Roy Schestowitz

• "I don't use Amazon so this isn't something that I think about, but it had me thinking about dupes. For this specific lamp, I thought about what would happen if instead of buying the actual lamp, people just bought a dupe" gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2026-01-01-thought-on-dupes.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:19:07

• "I've seen a couple of posts discussing how folks post on Gemini and I think it's rad that this tiny little corner of the smolweb allows for so many unique ways to participate." gemini://gem.saayaa.space/gemlog/2026-01-01-how-i-post.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:19:55

• "Very few blogs (this one?) support RFC 5005 "Feed Paging and Archiving". Xobaque is a search engine that doesn't crawl the web. It gets fed using feeds. That makes it the ideal companion for web rings, blog planets and the like. And I just added blog crawling using RFC 5005 to it." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-02-xobaque    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:22:36

• "It always gives me the feeling that all the good ol' gemini people, which are well known and have formed the space are leaving, because Gemini isn't the right thing anymore, at least for them." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2026-01-03-Re_So_Long_and_Thanks.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:24:38

• "The Marx Bros film, Animal Crackers, just entered the public domain and you can watch it on Wikipedia...so I did. I was disappointed." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2026-01-03_Animal_Crackers.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:26:04

• "This gemini capsule is one of the latter. I'll be taking it offline after the domain expires, likely around mid-late February." gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2026-01-02-so-long-and-thanks.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:26:46

• "Up until recently, I've been connecting the oscilloscope probes directly to the jacks — or rather, the spare patch cables connected to the jacks — in order to get the full 10V output." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260102-0.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:27:44

• "This morning I got an email from an old friend, one I haven't seen in a dozen years. She and her family have moved to my city; it's been a long time, sorry, sorry; would I like to get together sometime?" gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/1-02.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:28:39

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1524.jpg    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:29:27

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1874.jpg    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:29:34

• "That's why I find “Why does the Electoral College exist? [2]” video so good—it goes into the history of why the Founding Fathers picked such a convoluted scheme to elect the President (and I did not know that direct election by the population was on the table)." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/01/02.2    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:30:21

• "Names made from names! Usually funny, and thus sometimes reviled by serious people who insist we already have better names for these names." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/02/name-names.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:31:00

• "Easier said than done (have to move the lawn mower to reach the tire valve attactment, and I have to move several miscellaneous items to extract the compressor unit, then find an extension chord, etc.) but I finally had it set up, turned on, and started to inflate the tire." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/01/02.1    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:31:42

• "I need a place to have my streams of consciousness, my secondary brain, to help me figure out my life. Sometime gopher is not the place. I feel it creates more noise, which might not be as interesting to you the reader." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/noteBook    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:33:28

• "I don't even know how many ways, how many different times I've tried to get organized. Complicated systems, simple systems, paper analog systems, elaborate digital systems. Getting Things Done, Personal Kanban, Cal Newport style stuff, just using a simple notebook" gemini://ieve.me/squall/8.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:35:18

• "There are customers who are experimenting with it and co-investing with IBM, because that's what Quantum is right now - a science experiment. No matter how many pictures of fancy gold cooling towers they publish, there still is no such thing as an actual error-corrected quantum computer." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdxcaev1    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:49:15

• "Right now, QC is at the stage of people noticing that vacuum tubes can switch a current and that switches can be used to perform calculations. It was a long way from that to an actual computer." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdxcaev1    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 04:49:20

• One year ago https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/companies/microsoft-reportedly-lays-off-more-employees/ar-AA1xhLXL?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 05:48:17

• One year ago as well https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/microsoft-is-laying-off-employees-will-that-negatively-affect-its-stock/ar-AA1z6ZXT?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 05:48:24

• It'll happen again soon    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 05:48:35

• Now that TikTok in the US is controlled by Cheeto even Microsoft Lunduke joins that...    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 06:06:35

• Alexandria https://theconversation.com/we-discovered-an-ancient-party-boat-in-the-waters-of-alexandria-heres-what-might-have-happened-on-board-272133    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:25:07

• Winner, Name That Ware November 2025 https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/winner-name-that-ware-november-2025/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:25:34

• digital nomadism https://theconversation.com/the-evolution-of-digital-nomadism-from-hi-tech-hacker-spaces-to-crypto-coworking-272380    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:26:25

• why some people hate nature https://theconversation.com/biophobia-why-some-people-hate-nature-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-271421    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:27:06

• Supercharge Event Loops with Thread::Subs https://blogs.perl.org/users/tfbw/2025/12/supercharge-event-loops-with-threadsubs.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:28:13

• ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V 1.36 https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2025/12/announce-perlwiki-v-136.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:28:31

• Flattery will get you nowhere - But don't stop trying http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/flattery-will-get-you-nowhere-but-dont.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:29:44

• UK police arrest Greta Thunberg under Terrorism Act https://www.dw.com/en/uk-police-arrest-greta-thunberg-under-terrorism-act/a-75286097    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:32:21

• Russell Brand charged with two more sex offenses https://www.dw.com/en/uk-russell-brand-charged-with-two-more-sex-offenses/a-75290095    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:32:30

• massive fine https://www.dw.com/en/ryanair-faces-massive-fine-in-italy-over-abusive-strategy/a-75282204    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:33:00

• TEPCO's nuclear restart plan sparks angst https://www.dw.com/en/japan-tepco-s-nuclear-restart-plan-sparks-angst/a-75285419    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:36:00

• """Oops! The 6.1.0 desktop-live and minimal-live isos don't boot UEFI. Fixed in 6.1.1.""" https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260103.004949.8f2db8f6.en.html ("Re: [devuan-dev] DEVUAN EXCALIBUR 6.1.0 ADDENDUM") https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/15/Due_to_Secure_Boot_An_Anti_Security_Measure_a_Kill_Switch_Compu.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 07:57:06

• Blame IBM? https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/when-an-hiring-manager-at-ibm-dumbfounded-melinda-french-gates-making-her-join-microsoft/articleshow/126301831.cms    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 08:00:58

• "the Price of Truth." https://observer.co.uk/culture/film/article/julian-assange-has-been-in-prison-for-his-virtues-not-his-vices    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 08:05:38

• “Everybody on his team said to us, there’s no way he will ever go to the U.S. If he gets extradited, he’ll end his own life” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/the-six-billion-dollar-man-documentary-julian-assange-saga-1236442894/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 08:08:11

• Washing their hands, as usual https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/sweden-police-dismiss-assange-complaint-over-machado-nobel-win http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/06/Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_Does_Not_Exist_It_s_Propaganda_From_Sv.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 08:10:32

• "Sometimes the board brings in a CEO to do whatever it takes. Not the first time in history this has happened. At Digital Equipment Corporation, I lived through the disaster when Bob Palmer was brought in to replace Ken Olsen, founder of DEC. Palmer sold off DEC piece by piece." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 08:13:04

• "DEC was once a fantastic company to work for with brilliant people and superior technology. The board did not care and ruined the company together with Palmer." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdkpvc96    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 08:13:10

• 🔤SpellBinding — AEHMYTP Wordo: TRIBE gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-03.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:11:04

• Another all-time high today: "There are 4751 capsules. We successfully connected recently to 3252 of them." gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:12:41

• Spreading yet MOAR Disinformation in social control media https://x.com/glcst/status/2007164437321662514    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:16:21

• And then putting men in bikinis, using fakes https://x.com/LukasHozda/status/2007255377134661693    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:16:52

• Mesa 25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-25-3-3-released-with-more-linux-graphics-driver-bug-fixes/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:28:57

