Roy Schestowitz

• Damon Dash’s Film Company Sells for a Paltry $100 in Bankruptcy Auction ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/31/damon-dash-film-company-auction-price/ "owes nearly $1 million from defamation lawsuits."    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:03:32

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

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:04:03

• He Is Being Sued in the U.S. for Human Rights Abuses. He Could be Deported First. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/world/americas/human-rights-lawsuit-quero-silva.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:04:20

• China Planning Crackdown on Hey Hi (AI) That Harms Mental Health of Users ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/china-regulation-ai-chatbots    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:06:12

• Shai-Hulud Supply Chain Attack Led to $8.5 Million Trust Wallet Heist ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/shai-hulud-supply-chain-attack-led-to-8-5-million-trust-wallet-heist/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:10:53

• Most of Iran Shuts Down as Government Grapples With Protests and Economy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/world/middleeast/iran-shutdown-protests.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:11:15

• Year 2025 in Review, CNX Software stats, and looking ahead to 2026 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/31/year-2025-in-review-cnx-software-stats-and-looking-ahead-to-2026/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:12:05

• "you are wrong and obviously not there then. My estimated pension was cut from $57,000 a year when I was recruited (I should have gone to DEC for 30 years to approx $2,000 a month." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:26:25

• "What King Louie should have done (and what we at IBM should have done is go on strike for a month) was grandfather people in and reduce or eliminate the pension for new hires. King Louie raided IBM for well over $200,000,000." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:26:33

• "While dicking around with a RISC32 board that I got for free from AliExpress (a story for another time), I stopped myself from downloading yet another questionable chinese toolchain. I realized that it's irresponsible to do so on the same computer I use for banking." gemini://spell.mywire.org:1960/~stack/0252.gmi    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:30:41

• "2025 was NOT a good year for me. Or anyone, really. Yet I managed to persevere. I don't want to dwell too much on the bad, so let's see what exactly I've been able to accomplish for my personal good." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2761    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:31:25

• Handheld Lagrange and gamepad support gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2026-01_anticipating.gmi    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:32:12

• "Sometimes I imagine that there are two kinds of people writing Python (or people in general): people who want to write all of their own code without importing any packages, and people who would rather import whatever random package claims to do what they want." gemini://envs.net/~kyeh/computers/software/sparse_list_lite.gmi    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:33:01

• "I didn't know. There are some software ways for doing so but there is a button on the keyboard which switches the input from hardware keyboard to the most practical mode: one writes in Latin (Romanji) and software replace it instantly with Hiragana characters." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_01_01.txt    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:34:02

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-02.gmi    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:35:12

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1523.jpg    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:35:16

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1873.jpg    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:35:22

• "Stopping watching the tv created a desire to unplug further. I though at first it would be more of a digital cleanse, but something else happened." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/mindShow    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:36:52

• "I create noise ... Every time I write more noise is created" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/onNoise    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:37:37

• Making Sense gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/poetry/makingSense    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:38:33

• Merz Says Relationship Between U.S. and Germany Is ‘Changing’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/world/europe/merz-germany-new-years-speech.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:44:08

• Rising racism in football stadiums threatens the peace process ☞ https://bianet.org/yazi/rising-racism-in-football-stadiums-threatens-the-peace-process-315108    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:44:21

• "Moscow’s evidence Russia’s military has offered what it claims is proof that Ukraine attacked Putin’s Valdai residence." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/31/moscow-s-evidence | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:44:56

• "Do you think Putin is doing a good job?" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/01/do-you-think-putin-is-doing-a-good-job | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:45:08

• How We Tracked Abuses in the Russian Army ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000010578145/tracking-abuses-in-the-russian-army.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:45:20

• In New Year’s Speech to Russia, Putin Says Little About Ukraine War or Peace Talks With US ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/world/europe/russia-putin-new-years-address.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:45:28

• Alchemist – extensible simulator for pervasive computing ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alchemist-extensible-simulator-pervasive-computing/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:45:52

• The Gerrit code review iceberg, episode 4 ☞ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/pulkomandy/2025-12-31-the_gerrit_pending_review_iceberg_4/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:46:17

• Suicide Bomber in Syria Kills Security Officer in New Year’s Eve Attack ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/world/middleeast/aleppo-syria-suicide-bomber-new-years-eve.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:46:55

• Crans-Montana: Le Constellation ownership, Jacques Moretti and Jessica Maric, Lens (CH) ⚓ https://danielpocock.com/en/le-constellation-ownership-jacques-moretti-lens/ ䷉ Source: Daniel Pocock | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//danielpocock.com/en/le-constellation-ownership-jacques-moretti-lens/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:58:02

• "Humans have lots of basic requirements that need to be met in order to stay alive. Food is a necessary one, though it’s possible to go without for great stretches of time." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/31/rectal-oxygenation-could-save-your-life-one-day/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:58:43

• "LoRa is a great, low-power radio communications standards, but sometimes the antennas you get with the modules can leave you wanting more" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/31/bringing-a-yagi-antenna-to-915mhz-lora/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:58:54

• "We’ve seen a few H-bridge circuits around these parts before, and here’s another application. This time we have an Old Train Station Clock which has been refurbished after being picked up for cheap at the flea market." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/31/tick-tock-train-station-clock/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:59:05

• "Although rare-earth elements (REEs) are not very rare, their recovery and purification is very cumbersome, with no significant concentrations that would help with mining." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/31/virus-based-thermoresponsive-separation-of-rare-earth-elements/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 03:59:25

• iophk: she even mentions CALEA https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/3-privacy-fixes:4 http://techrights.org/n/2025/07/17/CALEA_CALEA2_is_the_Real_Problem_Not_Chinese_Operatives_Exploit.shtml    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:05:24

• "Study Reveals Just How Much AI Slop is on YouTube" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/31/022234    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:05:33

• "United States exports "you'll own nothing and be happy" to Chile - don't let this law pass" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/united-states-exports-you'll-own-nothing:d    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:05:41

