibm_almaden_research_center/?td=    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:45:05

• All-time low for Windows in South Africa https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/south-africa/#monthly-200902-202508    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:47:32

• GNU/Linux 7% in Turkey https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop//turkey/#monthly-200902-202508    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 19:48:39

• GNU/Linux approaching 4% in Poland, it just "needs some more polish" https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/poland/#monthly-200902-202508    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 20:09:43

• 'hostname' - print or set the hostname- Video Man Pages https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=XMPeAVx3Cls"    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 20:10:00

• Wayland Will Never Be Ready For Every Xorg User https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=yURfsJDOw1E    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 20:10:38

• JayzTwoCents FINALLY discovers Linux gaming... https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=3nXVSUO_XwE    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 20:11:13

• Windows usage collapsed in Venezuela https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/venezuela/#monthly-200902-202508    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 20:16:55

• "took a long bike ride & picked up two books--Simone Weil's 'Waiting for God' and Thich Nhat Hanh's 'Fragrant Palm Leaves'--along with a new journal & a lavender candle. purchasing these items, expending money, potentially not in line with the theme of the month, but i'm excited to write about each of these books with the candle burning nearby." gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-02.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 21:10:58

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

posted Saturday, August 02, 2025 at 21:11:36

• Indonesia: Windows down, GNU/Linux near all-time high https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/indonesia/#monthly-200902-202508    

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