• "For this month we see that Linux is pretty much just holding steady, after hitting an all-time high for November 2025." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steam-survey-for-december-2025-shows-linux-holding-to-3-19p/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:29:33

• GE-Proton 10-28 brings fixes for Duet Night Abyss, World of Tanks, games with spatial audio and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/ge-proton-10-28-brings-fixes-for-duet-night-abyss-world-of-tanks-games-with-spatial-audio-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:30:01

• River City Ransom: Underground is getting delisted from stores | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/river-city-ransom-underground-is-getting-delisted-from-stores/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:30:30

• "2025 – Nätpolitik och övervakning året som gick" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/02/2025-natpolitik-och-overvakning-aret-som-gick/ "2025 var ett intensivt år för internet- och övervakningsfrågorna. Här är vår sammanställning över några av de viktigaste händelserna, i ungefärlig kronologisk ordning."    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:31:36

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

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:31:46

• "Germany to drop Russian oligarch investigation following €10M settlement" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/germany-to-drop-russian-oligarch-investigation-following-e10m-settlement/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:31:59

• "Award-winning nurse struck off after sharing anti-immigration posts on social media saying 'foreigners' coming to Britain will become 'your rulers' | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15428819/Award-winning-nurse-struck-sharing-anti-immigration-posts-social-media-saying-foreigners-coming-Britain-rulers.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:32:15

• "This Marine pilot earned ace status as a Wildcat menace in the Pacific" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/veterans/military-history/2026/01/02/this-marine-pilot-earned-ace-status-as-a-wildcat-menace-in-the-pacific/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:32:29

• ""Will Do Jihad Soon": What We Know About ISIS-Inspired Plotter In US" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/who-is-christian-sturdivant-accused-of-planning-isis-inspired-attack-in-us-north-carolina-10209640#publisher=newsstand    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:32:40

• Epilogue reveal the SN Operator to play real SNES cartridges on various platforms | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/epilogue-reveal-the-sn-operator-to-play-real-snes-cartridges-on-various-platforms/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:33:19

• D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/d7vk-v1-1-is-out-with-experimental-direct3d-6-support-via-vulkan-for-windows-games-on-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:33:51

• The 2026 Carnage Collection from Humble Bundle brings some fun games to begin the year | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-2026-carnage-collection-from-humble-bundle-brings-some-fun-games-to-begin-the-year/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:34:40

• "foreigner" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/01/02/collection-of-biometrics-from-anyone-associated-with-a-foreigner/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:35:13

• "They can feel that this is the end" ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2026/01/03/they-can-feel-that-this-is-the-end-hungarian-opposition-leader-gives-powerful-speech-on-new-years-eve | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:35:35

• "The country cannot have a leader who does not put the welfare of Hungarian children first, who does nothing for years while knowing that thousands of children are being abused"    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:35:59

• Orbán "will betray our Hungarian brothers and sisters in Upper Hungary, Transylvania (...) his main task is not to eliminate poverty, but to enrich his own family."    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:36:10

• Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bazzite-linux-gets-a-spring-cleaning-update-to-end-2025/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bazzite-linux-gets-a-spring-cleaning-update-to-end-2025/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:38:42

• "it will have what they now say is "experimental" Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/native-linux-support-for-hytale-will-be-launched-as-experimental/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:39:03

• Valve reveal the most popular Steam games of 2025 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-most-popular-steam-games-for-2025-were-not-exactly-surprising/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-most-popular-steam-games-for-2025-were-not-exactly-surprising/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:39:20

• "According to the complaint, the works were used under a 2015 agreement that did not grant authorization to copy or use the works for artificial intelligence training." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/01/stability-ai-lawsuit-musician-opt-out/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 09:40:48

• "After Spotify integrated audiobooks into its Premium Individual, Family, and Duo plans in late 2023" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/02/spotify-basic-subscription-sunset-language/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 12:55:12

• "Star Wars Racer Revenge, which sports the CUSA-03474 game code" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/forgotten-star-wars-racer-revenge-game-is-key-to-jailbreaking-playstation-5-price-soars-1-900-percent-overnight-amid-leaked-rom-keys-exploit-physical-copies-of-the-ps4-game-go-from-usd20-to-usd400-on-ebay | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 12:55:28

• "Social media firms should take responsibility for content they publish and a standing committee has already recommended a tough law to fix accountability of platforms" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/social-media-should-take-responsibility-of-content-they-publish-union-minister-vaishnaw/articleshow/126307820.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 12:55:48

• "PJAK stated that the new popular resistance movement, which began on December 28, 2025" ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/kurdistan/pjak-the-iranian-regime-has-no-solution-other-than-to-yield-to-the-people-s-legitimate-demands-82923 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 12:56:58

• "The tactics behind protest policing are changing—from one of cooperation to intentional antagonism for political marketing purposes." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-protest-surveillance/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 12:57:12

• "Union contracts expiring in 2026 could open up major fights by manufacturing, education, entertainment, and government workers." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/big-union-contract-fights-are-coming-in-2026-heres-a-preview-of-whats-ahead/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 12:57:29

• "In 2025, about 29% of the people who were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were convicted criminals, compared with 71% who had no criminal convictions, according to the agency." ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/fact-briefs/2026/01/did-less-than-30-of-ice-detainees-in-2025-have-criminal-convictions-on-their-records/ |    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 12:58:12

• "Much of this material was directed at online models and sex workers, who already face a disproportionately high risk of violence and homicide." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/grok-violence-women | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 12:58:23

• "According to SAMER, the low clearance rate is striking. In 60.1 percent of cases, the perpetrator was not identified." ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/women/samer-420-women-were-murdered-508-others-died-under-suspicious-circumstances-in-turkey-in-2025-82924 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 12:58:35

• "One hundred and twenty-eight journalists and media workers, including 10 women, lost their lives in 2025" ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/freedom-of-the-press/ifj-128-journalists-and-media-workers-were-killed-in-2025-82909 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:00:00

• "Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on leaders of the armed rebel coalition controlling Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/rsf-calls-on-eastern-drc-rebels-to-end-abductions-after-journalist-found-alive/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:00:24

• "The convictions stem from cases registered after violent protests on May 9, 2023, when Khan's supporters attacked military installations following his brief arrest." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/8-journalists-youtubers-sentenced-to-life-by-pakistan-anti-terror-court-10199696#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:02:23

• Censorship: "sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian-Kurdish woman arrested for an alleged breach of the country's mandatory dress code." ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/human-rights/iran-executed-at-least-1-500-people-in-2025-82911 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:02:58

• Censorship: "I thought, what could they do to me?" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/02/i-thought-what-could-they-do-to-me | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:03:04

• "Opposed to some of the "non woke" team leads who do nothing, have no skills but cronyism, hoard work to appear busy and then release it at the last minute to someone else, and put on countless, meaningless presentations to hear their own voice?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdmwe55y    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:04:28

• "Reports of a nationwide freeze came after a video with debunked claims circulated social media this week." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-child-care-funding-across-the-us-after-bogus-social-media-claim/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:06:59

• "Secretary of State Dariusz Standerski warned the synthetic audiovisual materials pose threats to public order, information security" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/tiktok-ai-generated-disinformation/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:07:07

• "For organizations operating in China, selling products or services into the Chinese market" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/china-cybersecurity-law-2026/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:07:46

• "Public power means public ownership and democratic control of our energy system." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/as-electricity-bills-rise-activists-are-demanding-public-control-of-utilities/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:08:57

• "I wish there was such maturity when it came to the primary purpose of, say, cars." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/the-primary-purpose-of-lift-lobbies/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:09:06

