Roy Schestowitz

• Procurement Before Prestige ☞ https://bjoern.brembs.net/2026/01/procurement-before-prestige/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:50:05

• New National Research and Innovation Institute might be ready in about 16 months ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/08.01.2026-new-national-research-and-innovation-institute-might-be-ready-in-about-16-months.a629057/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:50:23

• Shocking number of Americans would rather ditch social control media than GLP-1 drugs: survey ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/health/shocking-number-of-americans-would-rather-ditch-social-media-than-glp-1-drugs-survey/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:50:43

• Addiction or companionship? Chinese Hey Hi (AI) chatbots come under government scrutiny ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/addiction-or-companionship-chinese-ai-chatbots-come-under-government-scrutiny    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:51:01

• Rights group calls for Egypt to improve access to education and healthcare ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/rights-group-calls-for-egypt-to-improve-access-to-education-and-healthcare/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:51:21

• Indians suffer from health scourge of noise pollution ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20260108-indians-suffer-from-health-scourge-of-noise-pollution    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:51:36

• Michigan leaders, legislators vow to improve nursing homes after Bridge report ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-leaders-legislators-vow-to-improve-nursing-homes-after-bridge-report/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:51:49

• Instant Bifocals: New Glasses Can Change Their Prescription on the Fly Depending on What You’re Looking At ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/new-glasses-change-lens    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:52:10

• Flu continues spreading in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/08.01.2026-flu-continues-spreading-in-latvia.a629075/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:52:19

• South Korean leader turns to penguins in bid to meet Kim Jong Un ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-leader-turns-to-penguins-in-bid-to-meet-kim-jong-un    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:52:45

• South Korean man stabbed to death in India in fight with girlfriend ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-man-stabbed-to-death-in-india-in-fight-with-girlfriend    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:52:58

• Taxi driver in South Korea found to have taken cold medication before fatal crash ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taxi-driver-in-south-korea-found-to-have-taken-cold-medication-before-fatal-crash    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:53:18

• Is South Korea ready for an era of ageing drivers? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/is-south-korea-ready-for-an-era-of-ageing-drivers    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:53:32

• South Korea’s Defence Ministry punishes generals tied to Dec 3 martial law incident ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-defence-ministry-punishes-generals-tied-to-dec-3-martial-law-incident    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:54:00

• South Korea plane crash victims would have lived but for runway barrier, simulation shows ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-korea-plane-crash-victims-would-have-lived-but-for-runway-barrier-simulation    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:54:22

• France's Macron slams 'temptation to divide up world' among 'great powers' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260108-live-macron-sets-out-foreign-policy-priorities-speech-french-ambassadors    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:55:59

• Live: Macron slams 'real temptation to divide up world' among 'great powers' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260108-live-macron-sets-out-foreign-policy-priorities-speech-french-ambassadors    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:56:10

• REPLAY: French President Macron addresses diplomatic corps ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260108-replay-french-president-macron-addresses-diplomatic-corps-1    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:56:21

• Sven Hoexter: Moving from hexchat to Halloy ☞ http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/deb_gtk2_removal_hexchat_to_halloy/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:56:44

• Burn victims treated worse than suspects: Crans-Montana double-whammy, years of arguments over medical bills and compensation https://juristgate.com/en/burn-victims-treated-worse-than-suspects/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:58:02

• Introducing pgpm: A Package Manager for Modular PostgreSQL ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/introducing-pgpm-a-package-manager-for-modular-postgresql-3196/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 02:59:40

• Gain visibility into Red Bait Quay with Splunk ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/08/gain-visibility-red-hat-quay-splunk    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:00:21

• Ukraine security guarantees are futile without increased pressure on Putin ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-security-guarantees-are-futile-without-increased-pressure-on-putin/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:01:08

• MiniOS 5.1.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/minios    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:01:24

• When It Comes to Russia, Convicted Felon Navigates Conflicting Goals ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/trump-russia-goals.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:01:38

• The Hey Hi (AI) Security Shakedown ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/ai-security-shakedown/    

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

• Russia frees imprisoned French researcher Laurent Vinatier ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260108-russia-frees-french-researcher-laurent-vinatier    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:02:21

• Russia frees imprisoned French researcher Laurent Vinatier ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-frees-imprisoned-french-researcher-laurent-vinatier    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:02:32

• Russia frees imprisoned French researcher Laurent Vinatier ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-frees-imprisoned-french-researcher-laurent-vinatier-1    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:02:58

• Russia frees French researcher Vinatier convicted under country's 'foreign agents' law ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-frees-french-researcher-vinatier-convicted-under-country-s-foreign-agents-law    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:03:10

• Policing the sky: NATO’s high-risk patrols near Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/policing-the-sky-nato-s-high-risk-patrols-near-ukraine    

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

• Sailing into calmer waters ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/legal-commentary/sailing-into-calmer-waters/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:04:40

• Aivaras Abromavičius selling his agrobusiness in Ukraine – media ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2800304/aivaras-abromavicius-selling-his-agrobusiness-in-ukraine-media    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:04:56

• Drawing on Ukraine’s experience, Lithuania considers training doctors in war trauma care ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2799329/drawing-on-ukraine-s-experience-lithuania-considers-training-doctors-in-war-trauma-care    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:06:25

• "it's everywhere in IT, if you are 45+, you are a dead person walking" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1keehrfd7    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:13:17

• "Ok, fine. We will do it on February 1st." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3b7br    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:13:48

• Lithuanian PM says Volkov’s remarks on Ukraine ‘unacceptable’, questions his right to stay ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2799272/lithuanian-pm-says-volkov-s-remarks-on-ukraine-unacceptable-questions-his-right-to-stay    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:14:27

• Lithuania could send ‘several hundred’ troops to Ukraine after war – minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2799226/lithuania-could-send-several-hundred-troops-to-ukraine-after-war-minister    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:14:37

• Zelenskyy Says Plan On Security Guarantees 'Essentially Ready' As Russian Strikes Leave Ukrainians In The Dark ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-blackout-russia-drone-strikes-zelenskyy/33642976.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:14:50