• "Linus Torvalds Is Not Happy With SFC vs Vizio Lawsuit" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/linus-torvalds-is-not-happy-with-sfc-vs:6 https://social.kernel.org/notice/B1aR6QFuzksLVSyBZQ linus comments 3x in thread https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/27/Linus_Torvalds_Blasts_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_for_Atte.shtml    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:06:00

• Resistance is a duty https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/neutralitaet-und-grundgesetz-widerstand-ist-pflicht/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:06:22

• "The Show Won’t Go On at the Kennedy Center" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/the-show-wont-go-on-at-the-kennedy-center/685468/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:06:33

• iophk: little to no coverage except this one article and even it neglects to mention sw patents https://www.telesurenglish.net/usmca-review-unlikely-to-result-in-new-trade-agreement/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:06:48

• "Estonia's spy chief: Russia not planning to attack a Baltic country at this time" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2792042/estonia-s-spy-chief-russia-not-planning-to-attack-a-baltic-country-at-this-time    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:07:00

• The year that passed – and with it the spirit chiefs https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2026/01/01/aret-som-gjekk-og-med-det-andshovdingane/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:07:27

• Wake up brother, a new year is coming! https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/vaagn-op-brormand-et-nyt-aar-truer    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:07:51

• "Did Microsoft do anything right in 2025? Wins, fails, and WTF moments" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2996554/did-microsoft-do-anything-right-in-2025-wins-fails-and-more.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:08:04

• "New year special - David Revoy" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1110/new-year-special    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:08:15

• Windows fell hard https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india//#monthly-200902-202512    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 04:39:10

• From The Chief Editor's Desk... https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202601/editorial.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:14:34

• PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202601/page13.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:14:54

• Tip Top Tips: Autofs For NFS Shares https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202601/page09.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:17:15

• I Asked An AI Bot https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202601/page06.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:19:29

• GIMP Tutorial: Make An Image Seem To Fly Apart https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202601/page07.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:21:12

• ICYMI: Just Over 50 Percent Of The Internet Is Now AI Slop https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202601/page04.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:21:57

• "Use "su -" for administrative tasks. PCLinuxOS DOES NOT use “sudo” by default. (It is installable from the package manager, if you feel like you do need it, though)." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202601/page02.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:25:01

• Getting To Know You: Hunter0one https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202601/page01.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:26:08

• "The coming decade will bring a true bounty of Hollywood Golden Age films into the public domain." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-12-31/betty-boop-and-blondie-enter-the-public-domain-in-2026-accompanied-by-a-trio-of-detectives | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:36:12

• "Only the version of Betty Boop introduced in 1930 is entering the public domain this year." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/happy-public-domain-day-to-all-who-celebrate-you-can-now-use-betty-boop-nancy-drew-and-the-maltese-falcon-for-free-180987927/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:36:28

• "As you hopefully know by now, we are once again hosting our annual game jam celebrating the works that enter the public domain in 2026, a.k.a. today!" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/01/lets-go-the-public-domain-game-jam-starts-today/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:36:52

• "The center celebrates this every year by listing off many of the works heading into the public domain. These are 26 of the more notable works that are joining the long list in 2026." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51424641/nancy-drew-betty-boop-and-more-26-notable-works-entering-the-public-domain-in-2026 | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:37:08

• "Project Gutenberg is a fantastic treasure trove filled to the brim with over 75,000 books" ☛ https://box.matto.nl/best-of-the-gutenberg-books-i-read-in-2025.html | Source: MJ Fransen    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 05:37:19

• Software Patents ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/usmca-review-unlikely-to-result-in-new-trade-agreement/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:03:34

• "MTV’s specialist music channels in the UK will no longer operate as linear channels. The flagship MTV UK channel will continue to broadcast… Paramount is reviewing and adjusting its international Pay TV portfolio, given shifts in audience behavior towards streaming and digital platforms." ☛ https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/mtv-did-not-shut-down-despite-social-media-posts-1236621840/ | Source: Variety    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:04:20

• "On December 28th, I delivered a speech entitled "A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet" for 39C3, the 39th Chaos Communications Congress in Hamburg, Germany." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:05:35

• "But that’s not what we use the Internet for anymore." ☛ https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/ | Source: Henry Desroches    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:05:45

• "Several people have died during a fifth day of protests across Iran, state-affiliated media and rights groups said" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-deaths-economy/33637925.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:06:32

• Now 14k USD away from goal https://my.fsf.org/donate    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:27:47

• "Iranians Have Nothing Left To Lose" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/nobel-shirin-ebadi-iran-protests-interview/33637862.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:28:06

• "Death Toll, Arrests Rise" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-economic-protest-death-arrest-tehran/33637972.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:28:26

• "Is porn for women different from conventional porn?" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/society/2026-01-01/is-porn-for-women-different-from-conventional-porn-we-spoke-to-those-who-make-it.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:28:42

• A "SJW" flair is often used by some of the worst antisocial people. Beware.    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:39:19

• "The Linux desktop just has to generate tons and tons of money for all parties to be happy, business as usual." https://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36953/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:49:56

• "With Iran mired in economic crisis, the country has been gripped by protests that began with a merchants' strike in Tehran and have since spread to other cities." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/at-least-5-civilians-1-security-official-killed-as-protests-spread-across-iran/a-75361629 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:50:22

• "Death to the dictator" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/iran-protests/685472/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:50:37

• "What Travelers Need to Know" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/travel/airport-border-phone-search.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:50:58

• "At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, up from a total of 345 in 2024" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5m49j14pyo | Source: BBC    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:51:14

• "The Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year." ☛ https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-sets-executions-record-in-2025-putting-356-people-to-death | Source: The Straits Times    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:51:30

• "The most immediate one is that if you want to understand how and where technological progress happen" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/01/technology-is-culture/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 06:52:21

• "Bulgaria became the 21st member of the currency union, bringing the number of people using the single European currency to more than 350 million." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/bulgaria-joins-eurozone-despite-opposition/a-75359463 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:03:00

