Roy Schestowitz

• Dihydroxyacetone Man tried to end the Cambodia-Thailand conflict. It may push Bangkok toward China. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2025/1119/thailand-cambodia-trump-peace-plan    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:17:26

• China bans imports of Japanese seafood as diplomatic dispute deepens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/update-2-china-to-suspend-imports-of-japanese-seafood-amid-diplomatic-dispute-media-reports    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:17:36

• Thai rice prices surge on major orders from China and Singapore ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-rice-prices-surge-on-major-orders-from-china-and-singapore    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:18:19

• West scrambles to fill heavy rare earth gap as China rivalry deepens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/west-scrambles-to-fill-heavy-rare-earth-gap-as-china-rivalry-deepens    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:18:39

• China underground church pastors arrested, face up to 3 years in jail, NGO head says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-underground-church-pastors-arrested-face-up-to-3-years-in-jail-ngo-head-says    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:19:05

• Images of Japan official appearing to bow before China counterpart go viral ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/images-of-japan-official-appearing-to-bow-before-china-counterpart-go-viral    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:19:28

• Former New China Life Insurance chairman handed suspended death sentence over corruption ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/former-new-china-life-insurance-chairman-handed-suspended-death-sentence-over-corruption    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:19:51

• Offhand remark, symbolic suit signal long winter for Japan-China ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/offhand-remark-symbolic-suit-signal-long-winter-for-japan-china-ties    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:20:13

• Taiwan’s President shows support for Japan in China dispute with sushi lunch ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-president-shows-support-for-japan-in-china-dispute-with-sushi-lunch    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:20:33

• Vilnius seeks help providing consular services in China as Beijing stays silent ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2750349/vilnius-seeks-help-providing-consular-services-in-china-as-beijing-stays-silent    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:21:03

• China to halt Japan seafood imports amid Taiwan spat: media reports ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/19/china-to-halt-japan-seafood-imports-amid-taiwan-spat-media-reports/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:21:22

• ‘First step in right direction’: China, Netherlands move to resolve Nexperia chip row ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/20/first-step-in-right-direction-china-netherlands-move-to-resolve-nexperia-chip-row/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:21:43

• Japanese seafood caught up in escalating diplomatic dispute with China ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251119-japanese-seafood-caught-up-in-escalating-diplomatic-dispute-with-china    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:22:04

• After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/mastodon-ceo-steps-down/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:22:29

• Damn Fine (Solar Powered) Coffee ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/damn-fine-solar-powered-coffee/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:22:56

• "The penny, and its counterparts, have been vanishing all around the world as the cost of minting one far outweighs its value. But hackers had already lost a big asset: real copper pennies, and now even the cheaply made ones are doomed to extinction." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/hackers-cant-spend-a-penny/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:23:29

• "Foreign DJs gushed over the lush 80s soundtrack, fashionistas loved the clothing, and the world became obsessed with the idea of using Christmas lights to communicate across material planes. [kyjohnso] has recreated that experience with the technology of today" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/build-a-stranger-things-wall-you-can-freak-out-at-in-your-own-home/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:24:11

• Proprietary SolarWinds Patches Three Critical Serv-U Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/solarwinds-patches-three-critical-serv-u-vulnerabilities/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:26:16

• Slovenia passes security bill criticized for targeting Roma citizens ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/slovenia-passes-security-bill-criticized-for-targeting-roma-citizens/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:26:42

• Taiwan tensions: China-Japan row hits trade and travel amid escalating rhetoric ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20251119-taiwan-tensions-china-japan-row-hits-trade-and-travel-amid-escalating-rhetoric    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:27:01

• "Google Offers Voluntary Buyouts to UK Employees" = more GAFAM layoffs    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:28:32

• Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety. Here are some companies that have cut jobs recently https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-amazon-target-intel-microsoft-b2869309.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:29:13

• Avalanche Liverpool Studio announces closure, 31 developers laid off https://xboxera.com/2025/11/20/avalanche-liverpool-studio-announces-closure-31-developers-laid-off/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/20/More_Layoffs_Shutdowns_Connected_to_Microsoft_s_XBox_and_Gaming.shtml    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:29:51

• "We need these id--tic announcements to keep coming... this is the only thing that keeps the stock price up." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kah3rkjd    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:31:07

• "LMAO!!! The article says IBM and Cisco plan to have a POC proof of concept done by 2030?!?!?!?! OMG 2030?! Pathetic. IBM THINKS it has "partners" like AWS, MSFT, Cisco etc etc who all would like nothing better than to migrate all of IBM's customers off IBM "stuff" to their own. It is called a Trojan Horse Strategy!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kah3rkjd    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:31:22

• "Two failing and dying tech companies trying to make it together in a pathetic partnership with the magic word - "Quantum". (The IBM shares are not yet back to the 300 dollar mark - LOL )"    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:31:48

• On IBM: "I can attest. All the comments are correct, this place is rotten to its core. Its management & leadership team are out to sea, none have the skills or abilities to rebuild anything." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka22q9dh    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:32:16

• "Pretty soon Alvind and "Nickel and Dime" will be hiring teenagers in India to substitute for FT IBM India employees....of course, the danger is they will be accused of engaging child labor and human trafficking. We live in Interesting times..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kag700c0    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:33:23

• An era of harder security is beginning in Takaichi’s Japan ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/an-era-of-harder-security-is-beginning-in-takaichis-japan/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:35:55

• Fortinet Discloses Second Exploited FortiWeb Zero-Day in a Week ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-discloses-second-exploited-fortiweb-zero-day-in-a-week/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:36:26

• Two-Year-Old Ray Hey Hi (AI) Framework Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Campaign ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/two-year-old-ray-ai-framework-flaw-exploited-in-ongoing-campaign/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:36:50

• "See photographs from the scene" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/19/at-least-16-killed-in-russian-strike-on-ukraine-s-ternopil-others-may-be-trapped-under-rubble | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:37:36

• "battle for Pokrovsk continues" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/19/as-the-battle-for-pokrovsk-continues-meduza-s-military-analysts-weigh-the-costs-for-ukraine-on-other-fronts | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:37:49

• "One side will likely welcome it far more than the other." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/20/the-trump-administration-has-another-peace-plan-for-russia-and-ukraine-one-side-will-likely-welcome-it-far-more-than-the-other | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:38:04

• What to Know About the Corruption Scandal Roiling Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-scandal-zelensky.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:38:14

• Zelensky Under Siege as Corruption Case Shatters Ukraine’s Wartime Unity ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-corruption.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:38:26

• Russian Missile Kills at Least 25 in Ukrainian Apartment Building ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/world/europe/ukraine-russia-strikes-peace-talks.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:38:40

• U.S.-Russian Peace Plan Would Force Ukraine to Cede Land and Cut Army ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/world/europe/us-russia-ukraine-peace-plan.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:38:48

• At Least 26 Killed In Russian Missile Strike On Ukraine's Ternopil ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-launches-wide-scale-strikes-across-ukraine/33595476.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:39:02

• US Peace Draft Calls For Major Ukraine Concessions As Zelenskyy Pushes Talks In Turkey ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-turkey-peace-talks-corruption-russia-yermak-witkoff/33595867.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:39:26

• Zelenskyy Set To Meet US Defense Officials Amid Reports Of Controversial Peace Plan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33596946.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:39:37

• Lithuania lodges another protest note to Russia over deadly strikes on Ukrainian civilians ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2750115/lithuania-lodges-another-protest-note-to-russia-over-deadly-strikes-on-ukrainian-civilians    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:39:46

• Ukraine: At least 25 killed in Russian strike in the west of the country ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251119-ukraine-at-least-25-killed-in-russian-strike-in-the-west-of-the-country    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:40:13

• 'Moscow believes battlefield realities favour them: Kyiv's defence lines, air defence overstretched' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251119-moscow-believes-battlefield-realities-favour-them-kyiv-s-defence-lines-air-defence-overstretched    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:40:24

• The EU has found 'a sense of purpose' in providing economic, military support for Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251119-the-eu-has-found-a-sense-of-purpose-in-providing-economic-military-support-for-ukraine    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:40:35

• US peace plan asks Ukraine to cede territory, government source says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251120-us-peace-plan-asks-ukraine-to-cede-territory-sources-say    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:40:51

• Carbon markets and climate finance for Ukraine’s recovery ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/carbon-markets-and-climate-finance-for-ukraines-recovery/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:41:12

• Bookshelf: NATO on Stoltenberg’s watch ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bookshelf-nato-on-stoltenbergs-watch/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:41:30

• Another busy week for Baltic air police ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/19.11.2025-another-busy-week-for-baltic-air-police.a622997/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:41:42

• Five Eyes just made life harder for bulletproof hosting providers ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/bulletproof-hosting-providers-sanctions-mitigation-media-land/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:42:26

• 'Operation Matryochka': Russian propaganda machine exploits Paris attacks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20251119-operation-matryochka-russian-propaganda-machine-exploits-paris-attacks    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:42:40

• Russia’s Arctic actions pose direct threat to NATO – Lithuanian foreign minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2750207/russia-s-arctic-actions-pose-direct-threat-to-nato-lithuanian-foreign-minister    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:42:54

• NATO fighter jets in Baltics scrambled four times to identify and escort Russian aircraft ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2750064/nato-fighter-jets-in-baltics-scrambled-four-times-to-identify-and-escort-russian-aircraft    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:43:09

• China teaming up with Russia and North Korea is fuelling concern: Japanese report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-teaming-up-with-russia-north-korea-fuelling-concern-japanese-report    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:43:26

• What Happened to Europe’s Terrorism Problem? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/world/europes-terrorism-isis-russia-nvidia.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:43:39

• Lithuania’s nuclear plant tried to sell unused fuel to France, Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2751069/lithuania-s-nuclear-plant-tried-to-sell-unused-fuel-to-france-russia    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:43:52