• On a Chinese island, a sunny sanctuary for Russian tourists ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/on-a-chinese-island-a-sunny-sanctuary-for-russian-tourists    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:15:01

• Russian Strikes Knock Out Power in Dnipro Region of Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/europe/ukraine-dnipro-power-russia-strike-heat.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:15:25

• Europe Tries to Come to Terms With Convicted Felon’s Intervention in Venezuela ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/world/europe/trump-venezuela-greenland-ukraine-europe.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:15:39

• Reshuffle at Ukraine’s Intelligence Agencies Draws Criticism ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/world/europe/ukraine-spy-agencies.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:15:49

• Latvian citizen set to be prosecuted for spying for Russia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/08.01.2026-latvian-citizen-set-to-be-prosecuted-for-spying-for-russia.a629060/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:16:18

• How do shadow fleets work? US seizes two sentenced oil tankers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/how-do-shadow-fleets-work-us-seizes-two-sencented-oil-tankers    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:16:54

• US Seizes 'Stateless' Russian-Flagged Tanker After Lengthy Chase Across Atlantic ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-forces-russian-tanker-marinera-atlantic-ocean-oil/33642224.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:17:07

• Why Russian Tourists Are Flocking to Southern China’s Beaches ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/asia/china-hainan-russian-tourists.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:17:17

• Hoisting Russian Flags, ‘Shadow Fleet’ Edges Into the Light ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/europe/russia-shadow-fleet-venezuela.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:17:30

• U.S., Cementing Control on Venezuelan Oil, Seizes Russian-Flagged Tanker ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/world/americas/venezuela-us-oil.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:17:40

• U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker and Boards Another Amid Tensions With Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/politics/us-russia-oil-tanker.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:17:54

• Russia Sends Naval Vessel to Escort Oil Tanker U.S. Is Pursuing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/americas/russia-tanker-bella.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:18:04

• Estonian-Russian dual citizen to be prosecuted in Latvia for ammo smuggling attempt ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/08.01.2026-estonian-russian-dual-citizen-to-be-prosecuted-in-latvia-for-ammo-smuggling-attempt.a629157/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:18:14

• Malaysia’s anti-graft agency arrests five, including ex-army chief and his two wives ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-anti-graft-agency-arrests-five-including-ex-army-chief-and-his-two-wives    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:19:06

• Malaysia Airlines flight from Paris turns back after guidance system issue ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-from-paris-turns-back-after-guidance-system-issue    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:19:21

• Former Malaysian army chief remanded for a week after arrest by anti-graft agency ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/former-malaysian-army-chief-remanded-for-a-week-after-arrest-by-anti-graft-agency    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:19:39

• Malaysia closes deputy PM’s graft case ahead of Umno meet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-closes-deputy-pms-graft-case-ahead-of-umno-meet    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:19:49

• Malaysia confirms final closure of graft case against Deputy PM Zahid ahead of UMNO assembly ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-confirms-final-closure-of-graft-case-against-deputy-pm-zahid-ahead-of-umno-assembly    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:19:58

• China Touts Hainan, Its Duty-Free Island, Amid $1 Trillion Trade Surplus ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/business/china-hainan-island-duty-free.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:20:34

• Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrested, deported to China; Cambodian citizenship revoked ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/alleged-scam-kingpin-chen-zhi-arrested-on-jan-6-deported-to-china-cambodian-govt    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:20:56

• China’s Pooh-tin is testing Japan’s ties with Convicted Felon by escalating trade battle ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-is-testing-japans-ties-with-trump-by-escalating-trade-battle    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:21:11

• Japan to conduct deep-sea rare earth mining test in Pacific ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-to-conduct-deep-sea-rare-earth-mining-test-in-pacific    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:21:30

• China refutes comparison between Taiwan and Venezuela ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-refutes-comparison-between-taiwan-and-venezuela    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:21:44

• Japan protests against China’s gas drilling vessel in East China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-protests-chinas-gas-drilling-vessel-in-east-china-sea    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:22:11

• Linus Torvalds: Stop making an issue out of AI slop in kernel docs – you're not changing anybody's mind https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/linus_versus_llms_ai_slop_docs/ Torvalds' paymaster promotes this Ponzi scheme https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/09/Linux_Foundation_Has_Found_a_New_Business_Pyramid_Schemes.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/To_Linus_Torvalds_the_Microsoft_Linux_Foundation_is_Increasingl.shtml    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:24:51

• China says it will release more details about extradition case from Cambodia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-says-it-will-release-more-details-about-extradition-case-from-cambodia    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:26:50

• Ban on exports of dual-use items to Japan aimed at only military companies, says China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-ban-on-exports-of-dual-use-items-to-japan-to-only-hit-military-companies    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:27:04

• Prince Group founder linked to online scams extradited to China, says CCTV ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/prince-group-founder-linked-to-online-scams-extradited-to-china-says-cctv    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:27:24

• China-bound exports of Japanese sake, food items delayed amid row: Sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-bound-exports-of-japanese-sake-food-items-delayed-amid-row-sources    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:27:41

• China accuses Japan of rising nuclear ambitions under its right-leaning government ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-accuses-japan-of-rising-nuclear-ambitions-under-its-right-leaning-government    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:27:50

• Japan urges China to scrap controls on dual-use exports ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/07/japan-urges-china-to-scrap-controls-on-dual-use-exports/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:28:09

• South Korean President Lee says he urged Chinese leader Pooh-tin to help curb Pyongyang’s nukes ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/07/south-korean-president-lee-says-he-urged-chinese-leader-xi-to-help-curb-pyongyangs-nukes/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:28:34

• Accused scam boss Chen Zhi arrested in Cambodia, extradited to China, Phnom Penh says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/08/accused-scam-boss-chen-zhi-arrested-in-cambodia-extradited-to-china-phnom-penh-says/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:28:49

