Roy Schestowitz

• "I first discovered BitTorrent back in 2006, and I still use it today for downloading Linux distros and other large amounts of static data. Over the last two decades, I've become familiar with both the technical workings of BitTorrent and the culture surrounding it use, though I wouldn't consider myself an expert on it." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202508/20250805-bittorrent-and-archives.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 03:12:15

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-06.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 03:14:40

• "I still can't tell the difference between the fetcher [4] and the poller [5]. Even the pages describing the two are identical, except one says “Fetcher” and the other says “Poller.” That's just really weird. And what's with the plain “Feedly/1.0” bot?" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/05.1    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 03:15:38

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1374.jpg    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 03:16:13

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1724.jpg    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 03:16:19

• "In spite of the U.S. Constitution's separation of powers between Congress and several States, and the Tenth Amendment guarantee of state sovereignty, the federal government wields extraordinary power over the conduct and policies of state and local governments." gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2025-08-05-stop-tyrannical-imperial-presidency    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 03:18:04

• 36 articles/pages yesterday http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/08/06/Today_in_Techrights.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 03:25:45

• "I was in the music store messing around with a pedal I wanted to try before I bought it (a Tera Echo), just sitting there with a red single-cutaway Epiphone into the TE-2 into a Princeton. Cascading a bunch of chords and rhythmic harmonics through the shimmer and reverb of the pedal and amp." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/8-05.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 04:00:06

• RMS was in this movie https://www.mymovies.it/film/2017/thenewradical/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 04:53:48

• Publicly-traded company: you cannot talk about being laid off as that might impact our share price    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 05:11:34

• "Unionized Software Developers? Hahahaha! I can't wait for them to assert the "You can't work on my code, I can only work on my code. Union Rules)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1xj3pkj    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 05:11:41

• Anon: Good news. No 'smart'phones allowed during the school day in Turku schools https://yle.fi/a/7-10082093    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:29:41

• "Cult of PiN has a seriously cool style that merges pinball with roguelikes, and now you can try it out early." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/check-out-the-demo-for-cult-of-pin-a-pinball-roguelike/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:36:49

• "Sometimes I think I've seen it all, and then along comes a Portal dating sim with Aperture Dating Simulator." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/a-portal-dating-sim-yep-aperture-dating-simulator-is-set-to-release-on-august-28/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:37:01

• "Free Lives, developers of Broforce and Terra Nil, have confirmed their next game Stick It to the Stickman is set to arrive on August 18th. It will enter Early Access first, with a full release due in approximately 12 months." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/physics-based-brawler-stick-it-to-the-stickman-from-free-lives-arrives-august-18/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:37:14

• "The King is Watching from Hypnohead and tinyBuild is a unique micro-management roguelite kingdom builder that will suck you right in. Note: a key was provided to GamingOnLinux." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/keep-a-close-eye-on-your-kingdom-in-the-king-is-watching/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:37:32

• "Skyblivion is a remake of Oblivion in the Skyrim engine, something that has been exciting RPG fans for a while and it's finally coming soon." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/oblivion-remade-in-the-skyrim-engine-skyblivion-is-on-the-final-stretch-to-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:37:46

• "openSUSE Leap 16.0 has entered the Release Candidate phase, and for anyone gaming on Steam with openSUSE Leap you'll need some tweaks." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/opensuse-leap-16-0-will-need-steam-gamers-to-install-some-extras-due-to-no-32-bit/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:38:18

• "For a while now Linux users with NVIDIA GPUs have been reporting performance issues with DirectX12 titles using VKD3D, but a fix may finally be coming." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nvidia-are-working-on-a-general-optimization-for-vkd3d-directx12-games-on-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:49:03

• "Here we go again? Hunt: Showdown 1896 is a popular extraction shooter from Crytek that's now broken on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck due to Easy Anti-Cheat." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/hunt-showdown-1896-broken-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-due-to-easy-anti-cheat/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:49:12

• "Godot Foundation announced that JetBrains have become a Platinum sponsor of Godot Engine development, helping push this cross-platform open source game engine." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/jetbrains-now-a-platinum-sponsor-of-godot-engine/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:52:23

• "I really hope Techland learned some lessons from Dying Light 2, as I have high hopes for Dying Light: The Beast. The latest trailer certainly makes it look fun, as short as it is." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/dying-light-the-beast-looks-absolutely-brutal-in-the-new-trailer/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:55:01

• "Second Face Software have announced that their incredibly popular Portal: Revolution mod for Portal 2 has dropped the Native Linux build." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/portal-revolution-drops-native-linux-support-to-focus-on-proton/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:55:43

• BS hype for GAFAM, PR stunt: "Google’s AI Agent ‘Big Sleep’ Flags 20 Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Software" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/googles-ai-agent-big-sleep-flags-20-vulnerabilities-in-open-source-software-1895705    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:59:33

• "Saudi Arabia's Tourism Shift From Skyscrapers To Mountain Villages" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/saudi-arabias-tourism-shift-from-skyscrapers-to-mountain-villages-9022844#publisher=newsstand    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:59:45

• "Russia Ends Voluntary Ban on Intermediate-Range Missile Deployments - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/08/05/russia-ends-voluntary-ban-on-intermediate-range-missile-deployments-a90093    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 08:59:59

• "Texas issues arrest warrants for Democrats who fled state over redistricting" https://www.axios.com/2025/08/04/texas-democrats-greg-abbott-arrest-warrants    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:00:12

• "Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 2 Abandon hope – The Eclectic Light Company" https://eclecticlight.co/2025/08/04/paintings-of-dantes-inferno-abandon-hope/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:00:25

• "A Saddam-Style Response to a Bad Jobs Report" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/a-saddam-style-response-to-a-bad    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:00:39

• "The Coalition of the Willing to Lose - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-coalition-of-the-willing-to-lose    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:00:56

• "How the Constant Noise Distracts From the True Peril of Trump’s Misrule" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-corruption-climate-change-pandemics-greed/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:01:09

• "Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-08-05/trump-l-a-2028-olympics-task-force-billion-dollar-security-effort    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:01:21

• "Saudi Arabia’s Aramco reports disappointing earnings" https://www.semafor.com/article/08/05/2025/saudi-arabias-aramco-reports-disappointing-earnings    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:01:34

• "'Broad intrusion': Epstein accomplice Maxwell opposes unsealing grand jury transcripts" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2326662.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:01:51

• "Epstein victims condemn Trump administration for plan to unseal grand jury testimony" https://www.axios.com/2025/08/05/epstein-victims-anonymous-letters-court-grand-jury http://techrights.org/o/2020/09/28/non-denying-and-false-denials/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/They_Want_You_To_Talk_About_Trump_or_The_Other_Bill_in_Relation.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:02:21

• iophk: microsoft apologists blame the victim -- again https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-cybersecurity-people-are-the-weak-point/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:02:40

• "The Paranoid Style in American Economics - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-paranoid-style-in-american-economics    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:02:53

• "The Social Function of False Equivalence - by Mike Brock" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-social-function-of-false-equivalence    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:03:16

• "Russia goads Trump into deploying nuclear submarines" https://boingboing.net/2025/08/01/russia-goads-trump-into-deploying-nuclear-submarines.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:03:30

• "Trump rages at Senator Warren" https://boingboing.net/2025/08/04/trump-rages-at-senator-warren.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:03:43

• "Higher fees for visitors to the US" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/08/05/higher-fees-for-visitors-to-the-us/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:07:07

• Despite ongoing proceedings: Kurdish activist Mehmet Çakas faces rushed deportation to Turkey ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/08/05/despite-ongoing-proceedings-kurdish-activist-mehmet-cakas-faces-rushed-deportation-to-turkey/ | Source: Site36    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:12:13

• "Disney couldn’t get Johnson for all the filming days they’d need him." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/05/disney-fears-public-backlash-copyright-issues-over-ai-moana-tron/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:12:41

• "After focusing on IPTV services offering pirated live football matches from Italy's Serie A" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-shield-scope-widens-to-movie-tv-show-premieres-live-music-250805/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:12:50

• "This seems to go much further than what Apple’s been ordered to do." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/08/05/google-loses-appeal-against-epic/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:15:06

• "While Apple largely won the lawsuit that Epic Games levied against it back in 2020, Google hasn't been as lucky." ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/31/epic-games-google-victory/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:15:21

• "These companies colonized the open [Internet], turning their services into necessary but proprietary infrastructure." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/take-back-our-digital-infrastructure-to-save-democracy/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:16:47

• "Contracting records reviewed by 404 Media show that ICE wants to target Gen Z, including with ads on Hulu and HBO Max. " ☛ https://www.404media.co/ice-is-about-to-go-on-a-social-media-and-tv-ad-recruiting-blitz/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:17:10

• "Ziff Davis-owned IGN Entertainment has laid off staff" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/718692/ign-entertainment-layoffs-creators-guild-ziff-davis | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:22:24

• "We asked alumni of The Moscow Times, from its earliest days on Ulitsa Pravdy to its present-day life as a digital news outlet" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/08/04/he-played-a-colossal-role-moscow-times-alumni-share-memories-of-derk-sauer-a90091 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:24:50

• "El Bouhmidi told OC Media that he was barred from entering the country on 2 August, following a visit to Armenia." ☛ https://oc-media.org/french-photojournalist-denied-entry-to-georgia/ | Source: Open Caucasus Media    