• "army cooks its maps to exaggerate gains" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/19/total-nonsense-a-former-russian-military-cartographer-on-how-the-army-cooks-its-maps-to-exaggerate-gains | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:44:20

• "Video analysis identifies X-101 cruise missile in Russia’s deadly Ternopil strike" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/19/video-analysis-identifies-x-101-cruise-missile-in-russia-s-deadly-ternopil-strike | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:44:36

• When a cyberattack hits, breakdowns inside the organization may be as dangerous as the hackers themselves ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/11/when-a-cyberattack-hits-breakdowns-inside-the-organization-may-be-as-dangerous-as-the-hackers-themselves/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:47:24

• TotalEnergies accused of complicity in war crimes in Cabo Delgado ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/human-security/totalenergies-accused-of-complicity-in-war-crimes-in-cabo-delgado/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:48:09

• Zigbee 4.0 introduces ”Suzi” Sub-GHz connectivity and security enhancements ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/11/19/zigbee-4-0-introduces-suzi-sub-ghz-connectivity-and-security-enhancements/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:51:02

• Yesterday's global internet outage caused by single file on Clownflare servers — unexpected file size caused catastrophic error, knocking out several major websites ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/yesterdays-global-internet-outage-caused-by-single-file-on-cloudflare-servers-unexpected-file-size-caused-catastrophic-error-knocking-out-several-major-websites    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:51:25

• The new feature nobody wanted ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1101/the-new-feature-nobody-wanted    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:52:05

• Amazing Telescope Photo Shows Comet Breaking Apart Into Huge Chunks ☞ https://futurism.com/space/comet-broken-solar-system    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:53:09

• Announcing deaths via GAFAM: "according to a Facebook (Farcebook) post by Tomas Zvirbulis" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/19.11.2025-renowned-photographer-ulvis-alberts-passes-away.a622919/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:53:40

• Unicode: It is more than funny domain names., (Wed, Nov 12th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32472    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:55:06

• NVIDIA sales do NOT dispute "hey hi" bubble; quite the opposite, they reaffirm this 1) this bubble DOES exist and 2) the company will be super-sensitive to the bubble's implosion    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:56:30

• Possibly-Smallest ESP32 Board Uses Smallest-Footprint Parts ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/possibly-smallest-esp32-board-uses-smallest-footprint-parts/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:56:38

• Waveshare ESP32-P4 + ESP32-C6 PoE development board targets HMI and IoT applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/11/19/waveshare-esp32-p4-esp32-c6-poe-development-board-targets-hmi-and-iot-applications/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:56:57

• Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 Zigbee/Thread/Matter USB adapter launched for $49 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/11/20/home-assistant-connect-zbt-2-zigbee-thread-usb-adapter/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:57:19

• Recruiting in Roblox: Extremists exploit gaming platforms as radicalisation channels in S-E Asia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/recruiting-in-roblox-extremists-exploit-gaming-platforms-as-radicalisation-channels-in-s-e-asia    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 01:58:06

• US Congress seeks testimony from Australia's internet regulator ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-congress-seeks-testimony-from-australias-internet-regulator    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:00:05

• Racing karts on a Rust GPU kernel driver ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/racing-karts-on-a-rust-gpu-kernel-driver.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:07:05

• Support for Istio 1.26 ends on 19 December, 2025 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/support/announcing-1.26-eol/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:07:33

• Smartrend and the Stretching of Markman: When Specification Parsing Becomes a Question of Law ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/11/smartrend-stretching-specification.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:08:28

• Puff piece for UPC, which is illegal ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/ronny-thomas-the-architect/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:10:14

• KubeCon Keynote Recap: “Supply Chain Reaction” and Why the OSPS Baseline Matters More Than Ever ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/11/19/kubecon-keynote-recap-supply-chain-reaction-and-why-the-osps-baseline-matters-more-than-ever/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:13:42

• From Commodity Trap to Sustainable Innovation: Convincing Automotive Executives to Embrace Open Source ☞ https://toscalix.com/2025/11/19/from-commodity-trap-to-sustainable-innovation-convincing-automotive-executives-to-embrace-open-source/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:14:06

• Xen 4.21 Released    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:14:30

• Louvre unveils new surveillance plan in wake of crown jewels heist ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251119-louvre-unveils-new-surveillance-plan-in-wake-of-crown-jewels-heist    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:15:02

• Press Release: Commission’s Digital Omnibus is a major rollback of EU digital protections ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/commissions-digital-omnibus-is-a-major-rollback-of-eu-digital-protections/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:15:32

• TrueNAS 25.10.0.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/truenas    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:15:58

• Proxmox 9.1 "Virtual Environment" is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/proxmox    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:16:08

• How To Install PrestaShop on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-prestashop-fedora-43/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:16:35

• How To Install FFmpeg on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-ffmpeg-fedora-43/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:16:50

• How To Install MariaDB on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mariadb-fedora-43/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:17:04

• How To Install MySQL on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mysql-fedora-43/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:17:42

• How To Install MySQL Workbench on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mysql-workbench-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:17:59

• Microsoft Lunduke Publicly Attacking Linus Torvalds Says a Lot About 4Chan Cult(ure) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/19/Microsoft_Lunduke_Publicly_Attacking_Linus_Torvalds_Says_a_Lot_.shtml    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:22:23

• Clownflare Rewrote Their Core in Rust, Then Half of the Internet Went Down ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/cloudflare-rewrote-their-core-in    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:22:49

• Announcing the LibreOffice US community! ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/11/19/announcing-the-libreoffice-us-community/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:23:20

• Ruling in favour of free radio in Germany: Searches due to linking to Indymedia were unlawful ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/11/19/ruling-in-favour-of-free-radio-in-germany-searches-due-to-linking-to-indymedia-were-unlawful/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:24:00

• Time sold with cabinet colleagues: German minister and his wife promise political influence for large sums ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/11/19/time-sold-with-cabinet-colleagues-german-minister-and-his-wife-promise-political-influence-for-large-sums/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:24:46

• Labels and Assignment Improvements ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2025/11/18/labels_and_assigments//    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:26:41

• Lithuanian government reopens border with Belarus earlier than planned ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2750234/lithuanian-government-reopens-border-with-belarus-earlier-than-planned    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:26:58

• A statement concerning the Fedora and Flathub relationship from the FPL https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/a-statement-concerning-the-fedora-and-flathub-relationship-from-the-fpl/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:28:07

• New Japan government urged to focus foreign policy on human rights ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/rights-groups-urge-japan-new-government-to-focus-foreign-policy-on-human-rights/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:29:08

• FLOSS Weekly Episode 855: Get In The Minecart, Loser! ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/floss-weekly-episode-855-get-in-the-minecart-loser/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:32:07

• Samsung A54, One UI 8.0 & Android 16 update ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/samsung-a54-report-9.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:32:49

• Viral Fentanylware (CheeTok) clip saves ‘senior citizen’ water buffalo from slaughter in rural Philippines ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/viral-tiktok-clip-saves-32-year-old-carabao-from-slaughter-in-rural-philippines    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:33:26

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1481.jpg    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:35:46

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1831.jpg    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:35:55

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-11-21.gmi    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 02:36:53

• "Why is it the short people always the most annoying ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kahjbt0e    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 03:06:09

• Anon: "today is Friday already news will be slow; I'm not sure of the life span of the average blog but most seem to only run for a year or two at most"    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 04:29:24

• The Web is rotting; nobody will deny this    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 04:29:45

• "it's being actively rotted and people are helping the rot along, for the most part"    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 04:30:45

• Techrights can focus on observing rater than fixing what it cannot. As Carlin said, you're born into the freak show and make commentary about it...    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 04:31:34

• If you own Total War: WARHAMMER I or II you'll soon get Total War: WARHAMMER III Immortal Empires free | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/if-you-own-total-war-warhammer-i-or-ii-youll-soon-get-total-war-warhammer-iii-immortal-empires-free/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:43:06

• SNES styled JRPG set in a world of garbage - Kingdoms of the Dump is out now | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/snes-styled-jrpg-set-in-a-world-of-garbage-kingdoms-of-the-dump-is-out-now/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:43:23

• Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/valve-put-up-a-new-steam-linux-runtime-4-0-with-a-move-towards-64-bit/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/valve-put-up-a-new-steam-linux-runtime-4-0-with-a-move-towards-64-bit/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:46:03

• Need a new local co-op game? Puzzle platformer Tentacle Tango looks great and challenging | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/need-a-new-local-co-op-game-puzzle-platformer-tentacle-tango-looks-great-and-challenging/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:46:26

• Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival gets a first gameplay trailer | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/clive-barkers-hellraiser-revival-gets-a-first-gameplay-trailer/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:47:12

• Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster has launched from Nightdive and it's Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/outlaws-handful-of-missions-remaster-has-launched-from-nightdive-and-its-steam-deck-verified/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:48:27

• "The Second World War sniper known as the White Death" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2025/11/20/second-world-war-sniper-finland-white-death/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:49:18

• "Windows 11 Bitlocker isn't there to Protect YOU" https://odysee.com/@RobBraxmanTech:6/bitlocker:0d http://techrights.org/o/2015/11/14/microsoft-bitlocker-has-bugback-doors-windows-laptopdesktop-encryption-just-a-farce/ http://techrights.org/o/2014/07/31/microsoft-back-doors-admission/ Sompi_ Sompi    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:49:49

• "Trump Elevates Once-Fringe Meme Makers to the Mainstream" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/technology/trump-ai-memes.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:50:09

• "The 1935 Novel That Predicted Trump’s Second Term" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sinclair-lewis-trump/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:50:19

• "Why The Trump Administration’s Comparison Of Antifa To Hamas, ISIS, And MS-13 Makes No Sense" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/20/why-the-trump-administrations-comparison-of-antifa-to-hamas-isis-and-ms-13-makes-no-sense/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:50:48

