Locally-hosted copy of all posts, sans responses and media enclosures
Home ⇨ 2025 ⇨ October

Roy Schestowitz

Social Control Media Posts

Updated in real time for the given day
  • "For some strange reason "Odin" rhymes with "Transforming" when I read that title... must be some sort of slight of mind :) Anyways!" gemini://mygemini.space/gemlogs/17/posts/77    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 03:18:03

  • Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-10-19.gmi    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 03:18:28

  • "Is it you, dear reader? Is it one of the people following along on fedi? As soon as I posted that my setup had been working fine for weeks without requiring any intervention, I find that it’s in fact not working fine." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-10-19-every-time    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 03:20:08

  • iPod gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/OCT2025/entry-2    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 03:20:38

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1798.jpg    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 03:21:50

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1448.jpg    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 03:21:54

  • Anything LF touches turns to dust, inc. Linux.com. No posts at all for over a month in this case and it's just PR https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 04:04:39

  • oVirt Lives On: A Stronger, Community-Driven Future blogs.oracle.com/authors/simon-coter "For many, oVirt’s roots with Red Hat established it as a cornerstone open source virtualization platform - powering thousands of workloads worldwide"    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 04:05:41

  • Making drivers for its own hardware, which it sells, is not generosity; releasing source code is about others doing bug-fixing work for them https://www.fudzilla.com/news/61851-intel-questions-open-source-generosity    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 04:07:37

  • Unix as a Second Language has been killed by IDG https://www.networkworld.com/blog/unix-as-a-second-language/ - LAST https://www.networkworld.com/article/4011151/parameter-expansion-on-linux.html that was in June.    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 04:09:54

  • computing.co.uk is a spamfarm these days, and no real articles, unless someone pays them to do it https://www.computing.co.uk/search?query=linux&date=this_year&type=&full_category=&per_page=24&sort=recent    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 04:10:40

  • Reads like partially LLM slop https://www.suse.com/c/the-desktop-ai-revolution-powered-by-suse-and-nvidia/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 04:29:05

  • Microsoft is doing GREAT https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2025-10-17/microsoft-portugal-laying-off-staff/903811    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 04:43:52

  • Paramount Mega Layoffs...    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 04:44:56

  • "I have 4 new storage devices to create 2 new zpools, each a two-vdev mirror. Let’s go." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/10/17/creating-the-new-zpools/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:51:50

  • "after publishing this entry, I realized the command is zpool replace, not zfs replace, as the title suggests." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/10/18/moving-a-zpool-to-new-devices-after-the-syncoid-copy-oh-wait-zfs-replace/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:51:58

  • "Suppose that you have a filesystem that uses some form of a journal to provide durability (as many do these days) and you have a bunch of people (or processes) writing and updating things all over the filesystem that they want to be durable" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/JournalCanSerializeFsyncWrites | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:52:10

  • "If you read my recent posts, I’m replacing an existing zpool with new devices. At first, I went to copy the old zpool to a new zpool." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/10/18/zfs-setting-compression-and-adding-new-vdevs/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:52:21

  • "There is a lot of chatter about CSS resets in the web sphere recently." ☛ https://pawelgrzybek.com/the-css-reset-again/ | Source: Paweł Grzybek    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:54:12

  • "With recent firmware updates this camera has gained a few interesting features for doing this, the first one is that it has an USB webcam mode and the second is the REST api for controlling the camera." ☛ https://blog.brixit.nl/using-a-blackmagic-design-camera-as-wildlife-camera/ | Source: Martijn Braam    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:54:23

  • "Folks who were ahead of the curve on what we’d now call “responsive design” would sometimes proudly show off that you could use any resolution, in the same way as they’d proudly state that you could use any browser!" ☛ https://danq.me/2025/10/18/best-viewed-at-your-resolution/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:54:37

  • "The New York Times recently introduced a new daily puzzle called Pips. You place a set of dominoes on a grid, satisfying various conditions." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2025/10/solve-nyt-pips-with-constraints.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:55:09

  • "Pips is The New York Times' daily puzzle where you have to place dominos onto a board within a set of region restrictions." ☛ https://healeycodes.com/solving-nyt-pips-puzzle | Source: Andrew Healey    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:55:24

  • "One of the massive problems with software development today, especially in the CachyOS and Linux world in general is that nobody does the documentation." ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/information-technology/cachyos/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:57:09

  • "This indicates that we should only allow removing A if the conflicts could not be solved by upgrading it" ☛ https://blog.jak-linux.org/2025/10/18/sound-removals/ | Source: Julian Andres Klode    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:57:19

  • "The GIMP team has officially announced that the popular open-source image editor is now available as a Snap package" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/gimp-officially-launches-its-new-snap-package-for-linux-users/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:57:43

  • "Going to a dumb phone feels a lot like this. For some, it will work just fine. It will be a revelation." ☛ https://mtwb.blog/posts/2025/tech/dumb-phones-are-a-fad/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:58:20

  • "Are you friends with Amy again?" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/The-Home-Forum/2025/1017/phone-number-technology-family | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 09:58:45

  • "PeaZip, a versatile cross-platform open-source file archiver utility, has just unveiled its latest release, version 10.7." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/peazip-10-7-file-archiver-adds-image-thumbnails-on-linux/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:00:03

  • "One (so far) surviving part of "Privacy Sandbox" is Google’s continued participation in Meta and Mozilla’s adfraud-in-the-browser feature, now known as just "Attribution."" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/the-end-ish-of-google-privacy-sandbox/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:04:58

  • "Should you use UUIDs as the primary key in your database? You might have heard they are terrible for performance, which is often true for traditional UUIDv4." ☛ https://aiven.io/blog/exploring-postgresql-18-new-uuidv7-support |    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:05:46

  • "I thought I would document what steps I went through. I’ve begun writing this on September 24th and worked on it in my spare time until clicking the publish button." ☛ https://mandarismoore.com/2025/10/17/restarting-theme-development.html | Source: Mandaris Moore    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:06:06

