Roy Schestowitz

• The Voice of the Machine gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/vox_mechanica.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 00:16:46

• Scripting gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/scripting.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 00:18:58

• Musings gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/musings-09-03-2025.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 00:19:46

• "i have been on a rather long and winding journey through the realm of possibility, regarding potential electronics projects — specifically with the esp32, arduino, and scavenged tech found here and there." gemini://voidrane.smol.pub/1757003490    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 00:20:36

• Hello, from the CLI: "This is sorta fun, but I can't figure it out. Wait! It's working?!!? Let's see if this edit gets published!" gemini://catawampus.smol.pub/hello-world    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 00:21:31

• not a happy memory gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/not_a_happy_memory    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 00:22:06

• "Well, even though my terminal still gives errors, it looks like I can publish to this smol blog. So, I guess the tinkering is done. And now I have to think about what I'm doing with this thing. Aside from the fun of figuring it out in the first place. I'll "noodle" on it." gemini://catawampus.smol.pub/what-now    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 00:22:51

• "I've read some Marx but I still have no idea what this actually means, particularly when you talk about it in the context of a moneyless classless society. Can someone give me some consistent definition of the words "worker", "owning", and "means of production" that can survive someone kicking its tires?" gemini://ingrix.info/misc/mop.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 00:23:31

• "I think about this quote a lot. Attributed to Teddy Roosevelt, I believe. I work from home, most days. I'm in front of a screen most of the time. I've taken up morning pages (before a screen) and zine making, mostly on paper. That helps me mentally not rust out." gemini://catawampus.smol.pub/dont-rust    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 00:24:06

• "wayland-only" issue https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15329    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 02:59:49

• "I learned a long time ago that you have almost no real friends at work. I had disappointment after disappointment, so it's not even personal, fake people abound." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4ah0dwyhttps://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4ah0dwy    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 03:02:55

• "I don't even feel like posting a comment giving any 2 cent about Red Hat anymore. I would have, but I saw the thread about someone else being laid off today (here), the multiple posts on social media over the past days, Hans leaving, etc... and it's, well, sad." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4abfnpb    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 03:04:36

• "IBM position with India - Should IBM change its direction with India after this past week we see India running shoulders with Russia?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4bqt806    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 03:35:39

• "Why would we change anything when the cost savings are so good? The only thing that could cause a change is if the current administration recognizes that IBM is a foreign company pretending to be American." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4bqt806    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 03:35:48

• You shop online, they spy on you. You shop offline, they still do. https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/sainsburys_lfr/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 03:39:18

• Huawei counts cost of Western bans as UK business withers https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/huawei_uk_decline/ but see https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/11/The_Register_MS_Takes_Money_From_Companies_Banned_by_the_Biden_.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 05:29:08

• Russia’s repression record https://cpj.org/2025/08/russias-repression-record/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 05:31:42

• 'An Ogre' https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-29/russia-says-macron-crossed-line-of-decency-by-calling-putin-an-ogre    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 05:32:14

• Can No Longer Economically Wage War https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-30/germanys-merz-ukraine-allies-must-ensure-russia-can-no-longer-economically-wage-war    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 05:52:32

• Won't Get Frozen Assets Back Without Paying Reparations https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-30/eus-kallas-says-russia-wont-get-frozen-assets-back-without-paying-reparations    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 05:52:54

• Good luck accomplishing this while you CONTINUE outsourcing even EU (government) operations and jobs to India and import everything from China https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-09-01/modi-says-russia-and-india-stand-together-even-in-difficult-times    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 05:54:41

• EU jobs got outsourced to India by the same corrupt crook who bought his way into EPO leadership https://techrights.org/o/2018/07/22/antonio-campinos-outsourcing/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 05:55:21

• So Putin can get access to or control EU systems    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 05:55:45

• But keep sending all the capital to China and India, who then send this capital to the nation that's engaged in kinetic war against the West https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-09-01/modi-and-putin-meet-on-summit-sidelines-as-india-faces-steep-us-tariff-over-russian-oil-imports    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 05:56:52

• Already in war with the EU, which sends its data and computer systems to nations that literally hug the aggressor https://www.dw.com/en/eu-chief-plane-hit-by-suspected-russian-gps-jamming/a-73832942    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 05:59:11

• When your own president is a convicted criminal, then why not befriend Putin? Some see him as the "lesser of the evils" https://www.vox.com/world-politics/397741/axis-upheaval-crinks-china-russia-iran-north-korea    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:00:21

• Maybe stop sending NATO computer systems and capital to Putin's sponsors? https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-09-02/nato-says-it-is-working-to-counter-russias-gps-jamming-after-interference-with-eu-leaders-plane    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:01:24

• "Antropenko is charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, computer fraud and abuse, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He is accused of using Zeppelin ransomware to attack multiple people, businesses and organizations globally, including victims based in the U.S." https://cyberscoop.com/ianis-antropenko-zeppelin-ransomware-russian-cybercrime/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:02:34

• Do GAFAM and IBM pay any attention? They would rather not. https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-09-03/analysis-as-trump-chills-us-india-ties-modi-warms-to-china-and-russia    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:03:23

• Egypt Rounds up Teenaged TikTokkers in Crackdown on Social Control Media https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-29/egypt-rounds-up-teenaged-tiktokkers-in-crackdown-on-social-media    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:04:21

• Malaysia Summons TikTok Management Over Delays in Tackling Fake News, Report Says https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-09-02/malaysia-summons-tiktok-management-over-delays-in-tackling-fake-news-report-says    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:04:53

• Executed https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mexican-tiktoker-esmeralda-ferrer-garibay-family-executed-after-flaunting-luxury-life-narco-1742888    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:05:20

• Austerity Targets Ukrainian Refugees https://jacobin.com/2025/08/poland-austerity-ukrainian-refugees-welfare/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:07:18

• "Public Awareness" from Microsoft front group https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202509.en.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:09:10

• Sea Level https://xkcd.com/3135/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:09:27

• Pull https://xkcd.com/3136/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:09:41

• Cursed Number https://xkcd.com/3137/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:09:58

• It took me 5 years to learn not to make these Linux mistakes https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-mistakes-learned/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:11:58

• How to install Shotcut video editor on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/08/how-to-install-shotcut-video-editor-on.html https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=FFuTyJCcRvk    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:14:11

• Eight seconds and dropping? How to make the most of short attention spans https://theconversation.com/eight-seconds-and-dropping-how-to-make-the-most-of-short-attention-spans-263461    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:15:48

• how to leave lobste.rs for good in 3 easy steps https://kivikakk.ee/2025/09/01/how-to-leave-lobsters-for-good-in-3-easy-steps    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 06:16:32

• What exactly are you eating? The nutritional ‘dark matter’ in your food https://theconversation.com/what-exactly-are-you-eating-the-nutritional-dark-matter-in-your-food-262290    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 07:56:17

• The tyranny of front gardens: we cut and trim them out of social pressure, not pleasure https://theconversation.com/the-tyranny-of-front-gardens-we-cut-and-trim-them-out-of-social-pressure-not-pleasure-264136    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 07:57:01

• Lousy greenwashing PR by the worst culprits https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/amazon-mexico-city-water-infrastructure-project/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 07:57:55

• Samuel Henrique: Debian 13: My list of exciting new features https://samueloph.dev/blog/debian-13-my-list-of-exciting-new-features/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:00:04

• CVE-2025-40927 https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/cve-2025-40927/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:01:54

• GTC 2.0 Features https://blogs.perl.org/users/lichtkind/2025/09/gtc-20-features.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:02:10

• Finally fixed a two-decade bug in my File::Finder CPAN module https://blogs.perl.org/users/randal_l_schwartz/2025/08/finally-fixed-a-two-decade-bug-in-my-filefinder-cpan-module.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:02:31

• This week in PSC (200) | 2025-08-27 https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2025/09/this-week-in-psc-200-2025-08-27.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:02:48

• No take-backs for Thaler on AI inventorship claim http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/no-take-backs-for-thaler-on-ai.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:03:35

• Kangaroo Courts of corrupted EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/no-claim-interpretation-summersaults.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:04:08

• Misuse of "IP" law for propaganda purposes http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/09/to-block-or-not-to-block-that-is.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:04:43

• CachyOS is ON FIRE (+ more Linux Gaming News)! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=9cPqyfBkmkc    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:06:19

• 'sort' - sort lines of text - Video Man Pages https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=z55PFrvuBqk    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:06:34

• WTH is happening at the GNOME Foundation ?! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=dR_Uzf2B-YA    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:06:53

• Turning KDE Plasma Into the Coolest Desktop Ever https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=AbSYbvaOlCA    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:07:15

• I Read The Ubuntu Linux Manga - Ch 1 - 5 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=W6AjpItyqns    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:07:32

• Useful Linux Commands Hidden On Every System https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=vLLFktWXT2A    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:07:48

• All Ubuntu All The Time! ...for now https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=kYvTdviuQ-k    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:08:30

• Let's make a CachyOS box... https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=f0BJkPeE-WM    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:08:52

• Getting Started With Doom Emacs https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=26gFIhHM09E    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:09:07

• Why Arch Linux Wiki Is The Greatest Wiki Ever https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=Loed9onehyA    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:13:48

• Change Your Desktop Environment in Debian – Complete Guide https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ILaEYof7JLA    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:15:13

• Linux Mint 22.2: still fixing the Linux desktop https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=DNuSKBKVVzs    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:15:29

• My Linux Journey 2025 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=CJ022gOH2g0    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:15:45

• How to install SparkyLinux "KDE" 8.0 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=c4xTU9yNJcE    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:16:02

• Everyone Wants Bcachefs Deleted From Linux Kernel https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=5UTjPgScOO0    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:16:21

• Where Is The COSMIC Desktop Beta??? https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=49CZjgnQKsE    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:16:40

• AlmaLinux OS 10 Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/shorts/J4TmJgHh4E0    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:16:56

• Why You Should Use Ghostty Terminal As Your Default Linux Terminal https://www.maketecheasier.com/ghostty-terminal-review/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:17:49

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (35/2025): Plasma on odd screens and Camera fun on mainline https://linmob.net/weekly-update-35-2025/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:18:48

• They leave out how they also filter out people based on their political views https://alpinelinux.org/posts/2025-08-30-new-alpine-developers-process.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:20:04

