Roy Schestowitz

• EUIPO the corrupt EU org http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/euipo-grand-board-refuses-registration.html see http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:24:30

• When does a designer’s name become deceptive? CJEU weighs in in PMJC http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/when-does-designers-name-become.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:24:53

• Deutsche Bahn https://www.dw.com/en/how-germany-s-deutsche-bahn-aims-to-fix-chronic-delays/a-75206414    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:25:14

• Germany news: Every 3rd food bank beneficiary is a child https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-every-3rd-food-bank-beneficiary-is-a-child/live-75279871    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:25:52

• Swiss Prosecutors Drop Probe Into Banking Blog https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-24/swiss-prosecutors-drop-probe-into-banking-blog    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:26:45

• Software Patents https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/fighting-keep-bad-patents-check-2025-review    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:27:09

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

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:28:17

• clean energy transition https://www.vox.com/climate/473138/clean-energy-transition-trump-solar-2025-batteries-renewables-evs    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:28:32

• Tax on Cruise Passengers https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-12-24/federal-judge-upholds-hawaiis-new-climate-change-tax-on-cruise-passengers    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:28:49

• Climate Protesters Face Greater Risk of Crackdown Amid Rising Authoritarianism https://truthout.org/articles/climate-protesters-face-greater-risk-of-crackdown-amid-rising-authoritarianism/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:29:06

• Michigan lost billions in climate-related investments in Cheeto Mussolini’s first year https://bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/michigan-lost-billions-in-climate-related-investments-in-trumps-first-year/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:29:22

• Vermont’s Climate Superfund Law Pushes Forward as Federal Lawsuits Seek to Block It https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/vermont/articles/2025-12-26/vermonts-climate-superfund-law-pushes-forward-as-federal-lawsuits-seek-to-block-it    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:29:41

• South Korea’s Climate Pledge to Cut Coal, Lower Emissions Clash With US Push for LNG Purchases https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-12-29/south-koreas-climate-pledge-to-cut-coal-lower-emissions-clash-with-us-push-for-lng-purchases    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:29:59

• Climate coverage shrinks amid Cheeto Mussolini's clean energy misinformation https://www.dw.com/en/climate-coverage-shrinks-amid-trump-s-clean-energy-misinformation/a-75026829    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:30:11

• Storks in eastern Turkey increasingly skip migration due to warming climate https://bianet.org/haber/storks-in-eastern-turkey-increasingly-skip-migration-due-to-warming-climate-315024    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:30:33

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1525.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:32:52

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1875.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 01:33:01

• Bing down and down and down https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/venezuela/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 02:30:12

• Same in Cuba https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/cuba/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 02:30:45

• GNU/Linux at 5% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/austria//#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 02:37:48

• "Whistleblowing isn't impulsive but premeditated. Impulse can lead to errors." https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/A_Year_of_Relaxation_But_Also_of_Hardcore_Whistleblowing.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:20:03

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

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:30:32

• Romania also https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/romania/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:31:04

• "the government is owned by the central bankers, good luck trying to get any justice there" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdzx31jp    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:41:48

• Too late https://www.dw.com/en/venezuela-passes-bill-criminalizing-oil-tanker-seizures/a-75291713    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:44:25

• Japan's growing engagement with Taiwan angers China https://www.dw.com/en/japan-s-growing-engagement-with-taiwan-angers-china/a-75293997    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:45:13

• heaviest satellite yet https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-space-agency-launches-its-heaviest-satellite-yet/a-75292128    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:45:30

• arrested for online fraud https://www.dw.com/en/ghana-says-nigerian-nationals-arrested-for-online-fraud/a-75297569    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:46:14

• extra green energy https://cphpost.dk/2025-12-25/news/round-up/christmas-leftovers-provide-extra-green-energy/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:47:10

• So food WASTE now spun as "green"?    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:47:32

• wasted? The moment you manufacture them it is waste. https://theconversation.com/two-way-electric-vehicle-charging-at-scale-could-stop-renewable-energy-being-wasted-heres-how-it-works-272373    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:48:03

• island battles energy crisis https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-barrels-oil-cuba/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:48:19

• Cheeto Mussolini’s Embrace of Natural Gas Exports Is Driving Up Energy Bills for Consumers https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-embrace-of-natural-gas-exports-is-driving-up-energy-bills-for-consumers/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:48:37

• Cheeto Mussolini’s war on windmills, briefly explained https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/473251/donald-trump-wind-energy-windmills-lease-halt-briefly-explained    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:48:51

• European Union and Free Speech https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/29/sanctioning-fever-the-united-states-european-union-and-free-speech/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:49:28

• US Visa Bans https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-24/uk-government-says-it-backs-free-speech-after-us-visa-bans    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:50:57

• Prem Thakker on Media Power, Epstein, and Free Speech https://scheerpost.com/2025/12/24/prem-thakker-on-media-power-epstein-and-free-speech-with-imran-khan-update/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:51:07

• Free Speech? EFF does not really believe in it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/how-sustain-privacy-free-speech    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:51:32

• 'censorship' dispute deepens https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/europe-france-united-states-visa-ban-9.7027301    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:51:58

• EU Warns of Possible Action After the US Bars 5 Europeans Accused of Censorship https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-12-24/eu-warns-of-possible-action-after-the-us-bars-5-europeans-accused-of-censorship    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:52:14

• Europe Slams Visa Bans After US Takes Fresh Swing at Allies Over 'Censorship' https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-24/france-condemns-u-s-visa-ban-imposed-on-ex-eu-commissioner-breton    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:52:34

• The ‘60 Minutes’ Report on CECOT That Bari Weiss Censored Is Now Internet Contraband https://www.theverge.com/policy/849432/60-minutes-cecot-censored-canada-leak    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:52:57

• US Bars Five Europeans It Says Pressured Tech Firms to Censor American Viewpoints Online https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-12-23/us-bars-five-europeans-it-says-pressured-tech-firms-to-censor-american-viewpoints-online https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-23/us-targets-former-eu-commissioner-activists-with-visa-bans-over-alleged-censorship    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 03:53:22

• Many insults disguised as flattery https://x.com/search?q=stallman%20from%3A%40LukasHozda&src=typed_query&f=top    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 04:07:07

• The United Slaves is plundering the oil of another country, this time without Congress approving (Iraq). The dictatorship isn't Venezuela.    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 04:19:49

• Bangladesh https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-political-unrest-casts-shadow-over-elections/a-75294963    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 04:58:03

