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  • Silver: Why the price of 'poor man's gold' hit a record https://www.dw.com/en/silver-why-the-price-of-poor-man-s-gold-hit-a-record/a-75086411    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:14:52

  • walkout https://www.dw.com/en/louvre-partially-back-in-action-despite-walkout/a-75201734    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:15:20

  • National Heallth Service software supplier DXS hit by cyber attack https://www.digitalhealth.net/2025/12/nhs-gp-software-supplier-hit-by-cyber-attack/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:18:01

  • The Breachies 2025: The Worst, Weirdest, Most Impactful Data Breaches of the Year https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/breachies-2025-worst-weirdest-most-impactful-data-breaches-year    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:18:46

  • Court clears former Vastaamo CEO Ville Tapio of data protection charges https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/28328-court-clears-former-vastaamo-ceo-ville-tapio-of-data-protection-charges.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:19:46

  • Gunman Who Killed Three Americans in Syria Was Member of Syrian Government’s Security Forces https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/15/gunman-who-killed-three-americans-in-syria-was-member-of-syrian-governments-security-forces/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:21:20

  • CPJ condemns Hong Kong’s conviction of Jimmy Lai in national security case https://cpj.org/2025/12/cpj-condemns-hong-kongs-conviction-of-jimmy-lai-in-national-security-case/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:21:42

  • Insurance Costs https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/university-insurance-costs-set-soar-after-brown-university-massacre-reveals-fatal-security-gaps-1763250    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:22:01

  • Ghana Boosts Maritime Security Capacity Amid Surging Sahel Violence https://adf-magazine.com/2025/12/ghana-boosts-maritime-security-capacity-amid-surging-sahel-violence/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:22:37

  • Dhaka https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-17/india-summons-bangladesh-envoy-over-security-concerns-in-dhaka    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:23:02

  • Outsourced? https://cphpost.dk/2025-12-16/news/round-up/online-and-mobile-banking-working-again-after-issues/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:23:53

  • Exaggerated Net Zero Study https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/british-banks-criticised-over-use-exaggerated-net-zero-study-that-influenced-lending-decisions-1762928    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:24:42

  • Whistleblowers https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/18/what-national-security-whistleblowers-reveal-in-an-age-of-crackdowns/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:25:49

  • Wheat patent specification http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/wheat-patent-specification-did-support.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:27:19

  • Patents on nature http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/guest-post-enablement-commercial.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:27:52

  • DietPi 9.20 is out    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:28:34

  • "We are happy to announce our 2025.4 snapshot disk image release! Over the past few months, we have directed a large portion of our focus on delivering for our sponsorship with the UBPorts Foundation." https://blog.rhinolinux.org/news-24    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:29:16

  • Rhino Linux Can (and Perhaps Should) Promote Alternatives to Microsoft Instead of Preloading Microsoft http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/27/Rhino_Linux_Can_and_Perhaps_Should_Promotes_Alternatives_to_Mic.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:29:34

  • Mabox 25.12 – improvements, fixes and GTK2 farewell https://maboxlinux.org/mabox-25-12-improvements-fixes-and-gtk2-farewell/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:30:27

  • Kicksecure 18 Released! Major Release Upgrade! https://forums.kicksecure.com/t/kicksecure-18-released-major-release-upgrade/1375    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:31:32

  • MODOS 0.9, RELIANOID 7.8.0, TUXEDO 20251218 and antiX 25-beta2 are out    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:32:32

  • OSINT VM 2025.12, TrueNAS 25.10.1, Flatcar 4459.2.2 and Nyarch 25.04.3 also out    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:32:58

  • household labor https://www.dw.com/en/women-s-health-suffers-bearing-the-brunt-of-household-labor/a-75214422    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:34:49

  • 'kafala' https://www.dw.com/en/modern-day-slaves-toil-in-lebanon-s-kafala-system/a-75204479    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:43:34

  • violated EU values https://www.dw.com/en/ecj-says-polish-constitutional-court-lacks-independence-violated-eu-values/a-75232639 But EU breaks laws and constitutions to ram down a kangaroo court for patents    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:45:18

  • Trump signs defense bill allocating millions for Cyber Command, mandating Pentagon phone security https://therecord.media/trump-signs-ndaa-cyber-command    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:46:21

  • FTC Issues Proposed Order Against Illusory Systems Over Allegations of Lax Security https://natlawreview.com/article/privacy-tip-472-ftc-issues-proposed-order-against-illusory-systems-over-allegations?amp    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:47:04

  • threats experienced by journalists and security researchers https://databreaches.net/2025/12/20/announce-survey-on-threats-experienced-by-journalists-and-security-researchers/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_and_Matthew_J_Garrett_Join_Forces_.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:48:39

  • "I think the FSF view is unreasonably confident in its public opinions where the current law is that each potential infraction is going to be decided on a case by case basis. Read 17 USC 101 for yourself and square that with FSF/Stallman opinions." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46395184    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 02:59:28

  • Lawrence Wilkerson: Why Cheeto Mussolini Is Losing Control of MAGA and His National Security Team https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/21/lawrence-wilkerson-why-trump-is-losing-control-of-maga-and-his-national-security-team/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:02:01

  • Foreign Drones https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-12-22/us-adds-dji-other-foreign-drones-to-national-security-list    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:02:36

  • Offshore Wind Projects https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-22/us-pausing-five-offshore-wind-projects-over-national-security-concerns-burgum-says    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:02:55

  • Unraid 7.2.3, XCP-ng 8.3.0-20250606.2, DESERT 5.0, and Linuxfx 11.25.12 released    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:05:12

  • IBMers twist the acronym: "I support DEI. Deport Every Indian." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kd3dnye8    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:06:45

  • Nigeria's waning power https://www.dw.com/en/benin-coup-attempt-exposes-nigeria-s-waning-power/a-75226517    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:07:10

  • diversity visa lottery https://www.dw.com/en/us-pauses-diversity-visa-lottery-after-brown-uni-shooting/a-75236047    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:07:58

  • Climate change is rewriting polar bear DNA https://www.vox.com/climate/472312/greenland-polar-bears-research-climate-adaptation    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:08:31

  • public buildings as climate shelters in summer https://www.dw.com/en/spain-to-open-public-buildings-as-climate-shelters-in-summer/a-75206451    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:09:15

  • The government sets a climate target for 2035 of 82 percent https://cphpost.dk/2025-12-18/news/politics/the-government-sets-a-climate-target-for-2035-of-82-percent/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:09:28

  • Meet the Australian climate refugees https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/running-south-meet-the-australian-climate-refugees-20251211-p5nmxr.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:09:47

  • Reparative Rebirth: African Children at the Heart of Climate Justice and Sovereignty https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/19/reparative-rebirth-african-children-at-the-heart-of-climate-justice-and-sovereignty/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:10:02

  • Growing Risks From Climate Change https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-19/in-antarctica-photos-show-a-remote-area-teeming-with-life-amid-growing-risks-from-climate-change    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:10:39

  • "Canada promised new parks and nature protection." https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/conservation-biodiversity-climate-carney-9.7020047 https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/antarctic-expedition-polar-research-9.7022032    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:11:02

  • Restrict Public’s Right to Know About Climate Pollution https://truthout.org/articles/trump-epa-plan-would-restrict-publics-right-to-know-about-climate-pollution/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:11:22

  • rearmament: The European Union Is Turning Away From the Green Transition https://jacobin.com/2025/12/europe-merz-leyen-climate-rearmament/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:11:47

  • Swiss Court Admits Indonesia Islanders Climate Case Against Holcim https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-22/swiss-court-admits-indonesia-islanders-climate-case-against-holcim    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:12:00

  • Cost-of-Living Crisis https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/22/the-poor-are-in-a-very-bad-state-climate-change-accelerates-californias-cost-of-living-crisis/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:12:21

  • Chimera 20251220, Quirinux 2-1-Rev4, BRGV-OS 20122025, and Linux Mint 22.3 Beta are out    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:12:54

  • Gentoo 20251221 and Xray_OS 2025.12.20 also out    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:13:17

  • Firefox just 1.7% https://analytics.usa.gov/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:14:06

  • "Think layoffs have been bad this year? Bosses warn that job axe will swing for millions of heads in 2026"    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:14:47

  • Way to offer optimism to the 'plebs' on Boxing Day    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:15:06