  • "Here is a chart I drew of homicides per 100,000 population on the vertical axis versus income or consumption inequality on the horizontal." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/inequality-and-homicide-within-country-and-between-country-by-ellis2013nz/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:06:27

  • "In Python, when you write if x > 5: print("big"), you’re using special syntax baked into the language." ☛ https://ryelang.org/blog/posts/if-as-function-blogpost-working-on-it_ver1/ |    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:07:35

  • "So far so good, a classic C footgun – we’ve all been there." ☛ https://mazzo.li/posts/undefined-behavior.html | Source: Francesco Mazzoli    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:08:06

  • "Once everything turns out to be working nicely for a little while I will also migrate over my blog and then start shutting down my Github and Gitlab accounts." ☛ https://arjenwiersma.nl/posts/20251018-your-own-cloud/ | Source: Arjen Wiersma    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:08:18

  • "The OCaml language offers a distinct approach to compile-time code generation in the form of extension points and AST rewriters, which we’ll explore in this article." ☛ https://citizen428.net/blog/introduction-ocaml-extension-points/ | Source: Michael Kohl    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:08:48

  • "The Forgejo team has announced the release of Forgejo 13.0, the latest version of the self-hosted Git forge software, introducing security improvements, new moderation tools, and enhanced usability across the platform." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/forgejo-13-0-released-with-content-moderation-and-global-2fa-enforcement/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:09:03

  • "A little update about Doing Presentations. I got a kind offer from Julián Rodriguez Orihuela to translate the site into Spanish." ☛ https://gilest.org/notes/dp-en-espanol.html | Source: Giles Turnbull    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:10:06

  • "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!" ☛ https://robert.ocallahan.org/2025/10/money.html | Source: Robert OCallahan    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:10:19

  • "One of the perils of being a so-called “perfectionist” is that I’m never content to leave things be." ☛ https://mihobu.lol/whats-new-202510 | Source: Michael Burkhardt    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:10:29

  • "It’s at this stage that I admit I’ve never had one of my own, though I used to mess with them when I’d see them." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/i-found-a-rubiks-cube/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:10:39

  • "For some, it represents the end of an era. Others, such as the musician Hannah Diamond, suggest that era may have been over some time ago." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/18/no-one-makes-money-from-them-with-mtv-channels-switching-off-is-the-music-video-under-threat | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:10:50

  • "Let me first explain why the naive categorical model of dependent types doesn’t work very well for identity types." ☛ https://bartoszmilewski.com/2025/10/18/modeling-identity-types/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:12:18

  • "So I’ve been trying something new: I’m reading without taking notes, highlighting important lines, or even trying to remember everything I read." ☛ https://ankursethi.com/blog/just-read/ | Source: Ankur Sethi    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:12:39

  • "After years of climbing the ladder in cyber, I’ve learned that sometimes the best move isn’t up. It’s stepping back to make life sustainable again." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/career-snakes-ladders/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:12:53

  • "After years of climbing the ladder in cyber, I’ve learned that sometimes the best move isn’t up. It’s stepping back to make life sustainable again." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/career-snakes-ladders/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:13:04

  • "Don't you just love a good second act? There’s something so inspiring about watching someone switch career paths and find their true calling." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/age-is-just-a-number-these-photography-icons-all-found-success-with-a-camera-after-a-first-career | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:13:21

  • "In other words, whatever the people using ChatGPT felt was going on inside their brains, the scans showed there wasn’t much happening up there." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/18/are-we-living-in-a-golden-age-of-stupidity-technology | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:13:34

  • "In response to my question about getting started with typewriters, the shopkeeper gave me some advice" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/10/18/typewriters-and-labyrinths | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:14:50

  • "The basic idea is to shift your body’s internal clock by timing your exposure to light, exercise, and melatonin around your body’s daily minimum temperature (your lowest temperature in a 24-hour cycle, usually 2-3 hours before you wake up)." ☛ https://chrisholdgraf.com/blog/2025/jet-lag/ | Source: Chris Holdgraf    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:15:17

  • "Many people attempt experiments with assorted nootropics, but I find they’re often difficult to attain value from." ☛ https://vale.rocks/posts/nootropics | Source: Declan Chidlow    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:15:29

  • "Earlier this week, a bombshell analysis by Consumer Reports found that popular meal replacement drinks — a long-time favorite of tech bros — contain more lead in a single serving than a healthy adult should eat in a day." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/tech-bros-huel-lead | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:15:43

  • "The psychological conditioning produced by 1990s devices such as Tamagotchi is relevant, and even uncanny, when facing the trends of the 2020s and potentially beyond." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/how-tamagotchis-trained-millennials-for-the-era-of-needy-media/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:15:57

  • "Instagram on Friday unveiled safety features for teenagers who use its artificial intelligence chatbots amid growing concerns over how the chatbots are affecting young people’s mental health." ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/nytimes/1284235/instagram-unveils-teen-safety-features-for-ai-chatbots/ | Source: Greece    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:16:08

  • "The notification about the hack came in a phone call from Kevin Mandia, the founder of the cybersecurity firm Mandiant, to SolarWinds’ then CEO Kevin Thompson." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/19/global-cyber-attack-russian-hack-solarwinds-stress-health | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:16:43

  • "The tech giant says the vulnerability can be exploited to leak sensitive information such as user credentials, tamper with file contents, or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by forcing a crash within the server." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/highest-ever-severity-score-assigned-by-microsoft-to-asp-net-core-vulnerability/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:16:56

  • "Even though Apple's web hosting services are long gone, you can still use iWeb and save your finished site to a local folder or FTP server." ☛ https://www.spacebar.news/making-iweb-website-2025/ |    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:17:12

  • "OpenAI has been flat broke its whole existence. In late 2025, it’s even more flat broke than that. Sam’s been frantically lining up about a trillion dollars’ worth of deals. Well, deals to make a deal." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/17/chatgpt-sales-are-flat-so-altman-offers-openai-adult-chat/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:17:30