• 'Powerball' https://www.dw.com/en/us-powerball-lottery-winner-scoops-1-8-billion-jackpot/a-75306554    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 04:58:37

• satellites will spoil nearly all photos from space telescopes https://hackwarenews.com/hubble-threatened-by-starlink-by-2040-satellites-will-spoil-nearly-all-photos-from-space-telescopes/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 05:00:01

• Bangladesh https://www.dw.com/en/testing-times-for-india-bangladesh-ties-amid-deepening-rifts/a-75301893    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 06:09:23

• nuclear submarine https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-shows-progress-in-construction-nuclear-submarine/a-75299194    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 06:10:17

• Town body seeks €500m to curb loneliness https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-town-body-seeks-€500m-to-curb-loneliness/live-75279871    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 06:11:01

• Bangladesh https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-election-frontrunner-returns-home-after-17-years/a-75300454    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 06:11:34

• "armed aggression" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/01/03/russia-calls-u-s-military-action-in-venezuela-armed-aggression-as-kyiv-rejects-maduro-s-legitimacy | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:31:51

• surveillance and censorship https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/31/1856202    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:33:01

• "Trump's Selective Drug Enforcement in Latin America" https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/03/trumps-selective-drug-enforcement-in-latin-america/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:33:11

• "Third Republican US President in a row invades a sovereign nation without good reason (it's oil)" https://birchtree.me/blog/third-republican-us-president-in-a-row-invades-a-sovereign-nation-without-good-reason-its-oil/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:33:28

• "Thug World - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/thug-world    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:33:38

• "Trump Invokes Monroe Doctrine as US Attack on Venezuela Signals Wider Threats Across Latin America | Truthout" https://truthout.org/articles/trump-invokes-monroe-doctrine-as-us-attack-on-venezuela-signals-wider-threats-across-latin-america/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:33:50

• "Trump Embraces Big Oil and Empire After Kidnapping Venezuela’s President" https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trump-embraces-big-oil-and-empire-after-kidnapping-venezuelas-president    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:34:04

• "Trump’s War on Latin America Must Be Stopped" https://jacobin.com/2026/01/trump-war-venezuela-latin-america/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:34:14

• "U.S. Bombs Venezuela, Kidnaps President  - Truthdig" https://www.truthdig.com/articles/u-s-bombs-venezuela-kidnaps-president/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:34:28

• best analysis so far https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-01-03/venezuela-trump-presidential-powers    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:34:39

• "Trump’s Critics Are Falling Into an Obvious Trap" https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/trumps-critics-should-not-go-wobbly-over-venezuela/685487/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:34:55

• Once again a Novel prize (peace) rewards the EXACT OPPOSITE of peace. Nobel became a dead comedian. https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/25/How_to_Win_Nobel_Prize_for_Peace.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/10/Nobel_Exploited_Posthumously_for_AI_Hype_Now_They_Do_the_Same_W.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/06/Nobel_Prize_in_Economics_Does_Not_Exist_It_s_Propaganda_From_Sv.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:37:35

• At IBM "It is a basic requirement that is tracked and reported to management. Not meeting the 40 hours requirement could be used as justification for giving an employee a lower performance rating." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ke3n3tjk "Not meeting the 40 Think hrs - Never not met my 40 hrs, wondering if this is really that serious?"    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:40:57

• "The MYC-CZU3EG-V3 combines a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 application processor running at up to 1.2 GHz with a dual-core Cortex-R5F real-time subsystem clocked at up to 600 MHz." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/myir-som-leverages-zynq-ultrascale-with-arm-and-fpga-integration/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:42:45

• "If you’re looking for songs, books, or movies with content you want to use, you are probably examining which of your favorites are headed for the public domain." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/852332/public-domain-2026-betty-boop-nancy-drew-pluto | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:43:24

• "More than ten years ago, Indian police arrested the alleged mastermind behind the popular TellyTorrents site." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/indian-piracy-kingpin-acquitted-after-10-years-due-to-lack-of-evidence/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:43:35

• "New information obtained through a transparency request reveals that major movie industry players, including Disney, Apple, and Netflix, are behind the latest site-blocking effort in Belgium." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/hollywood-netflix-and-apple-are-behind-latest-pirate-brand-blockades-in-belgium/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:43:44

• "So overall, I’m very happy. I highly recommend it. I really like it. It’s a shame it’s not a ThinkPad, a shame it doesn’t run Linux" ☛ https://pawel.orzech.me/2026/01/03/this-is-an-expesive-computer.html |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:52:14

• "Demonstrations have reached over 170 locations in 25 of Iran’s 31 provinces, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported early Sunday." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/iran-united-states-tehran-donald-trump-dubai-b2894095.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:52:39

• "In Ankara, colleagues, friends, relatives, and political companions bid farewell to journalist Hüseyin Aykol." ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/news/farewell-to-huseyin-aykol-a-leading-figure-of-the-free-press-82922 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:53:36

• "The Association of Professional Journalists and an initiative group of journalists at LRT announced on Friday that they will not take part in a parliamentary working group set up to discuss changes" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2794184/amendments-would-amount-to-censorship-journalists-to-boycott-working-group-on-lrt | Source: LRT    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:53:44

• "Journalist and YouTube anchor Sabir Shakir tweeted that the case was baseless, false, and outdated and that he would continue to raise his voice for the constitution" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/pakistan-court-sentences-journalists-youtubers-and-former-military-officials-over-2023-riots/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:56:13

• "It’s also a cop-out because it’s non-confrontational." ☛ https://werd.io/2025-in-review-an-interesting-year/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:57:34

• "Still, price is ultimately a judgement call only you can make, because it takes into account your personal circumstances, tastes, preferences, constraints, and interests." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/thats-too-expensive-for-me/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:59:13

• [Old] "Every educated person really ought to have a basic understanding of accounting. Just like maths, science, programming, music, literature, history, etc." ☛ https://martin.kleppmann.com/2011/03/07/accounting-for-computer-scientists.html | Source: Martin Kleppmann    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 10:59:23

• "None advertised accepting crypto." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/where-is-bitcoin/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:01:31

• "Due to the language barrier and the risk of looking like a bellend, I didn't actually ask anyone if I could pay with crypto. But every bill we were handed told me which (fiat) currencies I could pay in. The tip-jars let me tap my card or drop my (metal) coins. There were signs warning that I couldn't use American Express."    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:02:28