• "As of ​midnight the euro became the country's currency and the lev was ​banished into ⁠history." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-01/bulgaria-celebrates-entry-into-euro-zone-lev-currency-banished-into-history | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:03:15

• "Chips are only our #2 bottleneck. It’s well known that the hyperscalars are competing hard to get access to chips." ☛ https://herbsutter.com/2025/12/30/software-taketh-away-faster-than-hardware-giveth-why-c-programmers-keep-growing-fast-despite-competition-safety-and-ai/ | Source: Herb Sutter    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:03:58

• "The notion has gained traction as the AI race hits a fever pitch, fueling fears of a potential bubble." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/as-google-musk-bezos-altman-back-space-data-centres-can-sky-really-be-the-next-frontier-for-ai/articleshow/126287786.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:04:24

• "At the end of June I sold my car. With my new job in the centre of Amsterdam, I was using it less and less, and since I’m politically against cars, it made sense to let go. (Also, owning a car is expensive.)" ☛ https://seblog.nl/2025/12/31/1/2025 | Source: Sebastiaan Andeweg    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:04:38

• "So yup, I somehow built a solar farm, and it was tricky, but now is the relatively easy bit, where I just have this huge capital asset sat on a hillside somewhere, and hopefully it makes some money?" ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/01/01/a-calendar-year-of-solar-farm-ownership/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:05:03

• "The photobombing of ground- and space-based telescopes by proliferating satellites in Low Earth Orbit has long vexed astronomers." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/01/mitgating_pollution_from_satellite_rf/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:07:20

• "A team of researchers at Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute, are using open-source intelligence to map the growth of America’s datacenters." ☛ https://www.404media.co/researchers-are-hunting-america-for-hidden-datacenters/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:07:28

• "According to MarineTraffic data site, the ship had left the Russian city of St. Petersburg and was traveling to the port of Haifa in Israel" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/baltic-sabotage-finland-russia-nato-telecom-cable/33637374.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:08:33

• "Finland is prepared for security challenges of various kinds, and we respond to them as necessary" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/finland-seizes-vessel-suspected-of-damaging-undersea-cable/a-75349419 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:08:49

• "President Alexander Stubb wrote on X" = MElon is shadow president of Finland. He controls what the acting president says.    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:09:38

• But not to worry, it's not like MElon ever meddled in politics before or gave nazi salutes in public while also defending Putin    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:10:45

• "France will attempt for a second time to ban children under 15 from using social media in 2026, local media and news agencies reported on Wednesday." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/france-plans-social-media-ban-for-children-under-15-reports/a-75352145 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:10:59

• "France proposes social media ban" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260101-france-proposes-social-media-ban-following-the-australian-model-for-under-15s | Source: France24    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:11:15

• "That delight was short-lived. Within hours, Abd el-Fattah’s tweets from the time of the Arab Spring, when he was around 30, resurfaced on X." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/starmer-abd-el-fattah/685469/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:15:38

• "On enlistment, everyone in the military takes an oath of loyalty not to a person, a party, or any form of politics, but to the Constitution." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/military-resistance-donald-trump/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:16:44

• "The evidence here made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy." ☛ https://text.npr.org/g-s1-104190 | Source: NPR    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:17:19

• "A total of 41,472 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats in 2025 - almost 5,000 more than the previous year." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3k9z75leo | Source: BBC    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:17:39

• "the provision by an online platform of an online social media service to a minor under 15." ☛ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/12/31/france-seeks-to-ban-social-media-for-children-under-15_6748972_7.html | Source: Le Monde    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:17:56

• "Macron wants to ban under-15s from social media from September 2026" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/world/france-aims-ban-under-15s-social-media-september-2026-le-monde-reports-2025-12-31/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:18:17

• "The plan, which has already been proposed by other French politicians and is expected to be debated in Parliament in January, envisions implementing the ban by next September" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/world/europe/macron-social-media-children-ban-france.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:18:35

• "We know that social media is doing social harm to young people in particular" ☛ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-01/macron-proposes-under-15-socials-ban-local-media-reports/106191774 | Source: ABC    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:19:13

• "In September, they filed a complaint against TikTok, Meta (the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) and other platforms, alleging offences including incitement to suicide" ☛ https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20251212-macron-mulls-social-media-ban-as-mother-challenges-platforms-over-son-s-suicide | Source: RFI    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:19:22

• "This isn’t just about AI and advisers preferring to be associated with real content: we’re starting to see age verification laws take hold in various jurisdictions" ☛ https://werd.io/what-is-instagrams-adam-mosseri-really-saying-in-his-year-end-memo/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:20:34

• "A British artist has been collecting some of the last missives sent through the 400-year-old Danish postal system, which delivered its final letters on 30 December." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/01/last-letters-from-denmark-danes-write-to-devonian-artist-as-postal-service-ends | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:21:36

• "NASA has verified that the station will be deorbited and steered into the Pacific Ocean, concluding a period that started back in 1998." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/international-space-station-retiring-meet-private-space-stations-that-will-replace-it-1767533 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:21:49

• EFF: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/after-years-behind-bars-alaa-free-last https://www.eff.org/offline/alaa-abd-el-fattah BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l93lx1rx3o    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:26:43

• Social Control Media ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/but-i-want-to-turn-people-into-dinosaurs/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:27:43

• Social Control Media: "In my experience on social media, specifically LinkedIn and X/BlueSky, there are two main ways to create and regurgitate content" ☛ https://aethrvmn.gr/blog/thoughtleaders/ | Source: Aethrvmn    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:27:52

• "A bit later they come back basically saying The Powers That Be are requiring AI to be part of every book." ☛ https://austinhenley.com/blog/canceledbookdeal.html | Source: Austin Z Henley    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:37:39

• "During the CNN interview, Hinton was asked whether he was more or less worried about AI since making that now infamous declaration" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/godfather-ai-jobs-year | Source: Futurism    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:37:53

• "In other words, it’s going to be the squishy human stuff that is going to become central to tech." ☛ https://werd.io/the-next-big-thing-in-2026-will-be/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:38:16