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

• "Judge also ruled Mohammed Hegab had lied to the court." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/spectator-mohammed-hijab-libel-dismissed/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:27:25

• "Award-winning climate journalist Alec Luhn didn’t return as planned from a four-day solo hike in a Norwegian national park known for its glaciers" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/05/alec-luhn-missing-norway-hike-search-journalist/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:27:38

• "Demirel's full statement reads as follows: [...]" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/kurdish-journalist-serkan-demirel-writes-about-its-deportation-from-germany-80647 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:27:50

• "She was later convicted of “discrediting” Russia’s army." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/05/train-passenger-fined-for-shouting-that-s-what-you-deserve-russians-during-drone-attack | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:33:03

• "Do naked female breasts have to have a specific academic shape and size to be allowed to appear in public?" ☛ https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41682209.html | Source: Irish Examiner    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:33:17

• "UCLA will negotiate with the Trump administration in hopes of reinstating $339 million in federal grants." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-05/ucla-negotiate-nih-nsf-doe-grant-cuts | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:33:34

• "John Ratcliffe keeps going on propaganda channels to parrot Russian idioms (and make false claims) shamelessly." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/05/russias-useful-idiom-john-ratcliffe-lost-in-two-translations/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:36:38

• "Their findings raised concerns. Out of all fact-checkable posts analyzed, only 29% carried a community note rated as "helpful." In X's system, a note is rated "helpful" when it is upvoted by a diverse group of contributors and prioritized for public display." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-are-xs-community-notes-fixing-or-fueling-misinformation/a-73315972 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:36:59

• "According to Mission Local, Los Angeles private equity firm Freeman Spogli & Co. is buying Philz for $145 million, and guess what's not included in that hefty price tag?" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/08/04/philz-founders-serve-their-loyal-workers-a-steaming-cup-of-betrayal-with-notes-of-greed.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:38:27

• "Dr Kemp and his colleagues have crunched the numbers and found the average life span of a state throughout much of history has been 326 years." ☛ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-04/societal-collapse-democracy-inclusive-global/105358546 | Source: ABC    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:38:44

• "Unfortunately this is lip service. The platform has been a publisher of far-right white supremacist, white nationalist, racist and antisemitic content – and literally Nazi content, as you can see from the screenshot above – from its inception." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/04/the-growth-of-the-nazi-bar-lndustry/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:39:46

• "The data analytics and defense software firm is getting a boost from U.S. President Donald Trump's focus on national security and a shift in the Pentagon's software-buying process towards commercial and "non-traditional" providers." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/palantir-lifts-annual-revenue-forecast-again-as-ai-demand-accelerates/articleshow/123107821.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:40:07

• "The changing ways militaries are trying and buying products, especially software." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/08/05/palantir-army-software-contract | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:40:23

• "Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor client in Rust. We're happy to announce the latest release, Arti 1.4.6." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/arti_1_4_6_released/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:41:21

• "According to a report by Bloomberg News on Tuesday, ChatGPT creator OpenAI is in the early stages of discussions regarding a potential secondary share sale for current and former employees, which could value the company at around $500 billion." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-in-talks-for-share-sale-valuing-startup-at-500-billion-bloomberg-news/articleshow/123130732.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:41:39

• "Interestingly, the top 100 learners in the programme will intern in Russia for a year. At least that’s the promise. This would be a rare opportunity for Zimbos looking to break into the global cybersecurity space." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/free-cybersecurity-training-zimbabwe-cyberus-cyberdom/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:41:57

• "Elephants are known for their intelligence, strong social bonds, and good memories." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-08-elephants-deliberate-gestures.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:43:53

• "To conceal the wheels, the special effects team mounted angled mirrors on the sides of the car. These mirrors reflected the desert ground, creating the illusion that the vehicle was hovering." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2025/08/star-wars-landspeeder.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:44:16

• "If you’re traveling in America, there are plenty of ways to get to where you want to go. Interstate highways make road trips possible. Planes let you go from one side of the country to the other in a matter of hours." ☛ https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/422296/high-speed-rail-california-newsom-trump-abundance | Source: Vox    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:44:42

• "In all, the Skydweller flew 220 hours, including one 73-hour flight. Built for long-duration surveillance, engineers think it could in the air longer on solar power alone." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/navy-flies-solar-drone-73-hours/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:44:58

• "On Monday, Italy’s Competition Authority (AGCM) fined Infinite Styles Services — the company that operates Shein’s e-commerce websites in Europe — €1 million (about US$1.1 million) for using misleading environmental information to promote the brand’s clothing." ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/italy-fines-shein-e1-million-for-misleading-environmental-claims/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:46:38

• "The ministry argued that this weakens the scheme's ability to steer consumers towards genuinely low-emission vehicles." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20175955 | Source: YLE    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:46:52

• ""Fossil-fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion last year as governments supported consumers and businesses during the global spike in energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the economic recovery from the pandemic. ☛ https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel-subsidies-surged-to-record-7-trillion | Source: IMF    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 09:47:06

• "The former financier had surrounded himself with wealthy and powerful figures, including Trump and the Clintons, among many other influential people" ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/08/05/repub/us-house-panel-subpoenas-dojs-epstein-files-bill-and-hillary-clinton/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:40:55

• "This case has been on the mind of every one of the (search and rescue) members who were involved in the search 28 years ago" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51356625/foot-bone-found-at-fish-lake-belongs-to-fisherman-missing-since-1997-dna-confirms | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:41:12

• Overpopulation ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:42:04

• "Little Boy" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2326657.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:42:55

• "Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/atomic-bombings-hiroshima-nagasaki-2025-08-05/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:43:17

• "Eighty years later, Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain emblematic of the dangers and human costs of warfare" ☛ https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2025-08-05/atomic-bombings-japan-and-end-world-war-ii-80-years-later | Source: The National Security Archive    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:43:38

• "Hiroshima marked 80 years since the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city, holding a ceremony" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/japan-marks-80-years-since-the-hiroshima-atomic-bombing/a-73542738 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:43:57

• "Against the backdrop of rising Russia-US tensions" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250806-hiroshima-marks-80-years-since-atomic-bombing-amid-escalating-nuclear-tensions | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:44:23

• "Official Japanese figures at the time put the death toll at 118,661 civilians." ☛ https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/1945-us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hiroshima.html |    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:44:54

• "By the end of that year, the death toll reached about 140,000." ☛ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/the-atomic-bombings-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki | Source: The Straits Times    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:45:42

• "Foreign interference charges are rarely seen in Australia, but fresh allegations against a Chinese national" ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/serious-crime-or-tiny-risk-six-signs-of-foreign-interference-as-more-charges-expected/6xre7wdps | Source: SBS    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:46:24

• "a powerful but small "oligarchy" working against the interests of the rest of us" ☛ https://futurism.com/collapse-human-civilization-likely-scenario | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:47:47

• "How was it that, of all countries, Iran became this Islamic Republic?" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2025/08/revealing-new-history-iranian-revolution/683755/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:48:00

• "This was a myth, popularized by a Swedish cartoon at the time" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/danish-resistance/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:48:15

• "I know this year it’s not just the heat or the humidity." ☛ https://coyotetracks.org/blog/heat-humidity/ | Source: Watts Martin    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:48:28

• "Illegal migration remains a key problem along the traditionally quiet border between Lithuania and Belarus." ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/08/05/not-just-pushbacks-the-controversial-deforestation-at-the-lithuanian-belarusian-border/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:48:39

• "The state of Florida is suing some of the biggest porn platforms on the [Internet]" ☛ https://www.404media.co/florida-sues-huge-porn-sites-including-xvideos-and-bang-bros-over-age-verification-law/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:50:32

• "U.S. ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc. announced today that it’s teaming up with the Chinese tech giant, Baidu, Inc., to deploy driverless taxis across Europe, starting with the U.K. and Germany in 2026." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/04/lyft-partnering-baidu-deploy-robotaxis-europe/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:56:16

• "No one—no matter their age—should have to hand over their passport or driver’s license just to access legal information and speak freely." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/blocking-access-harmful-content-will-not-protect-children-online-no-matter-how | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:56:38

• "Google and Microsoft are rolling out their own passkeys and interoperability between platforms is one of the technology’s biggest selling points. So why is Apple getting all the headlines?" ☛ https://www.kolide.com/blog/apple-s-passkeys-are-a-big-step-to-a-passwordless-future |    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:57:02

• "Passkeys on your iPhone eliminate passwords for supported apps and websites, letting you sign in with Face ID, Touch ID, or another secure method instead." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/no-more-passwords-how-to-set-up-apples-passkeys-for-easy-sign-ins | Source: PC Mag    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:57:26

• Openwashing ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/08/05/initial-thoughts-on-gpt-oss.html | Source: Drew Breunig http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Openwashing_Slop_Using_Slop.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:59:07

• "Rather than undercutting OpenAI's proprietary models with a free option, cofounder Greg Brockman sees this release as “complementary” to the company’s paid services" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/openai-just-released-its-first-open-weight-models-since-gpt-2/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:59:36

• "ClosedAI" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/05/1121092/openai-has-finally-released-open-weight-language-models/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 11:59:54

• "In January, China’s DeepSeek released its free R1 model, causing some investors to lose faith in the value of AI companies that charge users." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/08/05/2025/openai-introduces-new-open-models-rivaling-offerings-by-chinas-deepseek-and-metas-llama | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:00:14