• "Any Japanese politician could solve Japan’s plastic crisis and be a national hero if they championed outlawing all single-use plastic food packaging" ☛ https://lmnt.me/blog/plastic-part-2.html | Source: Louie Mantia    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:14:35

• "Trump and his supporters will claim that the fact Trump barred Epstein from the Mar-a-Lago spa in 2003 exonerates the president" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/mar-a-lago-jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:15:05

• "the oligarchs and their apologists will seek to use the celebration of America’s anniversary to strengthen their grip on the economy and government" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/2026-thomas-paine-sestercentennial/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:15:40

• "The Founding Fathers knew exactly what they were fighting. They wrote about it constantly, in the Declaration of Independence and in decades of letters to one another." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/a-new-year-begins-the-old-fight-continues/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:16:02

• "crew members of ship suspected of cable break" ☛ https://therecord.media/finland-arrests-crew-ship-suspected-cable-break | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:16:15

• "detected a fault in the undersea cable" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/finland-authorities-investigate-underwater-cable-damage-in-the-countrys-gulf/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:16:51

• "Back before everyone checked out for the holidays, I did an inventory of the progress we’ve made in four ways to fight fascism" ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/02/where-we-go-from-here/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:17:12

• "Trump 2.0’s second year may be even worse than the first. That’s because Trump, his sycophants, and the billionaires behind him" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-in-2026 | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:17:37

• "We started this year by taking a deep look at our various encryption guides" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/surveillance-self-defense-2025-year-review | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:18:08

• "The good news is that courts have blocked many of the laws seeking to impose age-verification gates on social media" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/year-states-chose-surveillance-over-safety-2025-review | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:18:26

• Windows TCO: "agreed to pay the ALPHV BlackCat administrators a 20% share of any ransom payments they received in exchange for the ransomware and access to ALPHV BlackCat’s extortion platform." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/security-experts-blackcat-ransomware-case/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:19:09

• Windows TCO: "rendered its online services inaccessible" ☛ https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20251223-cyberattack-on-french-postal-service-causes-disruption-during-christmas-rush | Source: RFI    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:19:27

• Windows TCO: "This incident follows a previous denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that began on December 22, 2025, and continued until December 26." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/la-poste-la-banque-postale-cyberattack-2026/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:26:33

• Windows TCO: "Covenant Health began sending breach notification letters to victims on New Year’s Eve. Victims are being offered one year of credit monitoring services." ☛ https://therecord.media/covenant-health-breach-qilin | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:26:43

• "Recently, the admin of a relatively prominent Mastodon¹ server, med-mastodon.com, decided to stop maintaining the server and shut it down without warning." ☛ https://blog.kamens.us/2026/01/02/the-why-and-how-of-backing-up-your-mastodon-data/ | Source: Jonathan Kamens    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:27:12

• "One of many disappointments from the rise of social media and hot takes is that it sometimes feels that our most nuanced blog posts get over-simplified when quoted online." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2026/01/02/quotes-and-notes-on-the.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:27:24

• "The other big problem is US political influence through the billionaires that control the media along with social media." ☛ https://smist08.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/2026-another-year-avoiding-the-usa/ | Source: Stephen Smith    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:27:38

• "Despite 2025 having been another year marred by layoffs, tech industry hiring overall continued to grow." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/advice-for-people-still-entering-the-tech-industry-in-2026/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:28:25

• "AI 2027" ☛ https://ai-2027.com/summary |    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:28:33

• "The Year in LLMs" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/01/the-year-in-llms-2025/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:29:04

• "sexually explicit and derogatory content" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meity-issues-formal-notice-to-x-over-groks-it-act-lapses/articleshow/126308037.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:29:37

• "Grok being used to generate and spread obscene images and videos of women" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meity-issues-notice-to-x-over-misuse-of-grok-to-create-obscene-content/articleshow/126308251.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:30:07

• "Grok, xAI’s flagship image model, is now being widely used to generate nonconsensual lewd images of women on the [Internet]." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/grok-deepfakes/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:30:41

• "Point being: Grok is not a sentient being. It does not have agency. It is computer software created and maintained by humans." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/03/elon_musk_grok_scandal_underwear_strippers_gross/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:31:12

• "Earlier this week, some people on X began replying to photos with a very specific kind of request." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/elon-musks-pornography-machine/685482/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:31:47

• "Grok provoked widespread outrage this week after responding to a user’s prompt to remove clothing from an image of a 14-year-old actress" ☛ https://therecord.media/europe-regulators-grok-france | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:32:19

• "The button allows users to modify any image on the platform -- with some users deciding to partially or completely remove clothing from women or children in pictures, according to complaints." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/grok-under-fire-after-complaints-it-undressed-minors-in-photos-182247236 | Source: RTL    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:32:49

• "In one X post, now removed from the platform, Grok edited a photo of two young girls into skimpy clothing and sexually suggestive poses." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/853191/grok-explicit-bikini-pictures-minors | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:33:19

• "Fueled partly by American tech companies, governments around the globe are racing to deploy generative A.I. systems and training in schools and universities." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/technology/school-ai-chatgpt-estonia-iceland.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:33:43

• "There are two major security problems with these photo frames and unofficial Android TV boxes." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:34:50

• "If I'm watching a video on the YouTube website and send it, via AirPlay, to AppleTV from my laptop I get the wrong audio. I get the video just fine, but the audio is some random language." ☛ https://davidjohnmead.com/posts/2026-01-02-youtube-sends-wrong-language-to-airplay/ | Source: David Mead    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:36:14

• "After attempting all these steps, one after another, and seeing little or no changes, I kept seeing the same thing mentioned again and again in my research." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/how-apple-nearly-ruined-my-vacation/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:36:27

• "So do I replace it for £69, or wait out and see if it turns up?" ☛ https://mark.hysted.com/for-faffs-sake-i-lost-an-airpod | Source: Mark Hysted    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:36:49

• "The University of Phoenix reported earlier this month in an SEC filing that it was among the Oracle EBS victims" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/oracle-ebs-victims-university-of-phoenix/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:36:57

• "Back pain is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. Recent research reveals how much time you should spend walking on a daily basis to prevent it." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/heres-how-long-you-should-walk-every-day-to-prevent-back-pain/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:37:38

• "Maybe it's something to do with the compressor, I thought." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2026/01/02.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:38:06

• "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with V.H. Belvadi, whose blog can be found at vhbelvadi.com." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/v-h-belvadi | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:38:43

• "Now, why do I even tolerate boredom? Here are some quotes that hopefully jot up the setup for my position: [...]" ☛ https://aartaka.me/boredom.html | Source: Artyom Bologov    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:38:50

• "The above sorting algorithm is an instance of the more generic Shellsort." ☛ https://orlp.net/blog/fibonacci-sort/ |    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:39:42

• "One of the most unsettling anomalies involves the object's interaction with the solar system's largest planet." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/3i-atlas-2025s-most-chilling-theories-that-proves-its-alien-spacecraft-testing-earths-defence-1767784 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:39:52

• "The shutdown of the library at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/climate/nasa-goddard-library-closing.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:40:27

• "Musk previously laughed at Grok's ability to make photos sexual when someone shared a picture of him in a bikini Grok had created" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/02/grok-chatbot-users-making-inappropriate-child-ai-images/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:40:48

• "I’ve blogged for decades now. The early Blogger and Movable Type accounts are gone now. Some of the latter I saved, but despite not having a full archive here on this site, there is certainly enough." ☛ https://canion.blog/2026/01/03/the-value-of-blogging.html | Source: Canion dot Blog    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:43:29