• How Maduro's capture in Venezuela weakens China in Latin America ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260108-how-maduro-us-capture-venezuela-weakens-china-in-latin-america-trump-monroe-doctrine    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:29:35

• Why Maduro’s removal could ultimately benefit China ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/why-maduros-removal-could-ultimately-benefit-china/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:29:50

• How rare earths raise the stakes in China-Japan spat ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-rare-earths-raise-the-stakes-in-china-japan-spat    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:30:15

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) garbage ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/bose-soundtouch-api/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:30:56

• Nomad Network – mesh communication ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/nomad-network-mesh-communication/    

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

• GNU/Linux up to 5% in Iceland https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/iceland/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 03:37:32

• "C,mon Man! This is IBM who has been down sizing and off shoring and laying off for 4 decades! EVERYONE at IBM is in a massive Quantum database and EVERYONE has a RA resource action (ie layoff) bingo number in that database and it is only a matter of time until your number hits BINGO and your are cast off the island with not a nana second of 2nd thought or remorse etc." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kedsm8dt    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 04:49:17

• “Will revisit this and will change the post status to CONFIRMED layoffs in a few weeks,” Microsoft has said    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:15:32

• Contradicting the earlier tweet.    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:15:38

• So, yes, mass layoffs are coming. They just don't say when.    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:15:59

• CGSuite – computer algebra system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cgsuite-computer-algebra-system/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:22:52

• Seer – GUI frontend to GDB ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/seer-gui-frontend-gdb/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:23:38

• Waypin – sleek clipboard viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/waypin-sleek-clipboard-viewer/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:23:50

• 98kalculator – scientific calculator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/98kalculator-scientific-calculator/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:24:11

• 6 Best Free and Open Source eBook Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-ebook-tools/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:24:31

• VHS – write terminal GIFs as code ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vhs-write-terminal-gifs-code/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:24:50

• xls – ls utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xls-ls-utility/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:25:10

• sqruff – SQL linter and formatter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sqruff-sql-linter-formatter/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:25:26

• Tock – simple timetracker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tock-simple-timetracker/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:25:52

• Bayesian SSH – SSH session manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bayesian-ssh-session-manager/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:26:04

• Orange Pi RV2: Setting Up a RISC-V Media Server with Ubuntu ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/orange-pi-rv2-setting-up-a-risc-v-media-server-with-ubuntu.58545/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:26:36

• Smarter troubleshooting with the new MCP server for Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux (now in developer preview) ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/smarter-troubleshooting-new-mcp-server-red-hat-enterprise-linux-now-developer-preview    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:27:10

• FEX 2601 Tagged https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2601/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:29:01

• SmartOS 20260108 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/smartos    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:29:49

• MUSE Book laptop review – Testing an octa-core RISC-V GNU/Linux laptop in 2026 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/08/muse-book-laptop-review-testing-an-octa-core-risc-v-linux-laptop-in-2026/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:31:51

• powerstat – measures the power consumption of a laptop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/powerstat-measures-power-consumption-laptop/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:32:21

• Zashterminal – modern terminal emulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zashterminal-modern-terminal-emulator/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:32:30

• Pentoo 2026.0 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pentoo    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:33:20

• Ultimate 2026.01.07 is out too ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ultimate    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:33:34

• Fedora Community Blog: Fedora GNU/Linux 43 (F43) election results ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f43-election-results/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:34:28

• Olivier Mehani: Pausing a background process ☞ https://blog.narf.ssji.net/2026/01/06/pausing-a-background-process/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:47:57

• FOSS Weekly #26.02: Level Up in 2026, Liquorix Kernel, Open Source Apps from Web Browser and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-02/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:48:22

• BlueOnyx 5212R-20260107 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/blueonyx    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:49:01

• Omarchy 3.3.0 also is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/omarchy    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:49:10

• 20% of Linux Kernel Bugs Hide for More Than 5 Years ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-bugs-arent-found-for-years/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:50:05

• IPFire 2.29-core199 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ipfire    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:50:30

• Nitrux 5.1.0 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nitrux    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:50:44

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1053057/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:50:58

• IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1053083/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:51:51

• Bazaar Flatpak Manager Gets New Icon, Permission Warnings + More ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/bazaar-linux-app-new-icon-other-changes    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:53:16

• KDE Gear 25.12.1 Released with Various Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-25-12-1-released-with-various-improvements-for-your-favorite-kde-apps    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:53:29

• TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 16 Gen10 GNU/Linux Laptop Unveiled with New OLED Display ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-infinitybook-max-16-gen10-linux-laptop-unveiled-with-new-oled-display    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:53:46

• IPFire GNU/Linux Firewall Distro Adds Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 Support, LLDP and CDPv2 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/ipfire-linux-firewall-distro-adds-wi-fi-7-and-wi-fi-6-support-lldp-and-cdpv2    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:54:00

• Immutable Distro Nitrux 5.1 Released with GNU/Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, New Tools ☞ https://9to5linux.com/immutable-distro-nitrux-5-1-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-new-tools    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:54:09

• EU Launches Call for Evidence on European Open Digital Ecosystems ☞ https://linuxiac.com/eu-launches-call-for-evidence-on-european-open-digital-ecosystems/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:54:38

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1053277/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:55:13

• Gentoo looks back on 2025 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1053289/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:57:08

• Make Gnome Screenshot Work Again in Ubuntu 25.10 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/make-gnome-screenshot-work-ubuntu/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:57:27

• GNU Taler news: P15 CoNetWorking Space accepts GNU Taler payments in eCHF ☞ https://taler.net/en/news/2025-04.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:58:28

• KDE Gear 25.12.1 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-25-12-1-apps-collection-released/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 06:59:36

• VLC 3.0.23 ☞ https://www.videolan.org/news.html#news-1    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:00:20

• Our top articles for developers in 2025 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/08/our-top-articles-developers-2025    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:00:44

• Mirror publisher seeks legal disclosures to prove 61 hacking claims are out of time ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/mirror-publisher-seeks-legal-disclosures-to-prove-61-hacking-claims-are-out-of-time/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:09:01