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/candiru-spyware-active-infrastructure-hungary-saudi-arabia | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:00:39

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/aruba-curacao-governments-cyberattacks | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:00:55

• "online outrage in the Minguzzi case unfairly targets Kurdish children" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/anger-on-social-media-directed-at-kurdish-children-80629 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:02:54

• "A couple of months ago, Brianna, a 22-year-old who lives in Milwaukee, downloaded the Tea app." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tea-app-women-safe-controversy-1235399928/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:03:05

• "Beware of robots generating your references. They could very well take it upon themselves to lie on your behalf. Testing in 2023, I observed a whopping 25% truth in the result. What is the truth rating in 2024?" ☛ https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/those-titles-ai-bot-thought-i-had.html | Source: BSDly    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:06:37

• "This is why AI bosses are so eager to cite statistics – conjured out of thin air, without any backing – about how AI is about to replace the majority of workers: [...]" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/05/ex-princes-of-labor/#hyper-criti-hype | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:07:15

• "I wrote this short memo last November, 2024, at the invitation of Wired Mid-East for their year-end issue. I think it still holds up nine months later, and represents where we are on this astounding journey." ☛ https://kk.org/thetechnium/artificial-intelligences-so-far/ | Source: Kevin Kelly    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:07:56

• "One of the great wonders of statistical science of the previous century was without a doubt the Soviet Union. They managed to invent and perfect dozens of ways to turn data to your liking, no matter the reality." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/08/lets-properly-analyze-ai-article-for.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:08:52

• "We see continued evidence that Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing their source ASNs to hide their crawling activity, as well as ignoring — or sometimes failing to even fetch — robots.txt files." ☛ https://blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealth-undeclared-crawlers-to-evade-website-no-crawl-directives/ | Source: Cloudflare    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:09:31

• "Mechanistic interpretability and “folk psychology” both have a role to play in helping us understand AI models." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/philosophy-and-ai-interpretability/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:10:33

• "Wikipedia editors just adopted a new policy to help them deal with the slew of AI-generated articles flooding the online encyclopedia." ☛ https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-editors-adopt-speedy-deletion-policy-for-ai-slop-articles/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:11:18

• "As opposed to so-called “copypasta,” where phrases are copied verbatim from one account to the next and therefore more noticeable, the LLMs respond to user inputs with a range of similar though differentiated answers." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/epstein-files-trump-ai-bot-network-x-1235400646/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:11:52

• "Apple was the first to hit a $1 trillion valuation in 2018." ☛ https://futurism.com/ai-bubble-pops-entire-economy | Source: Futurism https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/03/Definitely_Not_a_Ponzi_Scheme.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:12:58

• "include several OpenAI expats like alignment researcher Jacob Hilton and Georgetown researcher Helen Toner, who worked to oust Altman during November 2023's failed CEO coup." ☛ https://futurism.com/openai-open-letter-experts-humankind | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:13:31

• "Ilon Musk and Tesla face a lawsuit from shareholders. They allege securities fraud related to self-driving vehicles. The suit claims Tesla concealed safety risks." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tesla-elon-musk-sued-by-shareholders-over-robotaxi-claims/articleshow/123123253.cms | Source: India Times https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:14:13

• "On July 23, 2025, AWS deleted my 10-year-old account and every byte of data I had stored with them. No warning. No grace period. No recovery options. Just complete digital annihilation." ☛ https://www.seuros.com/blog/aws-deleted-my-10-year-account-without-warning/ |    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:15:14

• "The original SharePoint vulnerability is a deserialization vulnerability that allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary commands – while these could be literally anything" ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32174 | Source: SANS http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/23/It_s_Time_to_Dump_SharePoint_and_Here_s_What_to_Use_Instead.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:15:54

• "a 600-page book about Apple’s history: [...] " ☛ https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/08/david-pogues-new-book-50-years-of-apple/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:16:09

• "then in September of 2023, the number of requests for the https: version shoots up over 4,000, almost 6,000 in October 2023, and in November of 2023 the “poller” first shows up, only to go away in December of 2023, only to show up again in March 2024 and stick around from there." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/08/05.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:16:34

• "Every day the imps of optimization whisper seductively: measure this, track that, finish this, optimize all the things." ☛ https://seanvoisen.com/blog/the-imp-of-optimization/ | Source: Sean Voisen    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:17:32

• "mechatronics layer" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-new-bionic-knee-is-changing-the-game-for-lower-leg-amputees-180987097/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:18:01

• "A different approach is usually needed when the context is learning." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/solutions-and-references/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:18:54

• "The first part of this roundup covers announcements made in the days leading up to the event, as well as some of the announcements made on Monday, August 4" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/black-hat-usa-2025-summary-of-vendor-announcements-part-1/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:21:50

• "This year's Keynote Presentations bring together the most innovative minds across science, technology, and design." ☛ https://www.reformer.com/online_features/press_releases/siggraph-2025-announces-keynote-presentations-featuring-top-technological-marvels-shaping-our-trajectory-toward-a-better/article_20645177-0e55-5d9c-a917-d9894dad848e.html | Source: Brattleboro Reformer, Vermont    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:22:19

• "It’s time for EFF’s annual journey to Las Vegas for the summer security conferences: BSidesLV, Black Hat USA, and DEF CON." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/eff-las-vegas-security-conferences | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:22:50

• "After months of being told to ‘wait it out,’ districts are now supposed to pick up the pieces and act like everything’s fine" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/trump-education-funding-freeze/683744/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:23:22

• "While this has been our dynamic our entire lives, we know it’s not a relationship built on punch-you-in-the-arm big-brother exploitation, but one of deep love, collaboration, and partnership." ☛ https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/10-years-of-working-with-my-brother-ian/ | Source: Brad Frost    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:23:43

• "This interview has been edited for length and clarity." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-supercomputing-will-evolve-according-to-jack-dongarra-quantum-artificial-intelligence/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:24:20

• "One thing stuck with me though. In addition to just a cool multi-screen setup, Stefan also gave his workstations and servers names. Not just “Laptop” or “Desktop-123” but cool names like Argon, Xenon and Poseidon, to name a few." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/naming-devices-is-fun/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:30:10

• "But there’s a silver lining. A little corner of the world where generosity still blooms: the blogging community." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/08/05/cookies-and-blogs/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:30:47

• "I am active on the demo scene, using the handle "Grip". I mostly do pixel graphics on Amiga and Commodore 64. On the former platform, I tend to use Grafx2 on Linux or Deluxe Paint IV on real hardware." ☛ https://www.datagubbe.se/pixels/ | Source: Carl Svensson    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:31:05

• MX Linux 25 loses systemd toggling power as Debian 13 looms https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/debian_13_mx_25/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:33:09

• The Devastation of American Families Left in the Wake of IBM's Departure from Broome County, NY https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1yg5d9p "AK doing all of this destruction as a mandate, as a demand or everyone else is keeping a blind eye as long as results are there? I guess I'm trying to figure out the intention, and who is in it?"    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:35:07

• "It is so obvious that AK is doing a very bad job, but it's hard to believe that nobody can see it? Almost 6 years and nobody figured it out yet? He was betting for someone else to win the election, that's for sure... it may have helped him go over $300 and an easier road to moving it all to ban-ga-ban-ga-lo-re. Sorry for bring naive, but I have a hard time understanding why destroying an iconic American company may be cool or OK to anyone...."    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:35:28

• "It is so obvious that AK is doing a very bad job, but it's hard to believe that nobody can see it? Almost 6 years and nobody figured it out yet? He was betting for someone else to win the election, that's for sure... it may have helped him go over $300 and an easier road to moving it all to ban-ga-ban-ga-lo-re."    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:35:40

• "Sorry for being naive, but I have a hard time understanding why destroying an iconic American company may be cool or OK to anyone...."    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:35:51

• "By the end of writing a blog post, I have notes on an idea that I can share with others." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/08/05/sharing-ideas-on-my-website | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:40:34

• "Time is not something to be fixated on, I guess that’s what makes analog clocks kind of neat? I have been so used to have numbers changing, everytime I look down at my watch, or my phone. A set of digits telling me exactly when I’m at through the day." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/an-analog-desk-clock/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:41:14

• "Over the last two months or about me and Zachary have traded questions and answers about fanfiction. Below here is the recording of our exchange." ☛ https://sarajaksa.eu/2025/08/conversation-about-fanfiction-with-zachary-kai-and-sara-jaksa/ | Source: Sara Jakša    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:41:33

• The Inflammatory Influence of Social Control Media Giants ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/The_Inflammatory_Influence_of_Social_Control_Media_Giants.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:45:35

• TikTok Tan line trend sparks health concerns ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250805-tiktok-tan-line-trend-sparks-health-concerns    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:46:01

• Weekly recap — 3 August 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/08/week-recap-3-august-2025/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:47:07

• Rajeesh K Nambiar: TUG2025: A retrospective ☞ https://rajeeshknambiar.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/tug2025-a-retrospective/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 12:47:51

• "As we expanded into messy, dense, unstructured go-to-market content, the cracks showed fast. Retrieval quality slipped. Feedback loops stalled." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/hope-crash-iterate-one-pms-journey | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:42:27

• "This is the first minor release following Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0, a major update to converge OpenShift Service Mesh with the community Istio project, with installation and management using the Sail operator." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-openshift-service-mesh-31 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:42:37

