Roy Schestowitz

• "That is exactly the death spiral they are in. IBM is to Tech what a cable company is to telecom and entertainment: a dinosaur. Check the price of Intel during the late 1990's and compare it to today. Or HP, or Lucent Technologies, etc." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kd3dnye8    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:10:07

• "Announced in Feb Out by end of March 90 days severance NOTE as IBM grows innovation via SW acquisition the same amount of legacy employees must go. IBM tends to goose these numbers by offshoring the support for legacy SW to lower cost nations thus getting a two for" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdmwe55y    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:10:56

• "Who else is there to RA lol?"    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:11:01

• "Funny how fast posts get deleted here. Sure would like to know why and by whom." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:12:26

• https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96   

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:12:52

• "Your sympathy is misplaced. How many lives did Lou, the cookie monster, did he destroy. He ra--d the retirement fund to get away with his act of robbery and steal $238 Millions on his way out." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:12:57

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-30.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:45:09

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1520.jpg    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:45:46

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1870.jpg    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:45:51

• End of year… again gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-12-29-end-of-year.txt "Another difficult year has passed. I don’t do anything like “wrapped” or “conclusions”, just trying to survive among this madness with no long-term planning."    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:47:09

• "A little over a month ago, I quite coffee cold turkey. Up until that point, I was drinking close to 4 cups of black coffee a day. Coffee was like cigarettes for me, taking breaks throughout the day to grab a cup, and eventually becoming addicted. I can't remember exactly why I made the choice to quit, but I knew I had to for my health." gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2025-12-29-quitting-coffee.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:54:11

• "So far as I can tell, my sister doesn't have any personal interest in slide rules. Nevertheless, sensing my own interest in the subject, she bought me a vintage slide rule for Christmas. The model I received was a Gilson Midget, a circular slide rule four inches in diameter. Some documentation of the Midget is available here: [...]" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20251229-0.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:55:21

• "The old year passes, and you may wish to make resolutions for the new year. Don't just say you'll go to the gym, spend more time with ${person}, or any of that wholesome stuff you'll forget about in a week or two." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-12-29_Resolution_generator_back_up_for_2026.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:56:08

• "Rented a new apartment. It's tiny, it's grungy, it's worn but... it's kinda perfect and now it's mine. Two blocks from the beach (well... one block from the cliffs, two blocks from the people beach, and a 7 minute walk to the dog beach), two blocks from the main strip of restaurants and shops, and within walking distance of groceries" gemini://ieve.me/squall/6.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:57:30

• "geminiprotocol.net was down for far longer than I expected or would have liked (punctuated with occasional bursts of IPv6-only connectivity), due mostly to poor documentation and network problems on the provider's end, but should now be reliably online again for the forseeable future. Apologies for the inconvenience!" gemini://geminiprotocol.net/news/2025_12_29.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:58:35

• "Most of us see the Gopher sphere is the last place of refuge." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/some-parts-of-the-web-are-still-fine.txt    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 03:59:43

• Streaming Old-Time Radio (OTR) gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog/2025-12-29-streaming-old-time-radio-otr    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 04:00:44

• "I'm really tempted to just sit in front of the tv and zone out. As a reward? What have I done to deserve it? Party all night long?" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/tvDetox4    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 04:01:32

• "I was able to not watch the tv yesterday and I had a very good sleep." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/backToWork    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 04:02:59

• 7-11, it follows me. gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20251229_7_11    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 04:04:25

• "Throughout my life there has been a noticeable deterioration in the quality of service you get when purchasing things. I've been conditioned to expect less and less, but occasionally I am stunned by a completely unexpected absurdity." gemini://spell.mywire.org:1960/~stack/0251.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 04:07:42

• "Do you like the freedom Linux offers but hate how it looks by default? Or do you love macOS’s polished, modern design but dislike its restrictive nature? Either way, here are five macOS-like Linux desktop environments that let you pair freedom with aesthetic polish." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-best-macos-like-linux-desktop-environments/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:12:26

• But the aim should be to move away from "Windows Secure Boot," a giant back door and kill switch https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-distros-that-work-with-windows-secure-boot/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:13:17

• Demonising GNU to tell Microsoft GitHub (proprietary) https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/4-linux-terminal-text-editors-140015260.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:15:38

• (to sell)    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:15:45

• If You Have an Older NVIDIA GPU on Arch Linux, Your System Might Be Broken https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-old-nvidia-gpu-issue/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:16:38

• New Linux 6.19-rc3 kernel candidate adds CPU idle detection for POWER11 https://www.neowin.net/news/new-linux-619-rc3-kernel-candidate-adds-cpu-idle-detection-for-power11/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:20:29

• "taking his gloves off" https://old.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/1pyqo8o/cory_doctorow_is_taking_his_gloves_off_at_the/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:25:49

• "And the usual result is new programmer gets overwhelmed and learns bugger all. Ugly truth is most folks who code are not fedora-wearing 140 IQ successors to Richard Stallman." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/different-algorithms-sort-christmas-lights/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:27:48

• "This is a free/libre-software community, and all is well, I have no plans to integrate closed-source software in my photography pipeline whatsoever… However I do have to contend that hardware plays about as much of a role as software does for real “technological freedom” per-se, I think Richard Stallman would agree too?" https://discuss.pixls.us/t/ethical-hardware-inquiries/55085    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:28:46

• [Old] Trump’s tariffs list is missing one big country: Russia https://trumpflation.net/trumps-tariffs-list-is-missing-one-big-country-russia/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:50:39

• "it's an uphill battle, so i don't worry too much, but usually when i find a way to put a config file in ~/.config, i do." gemini://tilde.pink/~emily/log/homedir.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 05:53:10

• Oh, wow. https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/fiscal_peoplesoft_california/ ("Inside California's 16-year public-sector IT project")    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 07:05:05

• Anon: 1) the world's fourth largest economy fell for the peoplesoft gimmick / scam; 2) even that scale of budget can't produce a working peoplesoft product ; 3) even that length of time can't produce a working peoplesoft product ; 4) california will take a _*HUGE*_ hit in productivity as the system is forced in anyway, that might break the state as people lose track of the money and when bills fail to be paid or collected"    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 07:06:48

• Oracle nonsense. Who needs it anyway? Nobody needs it, but there are bribes.    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 07:07:14

• https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/27/sec-fines-oracle-23-million-alleging-the-company-bribed-foreign-officials.html https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022-173    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 07:07:47

• Legendary Dev Loses His Mind Over AI Agent’s Unsolicited ‘Act of Kindness’ https://gizmodo.com/legendary-dev-loses-his-mind-over-ai-agents-unsolicited-act-of-kindness-2000704001    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:11:07

• “Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all.”    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:11:39

• Slop bubble is boosted by radicals who want it to burn the planet as they profit from energy being wasted https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-29/saudi-arabia-s-pivot-middle-east-s-ai-bets-and-dubai-s-real-estate-boom http://techrights.org/n/2025/09/17/Slop_Nihilism_is_Funded_by_Big_Oil.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:13:12

• Please stop treating coding tutorials as the best way to learn programming https://www.howtogeek.com/please-stop-treating-coding-tutorials-as-the-best-way-to-learn-programming/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:16:48

• "Have an old telescope in the garage? Start using it again with the first app." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-december-19/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:17:28

• Clearly taught you nothing then, if you still use backdoorsOS https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-made-me-a-better-windows-user-heres-how/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:18:05

• These Linux tools behave differently when piped, and it’s not a bug https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-tools-behave-very-differently-when-you-pipe-them/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:18:44

• Kodi 22 'Piers' gets another FFmpeg upgrade in second alpha build https://www.howtogeek.com/kodi-22-piers-gets-another-ffmpeg-upgrade-in-second-alpha-build/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:19:18

• SSH over bad Wi-Fi is miserable—this CLI tool fixes it https://www.howtogeek.com/ssh-over-bad-wi-fi-is-miserable-this-cli-tool-fixes-it/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:21:02

• "Are you tired of big tech watching your every move? There's a solution..." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-only-truly-private-pc-is-a-linux-pc/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:21:54