• "Something unusual is happening in the world of gifting. I saw it during the recent holiday season—and you may have too." ☛ https://www.honest-broker.com/p/why-secondhand-is-now-better-than | Source: Ted Gioia    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:06:03

• "The point of the award is that news outlets and blogs should WAIT until Jan before having any articles that look back on the prior year." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/01/the-betty-white-award-for-2025.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:19:11

• "A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US and what, if anything survives it, will be a lesson for our times." ☛ https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat-from-america |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:20:16

• "That’s all. Not drug trafficking. Many nations, including America, are full of drug trafficking. Donald Trump has pardoned multiple large drug traffickers. It’s not about drug trafficking." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the-bad-guys | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:21:15

• "At this stage, it appears that there is either no strategy—or that the Trump administration’s strategy is not about ensuring freedom for Venezuela." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/venezuela-deserves-democracy-not | Source: The Next Move    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:21:45

• "A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-brazen-illegality-of-trumps-venezuela-operation | Source: New Yorker    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:22:09

• "Senators and House members accuse Trump and his aides of disregarding the Constitution and lying to Congress." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-illegal-war-kidnapping-venezuela-maduro-congress-reaction/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:22:33

• "Draft bill to be submitted for legal checks as France aims to follow Australia’s world-first ban on platforms including Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/france-plans-social-media-ban-for-under-15s-from-september-2026 | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:22:46

• "One of the practical reasons that TLS certificates have dangerous expiry times is that in most environments" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/TLSCertificateUsageReporting | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:24:30

• "All encryption is end-to-end, if you’re not picky about the ends" ☛ https://www.dlp.rip/decorative-cryptography | Source: Chris Fenner    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:26:12

• "Now, it'd be reasonable to assume that something as archaic as calling to activate your license had probably been sunset long ago. " ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-silently-kills-windows-and-office-phone-activation-and-forces-online-activation-with-a-microsoft-account-windows-users-are-now-herded-into-an-online-only-portal-for-activation | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:28:35

• "California just gave its 40 million residents a permanent delete button for a largely covert part of the personal data economy. " ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/02/delete-information-data-brokers-california/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:28:42

• [Old] "or the last few years, I've been a pretty happy Fastmail user - I've used them personally and professionally on and off for a decade. As security and privacy go, they do the best they can. Emails are encrypted at rest on their servers" ☛ https://theorangeone.net/posts/returned-proton-subscription/ | Source: Jake Howard    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:28:48

• Social Control Media ☛ https://soeren.one/2024/give-up-social-media/ |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:34:16

• [Old] "I’m neither a skeptic nor a fanatic. I see AI more neutrally, as a tool, and from that viewpoint I make the following two observations: [...]" ☛ https://orlp.net/blog/bad-ai/ | Source: Orson R L Peters    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:39:09

• "In our paper published at CSCW, Nate TeBlunthuis, together with myself and Aaron Halfaker, analyzed the RCFilters system: an add-on to Wikipedia that highlights and filters edits that a machine learning algorithm called ORES identifies as likely to be damaging to Wikipedia." ☛ https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/effects-of-algorithmic-flagging-on-fairness-quasi-experimental-evidence-from-wikipedia | Source: Benjamin Mako Hill    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:39:23

• "Some AI chatbots have a surprisingly good handle on breaking news. Others decidedly don’t." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/us-invaded-venezuela-and-captured-nicolas-maduro-chatgpt-disagrees/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:39:34

• "The pivot into AI isn’t unexpected—the brand was purchased by AI company Infinite Reality last year—but for users of the music streaming service, to call it jarring is an understatement." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/02/napster-music-streaming-shut-down-ai-pivot/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:40:52

• "New research from the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) paints a nuanced picture. According to the research, entry-level roles in the Australian workforce have increased in the short term due to AI" ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australians-are-worried-about-losing-their-job-to-ai-heres-whats-really-happening/9n1syo7k7 | Source: SBS    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:42:21

• "The widespread circulation of erotic images on X has sparked concern across several countries." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/grok-under-fire-for-sexualizing-women-and-childrens-images/a-75373792 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:44:38

• "A few notes on some apps and services I’m switching for the New Year." ☛ https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2026/01/03/netnewswire-kagi-orion/ | Source: Phil Gyford    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:45:58

• "I started meditating many years ago, initially discounting it as ‘woo-woo’. That I am here now, writing about my ninth year of practice, probably tells you how I’ve found it in reality." ☛ https://probably.co.uk/posts/mindfulness-2025/ | Source: Mark Phillips    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:48:19

• "I doubt there’s much scientific or medical basis for this, and everyone’s physiology is different. But I think I might be a tea-at-breakfast and coffee-at-lunch guy. Who’d have thunk it?" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/tea-over-coffee-first-thing/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:48:43

• "Below, is a summary of things I want to achieve in 2026" ☛ https://soeren.one/2026/2026-life-goals/ |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:49:59

• "That mission is raising awareness about the necessity of raising taxes on the rich. Stevenson wants to put an end to inequality, because he is convinced that, if that is fixed, the rest will follow." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-01-03/gary-stevenson-the-left-has-a-problem-when-it-comes-to-how-it-perceives-young-men.html | Source: El País    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:50:11

• "Hello [Redacted]! You asked about a friend's son who is a recent graduate looking for work as a software developer and having a hard time." ☛ https://notes.eatonphil.com/2026-01-03-distinguishing-yourself.html | Source: Phil Eaton    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:52:21

• "Diderot's project was fundamentally about building infrastructure for thinking. He wanted to create a shared repository of human knowledge that anyone could access" ☛ https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/ | Source: Westenberg    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:53:04

• "Angiosperms, also known as flowering plants" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-01-dosage-sensitive-genes-genome-duplications.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:54:37

• "The researchers reasoned that cells aren't in strict equilibrium, with activity inside the cell churning away to keep us alive." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hidden-source-of-power-may-have-been-discovered-surrounding-our-cells | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:54:56

• "Every time someone swears they’ve cracked the system, my first thought isn’t curiosity because I already know where this goes." ☛ https://afranca.com.br/psychology-of-get-rich-scams/ | Source: Andre Franca    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:55:52

• "Well look at that, week 1 of 2026 is coming to a close. I’m going to try and get some week notes done this year." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/2026-w01/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:56:15

• "this post uses the term “indie web” for convenience, but if you prefer some other similar term, you’re still invited to the conversation." ☛ https://osteophage.dreamwidth.org/12661.html | Source: Coyote    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:56:31