  • False blame... on buzzwords and Ponzi schemes https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/layoffs-due-to-ai-are-no-longer-making-wall-street-and-investors-happy-says-goldman-sachs-and-also-makes-a-prediction-for-2026/articleshow/126184051.cms    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:15:40

  • Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/business/tech-employees-activism-kickstarter.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:16:40

  • Selective https://www.dw.com/en/us-justice-department-begins-release-of-some-epstein-files/live-75250220 see https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/20/Did_Bill_Gates_Lobby_to_Blur_the_Face_of_the_Young_Woman_He_Ope.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:18:38

  • white men to report discrimination https://www.dw.com/en/trump-administration-urges-white-men-to-report-discrimination/a-75235520    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:19:33

  • Overpopulation https://www.dw.com/en/pakistan-says-india-weaponizing-water-at-border/a-75242809    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:20:00

  • Tendency to save money https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-tendency-to-save-money-highest-since-2008/live-75236370    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:20:48

  • business bankruptcies hit decade high https://www.dw.com/en/german-business-bankruptcies-hit-decade-high-amid-downturn/a-75225534    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:21:29

  • France court rejects request to suspend Shein https://www.dw.com/en/france-court-rejects-request-to-suspend-shein/a-75247011    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:21:54

  • Can Santa Claus survive in a melting world? https://www.dw.com/en/can-santa-claus-survive-in-a-melting-world/a-75229759    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:23:32

  • 3I/ATLAS: Interstellar comet comes closest to Earth https://www.dw.com/en/3i-atlas-interstellar-comet-comes-closest-to-earth/a-73157878 MinceR, maybe next time...    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:28:25

  • Sudan https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-humanitarian-situation-is-worst-crisis-of-2025/a-75243232    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:28:54

  • Qubes OS 4.3 release notes https://doc.qubes-os.org/en/latest/developer/releases/4_3/release-notes.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:29:26

  • "The ISO and associated verification files are available on the downloads page. What's new in Qubes 4.3?" https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/12/21/qubes-os-4-3-0-has-been-released/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:29:52

  • "So many 7.0.x releases since 7.0, resolving issues and many enhancements, finally reaching the rock-solid 7.1." https://bkhome.org/news/202512/easyos-excalibur-series-version-71-released.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:30:21

  • Chimera Linux 20251220 https://chimera-linux.org/news/2025/12/new-images.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:32:49

  • Mauna 25.1, Talos 1.12.0, ELEGANCE 25.1.0, and Elementary 8.1 release    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:33:54

  • "boot with UEFI." https://blog.elementary.io/os-8-1-available-now/ http://techrights.org/wiki/UEFI/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:34:35

  • Talos is outsourced to Microsoft prison. Very bad optics. https://distrowatch.com/12679    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:35:19

  • SLAPP Suits https://www.projectcensored.org/slapp-suits-secrecy-and-complicit-courts/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:38:07

  • Reporting on Crimes From the UK, in the UK, or About the UK https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/11/15/reporting-on-crimes/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:38:33

  • Don't run serious systems on rasberry pi 1 gemini://namno.duckdns.org/blog/2025-12-26.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:40:51

  • "I don't use the version with 16bit wide registers because the address space is too small and it needed banking RAM to address more than 64KB." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2025-12-26-16-bit-isa.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:41:37

  • "Due to a change of datacenter by the VPS provider, I am required to migrate geminiprotocol.net to a new IP address by the end of this year. I'm not sure exactly when I will go through with this, but probably either tomorrow or the day after." gemini://geminiprotocol.net/news/2025_12_26.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:42:22

  • Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-27.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:43:41

  • "I found myself no longer gemlogging, because it became too annoying to deal with hundreds of files! And indices! And making sure names work with dates... And keeping all the links working across the entire site..." gemini://spell.mywire.org:1960/~stack/0249.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:44:23

  • "Wow, can't believe it's been a year since I last posted on my gemini server..." gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2025-12-26-one-year-later.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:45:19

  • "The servovalve bandwidth is the parameter for how well the servovalve does at higher frequencies of commanded motion. I believe 150 Hz is a high-bandwidth servovalve, from what I've seen on the Internet." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251226-0.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:46:28

  • TV Detox 3 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/tvDetox3    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:47:29

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1517.jpg    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:48:45

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1867.jpg    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 03:48:50

  • IBM Layoffs 2026 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kd3dnye8    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:07:37

  • Coming soon, very soon, maybe mid-January    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:07:52

  • BBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-bbc-defamation-lawsuit-9.7017203 https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:27:21

  • US 'freedom' https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2025-12-15/trump-sues-bbc-for-10-billion-accusing-it-of-defamation-over-editing-of-presidents-jan-6-spee https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-15/trump-sues-the-bbc-for-defamation-over-editing-of-january-6-speech    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:27:42

  • US as dictatorship vs media globally http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Threats_Against_Techrights_Always_Come_From_Outside_Britain.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/How_Americans_View_Free_Speech_in_Practice.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:28:15

  • Attack on ANYTHING that BBC EVER published about him https://www.dw.com/en/trump-suing-bbc-for-billions-over-edited-january-6-speech/a-75172054    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:28:43

  • inflation lies https://www.vox.com/politics/472786/trump-primetime-speech-wednesday-inflation-pointless    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:29:00

  • 'Worst Ever' https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trumps-prime-time-speech-slammed-worst-ever-after-critics-highlight-blame-game-1763956    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:29:26

  • achievements? What achievements? https://www.dw.com/en/trump-speech-praised-achievements-bashed-biden-presidency/live-75210942    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:29:46

  • hate speech bill https://www.dw.com/en/india-karnataka-assembly-passes-hate-speech-bill/a-75230511    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:30:18

  • Shared goals: Putin and Cheeto against the press https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-19/putin-says-trump-is-right-to-sue-bbc-over-speech-edit    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:31:07

  • Cheaper, cleaner energy https://www.dw.com/en/cheaper-cleaner-energy-drives-germany-s-balcony-solar-boom/a-75022163    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:31:48

  • Misused by DOJ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/epstein-files-fiasco-michael-jackson-bill-clinton-diana-ross-fundraiser-photo-allegedly-misused-1764531    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:32:45

  • Free Trade Agreement https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-14/china-saudi-arabia-agree-to-strengthen-coordination-on-regional-global-matters    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:35:38

  • Meanwhile losing sight of national leaders who murder minorities, engage in paedophilia and worse https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2025-12-18/a-photo-of-miss-finland-sparks-racist-accusations-and-furor-across-asia    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:38:54

  • drop charges against photojournalist https://cpj.org/2025/12/florida-authorities-drop-charges-against-photojournalist-following-joint-statement-by-cpj-partners/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:39:55

  • Cyberattack on French Interior Ministry's Email Servers Compromised More Than 20 Files https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-17/cyberattack-on-french-interior-ministrys-email-servers-compromised-more-than-20-files    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:41:53

  • Election observers adopt Principles and Guidance for Observing Personal Data Use in Elections http://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5714/election-observers-adopt-principles-and-guidance-observing-personal-data-use    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:43:17

  • This headline should not be a question but a statement, but follow the money at The Register MS (same publisher) https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/12/16/how-sustainable-is-this-crazy-server-spending/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 04:44:08

  • "The hardware platform is based on the Rockchip RV1106G3 system-on-chip, which integrates a single Arm Cortex-A7 core with 256MB of RAM." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/leafkvm-is-a-rockchip-based-self-contained-kvm-with-touchscreen-and-browser-access/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:00:06

  • "The camera is based on the STM32N6570 MCU, which integrates an Arm Cortex-M55 core with Helium vector extensions and an on-chip Neural-ART accelerator delivering up to 0.6 TOPS of AI performance." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/camthink-neoeyes-ne301-is-an-open-source-stm32n6-based-edge-ai-camera/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:00:13

  • "Anti-Blackness" ☛ https://fair.org/home/kimberle-crenshaw-on-anti-blackness/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:00:46

  • "When You Forget To Redact The Epstein Files" https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/when-you-forget-to-redact-the-epstein:d    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:00:58

  • "Windows Has Lost the Fanboys, Try Linux Instead" https://odysee.com/@switchedtolinux:0/windows-has-lost-the-fanboys,-try-linux:7    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:01:08