• "This new supported migration process allows you to preserve your investment in existing processes" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/streamlined-migration-updating-ansible-automation-platform-workflows-work-terraform-enterprise-and-hcp-terraform | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:42:45

• How To Install Tux Typing Game on Ubuntu 24.04 ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/08/how-to-install-tux-typing-game-on-ubuntu-2404.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:43:36

• [Old] "But SVGs are also pretty intimidating. The rabbit hole goes deep, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed." ☛ https://www.joshwcomeau.com/svg/friendly-introduction-to-svg/ | Source: Jason W Comeau    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:44:27

• "So I wondered, why are we building arbitrary restrictions into our tech? It’s computers, they can bear anything." ☛ https://aartaka.me/just.html | Source: Artyom Bologov    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:45:03

• "We bought a new convection microwave recently" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/status-lights-should-stop-blinding-me/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:45:20

• NYCBUG ☛ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/08/05/nycbug-wednesday-pkgsrc-on-mac-os-x-powerpc-and-aix/ | Source: DragonFly BSD Digest    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:47:40

• "A couple days ago, she moved to Eleventy, and I couldn’t be happier!" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/people-keep-this-site-going/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:48:15

• "I'm typing in markdown right now, so I don't have to write any HTML to go along with this" ☛ https://hollie.eilloh.net/blog/2025/08/02/ |    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:48:26

• "Nathanial, with some interesting details about the TCP protocol: [...]" ☛ https://initialcharge.net/2025/08/nathanial-tcp-networking-web-development/ | Source: Mike Rockwell    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:49:26

• "We want to celebrate this occasion by collecting and sharing stories. Your stories about curl." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/08/05/c10kday/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 13:49:49

• "This was a quick configuration hack in an area of Neovim (well, Vim, I guess) that I hadn't previously much experience in." ☛ https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2025/08/05/neovim-configuration-for-file-and-module-navigation-in-cds-models/ | Source: DJ Adams    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:36:02

• "Neovim configurations are never set in stone; they’re always evolving." ☛ https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20250806 | Source: Vincent Delft    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:36:46

• "Proton Authenticator is out now, and it’s available across Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/proton-takes-on-google-microsoft-again-with-a-new-2fa-security-app | Source: PC Mag    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:38:31

• "Before you charge your device at a USB slot in the airport, make sure you are aware of any potential risks." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/juice-jacking-holiday-warning-airports-summer-2025-5257469 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:39:57

• "Oxmiq develops a vertically integrated platform that combines GPU hardware IP with a full-featured software stack aimed at AI" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/legendary-gpu-architect-raja-koduris-new-startup-leverages-risc-v-and-targets-cuda-workloads-oxmiq-labs-supports-running-python-based-cuda-applications-unmodified-on-non-nvidia-hardware | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:41:32

• "The system monitors the temperature in a room and listens for the sound of the boiler running." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/08/05/is-your-heating-radiator-working-this-edge-device-uses-ai-to-find-out/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:41:44

• "One of the most notable shifts is the end of shipping both systemd and sysVinit on the same ISO." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/big-changes-ahead-for-mx-linux-25/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:45:56

• "Proxmox is a commercial company offering specialised products based on Debian GNU/Linux, notably Proxmox Virtual Environment" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12517 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:46:06

• "Proxmox, a powerful, free, open-source virtualization platform " ☛ https://linuxiac.com/proxmox-ve-9-0-launches-with-debian-13-under-the-hood/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:46:16

• "Debian 13 is just around the corner, yes, only four days left until its release." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-trixie-installer-rc-3-now-available/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:46:29

• "Use of Agile instead of actual Software Engineering." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/flatpaks/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:48:13

• "The openSUSE project has published a release candidate for the upcoming Leap 16.0 version." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12516 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:50:12

• "Now, since Leap 16 is closely tied to SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 (SLE 16)" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-leap-16-0-enters-rc-phase-with-selinux-by-default/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:50:23

• "the KDE team rolled out version 6.4.4 as the fourth bugfix update" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-4-4-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:54:07

• "Both vulnerabilities affect the Triton Inference Server up to and including version 25.06 and earned CVSS scores of 9.8" ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/04/uncovering-memory-corruption-in-nvidia-triton-as-a-new-hire/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:54:49

• "macOS comes with no support for the file systems most likely to be used by Linux." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2025/08/05/access-linux-file-systems-from-apple-silicon-macs/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:55:10

• "This week we talk about Proton's new 2fa app, a new kernel that has been released and of course your feedback." ☛ https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/454 | Source: The Ask Noah Show    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:55:43

• "Fredrik talks to Matt Topol about Arrow and how the Arrow ecosystem is evolving." ☛ https://kodsnack.se/international/654/ | Source: Kodsnack    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:55:53

• House Committee Issued a Subpoena for the Epstein Files ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/briefing/house-subpoena-epstein-tennessee-execution.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:57:06

• New York City Carriage Horse Collapses and Dies on Manhattan Street ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/nyregion/nyc-carriage-horse-dies.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:57:28

• Plastic pollution inextricably linked with numerous 'public health crises' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250805-plastic-pollution-inextricably-linked-with-numerous-public-health-crises    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:58:04

• Opinion | Only bipartisan investments can lead to a healthier Michigan ☞ https://bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-only-bipartisan-investments-can-lead-to-a-healthier-michigan/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:58:43

• Possible salmonella outbreak at kindergarten in Valmiera, Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/05.08.2025-possible-salmonella-outbreak-at-kindergarten-in-valmiera-latvia.a609317/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:58:58

• Jeju Air Plane Crash Highlights Decades of Blunders and Deadly Runway Wall ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/asia/jeju-air-crash-south-korea-investigation.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:59:23

• Where a women’s tax is canceled, and businesswomen’s decisions valued ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Points-of-Progress/2025/0805/Womens-tax-solar-Korea-Colombia    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 14:59:48

• Malaysia probing video of influencers giving chicken bones as alms to homeless man ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-probing-viral-video-of-influencers-giving-chicken-bones-as-alms-to-homeless-man    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:00:17

• Where did your shrimp dinner really come from? This reporter surfaces hard details. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2025/0805/shrimp-seafood-china-human-rights-consumers    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:02:17

• Australia to buy 11 advanced warships from Japan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-to-buy-11-advanced-warships-from-japan-defence-minister    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:02:33

• Chinese government has ‘final say’ in Dalai Lama reincarnation, CPC’s Tibet official says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-government-has-final-say-in-dalai-lama-reincarnation-tibetan-official-says    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:02:52

• Ex-UK PM Boris Johnson rejects China’s ‘bullying’ of Taiwan, urges West to deepen Taipei ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-uk-pm-boris-johnson-rejects-chinas-bullying-of-taiwan-calls-for-deeper-ties-with-west    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:03:07

• Rare protest in China over schoolgirl beaten by teens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/rare-protest-in-china-over-schoolgirl-beaten-by-teens    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:03:27

• Former CNOOC senior executive sentenced to 14 years in prison over corruption, China state media CCTV ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/former-cnooc-senior-executive-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison-over-corruption-china-state-media-cctv    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:11:44

• Thailand’s foreign tourist numbers fall 6% as regional competition intensifies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailands-foreign-tourist-numbers-fall-6-as-regional-competition-intensifies    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:12:05

• China to offer free pre-school education from autumn ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-to-offer-free-pre-school-education-from-autumn    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:12:21

• Philippines, India shore up ties amid China tensions, US tariff risks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-india-shore-up-ties-amid-china-tensions-us-tariff-risks    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:12:38

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s transactional foreign policy fuels ‘US scepticism’ in Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trumps-transactional-foreign-policy-fuels-us-scepticism-in-taiwan    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:12:57

• China allocates funds to support agriculture recovery in flood and drought-hit areas ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-allocates-funds-to-support-agriculture-recovery-in-flood-and-drought-hit-areas    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:13:20

• Retrieval-augmented generation with Llama Stack and Python ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/05/retrieval-augmented-generation-llama-stack-and-python    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:14:08

• Fedora Community Blog: Fedora DEI Outreachy Intern Recap: July Highlights and Learnings ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-dei-outreachy-intern-recap-july-highlights-and-learnings/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:15:05

• Peter Robinson: Building rust UEFI apps on Fedora ☞ https://nullr0ute.com/2025/08/building-rust-uefi-apps-on-fedora/ https://techrights.org/o/2022/07/29/richard-hughes-secure-boot-sham/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:18:11

• Getting started with managed clusters migration ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/05/getting-started-managed-clusters-migration    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:18:33

• Why We Also Include Gopher Links in Our Gemini (Protocol) Links ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Why_We_Also_Include_Gopher_Links_in_Our_Gemini_Protocol_Links.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:20:14

• Geminispace Promises Simplicity But Also Provides a "bunch of forums that get flood-filled by agitation against the very essence of Gemini itself" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Geminispace_Promises_Simplicity_But_Also_Provides_a_bunch_of_fo.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:20:25

• Torrential Rain Batters Hong Kong, Flooding the Waterlogged City ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/asia/hong-kong-floods.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:20:49

• Australia regulator says YouTube, others ‘turning a blind eye’ to child abuse material ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-regulator-says-youtube-others-turning-a-blind-eye-to-child-abuse-material    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:21:06

• Flex PCB Underlies The Watch Of The Future ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/05/flex-pcb-underlies-the-watch-of-the-future/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:25:10