  • "After crunching the numbers to exclude armies of data-scraping AI bots, the Wikimedia Foundation says that between March and August of this year, the number of Wikipedia page views coming from real humans declined by 8% year-on-year." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/wikipedia-ai-generated-summaries-are-hurting-our-traffic | Source: PC Mag    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:17:46

  • "In response, major art museums are wrestling with what, within the kaleidoscope, counts as art, and are trying to teach the public to see beyond spectacle. In so doing, they are creating a canon that artists, collectors and audiences will treat as a guide to what matters and why." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/arts/design/artificial-intelligence-art-museums.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:18:04

  • "As local news outlet WalesOnline reports, the swimmers attempted to wade back from Sully Island, a rocky outcropping thousands of feet offshore, shortly before the tide came back in." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/drown-chatgpt-tide | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:18:20

  • "I deactivated both of my Meta social media accounts today — Instagram and Facebook." ☛ https://aj.bourg.family/2025-10-18-deactivating/ | Source: AJ Bourg    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:18:40

  • "Once again, I am mystified by Apple’s decision to drop its suit against NSO Group." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/nso-group-whatsapp-ban/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:18:52

  • "The best results, however, typically involve taking steps to help repair relationships and address underlying causes for the harmful behaviour." ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/ai-bullying-fears-raised-as-10-million-tipped-into-new-school-plan/mjli4ehx3 | Source: SBS    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:19:01

  • "Australia has a new plan to keep kids safe online. On the surface, it sounds simple, maybe even sensible. The government is banning anyone under sixteen from having a social media account." ☛ https://hey.paris/posts/socialmediaban/ | Source: Paris Buttfield-Addison    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:19:26

  • "According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is “exploring another Mac change” in addition to bringing multitouch to the display." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2945142/sorry-mac-users-it-looks-like-face-id-is-still-years-away.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:19:41

  • "The partnership comes just days after a letter revealed that government agencies, including parts of ICE, had access to Flock’s network of cameras." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/ring-wants-you-to-share-your-camera-footage-with-police-again | Source: PC Mag    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:19:51

  • "most invasive feature." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2945470/ring-lets-police-ask-for-security-videos-heres-how-to-opt-out.html | Source: PC World    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:20:14

  • "There would be no real privacy left – even doctors and patients communicate this way." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2717233/eu-shelves-child-protection-proposal-over-fears-of-mass-surveillance | Source: LRT    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:20:24

  • "The Constitution is not a suggestion." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/we-have-no-kings | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:21:53

  • "This was the overarching rallying cry of the more than 30 demonstrations across the state and more than 2,600 across the country known as No Kings day" ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/10/18/thousands-across-maine-protest-against-trump-administration-in-second-no-kings-day/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:22:07

  • "A rally more than a march, the “No Kings” protest centered on a stage set up on Pennsylvania Avenue with the U.S. Capitol in the background." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/no-kings-protesters-against-trump-authoritarianism-dc-1235449984/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:57:14

  • "In fact, protesters turned out waving American flags and wearing frog and unicorn and banana costumes and carrying homemade signs that demanded the release of the Epstein files" ☛ https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-18-2025 | Source: Heather Cox Richardson    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:57:56

  • "No Thrones, No Crowns, No Kings" are predicting the largest, one-day demonstration in U.S. history" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/further/king-donald-the-first-fuck-that | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:58:22

  • "Nothing is more patriotic than protesting" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/1018/no-kings-protests-peaceful | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:58:41

  • "About 15 protests were scheduled around Alabama, part of over 2,600 demonstrations scheduled on Saturday that were expected to draw millions of people." ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/10/18/weve-got-to-do-something-thousands-attend-no-kings-protests-in-alabama/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:59:04

  • "Former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams framed the political battle as a fight over the nation’s direction." ☛ https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/10/18/thousands-including-many-dressed-as-frogs-rally-against-trump-at-atlanta-no-kings-protest/ | Source: The Georgia Recorder    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 10:59:41

  • "Protesters are citizens and voters, not “subjects” or “pawns,” said Danielle Drake, advocacy manager for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana." ☛ https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/18/not-pawns-thousands-of-hoosiers-turn-out-for-no-kings-protests/ | Source: The Indiana Capital Chronicle    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:00:04

  • "Millions of Americans packed streets, parks and town squares across the United States Saturday for No Kings day" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/10/18/repub/no-kings-day-brings-millions-into-us-streets-in-anti-trump-protests/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:00:21

  • "Thousands of Kentuckians turned out under the autumn sun to protest President Donald Trump’s administration" ☛ https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/18/i-love-america-no-kings-protesters-rally-across-kentucky-opposing-trump/ | Source: Kentucky Lantern    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:00:35

  • "More than 100 communities from southeast Michigan to the westernmost part of the U.P. joined in the show of might to advocate for civil rights" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/10/18/demonstrators-amplify-growing-fear-of-trump-autocracy-during-michigan-wide-no-kings-rallies/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:01:04

  • "at times, laden with expletives and ire" ☛ https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/10/whose-streets-our-streets-thousands-across-michigan-denounce-trump-in-no-kings-marches.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:01:32

  • "There's so much." ☛ https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/10/18/theres-so-much-nevadans-exercise-first-amendment-rights-at-multiple-no-kings-events/ | Source: Nevada Current    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:01:56

  • "Thousands protested Trump administration policies at rallies in Fargo and Bismarck with smaller events held in Grand Forks, Jamestown, Bottineau, Devils Lake, Dickinson" ☛ https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/10/18/i-love-america-thousands-join-no-kings-rallies-in-11-north-dakota-cities/ | Source: North Dakota Monitor    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:02:18

  • "there were a dozen similar protests in June." ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/10/18/protesters-gather-around-nebraska-capitol-for-no-kings-protest/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:02:34

  • "Impeach Trump Again." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51391993/no-kings-protesters-emerge-en-masse-nationwide-for-anti-trump-rallies | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:02:53

  • "Police declared an unlawful assembly Saturday evening near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles after “No Kings Day” protesters gathered there." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-18/police-declare-unlawful-assembly-no-kings-day-nonlethal-rounds | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:03:25