• "Eurostack" ☛ https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-2026-01-03/ | Source: Don Marti    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:56:51

• "Things I did in 2025 that have nothing to do with the [Internet]" ☛ https://henry.codes/writing/2025/ | Source: Henry Desroches    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:58:05

• "Still happy with the idea of moving stuff away from Dreamhost and Amazon to Hetzner, but having great difficulty getting my head around how different things can work on the same server. In Dreamhost, you don't really see any of that." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/monthly-report-2025-12 | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:58:25

• "I took a big step forward in de-Googling and to increase my personal security by moving to GrapheneOS. I’m super happy about it." ☛ https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2026/01/03/2025_in_review/ | Source: Jonas Hietala    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:58:54

• "It’s well publicised that I don’t run any kind of analytics on this site. For me, engagement is far more important. But I’m trying to better understand how you fine people consume the waffle I spit out into the world." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/how-do-you-read-my-content/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 11:59:17

• "As a certified Old, I remember the magic, and I miss it. I know how cool technology can be. I know there are still real possibilities. But kids today think the enshittified Internet is the only Internet there ever was. It isn’t—and it didn’t have to turn out this way." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/sub-sandwich-surveillance-and-the-end-of-magic/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:00:40

• "According to Fathom, my most trafficked posts of 2025 were (in descending order): [...]" ☛ https://interconnected.org/home/2026/01/03/top-posts | Source: Matt Webb    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:01:07

• "Then go start your own, and stop turning all your thoughts over to extractive industries. Get a notebook and a pencil, and write what you’re thinking there. Start a blog. Write it there." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/writing-on-the-internet-and-elsewhere | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:01:21

• "Here are some posts I’m really proud of: [...]" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/2025-wrapup/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:01:52

• "If you’re looking for songs, books, or movies with content you want to use, you are probably examining which of your favorites are headed for the public domain." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/852332/public-domain-2026-betty-boop-nancy-drew-pluto | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:07:24

• "I mentioned it in the last post: To give this blog a more personal touch, I switched the URL to https://soeren.one." ☛ https://gluecko.se/2026/new-url/ | Source: Soeren    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:09:18

• [Old] "In 8 points: [...]" ☛ https://fiatjaf.com/759be3e8.html | Source: Fiatjaf    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:12:13

• "We need to bridge our clouds. It's as simple as that. I need to be able to run my cloud, and you can run your cloud, and our clouds need to talk." ☛ https://www.pfrazee.com/blog/atmospheric-computing |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:12:25

• "microformats are classes you add to your HTML that have semantic meaning." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/03/turn-a-list-into-a-web-feed | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:12:49

• "Recently I’ve discovered a way to mitigate the problem - namely the command history window. (see :h cmdwin for details) You can trigger in a couple of ways: [...]" ☛ https://batsov.com/articles/2026/01/03/how-to-vim-using-effectively-the-command-history/ | Source: Bozhidar Batsov    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:14:04

• "Each programming language ecosystem has at least one package manager, often several. The categorizing clients post covers their resolution algorithms, lockfile strategies, and manifest formats in detail." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/03/the-package-management-landscape.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:14:16

• "Brief post on a somewhat vexing and irritating C++ problem I ran into some time ago. I hope that this page will help other people deal with this problem more quickly than I did." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/unsigned-char-std-string-cpp/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:14:22

• "The new paper says the current relationship between researchers, funders and commercial publishers has created a “drain” – depriving the research system of money, time" ☛ https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/funding-agencies-can-end-profit-first-science-publishing/ |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:15:48

• "The domination of scientific publishing in the Global North by major commercial publishers is harmful to science." ☛ https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 | Source: arXiv    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:16:02

• "Just a random post because I had much fun at 39C3. As per CCC's strict photo policy. Photos will not contain people unless they all concent to be photo'd." ☛ https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/01-03-at-the-39th-chaose-computer-congress.gmi | Source: Martin Chang    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:19:25

• "Classes teach you all about advanced topics within CS, from operating systems to machine learning, but there’s one critical subject that’s rarely covered" ☛ https://missing.csail.mit.edu/ |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:19:42

• "I was working on a revision of the Manual WordPress theme to coincide with our upcoming migration from WordPress to ClassicPress." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/new-year-new-theme/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:24:59

• "Starting with Drupal 6, and progressing through major site upgrades and migrations to 7, 8, 9, and 1" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/migrated-to-hugo/ | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:25:25

• "I gave a lightning talk at a bunch of conferences in 2025 about some of the exciting new things coming in Python 3.14, including template strings." ☛ https://hugovk.dev/blog/2026/localising-xkcd/ | Source: Hugo van Kemenade    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:26:57

• "I want to explain why this shift is happening (at least in my humble opinion). I want to describe why Postgres is silently becoming the anchor of modern AI development." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/why-ai-workloads-are-fueling-a-move-back-to-postgres/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:27:11

• "This blog post should serve as a time capsule for my future self. How was it like serving the Internet in 2026? What is my set up, my most visitied bookmarks, websites I frequently go to? Let's find out." ☛ https://bastiangruber.ca/posts/how-i-browse-the-web-in-2026/ | Source: Bastian Gruber    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:35:40

• "community search engines." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/03/personal-and-community-search-engines | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:35:53

• "Here are my most popular blog posts from 2025, with the caveat that this might all be bullshit from bots" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/my-50-most-popular-blog-posts-in-2025/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:36:28

• "True, ads couldn’t reach my house, but not because I actively refused their delivery; simply because the trucks used for their delivery weren’t allowed to drive on my pedestrian-only street." ☛ https://thejollyteapot.com/2026/01/03/new-year-new-me-new-web-browsing-setup/ | Source: Nicolas Magand    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:36:46

• "But, there are two downsides: lack of flexibility in the cases where postprocessing is actually needed and, in particular for newcomers, a bad user experience." ☛ https://jssfr.de/dtsolve/2026-01-02-darktable-styles-fujifilm.html |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:38:00

• "This post is not a tutorial, but rather my account of the process of migrating my photos from iCloud to Immich and how my Raspberry Pi has been able to run it without many issues." ☛ https://afranca.com.br/immich-on-a-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Andre Franca    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:38:13

• "Paperless-ngx is a community-supported open-source document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper." ☛ https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/ |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:38:27

• Anon: "BTC is a pyramid scheme. Furthermore their is a finite number of the cryptocoins _*and*_ wallets get lost over time ..." https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/30/Debt_as_the_New_Currency.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:43:32