  • "General Staff: Russia has lost 1,202,070 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022" https://kyivindependent.com/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-201-230-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb-24-2022-2/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:01:19

  • "Climate Misinformation is Becoming a National Security Threat. Canada Isn't Ready for It" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/23/0431239    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:01:29

  • anti-fascist https://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas-charity-appeal/2025/11/11/bletchley-codebreaker-british-government-didnt-give-medals/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:01:40

  • "About a third of the walls are now covered in gold — appliqués, frames or other decorations, a Times analysis showed." https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/23/us/trump-white-house-oval-office-gold-decor.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:01:57

  • "Much of Todd Blanche's Perceived Cover-Up Is Actually Incompetence" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/26/much-of-todd-blanches-perceived-cover-up-is-actually-incompetence/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:02:09

  • "Against jihadist groups: Nigeria signals more strikes likely in 'joint' US operations" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/nigeria-signals-more-strikes-likely-in-joint-us-operations-958256547    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:02:19

  • "Amid jihadist blockade: Another 1,100 refugees cross into Mauritania from Mali: UN" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/another-1-100-refugees-cross-into-mauritania-from-mali-un-815922638    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:02:29

  • "in absentia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/12/26/moscow-court-sentences-meduza-publisher-galina-timchenko-in-absentia-to-five-years-in-prison | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:10:24

  • hurting Putin's feelings is a CRIME    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:10:43

  • FTR: Techrights only removed a few dozens of pages, and only because of a Court Order. That took two years, about 60 KG of legal papers, and almost a million dollars spent on lawyers.    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:11:27

  • IOW, it is VERY uneconomic to censor Techrights    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:11:44

  • "[Nicholas Murray]’s Composite Test Pattern Generator is a beautifully-made" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/pocket-sized-test-pattern-generator-helps-check-those-crts/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:19:49

  • "Optical Character Recognition (OCR) forms the bridge between the analog world of paper and the world of machines." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/retrotechtacular-ibms-the-world-of-ocr/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:20:15

  • "When you think of air conditioners, you tend to think of rather bulky units, with the window-mounted appliances probably among the most compact." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/mini-battery-powered-vapor-compression-air-conditioner/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:21:10

  • 39C3 starts today    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:22:55

  • Program: https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2025/fahrplan/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:23:17

  • "NBCUniversal is doing all it can to identify the person(s) behind a series of high-profile leaks of the film Minions 3, which is scheduled to come out on July 1, 2026." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/legal-push-to-unmask-minions-3-leaker-targets-youtube-and-reddit/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:26:00

  • Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://mtwb.blog/links/what-owning-music-means-to-me/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:26:42

  • "The FCC voted to eliminate 36 rules that regulate obsolete equipment like analog cable receivers and long-gone cordless phones in its “Delete, Delete, Delete” proceeding yesterday." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/thirty-six-old-rules-on-fccs-chopping-block/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:27:18

  • "We have requested clarifications from the U.S. authorities and remain engaged." ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_25_3160 | Source: European Commission    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:28:08

  • "If needed, we will respond swiftly and decisively to defend our regulatory autonomy against unjustified measures."    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:28:19

  • "I've moderately contributed to FreeBSD roughly since 2013 with very mixed success." ☛ https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=50102.0 | Source: OPNSense    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:28:33

  • "Vinatier, 49, who works for a Swiss conflict mediation NGO, was jailed in June 2024 and is serving a three-year sentence for failing to register as a “foreign agent”." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/russia-says-made-proposal-to-france-over-jailed-researcher-178816923 | Source: RTL    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:28:51

  • "Charlie Marsh’s Jane Street talk and a Xebia engineering deep-dive cover the technical details well." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/26/how-uv-got-so-fast.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:29:14

  • "find the Rust code for both of those features and try porting it to Python to help me understand how it works." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/how-uv-got-so-fast/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:29:39

  • "Ruby got a new website for its 30th birthday. This upset a lot of folks, for one simple reason." ☛ https://kerrick.blog/posts/2025/useful-work-produced-by-people-we-find-reprehensible/ | Source: Kerrick Long    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:30:10

  • "Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/us-trade-dominance-will-begin-to-crack/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:30:29

  • "arbitrary and capricious" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/850461/offshore-wind-trump-lawsuit-dominion-energy-ai-data-center | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:31:13

  • "loan guarantee" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/startup-proposes-using-retired-navy-nuclear-reactors-from-aircraft-carriers-and-submarines-for-ai-data-centers-firm-asks-u-s-doe-for-a-loan-guarantee-to-start-the-project | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:31:38

  • "The Cybertruck isn’t just junk — it’s a death trap" ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/cybertrucks-firefighters-nightmare | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:31:53

  • "A toxic mix of 61 million tons of debris, 100,000 tons of explosives, and chemicals leaked into the earth has destroyed arable land, water and air quality." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-26/gazas-environmental-apocalypse-what-we-have-left-is-not-soil-its-contaminated-waste.html | Source: El País    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:36:33

  • "" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/network-providers/starlink-satellite-pictured-tumbling-after-recent-anomaly-in-space-it-will-be-incinerated-when-it-enters-the-earths-atmosphere-in-a-few-weeks | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:36:51

  • "The email, sent July 7, 2019, the day after the disgraced financier was arrested after stepping off his private plane in New Jersey" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/epstein-co-conspirators-9.7027815 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:39:11

  • "Estonian FM’s message is deliberately blunt: ambiguity invites testing, and testing invites escalation." ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/estonia-to-russia-step-over-the-line-and-we-will-open-fire/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:39:53

  • "We’ve solved this problem before. We just forgot the lesson." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-dodd-frank-for-capital-markets | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:40:15

  • "These were conceived by Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman to automate the process of testing possible Enigma settings, which the Germans used to send encrypted messages." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas-charity-appeal/2025/11/11/bletchley-codebreaker-british-government-didnt-give-medals/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:40:31

  • "More and more soldiers now serve as unmanned systems operators. Those who remain in more traditional roles perform tasks such as special operations, guard duties" ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-art-of-war-is-undergoing-a-technological-revolution-in-ukraine/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:40:53

  • "EXERCISE VAGUE JOY" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/christmas-throwback-exercise-vague-joy-2/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:41:57

  • "He did not confirm rumors that Proton would be leaving the country for good" ☛ https://www.heise.de/en/news/Surveillance-Proton-relocates-parts-of-its-infrastructure-from-Switzerland-10538664.html | Source: Heise    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:42:12

  • "The State specifically faulted the organization for failing to submit a draft amicus brief" ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/12/26/state-opposes-amnesty-internationals-bid-to-join-cyber-law-challenge/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:43:08

  • "Some years ago, I had a frustrating and largely fruitless encounter with the politics of policing." ☛ https://computer.rip/2025-12-26-Flock-and-Urban-Surveillance.html | Source: J B Crawford    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:43:27

  • "Texas Age Verification Suspended" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/12/26/texas-age-verification-suspended/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:43:37

  • "The sun is setting on Sand Hill Road." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/as-the-sun-sets-on-sand-hill-road | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:43:55

  • "Age-verification laws may sound straightforward to some: protect young people online by making everyone prove their age." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/24/10-not-so-hidden-dangers-of-age-verification/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:44:12

  • Windows TCO: "France’s national postal service La Poste said on Friday that operations had been restored following a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack" ☛ https://therecord.media/pro-russia-hackers-claim-attack-la-poste | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:44:43

  • Windows TCO: "foreign interference" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251217-france-probes-foreign-interference-after-malware-found-on-ferry-1 | Source: France24    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:45:06

  • Windows TCO: "to infiltrate computer systems on behalf of a foreign power" ☛ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/france-arrests-latvian-for-installing-malware-on-italian-ferry/ | Source: Bleeping Computer    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:45:20

  • "During some downtime around Christmas activities, I found myself embarking on a little project—winding down and tidying up my social media." ☛ https://schwarztech.net/articles/antisocial-social-media | Source: SchwarzTech    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:45:58

  • "aside from X and Facebook proper" ☛ https://houseofkyle.com/2025/12/26/bugged-driving-up-and-down-the-same-old-strip/ | Source: Kyle Ford    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:46:28

  • "I've never liked LinkedIn, but I grudgingly participate because, well, ya gotta." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/12/26/fry-day-3/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:46:35