• "The tasks that used to be prevalent at the start of a developer’s journey are now disappearing because human performance is becoming increasingly unnecessary here." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/how-to-build-a-developer-career-when-the-first-rung-is-gone/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:39:06

• "self-deprecatingly" ☛ https://fzakaria.com/2026/01/01/bespoke-software-is-the-future | Source: Farid Zakaria    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:39:28

• "That distance is a little farther than the Cold Supermoon of 4 December 2025, but the brightness kick from another timely feature will likely make up for the lack of distance." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/januarys-wolf-supermoon-is-getting-a-rare-triple-brightness-boost | Source: Science Alert    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:42:31

• [Old] "It’s that time of the year again and, all over the English-speaking world, Christians are complaining about the growing commercialisation of Christmas." ☛ https://hrussman.neocities.org/ramblings/christmas | Source: Hazel Russman    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:42:59

• "And as a result, the backlog of ideas is now massive and therefore overwhelming, which has created a vicious cycle where it just feels like a gargantuan effort to get something done" ☛ https://heliomass.com/posts/prep-state-of-the-blog-2025/ | Source: Heliomass    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:43:08

• "So screw them, we’re doing the most pink I could find." ☛ https://lostfocus.de/2026/01/01/fuck-it-lets-do-pink/ | Source: Dominik Schwind    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:43:18

• "Having a few directions for last year served as a guide, but left room for all the moments in the middle – those times when I think oh!" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/01/the-new-year | Source: James G    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:43:32

• "Some in my blogging circle have already published their 2025 year in review, so I want to continue my tradition since 2019 and write a review of my own." ☛ https://jlelse.blog/posts/december-25 | Source: Jan Lukas Else    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:43:44

• "We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the fifth experimental version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This is a pre-alpha release with an official version number of 2.94.0." ☛ https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-experimental-5-2-94-0-has-been-released/338 | Source: Instant Messaging Freedom    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:44:34

• "Despite using this for tracking certain home projects, I had still convinced myself that important things should be in their own proper task management system." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/still-abusing-spreadsheets-as-a-personal-knowledgebase/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:44:57

• "To that extent I tried to reach out to Dario’s legal team, to notify them of my license, so that they wouldn’t use my data to train their model (license details will be coming up)." ☛ https://aethrvmn.gr/blog/anthropic/ | Source: Aethrvmn    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:49:00

• "What’s better for New Year’s Eve than debugging some USB hardware issues?" ☛ https://qsantos.fr/2026/01/01/the-rp2350-usb-a-cannot-see-devices-disconnect/ | Source: Quentin Santos    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:55:33

• "These little modules have taken hobby electronics by storm, so of course I grabbed a few of them and have been hacking away quietly on both the ESP8266 and the ESP32." ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/hw/esp8266 | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:57:39

• "I’ve since replaced it with a better, and more advanced device. Let’s have a look…" ☛ https://blog.cavelab.dev/2026/01/rpi-alarm-keypads/ | Source: Thomas Jensen    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:58:11

• "The Senseair S88 is a pretty great CO₂ sensor for it’s price. I can source it locally for ~22 Euro and it has a stated accuracy of ±40 ppm and ±3% of reading." ☛ https://danieldk.eu/ESPHome-Senseair-S88 | Source: Daniël de Kok    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:58:25

• "The sensing platform used is a Sensirion SEN63C, which uses a STCC4 for CO₂ measurements. Unfortunately, this is not an NDIR sensor." ☛ https://danieldk.eu/IKEA-ALPSTUGA | Source: Daniël de Kok    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:58:42

• "2001: A Space Odyssey" ☛ https://www.engineersneedart.com/blog/m2f32025/m2f32025.html | Source: John Calhoun    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 07:58:58

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

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 08:02:05

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

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 08:02:31

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

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 08:02:44

• Gemini End of Year Capsules Tally (Based on Lupa) Shows About 10% Growth ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/31/Gemini_End_of_Year_Capsules_Tally_Based_on_Lupa_Shows_About_10_.shtml    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 08:04:08

• "HP-UX hits end-of-life today, and I’m sad" ☛ https://www.osnews.com/story/144094/hp-ux-hits-end-of-life-today-and-im-sad/ | Source: OS News    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 08:09:02

• "I don't like to talk in absolutes about security, but... my headphones are 100% immune from the latest exploit, via this One Weird Trick!" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/12/eargapping/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 08:20:09

• "The calendar we all live by is a shambling mess." ☛ https://kmcd.dev/posts/months-considered-harmful/ | Source: Kevin McDonald    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 08:20:39

• "During my holiday break" ☛ https://chuck.is/ntp/ | Source: Chuck Carroll    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 08:20:56

• Temperatures in Finnish Lapland plunge to -39.9C https://yle.fi/a/74-20202267    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 09:13:24

• "Software above some complexity level tends to sport an extension language, becoming a kind of software platform itself." ☛ https://nullprogram.com/blog/2026/01/01/ | Source: Chris Wellons    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 09:14:03

• "Before I start showing you numbers" ☛ https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/a-year-in-review-flask-in-2025 | Source: Miguel Grinberg    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 09:14:15

• IBM Q1 layoffs "was Feb in 2025. At least in MCC and other areas of the biz too." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdmwe55y    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 09:30:09

• "In 1997, when I was too young to know or care1, an essay was written, called The Cathedral and the Bazaar2" ☛ https://aethrvmn.gr/blog/supermarket/ | Source: Aethrvmn    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 09:30:38

• [Old] "On Saturday, the ISO C++ committee completed the first of two final fit-and-finish meetings for C++26, in our meeting in Kona, USA." ☛ https://herbsutter.com/2025/11/10/trip-report-november-2025-iso-c-standards-meeting-kona-usa/ | Source: Herb Sutter    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 09:31:03

• "This caught me off-guard because I hadn’t even conceived of moving on. I don’t want to move on, because I love the field of programming languages." ☛ https://danilafe.com/blog/i_love_programming_languages/ | Source: Daniel Fedorin    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 09:31:25