• "There's more to tech than social media." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-linux-helped-me-escape-tech-boredom-and-endless-scrolling/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:23:16

• "Everything you may have missed this week from the world of Linux." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-roundup/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:23:39

• "These Easter Eggs are waiting to be uncovered in Ubuntu Linux, if you know the right commands." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-terminal-easter-eggs/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:24:04

• "This release makes editing the boot menu a breeze, and you can try it now." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-22-3-beta-released/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:25:12

• Please stop lowering your standards for open source software https://www.howtogeek.com/please-stop-lowering-your-standards-for-open-source-software/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:25:48

• "When you start messing around with headless mode, the most crucial thing you learn is that the graphical user interface is a convenience, not something you always need. It's definitely time to stop letting your apps scream for attention and start appreciating the quiet strength of efficiency." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-bet-you-didnt-know-these-3-popular-apps-could-run-in-headless-mode/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:27:44

• 7 ways to create an empty file in Linux (and what each one teaches you) https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-create-an-empty-file-in-linux-and-what-each-one-teaches-you/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:28:38

• "The new amifuse project uses an original AmigaOS driver in Motorola 68k CPU emulation." https://www.howtogeek.com/amiga-filesystem-is-now-on-linux-and-mac-thanks-to-an-emulated-driver/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:30:05

• Old but still happening https://mashable.com/article/zoom-mass-layoff-ceo-pay-cut    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:35:38

• This one also https://www.nationthailand.com/news/world/40060533    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:36:41

• What companies say or claim is rarely what is true. Good media might say those things not are facts, they're just assertions made about oneself.    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 08:38:46

• "So, yes, RMS fits the mold; he needed capitalists to adopt Free Software wholesale but failed to foresee how one-sidedly exploitative the relationship would eventually be. If you disagree, please explain how RMS and/or Perens do not fit the mold." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46409106    

POSTED tUESDAY, dECEMBER 30, 2025 AT 08:50:10

• "Stallman cared / cares mostly about user freedom, but was canny enough to understand that businesses would also been to be able to engage with this freedom too. Copyleft licensing was put in place _because_ commercial exploitation was expected. It was designed to preserve user freedoms."    

POSTED tUESDAY, dECEMBER 30, 2025 AT 08:50:37

• "This is the reason I feel it's unfair to say that proponents of the movement are naive. Exploitation was predicted from the outset. A complex turn of events drew the shape of the current landscape. And if blame is to be apportioned anywhere, it should be firmly at the feet of the corporations profiting."    

POSTED tUESDAY, dECEMBER 30, 2025 AT 08:51:04

• "As an aside, the first unexpected twist was actually Tivoization. But, anyway, I do not think your analysis captures the situation in the right way. The free-rider problem, where users contribute no/negligible code or money back to FOSS, is the heart of the exploitation; Tivoization or cloud SaaS-ification are merely forms of free-riding"    

POSTED tUESDAY, dECEMBER 30, 2025 AT 08:51:37

• "Other forms of the free-rider problem would have eventually become a thorn in the side of FOSS even if those two things had never happened and there is no way to plug that hole in the concept of copyleft."    

POSTED tUESDAY, dECEMBER 30, 2025 AT 08:52:14

• "And I maintain that was entirely predictable (and it was predicted by many a few decades ago!): there is no reason for a business owner to contribute back to FOSS when not contractually obligated to do so. Like the fable of the scorpion and the frog, even if it's valid to do so it's kind of pointless to blame capitalists for doing what everyone knew what they were going to do all along."    

POSTED tUESDAY, dECEMBER 30, 2025 AT 08:52:19

• "I can't remember the last time I was this angry." https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Frobpike.io%2Fpost%2F3matwg6w3ic2s&viewtype=tree    

POSTED tUESDAY, dECEMBER 30, 2025 AT 08:53:23

• [Anon] Presumably shoehorning prorpietary systems and formats into the works: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23783/privacy-act-of-1974    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:05:59

• "Bluetooth is everywhere, but it’s hard to inspect." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/30/39c3-liberating-esp32-bluetooth/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:16:56

• Wildlife ☛ https://therevelator.org/best-reporting-2025/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:17:54

• "From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/tech-trump.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:18:22

• in German but available with dubbed English: "Blackbox Palantir" https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-blackbox-palantir    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:18:38

• "Former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner passes, aged 83" https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/lou_gerstner/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Reality_Check_About_IBM_Louis_Grestner_Slopfarms_Say_He_Was_IBM.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:18:59

• "Trump says US bombed alleged drug facility in Venezuela. No one knows if it’s true." https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-us-bombed-drug-facility-venezuela-radio-catsimatidis    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:19:08

• "The Dollar Is Facing an End to Its Dominance" https://www.wired.com/story/the-dollar-is-facing-an-end-to-its-dominance/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:19:18

• "More Acts Cancel Kennedy Center Performances After Trump Name Change" https://variety.com/2025/music/news/acts-cancel-kennedy-center-performances-trump-name-change-1236620075/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:19:30

• CD PROJEKT and GOG co-founder Michał Kiciński acquires GOG from CD PROJEKT | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/cd-projekt-and-gog-co-founder-micha-kicinski-acquires-gog-from-cd-projekt/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/cd-projekt-and-gog-co-founder-micha-kicinski-acquires-gog-from-cd-projekt/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:23:53

• "As the year draws to a close, I am pleased to recognize an impressive slate of accomplishments at the U.S. Copyright Office." ☛ https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2025/12/year-in-review-the-u-s-copyright-office/ | Source: US Library of Congress    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:24:45

• "As with other uses of genAI, this raises questions of copyright, some of which have already found their way to court." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/29/how-generative-ai-is-enabling-more-connections-with-true-fans/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:25:04

• "A new study shows that socialist plans to take over the privately owned power utility in New York’s Hudson Valley would lower rates for users and improve its long-term health." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/12/hudson-valley-public-power/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:25:45

• "trying to convince the American public that identifying roving bands of masked federal agents is “doxing”" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-surveillance-state/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:26:15

• "García’s struggles and achievements in war and peace earned him a posthumous places in Texan history" ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/12/29/soldier-became-the-first-mexican-national-to-earn-the-medal-of-honor/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:26:31

• "KrebsOnSecurity.com celebrates its 16th anniversary today! A huge “thank you” to all of our readers — newcomers, long-timers and drive-by critics alike." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/12/happy-16th-birthday-krebsonsecurity-com/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:28:02

• "Don’t worry, we’re not changing our website. But we’re finally the owners of the real deal: a .com domain." ☛ https://www.404media.co/we-bought-404media-com/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:28:15

• "This final rule is effective January 22, 2026." ☛ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23783/privacy-act-of-1974 | Source: US Federal Register    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:28:41

• "The Department of Homeland Security will require people submitting Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act requests to do so electronically" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/dhs-digitizes-paper-foia-privacy-act-requests/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:28:56

• "Yet 2025 was a miserable year for small business — and 2026 will be worse." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/magas-betrayal-of-small-business | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:30:34

• "Artificial Intelligence (AI) overlords are a common trope in science-fiction dystopias, but the reality looks much more prosaic." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/are-we-ready-to-be-governed-by-artificial-intelligence.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:30:44

• "You can’t defeat oligarchic capture by treating potential allies as subjects requiring correction." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-scold-problem | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:31:17

• "Never mind that American companies have never ever made quality products that consumers want at prices they can afford" ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/12/29/fcc-foreign-drone-ban/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:32:39

• "The world's most valuable firm has bought over 214.7 million Intel shares at the price set out in the September agreement" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/nvidia-takes-5-billion-stake-intel-under-september-agreement-2025-12-29/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:32:56

• The pyramid scheme will continue to grow until people "high up" will say enough. The longer it goes on for, the WORSE the impact will eventually be. NVIDIA is now "investing" in a US Gov-owned company. It's a form of bribe then.    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:34:04

• "The purchase was cleared by the FTC in early December, so it was only a matter of time before we received this news." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-gives-intel-a-lifeline-with-usd5-billion-common-stock-deal-september-deal-gets-ftc-approval-for-more-than-217-4-million-intel-shares-at-usd23-28-per-share | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:34:16