• Linux welcomes you if Linus likes your politics https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/08/29/2033242/linus-torvalds-marks-bcachefs-as-now-externally-maintained    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:20:34

• "While we're all desperate to know what the heck the Steam Frame actually is, Valve released SteamOS 3.7.15 Beta "The Sound of Silence"." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/steamos-3-7-15-beta-brings-fixes-for-audio-security-issues-asus-rog-ally-and-lenovo-legion-go/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:31:48

• "NVIDIA have now put down a date of September 10 for the GeForce NOW upgrade to Blackwell RTX, to bring more power to their cloud gaming service." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/geforce-nows-blackwell-rtx-upgrade-arrives-september-10-and-more-games-arrive-soon/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:32:06

• "After a long time for fans waiting on it, Hollow Knight: Silksong is now officially out and it arrives with Native Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified. They sure kept us waiting huh?" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/hollow-knight-silksong-is-out-now-with-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:32:24

• "A quality selection of indie games are available in the newly launched Indie Likes & Lites Humble Bundle." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/get-some-fabulous-indie-games-in-the-indie-likes-lites-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:32:38

• "A mystery adventure where you're a journalist who has received a strange package, which turns out to be a console and a game. Game Settings sounds quite unique." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/game-settings-is-a-mystery-adventure-about-a-journalist-being-sent-a-strange-console/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:36:18

• "Granvir is a great looking 3rd person action roguelite mech-builder with co-op multiplayer, with a release date announced and a Steam Deck competition." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/3rd-person-action-mech-builder-granvir-gets-a-release-date-and-you-can-win-a-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:36:35

• "Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" has been officially released today, bringing with it plenty of enhancements across the board to the popular Linux distro." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/linux-mint-22-2-zara-is-officially-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:37:08

• "Donald Trump is creating a personal paramilitary force" https://www.newstatesman.com/world/americas/north-america/us/2025/09/donald-trump-is-creating-a-personal-paramilitary-force    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:42:06

• "Microsoft Can't Guarantee Data Sovereignty – OVHcloud Says 'We Told You So'" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/09/02/1855227    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:42:26

• "Cooking the Federal Reserve’s Credibility - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cooking-the-federal-reserves-credibility    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:42:40

• "According to Human Rights Watch, same-sex relationships are illegal in around 30 of Africa's 54 countries." https://www.dw.com/en/burkina-faso-passes-law-outlawing-homosexual-practices/a-73855503    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:43:09

• "Many found to be illegal: Trump says to ask Supreme Court for 'expedited ruling' in tariff appeal" https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2333280.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:43:33

• "Frozen Grants, Canceled Futures: The Human Toll of UCLA’s Research Suspension | The Scientist" https://www.the-scientist.com/frozen-grants-canceled-futures-the-human-toll-of-ucla-s-research-suspension-73353    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:46:25

• "Contributor: MAGA has won the war on science" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-09-03/cdc-science-doctors-congress    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:46:42

• "Opinion | Despots at Home and Abroad Want to Silence Our College Campuses" https://www.chronicle.com/article/despots-at-home-and-abroad-want-to-silence-our-campuses [paywall]    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:47:01

• "He was bayoneted in Guam. Shot on Iwo. Now, at 100, he is a sergeant." https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/09/02/he-was-bayoneted-in-guam-shot-on-iwo-now-at-100-he-is-a-sergeant/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:47:25

• "NATO Chief's Hardest Words For Ukraine Yet, 'Says Europe Must Not Be Naive About Russia's...' | FULL | Hindustan Times" https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/nato-chiefs-hardest-words-for-ukraine-yet-says-europe-must-not-be-naive-about-russias-full-101756989751652.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:47:40

• "Erdogan’s flirt with Xi Jinping and China" https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/podcasts/1279904/erdogans-flirtation-with-xi-jinping-and-china/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:50:50

• "Brittisk komiker arresterad för tweets" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/09/03/brittisk-komiker-arresterad-for-tweets/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:51:08

• iophk: the risks of depending on proprietary gimmicks https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/naar-man-ikke-har-digital-selvbestemmelse    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:51:27

• "Donald Trump isn’t dead, he’s just rotting" https://www.newstatesman.com/world/americas/north-america/us/2025/09/donald-trump-hand-isnt-dead-hes-just-rotting    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:51:43

• "Europe’s best security guarantee against Russia is the Ukrainian army" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/europes-best-security-guarantee-against-russia-is-the-ukrainian-army/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:52:01

• "Passkeys Are Incompatible With Open Source Software" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/09/04/0350224    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:52:19

• iophk: it didn't used to be that words from the dictionary could be trademarked https://www.wired.com/story/uspto-denies-neuralinks-applications-for-telepathy-telekinesis-marks/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:52:46

• "The Indonesian Protests Are a Revolt Against Oligarchy" https://jacobin.com/2025/09/indonesia-protests-prabowo-austerity-police/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:53:33

• "Trump Is Putting His Thumb on the Scale for Cuomo" https://jacobin.com/2025/09/trump-cuomo-mayor-nyc-adams/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:53:49

• "US-Kartellverfahren: Monopolist Google kommt ungeschoren davon" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/us-kartellverfahren-monopolist-google-kommt-ungeschoren-davon/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:54:05

• "The Military Has Officially Entered the Deportation Business" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/military-lawyers-immigration-judges/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:54:22

• "Valve have a new trademark filed for Steam Frame, with it appearing to be multiple new types of hardware that's on the way." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/new-valve-trademark-for-steam-frame-looks-like-were-getting-new-hardware/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:55:19

• "More classics are being kept alive for modern platforms, with GOG putting Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra into their Preservation Program." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/konami-collectors-series-castlevania-contra-enters-the-gog-preservation-program/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:55:32

• "Selaco is easily one of the most promising retro-infused shooters around, and it's going to get a lot better with the Chapter 2 update." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/selaco-is-getting-some-big-upgrades-with-chapter-2/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:55:42

• "While it's incredibly early, the Nexus Mods app team have confirmed work has begun to support Skyrim, the most requested game for it." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/the-new-cross-platform-nexus-mods-app-begins-work-to-support-skyrim-special-edition/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:58:49

• "EVERYBODY'S GOLF HOT SHOTS arrives on Steam today from Bandai Namco Entertainment, and Valve just rated it Steam Deck Playable even with Easy Anti-Cheat." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/everybodys-golf-hot-shots-rated-steam-deck-playable-with-the-anti-cheat-enabled-for-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 08:59:09

• "My answer has always been simple: Yes, you can, and I do it every single day." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/why-choose-libreoffice-onlyoffice-over-ms-office/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:04:27

• "It's not news that full speed NVMe disks are extremely fast, as well as extremely good at random IO and doing a lot of IO at once." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/NVMeCouldBecomeRequired | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:05:19

• "I recently decided to add support for light and dark color schemes to this site. Modern CSS makes this surprisingly painless: [...]" ☛ https://citizen428.net/blog/color-schemes-modern-css/ | Source: Michael Kohl    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:05:43

• "Unlike remote access tools like VNC and SSH that access a Raspberry Pi from across your network" ☛ https://schwarztech.net/articles/my-ipads-raspberry-pi-sidecar | Source: SchwarzTech    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:06:05

• "Accidental route leaks and hijacks have been business-as-usual ever since Yakov Rekhter and Kirk Lougheed sketched out the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) on two napkins 35 years ago." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/09/05/preventing-route-leaks-made-simple-bgp-roleplay-with-junos-rfc-9234/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:06:21

• Okefenokee ☛ https://therevelator.org/saving-okefenokee/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:08:36

• ""Looks like you're playing for the other team, Peter," Radosław Sikorski said on X." ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/09/05/polish-fm-calls-out-szijjarto-looks-like-youre-playing-for-the-other-team | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:09:23

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

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:10:00

• "Gaza Aid Whistleblower Arrested For Interrupting Senate Hearing" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/off-to-jail-gaza-aid-whistleblower-arrested-for-interrupting-senate-hearing/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:10:47

• PSI Metrics for Kubernetes Graduates to Beta ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/09/04/kubernetes-v1-34-introducing-psi-metrics-beta/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:16:14

• "The Fing Agent has been available previously as software for Raspberry Pi, NAS, and Docker containers. The new kit, created in collaboration with Pimoroni, comes pre-assembled and pre-configured to simplify deployment." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/fing-agent-with-raspberry-pi-kit-now-available/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:17:56

• "Here at Canonical we are excited to announce that we have shipped the first release of our solution for enterprise-ready data lakehouses, built on the combination of Apache Spark and Apache Kyuubi." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/implement-an-enterprise-ready-data-lakehouse-architecture-with-spark-and-kyuubi | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:18:31

• IBM now talking complete BS about buzzwords; it's a worthless trip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-L0R_eHe9g But this is what IBM keeps pushing https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-september-5-2025    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:21:30

• Mindless, ridiculous hype. Red Hat jumping the shark with false promises and vapourware. https://www.analyticsinsight.net/interview/the-blind-spots-in-ai-security-that-could-cost-us-all-brian-stevens-svp-cto-ai-red-hat-explains-the-unsolved-challenges    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:22:22

• This reads 90% like a paid puff piece or plug https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/infrastructure/134203/red-hat-strives-for-simplicity-in-an-ever-more-complex-it-world/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:23:44

• peak stupidity https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/security-beyond-model-introducing-ai-system-cards    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:24:25

• Vapouware and buzzwords, nothing to see here https://www.itweb.co.za/article/ready-or-not-quantum-computing-is-coming/lwrKxv3YbJmMmg1o    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:25:15

• Red Hat promoting proprietary Microsoft spyware with back doors ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/09/04/how-deploy-azure-red-hat-openshift-using-terraform    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:26:48

• Buzzwords on Hey Hi (AI) adoption - trying to make companies reliant on a fraud or a bubble that's bursting ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/09/04/how-platform-engineering-accelerates-enterprise-ai-adoption    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:28:47

• How to migrate from Fluentd to Vector in OpenShift 4 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/09/04/how-migrate-fluentd-vector-openshift-4    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:29:22

• Red Hat QA Team "Had Shrunk by Half Over the Past Year." (After I.C.B.M. Divestment) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/04/Red_Hat_QA_Team_Had_Shrunk_by_Half_Over_the_Past_Year_After_IBM.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:30:10