  • "Podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen roused the crowd at Grand Park, pointing to the scope of the “No Kings” protests nationwide." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-18/no-kings-day-protests-getting-underway-across-southern-california | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:03:46

  • "Organizers say Trump’s actions have escalated since June, including expanded immigration raids, prosecutions of political opponents and pressure on universities." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-10-18/la-me-no-kings-protest-strategy | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:04:04

  • "This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington-dc/articles/2025-10-18/photos-show-no-kings-rallies-against-trump-across-the-us-and-in-europe | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:04:23

  • "spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/americas/no-kings-protests-against-trump-bring-street-party-vibe-to-cities-1911202 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:04:53

  • "By all accounts, the demonstrations were largely festive, often featuring inflatable characters and marchers dressed in costumes." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/no-kings-protests-donald-trump-no-kings-protests-against-trump-see-huge-crowd-washington-calls-them-anti-american-9481555#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:05:25

  • "Nothing is more patriotic than protesting." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/no-kings-protests-9.6944035 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:05:41

  • "US is sliding into authoritarianism" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protests-events-states | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:05:55

  • "we, the people, will not be silenced" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/no-kings-trump-protests-numbers-b2847940.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:06:17

  • "Ms Giuffre said she got "more out of" Andrew than a reported 12-million-dollar payout and two-million-dollar donation to her charity" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre-queen-elizabeth-platinum-jubilee-b2847935.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:07:18

  • "Her main concern, shared by other local opponents, is the amount of municipal drinking water the 200,000-square foot data centre would need for its cooling system." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data-centre-canada-water-use-9.6939684 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:08:06

  • "For us humans, things will become grave even earlier." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2778408/nasa-supercomputers-calculated-when-life-will-end-on-earth-heres-our-deadline.html | Source: PC World    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:08:18

  • "The new EU legislation targets power units of all types, referring to them as External Power Supplies (EPS)." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/power-bricks-and-wall-warts-must-be-usb-c-by-2028-new-eu-legislation-also-adds-power-rating-labels-for-power-units-and-cables | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:09:02

  • "Bitcoin shed more than $10,000 in a matter of minutes" ☛ https://www.citationneeded.news/anatomy-of-a-crypto-meltdown/ | Source: Molly White    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:09:12

  • "Ruby Central, the non-profit that recently seized some Ruby open source tools from maintainers" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/18/ruby_central_taps_ruby_core/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:10:34

  • "Welcome to my first blog in my Rust Rabbit Holes series!" ☛ https://beej.us/blog/data/rust-trait-impl/ | Source: Beej    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:10:53

  • "Media freedom in Turkey continues to suffer as the politicized judiciary extends arbitrary detentions and judicial control measures" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/prolonged-detentions-and-judicial-control-tighten-pressure-on-journalists-312628 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:12:11

  • "Few parliamentary groups support using public funds to prop up STT, the Finnish News Agency, according to a survey by Uutissuomalainen." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20189113?origin=rss | Source: YLE    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:12:41

  • If there is a connection between the McGovern (GNOME, Debian) and Ruby Central affair and the current Ruby Central affair (using Microsoft GitHub to take control, probably in the name of control over political speech), it would help greatly. Their official messages mince so many words to make it look like nobody pulls strings.    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:15:12

  • "We’re at an inflection point in history right now and it’s frightening." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-ice-secret-police-civil-rights-unaccountable | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:16:09

  • "Music has been an integral part of protests movements across generations, the present one being no exception." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/no-kings-playlist-anti-authoritarian-songs-protests-1235449753/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:16:21

  • Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/apple-strikes-five-year-deal-for-formula-1-rights/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:18:39

  • "Apple is paying about $140 million per year for F1 rights, sources told CNBC." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/apple-f1-media-deal-streaming.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:18:51

  • "Shortly after this announcement was made, I got an email from F1 TV, informing me of basically the same information" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-just-closed-their-f1-deal-and-i-think-its-good-news-for-me/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:19:20

  • "Citing the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, the band - forced to use Slipknot1.com for nearly 25 years - seeks to retake URL bearing their name" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slipknot-lawsuit-slipknot-com-domain-bootleg-merch-1235449965/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:19:54

  • "Artificial intelligence (AI) major OpenAI said users will not be able to use the likeness of Martin Luther King Jr when generating videos with its model, Sora." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-pauses-video-generations-of-martin-luther-king-jr-after-disrespectful-depictions/articleshow/124621646.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:20:17

  • "Rampant piracy will face a two-pronged strategy, including enhanced enforcement measures targeting areas where piracy causes the most damage." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/direct-sales-direct-anti-piracy-action-underpin-japans-plan-for-explosive-growth-251017/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:20:59

  • "Rightsholders can breathe a sigh of relief after a California federal court concluded that Cloudflare can be compelled to comply with DMCA subpoenas." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/manga-pirate-site-operator-fails-to-dodge-dmca-subpoena-over-cloudflare-cache/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:21:12

  • "WME has notified OpenAI it does not have permission to use any of WME’s clients. Disney has notified OpenAI that it could just sue under copyright if OpenAI does not desist." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/18/how-openai-dodged-hollywood-on-sora-2/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:21:38

  • "According to Fitch, AI tools are enabling users to create and distribute music at unprecedented speeds, flooding digital service providers (DSPs) platforms and intensifying competition for listener-based revenues." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/ai-music-boom-may-hit-artist-royalties-warns-fitch-ratings/articleshow/124621399.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:21:54

  • "Why Signal's Post-Quantum Makeover is an Amazing Engineering Achievement" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/10/16/1538252    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:22:59

  • "'Train to Hawaii?' Trump's latest bizarre rant reignites cognitive concerns - Raw Story" https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hawaii-train/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:23:13

  • "FSF Librephone" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/10/16/1534249    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:23:21

  • iophk: pro-cheeto spin, without a source; finding the source article would be useful https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15203685/Legendary-broadcast-journalist-called-trusted-man-America-appears-newly-released-Epstein-flight-logs.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:23:44