• Now you can bribe the government and call it "INVESTMENT" instead of "LOBBYING"    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:34:55

• "Nvidia had locked in a purchase price of $23.28 per share for Intel when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan struck a deal in September." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/nvidia_intel_5_billion/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:35:14

• Faking growth with fake money    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:35:28

• "Some who came to the airport on Saturday were still at the airport on Monday" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20201758 | Source: YLE    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:35:58

• "As we near 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming—the globally agreed upon limit of the Paris Agreement—we risk triggering tipping points." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-earth-is-nearing-an-environmental-tipping-point/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:36:18

• "Crucially, the compound does not bind with nitrogen, oxygen, or other gases found in the atmosphere." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/energy/helsinki-superbase-direct-air-capture | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:36:39

• "The darkest corners of the Jeffrey Epstein saga have been dragged back into the spotlight after a YouTuber claimed the disgraced financier may have secretly worked with the FBI" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jeffrey-epstein-exposed-fbi-asset-explosive-claims-rock-washington-ignite-cover-fury-1766726 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:37:23

• "Shortly after, the Lotte data center burned as well - the corporation had been victim of a breach recently, albeit by a different threat actor." ☛ https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-apt-down-and-the-mystery-of-the-burning-data-centers | Source: CCC    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:38:04

• "In many jurisdictions cigarettes have them, and alcohol too." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/12/28/new-yorks-addiction-warnings-for-social-media-now-law.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:38:29

• Confidentiality ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/ExpiryTimesAreDangerous "One of the problems with expiry times in general is that they're usually implemented as an abrupt cliff" | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:38:57

• "ProtectEU" ☛ https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-the-last-of-us-fighting-the-eu-surveillance-law-apocalypse | Source: CCC    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:39:40

• [Old] "I have an Android mobile phone, and I used to use the built-in Calendar and Contacts apps." ☛ https://dianne.skoll.ca/writings/de-googling-my-life/ | Source: Dianne Skoll    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:39:55

• "Google Photos will finally be available on TVs next year, starting with an upcoming integration for Samsung TVs." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/850594/samsung-tv-google-photos-integration-2026 | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:40:11

• "But giving tech companies even more information and control seems similarly fraught." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/hidden-dangers-age-verification/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:40:21

• Social Control Media ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/29/we-are-governed-by-a-class-of-gullible-idiots-its-that-simp/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:40:57

• "I have not, and will not, use LLMs to write, draft, review, or otherwise participate in content creation — outside of clearly-identified contexts to critique it." ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2025/12/my-use-of-ai-on-this-site.html | Source: Adrian Roselli    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:41:40

• "I believe this will spill over into software development too (I’m confident it already has)." ☛ https://jimmitchell.org/2025/12/29/ai-slop-is-easy-money/ | Source: Jim Mitchell    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:42:16

• "over 21% of YouTube videos being show to new users is "AI Slop." That's according to a new report, which also found that the US is in third place when it comes to consumption of these low-quality generated videos." ☛ https://www.techspot.com/news/110735-over-21-youtube-now-ai-slop-report.html | Source: TechSpot    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:42:36

• "Artificial intelligence is evolving faster than regulators can keep up." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/ai-regulation-unified-federal-standards-needed-op-ed/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:42:56

• "The Chinese government's espionage operation deeply penetrated networks of at least nine U.S. telecom companies, including AT&T and Verizon" ☛ https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/12/experts-agree-u-s-communications-networks-remain-vulnerable-following-salt-typhoon-hack | Source: US Senate    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:43:31

• [Old] "If your product is even a third as innovative and useful as you claim it is, you shouldn’t have to go around trying a little too hard to convince people." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/24/lg-forces-tv-owners-to-use-microsoft-ai-copilot-app-you-cant-uninstall-and-nobody-asked-for/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:44:34

• IBM nepotism: "Regarding the situation of Huiming’s favorite, a senior manager in the etching department, she received three significant promotions within two years. What were the specific reasons for these promotions? What were the rationale and evaluation criteria for these multiple promotions in such a short period?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:45:27

• "What specific achievements or improvements in skills did she demonstrate? Currently, there is no clear performance evidence to support these decisions. Therefore, why was she promoted multiple times and frequently transferred to different positions in such a short time?"    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:45:41

• "The moments that defined this year were impactful but felt evenly spread across the year." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/five-threats-that-defined-security-2025 | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:46:51

• "FI$Cal supports approximately 16,000 end users in 151 departments that use the system to pay their bills and balance their budgets every day." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/fiscal_peoplesoft_california/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:47:24

• "Now that Google is removing the ability to have Gmail poll my server to download messages, what are my options?" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/today-in-google-broke-email-2/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:47:41

• "In recent days, though, Google has quietly started to roll out a way for users to change their Gmail addresses ending with @gmail.com, and keep all their emails — no matter how old their account." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/gmail-change-address-email.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:48:22

• "Combining efforts across our Public Interest Technology and Activism teams, we consulted with an estimated 66 groups and organizations, with at least 2000 participants attending those sessions." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/operations-security-opsec-trainings-2025-review | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:48:56

• typical "persu" https://yle.fi/a/74-20201812    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:51:34

• "Whether you generally enjoy using social media or not, doing so is having an impact on your life." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3017526/i-did-a-1-week-social-media-detox-here-are-4-immediate-benefits-i-experienced.html | Source: PC World    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 09:52:22

• "However, that is not the case for public cloud providers." ☛ https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-spectre-in-the-real-world-leaking-your-private-data-from-the-cloud-with-cpu-vulnerabilities#t=1 | Source: CCC    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:07:04

• "My grandfather had several interests that I’ve subconsciously picked up from him over the years: photography, pens, and now watches." ☛ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/28/Watches/ | Source: Ben Congdon    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:07:16

• "Not surprisingly, I don’t always file away my index cards as quickly as I probably ought to." ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2025/12/27/filing-index-cards-with-a-c-line-document-sorter/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:08:18

• "It was time to do a quick check-up of my vintage calculators" ☛ https://morrick.me/archives/10206 | Source: Riccardo Mori    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:10:01

• "I submit to you that it is almost always the case that if you are frustrated at work by your lack of freedom, the actual problem is competence." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/12/29/freedom-from-incompetence/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:12:42

• "To complement the lasers, workers are also relying on other low-tech methods." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-are-using-lasers-to-clean-decades-of-grime-off-a-towering-1800-year-old-marble-column-in-rome-180987926/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:13:49

• "This data structure stands on the shoulders of giants, it uses a structure called a Monoid at its core." ☛ https://chrispenner.ca/posts/intro-to-finger-trees | Source: Chris Penner    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:14:04

• "Which breaks down to 27,437 bot requests and 8,175 human requests or put more briefly that 77% of my traffic recorded that day was non-human." ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2025/12/29/dead-internet-theory/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:14:41

• "Howdy, world! This website is under construction." ☛ http://www.wall.org/~larry/ |    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:14:56

• "It is truly admirable that someone consistently gives 10% or more of their income, especially given that most people don’t, and also given that this may, in absolute terms, be a sizeable sum" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/12/29/some-thoughts-on-charitable-donations/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:15:27

• "How is it this post came about?" ☛ https://www.logikalsolutions.com/wordpress/experience/hiring-scams/ | Source: Logikal Solutions    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:15:57

• "Orange Pi has unveiled the Orange Pi 4 Pro, a compact single-board computer designed for high-performance edge applications." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-orange-pi-previews-compact-sbc-with-eight-core-allwinner-a733-soc/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:17:08

• "Processor options include Core Ultra 5 and Core Ultra 7 SKUs from both Meteor Lake-U and Arrow Lake-U families, with hybrid P-core and E-core configurations and integrated Intel graphics" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/fanless-ms-cf19-3-5-inch-sbc-uses-intel-meteor-lake-u-and-arrow-lake-u/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:17:46