• "Known for its lightweight design, flexibility, and broad compatibility with clients and source software across platforms, Icecast is widely used by internet radio stations, community broadcasters, and individual streamers to deliver audio content in MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Opus, and AAC formats." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/icecast-2-5-streaming-media-server-brings-web-ui-enhancements/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 12:44:13

• "After Eric Migicovsky, the founder of Pebble and the driving force behind its 2025 relaunch through his new company, Core Devices, unveiled the innovative Index 01 smart ring for capturing quick voice notes and introduced two open-source Pebble smartwatches, the Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2, a new device has now joined the lineup." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/pebble-round-2-revives-the-iconic-smartwatch-with-open-source-pebbleos/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:10:29

• "After Eric Migicovsky, the founder of Pebble and the driving force behind its 2025 relaunch through his new company, Core Devices, unveiled the innovative Index 01 smart ring for capturing quick voice notes and introduced two open-source Pebble smartwatches, the Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/pebble-round-2-revives-the-iconic-smartwatch-with-open-source-pebbleos/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:11:26

• "This month's box includes a OVcam based camera board and ECG measurement board! Also, I got a lot of nice new tools from the holidays that help me out with the build." ☛ https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/review-of-hackerbox-0122-ouroboros/ | Source: Matthew Brunelle    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:11:35

• "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 Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:11:45

• "Linux distributions and the software they package have a long history of deciding to change things for your own good." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/TakeScreenshotsBeforeUpgrades | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:12:41

• "Now, without further ado, let's dive into a sampling of Workbench screenshots that have fascinated and delighted me since way back in the 1990s!" ☛ https://www.datagubbe.se/wbshots/ | Source: Carl Svensson    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:12:49

• "A notable new feature in Plasma 6.6 is the implementation of Slow Keys for Wayland sessions. It allows users to configure how long a key must be held before it registers, helping people with motor impairments avoid accidental key presses." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-6-improves-accessibility-wayland-usability-and-ui-polish/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:13:48

• "With COSMIC now integrated, users can boot an Archboot ISO and choose the desktop to either perform a full Arch Linux installation or start a live session for testing and recovery." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/archboot-adds-cosmic-desktop-as-a-new-install-and-rescue-option/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:14:35

• "I listed a good few options above, but also, I’d encourage you to take a gander at a few of the following games, most if not all of which I will write full reviews for eventually: [...]" ☛ https://danq.me/2026/01/03/dd-5e-is-not-for-everyone/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:15:46

• "I, like many of you, picked up this game along with the console. I still remember walking, randomly, into the local Best Buy, unemployed at the time, I might add, and with my severance monies, very unwise, purchased a Nintendo Switch gaming console and BotW." ☛ https://gabz.blog/posts/a-game-i-am-playing-botw | Source: Gabriel    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:17:38

• "Here’s a collage of all board games I played in 2025 along with the amount of plays on the bottom right of each cover, ranked from most played to least: [...]" ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/01/2025-in-board-games/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:17:51

• [Old] "IPFS is built by Ethereum enthusiasts." ☛ https://fiatjaf.com/d5031e5b.html | Source: Fiatjaf    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:19:09

• "I need to generate TSIG key files for a DNS server using Ansible, and while I could use something like the community.general.random_string lookup, due to Ansible’s lazy evaluation of lookups, using that in a vars would cause the lookup to be re-evaluated upon use meaning I cannot actually use it more than once in a playbook." ☛ https://jpmens.net/2026/01/02/ansible-lookup-plugin-for-tsig-keys/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:20:27

• "This short article documents two workarounds for Synology DSM: mobile application authentication failures via custom domains, and rclone checksum verified backups over SFTP" ☛ https://kirill.korins.ky/articles/synology-dsm-workarounds/ | Source: Kirill A Korinsky    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:20:43

• "Last year my roommate and I found an old original iMac G3 outside our apartment building. It has some interesting early 2000s/late 90s style websites and files on it that I want to preserve (and hope to share here soon!)." ☛ https://maxleiter.com/blog/HFSViewer | Source: Max Leiter    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:20:54

• "I’m continuing to gradually set up my home NAS on FreeBSD, and the first thing I want to dive into is FreeBSD firewalls." ☛ https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-2-introduction-to-packet-filter-pf-firewall/ | Source: Arseny    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:21:56

• "This is a post in the series about the Linux kernel CVE release process: [...]" ☛ http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2026/01/02/linux-kernel-security-work/ |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:22:12

• "Lots of the CVE world seems to focus on “security bugs” but I’ve found that it is not all that well known exactly how the Linux kernel security process works."    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:22:31

• "I gave a talk about this back in 2023 and at other conferences since then, attempting to explain how it works, but I also thought it would be good to explain this all in writing as it is required to know this when trying to understand how the Linux kernel CNA issues CVEs."    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:22:35

• "The vchan protocol is used for efficient communication between Xen virtual machines." ☛ https://roscidus.com/blog/blog/2026/01/01/tla-liveness/ |    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:22:49

• "I also want to expand the number of self-hosted services this year with: [...]" ☛ https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2026/homelab/ | Source: Victor Kropp    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:23:59

• 'terrorist targets' in Nigeria, Congress MIA? https://www.dw.com/en/us-strikes-terrorist-targets-in-nigeria/a-75307055    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:25:13

• Why millions are hooked https://www.dw.com/en/the-global-rise-of-chinese-dramas-why-millions-are-hooked/a-75308757    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:25:58

• 15 years https://www.dw.com/en/malaysia-ex-pm-najib-sentenced-to-15-years-on-new-charges/a-75307547    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:26:21

• Maduro's 'tiger' with designer fashion tastes: Who is Venezuela's VP Delcy Rodriguez? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260103-live-we-are-ready-to-defend-venezuela-vp-delcy-rodriguez-says-on-state-tv    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:28:36

• Venezuelan VP Rodriguez’s speech contradicts Convicted Felon’s claims ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-venezuelan-vp-rodriguez-s-speech-contradicts-trump-s-claims    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:28:48

• KDE Ni! OS – installing packages from source – Plasma Pass ☞ https://cukic.co/2026/01/03/kde-ni-os-install-packages-from-source    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:30:54

• Joerg Jaspert: Hey Hi (AI) Shit, go away; iocaine to the rescue ☞ https://blog.ganneff.de/2026/01/ai-slop.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:32:04