  • "Fake videos used to stand out immediately to me. Nowadays? I’m far worse at identifying them." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3019972/i-failed-at-spotting-ai-slop-videos-can-you-do-better.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:47:14

  • "AI-assisted coding, refactoring, and architectural generation will dramatically increase code volume and complexity, so organizations will ship more software faster, but with less human visibility, he explains." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/coders-adopt-ai-agents-security-pitfalls-lurk-2026 | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:52:19

  • "Parents, keep your eyes peeled for AI-powered toys." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-powered-toys-children | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:53:02

  • "Adding to the reality check, a new report by AI software company CodeRabbit found that code generated by an AI was far more error-prone than the human-written stuff" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-code-bug-filled-mess | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/n/2025/12/23/The_Reality_is_Vibe_Code_Slop_is_That_It_s_Worthless.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:53:38

  • "The DS-640 is a compact USB scanner from Brother." ☛ https://borretti.me/article/using-the-brother-ds-640-scanner-on-nixos | Source: Fernando Borretti    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:54:18

  • "I am able to download most of my uncle’s documents (though not claims!) through the portal, but there is one particular document, an important one which was sent to him recently, which will not download." ☛ https://blog.kamens.us/2025/12/26/unbelievably-offensively-useless-chat-with-healthfirst-online-support/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:54:31

  • "Infantilization of Failure" ☛ https://www.joanwestenberg.com/uh-oh-the-infantilization-of-failure/ | Source: Westenberg    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:54:44

  • "In fact, your old address is set as an alias for the new one. Any messages, photos, and other files associated with the old address will also be preserved." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/850237/google-change-your-gmail-address | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:55:03

  • "Google has finally answered users’ cries, allowing Gmail users to swap out embarrassing teenage email addresses." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-12-26/google-will-let-users-swap-out-gmail-addresses-without-losing-data | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:55:15

  • "Back in August, I started running regularly and recording my sessions." ☛ https://brandonrozek.com/blog/running-75-miles/ | Source: Brandon Rozek    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:56:08

  • "That being said, I wanted to revisit some of the non-resolution resolutions I made back in January and report on how they’re going: [...]" ☛ https://www.noahjacob.us/words/circling-back |    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:56:17

  • "R’s mother had become worried about her kid after noting some alarming changes in her behavior, like a rise in panic attacks." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/children-character-ai-addicted | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:56:25

  • "Framework first announced a price hike on memory earlier this month, citing “substantially higher costs” from suppliers and distributors." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/850376/framework-ram-memory-ddr5-price-hikes | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:57:31

  • "A comparison of A5 sized notebooks" ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2025/12/26/a-comparison-of-a5-sized-notebooks-with-4-x-6-inch-index-cards-on-a-cost-per-square-foot-basis/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:57:42

  • What's all the fuss about "keyboards with a computer inside them"? That's called a "LAPTOP".    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:58:41

  • The mind blows if you purchase "keyboards with a computer inside them" and then use EXTERNAL keyboard on them    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 05:59:33

  • "The Movi 2 paper (Zakeri et al. 2025) builds a fast index on HPRCv2 (Liao et al. 2023), a collection of 466 human genomes." ☛ https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/hprc-v2-stats/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:01:06

  • "Suppose you are not sure whether all ravens are black. If you see a white raven, that clearly refutes the hypothesis" ☛ https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2025/12/26/the-raven-paradox/ | Source: Allen Downey    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:01:24

  • "we ought to be able to crowdsource something here." ☛ http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/12/webtoons-revisited.html | Source: Antipope    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:02:22

  • "The sad truth of the matter is, you don’t matter. I don’t matter. In the grand scheme of things, our lives are meaningless." ☛ https://mtwb.blog/posts/2025/health/things-will-go-on-without-you/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:02:49

  • "I clearly need a change in 2026. It’s obvious no one cares about any of the things I write here, which is fine." ☛ https://scottwillsey.com/2026-and-the-search-for-meaning/ | Source: Scott Willsey    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:03:46

  • "It’s also clear that I don’t care about a lot of them anymore either, which is also fine. So the question is, what should I write about on this blog that I will continue to care about and that other people might care about too?"    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:04:11

  • "The Internet technical community of the Asia Pacific (and further afield) continued to make an incredible contribution to the APNIC Blog in 2025." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/26/three-of-the-best-guest-posts-8/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:04:23

  • "the Christian tradition that shares its name with a relentlessly stick-in-your-head Christmas carol." ☛ https://www.vox.com/21796404/12-days-of-christmas-explained | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:04:45

  • "But here’s the real reason to support Techdirt: we’re one of the rare remaining websites on the [Internet] that doesn’t believe in annoying people as a business model." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/26/techdirt-doesnt-annoy-you-into-paying-and-thats-worth-paying-for/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:06:28

  • Censored by FreeBSD Core Team Secretary, Reinstated After Talking About it in Public ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/26/Censored_by_FreeBSD_Core_Team_Secretary_Reinstated_After_Talkin.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:09:39

  • So in Techrights we must now be careful who we speak to, as there are nefarious corporate actors trying to trip us up somehow, anything to try to censor criticism, both past and future    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:11:29

  • It would be wrong to call them "spies", at least formally, even if the term matches their de facto modus operandi, behaviour. Either way, they don't fare well, but they will always keep trying    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:12:10

  • The EPO even paid lots of money for them    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:12:27

  • "The second thing I discovered is that in my environment this doesn't happen for Python 3 code. With my normal Python 3 GNU Emacs LSP environment" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/Python2EmacsLSPProblems | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:13:24

  • "If you're already familiar with one of these languages, maybe you could even create an interactive guide for it? I'm happy to help if you want to give it a try." ☛ https://antonz.org/better-c/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:13:41

  • "To demonstrate why this could be really bad, lets assume that admin IS infact connecting to a server with the ssh -A root" ☛ https://grahamhelton.com/blog/ssh-agent |    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:16:43

  • "the more critical security risk is associated with SSH agent forwarding." ☛ https://goteleport.com/blog/how-to-use-ssh-agent-safely/ | Source: Teleport    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:17:00

  • "If you are the impatient kind of reader, here is a a few rules of thumb you should follow: [...]" ☛ https://rabexc.org/posts/pitfalls-of-ssh-agents |    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:17:16

  • "You can hop from server to server without retyping passphrases, and your private keys never leave your laptop." ☛ https://medium.com/@bornaly/the-hidden-risks-of-ssh-agent-forwarding-and-how-i-avoid-them-d7abff54f567 | Source: Medium    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:17:34

  • "Most admins enable SSH Agent Forwarding because it makes life easier — you can hop between servers without typing your key passphrase again. Convenient? Yes. Secure? Absolutely not." ☛ https://medium.com/@bornaly/why-i-always-disable-ssh-agent-forwarding-on-linux-and-how-attackers-steal-your-keys-through-it-52c52573fa2f | Source: Medium    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:17:53

  • "In that article, I presented the ssh-agent-switcher: a program I put together in a few hours to fix this problem." ☛ https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/ssh-agent-switcher-release | Source: Blog System/5    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:18:15

  • "You don't need custom tools, you just need a shell alias." ☛ https://blog.feld.me/posts/2025/12/tmux-ssh-agent-forwarding/ | Source: Feld    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:18:25

  • Robert Stallman. Can Richard Stallman also play flute or just take a photo with one? https://www.justflutes.com/shop/product/flute-workout-robert-stallman    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:25:45

  • "Running on almost twenty different architectures, and easily portable to others, NetBSD gained its reputation as the most portable operating system on the planet." ☛ https://drsaracco.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/netbsd-most-secure-os-ever/ |    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:26:20

  • "The latest version of OpenBSD, 7.8, became available in October." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20251215#openbsd | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:26:31

  • "as long as the X terminals could still boot, we would happily forget about this machine until the next power outage, a rare event which would suddenly remind every X terminal user and every system administrator that this machine existed." ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/boot_hppa.html | Source: Miod Vallat    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:26:56

  • "Breaker one-nine, this here’s the Rubber Duck. You got a copy on me? C’mon" ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/12/25/cb-radio-cw-mccall-mannheim-steamroller-christmas/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:33:32

  • "Until a few days ago, those who use the Hugo static site generator on macOS have had to deal with Apple’s quarantine feature each time they downloaded a new Hugo version." ☛ https://www.brycewray.com/posts/2025/12/new-normal-starting-hugo-0.153.x/ | Source: Bryce Wray    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:34:03