• "You can send more postcards to people. I've been doing it recently and it's more fun than texting, particularly when people bother to send a postcard back." ☛ https://gilest.org/notes/how-to-write-more-postcards.html | Source: Giles Turnbull    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:43:40

• "It seems fitting that, to close out the year I finally watched Koyaanisqatsi" ☛ https://www.jmduke.com/posts/cameraperson.html | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:44:09

• "I had a great time reading all your submissions, listed below with a short summary,1 in the order in which I received them." ☛ https://vhbelvadi.com/indieweb-carnival-round-up-dec-2025 | Source: V H Belvadi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:44:23

• "Reading that post from 9 years ago made me smile: 27-year-old me wanted to cut down on distractions and get the habit of waking up early back." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/year-10 | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:44:39

• "I’m not calling these resolutions. Resolutions never work, they never stick." ☛ https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/goals/2026-goals-for-my-life/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:44:50

• "Through all these changes, the URLs remained the same—they still had the old-fashioned .html extension." ☛ https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202601/no_more_html | Source: Ned Batchelder    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:45:26

• Former Head of Elder Scrolls Online Left ZeniMax Due to Microsoft's Actions https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/01/03/byvsii-glava-elder-scrolls-online-usel-iz-zenimax-iz-za-deistvii-microsoft.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:46:35

• "Well, I finished 2025 trying to simplify things. I left social media a couple months ago. Not entirely, I was still lurking around instagram an embarrassing amount of time." ☛ https://blog.pcora.eu/2026/01/02/simplifying-things.html | Source: Pedro    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:46:52

• "Just start." ☛ https://yordi.me/on-getting-started/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:47:27

• "The number 26, which gets back-burnered compared to numbers with neater divisibility, is an essential digit. And you’re gonna be hearing all about it in 2026." ☛ https://tedium.co/2026/01/02/tedium-trends-2026/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:47:42

• https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/25.3.3.html   

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:48:57

• Mesa 25.3.3 Release Notes https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/25.3.3.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:49:02

• "A while back I wrote an entry about understanding reading all available things from a Go channel (with a timeout), where the code used two selects to, well, let me quote myself: [...]" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoTestingSelectQuestion | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:50:55

• "The challenge texts vary in length, but the second one this time is quite possibly the most verbose so far." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/mad-shift.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:51:17

• "TL;DR null pointer dereferences are empirically the easiest class of invalid memory addresses to catch at runtime" ☛ https://www.gingerbill.org/article/2026/01/02/was-it-really-a-billion-dollar-mistake/ |    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:51:37

• "Counting chars by hand is tedious - let tools do the work for you. Read about formatting text the easy way with fmt" gemini://station.martinrue.com/sava/387b708999804060b3584140180c6ec1    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 13:57:43

• 🖼️ xkcd: Conic Sections #3189 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3189.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:00:14

• "In addition to the HTML formatted posts, the blog of Terence Eden started a couple of years also serving the posts in plain text." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/textonly-websites.txt    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:01:18

• "Gopher works best with lines no longer than 70 chars. Long lines can wrap badly and become hard to read in simple clients." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/formatting-text-for-gopher-the-easy-way-with-fmt/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:02:30

• So Twitter has basically become a child pr0n site. Bravo to Nazi MElon?    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:03:59

• "At the heart of the scheme, Drake – acting directly and through willing and knowledgeable co-conspirators" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/02/drake-stake-lawsuit/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:19:28

• "Some of my favorite self-hosted services and tools are: [...]" ☛ https://blog.thea.codes/my-2025/ | Source: Stargirl Flowers    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:19:51

• "Still theoretical, still rough, but with every change I believe this idea can grow into something real." ☛ https://blog.ignaciobrasca.com/systems/2026/01/02/infinity-db-part-2.html | Source: Ignacio Brasca    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:23:52

• "For those unfamiliar with Sixel, it's a bitmap graphics format designed for terminals and printers that encodes bitmap data into terminal escape sequences" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/02/brow6el_browser_terminal/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:24:31

• "SyncThing is a cross-platform, open source file synchronization tool that I’ve been using for a while now to keep my files in sync across all my devices." ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/syncthing | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:24:58

• "Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, the company unveiled two new products aimed at people who type for a living." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/culture/clicks-communicator-phone-launch | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:25:55

• "Manivannan designed this project to work with a Tommee Tippee bottle prepping machine, but you should be able to apply the same principles to any machine that starts with a single button or switch." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/01/02/ai-automatically-preps-a-bottle-when-the-baby-cries/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:27:15

• "In this video, Patrick (from STH) and I put Gateway through a real-world torture test using CyPerf: [...]" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/testing-mono-gateway-custom-built-10-gbps-router | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:27:23

• "Lightstrip V4 has been out for six years, but at least as far as Hue’s official product line goes, the statement “Cut pieces can be reconnected” is not true." ☛ https://aphyr.com/posts/402-no-you-cant-officially-reconnect-cut-pieces-of-hue-strip-lights | Source: Kyle Kingsbury    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 14:27:34

• "Pakkanen, who maintains Meson packages in Debian" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/debian-maintainer-criticizes-managed-bug-tracker-as-outdated-for-modern-development | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:04:42

• "Kept in sync with Debian 13.2, this point release introduces no major new features and focuses on correctness, stability, and installation reliability." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/devuan-6-1-point-release-ships-with-debian-13-2-updates/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:05:44

• "Updated isos for Devuan Excalibur 6.1.0 are now available from your favorite mirror." ☛ https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20260102.015856.3514fb19.en.html | Source: Dyne    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:05:57

• "I have an idea to set up a home NAS on FreeBSD." ☛ https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-1-configuring-zfs-mirror-raid1/ | Source: Arseny    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:06:38

• [Old] "Having answered the same question multiple times, I figured the time had come to post my "why" here." ☛ https://blog.thechases.com/posts/why-bsds/ |    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:07:00

• "My mom on the other hand, uses Linux also for more than 15 years now. At one point, she told me that she needs a new computer and asked if I could provide support for it." ☛ https://blog.bembel.net/2025/12/my-job-as-family-admin-or-linux-rules-the-house/ |    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:08:40

• "But to be honest, it's not as if the Bazzite team has miraculously made Linux pleasant to use after decades of it seeming difficult and esoteric to normie computer users." ☛ https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop/ | Source: PC Gamer    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:08:58

• "2026 is going to be The Year of The Linux Desktop for me. I haven't booted into Windows in over 3 months on my tower and I'm starting to realize that it's not worth wasting the space for." ☛ https://xeiaso.net/notes/2026/year-linux-desktop/ | Source: Xe's Blog    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:09:27

• [Old] "In a recent discussion [sic] on Reddit I shared a number of tips about the common utility less(1) that others found helpful so I figured I'd aggregate some of those tips here." ☛ https://blog.thechases.com/posts/assorted-less-tips/ |    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:10:24

• "As far as I recall - and I may be totally wrong with this - back in school convolution was considered a "black box" being too complex math to get into." ☛ https://solhsa.com/oldernews2026.html#CONVOLUTION | Source: Jari Komppa    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:10:53

• "Earlier in 2025, I participated in the SPIRITCYBER IoT hardware hacking contest organised by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore with YesWeHack." ☛ https://spaceraccoon.dev/reverse-engineer-tapo-c260-tdp-v2/ | Source: Spaceraccoon    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:11:15

• "Luckily, tshark has some great tools to inspect and summarize DNS. To get started, I collected about an hour of DNS traffic on my firewall, and next, loaded it into tshark." ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32592 | Source: SANS    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:12:19