• "We are pleased to announce the release of Ruby 4.0.0. Ruby 4.0 introduces “Ruby Box” and “ZJIT”, and adds many improvements." ☛ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/12/25/ruby-4-0-0-released/ | Source: Ruby    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 09:31:41

• "Both ways of specifying arguments made sense, but the memcpy routine won over bcopy in the long run, and was incorporated into the first edition of the C language standard, in 1989." ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/ovbcopy.html | Source: Miod Vallat    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 09:31:55

• "Linked lists are a data structure basic building block, with especially flexible allocation behavior." ☛ https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/12/31/ | Source: Chris Wellons    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 09:32:05

• Up by a lot in Poland https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/poland//#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 10:36:51

• "With eSIM, the swap becomes a workflow—and if it fails at the wrong time you can end up locked out of your own number (and everything that still treats SMS as a magic identity token)" ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2026/01/01/2119 | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 10:37:08

• Anon: "Who owns thelayoff.com? That is to ask, what data are they collecting on the posters and for what end purpose? And what data on whom are they collecting along the way. Do you recall 'staropenoffice.org' years back?"    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 10:46:37

• "staropenoffice.org pretended to be on the side of FOSS for a long while and used that appearance to collect info about individuals and projects then when activity levelled off, they went on the attack with / for Microsoft"    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 10:46:43

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 10:48:01

• Do not trust sites that can be sold, as you might be dealing with the wrong question, not whether you can trust them now but whether future owners can be trusted; think github, where the question to always ask was, who will it be SOLD to?    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 10:48:05

• Norway: GNU/Linux up https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/norway//#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 11:34:26

• Microsoft correction downwards? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/denmark//#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 11:35:13

• "There are many reasons to choose a programming language and environment for your projects and products." ☛ https://bitbanksoftware.blogspot.com/2026/01/lcds-c-linux-beginner-friendly.html | Source: Larry Bank    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:02:48

• "Under local-first ideals, owning your data is essential. If someone else can rug-pull your data out from under you, that software is objectively not local-first." ☛ https://www.deobald.ca/essays/2026-01-01-localfirst-you-keep-using-that-word/ | Source: Steven Deobald    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:03:09

• USPTO defends abuse and blackmail by patents ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/01/uspto-proposes-dramatic-restrictions-on-patent-challenges-through-inter-partes-review/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:04:08

• "When people like Mr Pocock try to offer professional advice, for example, after the Debian suicide cluster, they are subject to public humiliation and threats of violence (recorded)." https://juristgate.com/en/stardust-crans-montana-le-constellation-cover-up-already-under-way/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:07:21

• "The lawyers, politicians and small business owners are a group of kissing-cousins. Protecting the reputations and business interests of their families and friends is inextricably intertwined with covering up all the people who failed to prevent this disaster."    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:07:34

• Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:09:05

• Daniel Baumann: Pǔ’ěr chá storage (in Western Europe) ☞ https://blog.daniel-baumann.ch/posts/20260101-1.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:10:06

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 632 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/12/31/this-week-in-rust-632/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:10:48

• Our Top Five Most Underrated GNU/Linux Distros for 2025 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/our-top-five-most-underrated-linux-distros-for-2025/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:12:32

• The Best of 2025: The 25 Articles You Dug Most ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/the-best-of-2025-the-25-articles-you-dug-most/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:12:44

• BSD Now 644: Holidays 2025 - What you been do'in? ☞ https://www.bsdnow.tv/644    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:13:16

• This Diminutive Reptile Plays Rock-Paper-Scissors ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/science/this-diminutive-reptile-plays-rock-paper-scissors.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:16:16

• Best of the Gutenberg books I read in 2025 ☞ https://box.matto.nl/best-of-the-gutenberg-books-i-read-in-2025.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:16:50

• France proposes social control media ban, following the Australian model for under-15s ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260101-france-proposes-social-media-ban-following-the-australian-model-for-under-15s    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:17:48

• US health insurance costs to rise by 114% for millions as subsidies expire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260101-health-insurance-costs-rise-114-percent-millions-americans-obamacare-subsidies-expire    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:18:14

• Delaying dementia diagnosis wastes precious time, Michigan experts warn ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/dreading-a-dementia-diagnosis-wastes-precious-time-michigan-experts-warn/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:18:25

• Michigan studios see rising demand for laser tattoo removal ☞ https://bridgemi.com/quality-life/michigan-studios-see-rising-demand-for-laser-tattoo-removal/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:18:38

• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends New Year celebrations with daughter ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-attends-new-year-celebrations-with-daughter    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:19:02

• North Korea leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter makes public visit to state mausoleum ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-leader-kim-jong-uns-daughter-makes-public-visit-to-state-mausoleum    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:19:17

• Litterbugs in Malaysia, including foreigners, may trim trees as part of new community service punishment: Minister ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/litterbugs-in-malaysia-including-foreigners-may-trim-trees-as-part-of-new-community-service    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:26:14

• China military drills near Taiwan ‘unnecessarily’ raise tensions, US says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/02/china-military-drills-near-taiwan-unnecessarily-raise-tensions-us-says/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:26:33

• How Japanese Scallops Became a Pawn in Diplomatic Tensions With China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/business/japan-china-scallops.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:26:41

• China’s Pooh-tin to host South Korea’s Lee in New Year amid Japan tensions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-to-host-south-koreas-lee-in-new-year-amid-japan-tensions    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:27:03

• China taxes condoms, contraceptive drugs in bid to spur birth rate ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-taxes-condoms-contraceptive-drugs-in-bid-to-spur-birth-rate    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:27:56

• U.S. allows TSMC to import chipmaking equipment to its China fabs — Samsung, SK hynix likewise receive go signal from Commerce Department ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/u-s-allows-tsmc-to-import-chipmaking-equipment-to-its-china-fabs-samsung-sk-hynix-likewise-receive-go-signal-from-commerce-department    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:28:12

• China's president Pooh-tin Jinping calls Taiwan reunification "unstoppable" — military drills around the island escalate in area and deployments ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-president-xi-jinping-calls-taiwan-reunification-unstoppable-military-drills-around-the-island-escalate-in-area-and-deployments    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:29:24