  • "Talking with Maurice Obstfeld - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-maurice-obstfeld    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:23:54

  • "Gavin Newsom Stokes 'No Kings' Fury as Trump-Pentagon Feud Explodes — Is This His Boldest Power Play Yet?" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/gavin-newsom-stokes-no-kings-fury-trump-pentagon-feud-explodes-this-his-boldest-power-play-1748720    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:24:12

  • "Trump Responds to No Kings: AI Video of 'King Trump' Jet Dumps Brown Liquid on Protestors" https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/trump-ai-video-no-kings-fighter-jet-brown-sludge-protestors-1236556347/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:24:34

  • “One out of every three farms shutting down in the state of Arkansas is going to affect that budget that’s sitting there in front of you,” she told Finance and Administration Secretary Jim Hudson. “And if we don’t start looking and forecasting out for that just in case the tsunami is coming, then we are failing the people of Arkansas.” https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/10/17/arkansas-lawmakers-urge-feds-to-help-farmers-stay-afloat-in-struggling-industry/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:24:53

  • “One out of every three farms shutting down in the state of Arkansas is going to affect that budget that’s sitting there in front of you,” she told Finance and Administration Secretary Jim Hudson. “And if we don’t start looking and forecasting out for that just in case the tsunami is coming, then we are failing the people of Arkansas.”    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:25:30

  • "Arkansas lawmakers urge feds to help farmers stay afloat in struggling industry | Arkansas Advocate" https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/10/17/arkansas-lawmakers-urge-feds-to-help-farmers-stay-afloat-in-struggling-industry/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:25:39

  • One of Norway's greatest writers has died - aged 70 | "En af Norges største forfattere er død - 70 år | Nyheder | DR" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/en-af-norges-stoerste-forfattere-er-doed-70-aar    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:26:13

  • "Russia Shot Down Its Own Fighter Jet Over Crimea During Drone Attack, Ukraine Says - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/17/russia-shot-down-its-own-fighter-jet-over-crimea-during-drone-attack-ukraine-says-a90850    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:26:20

  • Proton Experimental brings fixes for Assassin's Creed Shadows, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/proton-experimental-for-oct-17-brings-fixes-for-assassins-creed-shadows-age-of-empires-definitive-edition/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/proton-experimental-for-oct-17-brings-fixes-for-assassins-creed-shadows-age-of-empires-definitive-edition/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:26:55

  • Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in Santa Cruz. Again. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/science/sea-otters-surfboard-santa-cruz.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:32:34

  • Proton Experimental brings fixes for Assassin's Creed Shadows, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/proton-experimental-for-oct-17-brings-fixes-for-assassins-creed-shadows-age-of-empires-definitive-edition/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:33:38

  • Ontario Psychologists Clash Over How Much Training Is Enough ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/world/canada/ontario-health-shortage-psychologists.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:34:07

  • The Indonesian Free-Food Program That Has Sickened Thousands ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/world/asia/indonesia-school-lunch-program-poisoning.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:34:38

  • Israel returns 15 Palestinian bodies to Gaza, identifies remains of another hostage ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20251018-death-toll-gaza-tops-68-000-israel-identifies-one-more-hostage-body-hamas    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:34:51

  • 64 South Koreans held in Cambodia return home under arrest ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/64-south-koreans-held-in-cambodia-return-home-on-chartered-flight-police    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:35:18

  • These South Korean supermums aren’t just raising kids. They’re hitting the books for notorious exams ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/these-south-korean-supermums-arent-just-raising-kids-theyre-hitting-the-books-for-notorious-exams    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:35:54

  • Cambodia and South Korea form joint task force to combat online scamming ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/cambodia-south-korea-form-joint-task-force-to-combat-online-scamming    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:36:11

  • Malaysia weighs caning, tighter phone ban amid alarm over rising student violence in schools ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-weighs-caning-tighter-phone-ban-amid-alarm-over-rising-student-violence-in-schools    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:37:03

  • Lithium battery ignites on Air China flight in mid air, horrifying passengers as flames burst out in cabin ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/10/18/world-news/air-china-flight-makes-emergency-landing-after-lithium-battery-ignites-mid-air/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:37:45

  • Lithium Battery Fire Aboard Air China Flight Forces Emergency Landing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/world/asia/air-china-flight-lithium-battery-fire.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:38:12

  • Creating the new zpools ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2025/10/17/creating-the-new-zpools/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:42:23

  • GIMP Officially Launches Its New Snap Package for GNU/Linux Users ☞ https://linuxiac.com/gimp-officially-launches-its-new-snap-package-for-linux-users/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:42:52

  • PeaZip 10.7 File Archiver Adds Image Thumbnails on GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxiac.com/peazip-10-7-file-archiver-adds-image-thumbnails-on-linux/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:43:27

  • Inequality and homicide, within-country and between country by @ellis2013nz ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/inequality-and-homicide-within-country-and-between-country-by-ellis2013nz/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:44:36

  • Forgejo 13.0 Released with Content Moderation and Global 2FA Enforcement ☞ https://linuxiac.com/forgejo-13-0-released-with-content-moderation-and-global-2fa-enforcement/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:45:27

  • I found a Rubik’s Cube ☞ https://rubenerd.com/i-found-a-rubiks-cube/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:46:32

  • Two People Almost Drown After Asking Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot When Low Tide Was ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/drown-chatgpt-tide    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:48:11

  • Does Hey Hi (AI) Count as Art? Ask the Curators ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/arts/design/artificial-intelligence-art-museums.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 11:48:35

  • Little Green Men ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/18/precision-imprecision-intellectual-honesty-and-little-green-men/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:05:12

  • US states sue Convicted Felon administration for termination of $7B solar energy grant ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/24-us-states-sue-trump-administration-for-termination-of-solar-energy-grant-worth-7b/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:05:54

  • Cox v. Sony Music: Supreme Court Schedules Legal Arguments for December ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/10/17/cox-v-sony-schedule-december-2026/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:06:13