• "The December 14, 2025 release of DietPi v9.20 introduces a new remote desktop server option, continued improvements for popular Arm-based single-board computer" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-december-2025-update-adds-rustdesk-server-improves-sbc-support-and-fixes-storage-issues/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:17:51

• "The SL1680 OPTIMA SoM integrates a quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 processor running at up to 2.1 GHz, paired with a Neural Processing Unit delivering 7.9+ TOPS for on-device inference" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/linux-ready-sl1680-optima-som-targets-embedded-systems-with-synaptics-sl1680/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:18:47

• "This was a little frustrating because last year I had already replaced all of the capacitors and cleaned where they had leaked, so I didn’t expect to encounter any problems with it so soon." ☛ https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/12/finding-a-broken-trace-on-my-old-mac-with-the-help-of-its-rom-diagnostics/ | Source: Doug Brown    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:20:54

• "There are modest CO2 lasers that are fairly affordable and a reasonable size that allows you to place them on a desktop." ☛ https://www.engineersneedart.com/blog/orion2025/orion2025.html | Source: John Calhoun    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:21:44

• 10 years of Dieselgate ☛ https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-10-years-of-dieselgate#t=4 | Source: CCC    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:23:13

• "Many thanks to all authors for the wonderful posts in this year’s Raku Advent. I hope that you enjoyed reading them as much as I did." ☛ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/12/29/2025-52-release-188-state-of-the-onion/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:23:50

• "Let’s look at a simple example." ☛ https://fzakaria.com/2025/12/28/huge-binaries | Source: Farid Zakaria    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:24:29

• "Work in engineering, science or technology can only be effective if it relies on precisely defined concepts." ☛ https://bertrandmeyer.com/2025/12/29/criteria-and-recipes-for-good-technical-definitions/ | Source: Bertrand Meyer    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:24:41

• "The work is the translation, from thought to tangible artifact. Like making a movie: everyone can imagine one, but it takes a director to produce one." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/making-software-is-translating-intent/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:25:07

• "A software bill of materials (SBOMs) has been touted as a critical tool in solving software supply-chain security issues" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/sboms-in-2026-some-love-some-hate-much-ambivalence | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:25:20

• "This made it possible to implement the replacement using memcpy()." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/12/29/no-strcpy-either/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:25:35

• SuperTux 0.7 Beta Lands With Massive World Redesigns ☞ https://linuxiac.com/supertux-0-7-beta-lands-with-massive-world-redesigns/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:31:55

• "Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS has arrived, bringing a wide range of improvements covered in our article on the release. The main highlight, of course, is the brand-new COSMIC 1.0 desktop environment. By contrast, users of Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS are still running its predecessor, a heavily customized version of the GNOME desktop, built with System76’s own patches and modifications." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-popos-24-04-from-22-04/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:32:36

• "Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS has arrived, bringing a wide range of improvements covered in our article on the release. The main highlight, of course, is the brand-new COSMIC 1.0 desktop environment."    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:32:49

• "By contrast, users of Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS are still running its predecessor, a heavily customized version of the GNOME desktop, built with System76’s own patches and modifications." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-popos-24-04-from-22-04/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:32:56

• ELEGANCE – general-purpose desktop GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/elegance-general-purpose-desktop-linux-distribution/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:35:09

• subfinder – subdomain discovery tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/subfinder-subdomain-discovery-tool/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:35:39

• snitch – friendlier ss / netstat tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/snitch-friendlier-ss-netstat-tool/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:35:55

• iloader – user friendly sideloader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/iloader-user-friendly-sideloader/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:36:03

• 5 Best Free GNU/Linux Customer Service Trouble Ticketing Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-customer-service-trouble-ticketing-software/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:36:39

• yatto – interactive VCS-based todo-list ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yatto-interactive-vcs-based-todo-list/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:36:48

• 10 Best Free and Open Source Neovim GUIs ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-neovim-guis/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:36:58

• Chatty – Twitch chat client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/chatty-twitch-chat-client/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:37:06

• "Time is one of those things that is significantly harder to deal with than you’d naively expect." ☛ https://alexsci.com/blog/clock-skew/ | Source: Robert Alexander    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:38:13

• "Every computer has an internal clock, typically driven by a quartz crystal oscillator." ☛ https://arpitbhayani.me/blogs/clock-sync-nightmare/ |    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:40:24

• "access to legacy GPIB/IEEE-488 instruments using contemporary hardware and software, with a focus on accessibility, openness, and ease of integration into current workflows" ☛ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/29/open-source-hardware-usb-to-gpib-adapter-connects-legacy-gpib-ieee-488-instruments-to-modern-hosts/ | Source: CNX Software    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:40:40

• "The V16 beacon is a car warning beacon that will mandatorily replace the warning triangles in Spain starting in 2026" ☛ https://destevez.net/2025/12/decoding-a-v16-beacon/ | Source: Daniel Estévez    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:41:32

• "The final Law Bytes podcast of 2025 released last week took a look back at the year in digital policy." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/12/the-year-in-review-top-ten-law-bytes-podcast-episodes-4/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:42:41

• "CouchLens is a browser-based tool for analyzing Couchbase N1QL query performance." ☛ https://lorbic.com/couchlens-couchbase-query-analysis-tool/ | Source: Vikash Patel    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:43:13

• "A commentator on my entry on why Debian and RPM (source) packages are complicated suggested looking at Arch Linux packaging" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/PackagingShouldBeDeclarative | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:44:12

• "Each package manager combines these choices differently" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/29/categorizing-package-manager-clients.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:44:23

• "It’s been a few years since I did an end-of-year “highlights in KDE” post, but hopefully better late than never! 2025 was a big year for KDE — bigger than me or any of us individually." ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2025/12/28/highlights-from-2025/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:44:53

• "My focus these days tends to be on Plasma, so that’s mostly what I’ll be mentioning on the technical side. And as such, everything here is just what I personally noticed, got involved with, or got excited about. Much more was always happening! Additional KDE news is available at https://planet.kde.org."    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:45:03

• "For those who had friends in high school—and I'm not being glib here, this is a genuine demographic distinction" ☛ https://matduggan.com/the-year-of-the-3d-printed-miniature-and-other-lies-we-tell-ourselves/ | Source: Mat Duggan    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:45:55

• "Joining adjacent lines is something that comes up often while editing text/code." ☛ https://batsov.com/articles/2025/12/29/how-to-vim-joining-lines/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:46:20

• "Surely there are other interesting solutions? 🤓" ☛ https://fzakaria.com/2025/12/29/huge-binaries-i-thunk-therefore-i-am | Source: Farid Zakaria    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:46:41

• Late Night Linux – Episode 366 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-366/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:48:47

• To Make Software Is To Translate Human Intent Into Computational Precision ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/making-software-is-translating-intent/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:50:43

• Washington and Brussels play good cop, bad cop on Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2790104/washington-and-brussels-play-good-cop-bad-cop-on-belarus    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:59:15

• "Moscow teacher in child sexual abuse case" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/29/documentary-expose-leads-to-13-year-sentence-for-moscow-teacher-in-child-sexual-abuse-case | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:59:29

• Trying to change the subject quickly ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/29/u-boot-has-joined-sfc/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/27/Linus_Torvalds_Blasts_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_for_Atte.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:00:17

• FSF envoy and imitation ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/28/match-challenge-upped-to-251939/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:00:55

• [envy]    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:01:22

• "Here’s what it looks like today." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/29/russian-occupation-forces-reopened-the-mariupol-theater-moscow-bombed-in-2022-here-s-what-it-looks-like-today | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:01:51

• Green 22.3.0 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/green "Green GNU/Linux is a Russian distribution"    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:02:42

• "The One With The Keyboard-Mouse" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-keyboard-mouse-again/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:02:57

• Lithuania's Amber Grid, Russia's Gazprom sign new gas transit deal ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2790321/lithuania-s-amber-grid-russia-s-gazprom-sign-new-gas-transit-deal    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:03:16

• For Zelensky, Just Keeping Convicted Felon Talking About Ukraine Peace Deal Counts as a Win ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/europe/zelensky-trump-ukraine-peace-talks.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:03:33