• EU's new carbon border tax goes into force ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20260101-eu-s-new-carbon-border-tax-goes-into-force    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:29:45

• Tariffs of up to 50% go into effect, hitting imports from China, other non-FTA countries ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-tariffs-go-into-effect-china/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:30:34

• Australia ‘disappointed’ with China’s beef tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-disappointed-with-chinas-beef-tariffs    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:31:40

• China military drills near Taiwan ‘unnecessarily’ raise tensions: US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-military-drills-near-taiwan-unnecessarily-raise-tensions-us    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 12:31:57

• "The clock struck midnight, the Times Square ball fell, and scams are still a thing in this year of 2026." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/01/01.1    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:08:58

• "Microsoft Office ’97 introduced a new style where some menu entries would have icons next to them. According to their human-interface guide, this sort of thing was a way to highlight important/common actions that a user could take." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/ux/icons-for-menu-items/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:09:50

• 🔤SpellBinding: BDLMORW Wordo: SHUNS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-02.gmi    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:10:22

• Fascinating world of proton gemini://liladi.site/fascinating-world-of-proton.gmi    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:11:03

• kiwi gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/chals/phlog/2025/11-23-25 "In case you are curious about it, kiwi is the hostname of my raspberry pi model 3. This week I have upgraded it to raspbian trixie, well that is not correct."    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:12:41

• The high blood pressure incident gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/chals/phlog/2025/11-01-25    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:13:28

• mkscript gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/chals/phlog/2025/12-13-25    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:14:23

• "First, a list of the most enjoyed Gutenberg books and short stories, followed by the non-Gutenberg non-fiction, and ending with non-Gutenberg fiction." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/books-i-enjoyed-reading-in-2025.txt    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:15:49

• [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-01-02.gmi    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:17:02

• Russia Asks United States to Stop Pursuit of Fleeing Oil Tanker ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/us/politics/russia-oil-tanker-venezuela-us-pursuit.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:24:52

• Estonia's spy chief: Russia not planning to attack a Baltic country at this time ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2792042/estonia-s-spy-chief-russia-not-planning-to-attack-a-baltic-country-at-this-time    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:25:06

• Finland seizes ship from Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260101-finland-seizes-ship-from-russia    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:25:15

• Happy Public Domain Day 2026! ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/01/public-domain-day-2026    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:25:38

• How to Install Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fonts on Linux Mint ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-microsoft-fonts-on-linux-mint/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:26:21

• "The deepest sort of spiritual disorientation" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/01/the-deepest-sort-of-spiritual-disorientation | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:29:02

• Scientists Link Gut Bacteria to Bipolar Depression in Mouse Study ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-link-gut-bacteria-to-bipolar-depression-in-mouse-study    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:29:22

• Traffic Has a Curious Effect on The Atmosphere's Electric Field, Study Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/traffic-has-a-curious-effect-on-the-atmospheres-electric-field-study-shows    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:29:34

• Swearing Provides Health Benefits (Especially if It's Not a Habit) ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/swearing-provides-health-benefits-especially-if-its-not-a-habit    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:29:43

• Archaeologists Discover The Earliest Confirmed Adult Cremation ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-discover-the-earliest-confirmed-adult-cremation    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:30:03

• Astronomers Measure The Mass of a Planet With No Star For The First Time ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-measure-the-mass-of-a-planet-with-no-star-for-the-first-time    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:30:17

• A Mouse Just Gave Birth After Going to Space. Here's Why That's a Big Deal. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-mouse-just-gave-birth-after-going-to-space-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:30:30

• January's Wolf Supermoon Is Getting a Rare Triple Brightness Boost ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/januarys-wolf-supermoon-is-getting-a-rare-triple-brightness-boost    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:30:42

• A Psychologist Explains Why New Year's Feels Harder Now – And What You Can Do ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-psychologist-explains-why-new-years-feels-harder-now-and-what-you-can-do    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:30:55

• 39C3 ☞ https://jbb.ghsq.de/kde/2026/01/01/39C3.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:32:05

• Fixed again screen brightness in EasySetup ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/fixed-again-screen-brightness-in-easysetup.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:33:52

• SeaMonkey 2.53.23 compiled ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/seamonkey-25323-compiled.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:34:01

• Kernel 6.12.63 compiled without aufs patch ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/kernel-61263-compiled-without-aufs-patch.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:34:09

• "CNN lists Oulu among "best places to visit" in 2026" https://yle.fi/a/74-20202339    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 13:55:19

• "I’m looking forward to having today off, and going back in Monday to see where the Pipmunks have shuffled the deck chairs on the titanic while I use my paychecks to build up my “just in case” fund more and will spend IBMs time job hunting while they pay me for it. F this place." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdxcaev1    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 14:29:57

• "is Alvind's bold leadership going to create more public toilets outside the IBM campuses where they are sorely needed? After all, more toilets are needed in India. Or is Mr. Upskill (Krabanaugh) going to build them ?"    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 14:30:17

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1052526/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 15:20:33

• ...also up sharply in Portugal https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/portugal/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 15:49:26

• Very noisy https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/laos/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 16:47:17

• "Did IBM properly do the WARN act before the last RA action in November?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdmwe55y    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 17:41:56

• "IBM does the WARN act every month, since it is being led by the Indian cabal."    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 17:42:09

• Three of the best: Security ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/02/three-of-the-best-security-6/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:07:44

• A backdoored Windows NT6 Compatibility? ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Starts-2026    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:08:09

• Do they also replicate all the back doors?    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:08:21

• Still (ab)using spreadsheets as a KB, for now? ☞ https://rubenerd.com/still-abusing-spreadsheets-as-a-personal-knowledgebase/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:09:21

• Nigeria police detain driver in fatal Joshua car crash ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260101-nigeria-police-detain-driver-in-fatal-joshua-car-crash    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:10:41