• One Gut Microbe Blocks Weight Gain in Mice on a High-Fat Diet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-gut-microbe-blocks-weight-gain-in-mice-on-a-high-fat-diet    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:09:46

• Just 3 Days of Binge Drinking Triggers Rapid Gut Damage in Mice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/just-3-days-of-binge-drinking-triggers-rapid-gut-damage-in-mice    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:12:21

• Fusion Physicists Found a Way Around a Long-Standing Density Limit ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fusion-physicists-found-a-way-around-a-long-standing-density-limit    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:12:32

• 7 Expert Tips to Help You Exercise Safely in The Winter Cold ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/7-expert-tips-to-help-you-exercise-safely-in-the-winter-cold    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:12:42

• Anon: in Savukoski it was below -42°C earlier today , almost -43°C https://yle.fi/a/74-20203281 https://www.lansi-savo.fi/uutissuomalainen/9123840 ... as climate collapse continues to be intentionally exacerbated globally    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:13:16

• Congratulations Qt Champions 2025! ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/congratulations-qt-champions-2025    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:18:45

• Building on Diverse Experience: Shaping the Future of Customer Success at Qt Group ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/building-on-diverse-experience-shaping-the-future-of-customer-success-at-qt-group    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:19:29

• "it gives an indication who has power in this country ... it is the group of people that sit above alvind's kind" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ked3sgr0    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:21:18

• Frank Shaw has LONG lied for Microsoft https://techrights.org/o/2010/07/27/financier-of-antitrust-attacks-on-linux/index.shtml    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:24:01

• He came from Waggener Edstrom https://techrights.org/o/2013/06/15/nsa-and-microsoft/index.shtml    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:24:31

• "Heck, with Frank Shaw, their head of PR, being a former marine and graduate of the Department of Defense Information School (DINFOS), it’s safe to assume that Microsoft is leveraging military grade PR tactics too." https://techrights.org/o/2021/04/04/microsoft-nationalism/index.shtml    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:25:16

• "it’s not a coincidence that Frank Shaw from Microsoft is an ex marine that graduated from DINFOS (Department of Defense Information School) where soldiers literally learn to foster such dynamics locally and abroad." https://techrights.org/o/2022/07/31/russia-styled-microsoft-pr/index.shtml    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:25:46

• Microsoft's New President for Activision Blizzard Has No Background in Technology, Just Like Frank X. Shaw (Whom Microsoft Took From the Military for Propaganda) https://techrights.org/n/2024/01/30/Microsoft_s_New_President_for_Activision_Blizzard_Has_No_Backgr.shtml    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:26:11

• "Shaw did not comment on whether the reorg included Teams layoffs." https://techrights.org/n/2024/04/02/Beware_the_Microsoft_Spin_in_Microsoft_and_Bill_Gates_Funded_Me.shtml    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:26:42

• "Frank Shaw is a liar. We did a series about Frank Shaw several years ago. He's colluding with a Microsoft-bribed publisher [1, 2] that burns Microsoft whistleblowers and keeps spreading lies about "headcount" at Microsoft. Why does anyone take any word from Frank Shaw at face value? Lying is his profession. He was trained to do this." https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/06/Microsoft_Laid_Off_Several_Thousands_of_Workers_Not_Counting_Th.shtml    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:27:51

• "Frank Shaw is a liar. We did a series about Frank Shaw several years ago. He's colluding with a Microsoft-bribed publisher [1, 2] that burns Microsoft whistleblowers and keeps spreading lies about "headcount" at Microsoft. Why does anyone take any word from Frank Shaw at face value?" https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/06/Microsoft_Laid_Off_Several_Thousands_of_Workers_Not_Counting_Th.shtml    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:28:06

• "Lying is his profession. He was trained to do this."    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:28:17

• Ghana teachers threaten mass protests and legal action over unpaid salary arrears ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/ghana-teachers-threaten-mass-protests-and-legal-action-over-unpaid-salary-arrears/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:49:04

• Live Blog: Death Toll Rises, Internet Restricted In Iran On 12th Day Of Protests ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:49:16

• Australia to hold royal commission inquiry into Bondi Beach shooting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-to-hold-public-inquiry-into-bondi-beach-attacks    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:49:47

• For the record (FTR), nytimes has been a HUGE participant in the slop PONZI SCHEME. This will be the downfall of nytimes as reliable publish rather than scammer disguised as news.    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:50:31

• siliconangle also, but siliconangle was always about coverage (puff pieces) in exchange for bribes. siliconangle is a corrupt but prolific site. Red Hat too sponsors this.    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:51:29

• As stand-your-ground laws expand, so do firearm fatalities ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2026/0107/homicide-guns-stand-your-ground-laws    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:52:01

• ‘MElon is playing with fire:’ All the legal risks that apply to Grok’s deepfake disaster ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/elon-musk-x-grok-deepfake-crisis-section-230/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:52:31

• Michigan reverses $645M in ‘unconstitutional’ cuts. GOP vows lawsuit ☞ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-reverses-645m-in-unconstitutional-cuts-gop-vows-lawsuit/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:52:48

• atlanticcouncil now openly promotes and glorifies violations of international laws... unless Putin does them    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:53:42

• Well, problem solved, feed removed; no more traffic, let atlanticcouncil lick Cheeto's balls all they want...    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:55:53

• there are many fish (domains) in the ocean (www)    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 07:56:42

• Fedora Community Blog: Improve traceability with the tmt web app ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/improve-traceability-with-the-tmt-web-app/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:06:55

• Navigating secure Hey Hi (AI) deployment: Architecture for enhancing Hey Hi (AI) system security and safety ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/navigating-secure-ai-deployment-architecture-enhancing-ai-system-security-and-safety    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:07:48

• BGP in 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/08/bgp-in-2025/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:08:10

• Three of the best: Capacity development ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/08/three-of-the-best-capacity-development/    