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

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:34:09

• How To Install ModSecurity with Apache on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-modsecurity-apache-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:34:23

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

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:34:40

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

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:35:00

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

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:35:37

• 50+ Best Free and Open-Source Software for GNU/Linux in 2025 ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/best-free-open-source-software/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:36:16

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

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:36:39

• Better to migrate everything to Bash. PowerShell is a malware magenet. ☞ https://idroot.us/install-powershell-almalinux-10/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:37:54

• How To Change Hostname on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/change-hostname-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:38:15

• How To Install CMake on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-cmake-debian-13/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 09:38:41

• Mint   

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:34:36

• How to Upgrade to Linux Mint 22.2 from Mint 22.1 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-linux-mint-22-2-from-mint-22-1/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:34:49

• ‘Flipping the script’ and other tell-tale signs of AI-written copy ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/how-to-spot-ai-written-copy/ "Journalists and PRs share their tips on spotting and blocking AI-written content."    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:36:39

• The LibreOffice Conference 2025 begins! ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/04/the-libreoffice-conference-2025-begins/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:37:12

• "According to Binnies’ digital director Tom Ray, this is more than just a technical improvement" ☛ https://info.juliahub.com/blog/uk-water-report-spotlights-juliahub-partnership | Source: Julia Programming Language    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:39:10

• "A very common adage in ODE solvers is that if you run into trouble with an explicit method, usually some explicit Runge-Kutta method like RK4, then you should try an implicit method." ☛ https://www.stochasticlifestyle.com/implicit-ode-solvers-are-not-universally-more-robust-than-explicit-ode-solvers-or-why-no-ode-solver-is-best/ | Source: Chris Rackauckas    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:39:25

• "“Iterator” is called a pattern, but it’s not a pattern in the same sense that “mediator” is a pattern." ☛ https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/if-i-hear-design-pattern-one-more-time-ill-go-mad/ | Source: Alisa Sireneva    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:39:50

• "So a few months ago I wrote a newsletter about how we use nondeterminism in formal methods." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/the-angels-and-demons-of-nondeterminism/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:40:29

• "Engineers responsible for managing the development and build environments also benefit greatly from understanding dependency graph concepts and how they are used by the build system." ☛ https://www.tweag.io/blog/2025-09-04-introduction-to-dependency-graph/ | Source: Modus Create LLC    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:40:47

• "There is only one solution that stands any chance of being effective: to bolster massively the support that open source maintainers receive." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/04/why-powerful-but-hard-to-detect-backdoors-could-become-a-routine-problem-for-open-source-projects-because-of-ai/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:41:02

• Trademarks gone mad? ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/uspto-denies-neuralinks-applications-for-telepathy-telekinesis-marks/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:59:18

• "Radiohead announces a run of 20 shows across five European cities. To help curb bots and scalpers, fans must first pre-register to purchase tickets." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/03/radiohead-tour-fans-pre-register/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 10:59:54

• "Google feared the worst. But the Mountain View giant, found guilty last year of abusing its dominant position in online search, has been spared the most severe remedies by Judge Amit Mehta." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/google-dodges-harsh-remedies | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:00:07

• Google Search Remedies ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/09/03/google-search-remedies/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:00:26

• "EU antitrust regulators have delayed fining Alphabet's Google over its adtech business, while waiting for the United States to cut tariffs on European cars as part of a trade deal, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-adtech-fine-on-hold-as-eu-awaits-lower-us-car-duties-sources-say/articleshow/123660708.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:00:46

• "This conclusion ultimately seems as though Mehta is doing something, yet Google has to change very little. It is difficult for me to believe this will be disruptive to Google’s search monopoly." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/mehta-google-remedies/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:01:01

• "The decision — expected to be rubber stamped in the coming weeks — is likely to mark a respite in fraught EU-US relations following President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on Brussels’ crackdown on Silicon Valley." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-set-to-dodge-eu-fine-with-offer-to-unbundle-teams/articleshow/123705096.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:03:11

• "In digital minimalism I’m always like “could people in 1978 do this?” Could they send letters and place calls? Then it’s okay that I use the digital equivalent of that." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/digital-minimalism-1978 | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:03:42

• "Oh no, are they trying to "harm the technology"? Is that related to "criminal contempt of business model"?" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/09/waymo-dance-party/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:03:56

• "Authorities then carried out new raids on Monday to find the painting, officials said, at homes linked to Kadgien and the couple's relatives, where investigators found two other paintings presumably dating back to the 1800s." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/argentina-couple-under-house-arrest-over-nazi-looted-art/a-73856774 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:04:10

• "It invites gaming that will erode the tax base. Trump’s policy encourages plumbers, electricians, and various other workers to offer customers a discount rate, if they’re willing to pay in “tips.”" ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/460158/no-tax-on-tips-jobs-workers-list-populism | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:04:26

• "When President Donald Trump rolled out the National Guard in Washington, many Americans saw it as a controversial and highly unusual step for a nation that has long barred the use of the military for domestic peacekeeping on U.S. streets." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0904/trump-national-guard-police-crime | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:04:44

• "In August 2025, I hosted a Burner Phone 101 Workshop at the Brooklyn Public Library. Below is a summary of the workshop with key points in bold and additional resources that participants helped crowdsource." ☛ https://rebeccawilliams.info/burner-phone-101/ |    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:05:08

• "No matter who you are, if CBP wants to confiscate your phone, they can. This is where burner phones come in" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/09/04/travel-under-trump-2-0-dont-cross-a-u-s-border-without-a-perfect-burner-phone.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:05:24

• "People in the public relations industry told Press Gazette that many clients now turn to ChatGPT to write commentary and preventing this, and advising clients against doing so, has become a part of their job." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/how-to-spot-ai-written-copy/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:06:37

• "After capturing Ukrainian journalist Heorhiy Levchenko two years ago in retaliation for his brave reporting on the war from the occupied territories" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/russian-court-jails-ukrainian-journalist-heorhiy-levchenko-for-16-years/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:07:25

• "Yet when the 57-year-old Irishman touched down at Heathrow Airport yesterday (1 September 2025), he was detained." ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/09/graham-linehans-freedom-of-speech | Source: New Statesman    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:08:55

• "Ah yes, the old "we all know what we mean" trick — deliberately imprecise language used by every despot to let them do whatever they want." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/09/03/albertas-book-ban-backfires-as-librarians-remove-dystopian-classics.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:09:09

• "Instead, Altman is using his billions to harass people. Because he can." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/04/openai-is-using-legal-threats-to-harass-its-critics/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:09:30

• "Distasteful and offensive, absolutely, but it’s hard to argue his words are criminal. And it’s difficult to take the charges leveled by British law enforcement seriously given how wide a net they’ve cast in punishing speech." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/britains-free-speech-crisis-democracy | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:09:56

• "According to CPJ research, at least 16 journalists were imprisoned in Iran in 2024 for their work and at least 96 journalists have been arrested by the regime since Mahsa (Jina) Amini’s death in September 2022." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/imprisoned-for-telling-the-truth-a-qa-with-iranian-american-journalist-reza-valizadehs-brother/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:15:14

• "Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar, an atheist psychologist and co-founder of the Mouvement Alternatif pour les Libertés Individuelles (MALI)" ☛ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-urges-global-action-for-moroccan-activist-given-30-months-for-blasphemous-t-shirt/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:15:34

• "But there are those who are opposed to granting you this right." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/letter-students-academia-right-intellectual-life/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:15:50

• "Assuming that Linehan’s account is correct, then his arrest is totalitarian, absurd, and a waste of police time." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/graham-linehan-arrest-europe-free-speech/684081/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:16:06

• "This is why I get so irritated at the nonsense of libertarians who say tAxATiON iS tHEfT. Look, I don’t like paying taxes either and I do it as begrudgingly as anyone else." ☛ https://aj.bourg.family/2025-09-03-society/ | Source: AJ Bourg    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:16:28

• "Swedish firm Klarna said on Tuesday it was aiming for a U.S. listing valuing the company at up to $14 billion, as it seeks to capitalize on renewed investor interest in high-growth fintech startups after an extended lull." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/swedish-fintech-klarna-eyes-1-27-billion-raise-in-long-awaited-ipo/articleshow/123655306.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:16:44

• "From Blue Screens to Orange Crabs: Microsoft’s Rusty Revolution" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/microsofts-rust-bet-from-blue-screens-to-safer-code/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:17:01

• Atlassian Acquires The Browser Company ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/09/04/atlassian-acquires-the-browser-company/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:17:26

• "The acquisition is mostly about Dia, which launched in June. Dia is a mix of web browser and chatbot, with a built-in way to chat with your tabs but also do things across apps." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/web/770947/browser-company-arc-dia-acquired-atlassian | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:17:46

• "In 1977, Commodore paid $25,000 for the rights to bundle the interpreter with its systems, a move that helped establish BASIC as the entry point for a generation of programmers." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/microsofts-6502-basic-goes-open-source-under-mit-license/ | Source: Linuxiac https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/05/BASIC_Predates_Microsoft_by_Over_a_Decade_Microsoft_Controlled_.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:19:41

• "By providing details on the provenance and security of software and its components, modules, and libraries, SBOMs help organizations understand and address security risks in the software supply chain, the authoring agencies say." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/us-allies-push-for-sboms-to-bolster-cybersecurity/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:19:58

• "A group of Ann Arbor residents are taking the first steps toward removing DTE Energy as their electrical provider and creating a public electric utility board." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/ann-arbor-residents-plan-ballot-initiative-to-dump-dte-and-begin-shifting-city-toward-public-power/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:21:22

• "70 cables were cut a day." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/german-motorists-facing-plague-of-electric-car-charger-cable-thefts-70-charging-points-a-day-being-gutted-to-sell-for-copper-scrap | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:21:41

• "The SM42-6Dn train is powered by two Ballard 85kW fuel cells, paired with battery technology. The locomotive passed preliminary operational testing in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in 2022." ☛ https://www.h2-view.com/story/polish-rail-operator-launches-trials-of-pesa-built-hydrogen-locomotive/2131684.article/ | Source: H2 View    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:22:02