  • "disabling AI features in Chrome" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/26/disable_ai_features_chrome/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:34:25

  • "I made a significant update to my calendar generator." ☛ https://vmac.ch/posts/2025-12-23-cal-gen-update-1766493551/ | Source: V Chris    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:35:01

  • "It has been quite a while since we switched from GitHub to Fossil for development. Since we don’t expect people to tool around an uncommon tool we also mirror to git hosted on Codeberg." ☛ https://arcan-fe.com/2025/12/27/arcan-0-7-1-minutes-to-midnight/ | Source: Arcan    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:35:12

  • "For more detailed information on the changes in 1.4.3, you can read the release notes." ☛ https://inkscape.org/news/2025/12/26/bugs-banished-inkscape-143-is-out/ | Source: Inkscape    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:35:24

  • "Last year, over 100 cybersecurity professionals participated in Dark Reading's annual State of Enterprise Application Security survey" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/dark-reading-opens-state-appsec-survey | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:36:31

  • "These calipers may be huge, but they do the same thing as the digital calipers you have in your desk drawer." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/12/26/a-super-sized-set-of-digital-calipers-for-giants/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:37:20

  • "Sometimes, no news is good news. And early news is bad news." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/slimbook-executive-report-12.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:37:38

  • Christmas Music Project: Back to When Music Was Music (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/26/Christmas_Music_Project_Back_to_When_Music_Was_Music.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:38:03

  • "Trina got me a Playdate for Christmas this year!" ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/getting-started-with-playdate-on-ubuntu | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:38:16

  • "The coreboot project is pleased to announce the release of coreboot 25.12, continuing our commitment to advancing open-source firmware development." ☛ https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2025/12/26/announcing-coreboot-25-12-release/ | Source: Coreboot (Official)    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:38:38

  • "The good news is that users who still want to use Pascal or older GPUs with Arch Linux are not left with zero options." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/arch-linux-kills-off-pascal-gpu-support-users-still-running-gtx-10-series-graphics-cards-will-have-to-manually-install-older-drivers | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:40:24

  • "Arch users can continue using older Nvidia Linux drivers that support these GPUs by uninstalling the official Nvidia packages and installing the older "Nvidia-580xx-dkms" package."    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:40:40

  • "Thank you to everybody who contributed to this release" ☛ https://www.qemu.org/2025/12/24/qemu-10-2-0/ | Source: Qemu    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:42:06

  • "actually, if it's not audio-only and available via RSS for free, it's not a podcast" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/what-if-we-ended-the-podcast/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:42:59

  • "Framework is giving buyers the option to bring their own memory and even links to PCPartPicker so they can find more affordable options." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/laptop-maker-framework-announces-another-memory-price-hike-says-another-increase-is-coming-within-a-month-encourages-buyers-to-bring-their-own-memory-and-check-pcpartpicker-for-better-deals | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:43:56

  • "laptop weirdo" ☛ https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/im-a-laptop-weirdo-and-thats-why-i-like-my-new-framework-13/ | Source: Matthew Brunelle    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:44:14

  • My Favorite Books of 2023-2025 ☞ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/25/My-Favorite-Books-of-2023-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:45:21

  • Nigeria signals more strikes likely in "join" US operations ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251226-nigeria-signals-more-strikes-likely-in-join-us-operations    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:45:55

  • FSF Fundraiser ☞ https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2025-12-26-fsf-fundraiser.en.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:46:49

  • "We live in a hostile world where user control is under intense attack. If you care, you should be part of the resistance."    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:48:09

  • "As the earliest Free Software advocacy organization to fight for users' rights to control their own computing, the FSF is in a great position to not only highlight the path to freedom, but also to walk us all together there, and to fight with us to clear the path from the roadblocks placed in it."    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:48:27

  • My Apologies, but Your Creative Expression Isn't Covered by Your Subscription ☞ https://jxself.org/my-apologies.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:50:25

  • Scientists Identify Possible Game Changing Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease That Could Control It Like High Cholesterol ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/northwestern-university-possible-alzheimers    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:55:22

  • Late stage capitalism ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigans-death-doulas-bring-solace-to-those-navigating-the-end-of-life/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:56:52

  • Myanmar’s civil war pushes infectious disease over its borders ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmars-civil-war-pushes-infectious-disease-over-its-borders    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:57:00

  • Temperatures in Seoul fall to minus 11.8 deg C as South Korea is hit by season’s coldest morning ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/temperatures-in-seoul-fall-to-minus-11-8-deg-c-as-south-korea-is-hit-by-seasons-coldest-morning    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:57:23

  • Spy agency considers giving South Koreans wider access to NK media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/spy-agency-considers-giving-south-koreans-wider-access-to-nk-media    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:57:53

  • South Korean prosecutors request 10-year prison sentence for ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-prosecutors-request-10-year-term-for-ex-president    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:58:07

  • "This week the Hackaday Podcast is on vacation, but we’d like to wish you all happy holidays and a great 2026.  Thanks for tuning in!  We’ll be back next week." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/hackaday-podcast-2025-holiday-placeholder-edition/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 06:58:58

  • Mysterious State of Matter Discovered Flowing Inside Earth's Core ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-state-of-matter-discovered-flowing-inside-earths-core    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:00:48

  • This Common Blood Pressure Drug Boosts Lifespan And Slows Aging in Animals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-common-blood-pressure-drug-boosts-lifespan-and-slows-aging-in-animals    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:00:56

  • The Scandinavian Sleep Method: Does It Really Improve Sleep? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-scandinavian-sleep-method-does-it-really-improve-sleep    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:01:06

  • The World's Smallest Programmable Robot Can Barely Be Seen ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-smallest-programmable-robot-can-barely-be-seen    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:01:28

  • Giant Study Reveals a Major Surprise About Medical Cannabis ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-study-reveals-a-major-surprise-about-medical-cannabis    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:01:43

  • Working Out While Losing Weight Keeps Muscles 'Young', Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/working-out-while-losing-weight-keeps-muscles-young-study-finds    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:02:01

  • Crisis in Perlis state signals growing power struggle inside Perikatan Nasional alliance ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/crisis-in-perlis-state-signals-growing-power-struggle-inside-perikatan-nasional-alliance    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:02:46

  • Linux Fundamentals ☞ https://www.linuxteck.com/linux-fundamentals/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:04:51

  • e2c – proprietary trap AWS EC2 Terminal UI Manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/e2c-aws-ec2-terminal-ui-manager/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:05:12

  • Mago – extremely fast PHP linter, formatter, and static analyzer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mago-extremely-fast-php-linter-formatter-static-analyzer/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:05:42

  • 19 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Physics Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/physics/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:06:09

  • lla – fast ls replacement with superpowers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lla-fast-ls-replacement-superpowers/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:06:44

  • 7 Best Free and Open Source MongoDB GUIs ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mongodbguis/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:07:05

  • 10 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Biology Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/biology/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:07:22

  • Infatuation or Infestation? ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-2025-Highlights http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/24/Who_Will_be_Held_Accountable_for_Breaking_Ubuntu_by_Imposing_Ru.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:07:50

  • fortty – terminal emulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fortty-terminal-emulator/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:08:41

  • turm – interface for the Slurm Workload Manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/turm-interface-slurm-workload-manager/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:18:30

  • squawk – linter for Postgres migrations & SQL ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/squawk-linter-postgres-migrations-sql/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:18:46

  • Conar – AI-powered tool to simplify database interactions ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/conar-ai-powered-tool-simplify-database-interactions/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:18:54

  • Taskmaster – keep track of time ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/taskmaster-keep-track-time/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:19:07

  • clrsync – color scheme manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/clrsync-color-scheme-manager/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:19:14

  • FolderHost – share files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/folderhost-share-files/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:19:29

  • Veretino – folder integrity checker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/veretino-folder-integrity-checker/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:19:45

  • MeTube – self-hosted YouTube downloader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/metube-self-hosted-youtube-downloader/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:20:12

  • Toad – unified interface for Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/toad-unified-interface-ai/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:20:35

  • 8 Best Free and Open Source Ruby-Based Web Content Management Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-ruby-web-content-management-systems/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:23:55