• projection: "Trump accuses 6 Democratic lawmakers of 'seditious behavior, punishable by death' | Alabama Reflector" x https://alabamareflector.com/2025/11/20/repub/trump-accuses-6-democratic-lawmakers-of-seditious-behavior-punishable-by-death/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:51:13

• "The Trump administration wants everyone to reapply for food stamps. What does that mean? • Georgia Recorder" https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/11/20/repub/the-trump-administration-wants-everyone-to-reapply-for-food-stamps-what-does-that-mean/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:51:30

• "The Ghislaine Maxwell Emails" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2025/11/ghislaine-maxwell-emails-prison-trump/684993/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:51:40

• Grab some Masterful Remasters in a new Green Man Gaming bundle - great for Steam Deck / SteamOS | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/grab-some-masterful-remasters-in-a-new-green-man-gaming-bundle-great-for-steam-deck-steamos/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:56:38

• Bioflux - Horde is a survival game where the infected numbers look insane | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/bioflux-horde-is-a-survival-game-where-the-infected-numbers-look-insane/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/bioflux-horde-is-a-survival-game-where-the-infected-numbers-look-insane/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:58:02

• Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork-i-zork-ii-and-zork-iii-are-now-officially-open-source/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork-i-zork-ii-and-zork-iii-are-now-officially-open-source/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 07:58:41

• Vampire Survivors gets turned officially into a crazy deck-builder with Vampire Crawlers from poncle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/vampire-survivors-gets-turned-officially-into-a-crazy-deck-builder-with-vampire-crawlers-from-poncle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:01:15

• Baldur's Gate 3 gets more Steam Deck improvements in Hotfix 35 with their native version | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/baldurs-gate-3-gets-more-steam-deck-improvements-in-hotfix-35-with-their-native-version/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:02:03

• SteamOS 3.7.18 Beta available with a few nuisance bugs being squashed | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/steamos-3-7-18-beta-available-with-a-few-nuisance-bugs-being-squashed/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:07:12

• "US electricity prices, you may have noticed, keep going up. And in some parts of the country, like here in the DC region, they’re soaring. In Virginia, for example, electricity rates are up 13% this year, an issue Democrats highlighted as they swept back into power in Richmond earlier this month" ☛ https://fair.org/home/wapo-defends-data-centers-with-few-disclosures-that-amazon-depends-on-them/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:08:11

• "New York City isn’t the only city to have elected a democratic socialist as mayor. Seattle voters ousted incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell for community organizer Katie Wilson, who had the endorsements of unions, Democratic clubs and the Stranger (7/2/25), the city’s alt-weekly." ☛ https://fair.org/home/a-seattle-socialists-victory-gives-elite-media-the-jitters/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:08:20

• Kirill Dmitriev and Steve Witkoff ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/21/a-friendly-reminder-trump-s-new-ukraine-peace-plan-is-the-work-of-two-diplomatic-amateurs-kirill-dmitriev-and-steve-witkoff | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:08:36

• "A law enforcement operation carried out by multiple law enforcement agencies in Brazil is being celebrated as a success." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/operation-endpoint-pirate-iptv-services-down-after-raids-arrests-251119/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:16:55

• "Japanese manga publishers have declared victory over Cloudflare in a long-running copyright infringement liability dispute." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/tokyo-court-finds-cloudflare-liable-for-manga-piracy-in-long-running-lawsuit-liable-for-piracy-following-manga-publishers-lawsuit-251119/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:17:04

• "Well, this fucking sucks." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/20/if-you-wanted-to-get-there/#i-wouldnt-start-from-here | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:17:30

• "The FTC claimed that Meta shouldn’t have been allowed to buy Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/meta-wins-ftc-antitrust-trial-that-focused-on-whatsapp-instagram.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:17:55

• "TikTok emerged." ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/meta-prevails-ftc-antitrust-case-wont-break-whatsapp-instagram-rcna244680 | Source: NBC    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:18:37

• "U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued his ruling Tuesday after the historic antitrust trial wrapped up in late May." ☛ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-ftc-whatsapp-instagram/ | Source: CBS    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:18:58

• "acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp on Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the company does not hold a social media monopoly" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-defeats-us-antitrust-case-over-instagram-whatsapp-2025-11-18/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:19:18

• "the area of effective competition" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/19/live-nation-motion-to-dismiss-doj-case/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:19:49

• "The official story: suicide by hanging." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-man-died-hog-tied-in-ice-custody | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:20:46

• "a site of mass protest against the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign." ☛ https://www.404media.co/ice-says-critical-evidence-in-broadview-abuse-case-was-lost-in-system-crash-a-day-after-it-was-sued/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:21:24

• "The American Gestapo's brutish, racist, unholy crusade rampages on." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/further/we-go-as-we-please-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-y-all | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:21:51

• "84 percent of surveyed health care workers report significant or moderate decreases in patient visits since January 2025 executive orders on immigration." ☛ https://phr.org/news/ice-tactics-and-deportation-fears-limit-access-to-health-care-for-children-of-immigrants-survey/ | Source: PHR    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:22:21

• "Condé Nast illegally fired me from Bon Appétit for posing questions to a human resources manager. On November 5, I was part of an effort by our union to get answers about layoffs." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/conde-nast-fired-four-union-labor/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:22:38

• "District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued to challenge the Guard deployments." ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/11/21/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-end-guard-deployment-in-dc/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:23:05

• "But she told the state that if they appealed her ruling, which they did, she would lift the injunction during the appeal process." ☛ https://tennesseelookout.com/briefs/tennessee-national-guard-allowed-in-memphis-while-state-appeals/ | Source: Tennessee Lookout    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:23:31

• "a Thailand-based journalist who has contributed to various international news publications" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/11/thailand-indicts-australian-journalist-murray-hunter-on-criminal-defamation-charges-at-malaysias-request/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:23:52

• "Reports of a raid on the Kashmir Times office are deeply troubling and raise concerns about increasing pressure on media outlets in Jammu and Kashmir" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/11/indian-authorities-raid-kashmir-times-jammu-office-seize-equipment/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:24:04

• "Public Service Journalism is one of four premier awards announced at the end of the night." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazette-events/uk-public-service-journalism-heroes-recognised-at-british-journalism-awards/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:24:31

• "in the hopes of suppressing journalistic criticism of the country’s increasingly unmoored and unpopular President." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/20/brendan-carr-launches-baseless-investigation-into-pbs-npr-and-bbc-to-try-and-silence-criticism-of-his-weird-unpopular-boss/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:25:20

• "NPR claimed the CPB was under mounting pressure from the Trump administration, which caused it to change course." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/18/npr-secures-36-million-funding/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:25:52

• "Nomad TV's editorial leadership includes Anna Abakumova, a Russian journalist who previously worked for the state-funded network RT and is a close associate of Margarita Simonyan" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/nomad-tv-russian-influence-kyrgyzstan-central-asia/33596593.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:26:34

• "Sixteen months later, however, Mozilla is still promoting Onerep. This week, Mozilla announced its partnership with Onerep will officially end next month." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/mozilla-says-its-finally-done-with-two-faced-onerep/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:27:18

• "Initially, most of my code uses Rust’s unstable #![feature(portabe-simd)]." ☛ https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/distributing-rust-simd-binaries/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:27:29

• "I honestly cannot understand how anybody cannot see that The Free Press is not merely an anti-left-wing rag" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-salience-game | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:27:49

• "Google DeepMind has hired the former chief technology officer of Boston Dynamics as the company pushes deeper into robotics." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/google-hires-cto-boston-dynamics-demis-hassabis-android/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:30:39

• "This includes a European Union-led Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in which several leading advertising companies, including Google, signed up to play their part." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/euipo-study-major-brand-ads-on-pirate-sites-surged-567/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:33:50

• "The law also required that lawmakers and certain congressional staffers must disclose stock transactions that amount to over $1,000 within 45 days." ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/11/19/repub/stock-trading-by-members-of-congress-could-be-banned-in-bipartisan-push/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:34:02

• "I did some tests with a Keelog keylogger, the AirDrive Forensic Keylogger: I wanted to find out how much power that keylogger requires." ☛ https://blog.didierstevens.com/2025/11/21/quickpost-power-requirements-of-a-keylogger/ | Source: Didier Stevens    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:35:04

• "The unnamed rogue employee, who is in his forties, connected three cryptocurrency mining rigs and two Helium network nodes" ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/wind-farm-worker-sentenced-after-turning-turbines-into-a-secret-crypto-mine | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:35:14

• "The exact same observation can be made at red lights: most drivers, once their car is stopped, will immediately grab their phone, making sure, in a way" ☛ https://thejollyteapot.com/2025/11/20/who-are-they-always-texting/ | Source: Nicolas Magand    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:35:29

• "A new traffic signal system designed by University of Michigan researchers is being implemented in Oakland County, with plans to expand across Southeast Michigan." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/umich-designed-traffic-light-system-reduces-oakland-county-congestion-plans-expansion/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:35:40

• "Global ocean acidification mean sea water pH trend map from Multi-Observations Reprocessing from Copernicus." ☛ https://r.iresmi.net/posts/2025/acidification/ | Source: Michaël    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:37:39

• "Two legal loopholes could lead to thousands of crucial pictures, emails and flight logs being redacted" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/11/20/how-trump-can-still-censor-the-epstein-files/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:41:51

• "sue to shut them down." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/muslim-civil-rights-group-sues-over-texas-governors-terrorist-group-designation/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:42:21

• "Founded in 1994, CAIR has 25 chapters around the country. It has eight employees and two independent contractors in Texas, according to the lawsuit" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arkansas/articles/2025-11-20/muslim-civil-rights-group-sues-texas-for-labeling-it-a-terrorist-organization | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:43:02

• "or C-141s, ferried the sick and wounded out first" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/11/20/airman-behind-famed-burst-of-joy-photo-dies-at-92/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:43:16

• "The inability of his regime to push back armed groups — which are believed to control more than half the country and have propelled Burkina Faso to the top of the Global Terrorism Index" ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-coup-kids-are-in-charge-now/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:43:24