• "Ternary Computer From The USSR In 1958" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/the-setun-was-a-ternary-computer-from-the-ussr-in-1958/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:33:16

• Benjamin Mako Hill: Effects of Algorithmic Flagging on Fairness: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Wikipedia ☞ https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/effects-of-algorithmic-flagging-on-fairness-quasi-experimental-evidence-from-wikipedia    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:33:43

• This Week in Plasma: new year, new accessibility features! ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/03/this-week-in-plasma-new-year-new-accessibility-features/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:36:48

• FreeBSD 14-to-15 Upgrade (Intel) ☞ https://euroquis.nl/freebsd/2026/01/03/freebsd.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 13:37:39

• GNU/Linux "Market Share" in Switzerland More Than Doubled Last Year, Based on statCounter ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/04/GNU_Linux_Market_Share_in_Switzerland_More_Than_Doubled_Last_Ye.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:16:08

• TuiView – lightweight raster GIS ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tuiview-lightweight-raster-gis/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:21:15

• Plasma-powered solid-state laptop cooler to debut at CES — new cooler design uses ionized gas and electrical discharge to generate airflow ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cooling/yplasma-to-announce-solid-state-laptop-cooler-at-ces-2026-new-cooler-design-uses-plasma-and-corona-discharge-to-generate-airflow    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:25:05

• ‘More hassle than fun’: Philippines struggles to draw tourists as it lags regional peers in arrivals ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/more-hassle-than-fun-philippines-struggles-to-draw-tourists-as-it-lags-regional-peers-in-arrivals    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:25:41

• FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending January 2, 2026 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/2374127/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:26:09

• Zelensky calls for US to take down Putin following capture of Venezuela dictator Nicolás Maduro ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/01/03/world-news/zelensky-calls-for-us-to-take-down-putin-following-capture-of-venezuela-dictator-nicolas-maduro/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:26:53

• Ahead Of Big Week, Zelenskyy Vows Ukraine Will Fight On If Peace Talks Fail ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskyy-trump-putin-paris-macron-umerov/33639270.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:27:18

• 'I have no idea what's going on'. Stories of released Belarusian prisoners in Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2791344/i-have-no-idea-what-s-going-on-stories-of-released-belarusian-prisoners-in-lithuania    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:27:47

• Zelenskyy Hosts Security Talks As Russia Presses Drone Attacks Across Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-peace-talks-kharkiv-drone-strike/33639056.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:28:12

• Why Security Guarantees Are So Crucial, and Thorny, for Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-trump-peace-security-guarantees.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:28:28

• Venezuela: US ready ‘to run’ the country, ‘Maduro captured’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-venezuela-us-ready-to-run-the-country-maduro-captured    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:29:02

• Maduro Arrives In NY After Capture, As US Foes, Allies Express Concerns ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/venezuela-maduro-trump-capture-reaction/33639570.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:29:20

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says US Captures Maduro During Strikes That Moscow, Others Denounce ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/maduro-venezuela-trump-capture-trial-russia-iran-europe-china/33639101.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:29:35

• "‘ChatGpt’ was declared by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to be an inherently non-distinctive term on the grounds that it merely communicates the characteristics of the service (i.e. a conversational neural network model that creates human-like content)." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/keep-dry-and-carry-on-high-court-finds.html?showComment=1767352690147#c5684391619666677070    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:30:09

• How To Install Jitsi Meet on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-jitsi-meet-debian-13/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:34:03

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

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:34:18

• Raspberry Pi Banned from Zohran Mamdani Inauguration ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/raspberry-pi-banned-from-zohran-mamdani    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:34:35

• How to Install PHP 8.4 on Ubuntu ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-php-8-4-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:36:08

• How to Install CRI-O on RHEL 10 ☞ https://www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-install-cri-o-on-rhel/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:36:38

• How to stop extortion in Mexico ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/opinion/how-to-stop-extortion-in-mexico/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:37:31

• Bring CachyOS Cosmic DE along with kernel 6.18.2 to Arch GNU/Linux Bare Metal Instance ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2026/01/bring-cachyos-cosmic-de-along-with.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:38:42

• "Modern passenger airliners are essentially tubes-with-wings" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/teardown-of-boeing-777-cabin-pressure-control-system/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:39:55

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2026/1 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2026/01/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2026-1/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:40:42

• Supreme Court’s January 2026 IP Docket: Hikma Leads a Small but Significant Field ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/supreme-january-significant.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:41:46

• Venezuela: What's next for Nicolas Maduro? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-venezuela-what-s-next-for-nicolas-maduro    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:42:24

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Shares Photo of Captured Nicolás Maduro, Blindfolded and Handcuffed ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/maduro-photo-trump.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:43:06

• Emmanuel Kasper: Storing GPG private keys on a dedicated device ☞ https://00formicapunk00.wordpress.com/2026/01/03/storing-gpg-private-keys-on-a-dedicated-device/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:43:49

• FPGA ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/fpga-dev-kit-unofficially-brings-msx-standard-back/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:45:33

• LLMs cannot lie ☞ https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-01-03-LLMs-cannot-lie.en.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:48:07

• Carrot Cake Recipe ☞ https://euroquis.nl/blabla/2026/01/03/wortelcake.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:51:23

• KDE onboarding is good now ☞ https://rabbitictranslator.com/kde-onboarding/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:53:08

• US launch strikes on Venezuela, captures President Maduro ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-us-launch-strikes-on-venezuela-captures-president-maduro    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:55:36

• Venezuela: A sign of relief, but country's future remains uncertain ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-venezuela-a-sign-of-relief-but-country-s-future-remains-uncertain    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:56:00

• Mexico condemns US strikes on Venezuela ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-mexico-condemns-us-strikes-on-venezuela    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:56:19

• The Insurrectionist says Maduro and his wife aboard a US warship ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-donald-trump-says-maduro-and-his-wife-aboard-a-us-warship    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:56:41

• US strikes Venezuela and captures Maduro and his wife ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-us-strikes-venezuela-and-captures-maduro-and-his-wife    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:57:06

• iophk: BTC is a pyramid scheme. Furthermore their is a finite number of the cryptocoins *and* wallets get lost over time ... so eventually you run out of bitcoins but before that happens, there is a tipping point at which people can see the end in sight and bail    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:57:40

• iophk: BTC is a pyramid scheme. Furthermore their is a finite number of the cryptocoins _*and*_ wallets get lost over time ... so eventually you run out of bitcoins but before that happens, there is a tipping point at which people can see the end in sight and bail    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:58:11