• Russia Threatens to Harden Its Stance on Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/briefing/russia-venezuela-rfk.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:16:23

• Ukraine: Theatre in Mariupol reopens after three years ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251229-ukraine-theatre-in-mariupol-reopens-after-three-years    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:16:40

• Why the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is a sticking point in Ukraine peace talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251229-what-next-for-ukraine-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-russia-peace-plan    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:17:00

• Latvian state aid for Ukrainians to shrink next year ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/29.12.2025-latvian-state-aid-for-ukrainians-to-shrink-next-year.a627999/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:17:20

• "says without evidence that Ukrainian drones attacked Putin’s Valdai residence" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/12/29/russian-foreign-minister-claims-ukrainian-drones-attacked-putin-s-valdai-residence | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:17:40

• "Russia is at it again" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/30/russia-is-at-it-again | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:18:05

• Russia Threatens to Toughen Its Stance on Ending the War in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/europe/russia-claims-ukraine-attack-putin.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:18:14

• Dihydroxyacetone Man, Pressing Ahead on Ukraine-Russia Talks, Confronts Difficult Realities ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/us/politics/trump-zelensky-putin-ukraine-russia.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:18:28

• Russia Claims Ukraine Targeted Putin Residence, Vows To Retaliate ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-trump-zelenskyy-florida-peace-talks-russia/33635202.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:23:17

• World leaders reject Israel recognition of independent Somaliland ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/world-leaders-reject-israels-recognition-of-independent-somaliland/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:23:54

• Russia says Ukraine attacked Putin's home, Kyiv calls this 'lie' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251229-russia-says-ukraine-attacked-putin-s-home-kyiv-calls-this-lie    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:24:06

• If You Have an Older NVIDIA GPU on Arch Linux, Your System Might Be Broken ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/arch-linux-old-nvidia-gpu-issue/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:24:49

• How to Install FOG Server on Ubuntu or Debian GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/install-fog-server-ubuntu-debian-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:25:10

• Graham: [KDE] Highlights from 2025 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1052241/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:29:13

• Experts Question Denmark’s Vaccine Program as a Model for the U.S. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/europe/denmark-vaccine-schedule-rfk.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:30:02

• New York City Takes Over Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/nyregion/nyc-takes-over-maimonides.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:30:12

• Claire Brosseau Wants to Die. Will Canada Let Her? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/health/assisted-death-mental-illness-canada.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:30:27

• Bangladesh's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia dies aged 80 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251230-bangladesh-ex-pm-khaleda-zia-dies-aged-80-party-statement    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:30:45

• NYC Health+Hospitals to take over ailing Maimonides Hospital, Mayor Adams says ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/29/us-news/nyc-healthhospitals-to-take-over-ailing-maimonides-hospital-mayor-adams-says/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:31:02

• Alzheimer’s Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/alzheimers-mice-cured    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:31:21

• People Jabbing Themselves With Black Market “GLP-3” Drugs ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/retatrutide-ozempic-gray-black-market    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:31:52

• Blood donors especially welcome between holidays in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/29.12.2025-blood-donors-especially-welcome-between-holidays-in-latvia.a628051/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:32:06

• Matěj Cepl: Open shell in the last $PWD ☞ https://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/open-shell-in-the-last-pwd.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:32:52

• Killed by Microsoft: "Romero Games' canceled Xbox title was reportedly Hotline Miami with priests"    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:35:05

• LoRa, BLE, and GNSS tracker supports open-source software, solar charging, outdoor and indoor tracking ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/29/ruictec-td04-low-maintance-lora-ble-and-gnss-vehicle-tracker-supports-open-source-software-solar-charging/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:36:12

• MongoBleed defect swirls, stamping out hope of year-end respite ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/mongobleed-vulnerability-mongodb-exploitation/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:36:30

• Kubernetes v1.35: Introducing Workload Aware Scheduling ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/12/29/kubernetes-v1-35-introducing-workload-aware-scheduling/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:36:48

• TIO now producing more LLM slop for "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella"; they pick some topic to spam, then spew out fake articles that make no sense at all!    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:39:02

• Emacs updated ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Emacs    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:39:24

• From the ABC to Techrights: recognizing fake news about economics, finance and investment https://danielpocock.com/en/abc-techrights-fake-news-about-economic-finance-investment/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:48:18

• D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support — Direct3D 7-to-Vulkan translation layer runs old games with native performance ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/d7vk-reaches-version-1-1-and-adds-new-frontend-and-experimental-direct3d-6-support-direct3d-7-to-vulkan-translation-layer-runs-old-games-with-native-performance    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:50:42

• Unified Patent Court is illegal, as are software patents, but this illegal kangaroo courts now serves patent trolls, as many warned it would ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/rand-licence-battle-in-interdigital-against-amazon-continues-over-christmas/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:52:19

• Celebrating litigation and monopolies instead of actual science, justice, facts and so on ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/top-10-patent-cases-of-the-year-2025/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:53:20

• Software Patents: $2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, eComm Innovations, web layout patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/29/2000-awarded-for-ip-investments-group-entity-ecomm-innovations-web-layout-patent-prior-art    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:53:41

• Another Wilus Wi-Fi patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/29/another-wilus-wi-fi-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:54:02

• Another International Semiconductor Group Wi-Fi 6 patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/29/another-international-semiconductor-group-wi-fi-6-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:54:16

• EasyWeb authorization patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/29/easyweb-authorization-patent-prior-art-found    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:54:53

• Marking Minefield: How NPE Settlements Can Kill Back Damages ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/marking-minefield-settlements.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:55:37

• EPO People Power - Part XVIII - European Patent Office "Paints Itself as Progressive While Literally Being Represented by Cokeheads" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/29/EPO_People_Power_Part_XVIII_European_Patent_Office_Paints_Itsel.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 11:55:50

• Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game — Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/rainbow-six-siege-x-servers-are-back-online-after-a-hack-completely-shut-down-the-game-ubisoft-rolling-back-free-ultra-rare-skins-and-billions-of-credits    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:00:27

• Syrian Alawites protest after deadly mosque bombing ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251229-syrian-alawites-protest-after-deadly-mosque-bombing    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:00:53

• Different Algorithms Sort Christmas Lights ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/different-algorithms-sort-christmas-lights/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:02:10

• Management is the wrong analogy for LLM augmentation ☞ https://www.sicpers.info/2025/12/management-is-the-wrong-analogy-for-llm-augmentation/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:02:56

• Elecrow Hey Hi (AI) starter kit turns NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano into a learning platform with 11.6-inch display, 30 electronics modules ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/30/elecrow-ai-starter-kit-turns-nvidia-jetson-orin-nano-into-a-learning-platform-with-11-6-inch-display-30-electronics-modules/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:03:34

• Former Samsung engineer accused of giving 10nm DRAM data to China's CXMT, handwritten notes detailed over 600 process steps — gas flow ratios, photoresist settings and more critical stages detailed ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/samsung-engineer-accused-of-leaking-10nm-dram-process-data-to-chinas-cxmt    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:04:38

• Three of the best: IPv6 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/12/30/three-of-the-best-ipv6-9/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:05:18

• Jakarta’s minimum wage bump disappoints labourers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/jakartas-minimum-wage-bump-faces-disappointed-labourers    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:14:46

• South Korean police probe hamster abuse allegations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-police-probe-hamster-abuse-allegations    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:15:15

• Families demand answers a year after South Korea’s deadliest air crash ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/families-demand-answers-a-year-after-south-koreas-jeju-air-crash    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:15:36

• North Korea’s Kim says new rocket launchers can ‘annihilate the enemy’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-says-new-rocket-launchers-can-annihilate-the-enemy    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:15:45

• North Korea leader Kim calls for strong artillery production ahead of party congress ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-leader-kim-calls-for-strong-artillery-production-ahead-of-party-congress    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:15:58

• Editors’ picks for 2025: ‘Road-mobile ballistic missiles: a strong option for bolstering ADF self-reliance’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2025-road-mobile-ballistic-missiles-a-strong-option-for-bolstering-adf-self-reliance/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:16:13