• "Recently, WIRED editor at large Steven Levy sat down for an interview with Palantir CEO Alex Karp." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-alex-karp-world-palantir-underdog/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:45:46

• "Schools in the US are installing vape-detection tech in bathrooms to thwart student nicotine and cannabis use. A new investigation reveals the impact of using spying to solve a problem." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/vaping-surveillance-school-bathrooms/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:45:56

• "OnlyFans did not respond to 404 Media's request for comment" ☛ https://www.404media.co/onlyfans-background-checks-criminal-records-checkr/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:46:06

• "Users should not be automatically opted in to having their data used in model training, and developers should proactively remove sensitive data from training sets." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/experts_warns_house_of_privacy/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:46:20

• "It's no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty to protest about." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-surveil-protesters-and-activists | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:47:40

• "Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab and Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins said the partnership would enhance voter roll maintenance by “securely” sharing personal details on 1.87 million registered voters in Kansas" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/11/20/kansas-missouri-gop-officials-agree-to-share-voter-registration-details-of-6-million-people/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:47:57

• "The system will first be introduced in Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. It will be rolled out elsewhere starting in January." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/18/roblox-facial-safety-check/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:51:48

• "During their relationship, Schmidt confided that when he worked at Google, he built an insider “backdoor” to Google servers with a team of Google engineers in order to spy on Google employees." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-11-20/former-google-chief-accused-of-spying-on-employees-through-account-backdoor | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:52:04

• Windows TCO: "According to the provincial commissioners, roughly 3.86 million Ontarians and more than 700,000 Albertans were swept up in the breach." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/powerschool_breach_reports/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:53:08

• Windows TCO: "The SEC’s decision brings to a halt one of the more divisive steps under the Biden administration to hold companies’ feet to the fire over their security failings" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/sec-drops-case-against-solarwinds-tied-to-monumental-breach/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:53:16

• Windows TCO: "The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill arrives as cyber-attacks cost the British economy an estimated £14.7 billion annually - approximately 0.5% of GDP." ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/uks-new-cybersecurity-bill-takes-aim-ransomware-gangs-state-backed-hackers | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:53:25

• Windows TCO: "You might foolishly think the purpose of Microsoft Windows was to run your programs so you can do stuff." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/19/whoops-microsofts-new-windows-ai-agent-platform-lets-in-malware/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:53:35

• "To be sure, TikTok is not used in remotely the same way as Facebook and Instagram were" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-prevails-ftc/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:55:38

• "Zuckerberg told us this himself recently. He wants AI bots to create content for you to interact with." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/connecting-no-one/ | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:55:49

• "Influencers use oppression, manipulation and weaponization to police Black women on social media, according to new research uncovering the entrenched nature of digital racism." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-11-social-media-subjecting-black-women.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:56:50

• "As a number of people have pointed out on social media over the past day, Grok’s public-facing chatbot is currently prone to insisting on Musk’s prowess at absolutely anything" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/825675/groks-elon-musk-worship-is-getting-weird | Source: The Verge    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:57:12

• "The must-pass bill has already made its way through the Senate without an AI ban amendment, and language for such a provision is currently in discussion, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) said earlier this week." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/trump_republicans_trying_again_to/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:57:23

• "Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, told Semafor he’s working to keep that moratorium out of the annual defense policy bill, which often attracts unrelated additions due to its must-pass status on Capitol Hill." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/11/19/2025/democrats-fighting-to-preserve-states-ability-to-regulate-ai | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:57:35

• "In 2024, Colorado enacted a limited but crucial step forward against automated abuse: the AI Act (S.B. 24-205)." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/strengthen-colorados-ai-act | Source: EFF    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:57:46

• "Realizing that Grok is now prone to praising Musk as superior in every respect, X users have taken to baiting it with increasingly ridiculous prompts." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-grok-lebron-james-1235469906/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:57:57

• "At which point, Grok completely loses its mind." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grok-describes-elon-musk | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 08:58:15

• "I get the appeal. Having total control over your own corner of the web is tempting, especially when you’re running a simple 11ty static site like mine." ☛ https://ldstephens.net/blog/re-why-do-you-need-big-tech-for-your-ssg-kev-quirk/ | Source: L D Stephens    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:00:00

• "This article has earned a lot of criticism for being shallow, reacting too much to a fast preliminary analysis, being dismissive of Cloudflare’s excellent robustness track record, and being biased by hindsight." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/questions-for-cloudflare | Source: Chris    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:01:16

• "cybersecurity regulations put in place after Chinese [crackers] breached multiple telecommunications giants to steal the correspondence of Donald Trump and JD Vance during campaign season last year." ☛ https://therecord.media/fcc-removes-biden-era-cybersecurity-rules-telecoms-salt-typhoon | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:01:37

• "What the company means by "native" is that Thunderbird can now talk directly to Microsoft's Exchange Web Services (or EWS for short)." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/thunderbird_microsoft_exchange_support/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:01:47

• "GitHub makes it worse. Achievements, badges, contribution graphs. It gamifies the work. Developers feel compelled to maintain streaks and numbers. The metrics become the measure of worth." ☛ https://itsfoss.com/news/open-source-developers-are-exhausted/ | Source: It's FOSS    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:02:22

• "Delaying the Hepatitis B vaccine from infancy until age 4 is not harmless." ☛ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/hepatitis-b-vaccine-under-attack-by-trump-administration-my-story-about-hepatitis-b/ | Source: DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer)    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:02:35

• "Finn, whose name I’ve changed here, is one of hundreds of service members whose cases I’ve become familiar with in my years as a Marine Corps lawyer." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/opinion/secret-list-ending-military-careers/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:02:52

• "For those not already familiar, DWPD is an initialism for (total) Drive Writes Per Day, and is intended as a specification for SSD write endurance." ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/is-dwpd-still-useful-ssd-spec/ | Source: Klara    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:03:22

• "Over the past few years, the US has introduced a series of export control rules designed to prevent Chinese organizations from acquiring computer chips" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/smuggling-supercomputers-china-nvidia-indictment/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:03:30

• "This week the White House announced new steps toward dismantling the U.S. Department of Education (ED)." ☛ https://www.ala.org/news/2025/11/ala-sounds-alarm-white-house-undermines-programs-supporting-school-and-academic | Source: American Library Association    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:05:14

• "Why do we sometimes love learning while other times we can’t wait to escape and something else? How does this affect how well we actually learn? And what can we do about it?" ☛ https://nesslabs.com/how-to-love-learning-again | Source: Ness Labs    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:05:21

• "Carmichael Numbers are the bane of probabilistic primality algorithms." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2025/11/factoring-carmichael-numbers.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:06:40

• "Fizz Buzz is a word game that has become quite popular as a simple computer programming exercise. The game is simple." ☛ https://susam.net/fizz-buzz-with-cosines.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:07:52

• "Melting ice in Norway’s mountains has revealed a trove of cut logs, reindeer antlers, iron spearheads and other hunting tools." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-hiker-discovered-a-trove-of-artifacts-in-norways-melting-ice-the-site-turned-out-to-be-a-1500-year-old-reindeer-trap-180987710/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:08:02

• "Back on Earth, the researchers found that more than 80 percent of the spores survived across all three groups." ☛ https://www.the-scientist.com/tough-moss-spores-weather-space-s-harsh-conditions-73769 | Source: LabX Media Group    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:08:24

• "It is much the same, but huge chunks of the layout have been reworked, the fonts are different, the colors are different, and I like it much better." ☛ https://scottwillsey.com/new-face/ | Source: Scott Willsey    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:08:45

• "The unstoppable force hit the immovable object this week and I think I'm done." ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/til-its-ok-to-fail/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:08:54

• "Earlier this year, a longtime customer shared a new iteration of their brand guidelines." ☛ https://cloudfour.com/thinks/responsive-letter-spacing/ | Source: Cloud Four Inc    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:09:04

• "I wanted to go deeper. There are other invariants that could prevent even more breaches." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/11/20/three-security-invariants-could-prevent-65-of-preaches/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:09:17

• "We suspect that these guarded reservations are why the 259-rc1 NEWS file carefully says: [...]" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/rc_systemd_259/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:09:44

• "I have read a number of articles about the subject and, as with everything in programming, there is more than one way to crack an egg." ☛ https://pawelgrzybek.com/graceful-shutdown-in-go/ | Source: Paweł Grzybek    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:14:40

• "This past August, I delivered my traditional Go Cryptography State of the Union talk at GopherCon US 2025 in New York" ☛ https://words.filippo.io/2025-state/ | Source: Filippo Valsorda    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:14:52

• "We've had quite a few clear nights this last week or so, but I haven't been able to get out much, due to tiredness and scheduling restrictions related to my work schedule, family commitments, and church commitments." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251120-0.gmi    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:15:40

• Omarchy gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/omarchy.txt "Honestly? DHH did everything right with this system. It is totally different from Windows, so it doesn't trigger any "uncanny valley" effects."    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:17:09

• Sunny mountains gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/sunMountain    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:18:02

• "If you want to master the Bash shell on Linux, macOS, or another UNIX-like system, special characters (like ~, *, |, and >) are critical." ☛ https://www.howtogeek.com/439199/15-special-characters-you-need-to-know-for-bash/ | Source: HowTo Geek    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:19:23

• "The general details of encryption in Microsoft Office products are described in Microsoft's open specifications at MS-OFFCRYPTO: Office Document Cryptography Structure." ☛ https://yingtongli.me/blog/2025/11/20/accdb-encryption.html | Source: Lee Yingtong Li    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:19:44

• "Every popular programming language has something like this." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/AlwaysUncodedErrorHandling | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:22:00

• "And it wasn't just a gimmick; if you had BitBLT microcode, it was a very fast way of rotating a bitmap!" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/11/happy-bitblt-day-to-all-who-celebrate/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:22:10