  • 16 Best Free and Open Source Replacements for ls ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-replacements-ls/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:24:16

  • 16 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Medical Imaging Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/medicalimaging/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:24:26

  • 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Wiki Engines ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/wiki/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:24:41

  • PorteuX 2.5 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/porteux    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:26:54

  • Pearl 13 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pearl    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:27:02

  • Turntable 5.0 Adds Collapsible Player Controls & Year-End Recap ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/turntable-linux-desktop-media-controls    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:27:47

  • South Korea’s subsidy for exiting prostitution faces backlash after viral complaint ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-subsidy-for-exiting-prostitution-faces-backlash-after-viral-complaint    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:31:08

  • When wealthy call themselves poor: Social media trend in South Korea fuels criticism ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/when-wealthy-call-themselves-poor-social-media-trend-in-south-korea-fuels-criticism    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:31:25

  • South Korea moves to end overseas adoptions by 2029 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-moves-to-end-overseas-adoptions-by-2029    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:31:45

  • Seoul court acquits ex-officials of tampering in case of man slain by North Korean troops ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seoul-court-acquits-ex-officials-of-tampering-in-case-of-man-slain-by-north-korean-troops    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:31:58

  • South Korea braces itself for colder weather with temperatures expected to fall below minus 15 deg C ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-braces-for-even-colder-weather-on-dec-27-then-letup-on-dec-28    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:32:14

  • South Korea to end overseas adoptions amid UN concern over human rights abuses ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20251226-south-korea-end-overseas-adoptions-amid-un-concern-human-rights-abuses    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:32:30

  • New Jail Term for Ex-Malaysian Leader Najib Razak in Corruption Scandal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/asia/malaysia-najib-razak-corruption-sentence-1mdb.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:32:45

  • Drug bust in Malaysia uncovers major scam call centre ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/drug-bust-in-malaysia-uncovers-major-scam-call-centre    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:32:59

  • Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib and the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-ex-pm-najib-and-the-multi-billion-dollar-1mdb-scandal    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:33:16

  • Many cheer, but some disappointed with guilty verdict for Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/many-cheer-but-some-disappointed-with-guilty-verdict-for-malaysias-ex-pm-najib    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:33:27

  • 1MDB trial verdict: Former Malaysian PM Najib admits to feeling ‘alone’ in struggle for freedom ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/1mdb-trial-verdict-former-malaysian-pm-najib-admits-to-feeling-alone-in-struggle-for-freedom    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:33:43

  • Former Malaysia PM Najib sentenced to 15 more years in landmark 1MDB corruption case ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20251226-former-malaysian-pm-najib-guilty-of-money-laundering-1mdb-corruption-case    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:33:51

  • Japan’s wedding industry faces battle to adapt to changing culture amid drop in number of traditional ceremonies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japans-wedding-industry-faces-battle-to-adapt-to-changing-culture-amid-drop-in-number-of-traditional    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:34:29

  • China’s high-speed rail network passes 50,000km mark ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-high-speed-rail-network-passes-50000km-mark    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:34:49

  • China hits US defence firms with sanctions over arms sales to Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-hits-us-defence-firms-with-sanctions-over-arms-sales-to-taiwan    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:35:17

  • How China’s control of battery supply chains is becoming a critical risk for U.S. military power and Hey Hi (AI) initiatives — reducing reliance will take nearly a decade ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/how-chinas-control-of-battery-supply-chains-is-becoming-a-critical-risk-for-us-ai-and-defense    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:35:25

  • 3D Printed PC Case ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/3d-printed-pc-case-focuses-on-ease-of-access/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:40:17

  • "Quantum Spin Dynamics On Consumer Hardware" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/simulating-driven-dissipative-quantum-spin-dynamics-on-consumer-hardware/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 07:40:42

  • This is a SLOPFARM. Microsoft now uses slopfarms to DISTRACT from the fact COMMERCIAL FAILURE left Microsoft over 120 billion dollars in DEBT https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-ai-ceo-mustafa-suleyman-says-it-is-going-to-cost-hundreds-of-billions-of-dollars-to-compete-in-ai-over-next-5-10-years-not-to-mention-prices-that-we-are-paying-for-/articleshow/126160061.cms    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:01:00

  • OF COURSE they will just try to blame "HEY HI" (not their companies sucking and engaging in accounting fraud) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-15409451/amp/ai-job-losses-america-executives-companies.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:01:56

  • Almost all of them sacked by Microsoft https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-12-27/todd-green-head-of-the-company-that-created-candy-crush-success-for-us-is-that-players-want-to-play-for-years.html puff piece    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:02:57

  • Bugs banished – Inkscape 1.4.3 is out! ☞ https://inkscape.org/news/2025/12/26/bugs-banished-inkscape-143-is-out/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:06:15

  • Size of /tmp inadequate ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202512/size-of-tmp-inadequate.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:06:31

  • Phoenix Emerges as a Modern X Server Written From Scratch in Zig ☞ https://linuxiac.com/phoenix-emerges-as-a-modern-x-server-written-from-scratch-in-zig/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:08:08

  • Postgresus Renamed to Databasus as Backup Tool Expands Beyond PostgreSQL ☞ https://linuxiac.com/postgresus-renamed-to-databasus-as-backup-tool-expands-beyond-postgresql/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:08:31

  • Inkscape 1.4.3 Delivers 124 Bug and Crash Fixes in Major Maintenance Update ☞ https://linuxiac.com/inkscape-1-4-3-vector-graphic-editor-delivers-124-bug-and-crash-fixes/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:08:57

  • Itching to Try the Hot COSMIC DE on Ubuntu Linux? Here's an Easy Way ☞ https://itsfoss.com/install-cosmic-de-ubuntu/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:09:50

  • 9 New GNU/Linux Distros That Could Grow Big in 2026 ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/new-distro-go-big-26/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:10:41

  • COSMIC ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/cosmic/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:11:06

  • OpenMediaVault 8 (OMV8) ” Synchrony” released for 64-bit x86 (AMD64) and Arm (ARM64) platforms only ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/26/openmediavault-8-omv8-synchrony-released-for-64-bit-x86-amd64-and-arm-arm64-platforms-only/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:11:46

  • PorteuX 2.5 Is Out with Flatpak Support, Cinnamon 6.6, COSMIC 1.0, and GNU/Linux 6.18 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/porteux-2-5-is-out-with-flatpak-support-cinnamon-6-6-cosmic-1-0-and-linux-6-18    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:14:39

  • Inkscape 1.4.3 Open-Source SVG Editor Improves PDF Import and Text on Path ☞ https://9to5linux.com/inkscape-1-4-3-open-source-svg-editor-improves-pdf-import-and-text-on-path    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:15:01

  • GStreamer 1.26.10 Released with Support for FLAC Audio in DASH Manifests ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-26-10-released-with-support-for-flac-audio-in-dash-manifests    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:15:12

  • "It’s no surprise that NVIDIA is gradually dropping support for older videocards" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/nvidia-drops-pascal-support-on-linux-causing-chaos-on-arch-linux/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:16:40

  • FSF Blogs: Everyone brings something to the table ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/everyone-brings-something-to-the-table    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:21:51

  • ask-save-zram1 path fix ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202512/ask-save-zram1-path-fix.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:24:09

  • Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1052070/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:24:30

  • The next cyber battlefield: Preparing federal networks for autonomous malware ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/12/the-next-cyber-battlefield-preparing-federal-networks-for-autonomous-malware/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:24:56

  • IoT Hack ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/iot-hack.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:25:06

  • Southern Yemeni separatists accuse Saudi Arabia of air strikes in eastern provinces ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20251226-yemen-separatists-accuse-saudi-arabia-air-strikes-but-leave-door-open-to-coordination    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:25:30

  • US cooperation with Nigerian government targets Islamic State group ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251226-us-cooperation-with-nigerian-government-targets-islamic-state-group    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:25:49

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man announces strikes in Nigeria against Islamic State group targets ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251226-trump-announces-strikes-in-nigeria-against-isis-targets    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:26:15

  • US carries out airstrikes in Nigeria, targeting ‘ISIS terrorists’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/us-carries-out-airstrikes-in-nigeria-targeting-isis-terrorists/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:26:51

  • China frowns as Mona Lisa of Taiwan’s palace museum goes on loan to Prague ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taipei-uses-imperial-chinese-treasures-in-cultural-diplomacy-even-as-it-stresses-separate-identity    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:26:59