• Malaysia’s former PM Najib files appeal against High Court’s dismissal of house arrest bid ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-former-pm-najib-files-appeal-against-high-courts-dismissal-of-house-arrest-bid    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:16:42

• Malaysia raids several firms as part of anti-graft probe into army procurement ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-raids-several-firms-as-part-of-anti-graft-probe-into-army-procurement    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:17:00

• Hindu mum in Malaysia gets interfaith boost in race to find abducted daughter before she turns 18 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/hindu-mum-in-malaysia-gets-interfaith-boost-in-race-to-find-abducted-daughter-before-she-turns-18    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:17:19

• Former Malaysia PM Muhyiddin resigns as chief of opposition bloc Perikatan Nasional ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-muhyiddin-resigns-as-perikatan-coalition-chief    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:17:44

• ‘Durian tsunami’: Musang King prices in Malaysia fall after bumper crop ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/durian-tsunami-musang-king-prices-in-malaysia-fall-after-bumper-crop    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:18:02

• Chinese homeschool students embrace freer youth in cut-throat market ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-homeschool-students-embrace-freer-youth-in-cutthroat-market    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:18:26

• Number of Japanese restaurants overseas down for first time amid China slowdown ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/number-of-japanese-restaurants-overseas-down-for-first-time-amid-china-slowdown    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:18:48

• China seeks better US ties while vowing not to cede on Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-seeks-better-us-ties-while-vowing-not-to-cede-on-taiwan    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:19:05

• China launches second day of military drills around Taiwan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251230-china-conducts-second-day-of-military-drills-around-taiwan    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:32:13

• China Mobilizes Forces Near Taiwan for Live-Fire Drill ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/asia/china-taiwan-military-exercises.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:32:25

• Meet a U.S. Start-Up Trying to Break China’s Rare-Earth Monopoly ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/business/energy-environment/rare-earth-processing-phoenix-tailings.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:32:49

• In 2025, China proved its innovation prowess. But are some workers getting left behind? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/1229/China-2025-economy-innovation    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:43:57

• Thailand and Cambodia agree to consolidate ceasefire in China talks ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/thailand-and-cambodia-agree-to-consolidate-ceasefire-in-china-talks    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:44:13

• China says it’s ‘seriously dissatisfied’ with monument demolition in Panama ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-its-seriously-dissatisfied-with-monument-demolition-in-panama    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:44:42

• China's war games around Taiwan over the years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-war-games-around-taiwan-over-the-years1    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:45:04

• Anime festival in Hong Kong halted amid China-Japan diplomatic tensions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/anime-festival-in-hong-kong-halted-amid-china-japan-diplomatic-tensions    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:45:22

• China steps out of diplomatic shadows to take credit for efforts on Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-steps-out-of-diplomatic-shadows-to-stake-claim-for-cambodia-thailand-ceasefire-credit    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:45:35

• Explainer-What is 'Taiwan independence' and is Taiwan already independent? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/explainer-what-is-taiwan-independence-and-is-taiwan-already-independent2    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:45:59

• China launches live-firing drills around Taiwan in its biggest war games to date ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-launches-live-firing-drills-around-taiwan-in-its-biggest-war-games-to-date    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:46:13

• China conducts military drills around Taiwan as ‘stern warning’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/china-conducts-military-drills-around-taiwan-as-stern-warning/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:46:57

• China’s high-speed rail network passes 50,000-km mark ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/28/chinas-high-speed-rail-network-passes-50000km-mark/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:47:27

• China launches military drills simulating blockade of Taiwan ports; Taipei condemns ‘military intimidation’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/29/china-launches-military-drills-simulating-blockade-of-taiwan-ports-taipei-condemns-military-intimidation/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:48:30

• Monument to China’s contributions to Panama Canal torn down ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/29/monument-to-chinas-contributions-to-panama-canal-torn-down/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:48:49

• Chinese military drills a warning to 'separatist forces' and 'external interference' in Taiwan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251229-chinese-military-drills-a-warning-to-separatist-forces-and-external-interference-in-taiwan    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:49:11

• Arms deal with Taiwan is a bargaining chip for Convicted Felon in negotiations with China ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251229-arms-deal-with-taiwan-is-a-bargaining-chip-for-trump-in-negotiations-with-china    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:49:24

• China launches second day of military drills around Taiwan, simulating blockade ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251230-china-conducts-second-day-of-military-drills-around-taiwan    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:49:39

• SMIC buys out subsidiary for $5.8B as China’s chipmaking progress accelerates ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/29/smic-buys-subsidiary-5-8b-chinas-chipmaking-progress-accelerates/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:50:20

• "no major breakthrough" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/29/90-percent-agreed | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:50:53

• "We think you could make that case for the Roland JP-8000 patch “Sandstorm”, which you’ve heard if you listened to any trance from the 90’s, but especially the song that was named after it." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/39c3-recreating-sandstorm/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:51:32

• "3D Printing A Telescope Is Rewarding" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/3d-printing-a-telescope-is-rewarding-even-if-not-always-cheaper/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:52:01

• What China’s most famous ‘gaokao factory’ reveals about the limits of its exam-driven education model ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/what-chinas-most-famous-gaokao-factory-reveals-about-the-limits-of-its-exam-driven-education-model    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:52:24

• World's Deepest Gas Hydrate Discovered Teeming With Life Off Greenland ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-deepest-gas-hydrate-discovered-teeming-with-life-off-greenland    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:52:45

• South Asia's Dairy Intolerance Could Help Explain Our Ability to Drink Milk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/south-asias-dairy-intolerance-could-help-explain-our-ability-to-drink-milk    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:52:58

• There's a Surprisingly Easy Way to Remove Microplastics in Drinking Water ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprisingly-easy-way-to-remove-microplastics-in-drinking-water    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:53:37

• “End Of 10”: How the FOSS Community is Combatting Software-Driven Resource and Energy Consumption - media.ccc.de ⚓ https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-end-of-10-how-the-foss-community-is-combatting-software-drive-resource-and-energy-consumption    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:54:27

• How to keep Open Source open without leaving our communities open to threats - media.ccc.de ⚓ ii https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-how-to-keep-open-source-open-without-leaving-our-communities-open-to-threats    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:55:14

• Infostealer Malware Delivered in EmEditor Supply Chain Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/infostealer-malware-delivered-in-emeditor-supply-chain-attack/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:56:36

• Make GNOME’s App Grid Scroll Vertically (Like it Used to) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/gnome-vertical-app-grid-extension    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:56:54

• Hamas armed wing confirms spokesman Abu Obeida killed by Israeli strike in August ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20251229-hamas-armed-wing-confirms-spokesman-abu-obeida-killed-by-israeli-strike-august    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:57:28

• Grim Evidence of Convicted Felon’s Boat Strikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/americas/trump-boat-strikes-gulf-of-venezuela-wreckage.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:57:40

• U.S. Kills 2 in Strike in Pacific, as Convicted Felon Pressures Venezuela ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/us/politics/pacific-trump-venezuela-boat-strike.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:57:51

• Saudi-led coalition says targeted weapons shipments from UAE in Yemen ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251230-saudi-led-coalition-says-targeted-arms-shipments-from-uae-in-yemen    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:58:03

• Kubernetes on GNU/Linux on Z ☞ https://azouhr.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/kubernetes-on-linux-on-z/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:58:34

• Gemini capsule capsule.jemarch.net https://jemarch.net/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:59:45

• "Fake Casio Scientific Calculators" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/the-rise-of-fake-casio-scientific-calculators/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:00:32

• BOWENS for Guitars is Primarily Merely a Surname, Says TTAB ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/bowens-for-guitars-is-primarily-merely.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:02:14

• How to Fix Curl Could Not Resolve Host Error in GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-fix-curl-could-not-resolve-host/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:03:27

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

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:03:45

• How to Install LAMP on Debian ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-lamp-on-debian-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:04:06

• How to Install Surveillance Giant Google Antigravity on Ubuntu ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-google-antigravity-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:04:27