• TUG2025: A retrospective ☞ https://rajeeshknambiar.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/tug2025-a-retrospective/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:25:34

• Toot, Toot: GNU/Linux Mastodon App Tuba Gets a Huge Update ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/tuba-0-10-mastodon-client-linux-new-features    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:26:29

• How to Prevent More Starvation Deaths in Gaza ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-to-prevent-more-starvation-deaths-in-gaza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:26:47

• How to transfer files in proprietary trap AWS using SSM ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/how-to-transfer-files-in-aws-using-ssm/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:27:19

• clav: R package and Shiny application for cluster analysis validation ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/clav-r-package-and-shiny-application-for-cluster-analysis-validation/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:30:33

• Shiny in Production 2025: Sponsors ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/shiny-in-production-2025-sponsors/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:30:46

• Easy Excalibur 6.121 7.0-RC ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202508/easy-excalibur-6121-70-rc.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:32:15

• Thomas Lange: FAIme service new features: GNU/Linux Mint support and data storage for USB ☞ http://blog.fai-project.org/posts/faime-mint/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:32:46

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

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:35:40

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

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:36:19

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

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:36:42

• Proprietary Microsoft spyware; better to get external drive, they are not expensive ☞ https://idroot.us/install-onedrive-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:37:35

• How To Install SoftEther VPN Server on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-softether-vpn-server-fedora-42/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:37:55

• United Nations smearted by a Magat☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/open-source-orgs-pledge-fealty-to-3eb    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:39:42

• But this is funny because it is true ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/counter-strike-2-switched-to-wayland https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/03/Allowing_SDL_to_default_to_Wayland_caused_a_number_of_customer_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:40:33

• Introducing incident detection in Red Bait Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.14 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/05/introducing-incident-detection-red-hat-advanced-cluster-management-kubernetes    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:41:53

• Godot Foundation welcomes JetBrains as Platinum Sponsor ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/jetbrains-joins-dev-fund-supports-godot/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:42:20

• DANKEES Confusable with YANKEES for Clothing, Says TTAB ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/dankees-confusable-with-yankees-for.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:46:38

• Shira Perlmutter Seeks Emergency Injunction Pending Appeal, Says Library of Congress Staff ‘Continue to Recognize’ Her As Register ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/05/shira-perlmutter-injunction-push-august-2025/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:47:39

• "ceasefire deadline" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/06/u-s-special-envoy-steve-witkoff-arrives-in-moscow-two-days-before-trump-s-ceasefire-deadline | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:48:06

• Explosive device found in drone from Belarus that crashed in Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2634744/explosive-device-found-in-drone-from-belarus-that-crashed-in-lithuania    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:48:20

• "calls out Western trade with Moscow" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/05/india-defends-russian-oil-imports-and-calls-out-western-trade-with-moscow | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:48:39

• "blocking bank alerts" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/05/under-new-anti-spam-law-russian-mobile-carriers-also-blocking-bank-alerts-and-verification-codes | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:49:35

• "imprisoned for bribery" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/05/former-russian-navy-radio-engineering-chief-imprisoned-for-bribery | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:52:30

• Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing amid escalating nuclear tensions ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250806-hiroshima-marks-80-years-since-atomic-bombing-amid-escalating-nuclear-tensions    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:53:04

• Officials Move to Open Inquiry on Convicted Felon’s ‘Russia Hoax’ Grievance ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/trump-russia-grand-jury-investigation.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:53:40

• Russia’s Useful Idiom, John Ratcliffe: Lost in Two Translations ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/05/russias-useful-idiom-john-ratcliffe-lost-in-two-translations/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:54:15

• India accuses EU and US of double standard over Russian trade ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-accuses-eu-us-of-double-standard-over-russian-trade    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:54:32

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s sharp India criticism on tariffs, Russia oil corner Modi as rift deepens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/trumps-sharp-india-criticism-on-tariffs-russia-oil-corner-modi-as-rift-deepens    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:54:51

• Hiroshima marks 80 years as US-Russia nuclear tensions rise ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hiroshima-marks-80-years-as-us-russia-nuclear-tensions-rise    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:55:10

• Dubious UK local news websites, Russian links and cash for coverage ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/dubious-uk-local-news-websites-russian-links-and-cash-for-coverage/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:55:27

• Lithuania urges NATO to boost air defences after Russian drone incident ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250805-lithuania-urges-nato-to-boost-air-defences-after-russian-drone-incident    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:55:40

• Wednesday is 'peak news', but since a lot of the media perished or is perishing it's not like there are many exclusive stories out there    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:56:48

• Poland’s new president could become a major European ally for Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/polands-new-president-could-become-a-major-european-ally-for-trump/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:57:18

• DNA Casts Doubt Over Theory on What Killed Napoleon's Forces ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dna-casts-doubt-over-theory-on-what-killed-napoleons-forces    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:57:47

• Why Platforms Like Substack Won't Make Sense for Much Longer ☞ https://danielmiessler.com/blog/future-of-substack "I think the future of Substack is self-hosting."    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 15:58:43

• Audacity 3.7.5 Adds Beta Support for backdoored Windows ARM64 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/audacity-3-7-5-adds-beta-support-for-windows-arm64/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:01:06

• StarDict Plugins in Debian 13 Raise Privacy Concerns ☞ https://linuxiac.com/stardict-plugins-in-debian-13-raise-privacy-concerns/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:01:19

• The 2025 Maintainers Summit call for topics ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032603/    

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

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032582/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:02:13

• Peter Czanik: Running syslog-ng in BastilleBSD ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/running-syslog-ng-in-bastillebsd-1138361719    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:04:17

• Vulture – find dead code ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vulture-find-dead-code/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:07:02

• 5 Best Free and Open Source C Static Site Generators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-c-static-site-generators/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:07:13

• Radxa ROCK 5T Single Board Computer Running Linux: Introduction ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/radxa-rock-5t-single-board-computer-running-linux-introduction/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:07:22

• Firefox 141.0.2 is out, fixes crashes on systems with Nvidia GPUs and more ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-14102-is-out-fixes-crashes-on-systems-with-nvidia-gpus-and-more/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:08:03

• What to cook? ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/what-to-cook/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:08:20

• Noteworthy – Markdown notes app ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/noteworthy-markdown-notes-app/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:08:48

• Plasma 6.4.4 finally lands fixing issues with KWin, Discover, and more ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/plasma-644-finally-lands-fixing-issues-with-kwin-discover-and-more/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:09:39

• lsfg-vk – Lossless Scaling Frame Generation ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lsfg-vk-lossless-scaling-frame-generation/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:10:01

• Black – code formatter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/black-code-formatter/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:10:24

• Microsoft and backdoored Windows Have Many Back Doors, But LLM Slop Keep Claiming That GNU/Linux Has "Backdoor" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/04/Microsoft_and_Windows_Have_Many_Back_Doors_But_LLM_Slop_Keep_Cl.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:12:13

• When The Register MS Says "Linux Backdoor" It Actually Talks About Malware ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/When_The_Register_MS_Says_Linux_Backdoor_It_Actually_Talks_Abou.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:12:23

• Slopwatch: WebProNews, LinuxSecurity, and Some Success Stories ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Slopwatch_WebProNews_LinuxSecurity_and_Some_Success_Stories.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:12:35

• Because X.Org id DEAD..... NOT! https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL3-Lands-Precision-Scrolling    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:13:23

• Wayland and Betamax are the future    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:13:50

• CentOS 10-20250805 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/centos    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:14:35

• Proxmox 9.0 "Virtual Environment" also released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/proxmox    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:14:50

• "You are right when you state that the reasons for EPO’s way of thinking are historical and that the EPO is the only Patent Office with no court supervising its jurisprudence on the validity of patents." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/non-change-epos-guidance-to-examiners.html?showComment=1754416649219#c2911704452720598657    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:15:38

• "This is the reason for the EPO to keep its strong stance on the application of Art 84 and its two prongs, clarity as such and support." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/non-change-epos-guidance-to-examiners.html?showComment=1754416649219#c2911704452720598657    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:16:00

• EasyOS 6.121 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/easyos    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:16:23

• Bluestar 6.15.9 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/bluestar https://sourceforge.net/projects/bluestarlinux/files/ https://sourceforge.net/p/bluestarlinux/discussion/general/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:17:48

• AxOS 25.08 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/axos    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:18:00

• health @ Savannah: GNU Health HIS server 5.0 - VirtualBox image available ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10800    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:19:12

• The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 903 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/08/04/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-903/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:19:36

• FSF Events: Free software education - Let's get practical! at WHY 2025 ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/why-2025 "Program manager Miriam Bastian will give a workshop on free software education at WHY 2025."    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:20:36

• PyCharm 2025.2 Released as Last One with Community Edition ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/pycharm-2025-2-released/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:21:29

• Audacity 3.7.5 Fixes More Bugs, backdoored Windows on ARM Builds ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/audacity-3-7-5-release    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:21:44

• "Maine Renters Can Appear Evicted Despite Fulfilling Repayment Deals" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-public-housing-eviction-repayment-agreements | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:23:15

• "She spent her allotted three minutes reminding the world that the United States now had a “national position” on a single word in the documents establishing the panel: gender." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-un-anti-trans-agenda | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:23:35

• Victor Ma: It's alive! ☞ https://victorma.ca/posts/gsoc-6/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:24:41