• "Humans have been applying dung as a fertilizer for millennia, so we know it’s an important fertilizer." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/restoring-bison-to-yellowstone-has-reawakened-the-ecosystem-as-the-large-animals-migrate-study-suggests-180987278/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:29:49

• "Around half of America’s farms make little to no money and produce little to no food, but they’re often lumped in with the country’s largest and most polluting farms" ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/460046/usda-census-two-million-farms | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:30:08

• "An unusually large crowd gathered outside the U.S. House to hear from the women, who described emotional manipulation and physical coercion, beginning as early as age 14 in some cases, at the hands of Epstein and convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell." ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/09/03/repub/congress-must-choose-epstein-survivors-demand-vote-to-release-case-files/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:34:05

• "This initiative stems from frustration over the US Justice Department's July 2025 memo, which denied the existence of any official 'client list' and reaffirmed Epstein's suicide" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/epstein-survivors-just-announced-they-will-making-their-own-abuser-list-when-will-it-released-1743072 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:34:19

• "Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) and Ro Khanna (D-California) are leading a bipartisan effort to force a House vote on legislation compelling the DOJ to disclose additional Epstein files." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/09/03/redacted-epstein-files.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:35:45

• "While M23 has political goals and attacks both civilian and military targets, IS-CAP’s goal is to establish an Islamic state governed under Sharia law, known as a caliphate." ☛ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/09/islamic-state-takes-advantage-of-drc-crisis-to-expands-its-reach/ | Source: ADF    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:50:31

• "ovt warns unregistered social media platforms to comply by midnight or face shutdown" ☛ https://english.khabarhub.com/2025/03/494159/ |    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:50:57

• "On Thursday, Nepal’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology directed the Nepal Telecommunications Authority" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/nepal-orders-ban-on-major-social-media-platforms/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:52:38

• "Why does a potent portion of the American right seek to rehabilitate Hitler?" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/maga-hitler-anti-semitism/684078/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:53:29

• "Digital platforms fragment public discourse while amplifying cynicism, distrust and rage-driven engagement." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/trump-tiktok-digital-platforms-politics/269485/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:53:41

• "The users had been seeking more than $31 billion in damages" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-must-pay-425-million-in-class-action-over-privacy-jury-rules/articleshow/123688253.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 11:58:55

• "Both firms failed to secure users' free and informed consent before setting advertising cookies on their browsers, the authority found in a decision the companies can still appeal." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/record-french-fines-for-google-and-shein-over-cookies/articleshow/123688381.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:01:23

• "A US court ruled the company must share certain information with rival companies to increase competition. Google said the move could result in its rivals having access to its technology." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/google-must-share-search-data-with-competitors-judge-rules/a-73857926 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:01:39

• "Last May, the French government launched a working group aimed at legalizing real-time facial recognition." ☛ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/09/04/in-france-the-eternal-return-of-facial-recognition/ | Source: La Quadature Du Net    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:01:53

• "Organizations can enhance privacy and security on their devices by installing Privacy Badger, EFF’s free, open source browser extension that automatically blocks trackers." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/libraries-schools-why-organizations-should-install-privacy-badger | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:03:17

• "General Court massively departs from CJEU rulings." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/eu-us-data-transfers-first-reaction-latombe-case | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:05:10

• "More than three years ago, noyb had filed a complaint against Google for sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inboxes of Gmail users." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-french-dpa-fines-google-eu325-million-spam-emails-gmail | Source: NYOB    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:06:20

• "The EU’s privacy framework is crystal clear on this matter. Consent has to be freely given, informed, and unambiguous." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/google-fined-381-million-over-gmail-ads-cnil/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:06:29

• "A class of 98 million people had alleged that Google for eight years collected, saved and used data extracted from their mobile devices in violation of its own privacy policy." ☛ https://therecord.media/google-hit-with-425-million-privacy-class-action-verdict | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:08:09

• "Google must share certain data with “qualified competitors” as deemed by the court." ☛ https://theconversation.com/google-avoids-being-dismantled-after-us-court-battle-and-its-down-to-the-rise-of-ai-264512 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:08:20

• "The ruling results from a five-year legal battle between one of the world’s most profitable companies and the US" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/google-dodges-bullet-in-antitrust-ruling/269554/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:08:35

• [Old] "Authentication and authorization are confusable because they are related yet distinct concepts and share “auth” and “tion” as a prefix and suffix." ☛ https://www.adrianstoll.com/post/authentication-vs-authorization/ | Source: Adrian Stoll    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:09:51

• "Dean posted a video to social media earlier this week, explaining how he discovered a security issue with the gift card." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australian-youtuber-hacks-into-popular-gift-card-in-15-minutes/ugdun6bab | Source: SBS    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:10:05

• Windows TCO: "GhostRedirector uses a variety of custom tools, including two never-seen-before pieces of malware that the researchers dubbed Rungan, which is a passive C++ backdoor, and Gamshen" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/new_chinaaligned_crew_poisons_windows_servers/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:11:42

• Windows TCO: "PowerSchool, based in California, provides cloud service for K-12 schools and says it is used by 18,000 school districts or individual schools." ☛ https://therecord.media/powerschool-data-breach-texas-lawsuit-ken-paxton | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:11:53

• Windows TCO: "According to Potii, the number of “critical” cyberattacks — large-scale operations aimed at paralyzing key infrastructure" ☛ https://therecord.media/ukraine-cyber-chief-on-russia-hacks-us-aid | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:12:08

• "Unmitigated risks in technology and services, by Meta alone, have inflicted serious harm on individuals, especially children, to communities, and to society at large." ☛ https://epic.org/does-meta-care-about-user-safety-its-turn-away-from-humans-to-ai-for-risk-assessments-says-no/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:16:33

• "BYU researchers also learned that seven percent of the survey respondents admitted to masturbating when chatting with AI companions, and an additional 13 percent copped to watching AI-generated porn." ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/ai-bf-gf-companions-dark | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:16:59

• "First spotted and tweeted out by Pop Crave, a massively popular X account that has become something of a news wire for the social media set, the fast fashion site's use of Mangione's likeness led to immediate derision online." ☛ https://futurism.com/shein-luigi-mangione-model | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:17:15

• "to develop, market, and distribute several variants of ransomware, each with advanced evasion capabilities, encryption, and anti-recovery mechanisms." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/generative-ai-as-a-cybercrime-assistant.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:17:41

• "The government did not specify a timeframe for when the restrictions will take effect, but has committed to working with the industry to enforce them." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/new-restrictions-deepfake-abuse/20rntdz8p | Source: SBS    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:19:19

• "It helps to know where the whole idea started." ☛ https://www.quantamagazine.org/world-models-an-old-idea-in-ai-mount-a-comeback-20250902/ | Source: Quanta Magazine    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:20:20

• "And as many know, there’s more to those uploads’ changes than longer durations and relative quality improvements." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/02/anthrax-ai-album/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:22:54

• "As detailed in a study published in the Journal of Marketing earlier this year, an international team of researchers found that the AI's biggest fans tend to be the people with the shallowest familiarity with it." ☛ https://futurism.com/more-people-learn-ai-trust | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:23:15

• "Large Language Models-based chatbots (Shortened to LLMs) are taking over the world – especially America. This process has been controversial, to say the least." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/04/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-ai-part-four/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:24:53

• "The tool, dubbed “World Knowledge Answers” internally, is not a large-scale LLM (Large Language Model) chatbot, but rather relies on web crawling, search, and an LLM to provide answers from the web." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2897861/report-apple-is-building-an-ai-powered-web-search-for-siri.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:26:59

• "Now, Shift+Alt+d will launch Discord. It will also be in your menus, if you like that sort of thing." ☛ https://darrengoossens.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/installing-discord-on-debian/ | Source: Darren Goossens    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:28:21

• "In breach notifications submitted to regulators in Maine and Vermont, Chess.com explained that 4,541 people had personal information exposed to hackers who breached an unnamed file transfer application between June 5 and June 18." ☛ https://therecord.media/chess-platform-data-breach-file-transfer-tool | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:28:36

• "The thing that the alcohol industry fears more than increased taxes is increased knowledge about the risks associated with drinking alcohol, particularly around cancer" ☛ https://www.vox.com/health/460086/rfk-jr-trump-maha-cancer-alcohol-study-health | Source: Vox    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:30:37

• "The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/florida-vaccine-children-mandate/684110/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:30:51

• "Reuters could not immediately verify the report. OpenAI and Broadcom did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment after regular business hours." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/openai-to-launch-its-first-ai-chip-in-2026-with-broadcom-report-1901699 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:31:19

• "There’s no right or wrong in this. Some people get bored if they only do one thing, others get stressed if they try to do several. I definitely fall into the latter category, and I felt a sting of it today." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/09/04/too-many-balls-in-the/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:31:49

• "Groups signing the amicus brief emphasized that the administration’s refusal to spend congressionally appropriated funds undermines vital public services and threatens communities nationwide." ☛ https://www.ala.org/news/2025/09/ala-leads-libraries-museums-cultural-institutions-and-nations-largest-cultural-worker | Source: American Library Association    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:32:17

• "Now, research published in the journal Science and led by WashU Medicine's Alex Holehouse, an assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-09-source-tool-wiggly-proteins.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:32:47

• "Watson has a well-documented history of calling on police forces to pursue criminal investigations of campaigners who are sceptical of the belief that self-identification, and not biological sex, determines what a man or woman is." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/04/graham-linehan-accuser-is-disgraced-police-officer/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:33:02

• "What is new in this study is that we went a step further, and by combining the obtained data with known historical and archaeological information" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-09-rare-iron-age-ingot-sweden.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:33:22

• "The scam, as IC3 explains it, works like this." ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/fbi-warns-seniors-targeted-three-phase-phantom-hacker-scams | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:34:19

• "My wife thinks I’ve been banging the “AI sucks” drum a little too hard and was worried about me jeopardizing my future employment prospects." ☛ https://loudpoet.com/2025/09/04/five-things-september-4-2025/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:34:43

• "Sept. 4 marks the strip’s 75th anniversary, a milestone few comics have ever reached." ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2025/09/04/beetle-bailey-turns-75-the-armys-lovable-slacker-marches-on/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:39:47

• "When you need a sprinkling of JavaScript on your web page, there is no better answer than Custom Elements (or Web Components)." ☛ https://piccalil.li/blog/functional-custom-elements-the-easy-way/?ref=main-rss-feed | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:40:03