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

• Rights group reports mass arbitrary arrests against civilians in South Sudan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/rights-group-reports-mass-arbitrary-arrests-against-civilians-in-south-sudan/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:08:41

• Joint operation nabs suspected ringleader behind South Korean student’s death in Cambodia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/joint-operation-nabs-suspected-ringleader-behind-south-korean-students-death-in-cambodia    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:09:01

• European Commission issues call for evidence on open source ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1053107/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:09:42

• Try Joplin: Your Open Source Evernote Alternative ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/try-joplin-your-open-source-evernote-alternative/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:11:05

• Pluralistic: Where did the money go? (08 Jan 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/08/after-the-moneys-gone/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:12:33

• Danish Music Festival AiaSound Officially Shuts Down ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/07/danish-music-festival-aiasound-shuts-down-2026/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:12:56

• KDE Gear 25.12.1 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.12.1/    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:13:44

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSpdlog 0.0.24 on CRAN: New Upstream ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/08#rcppspdlog_0.0.24    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:14:26

• Artificial Intelligence • Play or break the deck https://traficantes.net/libros/inteligencia-artificial-jugar-o-romper-la-baraja https://gwolf.org/2026/01/artificial-intelligence-play-or-break-the-deck.html    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:15:46

• side effect of not enforcing the kernel's licensing: https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/attackers-exploit-zero-day-end-of-life-d-link-routers    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:18:17

• iophk: effectively proprietary 'Linux' becoems a long term security threat and not just a threat, the dangers have been realized again and again    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:19:05

• "I own an F(x)tec Pro1 X, a smartphone with a sliding-keyboard form factor. The device had a troubled production, badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and F(x)tec essentially ran out of money in the middle of the fulfillment process." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202601/20260108-pro1-x-repair.gmi    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:30:27

• "Early on I asked questions about why we bother with TLS here. I still ask those questions." gemini://spell.mywire.org:1960/~stack/0255.gmi    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:33:45

• "I was pondering how an analog computer such as THAT could be programmed to solve a practical control problem." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20260108-0.gmi    

posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:36:06

• "Minimal code would be a script that selects from the set of letters G, E, and B. This could produce B, GB, EBG, or longer such chains or characters if left to run for too long." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/09/markov.gmiem>posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:36:38

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  • "Every so often I get these. I was scared the first time, but then I learned that it is not that unusual -- I am experiencing a pre-migraine aura, which, in my case, _does not_ develop into a headache. Thank god for that at least." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/stack/36492    

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  • Notes on an overheard conversation while on the way to lunch gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2026/01/07.1    

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  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1530.jpg    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:39:33

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  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1880.jpg    

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  • Microsoft Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT) Slips in Response to Layoff Rumors https://www.tipranks.com/news/100-percent-made-up-microsoft-stock-nasdaqmsft-slips-in-response-to-layoff-rumors    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:47:18

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  • Old-School MTV Superfan Creates a ‘Simulator’ of What the Channel Was Like In the 80s ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/07/mtv-simulator-paramount-copyright-strikes/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:48:56

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  • Let the Phono V Fireworks Begin: CRB Kicks Off High-Stakes Streaming Rate Proceeding for 2028-2032 ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/07/phonorecords-v-proceeding-commencement/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:49:15

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  • In 2025, What Was The Rate of TTAB Affirmance of Section 2(d) Refusals to Register? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/in-2025-what-was-rate-of-ttab.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:49:29

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  • The TTAB Issued 11 Precedential Opinions in 2025 ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-ttab-issued-30-precedential.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:49:56

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  • California Court Grants Summary Judgment for Pinterest in Copyright Suit Over Email Notifications ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2026/01/07/california-court-grants-summary-judgment-pinterest-copyright-suit-email-notifications/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:50:17

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  • LibreOffice project and community recap: December 2025 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/01/07/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-december-2025/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:50:39

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  • How to Install and Enable SSH on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-enable-ssh-on-ubuntu-26-04    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:51:33

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  • How to Set Up SSH Server on Ubuntu 26.04 (Hardened Production Ready) ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-set-up-ssh-server-on-ubuntu-26-04    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:51:43

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  • How to Set Timezone on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-set-timezone-on-ubuntu-26-04    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:51:52

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  • Open Policy Alliance Welcomes the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund as New Member ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/open-policy-alliance-welcomes-the-open-source-technology-improvement-fund-as-new-member published exactly a date after https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Not_Doing_Its_Job_Instead_It_s_Promo.shtml    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:56:26

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  • So someone in the kitchen held up a kitchen knife and did nothing, this somehow becomes big news? https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/07/woman-faces-holding-charges-after-wielding-cleaver-at-police-in-sheung-shui/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:57:19

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  • Amid heavy security, a tentative return of street life in Caracas. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/07/world/venezuela-us-trump/amid-heavy-security-a-tentative-return-of-street-life-in-caracas    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:58:45

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  • Maduro Is Gone, but Repression in Venezuela Has Intensified ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/world/americas/venezuela-repression.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:58:53

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  • Most Venezuelans Struggle to Pay for Food, Poll Shows ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/americas/venezuela-gallup-poll-food-insecurity.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:59:04

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  • Protests Spread in Iran, and Crackdowns Escalate ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/world/middleeast/iran-protest-crackdown.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:59:15

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  • China calls for joint counter-terrorism efforts with Pakistan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-calls-for-joint-counter-terrorism-efforts-with-pakistan    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:59:27

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  • Samsung Magician SSD software ‘High Severity’ vulnerability patched — upgrade to the newest v9.0.0 to prevent potential DLL hijacking and privilege escalation ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/samsung-magician-ssd-software-high-severity-vulnerability-patched-upgrade-to-the-newest-v9-0-0-to-prevent-potential-dll-hijacking-and-privilege-escalation    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 08:59:49

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  • Demographic cliff: Lithuania’s birth rate continues to fall despite local incentives ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2798122/demographic-cliff-lithuania-s-birth-rate-continues-to-fall-despite-local-incentives An incentive given means the regime is attempting to somehow compensate for common sense    