• Oldest Known Botanical Art Reveals Early Mathematical Thinking ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-known-botanical-art-reveals-early-mathematical-thinking    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:05:31

• Even Low Doses of Aspartame Could Have Alarming Health Effects, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/even-low-doses-of-aspartame-could-have-alarming-health-effects-study-finds    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:05:51

• Earth's Core Seems to Be Wrapped in Layers Like an Onion, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-core-seems-to-be-wrapped-in-layers-like-an-onion-study-finds    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:06:10

• What Actually Is Fire? The Answer Is Stranger Than You'd Think ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/what-actually-is-fire-the-answer-is-stranger-than-youd-think    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:06:30

• Mathematician Shares Solutions For 10 Festive Brain Teasers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mathematician-shares-solutions-for-10-festive-brain-teasers    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:06:41

• Iran’s Currency Collapse Pushes Protesters to the Streets ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/world/middleeast/iran-currency-collapse-rial-inflation-protests.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:07:03

• Iran's central bank chief resigns amid protests and currency turmoil ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20251229-iran-s-central-bank-chief-resigns-amid-protests-and-currency-turmoil    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:07:13

• Public Rejoices as Porsche Releases Beautiful Ad Not Made Using Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/porsche-ad-without-ai    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:12:03

• Hundreds Sue Virginia Hospital and Executives Over Unneeded Surgeries ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/health/chesapeake-hospital-lawsuit-perwaiz.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:12:37

• Lithuania formally withdraws from Ottawa Convention ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2790048/lithuania-formally-withdraws-from-ottawa-convention    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:12:58

• Hong Kong to tighten smoking ban, double fine to HK$3K from January 1 ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/30/hong-kong-to-tighten-smoking-ban-double-fine-to-hk3k-from-january-1/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:13:47

• Jazz Musicians Who Canceled ‘Dihydroxyacetone Man Kennedy Center’ Performance Face $1 Million-Plus Lawsuit ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/28/kennedy-center-sues-jazz-musicians/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:14:42

• Jane’s Addiction, Perry Farrell Settle Their $10 Million Lawsuit — And Yes, This Band Is Over, Folks ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/28/janes-addiction-terminated-lawsuit-settled/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:15:36

• Late-2025 Legal Paperwork Flies Between the Majors (Minus Warner Music) and Suno — New Confidentiality Order Points to Intensifying 2026 Showdown ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/29/universal-music-suno-lawsuit/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:15:57

• Notes from "Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream" ☞ https://evanhahn.com/bad-company-book-notes/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:16:56

• Rosmah denies VIP jail claims for Malaysia ex-PM Najib as 1MDB legal battles continue with appeals ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/rosmah-denies-vip-jail-claims-for-malaysia-ex-pm-najib-as-1mdb-legal-battles-continue-with-appeals    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:18:27

• FBI issues wanted notice for alleged North Korean remote IT workers accused of $900,000 crypto theft — $5 million reward up for grabs for information on DPRK-linked suspects ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/fbi-issues-wanted-notice-for-alleged-dprk-linked-remote-it-workers-accused-of-900k-crypto-theft    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:18:48

• Iranians Clash With Police During Second Day Of Protests Over Economic, Currency Woes ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-currency-plummets/33635621.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:19:03

• UN chief urges ceasefire as Sudan conflict escalates ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/un-leader-urges-ceasefire-as-sudan-conflict-escalates/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:19:43

• Encryption Making Africa Safer: Internet Society Hosts Encryption Advocacy Workshop for African Civil Society ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/12/encryption-making-africa-safer-internet-society-hosts-encryption-advocacy-workshop-for-african-civil-society/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:20:09

• Panamean monument honouring China's contribution to Canal torn down ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251229-panamean-monument-honouring-china-s-contribution-to-canal-torn-down    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:20:27

• UN ambassadors condemn Israel's recognition of Somaliland ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20251230-un-security-council-members-condemn-israel-recognition-of-somaliland-somalia-international-law    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:20:45

• AI, Software Development, Security, Tips, and the Future (Part 1) ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/12/29/ai-software-development-security-tips-and-the-future-part-1/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:21:33

• Hacker Claims Theft of 40 Million Condé Nast Records After Wired Data Leak ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hacker-claims-theft-of-40-million-conde-nast-records-after-wired-data-leak/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:21:50

• 22 Million Affected by Aflac Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/22-million-affected-by-aflac-data-breach/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:22:04

• Code of Conduct (CoC) Committee = gatekeepers for billionaires http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/03/linux-kernel-code-of-conduct-committee/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:24:08

• Coupang to Issue $1.17 Billion in Vouchers Over Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/coupang-to-issue-1-17-billion-in-vouchers-over-data-breach/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:24:30

• Fortinet Warns of New Attacks Exploiting Old Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-warns-of-new-attacks-exploiting-old-vulnerability/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:24:51

• Top US Accounting Firm Sax Discloses 2024 Data Breach Impacting 220,000 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/top-us-accounting-firm-sax-discloses-2024-data-breach-impacting-220000/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:25:19

• Debian Embraces Chinese LoongArch Processors with Official Loong64 Support ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/debian-embraces-loongarch-processors/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:26:52

• Amazon Is Shifting Into a 'Hypertropical' State Unseen For Millions of Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/amazon-is-shifting-into-a-hypertropical-state-unseen-for-millions-of-years    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:27:21

• Ocean Development – 2025 Recap ☞ https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/ocean-development-2025-recap/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:56:32

• Finding a broken trace on my old Mac with the help of its ROM diagnostics ☞ https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/12/finding-a-broken-trace-on-my-old-mac-with-the-help-of-its-rom-diagnostics/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:57:21

• Apple Music’s Per-Stream Payouts Are Still Dramatically Higher Than Spotify’s—According to the Latest Artist Data Dump ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/28/apple-music-per-stream-payouts-dec-2025/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:57:55

• CERN PGDay 2026: Schedule Published ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/cern-pgday-2026-schedule-published-3205/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:58:31

• Git's HTTP server side design does not scale ☞ https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/distributed-git-ddos/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:58:58

• US and Australian agencies warn MongoBleed vulnerability in MongoDB is under active exploitation ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/29/us-australian-agencies-warn-mongobleed-vulnerability-mongodb-active-exploitation/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:59:25

• Fresh MongoDB Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fresh-mongodb-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 13:59:46

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1052236/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:00:09

• "A Game Of Linux" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/29/playing-a-game-of-linux-on-your-sony-playstation-2/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:00:59

• Loc-OS 24 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/locos    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:01:18

• SuperTux 0.7 Reaches Beta    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:02:32

• How to Install Pop!_OS COSMIC Desktop in Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/install-pop_os-cosmic-desktop-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:08:58

• nnd – debugger for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nnd-debugger-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:09:42

• 5 Best Free and Open Source X10 Home Automation Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/homeautomation/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:09:49

• 20 Best Free and Open Source Python Visualization Packages ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-python-visualization-packages/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:09:58

• 5 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Medical Practice Management Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/medicalpractice/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:10:13

• LinuxLinks: Our most-read stories of 2025 ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/linuxlinks-most-read-stories-2025/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:10:52

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

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:11:20

• Tucnak – ham radio VHF/HF contest logbook ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tucnak-ham-radio-vhf-hf-contest-logbook/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:11:28

• Orbitiny Desktop Pilot 8 Delivers Its Biggest Release Yet ☞ https://linuxiac.com/orbitiny-desktop-pilot-8-delivers-its-biggest-release-yet/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:11:58

• Hyprland 0.53 Lands With Window Rule Rewrite and Dozens of Fixes ☞ https://linuxiac.com/hyprland-0-53-lands-with-window-rule-rewrite-and-dozens-of-fixes/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:15:28

• Probably slop ☞ https://hackwarenews.com/jolla-exceeds-its-funding-goal-and-relaunches-the-modular-jackets-the-other-half/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:15:43

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

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:17:00

• Nate Graham Wants to Step Back from ‘This Week in Plasma’ ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/nate-graham-wants-to-step-back-from-this-week-in-plasma/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:17:28