• FRANCE 24 speaks to Venezuelans after Maduro 'captured' by US ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-venezuela-denounces-extremely-serious-military-aggression-by-us    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:58:24

• US announces terrorism, drug charges against Venezuela's Maduro ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-us-announces-terrorism-drug-charges-against-venezuela-s-maduro    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:58:50

• Venezuelan leader Maduro and wife indicted in New York on drug, terrorism charges ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-venezuelan-leader-maduro-and-wife-indicted-in-new-york-on-drug-terrorism-charges    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:58:59

• US appeals court strikes down California’s urban open-carry ban ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/us-appeals-court-strikes-down-californias-urban-open-carry-ban/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:59:25

• US attacks Venezuela, captures President Maduro ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/us-attacks-venezuela-captures-president-maduro/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 14:59:50

• Dihydroxyacetone Man says US will now ‘run’ Venezuela, serving a warning to other world leaders ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/0103/maduro-strikes-capture-venezuela-trump    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:00:11

• Venezuela Live Updates: Maduro Arrives in N.Y.; Convicted Felon Says U.S. Will ‘Run’ Venezuela ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:00:29

• Americans turn out for protests in Chicago and Washington. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela/venezuela-chicago-washington-protests    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:00:55

• In Wake of U.S. Strike, Venezuelan Paramilitaries Are Little Seen ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/venezuela-paramilitaries-colectivos.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:01:16

• Venezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People Were Killed in U.S. Attack ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/venezuela-airstrike-civilian-deaths.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:01:26

• How Democrats Are Hitting Convicted Felon Over Nicolás Maduro’s Ouster ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela/democrats-trump-venezuela-maduro    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:01:41

• Zohran Mamdani Called Hell Toupée to Criticize Venezuela Strikes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/mamdani-trump-venezuela-maduro.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:01:55

• Dihydroxyacetone Man administration declines to back Venezuela’s opposition leader. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela/trump-administration-opposition-leader    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:02:18

• Airlines Are Canceling Flights After U.S. Closes Airspace Over the Caribbean ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela/flights-canceled-caribbean-faa-venezuela    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:02:33

• Venezuela broadcasts messages of resistance from Maduro loyalists after the U.S. attack. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela/venezuela-broadcasts-messages-of-resistance-from-maduro-loyalists-after-the-us-attack    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:02:48

• Maduro’s Inner Circle Appears to Survive U.S. Strikes on Venezuela ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/maduro-venezuela-strikes-delcy-rodriguez.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:02:59

• Expirion 6.2-260103 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/expirion    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:03:51

• EasyOS 7.1.2 is out also ☞ https://distrowatch.com/easyos    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:04:08

• blendOS 2026.01.02 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/blendos    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:04:16

• China launches ‘Justice Mission’ drills after condemning US over $11.1b arms sale to Taiwan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/china-launches-justice-mission-drills-after-condemning-us-over-11-1b-arms-sale-to-taiwan/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:05:47

• Hell Toupée Orders Divestment in $2.9 Million Chips Deal to Protect US Security Interests ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/president-trump-orders-divestment-in-2-9-million-chips-deal-to-protect-us-security-interests/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:06:33

• Iran blasts Convicted Felon's intervention threat ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260103-iran-blasts-trump-s-intervention-threat    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:06:54

• India security forces kill 14 Maoist rebels in clashes: Police ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-security-forces-kill-14-maoist-rebels-in-clashes-police    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:07:12

• BigLinux 2026-01-03 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:08:29

• LinuxCNC 2.9.8 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/linuxcnc    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:08:41

• Dihydroxyacetone Man pulls National Guard out of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland after court ruling ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/trump-pulls-national-guard-out-of-chicago-los-angeles-and-portland-after-court-ruling/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:09:06

• An ‘Avoidable Tragedy’: The Hazards That Led to the Swiss Fire Disaster ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/europe/switzerland-fire-avoidable-hazards.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:09:18

• Calculate 20260103 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calculate    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:09:37

• Berserk Arch 2026.01.03 is also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/berserkarch    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:09:56

• sdtop – systemd TUI Manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sdtop-systemd-tui-manager/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:11:50

• MRunner – keyboard-first application runner ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mrunner-keyboard-first-application-runner/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:11:58

• unflac – audio image and cue sheet splitting ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/unflac-audio-image-cue-sheet-splitting/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:12:07

• sqlit – lazygit of SQL databases ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sqlit-lazygit-sql-databases/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:14:47

• pomo – simple customizable Pomodoro timer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pomo-simple-customizable-pomodoro-timer/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:14:58

• chop – CLI todo manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/chop-cli-todo-manager/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:15:14

• Good news for gamers: KDE Plasma will no longer sleep when your controller is plugged in ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/good-news-for-gamers-kde-plasma-will-no-longer-sleep-when-your-controller-is-plugged-in/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:15:53

• New Record High for GNU/Linux in Benelux in 2026 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/03/New_Record_High_for_GNU_Linux_in_Benelux_in_2026.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:16:22

• IceWM 4.0.0 Released: A Lightweight Boost for GNU/Linux Desktops ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/icewm-4-0-0-features/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:16:53

• 10 Lightweight GNU/Linux Distributions for your Old Hardware in 2026 ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/lightweight-linux-distributions-2022/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:18:04

• elementary OS 8.1: Best New Features ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/elementary-os-8-1-features/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:19:27

• What to Know About the Protests in Iran ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/middleeast/iran-protests-inflation-currency.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:26:44

• Iran Pushes Back At Convicted Felon As Protests Over Economic Crisis Intensify ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-trump-tehran-economic-crisis-currency-inflation/33639084.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:26:55

• How Feasible Is Asteroid Mining? A New Study Investigates ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/how-feasible-is-asteroid-mining-a-new-study-investigates    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:27:15

• Horror of Life on Roman Frontier Revealed in Gut-Wrenching Study ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/horror-of-life-on-roman-frontier-revealed-in-gut-wrenching-study    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:27:45

• Tattoos Affect Your Immune System in Ways We're Only Beginning to Understand ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tattoos-affect-your-immune-system-in-ways-were-only-beginning-to-understand    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:27:56

• Blocking One Protein Slows Cancer Growth in Mice, Scientists Discover ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/blocking-one-protein-slows-cancer-growth-in-mice-scientists-discover    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:28:17

• This Week in Science: Reversing Alzheimer's, Solving a Tapestry Mystery, And More! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-reversing-alzheimers-solving-a-tapestry-mystery-and-more    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:28:34