• "And so, continuing with tradition, let's take a walk through my infrastructure: [...]" ☛ https://theorangeone.net/posts/state-of-the-server-2026/ |    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:18:14

• Kubernetes v1.35: New level of efficiency with in-place Pod restart ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01/02/kubernetes-v1-35-restart-all-containers/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:19:18

• Jussi Pakkanen: New year, new Pystd epoch, or evolving an API without breaking it ☞ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-year-new-pystd-epoch-or-evolving.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:20:08

• Dima Kogan: Using libpython3 without linking it in; and old Python, g++ compatibility patches ☞ http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2026/01/01_using-libpython3-without-linking-it-in-and-old-python-g-compatibility-patches.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:22:53

• █████ https://www.redhat.com/en/rss/blog ██████████████████████ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 ███████ Red Bait Performance and Scale Engineering    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:24:03

• HardenedBSD 15-build7 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/hardenedbsd    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:25:14

• Wristwatch ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/qron0b-a-minimalist-low-power-bcd-wristwatch/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:25:40

• ""When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers -- so many caring people in this world."" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fred-rogers-post-goes-viral    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:32:14

• [Anon] Here is a money furnace which will never produce anything of value: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/fiscal_peoplesoft_california/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:34:06

• "About 20 years ago, there were still articles about Peoplesoft and about how those that cut their losses and dropped their contract came out ahead of those who only threw good money after bad and ended up squandering millions with no effect other than to have eliminated whatever old, working ERP they used to have and replacing it with a non-functional boondoggle."    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:34:13

• Steinar H. Gunderson: Rewriting Git merge history, part 1 ☞ http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2026-01-02-10-50_rewriting_git_merge_history.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:35:57

• Birger Schacht: Status update, December 2025 ☞ https://bisco.org/notes/status-update-december-2025/ "A couple of months after DebConf25 I picked up the idea"    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:36:48

• "Possibly Low Cost" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/a-steam-machine-clone-for-an-indeterminate-but-possibly-low-cost/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:38:27

• AMD closes in on defective chip maker Intel in latest Steam Hardware Survey — RAM capacity continues to rise despite the ongoing memory crunch ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/amd-closes-in-on-intel-in-latest-steam-hardware-survey-ram-capacity-continues-to-rise-despite-the-ongoing-memory-crunch    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:38:51

• WCH CH32H417 dual-core RISC-V MCU offers USB 3.0, 500MB/s UHSIF, and Fast Ethernet interfaces ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/03/wch-ch32h417-dual-core-risc-v-mcu-offers-usb-3-0-500mb-s-uhsif-and-fast-ethernet-interfaces/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:40:26

• ‘Amendments would amount to censorship’. Journalists to boycott working group on LRT ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2794184/amendments-would-amount-to-censorship-journalists-to-boycott-working-group-on-lrt    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:42:01

• Louis-Philippe Véronneau: 2025 — A Musical Retrospective ☞ https://veronneau.org/2025-a-musical-retrospective.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:43:39

• FreeBSD upgrade-to-15 ☞ https://euroquis.nl/freebsd/2026/01/02/freebsd.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:45:24

• ktlint – Kotlin linter with built-in formatter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ktlint-kotlin-linter-built-in-formatter/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:48:15

• Side – GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/side-linux-distribution/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:48:47

• 6.18.3 stable kernel released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1052589/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:49:06

• Icecast 2.5 Streaming Media Server Brings Web UI Enhancements ☞ https://linuxiac.com/icecast-2-5-streaming-media-server-brings-web-ui-enhancements/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:49:48

• FSF Blogs: Celebrate the new year: join the free software community! ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/celebrate-the-new-year-join-the-free-software-community    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:50:11

• With a Touch of Nostalgia, MiDesktop Brings KDE 1 Back to Life ☞ https://linuxiac.com/with-a-touch-of-nostalgia-midesktop-brings-kde-1-back-to-life/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:50:52

• Garden – command runner and multi-repo Git configuration tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/garden-command-runner-multi-repo-git-configuration-tool/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:52:39

• OpenSSH GUI – graphical frontend ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/openssh-gui-graphical-frontend/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:52:54

• 7 Best Free and Open Source PHP Linter Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-php-linter-tools/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:53:06

• Psalm – static analysis tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/psalm-static-analysis-tool/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:53:14

• zuse – terminal IRC client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zuse-terminal-irc-client/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:53:29

• 16 Best Free and Open Source Vim-Like Text Editors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-vim-like-text-editors/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:53:45

• Increasing Lab Efficiency with an Open Source LIMS ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lims/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:54:21

• cpx – CLI for C++ that unifies the fragmented C++ ecosystem ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cpx-cli-unifies-fragmented-cplusplus-ecosystem/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:55:21

• SoS – data collection tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sos-data-collection-tool/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:55:32

• gsh – POSIX-compatible, Generative Shell ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gsh-posix-compatible-generative-shell/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:55:50

• tinycss2 – CSS parser and generator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tinycss2-css-parser-generator/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:56:00

• Robocode – educational programming game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/robocode-educational-programming-game/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:56:18

• Using Multiple Mice Simultaneously on GNU/Linux with xinput ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/using-multiple-mice-simultaneously-on-linux-with-xinput.58544/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:56:56

• Decline in LLM Slop About "Linux" is a Good Start for 2026 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/02/Decline_in_LLM_Slop_About_Linux_is_a_Good_Start_for_2026.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:58:15

• Europe in 2026: Over 5% GNU/Linux, Not Counting Chromebooks ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/02/Europe_in_2026_Over_5_GNU_Linux_Not_Counting_Chromebooks.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:58:22

• Manjaro 26.0-rc4 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 15:58:34

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says He Takes a High Daily Dose of Aspirin. How Safe Is That? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/well/trump-health-asprin-dosage-blood.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:00:43

• NGO urges streamlined process for public hospital fee waivers ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/02/ngo-urges-streamlined-process-for-public-hospital-fee-waivers/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:01:04

• Brenna Henn Wanted to Improve Genetic Medicine. Then Her N.I.H. Grant Was Cut. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/science/trump-lostscience-genetics-henn.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:01:28

• In the Arctic, Drones Help Identify Deadly Virus in Whales ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/science/arctic-drones-whales-virus.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:02:18

• North Korean 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 Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:12:45

• 10 state-run universities in South Korea reject 162 applicants over school bullying records ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/10-state-run-universities-in-south-korea-reject-162-applicants-over-school-bullying-records    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:12:58

• South Koreans now free to read North’s newspaper, once banned as seditious ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreans-now-free-to-read-norths-newspaper-once-banned-as-seditious    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:13:11

• South Korean court issues fresh arrest warrant for former president Yoon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-court-issues-fresh-arrest-warrant-for-former-president-yoon    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:13:20

• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits greenhouse farm, encourages workers: KCNA ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-visits-greenhouse-farm-encourages-workers-kcna-says    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:13:34

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

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:13:51

• Malaysia schools in a knot after move to make neckties optional for students ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-schools-in-a-knot-after-move-making-neckties-optional-for-students    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:14:08

• Islamist PAS set to lead Malaysia’s opposition PN; Hadi Awang says decision on new chairman soon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/pas-will-lead-perikatan-nasional-says-pas-chief-with-chairman-candidate-to-be-discussed-soon    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:14:25

• 7 Malaysian siblings finally get citizenship after uncle’s DNA confirms family ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/7-malaysian-siblings-finally-get-citizenship-after-uncles-dna-confirms-family-ties    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:14:36