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  • They speak of school-to-trenches pipelines, not womb-to-grave pipelines    

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  • Japan condemns North Korea over ballistic missile launches ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/japan-condemns-north-korea-over-ballistic-missile-launches/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:02:27

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  • Minneapolis hotel denies service to US immigration agents, ousted from Hilton Hotels ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/minneapolis-hotel-denies-service-to-us-immigration-agents-ousted-from-hilton-hotels/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:03:05

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  • Colombian President Petro defends national security in the face of Convicted Felon's threats ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/colombian-president-petro-defends-national-security-in-the-face-of-trump-s-threats    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:03:25

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  • Why Islamic State attacks are surging in DR Congo ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/why-islamic-state-attacks-are-surging-in-dr-congo/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:03:51

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  • Veeam issues patch to close critical remote code execution flaw ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/veeam-backup-replication-security-flaw-remote-code-execution-fix/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:04:37

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  • Taiwan blames Chinese ‘cyber army’ for rise in millions of daily intrusion attempts ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/taiwan-china-cyberattacks-2025-energy-hospitals-nsb-report/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:04:52

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  • In Venezuela, the real challenges for the US are just beginning ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-venezuela-the-real-challenges-for-the-us-are-just-beginning/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:05:25

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  • Australia needs a Dutch mindset for food security ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-needs-a-dutch-mindset-for-food-security/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:05:47

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  • "Actually, almost everything regarding my home NAS setup has been done – there is VPN access from various networks, different shares are available, and the security has been slightly tuned." ☛ https://rtfm.co.ua/en/freebsd-home-nas-part-8-nfs-and-samba-data-backups-using-restic/ | Source: Arseny    

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  • "Surprisingly, this time around I actually had a really good time, and the part I enjoyed the most was dipping my toes into CSS view transitions." ☛ https://giacomocavalieri.me/writing/effortless-animations-with-css-view-transitions |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:07:32

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  • "The Amanda backup system is what we use to handle our backups. One of Amanda's core concepts is a 'dump cycle', the amount of time between normally scheduled full backups for filesystems." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/AmandaDumpPromotionIssue | Source: University of Toronto    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:07:42

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  • "In its defense, Google argued that rightsholders should target intermediaries higher up the chain first, such as Cloudflare's CDN, but the court rejected that." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/french-court-orders-google-dns-to-block-pirate-sites-dismisses-cloudflare-first-defense/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

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  • "The complaint, filed in Puerto Rico by Tainaly Y. Serrano Rivera, claims that a vocal recording of her reciting the phrase," ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/08/bad-bunny-lawsuit-unlicensed-vocal-samples/ | Source: Digital Music News    

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  • "EU antitrust ‍regulators will decide by February 10 whether ⁠to clear Alphabet's $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-antitrust-regulators-to-decide-on-googles-wiz-deal-by-february-10/articleshow/126425812.cms | Source: India Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:10:57

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  • "This complaint echoes earlier criticisms, including FTC action on deceptive pricing involving fees hidden until checkout, which inflated costs by up to 44%." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/06/ticketmaster-class-action-surveillance-2026/ | Source: Digital Music News    

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  • "Subpoenas Journalist" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/house-committee-subpoenas-journalist-for-reporting-on-commander-involved-in-maduro-raid/ | Source: The Dissenter    

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  • "Powerful Corporations Have a Shared Interest" ☛ https://fair.org/home/these-two-powerful-corporations-have-a-shared-interest-in-trying-to-bust-this-union/ | Source: FAIR    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:12:34

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  • "Logitech Certificate Expiration Breaks App" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/07/logitech-certificate-expiration-breaks-app/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:14:05

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  • "So what happened with the Logitech mouse software? The blame here lies entirely with Logitech and not with macOS or Developer ID." ☛ https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/1/2.html | Source: Lap Cat Software    

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

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  • "This futuristic, high-contrast 2025 design depicts 597 cable systems and 1,712 landings. For those keeping score, that's 38 more cable systems and 76 more landings than the 2024 edition." ☛ https://blog.telegeography.com/submarine-cables-over-time-through-the-years |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:14:57

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  • "However, the scalability of BGP as the Internet’s routing protocol is not only dependent on the number of prefixes carried in the routing table." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/09/bgp-updates-in-2025/ | Source: APNIC    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:15:07

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  • "At the start of each year, it’s been my practice to report on the behaviour of the Internet’s inter-domain routing system over the previous 12 months" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/08/bgp-in-2025/ | Source: APNIC    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:15:31

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  • "old-blooded murder" ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-cold-blooded-murder | Source: Robert Reich    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:16:08

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  • "Because in the scene captured on film, there are no violent rioters" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/01/ice-renee-good-killing-minneapolis/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:16:25

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  • "Any investigation undertaken by the federal government will likely be a sham, Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing, added" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/minneapolis-renee-nicole-good-vigil/ | Source: The Nation    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:17:50

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  • "Legal scholars have long held that these protections apply to everyone inside the United States" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fourth-amendment-firewall-can-ice-legally-conduct-mass-house-house-sweeps-1769582 | Source: International Business Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:18:14

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  • "She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/ice-agent-shoots-and-kills-woman-at-minneapolis-protest/ | Source: TruthOut    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:18:39

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  • "Defund the Police" ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-consequences-of-rejecting-defund | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:18:58

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  • "The right of citizens to record the police is a critical check and balance." ☛ https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police | Source: ACLU    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:19:23

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  • "The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest." ☛ https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights#i-want-to-take-pictures-or-shoot-video-at-a-protest | Source: ACLU    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:19:46

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  • "The mound will remain publicly accessible, and the tribe plans to open an interpretive center in a building it owns next to the site." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2026/01/a-town-in-north-carolina-is-returning-land-to-the-eastern-band-of-cherokee-indians.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:20:12

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  • "killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen and mother of three who local officials" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/08/minnesota-officials-say-theyre-being-blocked-from-investigating-fatal-ice-shooting.html | Source: BoingBoing    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:20:32