• Cars and planes and dangerous no matter how rich or famous you are. Ask Liverpool FC. https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260101-nigeria-police-detain-driver-in-fatal-joshua-car-crash    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:11:56

• What Do You Want to See From Ubuntu in 2026? ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/what-do-you-want-to-see-from-ubuntu-in-2026    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:12:12

• Slopwatch Still Dead, Not Enough LLM Slop About "Linux" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/02/Slopwatch_Still_Dead_Not_Enough_LLM_Slop_About_Linux.shtml    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:12:28

• AMD and Steam Deck continue to drive GNU/Linux gaming adoption on Steam ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-and-steam-deck-continue-to-drive-linux-gaming-adoption-on-steam/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:12:56

• VLC 3.0.23 Media Player Improves Dark Palette in the Qt GUI, Codec Information ☞ https://9to5linux.com/vlc-3-0-23-media-player-improves-dark-palette-in-the-qt-gui-codec-information    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:13:49

• Arch GNU/Linux Kicks Off 2026 with New ISO Powered by GNU/Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS ☞ https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-kicks-off-2026-with-new-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-18-lts    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:13:57

• IceWM 4.0 Lightweight Window Manager Released with an Improved Alt+Tab Switch ☞ https://9to5linux.com/icewm-4-0-lightweight-window-manager-released-with-an-improved-alttab-switch    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:14:08

• Systemd-Free Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1 Released with Unofficial Raspberry Pi Images ☞ https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-devuan-gnulinux-6-1-released-with-unofficial-raspberry-pi-images    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:14:16

• Kiro 26.01.01.01 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kiro    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:15:20

• Dr.Parted 26.01 is out too ☞ https://distrowatch.com/drparted    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:15:33

• Taiwan’s president vows to defend sovereignty after China drills ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/01/taiwans-president-vows-to-defend-sovereignty-after-china-drills/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:16:37

• "Nothing But Hacks" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/01/building-a-steam-loco-these-days-is-nothing-but-hacks/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:17:19

• Peropesis 3.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/peropesis    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:17:36

• Side 0.1.4 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/side    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:17:49

• Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club granted new 3-year lease at historic Central location, gov’t says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/02/hong-kongs-foreign-correspondents-club-granted-new-3-year-lease-at-historic-central-location-govt-says/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:18:38

• Manjaro 26.0-rc3 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:18:52

• Arch 2026.01.01 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/arch    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:19:06

• 2026 ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1111/2026    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:19:15

• AgarimOS 20260101 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/agarimos    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:19:28

• EN-OS 1.0 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/enos    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:19:40

• Reuters’ investigation claims Meta tried to deceive regulators over fake ads ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/01/reuters-investigation-claims-meta-tried-deceive-regulators-fake-ads/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:21:34

• Junichi Uekawa: Happy new year. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2026-Jan-1.html.en#2026-Jan-1-07:42:20    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:22:13

• KDE GNU/Linux 20260101 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kdelinux    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:22:22

• d77void 20260101 as well is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/d77void    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:22:36

• Now releasing IceWM 4.0. Wrong platform though.    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:23:07

• Microsoft swallowed IceWM    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:23:33

• Alien-OS 26.01 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/alienos    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:24:11

• Devuan 6.1.0 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/devuan    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:24:25

• PlayStation 5 ROM keys leaked — jailbreaking could be made easier with BootROM codes ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/playstation-5-rom-keys-leaked-jailbreaking-could-be-made-easier-with-bootrom-codes    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:24:45

• Xi to host South Korea’s Lee in Beijing as China seeks to bolster regional ties ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260102-xi-to-host-south-korea-lee-beijing    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:25:02

• Iran protests turn deadly: Government has offered dialogue in face of demonstrations ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260101-iran-protests-turn-deadly-government-has-offered-dialogue-in-face-of-demonstrations    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:25:11

• Jewish civil rights group demands answers from Mamdani after posts about combating antisemitism scrubbed from NYC mayor’s X account ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/01/01/us-news/jewish-civil-rights-group-demands-answers-from-mamdani-after-posts-about-antisemitism-scrubbed-from-nyc-mayors-x-account/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:25:41

• NES-a-like mini PC brings modern chips to the classic Nintendo case design — Ryzen Hey Hi (AI) 9 CPU, Radeon 890M iGPU should make it a decent all-round system ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/nes-a-like-mini-pc-brings-modern-chips-to-the-classic-nintendo-case-design-ryzen-ai-9-cpu-radeon-890m-igpu-should-make-it-a-decent-all-round-system    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:26:27

• Man Operating Robot Accidentally Makes It Kick Him Directly in the Nutsack ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/robot-kicks-groin    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:32:33

• Will Smith sued for sexual harassment, accused of ‘deliberately grooming’ tour violinist ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/01/01/entertainment/will-smith-sued-for-sexual-harassment-accused-of-deliberately-grooming-tour-violinist/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:32:43

• ARPANET standardized TCP/IP on this day in 1983 — 43-year-old standard set the foundations for today’s Internet ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/arpanet-standardized-tcp-ip-on-this-day-in-1983-43-year-old-standard-set-the-foundations-for-todays-internet    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:33:19

• SDL 3.4 Released; outsourced to Microsoft, LOL... so how about... NO!    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:33:53

• In 2025 Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lost Palau ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/01/In_2025_Microsoft_Lost_Palau.shtml    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:34:51

• Microsoft Mocked UNIX/Linux for Not Handling Dates After 2038, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Breaks Down on 2026! ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/01/Microsoft_Mocked_UNIX_Linux_for_Not_Handling_Dates_After_2038_M.shtml    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:35:02

• .... Linux, ships in April ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/nintendos-snes-cartridges-get-a-usb-c-adapter-for-play-backing-up-and-validation-usd59-sn-operator-snes-to-pc-device-supports-windows-macos-and-linux-ships-in-april    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:35:28

• Modoboa – mail hosting and management platform ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/modoboa-mail-hosting-and-management-platform/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:35:54

• gSlapper – wallpaper utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gslapper-wallpaper-utility/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:44:36