• How To Install MERN Stack on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mern-stack-debian-13/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:22:01

• How To Install 3X-UI VPN on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-3x-ui-vpn-debian-13/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:22:11

• How To Install Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fonts on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-fonts-debian-13/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:22:23

• How to Install Elasticsearch 9 on Ubuntu ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-elasticsearch-9-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:29:59

• How to Install Firefox Dev on Fedora ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-firefox-dev-on-fedora/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:31:01

• How to Install OpenSSH on GNU/Linux Mint ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-openssh-on-linux-mint/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:31:10

• How to use Plex and a spare computer to build a streaming movie service ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/streaming/how-to-use-plex-and-a-spare-computer-to-build-a-streaming-movie-service    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:31:27

• From joy to horror: Ski resort bar fire is 'worst Swiss tragedy' of recent times ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/press-review/20260102-from-joy-to-horror-ski-resort-bar-fire-is-worst-swiss-tragedy-of-recent-times    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:36:57

• "it got replaced by in dia layoffs. nobody cares cause the new mission has changed. Useless lifeforms are marked. Right now, the planet will cure itself. Just be patient." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:43:37

• "They signed the right to sue away. But it’s not legally enforceable in the courts." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:43:58

• Anon: A few years ago there were some legal cases backing up the rights of the former employees and confirming that many of those clauses were invalid.    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:45:03

• In China, Hey Hi (AI) Finds Pancreatic Cancer That Doctors May Miss ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/world/asia/china-ai-cancer-pancreatic.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:59:00

• China’s BYD Surpasses Tesla as World Leader in Electric Car Sales ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/business/tesla-electric-vehicles-fourth-quarter-sales.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 16:59:14

• Asia giants find warmer ties may cool conflict ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2026/0102/Asia-giants-find-warmer-ties-may-cool-conflict    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:00:22

• Lack of moderate voices around Japan PM Sanae Takaichi sparks concern ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/lack-of-moderate-voices-around-japan-pm-sanae-takaichi-sparks-concern    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:00:33

• Japan PM Takaichi, Convicted Felon agree to arrange summit in US in spring ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-pm-takaichi-trump-hold-phone-talks-govt-source    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:06:10

• Custodians or thieves? When China’s treasures are lost from within ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/custodians-or-thieves-when-chinas-treasures-are-lost-from-within    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:06:23

• Job titles of the future: Head-transplant surgeon ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/02/1129416/head-transplant-surgeon-sergio-canavero-future-job/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:06:47

• Taiwan president pledges to defend island’s sovereignty amidst military drills by China ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/taiwan-president-pledges-to-defend-islands-sovereignty-amidst-military-drills-by-china/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:07:45

• Swasticar(TM) loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/03/tesla-loses-ev-crown-to-chinas-byd-in-2025-as-sales-slip/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:08:13

• Dihydroxyacetone Man invites Japan’s Takaichi to the US early this year ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/03/trump-invites-japans-takaichi-to-the-us-early-this-year/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:08:31

• "Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s when XP and later Windows 7 ruled the roost." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/benchmarking-windows-against-itself-from-windows-xp-to-windows-11/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:09:00

• Something in Dark Chocolate Could Slow Aging on a Genetic Level ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/something-in-dark-chocolate-could-slow-aging-on-a-genetic-level    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:09:26

• The Sad Case of The Youngest Person Ever to Be Diagnosed With Alzheimer's ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-sad-case-of-the-youngest-person-ever-to-be-diagnosed-with-alzheimers    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:10:42

• Why You Always Seem to Get Sick Just as Your Holiday Begins ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/why-you-always-seem-to-get-sick-just-as-your-holiday-begins    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:11:24

• Controversial Ancestor Found to Have Done Something Eerily Human ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/controversial-ancestor-found-to-have-done-something-eerily-human    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:12:00

• A Giant Telescope Searched 3I/ATLAS For Signs of Aliens. Here's Why. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-giant-telescope-searched-3i-atlas-for-signs-of-aliens-heres-why    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:13:13

• Pouring The Wrong Things Down Your Sink Can Damage Cities. Here's How. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/pouring-the-wrong-things-down-your-sink-can-damage-cities-heres-how    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:13:51

• "Solar Power" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/adding-solar-power-to-an-electric-tractor/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:14:47

• In China, Hey Hi (AI) finds deadly tumours that doctors may miss ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/in-china-ai-is-finding-deadly-tumours-that-doctors-might-miss    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:15:41

• Sri Lanka launches investigation over English syllabus’ gay website link ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-launches-investigation-over-english-syllabus-gay-website-link    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:16:03

• Cops Forced to Explain Why Hey Hi (AI) Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-police-report-frog    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:19:40

• Black Sabbath Bassist Geezer Butler Says Hey Hi (AI) Is Bringing a Trove of Unreleased Songs to Life ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/02/black-sabbath-bassist-uses-ai-for-unreleased-songs/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:20:01

• Human input still needed in AI’s military decision making ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/science-a-defence-technology/human-input-still-needed-in-ais-military-decision-making/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:20:15

• Joachim Breitner: Seemingly impossible programs in Lean ☞ https://www.joachim-breitner.de/blog/818-Seemingly_impossible_programs_in_Lean    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:21:35

• Hong Kong gov’t condemns BillBC over ‘unfounded report’ on Jimmy Lai’s health ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/02/hong-kong-govt-condemns-bbc-over-unfounded-report-on-jimmy-lais-health/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:23:06

• Hong Kong girl, 13, arrested for alleged assault at Kwun Tong Promenade on New Year’s Day ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/02/hong-kong-girl-13-arrested-for-alleged-assault-at-kwun-tong-promenade-on-new-years-day/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:23:49

• Kaidan 0.14.0: Advanced Media Sharing and Registration Provider Filtering ☞ https://kaidan.im/2026/01/01/kaidan-0.14.0/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:25:08

• Oliebollen Recipe ☞ https://euroquis.nl/blabla/2026/01/02/oliebollen.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:25:56

• Software Patents: PTAB Doubles Section 101 Reversal Rate Under Director Squires ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/doubles-reversal-director.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:26:38

• UPC is illegal, JUVE knows this, but JUVE is paid to promote this Mafia-connected abomination that's tied to Cocainegate and other forms of corruption in the EU ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/all-upc-judges-and-their-current-capacities/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:28:05

• Cincoze MD-3000 is a scalable DIN-Rail computer with up to 14th Gen 24-core defective chip maker Intel Core i9-14900 CPU ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/02/cincoze-md-3000-scalable-din-rail-computer-with-up-to-14th-gen-24-core-intel-core-i9-14900-cpu/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:30:04

• Adobe ColdFusion Servers Targeted in Coordinated Campaign ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-coldfusion-servers-targeted-in-coordinated-campaign/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:30:20

• Utkarsh Gupta: FOSS Activites in December 2025 ☞ https://utkarsh2102.org/posts/foss-in-dec-25/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:30:58

• Path Aware High Availability (PAHA) ☞ https://azouhr.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/path-aware-high-availability-paha/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:32:04

• Greg Kroah-Hartman: Linux kernel security work ☞ http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2026/01/02/linux-kernel-security-work/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1052607/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:33:42

• Greg Kroah-Hartman: Linux kernel security work ☞ http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2026/01/02/linux-kernel-security-work/ https://lwn.net/Articles/1052607/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:34:04

• This Week in GNOME: #230 Happy New Year! ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/01/twig-230/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:35:38

• "Woke" tech: making things that work. "Anti-woke" tech: turning photos of kids into child porn. Thanks, MElon. Go back to sucking up to Epstein and Cheeto.    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:36:37