• "In Bazel, there are two types of macros: legacy macros and symbolic macros, that were introduced in Bazel 8." ☛ https://www.tweag.io/blog/2025-11-20-migrating-bazel-symbolic-macros/ | Source: Modus Create LLC    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:22:21

• "One of the most significant additions is the new built-in URI extension." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/php-8-5-introduces-uri-extension-pipe-operator-and-syntax-improvements/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:22:34

• "PHP, short for Personal Home Page when initially released in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf, now stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/php_85_lays_pipe_operator/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 09:23:11

• "The full list of participating projects is as follows: [...]" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2025-fsf40-hackathon-details | Source: FSF    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:55:53

• "But Kev's point about control resonates too. There's something oddly satisfying about knowing exactly where your bits live and how they get there." ☛ https://afranca.com.br/re-why-do-you-need-big-tech-for-your-ssg | Source: Andre Franca    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:56:15

• "Anil likened criticism of AI features in Firefox to the adoption of tabs in browsers" ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/reply-anil-dash-firefox-mozilla-ai/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:56:36

• "Welcome back to the latest update on our progress with Thunderbird Pro, a set of additional subscription services designed to enhance the email client you know" ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/thunderbird-pro-november-2025-update/ | Source: Thunderbird    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:57:02

• "OpenSCAD is a solid 3D modeling program that generates 3D shapes from a simple scene description language and can directly output STL files for 3D printing." ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/openscad | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:57:11

• "Dutch cybersecurity firm ThreatFabric said on Thursday it had identified the malware, dubbed Sturnus, which can steal banking credentials using highly convincing fake login screens" ☛ https://therecord.media/new-android-malware-captures-private-messages | Source: The Record    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:57:55

• "It is easy to see why: this is a marvel of engineering." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/11/20/a-tabletop-bowling-lane-machine-you-can-3d-print-at-home/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:58:27

• "Out of the box, if you buy a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, install it on the official CM5 IO Board, and install a fan on it (e.g. my current favorite, the EDAtec CM5 Active Cooler), you'll notice the fan ramps up to 100% speed after you shut down the Pi." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/how-silence-fan-on-cm5-after-shutdown | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:58:53

• "Recent improvements to the mjcanfd-usb-1x and the pi3hat were stepping stones to improved reliability for long daisy chains of moteus controllers." ☛ https://blog.mjbots.com/2025/11/20/moteus-hardware-can-id-filtering/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:59:15

• "you need to desolder R13, the resistor closest the pin 6 of the board, as indicated by the red arrow in the cover picture of this article" ☛ https://qsantos.fr/2025/11/21/fixing-the-rp2350-usb-a-not-working-as-usb-host/ | Source: Quentin Santos    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:59:26

• "Want to drum your name into someone’s memory at a networking event? Then Sergey Antonovich has got you covered." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/electronic-drum-business-cards-built-on-rp2040/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:59:39

• thelayoff.com deleted the entire page discussing IBM's CEO, partly because it talked about his height and weight    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:00:28

• "In fact, it would be great to see more Linux distributions adopt this practice and share their download numbers." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/zorin-os-18-hits-1-million-downloads-in-just-one-month/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:02:01

• "So, about a three years ago, I made the decision to install Arch Linux on my main PC, which I use extensively for all my professional work, including video editing." ☛ https://thelibre.news/what-have-i-learned-from-daily-driving-arch-linux-for-three-years/ | Source: LibreNews    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:02:27

• "Today, using FreeBSD 14.3, I’m going to test booting from a drive which is a mirror of the boot drives." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/11/20/creating-a-backup-boot-drive-from-a-zroot-mirror/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:03:02

• "Window managers on macOS (and Windows) are auxiliary programs that try to complement the system’s own handling of windows, and are not as powerful as X11 window managers." ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/window_managers | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:03:50

• "I was inspired by a recent article to undertake a survey of NBA title defenses." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/best-and-worst-nba-title-defenses-since-1983-84/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:04:13

• "What gives here?" ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/11/20/gpart-backup-gpart-restore-does-not-alway-give-you-exact-replication/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:05:38

• "Later today, I’ll move the zroot back to the SATADOMs, thereby decreasing the capacity of the zpool." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/11/19/moving-a-zpool-to-larger-drives-zfs-freebsd/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:05:46

• "The team behind vkd3d has announced the release of version 1.18." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/direct3d-to-vulkan-library-vkd3d-1-18-brings-hlsl-improvements/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:06:55

• "It turns out that while FreeBSD comes with a configuration option to do periodic ZFS scrubs, the option isn't enabled by default (as of FreeBSD 14.3)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/FreeBSDZFSPoolAutoscrubbing | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:07:53

• "New Open Indiana Release, Understanding Storage Performance, a Unix OS for the TI99, FreeBSD Tribal knowledge, and more..." ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/638 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:08:25

• "The system uses either the Intel N150 or Intel N250 processor, both part of Intel’s latest low-power N-Series lineup." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/onlogic-refreshes-its-cl-series-with-the-new-cl260-edge-gateway/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:09:39

• "The system is built around the ESP32-S3FN8, a dual-core Tensilica LX7 processor with 16 MB of flash and 8 MB of PSRAM." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/lilygo-expands-t-beam-series-with-new-1w-lora-gps-board/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:09:48

• Palapeli – single-player jigsaw puzzle game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/palapeli-single-player-jigsaw-puzzle-game/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:10:10

• Reins: Chat for Ollama – private Hey Hi (AI) chat ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/reins-chat-ollama-private-ai-chat/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:10:29

• sh – shell parser, formatter, and interpreter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sh-shell-parser-formatter-interpreter/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:10:47

• Mozilla is drunk, stoned, or both. It seems to be doing anything it can to piss off remaining Firefox users. ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/rewiring-mozilla-ai-and-web/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:12:53

• So Long, Firefox, Part One ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/so-long-firefox-part-one/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:14:32

• More than meets the eye: Behind the scenes of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (Part 3) ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/behind-scenes-rhel-10-part-3 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:17:34

• "Across industries, teams have built custom dashboards, reporting portals, and IT service management (ITSM) integrations powered by the Red Hat Lightspeed API." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-lightspeed-2025-observability-actionable-automation | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:17:48

• TheCube interview = staged interview that Red Hat paid for to be an ad disguised as 'journalism' ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openshift-virtualization-strategic-platform-virtualization-customers | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:18:42

• Ridiculous spinning of Linux as a Ponzi scheme https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/red-hats-evolution-how-a-subsidiary-became-an-ai-powerhouse-177607.html see https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/13/Under_IBM_Red_Hat_Isn_t_a_Linux_Company_It_s_Sold_to_Clients_as.shtml    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:20:26

• Red Hat is driving slop and Ponzi schemes instead of Linux, this is what IBM did to this company https://www.redhat.com/en/technically-speaking/healthcare-discoveries-AI    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:21:10

• "AI" and MICROSOFT is what Red Hat sells now https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/openshift-virtualization-now-generally-available-azure-red-hat-openshift    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:21:42

• Red Hat Introduces Project Hummingbird to Accelerate Cloud-Native Development and “Zero-CVE” Strategies https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-project-hummingbird-zero-cve-strategies    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:22:14

• Red Hat tied its destiny to a bubble waiting to implode. IBM's CEO has basically destroyed Red Hat by pursuing this takeover. https://techaisle.com/blog/654-red-hat-ai-platform-play-from-any-app-to-any-model-any-hardware-any-cloud    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:23:45

• How to build your dynamic plug-ins for Developer Hub ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/11/20/how-build-your-dynamic-plug-ins-developer-hub    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:24:53

• Jordan Maris of Microsoft OSI is still openwashing and boosting a giant Ponzi scheme ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/open-letter-harnessing-open-source-ai-to-advance-digital-sovereignty    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:28:02

• Racing karts on a Rust GPU kernel driver (Collabora blog) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1047291/ Rust selling points now include doing what C and Linux could do OK even 30 years ago    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:29:16

• Fedora Community Blog: A statement concerning the Fedora and Flathub relationship from the FPL ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/a-statement-concerning-the-fedora-and-flathub-relationship-from-the-fpl/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:30:14

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Demonschool and Kingdoms of the Dump - 2025-11-19 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-11-19-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:31:03

• Show/hide password checkbox when mount partition ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202511/showhide-password-checkbox-when-mount-partition.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:32:24

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1047220/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:33:05

• Leave the em dash Alone ☞ https://danielmiessler.com/blog/leave-the-em-dash-alone "resist the temptation"    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:43:58

• Voyager 26.04-alpha2 is ready ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:47:23

• Netflix, Comcast and Paramount Submit Warner Bros. Discovery Bids ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/business/media/warner-discovery-bids-paramount-netflix-comcast.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:48:00

• Text Tool Phase 3 ☞ https://wolthera.info/2025/11/text-tool-phase-3/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:48:56

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Switching to Rust's own mangling scheme on nightly ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/11/20/switching-to-v0-mangling-on-nightly/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 11:51:25

• Bálint Réczey: Think you can’t interpose static binaries with LD_PRELOAD? Think again! ☞ https://balintreczey.hu/blog/think-you-cant-interpose-static-binaries-with-ld_preload-think-again/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:01:29

• Mozilla Localization (L10N): Localizer spotlight: Robb ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2025/11/20/localizer-spotlight-robb/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:03:09

• Volunteering for a company that, like in Japan, will replace him with slop or use him to train sloppy bots    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:04:01

• How To Install Composer on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-composer-fedora-43/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:09:57

• How To Install MySQL Workbench on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mysql-workbench-fedora-43/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:10:15

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

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:10:39

• How To Install MongoDB on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mongodb-fedora-43/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:11:13

• 🔤SpellBinding — CEKPRYU Wordo: NUDES gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-11-21.gmi    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:19:24

• ‘I can’t believe I’m going home’: travellers relieved as Lithuania reopens Belarus border ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2751082/i-can-t-believe-i-m-going-home-travellers-relieved-as-lithuania-reopens-belarus-border    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:20:35