• "If flying, power off all of your devices when going through security." ☛ https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/a-short-list-of-tech-security-tips-when-traveling | Source: Cory Dransfeldt    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:40:25

• Old: "Nat [Friedman] and [the Serial Strangler From Microsoft] Were Always Exceptionally Close," Says Former Housemate and Colleague http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/11/Nat_Friedman_and_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Were_Alway.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:45:40

• "Back in early August, I got to enjoy some good high-bush cranberry from the patch I know about out near the Tanana River. I just ate them straight off the bushes. I found some raspberry bushes out there as well, and the raspberries were tasty as always." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250904-1.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:46:50

• "I finally ordered my THAT (The Analog Thing) analog computer from Anabrid. They confirmed that they had received the parts, and had started assembling the units, so it was safe to place my order. The cost of the unit — shipped to the USA, was $548 USD + $35 USD S/H." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250904-0.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:47:39

• "I am kind of tired of bending over backwards to code CGI games running behind a server built for an entirely different purpose. I am just going to write my own. This is easier than what I am doing now, opening and closing users and game state databases and loading the same stupid files for every click." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/stack/32269    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:48:25

• "This is going to be a short one, folks. I'm already up way too late and I haven't taken a shower yet. Nor have I eaten dinner. Life is beautiful. There are so many things to be thankful for. I am ignorant of many of them; however, I do see beauty and goodness and truth in the world. Don't be a doomer. They cannot ruin existence itself." gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/musings-2025-09-04.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:49:50

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-09-05.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:50:17

• 🔤SpellBinding — GHLMOTY Wordo: HILLY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-09-05.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:50:50

• "Hello, small web. This is a fresh remort—fresh paint, fresh paths, fresh intentions. I don’t know exactly what this capsule will become yet, only that I wanted a place that feels slower and simpler than the big, busy web." gemini://remort.app/posts/2025-09-04-beginnings.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:51:31

• Hardware review: ergonomic mouse Logitech Lift gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/hardware-review-logitech-lift.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:52:19

• 🔤SpellBinding — ADENUXW Wordo: RUNES gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-09-04.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:53:00

• 🔤SpellBinding — BDETNOK Wordo: WITCH gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-09-03.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:53:32

• 🔤SpellBinding — ACOJLMI Wordo: VEINS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-09-02.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:55:00

• 🔤SpellBinding — PEGHINC Wordo: FATSO gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-09-01.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:55:34

• 🔤SpellBinding — CHIROPM Wordo: LAKES gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-31.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:56:05

• 🔤SpellBinding — FHILSWU Wordo: TUMMY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-30.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:56:48

• EPPALOCK ROOPHLOCK gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2025-09-05Eppalock_Roophloch.txt    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:58:31

• "In addition to my regular computer mouse, by the end of 2024 I bought a Logitech Lift, a wireless ergonomic vertical mouse. This was the first time I used such mouse." gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-hardware-review-logitech-lift   

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 12:59:40

• "I've been writing code in C for about 20 years now. Never as a professional C programmer and I don't dare saying "I know C", because of the many pitfalls. But still, I've been using it for quite a while now and I think that I have a "good enough" grasp of it." gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-09/2025-09-04--glad-that-i-know-some-c.txt    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:02:29

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1404.jpg    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:03:23

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1754.jpg    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:03:37

• "Publications related to the poster (in R and Python): [...]" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/im-supposed-to-present-conformal-predictive-simulations-for-univariate-time-series-at-copa-conference-2025-in-london/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:09:27

• "I really enjoy meeting new people whom I’ve met online, but I know that’s sometimes hard for people whom we have never met in person before. Conferences can be awkward and scary; we’ve all been there." ☛ https://micro.webology.dev/2025/09/03/my-djangocon-us-plans-and/ | Source: Jeff Triplett    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:17:45

• "So, when I first met Hannah Hagon at the Cambridge Raspberry Pi Jam in 2023, her Unplugged Tots material — offline educational activities that set the stage for future programming — seemed very natural to me." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-from-raspberry-pi-press-unplugged-tots/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:18:05

• "Whatever database and programming language you use, you will have to deal with this. But it's particularly painful in sql because sql wasn't designed to produce hierarchical data." ☛ https://www.scattered-thoughts.net/writing/sql-needed-structure/ | Source: Jamie Brandon    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:19:30

• [Old] "Using the Internet sucks these days. Luckily, there are tools to give you some control back and make using the Internet less miserable. Here’s some easy tips you can use to avoid the worst parts of using the Internet." ☛ https://www.smokingonabike.com/2025/08/01/tips-for-making-the-internet-suck-less/ | Source: Andrew Eikum    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:41:00

• "I'll put the summary up front. For Atom syndication feeds, your HTTP feed responses should contain a Cache-Control: max-age=... HTTP header that gives your desired retry interval (in seconds), such as '3600' for pulling the feed once an hour." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/SyndicationFeedRetryHeaders | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:41:11

• "As part of our FSF40 festivities, we decided to throw a photo contest in honor of the countless hours of hard work that have gone into free software and its development." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf40-photo-contest-voting | Source: FSF    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:42:11

• "Check out the changelog for more details and the complete list of novelties in the Calibre 8.10 open-source e-book management tool." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-10-introduces-customizable-column-tooltips/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:42:26

• "“There are indications that the following may be under limited, targeted exploitation: CVE-2025-38352, CVE-2025-48543,” Google stated in the bulletin." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/cve-2025-48543-and-cve-2025-38352/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:45:17

• "Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” is now out, so I’m sure many of you are eager to upgrade from 22.1 “Xia” to take advantage of all the new version has to offer" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-linux-mint-22-2-from-mint-22-1/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:50:42

• "The Linux Mint team have announced the release of Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara", an Ubuntu-based version which will receive updates through to 2029. The 22.2 release includes several new features" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12542 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:51:30

• "Linux Mint 22.2 ‘Zara’ was released today" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-mint-22-2-zara-released-with-native-fingerprint-support-also-has-a-new-syncing-sticky-note-system | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:51:49

• "Linux Lite 7.6 leaves the core Ubuntu 24.04.3 OS largely untouched, but selectively updates the supplied software collection." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/linux_lite_76/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:52:02

• "I really love 86Box! However, learning how to use it was quite daunting." ☛ https://catskull.net/use-86box-for-windows-98-gaming.html | Source: Dave DeGraw    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:52:56

• "We’re in the “post‑PC” era, a term that accurately describes how phones — the true universal computer — ran over the desktop." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/the-family-computer/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:53:09

• "So, after all the talk about X11 support being dropped in this release, you’re probably wondering why the team decided to change course. Originally, the idea was to keep the code around so distributions could re-enable it if they needed to, while still letting GDM launch X11 sessions." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/gnome-49-brings-back-gdm-x11-sessions/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:55:58

• "The headline change is that the project now completes the Sway/I3 IPC implementation it set out to support." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/miracle-wm-0-7-brings-full-sway-i3-ipc-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:57:44

• "For Arm processors with pre-armv7 architectures, there are only three for which it is still possible to buy hardware, but a number are still supported by the kernel community: [...]" ☛ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1035727/4837b0d3dccf1cbb/ | Source: LWN    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:58:38

• "An (almost) catastrophic OpenZFS bug, crawler plague and the fragility of the web, Classic CDE (Common Desktop Environment) coming to OpenBSD" ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/627 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:59:33

• "This week Noah and Steve dig into the announcement that Google will verify the government identity of all Android developers, and not just those publishing on the Play Store." ☛ https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/457 | Source: The Ask Noah Show    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 13:59:46

• Peddlageddon: Attempts to take down videos backfire with unjustified threats http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/peddlageddon-attempts-to-take-down.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:02:31

• trade or monopolies on words http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/guest-post-retromark-volume-xvi-last.html   

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:03:13

• Vetements Takes Its Trademark Fight to U.S. Supreme Court ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/world/europe/vetements-trademark-lawsuit.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:10:49

• "As a former IBM executive said "If you want loyalty, get a dog". That remark applies to everyone at IBM. It's a dog-eat-dog world, thanks to IBM and McKinsey. You reap what you sow." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k491ywg1    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:12:55

• "Remember IBM fired all its people in China? This is the next step of this. Tired of Chinese spying.' https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k48fyyq4    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:14:07

• "Yes, your Lenovo laptop is spying on you and sending your information to China. After all, when you install BIOS updates, who knows what those BIOS updates really do. Do you ? Same as your "Made In China" cell phone and the wireless access points updates. Big Brother is China, not Trump. LOL." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k48fyyq4    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:14:26

• "AK is ending IBM and blatantly moving things to India. He's doing it in front of our eyes and nobody seems to tell him, "hey, wait a minute... and now you also dismantle Red Hat, which costed us $34b 5-6 years ago and you said you can totally make it a success?"" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4bqt806    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:15:36

• "There was a staff reduction" — 2K quietly announces layoffs at Civilization 7 dev Firaxis amid Hollow Knight: Silksong launch hype, but won't say how many https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/2k-quietly-announces-layoffs-at-civilization-7-dev-firaxis-amid-hollow-knight-silksong-launch-hype-but-wont-say-how-many    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:18:06

• Over 50% of video game layoffs have been in California, says Game Changers award recipient https://www.eurogamer.net/over-50-of-video-game-layoffs-have-been-in-california-says-game-changers-award-recipient    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:18:36

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 615 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/09/03/this-week-in-rust-615/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:19:33

• "Over on his YouTube channel our hacker [Jerry Walker] repairs a Tektronix 577" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/04/repairing-a-tektronix-577-curve-tracer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:20:25

• YouTuber arrested after gunfire incident in video ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/youtuber-arrested-after-gunfire-incident-in-video-311144    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:20:44

• RTÜK criticized for ‘selectively’ enforcing license on left-wing daily’s YouTube channel ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/rtuk-criticized-for-selectively-enforcing-license-on-left-wing-dailys-youtube-channel-311166    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 14:21:11

• Creating self-contained executable Python scripts for rendering Quarto documents using the Jupyter engine ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/creating-self-contained-executable-python-scripts-for-rendering-quarto-documents-using-the-jupyter-engine/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:03:37