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1052600/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:37:04

• Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in December 2025 ☞ https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2026/01/02/foss-activity-in-december-2025.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:38:08

• Devuan 6.1 Point Release Ships With Debian 13.2 Updates ☞ https://linuxiac.com/devuan-6-1-point-release-ships-with-debian-13-2-updates/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:38:30

• Hyprland 0.53.1 Released With Stability and Crash Fixes ☞ https://linuxiac.com/hyprland-0-53-1-released-with-stability-and-crash-fixes/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:40:23

• Seamless backdoored Windows Apps on openSUSE with WinBoat ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/01/02/seamless-windows-apps-on-opensuse-with-winboat/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:40:46

• Remi Collet: 🎲 PHP version 8.4.17RC1 and 8.5.2RC1 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2026/01/02/PHP-version-8.4.17RC1-and-8.5.2RC1    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:41:21

• 10 Biggest Ubuntu Changes in 2025 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu-2025-year-in-review    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:41:45

• GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High of 5% in Indonesia (Not Counting Chromebooks and Android) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_of_5_in_Indonesia_Not_Counting_.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:42:00

• Federal Appeals Court Says California Open-Carry Ban Is Unconstitutional ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/ninth-circuit-california-gun-law.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:55:26

• After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Convicted Felon Is Unleashing It. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/president-trump-powers-watergate.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:55:39

• Authoritarian fears loom in Indonesia as new criminal laws take effect ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/authoritarian-fears-loom-in-indonesia-as-new-criminal-code-takes-effect    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 17:55:50

• Indonesia enforces new penal code replacing colonial criminal law ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/indonesia-enforces-new-penal-code-replacing-colonial-criminal-law/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:00:13

• 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/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:01:14

• Will Smith Slapped With Sexual Harassment & Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Following Attempted Comeback Tour ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/01/will-smith-lawsuit-wrongful-termination/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:02:22

• Live Nation and Ticketmaster Face Updated Eras Tour Ticketing Lawsuit — Swifties Say Verified Fans With Codes Didn’t ‘Even Get Access to the Presale’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/02/live-nation-eras-tour-lawsuit-update/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:03:01

• Israeli Government Accuses Mamdani of Antisemitism Over Canceled Orders ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/nyregion/mamdani-israel-executive-orders.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:04:44

• Australian police boost security for Ashes Test in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-police-boost-security-for-sydney-ashes-test-after-bondi-beach-attack    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:05:00

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Tells Iranian Protesters US Supports Them As Death Toll, Arrests Rise ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-economic-protest-death-arrest-tehran/33637972.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:05:22

• Lithuania seeks seats on key international bodies, eyes UN Security Council bid ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2794062/lithuania-seeks-seats-on-key-international-bodies-eyes-un-security-council-bid    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:05:35

• Ukrainian soldier's M1 MacBook Air takes direct shrapnel hit, saving his life — screen cracked and letter 'K' missing but laptop remains functional ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/ukrainian-soldiers-m1-macbook-air-takes-direct-shrapnel-hit-still-works-despite-battle-damage-screen-cracked-and-letter-k-missing-but-laptop-remains-functional    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:06:07

• Ukraine’s Zelensky Names Kyrylo Budanov as New Chief of Staff ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/world/europe/zelensky-budanov-ukraine-chief-of-staff-yermak.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:06:22

• Why a Nuclear Plant Is a Big Sticking Point in the Ukraine Peace Plan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/world/europe/ukraine-peace-plan-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:06:35

• "Ukraine’s spy chief Kyrylo Budanov accepts new position as Zelensky’s chief of staff" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/01/02/zelensky-offers-chief-of-staff-position-to-military-intelligence-chief-kyrylo-budanov | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:06:55

• Oil Tanker Fleeing U.S. Coast Guard Broadcasts Location in North Atlantic ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/oil-tanker-russia-north-atlantic.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:07:47

• Ukraine's Enigmatic Military Intelligence Chief To Become Zelenskyy's Top Adviser ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-military-intelligence-hur-budanov-zelenskyy-aide/33638600.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:08:04

• Volodymyr Zelensky appoints Ukraine's military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov new chief of staff ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260102-live-ukraine-hits-military-sites-after-russia-accuses-kyiv-deadly-civilian-strike    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:08:20

• Secret operation unveiled: Ukraine fakes death of anti-Kremlin Russian fighter ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260102-secret-operation-unveiled-ukraine-fakes-death-of-anti-kremlin-russian-fighter    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:08:56

• Russia makes largest territorial gains in Ukraine since 2022 invasion ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260102-russia-scores-highest-ukraine-gains-since-first-year-of-war    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:09:12

• Ukraine's Zelensky names spy chief Kyrylo Budanov as new top aide ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260102-ukraine-s-zelensky-names-spy-chief-kyrylo-budanov-as-new-top-aide    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:09:26

• In Ukraine, Russia tests a double-warhead kamikaze drone: experts fear a new threshold of lethality ☞ https://hackwarenews.com/in-ukraine-russia-tests-a-double-warhead-kamikaze-drone-experts-fear-a-new-threshold-of-lethality/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:09:47

• "What’s changing in Russia in 2026?" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/slides/what-s-changing-in-russia-in-2026 | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:11:28

• "secret common-law wife" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/02/new-investigation-reveals-russian-orthodox-patriarch-kirill-s-secret-common-law-wife-of-50-years | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:12:05

• "If I could save time in a photo" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/03/if-i-could-save-time-in-a-photo | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:12:29

• EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.1.2 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/easyos-excalibur-series-version-712.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:13:30

• The mysterious missing libscalar-list-utils-perl ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/the-mysterious-missing-libscalar-list-utils-perl.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:13:38

• sysvinit-core and initscripts incompatible with EasyOS ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/sysvinit-core-and-initscripts-incompatible-with-easyos.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:13:44

• Back From The Dead: Ukraine Unveils Ruse On Death Of Anti-Putin Neo-Nazi Militia Leader ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-neo-nazi-kapustin-nikitin-death-ruse/33638431.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:15:27

• "4-Bit Intel Computer" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/zork-running-on-4-bit-intel-computer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:16:03

• Hackaday Podcast ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/hackaday-podcast-2025-holiday-placeholder-edition/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:16:33

• The primary purpose of lift lobbies ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-primary-purpose-of-lift-lobbies/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:17:41

• Joe Rogan defends Kamala Harris after guest doubts she could have handled 3-hour podcast like Convicted Felon ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/01/02/us-news/joe-rogan-defends-kamala-harris-after-guest-doubts-she-could-have-handled-3-hour-podcast/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:18:16

• Felipe Borges: Looking for Mentors for Surveillance Giant Google Summer of Code 2026 ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/feborges/cfp-gsoc-2026-with-gnome/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:18:36

• Revised code to test drive speed in initrd ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/revised-code-to-test-drive-speed-in-initrd.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:20:43

• Warner Bros. Board Expected to Vote Against Paramount Offer—Will ‘Stay the Course’ With Netflix’s $80B Buyout ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/31/warner-bros-board-paramount-offer/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:21:07

• "Jailbreaking" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/02/jailbreaking-the-amazon-echo-show/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:21:41

• On BSD, Desktops, and New Year’s Resolutions… ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/on-bsd-desktops-and-new-years-resolutions/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:22:22

• Boredom Is the Latest Online Trend Trying to Sharpen Young People’s Short Attention Spans ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/style/boredom-online-trend-influencers-tiktok.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:22:44

• Flock Exposes Its AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/flock-exposes-its-ai-enabled-surveillance-cameras.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:41:12

• Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/treasury-removes-intellexa-spyware-linked-trio-from-sanctions-list/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:41:29

• Coast Guard Suspends Search for Survivors of Latest Boat Strikes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/coast-guard-survivors-boat-strikes.html    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:41:58

• New Parents Mocked for Letting Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Name Their Baby ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/parents-named-baby-chatgpt    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:44:01

• RondoDox Botnet Exploiting React2Shell Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/rondodox-botnet-exploiting-react2shell-vulnerability/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:44:22

• BotWave and Raspberry PI: Turning your Computer Board Into an FM Transmitter (Part 1) ☞ https://peppe8o.com/botwave-raspberry-part-1/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:46:24

• Under a Convicted Felon Deal, International Students Are Singled Out for 'Open Debate' Training ☞ https://www.chronicle.com/article/in-northwesterns-trump-agreement-international-students-singled-out-for-open-debate-training    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:47:01

• "But Reiser5 development never saw too much upstream interest and it's now been several years without any updated patches for Reiser5 or Reiser4..." https://www.phoronix.com/news/Six-Years-Since-Reiser5 maybe the problem is the name?    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:47:44

• In 'Linux' Foundation you can "make a killing" (like Jim Zemlin's wife, a life-long fraudster), just don't kill the wife    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:48:25

• And pedophilia is also OK with LF and Jim Zemlin https://techrights.org/n/2024/03/17/Jim_Zemlin_Says_Linux_Foundation_Should_Combat_Fraud_Together_W.shtml    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:48:56

• Linux became "your" criminal pedophiles-friendly kernel, funded by those oligarchs who think they're exempted from rules and laws    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:49:42

• And somehow Torvalds fails to acknowledge that Linux is harmed by this https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/To_Linus_Torvalds_the_Microsoft_Linux_Foundation_is_Increasingl.shtml http://techrights.org/o/2019/08/14/linux-foundation-chief/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:50:56

• Windows TCO: Two US Cybersecurity Pros Plead Guilty Over Ransomware Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/two-us-cybersecurity-pros-plead-guilty-over-ransomware-attacks/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:52:15

• Windows TCO ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurity/2026/01/the-pentagons-short-more-than-20000-cyber-pros-veterans-could-help-fill-the-gap/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:52:29

• Covenant Health Data Breach Impacts 478,000 Individuals ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/covenant-health-data-breach-impacts-478000-individuals/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:53:02

• The evolution of Latvia’s defense and security policy in resilience building ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/the-evolution-of-latvias-defense-and-security-policy-in-resilience-building/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:53:35

• 'A lot of questions asked' about Crans-Montana bar's security after deadly fire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260102-a-lot-of-questions-asked-about-crans-montana-bar-s-security-after-deadly-fire    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:54:20

• US funding cuts may affect Nigeria’s fight against terrorism – here’s how ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/african-news/us-funding-cuts-may-affect-nigerias-fight-against-terrorism-heres-how/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:54:35

• [japan] [winter] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-01-03.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 18:58:14

• Nonsense. Spin. Vista 11 just cannibalises Vista 10. This headline is pure BS. https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/windows-11-surges-among-pc-gamers-on-steam-as-linux-stalls    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:07:21

• 3 legitimately useful Linux apps to try this weekend (January 2 - 4) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-january-2/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:07:40

• "Tuxedo Computers' InfinityBook 14 Pro runs Tuxedo Linux, based on Ubuntu." https://www.zdnet.com/article/tuxedo-computers-infinitybook-14-pro-laptop-review/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:08:18

• "Currently this puts the Linux user share on Steam at its second highest." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steam-survey-for-december-2025-shows-linux-holding-to-3-19p/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:08:49

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:09:16

• Voxel RPG Hytale Will Have Native Linux Support And It Works On The Steam Deck https://steamdeckhq.com/news/voxel-rpg-hytale-will-have-native-linux-support/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:09:22

• "I've covered the game a few times recently, since it moved from being under Riot Games to being cancelled and then revived as an indie game again and they did previously confirm Linux support for it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/native-linux-support-for-hytale-will-be-launched-as-experimental/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:09:48

• "Use OpenZIM/Kiwix to archive and browse entire websites offline via .zim files." https://www.howtogeek.com/7-alternatives-that-can-replace-the-default-linux-cli-tools/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:10:10

• "The very popular gaming-focused Bazzite Linux has a fresh release out that ended 2025 with a little spring cleaning, and I've finally joined the ranks." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/bazzite-linux-gets-a-spring-cleaning-update-to-end-2025/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:10:34

• "The first bug fix release of 2026 for the open source graphics drivers Mesa is here with Mesa 25.3.3 out now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-25-3-3-released-with-more-linux-graphics-driver-bug-fixes/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:11:08

• Kiwix's Windows and Linux app for browsing Wikipedia offline just got a big update https://www.howtogeek.com/kiwixs-windows-and-linux-app-for-browsing-wikipedia-offline-just-got-a-big-update/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:11:36

• "While muted in December compared to November, the year-over-year growth for Steam on Linux has been better. In December 2024, market share was at 2.29% and in December 2023, it was at sub-2% levels." https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-and-steam-deck-continue-to-drive-linux-gaming-adoption-on-steam/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:12:10

• How to show a live clock in your Linux terminal (3 easy methods) https://www.howtogeek.com/i-wanted-to-tell-time-in-the-terminal-heres-how-i-added-a-live-clock/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:12:31

• "Like how DXVK started with the developer wanting to play NieR: Automata (see my original interview), the D7VK developer wanted to play Sacrifice and Disciples II on top of DXVK and so they started D7VK to get them working well." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/d7vk-v1-1-is-out-with-experimental-direct3d-6-support-via-vulkan-for-windows-games-on-linux/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:13:00

• If real, this article fails for using slop images https://www.technobezz.com/news/tech-enthusiasts-old-chromebooks-into-linux-servers-2026-01-02-iss7    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:13:59

• I made GNOME feel like the 2000s again with these 3D extensions https://www.howtogeek.com/take-your-linux-distro-back-to-the-2000s-with-these-3d-gnome-extensions/    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:14:28

• "The Arch Linux ISO snapshot for January 2026 also ships with the latest Archinstall 3.0.15 menu-based installer for a better installation experience." https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-kicks-off-2026-with-new-iso-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-18-lts    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:25:25

• False variability in Rebirth gemini://idiomdrottning.org/variability-in-rebirth    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:29:24

• "I was listening to the radio in my car on the way to the supermarket earlier, and they were talking about when it is too late in the year to use the phrase "Happy New Year"? Apparently the cut-off point is the 7th January, so I'm in the clear in wishing everyone on Gemini a very happy and prosperous 2026!" gemini://capsule.valkyrieshowl.com/gemlog/happy-new-year-2026.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:29:54

• A year of hill climbs gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/a-year-of-hill-climbs.gmi    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:30:27

• "In the Autumn, I heard tawny owls hooting in the dark (identified with F-Droid's "whoBIRD" app)." gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~solderpunk/phlog/a-year-of-hill-climbs.txt    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:31:15

• "Been off these past two weeks. Love being home, but I head back out 9n the road tomorrow. Hope everyone is doing well." gopher://1436.ninja:70/0/Phlog/20260103.md    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:31:53

• "why did I wake up? there was no alarm." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2762    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:32:26

• Social media connection gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/jan5q "I don't know, I used to let anyone connect with me, then I made my mastodon request needing approval, then I felt really bad not to approve people when they do a request."    

posted Saturday, January 03, 2026 at 19:33:52