  • Thailand, Cambodia trade accusations of strikes during border talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/cambodia-says-thailand-escalated-strikes-during-border-talks    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:27:17

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Claims About Nigeria Strike Belie a Complex Situation on the Ground ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/africa/trump-isis-strikes-nigeria-christians-facts.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:27:30

  • Thaura.ai: An Hey Hi (AI) model against big tech domination ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/thaura-ai-an-ai-model-against-big-tech-domination-314891    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:29:12

  • Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/52 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/12/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-52/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:30:05

  • M5Stack NanoH2 – An ultra-compact ESP32-H2 IoT development kit with Zigbee, Thread, and Matter connectivity ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/26/m5stack-nanoh2-an-ultra-compact-esp32-h2-iot-development-kit-with-zigbee-thread-and-matter-connectivity/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:32:16

  • Announcing coreboot 25.12 release ☞ https://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2025/12/26/announcing-coreboot-25-12-release/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:32:44

  • Most Cited Fed Cir Cases 2020-2025 ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/most-cited-cases.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:34:38

  • UN experts denounce US ship seizures near Venezuela as ‘maritime blockade’ and violation of international law ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/un-experts-denounce-us-ship-seizures-near-venezuela-as-maritime-blockade-and-violation-of-international-law/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:35:09

  • Seoul to ease access to North Korean newspaper ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seoul-to-ease-access-to-north-korean-newspaper    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:35:48

  • YouTube Reportedly Terminates Channels Behind Fake Hey Hi (AI) Film Trailers — Are Hey Hi (AI) Music Page Takedowns Next? ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/26/youtube-ai-film-trailers-takedowns/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:36:33

  • Cerelog ESP-EEG – A low-cost ESP32-based EEG acquisition board for brain computer interface (BCI) experiments ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/26/cerelog-esp-eeg-a-low-cost-esp32-based-eeg-acquisition-board-for-brain-computer-interface-bci-experiments/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:37:25

  • Islamist militant group claims deadly bombing of Alawite mosque in Syria's Homs ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20251226-blast-alawite-mosque-in-syria-homs-province-kills-least-five    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:37:41

  • Copy of Grand Theft Auto that runs in a web browser gets taken down by DMCA ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/browser-run-copy-of-grand-theft-auto-gets-taken-down-by-dcma-take-two-says-dos-zone-infringed-companys-intellectual-property-rights-despite-disclaimers-and-requirement-to-own-original-copy-of-title-to-run-full-game-online    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:39:01

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man sees a ‘good shot’ at a Russia-Ukraine deal — but Putin may need to feel more pain first ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/26/opinion/trump-sees-a-good-shot-at-a-russia-ukraine-deal-but-putin-may-need-to-feel-more-pain-first/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:39:42

  • North Korea’s Kim stresses shared bloodshed in New Year message to Putin ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-stresses-shared-bloodshed-in-new-year-message-to-putin    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:40:16

  • Some G.O.P. Senators Join Democrats in Urging Convicted Felon to Adopt Hard Line With Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/us/politics/trump-putin-russia-senate-republicans.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:40:44

  • Latvia exported over €2 million worth of gingerbreads this year ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/26.12.2025-latvia-exported-over-eur2-million-worth-of-gingerbreads-this-year.a627839/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:41:08

  • The Insurrectionist to meet Zelensky on Sunday ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251226-donald-trump-to-meet-zelensky-on-sunday    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:41:16

  • Zelenskyy Says Meeting With Convicted Felon Planned To Discuss Peace Proposal ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-meet-trump-florida-ukraine-russia-war/33633297.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:41:39

  • Zelensky Says He’ll Meet With Convicted Felon Soon to Discuss Ukraine Peace Plan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/europe/zelensky-trump-ukraine-russia.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:41:47

  • Estonia installs first bunkers on Baltic Defense Line ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2783075/estonia-installs-first-bunkers-on-baltic-defense-line    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:42:31

  • "Hostage diplomacy" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/26/hostage-diplomacy-public-opinion-and-soviet-feminism | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:43:40

  • "Meduza’s roundup" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/26/the-stories-that-defined-russian-journalism-in-2025 | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:43:51

  • Microsoft's Goal: Replace "Every Line of C" with Rust by 2030? ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/microsofts-goal-replace-every-line    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:44:23

  • How To Install Lua Scripting Language on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-lua-scripting-language-fedora-43/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:45:06

  • VAPOURWARE ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-restructures-dgx-cloud-team-refocuses-cloud-efforts-internally    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:47:41

  • Jetway B903DMTX defective chip maker Intel N97 fanless industrial box PC features 10 USB ports, four DB9 serial interfaces ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/26/jetway-b903dmtx-intel-n97-fanless-industrial-box-pc-features-10-usb-ports-four-db9-serial-interfaces/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:49:12

  • How to Install PHP 8.5 on Ubuntu ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-php-8-5-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:50:10

  • Geminispace: 5,000 Capsules in 2026 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/26/Geminispace_5_000_Capsules_in_2026.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:50:23

  • PostgreSQL RPM repository now supports multiple RHEL minor versions ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-rpm-repository-now-supports-multiple-rhel-minor-versions-3202/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:51:21

  • 2025 year in review ☞ https://kliu.io/post/2025-year-in-review/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:51:49

  • Monitor Your Servers With Free Uptime Kuma Container ☞ https://thenewstack.io/monitor-your-servers-with-free-uptime-kuma-container/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:53:13

  • CachyOS Wants to Improve Your Server Performance Now ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/cachyos-server-edition-plans/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:53:37

  • credcheck v4.3 has been released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/credcheck-v43-has-been-released-3203/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:54:09

  • Judge blocks Convicted Felon effort to strip security clearance from whistleblower attorney ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2025/12/judge-blocks-trump-effort-to-strip-security-clearance-from-attorney-who-represented-whistleblowers/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:55:57

  • Enjoy the holidays! ☞ https://blog.slackware.nl/enjoy-the-holidays/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:56:36

  • Wine 11.0-rc4 https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.0-rc4    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 08:59:45

  • French police arrest suspect after three women stabbed on Paris metro ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251226-man-arrested-after-three-women-stabbed-on-paris-metro    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 09:01:07

  • Bangladesh protests push India ties to the brink, fanning regional security fears ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-protests-push-india-ties-to-the-brink-fanning-regional-security-fears    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 09:01:41

  • Myanmar’s Health Crisis Spills Over Borders ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/world/asia/myanmar-conflict-health-crisis.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 09:02:17

  • Disputed Myanmar elections win China’s vote of confidence ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/27/disputed-myanmar-elections-win-chinas-vote-of-confidence/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 09:21:10

  • 39C3 starts today. Live: https://streaming.media.ccc.de/39c3    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:05:49

  • 🔤SpellBinding — CDIOPSR Wordo: IMAMS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-27.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:07:27

  • 🖼️ xkcd — Truly Universal Outlet #3186 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3186.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:08:12

  • Household appliances gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20251226_appliances    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:09:20

  • Hafa Adai! gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/DEC2025/entry-1    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:09:59

  • [jp] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-12-26.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:11:18

  • "There are 4815 capsules. We successfully connected recently to 3239 of them." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:13:16

  • "Did you know you can get COSMIC on Ubuntu? This unofficial PPA makes it possible." https://itsfoss.com/install-cosmic-de-ubuntu/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:13:58

  • "We do not need a mythical “year of the Linux desktop” for Linux to keep growing. We just need good ideas, consistent execution, and projects that keep getting better with every release." https://itsfoss.com/news/new-distro-go-big-26/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:14:19

  • NVIDIA Drops Pascal Support On Linux, Causing Chaos On Arch Linux https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/nvidia-drops-pascal-support-on-linux-causing-chaos-on-arch-linux/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:14:48

  • No VM because you use WINDOWS, NOT "Linux" https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/ho-run-linux-gui-apps-143014497.html see http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/22/The_Evolution_of_Microsoft_s_War_on_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:15:20

  • 23-Year-Old Radeon GPUs get a fix from the open-source Linux driver https://videocardz.com/newz/23-year-old-radeon-gpus-get-a-fix-from-the-open-source-linux-driver    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:15:52

  • Red Hat posting slop images in social control media today    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:19:03