• Lithuanian trucks remain stranded as Minsk demands government-level meeting – Linava ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2751319/lithuanian-trucks-remain-stranded-as-minsk-demands-government-level-meeting-linava    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:20:45

• "Stephen King’s ‘It’ disappears from Russian bookstores and online retailers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/11/20/stephen-king-s-it-disappears-from-russian-bookstores-and-online-retailers | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:21:05

• "new media guidelines for spinning Russia’s tax hikes" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/20/life-matters-more-than-your-wallet-meduza-takes-a-look-at-the-kremlin-s-new-media-guidelines-for-spinning-russia-s-tax-hikes | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:34:40

• "permanent neutrality" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/20/how-swarovski-optik-is-still-sending-sniper-scopes-to-russia-despite-austria-s-policy-of-permanent-neutrality | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:34:58

• 2-year-old Russian boy dies from box jellyfish sting in Langkawi ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/2-year-old-russian-boy-succumbs-to-box-jellyfish-sting-in-langkawi    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:35:21

• French general says country must 'prepare to lose its children' in potential war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251120-french-general-says-country-must-prepare-to-lose-its-children-in-potential-war    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:35:35

• Russia’s shadow war: How the Kremlin uses sabotage to wear down Europe ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/russias-shadow-war-how-the-kremlin-uses-sabotage-to-wear-down-europe/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:35:51

• US and Allies Sanction Russian Bulletproof Hosting Service Providers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-and-allies-sanction-russian-bulletproof-hosting-service-providers/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:36:04

• Russian Hacking Suspect Wanted by the FBI Arrested on Thai Resort Island ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-hacking-suspect-wanted-by-the-fbi-arrested-on-thai-resort-island/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:36:19

• "new ‘peace plan’ for Russia and Ukraine are in — and they’re mostly negative" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/20/outright-capitulation-reactions-to-trump-s-new-peace-plan-for-russia-and-ukraine-are-in-and-they-re-mostly-negative | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:40:18

• "major initiatives to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/21/in-nearly-four-years-of-full-scale-war-these-are-the-major-initiatives-to-end-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine-including-trump-s-latest-peace-plan | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:40:33

• US-backed plan would hand eastern Donbas to Russia, Zelensky calls for 'dignified peace' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251121-us-eastern-donbas-russia-zelensky-peace    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:40:44

• Britain unravels money-laundering web feeding Russia’s war in Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251121-uk-police-laundering-network-funding-russia-war    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:40:54

• Move Over, Netflix: Ukraine’s Corruption Investigators Bring the Drama ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-zelensky.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:41:04

• Hiring Increased, but So Did the Unemployment Rate ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/briefing/jobs-report-ukraine-peace-college-radio.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:41:23

• Zelensky Says Ukraine Ready to ‘Honestly’ Engage With U.S. Peace Plan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/world/europe/ukraine-russia-trump-peace-talks.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:41:32

• Zelenskyy Ready For 'Constructive, Honest, And Prompt' Work With Convicted Felon On Peace Plan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/33596946.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:41:41

• Any peace negotiations must include Ukraine and Europe – Lithuanian FM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2751214/any-peace-negotiations-must-include-ukraine-and-europe-lithuanian-fm    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:41:51

• Ukraine: Brussels alarmed by alleged US-Russia peace talks excluding Europe ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251120-ukraine-brussels-alarmed-by-alleged-us-russia-peace-talks-excluding-europe    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:42:03

• With release of Epstein files looming, is Convicted Felon 'in a hurry to push through a Ukraine peace deal'? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251120-with-release-of-epstein-files-looming-is-trump-in-a-hurry-to-push-through-a-ukraine-peace-deal    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:42:20

• Axis of authoritarians poses mounting threat on the global information front ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/axis-of-authoritarians-poses-mounting-threat-on-the-global-information-front/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:42:39

• Latvian-Ukrainian charity choir extends a seasonal goodwill invitation ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/20.11.2025-latvian-ukrainian-charity-choir-extends-a-seasonal-goodwill-invitation.a623138/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:42:47

• Braže: EU members should not wait to take action against Russia's 'shadow fleet' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/20.11.2025-braze-eu-members-should-not-wait-to-take-action-against-russias-shadow-fleet.a623192/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:43:13

• "How the Ukrainian blogger photographed in the aftermath of Russia’s Mariupol maternity hospital strike became a pro-Putin propagandist" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/11/20/how-the-ukrainian-blogger-photographed-in-the-aftermath-of-russia-s-mariupol-maternity-hospital-strike-became-a-pro-putin-propagandist | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:43:37

• US-Russian framework to end war in Ukraine: a plan for peace or for capitulation? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20251120-us-russian-framework-to-end-war-in-ukraine-a-plan-for-peace-or-for-capitulation    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:43:59

• Any serious Ukraine peace plan must address Putin’s imperial ambitions ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/any-serious-ukraine-peace-plan-must-address-putins-imperial-ambitions/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:44:18

• US artists launch nationwide ‘Fall of Freedom’ protest against rising censorship ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20251120-us-artists-launch-nationwide-fall-of-freedom-protest-against-rising-censorship    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:45:36

• TTABlog Test: Is RODEO TEXAS Primarily Geographically Descriptive of Sports Event Parties and Non-rodeo Clothing? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/11/ttablog-test-is-rodeo-texas-primarily.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:46:20

• Roundtables: Surviving the New Age of Conspiracies ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/20/1127749/roundtables-surviving-the-new-age-of-conspiracies/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:55:44

• Research over rivalry: Stanford and Berkeley collaborate to advance science and social impact ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/11/20/research-over-rivalry-stanford-and-berkeley-collaborate-to-advance-science-and-social-impact/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:56:18

• SpaceX Has Wildly Screwed Up Its Military Satellites, Researcher Finds ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/spacex-starlink-nro-tilley    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:56:28

• She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/climate/children-heat-pollution.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:56:48

• Mackerel, sardines or salmon? Top tinned fish for omega-3s ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/top-tinned-fish-for-omega3s-mackerel-sardines-or-salmon-aD3BR4h5MCa1    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:57:10

• UNICEF: One in five children in low and middle-income countries lack most basic services ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251120-unicef-one-in-five-children-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-lack-most-basic-services    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:57:26

• Battle rages over Michigan county’s plan to take crisis services in-house ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/battle-rages-over-michigan-countys-plan-to-take-crisis-services-in-house/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:57:41

• Ferry Crashed After Operator Was Distracted by His Phone, Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/world/asia/south-korea-ferry-crash.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:57:54

• Korea's Fair Trade Commission reportedly raids Arm's Seoul office amid Qualcomm licensing dispute — stems from allegations of unfair market practices ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/koreas-fair-trade-commission-reportedly-raids-arms-seoul-office-amid-qualcomm-licensing-dispute-stems-from-allegations-of-unfair-market-practices    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:58:19

• Australia–South Korea critical-minerals cooperation gets results beyond frameworks ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-south-korea-critical-minerals-cooperation-gets-results-beyond-frameworks/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:59:05

• Malaysian rapper Namewee slammed for job hunting amid influencer Iris Hsieh murder probe ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-rapper-namewee-slammed-for-job-hunting-amid-influencer-iris-hsieh-murder-probe    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:00:34

• Tonga awaits selection of prime minister, as King heads to China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/tonga-awaits-selection-of-prime-minister-as-king-heads-to-china    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:00:48

• Explainer: Why close trade partners China and Japan cannot get along ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/explainer-why-close-trade-partners-china-and-japan-cannot-get-along    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:00:58

• Japan, China ties deteriorate after Takaichi's Taiwan comment ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-china-ties-deteriorate-after-takaichis-taiwan-comment    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:01:06

• China says trade cooperation with Japan ‘severely damaged’ by Taiwan comments ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-trade-cooperation-with-japan-severely-damaged-by-taiwan-comments    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:01:19

• China ran campaign to discredit French Rafale fighter after India-Pakistan conflict, US commission says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-ran-campaign-to-discredit-french-rafale-fighter-after-india-pakistan-conflict-us-commission-says    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:01:28

• Japanese restaurant owners in China lament flare-up in diplomatic tensions amid cancellations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-restaurant-owners-in-china-lament-flare-up-in-diplomatic-tensions    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:01:37

• China’s civilian shadow navy practises for invasion of Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-civilian-shadow-navy-practices-for-invasion-of-taiwan    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:01:45

• From hip-hop song to satirical cartoons, China-Japan row ratchets up online ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/from-hip-hop-song-to-satirical-cartoons-china-japan-row-ratchets-up-online    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:01:53

• Japan tourism faces US$1.2b hit as trip cancellations spike on China rift ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-tourism-faces-us1-2b-hit-as-trip-cancellations-spike-on-china-rift    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:02:05

• 1,500% price increase on some rare earth elements squeezes chipmaking business — Yttrium surge caused by trade war between U.S. and China ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/1-500-percent-price-increase-on-some-rare-earth-elements-squeezes-chipmaking-business-yttrium-surge-caused-by-trade-war-between-u-s-and-china    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:02:19

• Netherlands suspends Nexperia takeover order as China eases export curbs — de-escalation could be welcome break for automotive industry ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/netherlands-suspends-nexperia-takeover-order-as-china-eases-export-curbs    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:02:54

• Taiwan president lunches on sushi in support of Japan over China row ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/20/taiwan-president-lunches-on-sushi-in-support-of-japan-over-china-row/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:03:11

• China’s new five-year plan should be a wake-up call for the United States ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/chinas-new-five-year-plan-should-be-a-wake-up-call-for-the-united-states/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:03:33

• Blender 5.0 Released with HDR Support, Video Sequencer Overhaul, and ACES Workflows ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/blender-5-0-release/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:03:53

• Deploy Your Thanksgiving Dinner with Cranberry sOSS ☞ https://itsfoss.com/cranberry-soss/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:04:00