• The Large Hadron Collider Is Being Shut Down ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/large-hadron-collider-shut-down    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:29:02

• The Year in Neanderthal Discoveries ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/science/archaeology-neanderthals-genetics.html    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:29:12

• North Korea fires ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-towards-the-sea-off-its-east-coast    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:29:31

• Young South Koreans warming to marriage again, survey shows ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/young-south-koreans-warming-to-marriage-again-survey-shows    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:29:48

• Carrying small trash bags, rubbish in pockets: How Malaysians adapt to stricter littering rules ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/carrying-small-trash-bags-keeping-rubbish-in-pockets-malaysians-adapting-daily-habits-in-face-of    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:30:13

• Malaysia’s PM Anwar could face troubles with rekindling of UMNO-PAS romance ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-pm-anwar-could-face-troubles-with-the-rekindling-of-umno-pas-romance    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:30:53

• 7 Malaysian siblings finally get citizenship after relative’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 Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:31:00

• India unveils Buddha gems after century abroad ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-unveils-buddha-gems-after-century-abroad    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:31:19

• Irish PM Martin to visit China as Beijing shores up EU ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/irish-pm-martin-to-visit-china-as-beijing-shores-up-eu-ties    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:31:36

• Running Around: an R package to analyse Garmin running data ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/running-around-an-r-package-to-analyse-garmin-running-data/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:32:34

• "Other AC Surprises" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/pickle-diodes-asymmetric-jacobs-ladders-and-other-ac-surprises/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:47:24

• "Apollo Lunar Module Thrust Meter" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/apollo-lunar-module-thrust-meter-lives-again/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:47:45

• Quote Printer Keeps Receipts ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/03/quote-printer-keeps-receipts/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:48:18

• AR Smart Glasses ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/04/are-we-ready-for-ar-smart-glasses-yet/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:50:58

• "Recently I decided to try using Xfce as my main desktop environment on my primary tower PC. I typically stick with KDE Plasma on most devices, and after weeks with Xfce, I just feel more affirmed in my preference for KDE for daily driving." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-xfce-but-im-going-back-to-kde/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:54:16

• Plex's new media manager, Pebble Round 2, another Linux X11 revival, and more: News roundup https://www.howtogeek.com/plex-new-media-manager-pebble-round-2-another-linux-x11-revival-and-more-news-roundup/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:54:32

• Linux updates made “Meteor Lake” slower https://fudzilla.com/linux-updates-made-meteor-lake-slower/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:55:47

• "If you miss the simplicity or design aesthetic of 1990s Linux computing, there's some good news. A project to port KDE 1 and its desktop environment to modern Linux is underway, called MiDesktop." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-1990s-kde-desktop-is-making-a-comeback-on-modern-linux/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 15:56:12

• "In a post on social media platform X, ..." https://yle.fi/a/74-20202531 x == :( content == :(    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:01:32

• "Back in the day, I went cross-eyed trying to figure out who was good for what in X-COM: Terror from the Deep. I ended up whipping out Excel and using its newfangled conditional-formatting feature to help me with this." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/ai/prompts/soulhacking-tracker-in-obsidian/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:30:52

• "There are people out there who ask “Why do I need a personal wiki when my collection of text files are fine”?" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/productivity-systems/    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:31:36

• I tell you that task-specific uses of personal-wiki software can be useful (as opposed to a fully-general Notes About Everything bundle). gemini://skyjake.fi/~Cosmos/thread?32204    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:32:14

• "Only my main phone has a SIM card, so the apps on the Pro1 X cannot access the Internet if I'm not in range of a WiFi signal. I found that my screen time dropped immediately, especially when I was out of the house, since I could no longer use services like YouTube, or even Gemini." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202601/20260103-new-years-2026-update.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:33:07

• 🔤SpellBinding — ABCKLPS Wordo: VOGUE gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-04.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:33:41

• Solderpunk's gemlog — qrencode gemini://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/qrencode.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:35:46

• Hello misfin gemini://liladi.site/hello-misfin.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:37:34

• "Happy New Year! Here's hoping that 2026 will be better than 2025...although that is looking pretty unlikely geopolitically...sigh." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2026-01-02    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:39:44

• "I saw on social media that there is kind of a challenge going around for January which is to not go to the grocery store and to eat the entire month of January on whatever you have already in your pantry/fridge/freezer."    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:40:02

• "I think this is a pretty interesting challenge and although it won't meaningfully end food insecurity issues or hunger...it is a good way to highlight just how much food waste there is in developed countries. How many times have we thrown out food that we just didn't get around to eating?"    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 16:40:18

• Rianne says slowly "AI" is becoming evil, but the reality is that it was always evil, but media propaganda sold that as a shit sandwich and only now the "Voice of the People" overwhelms the media and shouts out that it's just pure shit. MElon stripping off kids is the "icing on the shit cake".    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 17:53:31

• GNU/Linux in South America second-highest level now https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/south-america/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 18:09:38

• The host's Engineering Freeze ends tomorrow, Monday the 5th January 2026, at 9am. They might shuffle things around a bit...    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 19:16:48

• GNU/Linux at 4% in Libya https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/libya/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 19:30:32

• Burn Art gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/burnArt    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 19:49:25

• emacs 2026 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/emacs2026    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 19:50:02

• [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-01-04.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 19:51:36

• "To implement a cache I need to resolve some (very few) of these to addresses in storage. Most of the time it will be very recent indices, but in some rare cases it will be old, low indices. So I have a classic sparse array." gemini://spell.mywire.org:1960/~stack/0253.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 19:52:42

• "Just a random post because I had much fun at 39C3. As per CCC's strict photo policy. Photos will not contain people unless they all concent to be photo'd. At least to the degree that they are not recognizable." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/01-03-at-the-39th-chaose-computer-congress.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 19:53:28

• Worrying trend in travel companies: cancel whole planes/trains/buses for financial, not technical, reasons, then make people wait for ages so you can lump more people together on a single unified ride    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 19:55:25

• "This blog relies heavily on Drogon’s CSP (C++ Server Page) system - think of it as PHP’s templating engine, but written in C++. It’s not the most modern choice in 2026, especially since CSP predates C++ coroutines." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/01-05-drogons-csp-template-system.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 19:55:49

• Because greater inconvenience to people is more savings (i.e. more profits) to THEM    

posted Sunday, January 04, 2026 at 19:56:46