  •    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:23:00

  • Slop is a distraction from XBox dying; they try to claim something "new" where there's none https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/xbox/new-xbox-ai-feature-is-impressing-users-625451-20251227    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:23:04

  • Orcs have hijacked the word "Ubuntu". From "humanity for/to others" to "war crimes for the impaler" https://hornobserver.com/articles/3568/Lavrovs-Ubuntu-Philosophy-Contracts-With-Russia-Africa-Media-Cooperation MinceR    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:24:24

  • "This release ships with GNOME 49.2, KDE Plasma 6.5.4, Cinnamon 6.6, LXQt 2.3, COSMIC 1.0, Xfce 4.20, LXDE 0.11.1, and MATE 1.28.2 desktops." https://9to5linux.com/porteux-2-5-is-out-with-flatpak-support-cinnamon-6-6-cosmic-1-0-and-linux-6-18    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:24:54

  • Mark Shuttleworth (MS) chose to go to space with Russia (with love)    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:25:24

  • Labor rights in Europe https://www.dw.com/en/labor-rights-in-europe-who-s-working-over-christmas/a-75246315    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:27:11

  • passenger train collision https://www.dw.com/en/india-7-elephants-killed-in-passenger-train-collision/a-75251405    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:27:43

  • first wheelchair user to visit space https://www.dw.com/en/german-engineer-becomes-first-wheelchair-user-to-visit-space/a-75254342    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:28:37

  • Expensive, but also primitive https://www.dw.com/en/us-tens-of-thousands-left-without-power-in-san-francisco/a-75255957    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:29:06

  • sell off stored U.S. alcohol for charity https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-not-selling-u-s-alcohol-for-charity-9.7016718    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:32:11

  • health-care crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-jail-health-care-crisis-9.7012663    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:33:04

  • Denmark https://cphpost.dk/2025-12-22/news/round-up/denmark-takes-200-quota-refugees-from-africa-and-afghanistan/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:34:42

  • Slavery Reparations https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-20/ghanas-president-urged-to-rally-african-leaders-behind-push-for-slavery-reparations    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:35:58

  • Record Bank Fine https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-12-17/global-financial-crime-auditors-visit-canada-after-record-bank-fine    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:37:04

  • They Can’t Address It https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/12/confronting-antisemitism-in-canada-if-leaders-wont-call-it-out-without-qualifiers-they-cant-address-it/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:37:34

  • Rare instance of polar bear cub being adopted near Churchill, Man., verified by scientists https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/polar-bear-cub-adopted-churchill-9.7019054    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:38:48

  • slump in Canadian visitors https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canadian-american-ski-resorts-alberta-whitefish-montana-9.701871    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:39:21

  • spoofed email https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/andrea-petzold-spoofed-emails-jonathan-denis-family-friends-9.7009130    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:39:46

  • $3K worth of goods https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/santa-claus-montreal-police-grocery-store-theft-9.7020673    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:40:40

  • War on media https://www.dw.com/en/israel-netanyahu-to-shut-down-respected-army-radio-station/a-75272453    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:42:56

  • Holcim https://www.dw.com/en/indonesians-set-to-face-cement-giant-holcim-in-swiss-court/a-75262039    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:43:38

  • Charger of batteries from early 90s/late 80s? No problem. Still working fine after 30+ years. Why can't they still produce things like these?    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:47:25

  • world's largest nuclear power plant https://www.dw.com/en/japan-to-restart-world-s-largest-nuclear-power-plant/a-75265382    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:47:46

  • Sony Buys a Majority Stake in the 'Peanuts' Comic for $457 Million From Canada's WildBrain https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-12-19/sony-buys-a-majority-stake-in-the-peanuts-comic-for-457-million-from-canadas-wildbrain    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:49:43

  • Toronto man charged with terrorism, funding ISIS and attempted kidnappings https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-man-arrested-terrorism-isis-connection-9.7022839    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:50:19

  • cleared of wrongdoing https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/eric-nothing-siu-report-reaction-9.7021477    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:50:46

  • nuclear sector to expand https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-nuclear-sector-to-expand-draw-foreign-capital/a-75267587    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:51:40

  • over 1,000 suspicious drone flights https://www.dw.com/en/germany-registers-over-1-000-suspicious-drone-flights-in-2025/a-75261162    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:52:00

  • duped by poems https://www.dw.com/en/ai-language-models-duped-by-poems/a-75180648    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:56:58

  • due to biology not tolerance https://www.dw.com/en/women-get-drunk-faster-than-men-due-to-biology-not-tolerance/a-75223854    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:57:37

  • Cheeto Mussolini is backing Bayer in weedkiller cancer battle https://www.dw.com/en/why-trump-is-backing-bayer-in-weedkiller-cancer-battle/a-75188139    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 13:58:14

  • Family doctors https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/family-doctors-agree-quebec-9.7022561    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:34:56

  • misleading international students https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-private-school-pacific-link-college-shut-down-9.7021444    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:36:25

  • What the leaders of Canada’s biggest ‘nationalist’ group really want https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/second-sons-leaders-livestreams-9.7022853    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:37:31

  • Now his cancer's in remission https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/he-gave-away-his-art-after-learning-he-had-18-months-to-live-now-his-cancer-s-in-remission-9.7024261    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:38:58

  • aircraft carrier https://www.dw.com/en/france-to-build-new-aircraft-carrier-macron/a-75259779    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:39:23

  • food bank https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/sewer-bags-swatches-steinbach-food-bank-9.7016699    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:40:09

  • Bad for the Vulnerable https://jacobin.com/2025/12/canada-austerity-assisted-suicide-autonomy/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:40:18

  • chatbots https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-elections-artificial-intelligence-9.7021876    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:41:45

  • 'gift card draining' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/scammed-gift-cards-tim-hortons-windsor-9.7021349    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:42:21

  • tentative agreement https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-tentative-agreement-9.7025313    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:43:46

  • The Housing Crisis Is Solvable https://jacobin.com/2025/12/canada-housing-crisis-zoning-policy/    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 14:44:10

  • Anon: "Software freedom is more central to overall human rights these days than most anything else, almost without exception. However, the pool of those allowed to nominate anyone for the Nobel Peace Prize is largely constrained to those with great distance from any ICT concepts."    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 16:43:47

  • "Otherwise RMS would be a good candidate. He is anyway, but the odds of any authorized people understanding his role in advancing global human rights is very low."    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 16:43:52

  • RMS won better awards (less compromised) than Nobel(TM)    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 16:44:22

  • "A post-American, enshittification-resistant [Internet] - 39C3" https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2025/fahrplan/event/a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 17:09:03

  • Violent Christmas AI-generated images https://www.newsweek.com/republican-lawmaker-posts-images-of-himself-beating-up-santa-on-christmas-11273076 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/indiana-republican-chris-garten-ai-santa-wrestling-takedown_n_694dc74ce4b0d33e39fe4a3e via Akira    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 17:10:16

  • I'd say "computer-generated" (CG)    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 17:10:39

  • "IBM also said in November that it plans to reduce its workforce by thousands as it shifts its focus towards higher-growth AI consulting and software businesses." https://www.nst.com.my/amp/business/corporate/2025/12/1345064/malaysia-may-not-be-immune-ai-led-job-cuts    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 18:01:54

  • HEY. HI! HO HO HO.    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 18:02:11

  • "Richard Stallman warned us about this." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46253002    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 18:07:33

  • Nonsense, fantasy: "You are going to see layoffs sky rocket as AI becomes more powerful and begins to replace human jobs exponentially." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcyazpc9    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 19:05:24

  • Slop boosters online are sometimes THEMSELVES slop, i.e. slop trying to sell slop.    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 19:06:06

  • So one has to be sceptical; any booster of slop ("AI") might in fact NOT be human    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 19:06:29

  • Seems like "Linux" rose sharply https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/macedonia/#monthly-200902-202512    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 20:45:29

  • Similar here https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/libya/#monthly-200902-202512    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 20:46:21

  • holidays gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/holidays    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 20:47:55

  • "Sometimes I wonder: Why am I so enamoured with 2d6 systems when most of the games I run use AD&D 1st edition, which I do not like at all?" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-12-27-fascination-2d6    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 20:49:22

  • libreplanet-discuss 'dead' this month https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-12/index.html    

posted Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 21:05:06
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