  • The Kids Who Sued Convicted Felon Just Lost Big in Court. Or Did They? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/climate/climate-lawsuit-children-montana-trump-health.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:06:41

  • Jakarta to ban dog, cat meat trade to curb rabies risks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/jakarta-to-ban-dog-cat-meat-trade-to-curb-rabies-risks    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:07:09

  • Mexico’s week in review: Flood recovery and booming electric vehicle exports ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-week-in-review-flood-recovery-electric-vehicle-exports/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:08:32

  • Tunisia: Violence erupts during anti-pollution protest as anger boils ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251018-tunisia-violence-erupts-during-anti-pollution-protest-as-anger-boils    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:08:59

  • Perú dispatch: Congress ousts President Dina Boluarte amid crime surge and political turmoil ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/peru-dispatch-congress-ousts-president-dina-boluarte-amid-crime-surge-and-political-turmoil/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:09:38

  • Can a New Blood Test Actually Detect ME/CFS? Here's What We Know ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/can-a-new-blood-test-actually-detect-me-cfs-heres-what-we-know    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:11:34

  • Scientists Caught Sperm Ignoring A Major Law of Physics ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-caught-sperm-ignoring-a-major-law-of-physics    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:11:43

  • Older Men's Sperm Carry More Mutations, And They May Turn Harmful ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/older-mens-sperm-carry-more-mutations-and-they-may-turn-harmful    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:11:54

  • Rare New Form of Diabetes Is Unique to Babies, Scientists Report ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/rare-new-form-of-diabetes-is-unique-to-babies-scientists-report    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:15:15

  • You Only Need 1 Piece of Equipment For Strength Training, And It's Free ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/you-only-need-1-piece-of-equipment-for-strength-training-and-its-free    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:15:42

  • Male Brains Shrink Faster Than Female Brains, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/male-brains-shrink-faster-than-female-brains-study-finds    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:16:00

  • This Week in Science: 'Universal' Kidney, Earthly Anomaly, And Much More! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-universal-kidney-earthly-anomaly-and-much-more    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:16:12

  • Broken Phone To Cinema Camera With A Lens Upgrade ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/18/broken-phone-to-cinema-camera-with-a-lens-upgrade/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:16:41

  • I Tested Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta: A Few Hits and Misses But Mostly on Right Track ☞ https://news.itsfoss.com/cosmic-beta/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:17:49

  • In China, climate litigation starts with the state, shutting out NGOs, activists ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/19/in-china-climate-litigation-starts-with-the-state-shutting-out-ngos-activists/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:18:19

  • China and US agree to fresh trade talks in coming week ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/10/18/china-and-us-agree-to-fresh-trade-talks-in-coming-week/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:18:42

  • Jensen says Nvidia’s China Hey Hi (AI) GPU market share has plummeted from 95% to zero — the Chinese market previously amounted to 20% to 25% of the chipmaker's data center revenue ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/jensen-huang-says-nvidia-china-market-share-has-fallen-to-zero    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:19:09

  • New Zealand's Finance Minister eyes stronger regional ties in face of US-China trade war ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/New-Zealands-Finance-Minister-eyes-stronger-regional-ties-in-face-of-US-China-trade-war    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:19:40

  • Direct-save to working-partition fixed ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202510/direct-save-to-working-partition-fixed.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:20:23

  • Fix for fscrypt folder on rw layer in overlayfs ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202510/fix-for-fscrypt-folder-on-rw-layer-in-overlayfs.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:21:07

  • Dracut in Ubuntu 25.10: What it is and Why it Matters (or Doesn’t) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/what-is-dracut-ubuntu    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:22:14

  • Of Note: UbuntuPIT Aware of Critics of Slop, Adds Disclosure of Use of LLMs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/Of_Note_UbuntuPIT_Aware_of_Critics_of_Slop_Adds_Disclosure_of_U.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:22:25

  • unifont @ Savannah: Unifont 17.0.02 Released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10820    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:23:52

  • Sound Removals ☞ https://blog.jak-linux.org/2025/10/18/sound-removals/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:25:15

  • PeaZip 10.7 Open-Source Archive Manager Introduces an Image Viewer ☞ https://9to5linux.com/peazip-10-7-open-source-archive-manager-introduces-an-image-viewer    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:29:07

  • LLM slop/plagiarism ☞ https://ubuntupit.com/peazip-10-7-0-launches-with-new-file-manager-and-image-viewer/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:29:28

  • Laptop GNU/Linux Considerations ☞ https://euroquis.nl/kde/2025/10/18/framework.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:30:13

  • Wine-Staging 10.17 is out    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:30:47

  • Found a reason why overlayfs is flakey ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202510/found-a-reason-why-overlayfs-is-flakey.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:31:51

  • North Korean state-sponsored hackers slip unremovable malware inside blockchains to steal cryptocurrency — EtherHiding embeds malicious JavaScript payloads in smart contracts on public blockchains ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/north-korea-hiding-malware-inside-blockchain-smart-contracts    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:32:29

  • This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.5 is nigh and KDE is 29 years old; help us celebrate! ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/10/18/this-week-in-plasma-plasma-6.5-is-nigh-and-kde-is-29-years-old-help-us-celebrate/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:33:51

  • Top selfhosted Docker Apps on Unraid Server Homelab ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/top-selfhosted-docker-apps-unraid-server/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:34:29

  • RP2350 Tiny and Tiny XL boards clone Solder Party’s RP2350 stamp layouts at nearly half the price ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/19/rp2350-tiny-and-tiny-xl-boards-clone-solder-party-rp2350-stamp-modules/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:35:30

  • TGS 2025: A Conversation with Alibaba Cloud ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/tgs2025-a-talk-with-alibaba-cloud/index.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:35:58

  • New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Ball X Pit - 2025-10-18 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2025-10-18-edition/index.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:36:13

  • MIPI SoundWire I3S (SWI3S) targets high-bandwidth, low-latency audio applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/10/18/mipi-soundwire-i3s-swi3s-targets-high-bandwidth-low-latency-audio-applications/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:40:11