• No One Wins Under the Unitary Executive Theory ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/no-one-wins-under-the-unitary-executive-theory/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:05:46

• Public Knowledge Rejects Illegal and Illogical Executive Order Targeting State Hey Hi (AI) Laws ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-rejects-illegal-and-illogical-executive-order-targeting-state-ai-laws/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:06:09

• EU court rules Amazon must comply with heightened regulatory requirements ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/eu-court-rules-amazon-must-comply-with-heightened-regulatory-requirements/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:06:29

• Dell Now Shipping Laptop With Qualcomm NPU On GNU/Linux Ahead Of backdoored Windows 11 ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Dell-Pro-Max-With-Qualcomm-NPU    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:07:39

• Dakota Chambers says “the year of GNU/Linux on the desktop” is next year (6 weeks from now) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/20/Dakota_Chambers_says_the_year_of_Linux_on_the_desktop_is_next_y.shtml    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:07:49

• Gary Tyler Spent 42 Years on Death Row. Racism Put Him There. ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/gary-tyler-spent-42-years-on-death-row-racism-put-him-there    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:08:34

• Rare Filament Makes Weird Benchies ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/rare-filament-makes-weird-benchies/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:11:57

• "Fixing A Milltronics ML15 CNC Lathe Despite The Manufacturer’s Best Efforts" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/fixing-a-milltronics-ml15-cnc-lathe-despite-the-manufacturers-best-efforts/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:12:22

• 'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': Wild Wolf Seen Using Tool in Stunning First ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/i-couldnt-believe-my-eyes-wild-wolf-seen-using-tool-in-stunning-first    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:12:57

• A Simple New Compound Reverses Alzheimer's Symptoms in Rats ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-simple-new-compound-reverses-alzheimers-symptoms-in-rats    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:13:19

• Is Scalp Care the New Big Beauty Trend? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/style/scalp-care-beauty-trends-2025.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:13:42

• ROG Xbox Ally Bazzite OS vs Steam Deck : Which GNU/Linux Handheld Wins the Battle? ☞ https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/rog-xbox-ally-linux-bazzite-os-performance/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:17:10

• Scimax – Emacs starterkit for scientists and engineers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/scimax-emacs-starterkit/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:18:16

• ObsidianOS – Arch-Linux based distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/obsidianos-arch-linux-based-distribution/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:18:30

• HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Specifications in detail ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/hp-probook-440-g8-laptop-running-linux-specifications/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:18:39

• 13 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Power Management Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-power-management-tools/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:19:01

• Q4OS 7.0-testing released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/q4os    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:20:23

• KDE neon 20251120 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:20:33

• Use AirPods Pro Features on GNU/Linux with LibrePods ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/airpods-linux-librepods-anc-transparency-mode    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:21:10

• Linux Plumbers Conference: Slides templates available ☞ https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2025/11/20/slides-templates-available/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:22:14

• Wireshark 4.6.1 Released with Updated Protocol Support and Various Bug Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-1-released-with-updated-protocol-support-and-various-bug-fixes    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:22:46

• PHP 8.5 Released with Pipe Operator, URI Extension, and Clone With Functionality ☞ https://9to5linux.com/php-8-5-released-with-pipe-operator-uri-extension-and-clone-with-functionality    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:22:54

• GDM Settings adding Toggles for Light Mode & Fingerprint Authentication ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/11/gdm-settings-light-mode-fingerprint/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:23:38

• Remi Collet: ⚙️ PHP version 8.3.28 and 8.4.15 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/11/20/PHP-version-8.3.28-and-8.4.15    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:25:46

• Finally, run Docker containers natively in Proxmox 9.1 (OCI images) ☞ https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Finally_run_Docker_containers_natively_in_Proxmox_9.1.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:26:49

• New Sturnus Banking Trojan Targets WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal Messages ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/new-sturnus-banking-trojan-targets-whatsapp-telegram-signal-messages/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:27:40

• NSO Group argues WhatsApp injunction threatens existence, future U.S. government work ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/nso-group-whatsapp-injunction-appeal/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:27:58

• Democrats Raise Concerns Over Allied Curbs on Intelligence Sharing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/politics/democrats-allies-intelligence-sharing.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:28:25

• The Privacy Battle in Our Brains ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/world/privacy-battle-in-brains-technology-saudi-mamdani.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:28:47

• Scam USPS and E-Z Pass Texts and Websites ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/11/scam-usps-and-e-z-pass-texts-and-websites.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:29:50

• Hummingbird: Red Hat’s Answer to Alpine, Ubuntu Chiseled, Wolfi https://thenewstack.io/hummingbird-red-hats-answer-to-alpine-ubuntu-chiseled-wolfi/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:31:02

• "Rust based new commands or classic Linux commands?" https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-47/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:32:13

• They mean GNU, not Linux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:32:23

• "It features a 16-inch WQXGA display with 2560×1600 resolution, 100% sRGB, 16:10 aspect ratio, 400 nits brightness, and 165 Hz refresh rate." https://9to5linux.com/slimbook-and-kde-celebrate-8th-anniversary-with-kde-slimbook-vii-laptop    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:32:43

• KDE Slimbook VII is a Linux laptop with Ryzen AI 9 365 and KDE Neon software https://liliputing.com/kde-slimbook-vii-is-a-linux-laptop-with-ryzen-ai-9-365-and-kde-neon-software/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:33:20

• AirPods’ best features come to Android and Linux with free app https://www.theverge.com/news/824953/librepods-apple-airpods-wireless-headphones-android-linux    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:34:00

• "If you want to use Linux to breathe life back into an old PC, you're going to want one of the desktop environments (DEs) designed to be lean and fast. Based on my experience, this is how I'd rank each of the most popular options." https://www.howtogeek.com/heres-how-i-rank-the-most-popular-lightweight-linux-desktops/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:35:58

• 'I like boring, and boring to me is no super exciting new features that will break machines for millions of people around the world' says Linux creator Linus Torvalds https://www.pcgamer.com/software/i-like-boring-and-boring-to-me-is-no-super-exciting-new-features-that-will-break-machines-for-millions-of-people-around-the-world-says-linux-creator-linus-torvalds/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:36:41

• "If aesthetics and efficiency top your list of needs, there are several Linux distributions that are right up your alley. Both Ubuntu Budgie and Pop!_OS should top that list." https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-budgie-vs-pop-os-ive-used-both-linux-distros-heres-how-to-choose/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:37:59

• Linux Mint vs. Zorin OS: I compared the two Windows alternatives, and here's my advice https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-mint-vs-zorin-os-i-compared-the-two-windows-alternatives-and-heres-my-advice/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:39:08

• "While some Linux distros have stood the test of time, others have fallen by the wayside, remembered only by their users." https://www.howtogeek.com/more-classic-linux-systems-that-dont-exist-anymore/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:42:48

• Action1 Expands to Linux, Delivering a Unified Cross-Platform Solution for Autonomous Endpoint Management and Patching https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/action1-expands-to-linux-delivering-a-unified-cross-platform-solution-for-autonomous-endpoint-management-and-patching-302621728.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:43:14

• Rust developer has 'no plans' for Linux or Proton support, says games that support them are 'not serious about anti-cheat' https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/rust-developer-has-no-plans-for-linux-or-proton-support-says-games-that-support-them-are-not-serious-about-anti-cheat/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:43:48

• My 8 must-use Linux commands, and how they can make your life easier https://www.zdnet.com/article/my-8-must-use-linux-commands-and-how-they-can-make-your-life-easier/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:47:21

• "Do you open the terminal a lot on your Linux desktop? There's a terminal you can open faster than a standard emulator window, and it might feel familiar to you if you've ever played the game Quake." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-quake-inspired-terminal-is-my-new-favorite-on-linux/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:47:53

• "Your Linux PC is yours and yours alone" https://www.howtogeek.com/linuxs-biggest-strengths-are-also-its-biggest-weaknesses/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:49:27

• "As part of the upcoming release of Firefox 147, Mozilla has resolved a bug report about missing support for Freedesktop's XDG Base Directory standard. The report had been open for a whopping 21 years, and the fix will make Firefox installation files cleaner and    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:50:03

• "...more organized." https://www.howtogeek.com/firefox-is-fixing-a-21-year-old-problem-on-linux/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:50:12

• But you'd get abused more and any proprietary software would worsen over time, in secret https://www.xda-developers.com/these-windows-tools-and-apps-help-me-be-as-productive-as-on-linux/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:51:00

• Linux comes for Windows at 40 — and gaming can't save it https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-coming-for-windows-40th-birthday/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:51:26

• "Along with new functionality, systemd is broadening its distro support even further, which will surely delight members of the wider Linux community." https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/rc_systemd_259/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 13:53:39

• Child worker dies after torture by colleagues in southeastern Turkey ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/child-worker-dies-after-torture-by-colleagues-in-southeastern-turkey-313712    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:18:28

• 2026 Activity Plan published ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/11/21/2026-activity-plan-published/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:18:48

• Static Assertions in Rust ☞ https://www.kdab.com/static-assertions-in-rust/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:19:37

• 107: Which Drive Is It? ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24474    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:20:21

• "If you’ve ever used an NE602 or similar IC to build a radio, you might have noticed that the datasheet has a “gilbert cell” mixer." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/gilbert-cell-lacks-sullivan/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:21:19

• "Since the dawn of computers, we’ve tried different ways to store data." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/a-paper-caper-the-hole-data/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:21:52

• New Diabetes Pill Works as Well as Ozempic For Weight Loss, Trial Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-diabetes-pill-works-as-well-as-ozempic-for-weight-loss-trial-finds    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:22:47

• Tinnitus Is Somehow Linked to a Crucial Bodily Function ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tinnitus-is-somehow-linked-to-a-crucial-bodily-function    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:22:56

• Exercise at One Stage of Life May Cut Dementia Risk by Up to 45% ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/exercise-at-one-stage-of-life-may-cut-dementia-risk-by-up-to-45    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:23:15