• Android’s August 2025 Update Patches Exploited Qualcomm Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/androids-august-2025-update-patches-exploited-qualcomm-vulnerability/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:26:06

• Windows All-Time Lows, Android All-Time Highs in Kuwait (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/Windows_All_Time_Lows_Android_All_Time_Highs_in_Kuwait.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:26:23

• Windows All-Time Lows, Android All-Time Highs in Kuwait ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/Windows_All_Time_Lows_Android_All_Time_Highs_in_Kuwait.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:26:36

• Dihydroxyacetone Man's Attacks on Press Freedom Escalate: NPR, PBS Funding Cuts Explained ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/trumps-attacks-on-press-freedom-escalate-npr-pbs-funding-cuts-explained    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:27:42

• Twelve-day war: Impact of Iran’s strikes censored by Israel ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250805-twelve-day-war-impact-of-iranian-strikes-censored-israel    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:28:16

• Cities fall apart ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/arts/b-side/cities-fall-apart/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:36:48

• Rwanda Agrees to Accept 250 Migrants as Part of Convicted Felon Deportation Plan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/africa/rwanda-trump-deportees.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:37:04

• Nextcloud vs. CryptPad: Which Privacy-First Collaboration Tool is Right for You? ☞ https://itsfoss.com/nextcloud-vs-cryptpad/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:37:30

• Daily Driving Thunderbird ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2025/08/05/daily-driving-thunderbird/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:38:31

• Australian Foreign Minister Wong says foreign interference not tolerated after Chinese woman arrested ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australian-foreign-minister-wong-says-foreign-interference-not-tolerated-after-chinese-woman-arrested    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:39:42

• SIEVE — a better algorithm than LRU? ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/05/sieve-a-better-algorithm-than-lru/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:41:27

• Event Wrap: IETF 123 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/06/event-wrap-ietf-123/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:41:40

• Serving Indigenous communities with high-speed Internet through monsoons and desert ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/06/serving-indigenous-communities-with-high-speed-internet-through-monsoons-and-desert/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:41:52

• ESP32 Bus Pirate open-source firmware works on off-the-shelf hardware ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/05/esp32-bus-pirate-open-source-firmware-works-on-off-the-shelf-hardware/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:48:54

• 4 Ways I am Encouraging My 4 Year Old Child to Help Learn Coding and Use Computer ☞ https://itsfoss.com/ways-kids-learn-code/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:50:27

• Matthew Palmer: I'm trying an open source funding experiment ☞ https://www.hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/2025/08/06/trying-an-open-source-funding-experiment.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:51:57

• pg_exporter v1.0.0 Released – Next-Level PG Observability ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pg_exporter-v100-released-next-level-pg-observability-3073/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:54:21

• NVIDIA Triton Vulnerabilities Could Let Attackers Hijack Hey Hi (AI) Inference Servers ☞ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-nvidia-triton-attack-chain/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:54:48

• Huawei is making its Ascend Hey Hi (AI) GPU software toolkit open-source to better compete against CUDA ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/huawei-is-making-its-ascend-ai-gpu-software-toolkit-open-source-to-better-compete-against-cuda    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:55:06

• Openwashing LIES https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/technology/openai-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt.html see http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Openwashing_Slop_Using_Slop.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:56:35

• How to deploy multiple OpenStack environments on OpenShift ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/05/how-deploy-multiple-openstack-environments-openshift    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:57:49

• Linux Matters: Coding in My Pants ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/61/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:58:28

• Amazon Cuts Wondery Staff Following $300M Acquisition, Rolls Podcasts into Audible ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/05/amazon-cuts-wondery-staff-podcasts-audible/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:59:04

• Destination Linux 430: Interview with John Overton of Kove, Software Defined Memory ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-430/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 16:59:45

• Lollapalooza 2025 Draws Massive Crowd of 115,000 Daily, Matching Pre-Pandemic Attendance Levels ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/04/lollapalooza-attendance-2025/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:01:38

• Dihydroxyacetone Man envoy Witkoff urged to take tough approach with Putin in make-or-break meeting to end Ukraine war before sanctions ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/us-news/trump-envoy-witkoff-urged-to-take-tough-approach-with-putin-in-make-or-break-meeting-to-end-ukraine-war-before-sanctions/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:01:57

• US Envoy Heads To Moscow As White House Deadline Looms For Cease-Fire Progress ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-envoy-moscow-witkoff-deadline-putin-cease-fire/33495350.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:02:22

• Medvedev vs Convicted Felon: Russian ex-president becomes Putin's provocateur-in-chief ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250805-dmitri-medvedev-vs-donald-trump-the-outrages-of-putin-s-chief-provocateur    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:02:32

• "Unearthed German memo reveals Putin laid claim to parts of Ukraine and Kazakhstan back in 1994" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/06/a-justified-perception-of-russian-interests | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:02:54

• Sipeed NanoCluster palm-sized cluster board takes up to 7 system-on-modules ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/05/sipeed-nanocluster-palm-sized-cluster-board-takes-up-to-7-system-on-modules/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:03:13

• Amid Protests, CAR Questions Reliance on Russian Mercenaries ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/08/amid-protests-car-questions-reliance-on-russian-mercenaries/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:03:40

• Digital democracy is the key to staging wartime elections in Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/digital-democracy-is-the-key-to-staging-wartime-elections-in-ukraine/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:03:58

• "edge Hey Hi (AI)" WTF! What next? Smart HEY HI? Clown HEY HI? Blockchain HEY HI? QUANTUM HEY HI? https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/08/agentic-ai-is-redefining-software-development-in-government-2/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:04:54

• HEY HI hype = peak BS    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:05:09

• Ukraine’s anti-corruption reforms are more vital than ever during wartime ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-anti-corruption-reforms-are-more-vital-than-ever-during-wartime/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:05:50

• Ukraine: Several Dead in Strikes on Northeast Region and Railway Infrastructures ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250805-ukraine-several-dead-in-strikes-on-northeast-region-and-railway-infrastructures    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:06:15

• Dihydroxyacetone Man threatens 'substantial' tariff hike on India over Russian oil deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250805-trump-threatens-substantial-tariff-hike-on-india-over-russian-oil-deal    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:06:35

• 2 Dead In Russian Missile Strike Targeting Key Ukrainian Railway Hub ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-railway-strike-lozova-kharkiv/33494833.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:06:50

• "fishing nets" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/05/lines-of-defense | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:07:09

• "increasingly targeting Russia’s rail network" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/05/off-the-rails | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:07:25

• "ISIS and a ‘Ukrainian connection’ Inside Russia’s closed-door trial over the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/05/isis-and-a-ukrainian-connection | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:07:43

• Kubernetes vs Docker Swarm: Container Orchestration 2025 ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/kubernetes-vs-docker-swarm-2025-comparison/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:08:10

• PGDay Austria schedule is online & Don't miss the Database Deathmatch ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgday-austria-schedule-is-online-dont-miss-the-database-deathmatch-3110/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:08:50

• Vibe Coding: When Everyone’s a Developer, Who Secures the Code? ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vibe-coding-when-everyones-a-developer-who-secures-the-code/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:09:21

• China Wages War on Chikungunya Virus With Drones and ‘Elephant Mosquitoes’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/asia/china-chikungunya-virus-mosquitoes-covid.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:09:54

• China’s mosquito crackdown tests a city’s post-Covid-19 patience ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-mosquito-crackdown-tests-a-citys-post-covid-patience    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:10:07

• Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/05/us/trump-news    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:10:21

• Tesla's Debt More Than Doubled in 2 Years and the Company Will Operate in the Red (at a Loss) Quite Soon (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Tesla_s_Debt_More_Than_Doubled_in_2_Years_and_the_Company_Will_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:10:39

• Paris court invalidates crucial claim of Bayer’s sorafenib patent monopoly ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/paris-court-invalidates-crucial-claim-of-bayers-sorafenib-patent/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:14:21

• Georges Basile Stavracas Neto: GUADEC 2025 ☞ https://feaneron.com/2025/08/05/guadec-2025/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:15:21

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Project goals update — July 2025 ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/08/05/july-project-goals-update/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:15:44

• Exception Meets Exception: The Federal Circuit’s Collateral Estoppel Morass ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/exception-circuits-collateral.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:17:26

• Red-Lining Revelations: Edits between Patent Families Continue to be Highly Relevant to Claim Construction ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/revelations-families-construction.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:17:37

• Bouncing on trampolines to run eBPF programs ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/bouncing-on-trampolines-to-run-ebpf-programs/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:18:34

• The Register is Desperate for Money, According to The Register (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/26/The_Register_is_Desperate_for_Money_According_to_The_Register.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:19:35

• Some Cola Formulas Aren't Secret, But the Barrier is the Branding (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Some_Cola_Formulas_Aren_t_Secret_But_the_Barrier_is_the_Brandin.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:19:48

• Openwashing Slop... Using Slop! ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Openwashing_Slop_Using_Slop.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:20:03

• On "Tragedy of the Commons in the Production of Digital Artifacts" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/On_Tragedy_of_the_Commons_in_the_Production_of_Digital_Artifact.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:20:11

• Ravi Dwivedi: Tricked by a website while applying for Vietnam visa ☞ https://ravidwivedi.in/posts/vietnam-visa/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:22:34

• Argon ONE UP – A Raspberry Pi CM5-powered 14-inch laptop (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/05/argon-one-up-raspberry-pi-cm5-laptop/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:24:04