• rOpenSci Champions Second Cohort: Projects Wrap-Up ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/ropensci-champions-second-cohort-projects-wrap-up/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:04:11

• Sending plain text emails when communicating with CRAN ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/09/sending-plain-text-emails-when-communicating-with-cran/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:04:35

• Linux Mint 22.2 Zara arrives as a long term support release backed until 2029 ☞ https://betanews.com/2025/09/04/linux-mint-22-2-zara-arrives-as-a-long-term-support-release-backed-until-2029/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:05:17

• Dropout to shell in initrd ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202509/dropout-to-shell-in-initrd.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:08:21

• Overlayfs management in EasyOS ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202509/overlayfs-management-in-easyos.html   

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:08:36

• Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” released! ☞ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4881    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:09:37

• How to upgrade to Linux Mint 22.2 ☞ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4882    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:10:07

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients - 2025-09-03 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-09-03-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:12:13

• Red Hat Launches RHEL 10 Featuring AI-Powered Administration and Quantum Security ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/red-hat-launches-rhel-10-featuring-ai-powered-administration-and-quantum-security so many buzzwords    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:13:32

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1036733/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:14:10

• EtherealOS: easily install GNU/Linux ISO and OS images from the Internet on Amlogic SBCs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/04/etherealos-easily-install-linux-iso-and-os-images-from-the-internet-on-amlogic-sbcs/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:14:43

• Linux Mint 22.2 Zara update released ☞ https://www.ghacks.net/2025/09/04/linux-mint-22-2-zara-update-released/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:15:14

• OASIS – self-hosted file server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/oasis-self-hosted-file-server/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:17:34

• Bazaar – app store for GNOME ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bazaar-app-store-gnome/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:18:27

• Benchmarking the Minisforum Hey Hi (AI) X1 Pro ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/benchmarking-minisforum-ai-x1-pro/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:18:46

• Peergos – secure file storage, social network and application protocol ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/peergos-secure-file-storage-social-network-application-protocol/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:19:29

• Fretboard – look up guitar chords ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fretboard-guitar-chords/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:19:42

• Miracle-WM 0.7 completes Sway/IPC compatibility, brings new features and bug fixes ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/miracle-wm-07-completes-swayipc-compatibility-brings-new-features-and-bug-fixes/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:20:50

• Miracle-wm 0.7 Released, Completes IPC Implementation ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/miracle-wm-0-7-ipc-complete    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:22:26

• 33 Useful Free and Open Source Git Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-git-tools/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:23:56

• Ormolu – formatter for Haskell source code ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ormolu-formatter-haskell-source-code/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:24:10

• Linux Mint 22.2 'Zara' now available, here's everything that's new ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-mint-222-zara-now-available-heres-everything-thats-new/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:25:15

• IBM's GNU/Linux Divestment, Based on Hard But Anecdotal Evidence (IBM Fails to Recognise How Much Money It Made and Can Still Make From "Linux") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/04/IBM_s_GNU_Linux_Divestment_Based_on_Hard_But_Anecdotal_Evidence.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:25:53

• Slopwatch: "Open Source" and "Linux" News Faked, Made by Bots and Entered Into Surveillance Giant Google News ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/04/Slopwatch_Open_Source_and_Linux_News_Faked_Made_by_Bots_and_Ent.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:28:37

• Linux Mint 22.2 Released with New Fingerprint Manager App ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/09/linux-mint-22-2-released-with-new-fingerprint-manager-app/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:29:55

• Two Exploited Vulnerabilities Patched in Android ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/two-exploited-vulnerabilities-patched-in-android/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:31:23

• SmartOS 20250904 is out☞ https://distrowatch.com/smartos    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:37:01

• KDE neon 20250904 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:37:13

• Linux Mint 22.2 Released, Available to Download ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/linux-mint-22-2-released-new-features    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:37:33

• (Updated) Radxa CM4 compute module supports 8K video, WiFi 6, and PCIe expansion ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-cm4-compute-module-supports-8k-video-wifi-6-and-pcie-expansion/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:38:06

• XIVA Studio 2025-09-04 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/xivastudio    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:38:24

• Christian Hergert: Asynchronous IO with Libdex ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2025/09/04/asynchronous-io-with-libdex/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:39:21

• GNOME 49 Release Candidate Re-Enables X11 Support by Default in GDM ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gnome-49-release-candidate-re-enables-x11-support-by-default-in-gdm    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:40:27

• Slopwatch: Scams, Fake Articles About "Linux", Plagiarism, and Worse ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/05/Slopwatch_Scams_Fake_Articles_About_Linux_Plagiarism_and_Worse.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:40:45

• FSF Blogs: What do you think free software looks like in daily use? ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf40-photo-contest-voting    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:41:03

• Using ISO/SAE 21434 to stay ahead of the Cyber Resilience Act ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/using-iso-sae-21434-to-stay-ahead-of-the-cyber-resilience-act    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:41:52

• GNOME 49 Restores Ability to Launch X11 Desktop Sessions ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/gnome-49-reenables-x11-session-support-in-gdm    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:42:26

• FOSS Weekly #25.36: Ubuntu 25.10 Features, Top Command, Firefox Survives, Sudo Tips and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-36/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 16:42:53

• "Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-soy-corn-flooding-subsidies-insurance | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:24:33

• "Primary-Residence Mortgages" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:25:01

• What We Heard: Insights from the CC Global Community ☞ https://creativecommons.org/2025/09/04/what-we-heard-insights-from-the-cc-global-community/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:25:57

• GSOC: PyCups3 is Abstracting! ☞ https://soumyadghosh.github.io/website/interns/gsoc-2025/gsoc-pycups-is-abstracting/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:29:31

• Finding overlayfs whiteout files ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202509/finding-overlayfs-whiteout-files.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:30:05

• getfattr linked statically with musl ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202509/getfattr-linked-statically-with-musl.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:30:48

• Configuring Portal Permissions in Plasma ☞ https://blog.david-redondo.de/kde/2025/09/04/permissions.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:31:46

• Same Evidence, Different Label: “Reference Recycling” in IPR Estoppel ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/09/different-reference-recycling.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:33:54

• POPA Challenges Convicted Felon’s Union Busting “National Security” Designation for Patent Examiners ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/09/challenges-designation-examiners.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:34:13

• Seven new stable kernels ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1036785/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:35:12

• Activists Can Win, But Keep an Eye on the Ball and on the Trophy ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/04/Activists_Can_Win_But_Keep_an_Eye_on_the_Ball_and_on_the_Trophy.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:35:25

• At This Point It's No Longer Matthew Garrett But People Who Fund Matthew Garrett (or Companies That Fund His SLAPPs Against My Wife and I) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/04/At_This_Point_It_s_No_Longer_Matthew_Garrett_But_People_Who_Fun.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:35:39

• The UEFI 9/11 - Part VI - This Serious Harm Was Planned for Over a Decade, Not an Accident or Merely Some Misfortune ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/04/The_UEFI_9_11_Part_VI_This_Serious_Harm_Was_Planned_for_Over_a_.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:35:53

• GNOME Unfit for Diversity and Inclusion ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/04/GNOME_Unfit_for_Diversity_and_Inclusion.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:38:00

• Preparations for Our 19th Anniversary Have Already Begun ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/03/Preparations_for_Our_19th_Anniversary_Have_Already_Begun.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:39:00

• Nepal to block some social control media including Facebook (Farcebook) ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/nepal-to-block-some-social-media-including-facebook    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:40:28

• PostgreSQL 18 RC 1 Released! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-18-rc-1-released-3130/; 

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:41:22

• pgAdmin 4 v9.8 Released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgadmin-4-v98-released-3129/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:43:06

• Announcing E-Maj 4.7.0. ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/announcing-e-maj-470-3126/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:43:23

• Marketing theatre, arketing company ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/apple-seeks-researchers-for-2026-iphone-security-program/ "Security researchers interested in participating in the 2026 Fashion Company Apple Security Research Device program can apply until October 31."    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:48:59

• AI Supply Chain Attack Method Demonstrated Against Google, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Products ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ai-supply-chain-attack-method-demonstrated-against-google-microsoft-products/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:49:36

• "Greta Lawn joins from Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and previous leadership roles at Spotify and Hearst Magazines." ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/daily-mail-names-first-president-for-north-america-revenue-greta-lawn/ So a large tabloid is now controlled by a Microsoft drone    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:50:56

• Windows 11 August 2025 security update is causing unintended UAC prompts to appear for non-admin users — some apps are crashing ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-august-2025-security-update-is-causing-unintended-uac-prompts-to-appear-for-non-admin-users-some-apps-are-crashing    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:51:16

• TTABlog Test: Are Clothing and Perfume Related Under Section 2(d)? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/09/ttablog-test-are-clothing-and-perfume.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:52:56

• Help Protect South Africa’s Defence Industry – Speak Up Against IP Theft and Poaching of Key Employees ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/industry/industry-industry/help-protect-south-africas-defence-industry-speak-up-against-ip-theft-and-poaching-of-key-employees/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:54:21

• "He made the announcement on his Facebook (Farcebook) page." ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-royal-officials-reject-parliament-dissolution-bid-acting-pm    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:55:43

• Did they ask their highness Chan and Zuck for permission?    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:56:24

• "Returning To An Obsolete Home Movie Format" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/04/returning-to-an-obsolete-home-movie-format/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:57:00

• Some border area land to be expropriated; owners still don't know which parts ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/04.09.2025-some-border-area-land-to-be-expropriated-owners-still-dont-know-which-parts.a612987/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 18:59:44

• Six months on, will ‘Coalition Of Willing’ deliver plan for Ukraine? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2664429/six-months-on-will-coalition-of-willing-deliver-plan-for-ukraine    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:00:10

• EU remains sceptical about seizing Russia’s frozen assets – Lithuanian FM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2664251/eu-remains-sceptical-about-seizing-russia-s-frozen-assets-lithuanian-fm    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:00:52

• Russian forces advance in Ukraine but at heavy cost ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250904-russian-forces-advancs-in-ukraine-but-at-heavy-cost    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:01:08

• Ukraine's digital front lines: Startups on bleeding edge of military tech ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/people-profit/20250904-ukraine-s-digital-front-lines-startups-on-bleeding-edge-of-military-tech    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:01:25