• Moss Survived 9 Months in The Vacuum of Space ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/moss-survived-9-months-in-the-vacuum-of-space    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:24:09

• Strange 'Metal-Free' Galaxy May Hide The Universe's First Stars ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-metal-free-galaxy-may-hide-the-universes-first-stars    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:24:21

• Thailand’s restaurants slam plan to hike value-added tax, warning of severe inflationary impact ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailands-restaurants-slam-plan-to-hike-value-added-tax-warning-of-severe-inflationary-impact    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:25:02

• ‘Protecting Israel’s image’: X disabled Hebrew translation on posts, claims Grok ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20251120-protecting-israel-s-image-x-disabled-hebrew-translation-on-posts-says-grok    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:25:53

• OpenAI Is Suddenly in Trouble ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-in-trouble    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:33:03

• Oops! Nvidia’s Stock Is Falling Again After Its “Blowout” Earnings Report ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-stock-falling-again-after-earnings-report    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:33:24

• Iran Withdraws From Deal for International Nuclear Inspections ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/world/middleeast/iran-deal-nuclear-inspection.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:38:34

• Miss Hall’s Students Accused a Teacher of Sexual Abuse, But Prosecutors Won’t Charge Him ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/miss-halls-school-sexual-abuse-consent-laws.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:39:00

• Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Kanu for terrorism ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20251120-nigerian-court-convicts-separatist-leader-kanu-for-terrorism    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:39:57

• Nigerian Student Describes Hiding From Kidnappers at School ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/world/africa/nigeria-school-kidnapping-escape.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:40:15

• After the Louvre Heist, the Museum’s President Defends Her Tenure ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/world/europe/louvre-director-theft-renovation.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:40:26

• Homeland Security Says Border Patrol Operation in Charlotte Is Not Over ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/us/border-patrol-charlotte.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:42:20

• Hong Kong charges four over election boycott posts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-charges-four-over-election-boycott-posts    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:42:39

• Warning: your computer doesn't protect you from phishing ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/why-your-pc-doesnt-protect-you-from-phishing-agBoy3d6xJXD    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:43:00

• Is Your Minister Using Gmail? Why That’s a National Security Threat ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/11/is-your-minister-using-gmail-why-thats-a-national-security-threat/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:43:22

• Qt 6.10.1 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.10.1-released    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:43:44

• African-based terror networks pose international threat – Guterres ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/african-based-terror-networks-pose-international-threat-guterres/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:44:11

• West Africa border security operation targets foreign terrorist fighters ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/west-africa-border-security-operation-targets-foreign-terrorist-fighters/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:44:25

• Why Anna Gomez believes the FCC is letting telecoms off easy after Salt Typhoon ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/fcc-cybersecurity-vote-china-hack-telecoms-anna-gomez/ back doors: http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/Credit_to_Jessica_Lyons_at_The_Register_for_Covering_the_Commun.shtml    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:45:09

• Recent 7-Zip Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/recent-7-zip-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:46:27

• Vulnerability Allowed Scraping of 3.5 Billion WhatsApp Accounts ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-allowed-scraping-of-3-5-billion-whatsapp-accounts/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:48:46

• Over 50,000 Asus Routers Hacked in ‘Operation WrtHug’ ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/over-50000-asus-routers-hacked-in-operation-wrthug/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:49:04

• New T-Shirts (Now in 100% Organic Cotton) and New Mugs in Our Shop! ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/11/new-mugs-and-t-shirts    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:49:57

• Too Computerised? Too Cold?: 1999 A.D. (1967) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/1999-ad    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:50:18

• As the World Pursues Clean Power, Millions Still Have No Power at All ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/climate/cop30-electricity-access.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:50:53

• Gaza faces Israel’s ‘yellow line’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-observers/20251120-gaza-faces-israel-yellow-line    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:53:27

• Oracle Identity Manager Exploit Observation from September (CVE-2025-61757), (Thu, Nov 20th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32506    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:54:30

• Wear This RISC V, RPN Calculator Watch For Maximum Nerd Cred ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/wear-this-risc-v-rpn-calculator-watch-for-maximum-nerd-cred/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:55:02

• Chinese research ships and US military active in north Pacific, shows monitor ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/chinese-research-ships-us-military-active-in-north-pacific-monitor-shows    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:55:39

• Nvidia releases emergency driver update for backdoored Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2 — fixes reduced gaming performance driven by botched backdoored Windows updates ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/nvidia-releases-emergency-driver-update-for-windows-11-25h2-and-24h2-fixes-reduced-gaming-performance-driven-by-botched-windows-updates    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 14:56:18

• Open Build Service: Labels and Assignment Improvements ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2025/11/19/labels_and_assigments//    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:00:01

• Veteran FBI employee sues bureau after being fired over displaying a pride flag ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/11/veteran-fbi-employee-sues-bureau-after-being-fired-over-displaying-a-pride-flag/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:00:54

• Federalism on Trial: Idaho’s Attempt to Regulate Patent Litigation ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/11/federalism-regulate-litigation.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:02:11

• Next patent monopoly attorney joins Hoyng ROKH Monegier in Germany ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/next-patent-attorney-joins-hoyng-rokh-monegier-in-germany/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:02:38

• Six Ways Refurbished Can Be Better Than New ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/11/20/six-ways-refurbished-can-be-better-than-new/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:03:08

• How One Uncaught Rust Exception Took Out Cloudflare ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/how-one-uncaught-rust-exception-took-out-cloudflare/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:05:13

• Mount Semeru Erupts and Rains Ash on Villages ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/world/asia/indonesia-mount-semeru-eruption.html    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:05:49

• Arduino-programmable environmental and air quality sensor kit features ENS160 and BME280 sensors ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/11/20/arduino-programmable-environmental-and-air-quality-sensor-kit-features-ens160-and-bme280-sensors/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:06:29

• Report Finds That Leading Chatbots Are a Disaster for Teens Facing Mental Health Struggles ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatbots-teen-mental-health-chatgpt-gemini-claude    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:06:59

• How to Install Python 3.13 on Ubuntu GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-python-3-13-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:08:20

• How to Install Python 3.14 on Ubuntu GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/install-python-3-14-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:08:32

• Reversing the Reversal?: Government Puts Privacy Invasive Lawful Access Back on the Agenda ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/reversing-the-reversal-government-puts-privacy-invasive-lawful-access-back-on-the-agenda/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:09:34

• "New Open Indiana Release, Understanding Storage Performance, a Unix OS for the TI99, FreeBSD Tribal knowledge, and more..." ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/638    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:10:54

• long   

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:11:23

• Pluralistic: The long game (20 Nov 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/20/if-you-wanted-to-get-there/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:11:28

• ‘I Run’ Has Now Been Ripped Down by Spotify, Fashion Company Apple Music, and YouTube. It’s Also Been Disqualified by Billboard and the UK Official Charts Company ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/20/i-run-ripped-down-disqualified-from-charts/    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:13:06

• "Dishonesty is the keyword to success at IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kah3rkjd    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:14:39

• Mapping offline with CoMaps and Every Door gemini://tilde.club/~gedankenstuecke/blog/2025-11-21-offline-mapping.gmi    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:32:30

• Ubisoft Report: 1,500 Employees Laid Off in a Year and €1.15 Billion in Net Debt https://wnhub.io/news/hr/item-49351 http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/02/Microsoft_s_Debt_Has_Skyrocketed_by_More_Than_15_Billion_Dollar.shtml    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 15:52:35

• "Raymond was never an actual project leader in Open Source, unlike Stallman. He wrote some things that influenced some of the narrative, like The Cathedral and the Bazaar and the The {New,}Hacker's Dictionary." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44277762    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 16:27:24

• "I'm open to dual licensing AGPLv3 + proprietary. Even Stallman supports this, I emailed him to confirm. I have no data about the effectiveness of this..."    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 16:35:11

• "While I do agree with the guidelines for deleting posts/threads, I have observed posts or threads that did not in any way violate the posting guidelines, and yet they were deleted. Which leads one to question if this forum is being influenced or coerced by IBM executives. One would hope that is not the case." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka7m9489    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 17:14:10

• "IBM is a USA company as least for now, and IBM and The Layoff needs to realize we are a democratic nation free to state our opinions in a non violent and non-threatening way." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka7m9489    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 17:14:20

• "Are Alvinds lackeys monitoring this site ? Someone posted that pudgy punk is getting porkier - He gets to ruin peoples lives but he can’t be criticized?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kakp6np6    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 17:15:10

• Fatness is a race. Making fun of someone's obesity is not OK if he or she is not white. Because that is racist.    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 17:15:46

• "I can’t imagine there are a lot of Stallman-types here. After all, HN is the discussion forum for Y Combinator, a startup accelerator and VC group." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44192076    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 18:38:58

• Corproate shilling cult disguised as "news" and "hackers"    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 18:39:15

• "It appears Bacardi55 has stopped working on his GTL (Gemini TinyLogs) development. A few patches have been submitted to the developer mailing list, but they remain uncommitted despite being over 7 months old." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2025-11-21-Fork_GTL_Gemini_Tiny_Logs_from_bacardi55.gmi    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 19:27:24

• "I'm reading through DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler. It's a contribution that is very big. 40 commits touching 147 files. It's huge. The author is asking for a review by the maintainers. They don't like it." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-11-21-ai-code    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 19:28:16

• "but, but, but...what about the IBM Business Conduct Guidelines ? Who do they apply to ? ex-IBM employees and contractors ? LOL." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kah3rkjd    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 19:33:03

• "yes the IBM India HR je-koffs are monitoring the site.What else can they do ? Everyone knows that IBM is run by a bunch of incompetent and unethical executives starting with the CEO, Alvind. That pretty much sums up what business is run by the company and what results intelligent investors can expect." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kakp6np6    

posted Friday, November 21, 2025 at 19:33:35

• Anon: qualcomm's ongoing destruction of arduino is in the the news    

posted Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 05:54:41