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Threatens Federal Takeover of D.C. After Member of DOGE Assaulted ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/trump-doge-member-assaulted.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:24:31

• Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Townhouse: Birthday Letters, First Edition ‘Lolita’ and More ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/jeffrey-epstein-mansion-photos.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:24:43

• Photos: What Atomic Bombs Did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/asia/hiroshima-nagasaki-japan-nuclear-photos.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:25:08

• Stella Rimington, First Woman to Lead U.K.’s MI5, Dies at 90 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/europe/stella-rimington-dies.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:25:30

• Surveilling Your Children with AirTags ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/surveilling-your-children-with-airtags.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:26:16

• Uncovering memory corruption in NVIDIA Triton (as a new hire) ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/04/uncovering-memory-corruption-in-nvidia-triton-as-a-new-hire/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:26:36

• Supermicro’s earnings, revenue and guidance all fall short, and its stock craters ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/05/supermicros-earnings-revenue-guidance-fall-short-stock-craters/ The Register takes bribes from it: https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/The_Register_s_Editor_in_Chief_Who_Left_for_Google_Told_Me_AI_W.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:27:22

• Michael Ablassmeier: PVE 9.0 - Snapshots for LVM ☞ https://abbbi.github.io//pve9/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:28:12

• n-Fuse ZBC-M2-1630 – An affordable Zigbee, Thread, and Bluetooth M.2 1630 module ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/06/n-fuse-zbc-m2-1630-an-affordable-zigbee-thread-and-bluetooth-m-2-1630-module/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:28:40

• Christina Applegate hospitalized for painful infection as she continues MS battle ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/entertainment/christina-applegate-hospitalized-for-kidney-infection-amid-ms-battle/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:29:08

• Bangladesh grapples with fraught politics a year after former PM Hasina fled ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-grapples-with-fraught-politics-a-year-after-former-pm-hasina-fled    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:29:37

• Public Knowledge Opposes FCC Vote To Undermine Progress on Closing Digital Divide ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-opposes-fcc-vote-to-undermine-progress-on-closing-digital-divide/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:30:30

• Maintenance Releases for WordPress branches 4.7 to 6.7 ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2025/08/maintenance-releases-for-wordpress-branches-4-7-to-6-7/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:31:12

• Thibault Martin: TIL that You can spot base64 encoded JSON, certificates, and private keys ☞ https://ergaster.org/til/base64-encoded-json/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:36:23

• Fake stories and fraud are flourishing on fact-check-free Latvian Facebook (Farcebook) ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/media/05.08.2025-fake-stories-and-fraud-are-flourishing-on-fact-check-free-latvian-facebook.a609253/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:41:20

• Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1032622/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:42:04

• KDE Plasma 6.4.4, Bugfix Release for August ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.4/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:42:45

• Only 14,000 registered agricultural workers remain in Turkey, MP warns ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/only-14-000-registered-agricultural-workers-remain-in-turkey-mp-warns-310136    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:44:04

• Cisco Says User Data Stolen in CRM Hack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-says-user-data-stolen-in-crm-hack/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:44:37

• SonicWall Hunts for Zero-Day Amid Surge in Firewall Exploitation ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/sonicwall-hunts-for-zero-day-amid-surge-in-firewall-exploitation/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:45:30

• Nuclear weapons hang in a complex balance ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/nuclear-weapons-hang-in-a-complex-balance/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:46:59

• Friends to all: Solomon Islands juggles security partners in search of maximum support ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/friends-to-all-solomon-islands-juggles-security-partners-in-search-of-maximum-support/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:47:53

• Visualizing Secure MLOps (MLSecOps): A Practical Guide for Building Robust AI/ML Pipeline Security ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/08/05/visualizing-secure-mlops-mlsecops-a-practical-guide-for-building-robust-ai-ml-pipeline-security/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:48:22

• Iranian hackers were more coordinated, aligned during Israel conflict than it seemed ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/iranian-hackers-12-day-conflict-hacktivism-securityscorecard/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:48:51

• Mesa 25.2 brings new hardware support for Nouveau users ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/mesa-25.2-brings-new-hardware-support-for-nouveau-users.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:49:18

• Richard M. Stallman Has Published Hey Hi (AI) Memos Since 1980 (45 Years Ago) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/06/Richard_M_Stallman_Has_Published_AI_Memos_Since_1980_45_Years_A.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:49:53

• Mongolia: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows at All-Time Low ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Mongolia_Microsoft_Windows_at_All_Time_Low.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:50:11

• Shouting is an Indication of a Lack of Convincing Argument ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Shouting_is_an_Indication_of_a_Lack_of_Convincing_Argument.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:50:22

• Microsoft backdoored Windows Fell to 19% "Market Share" in Montenegro ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Microsoft_Windows_Fell_to_19_Market_Share_in_Montenegro.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:50:34

• The Debian Language Police Department (PD) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/The_Debian_Language_Police_Department_PD.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:50:53

• IBM is Shutting Down (Piecewise) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/IBM_is_Shutting_Down_Piecewise.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:51:03

• Rumours of Mass Layoffs at Red Bait Next Week (August 11th, 2025) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Rumours_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_Next_Week_August_11th_2025.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:51:15

• Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 61 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/06/explainer-hong-kongs-national-security-crackdown-month-61/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:54:34

• TSMC employees arrested, could face up to 12 years in jail, $3 million fine over alleged attempt to leak 2nm chip details — first case under Taiwan's amended National Security Act cites 'serious suspicions of violating national security laws' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/two-former-tsmc-employees-arrested    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:55:14

• UN Security Council Meets to Discuss Israel-Gaza War and Hostages ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/middleeast/un-israel-gaza-war-hostages.html    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:55:35

• 2 Years After Niger Coup, Terrorism Surges ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/08/2-years-after-niger-coup-terrorism-surges/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-years-after-niger-coup-terrorism-surges    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:55:49

• AMD’s earnings fall short from China chip ban despite good traction in Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/05/amds-earnings-fall-short-due-china-chip-ban-despite-good-traction-ai/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:57:12

• University Board chair Lily Sarafan faces lawsuit ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/08/05/university-board-chair-lily-sarafan-faces-lawsuit-for-alleged-fraud/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:57:50

• Introducing Mission:Libre and FreeXR (and BreakXR) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Introducing_Mission_Libre_and_FreeXR_and_BreakXR.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 17:58:14

• The Register's Editor in Chief (Who Left for Google) Told Me "AI" Was a Bubble, But Now The Register Gets Paid to Participate in Inflating This Bubble ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/The_Register_s_Editor_in_Chief_Who_Left_for_Google_Told_Me_AI_W.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:00:17

• Microsoft's Washington Layoffs Aren't Everything, They're Definitely Not Happening in Just One State in the US ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Microsoft_s_Washington_Layoffs_Aren_t_Everything_They_re_Defini.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:02:37

• Zimbabweans Aren't Into backdoored Windows or Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Zimbabweans_Aren_t_Into_Windows_or_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:02:49

• Calling Plagiarism "Intelligence" is Pure Genius, Brilliance! ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Calling_Plagiarism_Intelligence_is_Pure_Genius_Brilliance.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:03:02

• Stricter Enforcement of Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act is Sorely Needed ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Stricter_Enforcement_of_Worker_Adjustment_and_Retraining_Notifi.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:03:29

• Shortly After a Microsofter Took Over The Register as Editor in Chief Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Tim (Tim Anderson) is Back and It's Still Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Propaganda, Sometimes Funded by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Shortly_After_a_Microsofter_Took_Over_The_Register_as_Editor_in.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:03:48

• IRC Turns 37 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/IRC_Turns_37.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:04:04

• Microsoft v Planet Earth ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Microsoft_v_Planet_Earth.shtml    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:04:14

• Sony Music Sues Napster for $9.2 Million in Allegedly Overdue Royalty Payments — Company Says It’s ‘Committed to Rebuilding’ Major Label Relationships ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/05/napster-sony-music-lawsuit-august-2025/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:09:51

• Ghana Crackdown on Illegal Gold Mining Puts Focus on China ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/08/ghana-crackdown-on-illegal-gold-mining-puts-focus-on-china/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:10:26

• Holland ‘community carbon fund’ promises hyper-local carbon reduction ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/holland-community-carbon-fund-promises-hyper-local-carbon-reduction/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:11:02

• Detection Engineering: Practicing Detection-as-Code – Validation – Part 3 ☞ https://blog.nviso.eu/2025/08/05/detection-engineering-practicing-detection-as-code-validation-part-3/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:11:24

• Earth Spun Faster Today. Here's How We Know. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-spun-faster-today-heres-how-we-know    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:11:45

• The Blood of Exceptionally Long-Lived People Suggests Key Differences ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-blood-of-exceptionally-long-lived-people-suggests-key-differences    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:11:56

• Switching Off For a Moment Lets Your Brain Do Something Wonderful ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/switching-off-for-a-moment-lets-your-brain-do-something-wonderful    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:12:53

• Experiment Recreates The Universe's Very First Chemical Reactions ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/experiment-recreates-the-universes-very-first-chemical-reactions    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:13:26

• Dark Mirror of Our Own Universe Could Explain Quirks in Gravity ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-mirror-of-our-own-universe-could-explain-quirks-in-gravity    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:13:42

• 'Hot Blob' Heading For New York Following Ancient Greenland Rift ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hot-blob-heading-for-new-york-following-ancient-greenland-rift    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:13:53