• Hungary Probing Missing Critical Components From 8 MiG Jets ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-probing-missing-critical-components-mig-jets/33521836.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:03:12

• Macron Says Ukraine Security Guarantees To Be Agreed With US In 'Coming Days' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/coalition-willing-post-war-security-guarantees-ukraine-zelenskyy-macron/33521521.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:03:27

• Europe Aims to Show It Is Ready to Secure Postwar Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/world/europe/ukraine-macron-postwar.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:07:01

• 2 Dead as Russia Strikes Danish Demining Group, Ukraine Official Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/world/europe/russia-strikes-danish-aid-ukraine.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:07:26

• Russia Wants ‘Security Guarantees’ Too. Here’s What They Look Like. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/world/europe/russia-security-guarantees.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:07:58

• "Russia’s Belgorod region bans posting information about Ukrainian attacks from unofficial sources" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/04/russia-s-belgorod-region-bans-posting-information-about-ukrainian-attacks-from-unofficial-sources | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:08:38

• Activism gets ahead of evil people when the general public can empathise and corporate media owned or funded by evil people is unable to change that empathy    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:10:21

• "Russians use AI tool" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/04/touching-stories | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:10:53

• Macron Said That 26 Countries Would Secure Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/briefing/macron-ukraine-security-afghanistan-quake-armani.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:11:12

• US Offers $10 Million for Three Russian Energy Firm Hackers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-offers-10-million-for-three-russian-energy-firm-hackers/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:12:20

• The China-Russia natural gas deal is a distraction from LNG sanctions evasion ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/the-china-russia-natural-gas-deal-is-a-distraction-from-lng-sanctions-evasion/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:12:44

• US offers $10M reward for snitching on trio of Russians that hacked critical infrastructure ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/us-offers-usd10m-reward-for-snitching-on-trio-of-russians-who-hacked-critical-infrastructure    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:13:30

• Orc-bank CEO ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/04/sberbank-ceo-says-russian-economy-has-hit-technical-stagnation-and-warns-of-recession-risk | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:14:16

• Macron says 26 countries offer to participate in Ukraine post-war security ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250904-macron-says-26-countries-offer-to-participate-in-ukraine-post-war-security    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:14:44

• Ha ALREADY did ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250904-europe-s-security-impacts-the-us-eu-holding-on-to-hope-trump-won-t-sell-ukraine-down-the-river    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:15:09

• 26 nations pledge post-war security support for Ukraine, Macron says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250904-26-nations-pledge-post-war-security-support-for-ukraine-macron-says    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:15:27

• Europe’s best security guarantee against Russia is the Ukrainian army ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/europes-best-security-guarantee-against-russia-is-the-ukrainian-army/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:16:18

• Twenty-six European countries have committed to help defend Ukraine after the war. What’s next? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/fastthinking/twenty-six-european-countries-have-committed-to-help-defend-ukraine-after-the-war-whats-next/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:17:18

• Public media charity drive raises EUR 240 thousand for Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/04.09.2025-public-media-charity-drive-raises-eur-240-thousand-for-ukraine.a612991/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:17:37

• Statement by President von der Leyen following the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_25_2026    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:18:15

• "If you want no meeting, invite me there" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/04/zelensky-rejects-putin-s-moscow-invitation-if-you-want-no-meeting-invite-me-there | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:18:53

• North Korea’s Kim reaffirms full support for Russia, discusses partnership with Putin ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-reaffirms-full-support-for-russia-kcna-says    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:19:12

• North Korea wipes off traces of Kim Jong Un after Beijing meeting with Putin ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-wipes-traces-of-kim-jong-un-after-beijing-meeting-with-putin    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:20:11

• Nvidia's next-gen Hey Hi (AI) chip could double the price of H20 if China export is approved — Chinese firms still consider Nvidia's B30A a good deal ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidias-next-gen-ai-chip-could-double-the-price-of-h20-if-china-export-is-approved-chinese-firms-still-consider-nvidias-b30a-a-good-deal    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:20:44

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Pressures Europe On Russian Oil Purchases As Coalition Looks To Finalize Ukraine 'Reassurance Force' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-putin-financial-pressure-coalition-willing-ukraine-russia-oil/33521942.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:21:05

• Open mic caught Xi, Putin discussing organ transplants, immortality ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/04/open-mic-caught-xi-putin-discussing-organ-transplants-immortality/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:24:00

• Chinese President Pooh-tin holds talks with North Korean leader Kim in Beijing ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/04/chinese-president-xi-holds-talks-with-north-korean-leader-kim-in-beijing/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:24:42

• Boots on the ground to stop Putin? 26 states commit to Ukraine's post-war security ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250904-boots-on-the-ground-to-stop-putin-26-states-commit-to-ukraine-s-post-war-security;  

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:25:00

• Ukrainian bombing campaign turns Russia’s sheer size into a weakness ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukrainian-bombing-campaign-turns-russias-sheer-size-into-a-weakness/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:26:01

• "app will not use AI to report users to authorities" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/04/russian-lawmaker-says-new-mandatory-messenger-app-will-not-use-ai-to-report-users-to-authorities | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:29:07

• "We’re all in shock" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/04/we-re-all-in-shock | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:33:51

• "killing birds and coating Russian beaches" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/04/i-ve-never-seen-such-an-extensive-film-of-pollution | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:34:47

• "Russia touts prosthetics breakthrough — fueled by its own war casualties" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/04/russia-touts-prosthetics-breakthrough-fueled-by-its-own-war-casualties | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:35:16

• "Support independent journalism like this" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/slides/support-independent-journalism-like-this | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:40:10

• "tool to censor books" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/05/russian-authorities-create-ai-tool-to-censor-books-for-drug-propaganda | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:40:55

• As Convicted Felon cools US-India ties, Modimir warms to China and Russia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/as-trump-chills-us-india-ties-modi-warms-to-china-and-russia    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:41:38

• Hackers Exploit Sitecore Zero-Day for Malware Delivery ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-exploit-sitecore-zero-day-for-malware-delivery/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:43:49

• Noah Meyerhans: False Positives ☞ https://noah.meyerhans.us/2025/09/04/false-positives/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:49:11

• 'Highly unusual': Normally anti-drug operations involve international cooperation ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250904-highly-unusual-normally-anti-drug-operations-involve-international-cooperation    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:51:34

• After Boat Strike, Rubio Says U.S. Will Help Other Nations ‘Blow Up’ Crime Groups ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/world/americas/rubio-ecuador-crime-groups-boat-strike.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:51:56

• Third quake strikes south-eastern Afghanistan, after series that killed over 2,200 people ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/third-quake-strikes-southeastern-afghanistan-after-series-that-killed-over-2200-people    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:52:38

• Trying to Make Sense of Casing Conventions on the Web ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/casing-on-the-web/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:53:46

• Why are we so bashful about our names and addresses nowadays? ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/04/why-are-we-so-bashful-about-our-names-and-addresses-nowadays/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:54:52

• EDRi warns against GDPR ‘simplification’ at EU Commission dialogue ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-warns-against-gdpr-simplification-at-eu-commission-dialogue/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:55:58

• All Surveillance Giant Google services go down across Turkey, Eastern Europe in two-hour outage ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/all-google-services-go-down-across-turkey-eastern-europe-in-two-hour-outage-311137 Poor NSA went blind    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:56:36

• First electronic surveillance tag applied in spousal abuse case ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/04.09.2025-first-electronic-surveillance-tag-applied-in-spousal-abuse-case.a613029/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 19:57:00

• ESP32-H2-Zero mini Zigbee, Thread, and BLE USB-C board is based on ESP32-H2 RISC-V SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/04/esp32-h2-zero-mini-zigbee-thread-and-ble-usb-c-board-is-based-on-esp32-h2-risc-v-soc/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:00:06

• Pluralistic: Canny Valley (04 Sep 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/04/illustrious/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:00:30

• What We Talk About When We Talk About Hey Hi (AI) (Part Four) ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/04/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-ai-part-four/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:01:29

• What you need to know about getting the COVID-19 vaccine in Michigan ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/what-you-need-to-know-about-getting-the-covid-19-vaccine-in-michigan/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:05:10

• Malaysia warns Fentanylware (TikTok) against cyber bullying, deepfake posts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-warns-tiktok-against-cyberbullying-deepfake-posts    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:05:33

• Pooh-tin's Fentanylware (TikTok) picking winners and losers now https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/04/jess-glynne-tiktok-songs-of-the-summer/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:06:04

• 5 Takeaways From RFK Jr.’s Senate Hearing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/health/rfk-jr-senate-hearing-takeaways.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:06:36

• Massachusetts dispatch: Lowell lockdown ends with possible armed suspect free, underscoring US gun violence ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/massachusetts-dispatch-lowell-police-lift-lockdown-with-suspect-at-large-reflecting-americas-gun-violence-crisis/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:07:18

• Is vigilance making SA land borders less porous? ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/is-vigilance-making-sa-land-borders-less-porous/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:07:44

• BesGnuLinux: a Lightweight, Fast, Furious, and Stable Distro ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/09/besgnulinux-a-lightweight-fast-furious-and-stable-distro/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:08:16

• 'Doomer science fiction': Nvidia criticizes proposed US bill that would force it to give American buyers 'first option' in Hey Hi (AI) GPU purchases before selling chips to other countries ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/u-s-legislators-want-nvidia-to-give-american-buyers-first-option-in-ai-gpu-purchases-before-selling-chips-to-other-countries-including-allies-gain-ai-act-debuts-in-defense-spending-bill    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:09:59

• Quakes on Mars Reveal New Features of the Planet’s Interior ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/science/astronomy-geology-mars-quakes.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:11:06

• Xray_OS 03-09-2025 and blendOS 92879a23 are out, based on GNU and Linux    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:11:29

• Garuda 250902 and ElysiaOS 2025.09.02 as well    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:11:48

• Did Pooh-tin Jinping snub Narendra Modimir during his visit to China? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250904-did-xi-jinping-snub-narendra-modi-during-his-visit-to-china    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:12:24

• ‘Unrestrained’ Chinese Cyberattackers May Have Stolen Data From Almost Every American ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/world/asia/china-hack-salt-typhoon.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:13:23

• Intel’s old NAND plant in China is now officially registered as SK hynix after US imposes new sanctions that limit fab upgrades in China ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-dalian-plant-now-officially-sk-hynix    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:13:48