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  • "It looked to me like a woman got scared, tried to drive away, and they shot her." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/kimmel-colbert-minneapolis-ice-killing-response-1235495866/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:20:55

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  • "The young mother of three was driving her car, responding to shouted and conflicting orders. She posed no imminent threat. She was killed anyway." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/08/when-the-vice-president-blesses-the-killing.html | Source: BoingBoing    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:21:30

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  • "Several cities across the United States held protests after a 37-year-old woman" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-what-we-know-1235495692/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:21:56

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  • "The Telegraph has analysed the video, which shows Ms Good appeared to move her car away from the ICE agent with whom she made no contact" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/01/08/minnesota-ice-shooting-renee-nicole-good-trump/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:22:28

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  • "Meanwhile, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called on people not to believe the DHS's "propaganda machine" regarding its response to the killing." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/us-ice-agent-kills-woman-during-minneapolis-raid/a-75426498 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:23:03

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  • "videos taken by bystanders with different vantage points and posted to social media show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road" ☛ https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/01/ice-shooting-minneapolis-amid-federal-immigration-crackdown-protesters/ | Source: MinnPost    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:24:28

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  • "The question is: What are you going to do about it?" ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/minneapolis-gaslighting | Source: The Next Move    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:24:37

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  • "Cut Off From Interne" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/middleeast/iran-protests-internet-shutdown.html | Source: New York Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:25:24

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  • "Live metrics show Iran is now in the midst of a nationwide [Internet] blackout" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/09/iran_russia_ukraine_internet_outages/ | Source: The Register UK    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:25:38

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  • "The professor, Darren Michael, 56, who teaches acting and directing, was reinstated on Dec. 30 as part of the settlement with the university" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/austin-peay-professor-charlie-kirk-settlement-reinstated.html | Source: New York Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:26:13

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  • "A network of websites known as “Portal Kombat” is spreading messages about U.S. military hardware, according to tracking firms." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/russia-propaganda-venezuela.html | Source: New York Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:26:58

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  • "No aspect of this statement is supported by the available evidence. But its last claim is menacing for the flagrance of its dishonesty." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/474637/ice-shooting-minnesota-renee-nicole-good-trump | Source: Vox    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:27:13

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  • "The study revealed four striking findings." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-01-pocketbook-realities-reshape-americans-commitment.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:29:25

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  • "In October, OpenAI closed a deal that values the company at $500 billion. On Tuesday, Elon Musk’s xAI said it had raised $20 billion in a funding round that most likely put its value at above $230 billion." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/technology/anthropic-funding-valuation.html | Source: New York Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:29:36

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  • "Twenty billion dollars is a ghastly sum of money to give anyone, let alone someone who, in his official capacity, cut funding and killed over half a million people." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/xai-20-billion-funding/ | Source: Nick Heer    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:29:53

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  • "America is trudging through its third consecutive K-shaped recovery (an economic rally where the rich get richer and everyone else gets poorer)." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/08/after-the-moneys-gone/#who-took-the-money-away | Source: CoryDoctorow    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:34:55

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  • "The report contains many surprises. Some of them might shock you." ☛ https://brucelawson.co.uk/2026/dma-review-consultation-responses/ | Source: Bruce Lawson    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:35:33

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  • "And what’s funny about that is that all of these bleak depictions of the future can largely be traced back to a very small handful of sources." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/its-time-for-a-different-future | Source: Pete Brown    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:35:49

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  • Job Layoffs Surge but Hiring Rate Hits Record Low — How to Survive It https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/job-layoffs-surge-hiring-rate-hits-record-low-how-survive-it-1769551    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:36:48

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  • Ponzi scheme ongoing: "$15 billion from Microsoft Corp. and Nvidia Corp." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/07/anthropic-reportedly-seeking-raise-10b-350b-valuation/ | Source: Silicon Angle http://techrights.org/n/2025/11/28/Circular_Financing_in_NVidia_NVidia_Pays_Its_Clients_to_Buy_Fro.shtml    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:37:28

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  • fraudulent accounting has gone mainstream and the perpetrators pay the media to call that "AI"    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:38:20

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  • "And what a difference in experience! To go the same distance, in about the same time, but one way leaves me exhausted, and the other way, rejuvenated." ☛ https://sive.rs/relax | Source: Derek Sivers    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:38:28

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  • "$51 billion in debt" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/russia-weighs-how-prop-up-russian-railways-which-is-51-billion-debt-sources-2025-11-25/ | Source: Reuters    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:39:02

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  • "The government cannot, and will not, let it go bankrupt" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-railways-trains-financial-problems-bankruptcy-debt/33641372.html | Source: RFERL    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:39:19

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  • "Despite their evident value to the community, warming houses do not feature prominently in written records." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-01-medieval-monks-stay-winter.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:39:36

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  • "AI is the Main Culprit" = Bull****, accounting fraud is what is happening https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/microsoft-cut-20000-jobs-immediately-heres-why-ai-main-culprit-1769331    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:41:37

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  • Slopfarms repeat the same false narrative of "AI" https://www.whalesbook.com/news/English/Tech/Microsoft-Prepares-Massive-Job-Cuts-Amid-Soaring-AI-Costs/695fb125ef4ed95f9806cd9b    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 09:42:45

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  • "But it’s unclear if Palantir wants any part of Project Matador. One unnamed client—rumored to be Amazon—dropped out of the project in December and cancelled a $150 million contract with Fermi America." ☛ https://www.404media.co/project-matador-datacenter-amarillo-texas/ | Source: 404 Media    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 10:08:03

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  • "This massive project by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm represents a historic milestone for the state's industrial landscape." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mississippi-lands-20b-xai-data-centre-jobs-surge-pollution-fears-grow-1769577 | Source: International Business Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 10:08:36

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  • "The U.S. government publishes volumes of detailed data on the money it spends, but searching through it and finding information can be challenging." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/homeland-security-spending-trail-how-follow-money-through-us-government-databases | Source: EFF    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 10:09:27