• Short, Brisk Walks Could Help You Live Longer Than Long, Slow Strolls ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/short-brisk-walks-could-help-you-live-longer-than-long-slow-strolls    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:14:17

• 5 Things You Ought to Know Before Buying Supplements ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/5-things-you-ought-to-know-before-buying-supplements    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:14:32

• Lithuania’s military intelligence chief agrees to quit, ministry drops abuse probe ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2634074/lithuania-s-military-intelligence-chief-agrees-to-quit-ministry-drops-abuse-probe    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:15:43

• Far-right German lawmaker’s ex-aide on trial for spying for China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/05/far-right-german-lawmakers-ex-aide-on-trial-for-spying-for-china/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:15:58

• Snap posts wider quarterly loss as revenue and user monetization miss targets ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/05/snap-posts-wider-quarterly-loss-revenue-user-monetization-miss-targets/ "Shares in Snap Inc. plunged more than 16% in late trading today"    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:17:06

• Scientists Have Brewed a 'Super Alcohol' Theorized to Exist in Deep Space ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-brewed-a-super-alcohol-theorized-to-exist-in-deep-space    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:20:41

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posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:25:26< "Blinking An LED The Very Old Fashioned Way" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/05/2025-one-hertz-challenge-blinking-an-led-the-very-old-fashioned-way/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:28:18

• "supervise Gaza aid collections in Chechnya" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/05/kadyrov-s-son-to-supervise-gaza-aid-collections-in-chechnya | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:29:05

• "Southern Kamchatka shifted" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/05/southern-kamchatka-shifted-nearly-two-meters-almost-7-feet-in-july-30-quake | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:29:38

• "Police watch idly as pro-Kremlin activists disrupt annual memorial service for Stalinist terror victims" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/05/police-watch-idly-as-pro-kremlin-activists-disrupt-annual-memorial-service-for-stalinist-terror-victims | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:31:12

• Did the Israel-Iran war expose China’s Middle East policy? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/did-the-israel-iran-war-expose-chinas-middle-east-policy/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:31:51

• Mali receives CS/VP14 armoured vehicles from China ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/mali-receives-cs-vp14-armoured-vehicles-from-china/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:32:21

• Report reveals Chinese influence on UK schools and students ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/report-reveals-chinese-influence-on-uk-schools-and-students/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:32:53

• 14 ex-Huawei employees handed down prison sentences in China — accused face up to six years for taking 'chip-related business secrets' with them to form startup Zunpai ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/14-ex-huawei-employees-handed-down-prison-sentences-in-china-accused-face-up-to-six-years-for-taking-chip-related-business-secrets-with-them-to-form-startup-zunpai    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:34:51

• Monsoon peaks in south China, unleashing landslides and a surge in virus cases ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/monsoon-peaks-in-south-china-unleashing-landslides-and-a-surge-in-virus-cases    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:35:36

• Oscillator ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/05/2025-one-hertz-challenge-shoulda-put-a-ring-oscillator-on-it/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:36:06

• "Web systems are designed to be simple and reliable." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/05/why-names-break-systems/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:36:34

• "LoRaSense RGB Pi HAT" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/05/2025-one-hertz-challenge-lorasense-rgb-pi-hat/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:36:58

• [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/reiwa/uxweuv3cnsafot.jpg    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:41:52

• "I'm currently testing a #Mobian kernel patch to improve battery life on the #PinephonePro and it's looking promising (about 3 hours of continuous use instead of 1 hour)" gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:42:50

• "As I wrote at the end of my previous post, I left a bunch of loose threads in my reverse-engineering because I just didn't feel like continuing unless I have something specific to research lol." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2025-08-06-2    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:44:22

• "So recently I've been doing a bit more reverse engineering of the Nintendo e-Reader[1] for the GBA. The really really cool RetroDotCards[2] project released late last month and I've been having a great time playing the games; and it's inspired me to dig into a few aspects of the e-Reader again (and make some previous research actually discoverable)." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2025-08-06    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:45:01

• "When I planted bananas last year I planted pups of two different varieties that I got from a friend. Now the other original banana pup is pushing a flower and has a few pups of it's own." gemini://gemini.cyberbot.space/gemlog/2025-08-06-foodforestupdate3.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:46:44

• "I recently bought a few chairs to furnish my apartment. When I scooted one across the floor, it made this awful noise¹. I couldn't stand it." gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/08/06/society-should-be-more-accessible-to-autistic-people/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:47:51

• "This is the full recount, to the best of my recollection, of how I joined the pediverse. First, we have to go back, way back, to before I knew paraphiles even existed in public social spaces. I was on twitter at the time, browsing my feed as I normally did and, if memory serves, there was a “callout post” telling people to avoid a certain account." gemini://breebee.smol.pub/how_it_all_began_08_05_2025    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:48:40

• 🔤SpellBinding — ABDILRS Wordo: HALFY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-06.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:49:18

• "When I say *human-readable file format*, I'm referring to text-based files that can be opened, read, and understood without the need for any specific software or proprietary interface." gemini://adele.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-08-04_why_I_prefer_human-readble_file_formats.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:50:03

• Misleading as this is malware, not "Linux backdoor" https://cybernews.com/security/linux-backdoor-stealthy-malware/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:54:41

• So do not install it https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/dangerous-new-linux-malware-strikes-thousands-of-users-see-passwords-personal-info-stolen-heres-what-we-know    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:55:37

• Google is building a Linux terminal app for native Android development - here's why that's huge https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-is-building-a-linux-terminal-app-for-native-android-development-heres-why-thats-huge/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:56:22

• Linux is becoming even more popular on Steam, and not only because of the Steam Deck https://www.pcguide.com/news/linux-is-getting-even-more-popular-on-steam-and-its-not-only-because-of-the-steam-deck/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:57:49

• Linux's Favorite Screenshot Tool Flameshot 13.0 Arrives After 3-Year Hiatus https://news.itsfoss.com/flameshot-13-0-release/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:58:21

• What’s up with… Beeline & ZTE, Linux Foundation, Nokia https://www.telecomtv.com/content/telcos-and-ai-channel/what-s-up-with-beeline-zte-linux-foundation-nokia-53577/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:59:27

• "So no time-frame and no other information, just that something is actually properly in progress and it will now benefit multiple titles." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nvidia-are-working-on-a-general-optimization-for-vkd3d-directx12-games-on-linux/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 18:59:59

• "There's quite a number of posts on their Steam forum about it, and the bug is already logged on Valve's GitHub for Proton. The game is currently rated Steam Deck Playable / SteamOS Compatible by Valve." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/hunt-showdown-1896-broken-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-due-to-easy-anti-cheat/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 19:00:38

• "We all saw what happened with Fedora when a proposal was put to drop 32-bit didn't we? Sounds like another messy situation. I wonder how much backlash this will end up causing for the openSUSE Leap developers." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/opensuse-leap-16-0-will-need-steam-gamers-to-install-some-extras-due-to-no-32-bit/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 19:01:03

• "I didn't enjoy reading novels in the past. But somehow this has changed. Now it's pretty relaxing and lets me unwind." gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-08/2025-08-06--books.txt    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 20:27:33

• Dream: Old Friends gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/8-06.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 20:28:10

• "Is it just me who scrolls back 30, 40, even 50 items in their shell history... rather than using search or just retyping the command?" gemini://rawtext.club/~thelovebug/2025-08-06-history.gmi    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 20:28:51

• Microsoft continues layoff spree with dozens of job cuts in Washington https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/microsoft-continues-layoff-spree-with-dozens-of-job-cuts-in-washington-10173004/    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 20:43:51

• Microsoft Cuts 40 More Jobs Amid Ongoing Mass Layoffs Amid AI [sic] Boom [sic]; Internet Blames H1B1 Hires https://in.mashable.com/tech/98104/microsoft-cuts-40-more-jobs-amid-ongoing-mass-layoffs-amid-ai-boom-internet-blames-h1b1-hires    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 20:44:48

• Xbox Gear Store Offline: What's Behind the Restructuring and Future Plans? https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/first-the-xbox-design-lab-now-the-xbox-gear-store-is-coming-back-soon-the-former-of-which-has-been-coming-back-soon-for-over-half-a-year    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 20:46:16

• Hey, Xbox, just what in the heck is going on with Forza Motorsport? — Players deserve answers, not silence https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/hey-xbox-just-what-in-the-heck-is-going-on-with-forza-motorsport-players-deserve-answers-not-silence    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 20:47:40

• "Has it ever occurred to you that in addition to AI growth the master plan was to layoff in the US and replace hire in India to pay for it? All may be unfolding exactly as Satya wants. No surprises, no unexpected turns, no gotchas, just all according to plan." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1yrncn7    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 20:49:01

• "You'll own nothing and you'll be happy." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1bsen91    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 20:49:35

• "Customers compare upgrade to Microsoft's mega-messy Windows 8" https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/06/trello_redesign_as_bad_as/?td=rt-3a    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 21:09:46

• the drowning gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/the_drowning    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 21:11:47

• New ONS data today, mortality rose 10% after COVID-19. 2019: 9,080 deaths for Week 29. This year: 9,932    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 21:41:28

• Week 28 was 10,155 deaths this year, compared to 9,179 in 2019. Source: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales/2025 they still use proprietary Microsoft formats, which is tasteless in the context of science and Open Data    

posted Wednesday, August 06, 2025 at 21:43:06