• Canada’s hidden tax crisis is stripping $15 billion from the economy every year ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-hidden-tax-crisis-is-stripping-15-billion-from-the-economy-every-year/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:14:51

• Your Cat Can Get Dementia Too – Here Are 8 Signs to Look Out For ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-cat-can-get-dementia-too-here-are-8-signs-to-look-out-for    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:15:23

• Using Your Phone on The Toilet May Dramatically Increase Your Risk of Hemorrhoids ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/using-your-phone-on-the-toilet-may-dramatically-increase-your-risk-of-hemorrhoids    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:16:01

• 4 Powerful Telescopes Agree: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Really Is Bizarre ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/4-powerful-telescopes-agree-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-really-is-bizarre    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:16:20

• A Distinct New Form of Diabetes Is Officially Recognized ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-distinct-new-form-of-diabetes-is-officially-recognized    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:17:38

• From Washington Post to Manchester’s Mill Media for new investigations editor ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/mill-media-washington-post-cameron-barr-investigations-editor/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:19:43

• U.S. House passes Uyghur Policy Act supporting victims of persecution by China ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/09/04/uyghur-policy-act-congress-young-kim-china/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:20:28

• In Beijing and Paris, a tale of two global futures ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/in-beijing-and-paris-a-tale-of-two-global-futures/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:20:41

• Xi stresses China’s enduring friendship with North Korea in meeting with Kim ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/09/04/kim-xi-meeting-beijing/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:21:07

• How Convicted Felon is helping China extend its massive lead in clean energy ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/04/1123014/how-trump-is-helping-china-extend-its-massive-lead-in-clean-energy/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:21:44

• China injects tens of billions of dollars in chipmaking tools, but it's easily more than a decade behind the market leaders — Here's why ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/china-injects-tens-of-billions-of-dollars-in-chipmaking-tools-but-its-easily-more-than-a-decade-behind-the-market-leaders-heres-why    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:22:14

• Kim tells Pooh-tin that North Korea will support China’s interests ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/kim-tells-xi-that-north-korea-will-support-chinas-interests    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:22:44

• China's Pooh-tin seeks closer coordination with North Korea in meeting with Kim ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-xi-seeks-closer-coordination-with-north-korea-in-meeting-with-kim    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:23:02

• DPM Gan hails China’s growth potential as he meets top leaders in Beijing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/dpm-gan-hails-chinas-growth-potential-as-he-meets-top-leaders-in-beijing    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:23:26

• Chinese navy says it conducted 'routine patrol' in South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinese-navy-says-it-conducted-routine-patrol-in-south-china-sea    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:23:50

• Malaysia PM Anwar meets North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in chance encounter in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-pm-anwar-meets-north-koreas-kim-jong-un-during-chance-encounter-in-china    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:24:20

• China’s Show of Military Might ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/briefing/china-military-protugal-funicular-crash.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:24:32

• RFK Jr.’s Senate ravings prove he won’t bring sanity back to public health ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/09/04/opinion/rfk-jr-s-senate-ravings-prove-he-wont-bring-sanity-back-to-public-health/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:25:13

• DR Congo declares new Ebola outbreak as death toll reaches 15 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250904-dr-congo-declares-new-ebola-outbreak-as-death-toll-reaches-15    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:25:28

• Florida announces plan to end all vaccine mandates ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/florida-announces-plans-to-become-first-state-to-make-vaccines-optional/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:26:10

• RFK Jr. Faces Senate Grilling After Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake-Up ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/kennedy-senate-hearing-vaccines-cdc.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:26:28

• Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Kasai Province of Congo ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/world/africa/congo-ebola-outbreak.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:26:45

• Could a Pill Fix the Brain? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/science/neuroscience-brain-injury-pill.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:27:07

• DOE’s latest cohort of innovators is turning science into startups ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2025/09/does-latest-cohort-of-innovators-is-turning-science-into-startups/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:27:46

• Openness balance gemini://rawtext.club/~deerbard/glog/2025-09-05-balance.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:50:17

• open plans gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/open_plans    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:50:55

• is Trump trying to crash the US economy? gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-09-05 https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/03/Definitely_Not_a_Ponzi_Scheme.shtml    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:51:46

• "There is a lot new in the world of PIT. Please see the updated PITkit site for further info." gemini://gem.refahs.com/pitUpdate.gmi    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:52:23

• "From my journal this morning... Am I deeply motivated by community more than I realize? And then a couple paragraphs later... My best thinking and writing happens during and after a walk by myself." gemini://catawampus.smol.pub/community    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:53:05

• "Back again with more gopher car opinions that no one asked for. Am I the leading car content creator on gopher? heh." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2025-09-05    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:54:22

• New Orleans medic gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-09-05-nomed.txt    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 20:55:06

• "It is intentional, illegal and immoral with mgrs quietly off the record being told you have to hire based on race, gender, s-x, age, skin color, etc. Short term you face some pain and worry etc." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4ah0dwy    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:06:21

• "IBM is not pulling out of India. Alvind wants his cheap docile labor and he wants Wall Street to reward him" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4bqt806    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:07:46

• "Linux Lite 7.6 is the latest, slightly updated release of this technologically moderate distro from New Zealand." https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/linux_lite_76/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:12:50

• "A new version of miracle-wm, a Mir-based compositor/tiling window manager intended as ‘a flashy, cozy tiling window manager’, is out with various changes." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/miracle-wm-0-7-ipc-complete    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:13:37

• "Ubuntu 25.10 is nearly a month away. A new default terminal and rust-based sudo are among the prominent new features in this upcoming release." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-36/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:14:16

• "Linux has suffered from a litany of myths over the years." https://www.zdnet.com/article/ready-to-ditch-windows-10-i-debunked-7-linux-myths-so-you-can-switch-with-confidence/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:19:25

• Linux Mint 22.2 'Zara' makes my favorite distro even better - what's new https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-mint-22-2-zara-makes-my-favorite-distro-even-better-whats-new/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:20:03

• "Supported until 2029, Zara also delivers improved update management." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-mint-22-2-zara-released-with-native-fingerprint-support-also-has-a-new-syncing-sticky-note-system    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:21:14

• The Wait is Over! Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" is Here https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-22-2-release/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:21:52

• "Impressively though, the first boss to beat with Silksong was actually the internet. Pretty much to the second that Silksong released, the Steam store itself went down hard" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/hollow-knight-silksong-is-out-now-with-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck-support/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:23:16

• Spiceworks Community Digest: Better living through Linux https://www.spiceworks.com/it-life/spiceworks-community-digest-better-living-through-linux/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:24:14

• "Popular Ubuntu-based distribution Linux Mint has been updated to version 22.2, codenamed Zara. This new long term support version promises updates until 2029." https://betanews.com/2025/09/04/linux-mint-22-2-zara-arrives-as-a-long-term-support-release-backed-until-2029/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:24:41

• "Arriving with Linux kernel 6.14, being built on top of Ubuntu 24.04 ("Noble"). As a long-term support release you'll be able to easily use it until 2029, with new Mint versions using the same base packages to make upgrades even easier until then." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/linux-mint-22-2-zara-is-officially-out-now/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:25:29

• "I've used both Linux and MacOS for years. But if you have to decide between them, ask yourself these seven simple questions." https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-decide-between-linux-and-macos-if-youre-ready-to-ditch-windows/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:26:07

• "Unlock the full potential of media playback on Linux by installing VLC, the versatile media player that handles virtually any file you throw at it." https://www.techloy.com/how-to-change-default-download-path-in-telegram/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:27:06

• "What’s more, the all-powerful Arch Linux has its own community of distributions – some useful for general-purpose systems, others quirky enough for specific tasks. Having cycled between many Arch-based distributions during my distro-hopping (mis)adventures, here are some of my favorites." https://www.xda-developers.com/these-5-arch-distros-are-worth-checking-out/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:27:45

• "For their Steam Deck rating, Valve note it has some small text and a manual configuration of the graphics are required to get it to perform well. Additionally, it does not default to external controllers, so you need to swap them over in the Quick Access menu. Valve's checks were done using the latest Proton 10 Beta." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/everybodys-golf-hot-shots-rated-steam-deck-playable-with-the-anti-cheat-enabled-for-linux/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:28:27

• "For their Steam Deck rating, Valve note it has some small text and a manual configuration of the graphics are required to get it to perform well. Additionally, it does not default to external controllers, so you need to swap them over in the Quick Access menu." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/everybodys-golf-hot-shots-rated-steam-deck-playable-with-the-anti-cheat-enabled-for-linux/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:28:52

• Critical Linux UDisks Daemon Vulnerability (CVE-2025-8067) Exposes Privileged Data to Local Attackers https://thecyberexpress.com/linux-daemon-vulnerability-cve-2025-8067/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:30:16

• "Libre Computer has just announced the general availability of EtherealOS for the company’s Amlogic SBCs, namely AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato), AML-S805X-AC (La Frite), AML-S905X-CC-V2 ( Sweet Potato), AML-S905D3-CC (Solitude), and AML-A311D-CC (Alta)." https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/04/etherealos-easily-install-linux-iso-and-os-images-from-the-internet-on-amlogic-sbcs/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:32:45

• Linux adoption falls and mid-range GPUs still dominate gaming in Steam Survey for August 2025 https://www.notebookcheck.net/Linux-adoption-falls-and-mid-range-GPUs-still-dominate-gaming-in-Steam-Survey-for-August-2025.1104377.0.html    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:35:57

• "Here's all the included games below. It's only £8.89 for the whole lot which is a great deal." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/get-some-fabulous-indie-games-in-the-indie-likes-lites-humble-bundle/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:37:03

• "Want to make sure your file browsing and management with KDE Dolphin is as efficient as it can be? I use the popular free and open source file browser on Linux every day, and there are a few neat features I've uncovered while working with it." https://www.howtogeek.com/hidden-kde-dolphin-features-you-should-know/    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:37:32

• Building Temperature Sensors with Raspberry Pi 5 & Yocto Project: A Complete Tutorial https://www.designnews.com/embedded-systems/building-temperature-sensors-with-raspberry-pi-5-yocto-project-a-complete-tutorial    

posted Friday, September 05, 2025 at 21:38:55

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