  • Woman Wins Court Case by Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot as a Lawyer ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/woman-wins-court-case-chatgpt-lawyer    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:40:46

  • MIT Grads Allegedly Googled “Money Laundering” Before Pulling Off $25 Million Crypto Heist ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/mit-grads-crypto-heist    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:41:28

  • The Spritzes and Carbonaras That Ate Italy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/world/europe/italy-tourism-restaurants.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:42:11

  • No Kings! Power belongs to the people ☞ https://blog.slackware.nl/no-kings-power-belongs-to-the-people/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:42:36

  • Richard Stallman Near the European Patent Office (EPO) in 3 Days From Now ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/Richard_Stallman_Near_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO_in_3_Days_.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:44:38

  • US jury finds French bank BNP Paribas liable for complicity in Sudan atrocities ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251018-us-jury-finds-french-bank-bnp-paribas-liable-for-complicity-in-sudan-atrocities    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:45:04

  • GNOME 49: Best New Features ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/gnome-49-features/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:45:34

  • Skrooge 25.10.0 released ☞ https://skrooge.org/news/2025-10-18-skrooge_25.10.0_released/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:46:00

  • Dorothy Kabarozi: Deploying a Simple HTML Project on Linode Using Nginx ☞ https://dorothykabarozi.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/deploying-a-simple-html-project-on-linode-using-nginx/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:46:50

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

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:47:48

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

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:47:58

  • How To Install Lollypop Music Player on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-lollypop-music-player-linux-mint-22/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:48:24

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

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:48:42

  • KDE Gardening 2025 ☞ https://cullmann.dev/posts/kde-gardening-2025/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:49:39

  • Rust Changes from "Master" to "Main" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/rust-changes-from-master-to-main    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:50:02

  • "IP" is a misleading term. Copyrights are limited to one type of thing. ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/10/laws-conference-2025.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:51:05

  • Myanmar junta recaptures town on China trade route ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-recaptures-town-on-china-trade-route    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:57:06

  • Air China flight safely diverted to Shanghai after battery fire in cabin ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/air-china-flight-safely-diverted-to-shanghai-after-battery-fire-in-cabin    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:57:37

  • Taiwan opposition party's firebrand new leader pledges peace with China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/Taiwan-opposition-partys-firebrand-new-leader-pledges-peace-with-China    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:58:06

  • "There are some times when a picture, or better yet a video, really is worth a thousand words, and [heinz]’s dual-disk polar 3D printer is one of those projects." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/18/a-toolchanging-inverse-scara-3d-printer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:58:38

  • "Self-Charging LED Flasher" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/18/2025-component-abuse-challenge-a-self-charging-led-flasher-by-burkhard-kainka/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 12:59:45

  • "From 1945 to 1955, a British aeronautical company called Napier & Son produced not just one but two versions of an intricate hybrid piston engine, which they named the Napier Nomad." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/18/was-the-napier-nomad-the-most-complex-aero-engine-ever-made/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:00:28

  • "In the past week, a few forum and Reddit threads have popped up, with people stating that JLCPCB has emailed them with a notice, saying their accounts are set up for terminations after an assessment by JLCPCB’s “Risk Control Team”." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/jlcpcb-locking-accounts-mentions-risky-ip-addresses-activities/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:01:12

  • Afghan journalist killed in border clashes raises alarms over press freedom in conflict zones ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/10/afghan-journalist-killed-in-border-clashes-raising-alarms-over-press-freedom-in-conflict-zones/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:01:50

  • Kenya: At least two die in stampede at Raila Odinga's funeral ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251018-kenya-at-least-two-die-in-stampede-at-raila-odinga-s-funeral    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:02:12

  • "The Raspberry Pi Pico is a very capable board, but it’s still a surprise to see bit-banged 100 MBit/s Fast Ethernet implemented on one." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/10/18/bit-banged-100-mbit-s-ethernet-transmission-on-raspberry-pi-pico/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:02:55

  • Pixel perfection ☞ https://notmart.org/blog/2025/10/pixel-perfection/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:03:49

  • FreeBSD 15.0-BETA2 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/freebsd    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:05:31

  • Upgrade to Fedora 42 from Fedora 41 Workstation (GUI and CLI) ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/upgrade-fedora-42-from-fedora-41/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:08:07

  • Kevin Fenzi: infra weekly recap: mid October 2025 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/10/18/infra-weekly-recap-mid-october-2025/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:08:43

  • Israeli Military Fires on Vehicle, Saying It Crossed Gaza Cease-Fire Line ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/world/middleeast/israel-military-gaza-strike-cease-fire.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:09:50

  • U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/us/politics/boat-strike-survivors.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:10:32

  • Amid ‘drug boat’ strikes, US military ramps up presence near Venezuela. Why? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2025/1018/drug-boat-military-venezuela    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:10:44

  • Afghan, Pakistani Negotiators Begin Talks In Doha After Deadly Clashes ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/taliban-pakistan-afghanistan-peace-talks-doha-airstrikes-isis/33563485.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:11:27

  • Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of breaking truce after deadly cross-border strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251018-afghanistan-accuses-pakistan-of-breaking-truce-after-deadly-cross-border-strikes    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:12:04

  • End of Vista 10 Also Good News for the BSDs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/End_of_Vista_10_Also_Good_News_for_the_BSDs.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:12:49

  • Credit Where It's Due: LinuxConfig.org Quit Doing LLM Slop, Back to Original and Real Articles ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/Credit_Where_It_s_Due_LinuxConfig_org_Quit_Doing_LLM_Slop_Back_.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:12:55

  • 10 Days Ago Richard Stallman Gave a Long Interview in French (linuxfr.org) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/10_Days_Ago_Richard_Stallman_Gave_a_Long_Interview_in_French_li.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:13:06

  • Defeating LLM Abuse (State-of-the-Art Plagiarism) in the Area of GNU/Linux and GNU, Free Software, BSD, Security and So On (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/Defeating_LLM_Abuse_State_of_the_Art_Plagiarism_in_the_Area_of_.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:13:14