• SimplyToast – startup and background process manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/simplytoast-startup-background-process-manager/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:45:18

• BOSGAME M6 HX370 Hey Hi (AI) PC running GNU/Linux – BIOS ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bosgame-m6-hx370-ai-pc-running-linux-bios/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:45:38

• mackup – keeps application settings in sync ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mackup-keeps-application-settings-sync/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:46:04

• 12 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Document-Oriented Databases ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/documentorienteddatabases/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:46:55

• "Some kind of continuity beeper has been a standard piece of gear since the dawn of electronics." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/01/trace-tracing-to-the-tunes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:47:33

• nocb – nearly optimal clipboard manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nocb-nearly-optimal-clipboard-manager/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:48:03

• This is spam. It is Slashdot Media (LJ) promoting two of ITS OWN sites https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/top-6-b2b-software-comparison-review-websites-for-software-vendors    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:49:20

• mmry – local-first memory system for humans and Hey Hi (AI) agents ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mmry-local-first-memory-system/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:49:45

• FTPGrab – grah files from FTP or SFTP servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ftpgrab-grah-files-ftp-sftp-servers/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:50:04

• Metetch – system information display utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/metetch-system-information-display-utility/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:50:24

• MocaccinoOS Is a More User-Friendly Version of Gentoo GNU/Linux ☞ https://thenewstack.io/mocaccinoos-is-a-more-user-friendly-version-of-gentoo-linux/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:51:11

• Sparky news 2025/12 ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-news-2025-12/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:51:45

• Looking back on 2025 ☞ https://blog.orhun.dev/2025-wrapped/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:52:57

• 2025 wrapped ☞ https://vulns.xyz/2025/12/2025-wrapped/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:53:18

• SDL 3.4 Brings Native PNG Support and Expanded GPU Rendering Features ☞ https://linuxiac.com/sdl-3-4-brings-native-png-support-and-expanded-gpu-rendering-features/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:53:59

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients - 2025-12-31 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-12-31-edition/index.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:55:19

• "Ukrainian military intelligence says it faked killing of neo-Nazi militia commander" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/01/white-rex-lives | Source: Meduza    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:56:17

• Another New Year at War: Ukraine’s Troops Doubt It Will Be the Last ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/world/europe/ukraine-russia-new-years-day-donetsk.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:56:31

• Zelenskyy Brings In New Year Saying Ukrainians Want Peace, But Not 'At Any Cost' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskyy-russia-coalition-trump/33637408.html    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:56:43

• Kyiv argues alleged attack on Putin’s home was Russian false-flag operation ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260101-kyiv-argues-alleged-attack-on-putin-s-home-was-russian-false-flag-operation    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:56:55

• Putin voices confidence in war victory ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260101-putin-voices-confidence-in-war-victory    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:57:09

• LibXML2 Will Carry on (Without or With the Name "LibXML2") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/02/LibXML2_Will_Carry_on_Without_or_With_the_Name_LibXML2.shtml    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:57:56

• Thailand sees annual foreign tourist arrivals slow to 33 million ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-sees-annual-foreign-tourist-arrivals-slow-to-33-million    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:58:13

• "In the first of eight volumes, the early days of the NEC µPD7220 and the burgeoning IBM PC." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/01/jon-peddies-the-graphics-chip-chronicles-on-graphics-controller-history/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:58:35

• "The short answer: you can bend the tabs formed by the slots to increase or decrease the capacitance by tiny amounts for the purpose of tuning" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/01/the-cutting-truth-about-variable-capacitors/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:58:53

• "3D printing and way too much post-processing" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/01/our-new-years-wish-is-to-hide-in-a-giant-pokeball/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:59:21

• "Cheapo 1800W DC-DC Boost Converter" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/01/putting-a-cheapo-1800w-dc-dc-boost-converter-to-the-test/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 18:59:49

• "Programmers hold to a wide spectrum of positions on software complexity, from the rare command-line purists to the much more common web app developers, and the two extremes rarely meet." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/01/terminal-based-web-browsing-with-modern-conveniences/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:00:20

• "Got time for a final blast through smaller Linux app updates to round out 2025?" https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/linux-release-roundup-december-2025    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:05:52

• These are the 5 most beautiful Linux distros https://www.howtogeek.com/the-most-beautiful-linux-distros/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:07:29

• "Portable and modular, Orbitiny runs on top of your existing window manager - such as KDE Plasma or GNOME - like a regular app." https://www.zdnet.com/article/orbitiny-portable-modular-unique-linux-desktop/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:07:55

• Locked out of Linux? Here are 2 safe ways to reset your password (no reinstall) https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-reset-a-forgotten-password-in-linux/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:08:23

• Crap design. Defective product. https://videocardz.com/newz/two-years-after-launch-intel-meteor-lake-offers-93-of-original-performance-on-linux-tests-show    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:09:16

• "New year, new me? Nope... Same old me, same old It's FOSS." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-01/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:09:45

• "Wine and CrossOver are options, but many applications do not work with them. Therefore, WinBoat , an open source tool that uses virtualization technology to run Windows applications natively on Linux, has been released." https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260101-winboat/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:10:29

• "Windows installer is slow, reboot-heavy, ad-filled and forces online accounts and privacy toggles." https://www.howtogeek.com/new-article-1766610469/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:11:05

• "Ironically, ultimately it was decided to not break the Linux networking stack that much and stick with the much less complicated local proxy to terminate TCP connections and redirect traffic to a local socket. Unfortunately escaping the Linux networking stack isn’t that straightforward." https://hackaday.com/2025/12/31/escaping-the-linux-networking-stack-at-cloudflare/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:11:39

• "Tired of using many different commands, each with dozens of flags, to transform text? Meet sttr, a command-line tool that can replace your whole text processing toolbox. Let’s look at why this tool is making the "old way" of text processing look like hard labor." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-linux-command-that-makes-text-processing-ridiculously-easy/    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:12:11

• "IBM does settle for age discrimination law suits quietly. It is bad publicity." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp    

posted Friday, January 02, 2026 at 19:28:12