• FBI announces increased response to fraud in Minnesota public support programs ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/fbi-announces-increased-response-to-fraud-in-minnesota-public-support-programs/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:17:57

• (Thinking about) getting new printers ☞ https://rubenerd.com/thinking-about-getting-new-printers/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:19:01

• Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID funds maintains innocence ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/12/florida-congresswoman-accused-of-stealing-covid-funds-maintains-innocence/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:19:29

• Canadian actress, 48, seeks medically assisted suicide after lengthy battle with crippling mental health issues ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/29/world-news/acclaimed-actress-48-seeks-medically-assisted-suicide-after-long-term-battle-with-crippling-mental-health-issues/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:20:08

• Daughter allegedly kills Parkinson’s-stricken mom after she was denied medically assisted suicide: cops ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/29/us-news/daughter-allegedly-kills-mom-with-parkinsons-disease-after-she-was-denied-medically-assisted-suicide-cops/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:20:31

• At the FBI, a national security safeguard was quietly dropped for top leadership ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/intelligence-community/2025/12/at-the-fbi-a-national-security-safeguard-was-quietly-dropped-for-top-leadership/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:23:16

• This DoD lab’s mission is shaping future cyber investigations ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2025/12/this-dod-labs-mission-is-shaping-future-cyber-investigations/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:23:23

• Linux will be unstoppable in 2026 - but one open-source legend may not survive https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-and-open-source-2026-predictions/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:28:20

• 3 modern CLI tools that have replaced ps, df, and curl for me https://www.howtogeek.com/modern-cli-tools-that-have-replaced-ps-df-and-curl-for-me/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:29:31

• "There are tons of Linux distributions out there, and for better or worse, the list keeps growing. Here are some 2025 arrivals fresh out of the open source operating system development oven." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-distributions-that-first-appeared-in-2025/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 14:32:00

• WhatsApp Complains About Restrictions in Russia After Reported Slowdown https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/whatsapp-complains-about-restrictions-in-russia-after-reported-slowdown    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:20:19

• 'Crypto' = SCAM https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/central-african-republics-touadera-friend-of-russia-and-crypto-vies-for-third-term    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:21:52

• Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Cyberattack on French Postal Service https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-12-24/pro-russian-hackers-claim-cyberattack-on-french-postal-service    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:23:55

• Ukrainian Teen Sentenced for Sharing Military Data with Russian Spy https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/khmelnytskyi-teen-sentenced-for-sharing-military-data-with-russian-spy/amp/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:34:43

• Funny Numbers https://xkcd.com/3184/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:40:43

• Sauropods https://xkcd.com/3185/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:40:58

• Truly Universal Outlet https://xkcd.com/3186/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:41:12

• Child labour https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/2025/episode-43.en.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:42:17

• How to actually get kids off their phones https://www.vox.com/technology/473289/australia-children-social-media-ban-kids-phones-tiktok    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:42:47

• What podcasts do to our brains https://www.vox.com/technology/470004/podcasts-tiktok-attention-brains-multitasking    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:43:40

• TikTok Rival Hit by Cyberattack as Porn and Violent Videos Flood Chinese App https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tiktok-rival-hit-cyberattack-porn-violent-videos-flood-chinese-app-1765939    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:44:00

• IBM nepotism: "Absolutely wild. I honestly thought I was losing it because it felt like I was the only one seeing this. Seeing you share that was a real relief—made me feel a lot less crazy."    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:47:27

• "And the fact that, under her watch, they consistently missed quarterly contractual targets, yet she still had a meteoric rise? That’s… hard to reconcile. Make it make sense. He must really like her ;)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcmx0g24    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 15:47:32

• Nothing posted to/in libreplanet-discuss this month https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-12/index.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 16:15:53

• For a Free Digital Society: GNU of Richard M. Stallman [No Ads] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKUwfFcrVjU    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 16:18:53

• IBM traffic down 4% https://www.similarweb.com/website/ibm.com/#ranking    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 16:59:39

• MARKETING SPAM disguised as "study": "Microsoft study reveals the jobs least likely to be replaced by AI" (wishful thinking, SPAM from Microsoft)    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 17:22:54

• GNU/Linux at 5% in Yemen https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/yemen/#monthly-200902-202512    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 17:23:56

• Torvalds: Software Freedom Conservancy "is trying to further an agenda [...] is a racket, plain and simple" https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/27/Linus_Torvalds_Blasts_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_for_Atte.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 18:14:58

• "See this detailed description of the many problems with UEFI, and the lies about BIOS (by Microsoft) https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/03/The_UEFI_hype_and_Microsoft_s_lies.shtml [techrights.org]" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/27/230209#1428158    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 18:40:48

• South Korea to require facial recognition for new mobile numbers | The Record from Recorded Future News ⚓ https://therecord.media/south-korea-facial-recognition-phones ䷉ Source: The Record | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//therecord.media/south-korea-facial-recognition-phones    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 18:42:21

• SN's front page stories ATM are relevant and good, so the editor are doing OK, the site is in good hands it seems https://soylentnews.org/    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 18:43:34

• (Editors)    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 18:43:42

• "Richard Stallman called for a boycott and requested the publisher issue an apology.[30] The Globe and Mail published a review from two UK-based writers in its 16 July edition and posted the Canadian writer's review on its website at 9:00 that morning" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:45:36

• Wow. The anti-J. K. Rowling brigade is working overtime in Wikipedia. Seems the goal is to scare ALL women. NOBODY is beyond our reach and gender is just something "in the mind".    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:46:54

• So any criticism, even some old thing from RMS, is "fair play" now.    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:47:16

• The cited article: "The company was not legally compelled to do this: it was a choice, and Warner chose to be nasty, motivated by greed. In moral terms, greed is not an excuse for an action that is nasty. Morally, Warner has no excuse." https://stallman.org/harry-potter.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:49:12

• "You’re unlikely to be able to get your hands on any of these works, since J.K. Rowling and her publisher have launched an aggressive worldwide legal campaign against the unauthorized Potter takeoffs." https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2003/06/harry-potter-and-the-international-order-of-copyright.html    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:50:07

• Two decades before more phony controversies or trolling/brigading in social control media    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:50:41

• "There is the most recent manager, he is a useless piece of sh1t. He is still employed at IBM because is white." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdmwe55y    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:53:38

• "and where is that American icon IBM, today ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:54:33

• "Just remember that Gerstner's family will be like vultures at the dinner table once the funeral services are over (or they might decide to be vultures before the funeral services are over). And the lawyers will be there too. After all, they all want a share of the spoils or estate of this tyrant."    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:54:59

• "This might sound like a cynical observation, but it's a fact of life. Get over it."    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:55:04

• "Alvind acts like a cartoon character and worse. So does that that upskilling mo--n Krabanaugh. And his sidekick, Joanne the ja----s with the funny accent."    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 19:55:09

• A Joke? "IBM Is a thriving 294 Billion dollar company on the cutting edge of Hybrid cloud and AI." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 20:32:52

• "I hope he died a slow and painful death in screaming agony and he will be haunted in he-l by the ghosts of tens of thousands of innocent ibmers he RAd during his tenure . Today was a good day - the evil overlord is dead. The wicked witch Ginni R should be next" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 20:48:56

• This may be my last glog post of the year gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/2025/20251230-fimgs.txt    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 21:05:00

• 🖼️ xkcd: High Altitude Cooking Instructions #3187 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3187.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 21:06:07

• FreeBSD Virtuajailization gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 21:06:46

• "Being a little bit sick of the friction involved with publishing blogs, be it the world wide web, or gemini, I decided to automate things a little bit with email." gemini://gemini.mooremoore.net/gemlog/2025-12-30-publishing-gemlogs-via-gpg-signed-email    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 21:22:36

• "I run a small number of search engine instances using Xobaque. I haven't thought about what to do when sites move or disappear. Xobaque doesn't crawl the web so it doesn't know what's out there. All it knows is what the feeds bring in." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-12-30-xobaque    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 21:23:07

• 🔤SpellBinding — EIKMNSW Wordo: MIENS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-30.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 21:24:04