  • Windows 10 refugees flock to GNU/Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch ever" ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-refugees-flock-to-linux-in-what-devs-call-their-biggest-launch-ever/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:14:02

  • GIMP devs take official control of Snap package from Snapcrafters ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/gimp-devs-take-official-control-of-snap-package-from-snapcrafters/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:16:30

  • KDE team puts finishing touches on Plasma 6.5 as stable release date approaches ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-team-puts-finishing-touches-on-plasma-65-as-stable-release-date-approaches/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:18:44

  • But the CORE issues remain UNSOLVED https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-rc2-Rust http://techrights.org/o/2022/09/21/going-rusty-faster/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:20:38

  • Happy 29th birthday to KDE! ☞ https://pointieststick.com/2025/10/16/happy-29th-birthday-to-kde/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:21:37

  • Science, Not Fast Food/Junk Food (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/Science_Not_Fast_Food_Junk_Food.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:21:54

  • SDesk 2025.10.17 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/sdesk    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:22:03

  • The Gaza Ceasefire and the Business of Convicted Felon’s Diplomacy ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/the-ceasefire-and-the-business-of-trumps-diplomacy    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:22:34

  • FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending October 17 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/10/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-october-17/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:22:44

  • From Scholar to Booster of Slop (and Even Slop in His Own Blog) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/10/18/From_Scholar_to_Booster_of_Slop_and_Even_Slop_in_His_Own_Blog.shtml    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:22:59

  • Ukraine Braces for New Talks Without the Leverage of New Missiles ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/world/europe/ukraine-trump-talks.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:24:23

  • Russian Forces Renew Night-Time Strikes On Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-strikes-trump-zelenskyy/33563571.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:25:03

  • Ukraine: Convicted Felon tells Zelensky to 'make a deal' as Tomahawk plea misfires ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251018-ukraine-trump-tells-zelensky-to-make-a-deal-as-tomahawk-plea-misfires    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:25:23

  • After meeting with Zelensky, The Insurrectionist says 'too soon' for Tomahawks delivery ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251018-after-meeting-with-zelensky-donald-trump-says-too-soon-for-tomahawks-delivery    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:25:46

  • What is Russia's current strategy in Ukraine? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251018-what-is-russia-s-current-strategy-in-ukraine    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:25:57

  • Former Russian Diplomat, Implicated In FBI Agent Scandal, Sentenced To 2 Months In Jail ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-shestakov-mcgonigal-deripaska-fbi-crime/33563333.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:26:11

  • It’s Still Ludicrously Easy to Generate Copyrighted Characters on Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-copyrighted-characters    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:26:40

  • A Manufacturer’s Guide to Right to Repair Compliance ☞ https://www.repair.org/blog/2025/10/18/a-manufacturers-guide-to-right-to-repair-compliance    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:27:03

  • D3po 1.0.0 is here! ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/10/d3po-1-0-0-is-here/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:27:38

  • Why I left Budgie ☞ https://serebit.dev/posts/why-i-left-budgie/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:28:08

  • HiGlass – tool for exploring and compare genomic contact matrices and tracks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/higlass-exploring-compare-genomic-contact-matrices-tracks/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:33:18

  • Some people are so poor that all they have is Facebook likes    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:38:07

  • Even if you have a million Facebook "likes", you are still poor    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:38:25

  • Some people are so unpopular and lonely that all they have is Facebook 'friends'    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:38:45

  • A facebook "star" is only a star in Zuckerbergdom. Lucifer is only a superstar in hell.    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:39:16

  • Life is too short for 'Facebook life'    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:39:38

  • And people with a real life as too busy to bother with social control media (looking to compensate for a failure IRL)    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 13:40:16

  • Openwashing https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2025/10/17/dreamforce-together-ai-open-source.html    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 14:16:10

  • "it's no secret nerds smell horrible. if you've ever been to a convention of any kind, be it anime, gaming, cybersec, or software industry, you know these dudes can reek." gopher://baud.baby:70/0/phlog/fs20251019.txt    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 14:17:59

  • 🔤SpellBinding — FGHLURO Wordo: JULEP gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-10-19.gmi    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 14:20:06

  • "After IBM, Microsoft, and Micron, now Dell to lay off an undisclosed number of staff in China"    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 15:03:03

  • "A typical Tom may keep going on and on about how 98.7% of the project management tasks can be done by AI. Although, he's not using AI like that himself. In fact, he's not really a project manager. To be honest, he's never been involved in any real project. By the way, he doesn't know much about AI either, which makes it really cute." gemini://nader.pm/meet-ai-fanboys-tom-dick-and-harry/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 15:22:57

  • Steam Next Fest (October 2025) — Day 6 gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/steam_next_fest_(october_2025)_—_day_6.gmi    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 15:23:25

  • .NET crap in Microsoft's proprietary jail uses the term "Stallman" for its name https://github.com/cosmorishav9/wpstallman    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 15:31:40

  • Even more Blizzard workers have voted to unionise, this time around 100 devs who work on Hearthstone https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/even-more-blizzard-workers-have-voted-to-unionise-this-time-around-100-devs-who-work-on-hearthstone    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 15:35:34

  • Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble devs join the over 1900 Blizzard workers to unionize: 'We deserve to be heard and respected' https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/hearthstone-and-warcraft-rumble-devs-join-the-over-1900-blizzard-workers-to-unionize-we-deserve-to-be-heard-and-respected/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 20:53:36

  • Ordination of Fr Billy Maurice Honzounnon, Sainte-Irénée, Lyon https://danielpocock.com/en/ordination-father-billy-maurice-honzounnon-sainte-irenee/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 22:44:37

  • "Moving on from eBay, I've joined Red Hat, where I'm excited to work on the AI Catalyst Platform team." https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eitan-geiger_today-was-the-last-day-for-many-at-ebays-activity-7385757460814270464-o0vH/    

posted Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 22:53:59
Updated in real time for the given day Maintained by Roy Schestowitz