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  • "The Washington Post, which exists mainly to serve the interests of its mega-billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, unsurprisingly thinks taxing the wealth of billionaires is a bad idea (FAIR.org, 12/11/19)." ☛ https://fair.org/home/billionaires-mouthpiece-searches-for-reasons-to-avoid-taxing-billionaires/ | Source: FAIR    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 10:09:38

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  • "The line chart in Figure 3 shows that non-EU+ nationals drove the large increases in immigration between 2020 and 2023." ☛ https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2025 | Source: UK    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 10:14:09

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  • "BGP is the first thing that comes to mind. It's a protocol used by routers to determine what path data takes to get to it's destination, it does this by exchanging routing information between Autonomous Systems." ☛ https://loworbitsecurity.com/radar/radar16/ |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 10:14:30

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  • "Standing around at the forum, eating the delicious snacks and drinking the good coffee and chatting with friends old and new, that was what I kept thinking about." ☛ https://www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurney-we-will-never-fucking |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 10:14:45

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  • Cory's talk has gotten a little discussion at SN: "A Post-American, Enshittification-Resistant Internet" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/06/1049201    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:13:03

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  • "Trump did not notify Congress of his plans to depose Maduro, but he says he did tip off American oil executives" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-venezuela-oil-grab-violence-1235495953/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:13:26

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  • "Over on five of them being charged with child sex crimes, you won your bet." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/08/where-are-the-pardoned-january-6ers-now-how-many-have-been-charged-with-child-sex-crimes.html | Source: BoingBoing    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:14:11

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  • "over $20,000 betting on an eminent attack on Venezuelan soil." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/polymarket-venezuela-insider-trading | Source: Futurism    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:14:39

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  • "Artist and hacker Helena Nikonole has exploited the fact that surveillance cameras are used in many everyday situations in Russia and have built-in loudspeakers." ☛ https://netzpolitik.org/2026/hacking-art-art-alone-is-not-enough/ | Source: Netzpolitik    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:14:56

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  • "Likewise, US public health will suffer. It already is." ☛ https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/last-year-and-year-come | Source: AAAS    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:15:27

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  • "The New York City Wegman’s is collecting biometric information about customers." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/the-wegmans-supermarket-chain-is-probably-using-facial-recognition.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:16:27

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  • "Google's mail platform, Gmail, is the latest to be integrated with artificial intelligence (AI)." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/googles-gemini-ai-enters-gmail-are-your-private-emails-now-being-read-1769592 | Source: International Business Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:16:42

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  • "The most prominent change is the new AI Inbox view, which is rolling out to some users from today." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/08/googles-gmail-getting-gemini-inspired-overhaul-ai-summaries/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:18:16

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  • "Let’s start with Flock, the company behind a number of automated license plate reader (ALPR) and other camera technologies." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/how-hackers-are-fighting-back-against-ice | Source: EFF    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:23:06

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  • "The new AI features announced Thursday could herald a pivotal moment for Gmail, a service that transformed email when it was introduced nearly 22 years ago." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/gmails-new-ai-features-turning-it-into-personal-assistant/articleshow/126418805.cms | Source: India Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:23:28

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  • Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/cyberattack-forces-british-high-school-to-delay-opening | Source: The Record    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:24:37

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  • "related to algorithms and dissemination of illegal content" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/eu-orders-musks-grok-ai-to-keep-data-after-nudes-outcry/articleshow/126419225.cms | Source: India Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:27:09

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  • Guatemala: GNU/Linux new high https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/guatemala/#monthly-200902-202601    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 11:33:33

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  • "Grievances filed with social media platform X in India against synthetic or manipulated media surged to an estimated 983 in September 2025" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/elonn-musk-led-x-saw-ai-media-grievances-surge-post-grok-imagine-rollout-in-india/articleshow/126420172.cms | Source: India Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:13:38

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  • "Apps have been kicked off the App Store for far less than what X is today. Removing it — and the rest of xAI’s apps — would be a good start" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/telegram-grok-jailbreak/ | Source: Nick Heer    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:13:52

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  • "Apple and Google both explicitly ban apps containing CSAM" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/x-grok-app-store-nudify-csam-apple-google-content-moderation/ | Source: Wired    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:14:20

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  • "The non-consensual images fall into child sexual abuse material (CSAM)" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musks-x-faces-uk-ban-ai-fake-nudes-row-sparks-outrage-free-speech-fears-1769559 | Source: International Business Times    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:14:45

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  • "What really winds me up is when Mosseri says individuals now matter more than publishers or brands." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/instagrams-ai-crisis-is-not-an-accident/ | Source: Greg Morris    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:15:02

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  • "Outside of the walls is the blogosphere. It is diverse and distributed." ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2026/01/08/blogging-beyond-the-wall/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:15:22

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  • "You’re no longer in control of what you consume on the web. Algorithms are now in control" ☛ https://alexn.org/blog/2025/10/13/outsourced-voices-outsourced-minds/ | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:15:36

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  • "Instagram / Meta really don't care about stopping AI slop. They just care about numbers go up, regardless of the impact on society" ☛ https://chrisenns.com/2026/01/ai-slop-is-detectable/ | Source: Chris Enns    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:15:48

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  • "This slopification parallels the “firehose of falsehood” method of spreading disinformation: overwhelm the system with vast quantities of low-quality synthetic material so authenticity becomes impossible to discern" ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/can-canadian-culture-survive-the-age-of-ai-slop/ | Source: The Walrus    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:16:46

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  • "Their executives are willing to say the quiet part out loud — that nobody is scrambling to buy an “AI PC.”" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/dell-admits-customers-disgusted-pcs-ai | Source: Futurism    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:17:25

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  • By default, blame slop for everything? https://devclass.com/2026/01/08/tailwind-labs-lays-off-75-percent-of-its-engineers-thanks-to-brutal-impact-of-ai/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:19:39

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  • "It's not that Dell doesn't care about AI or AI PCs anymore, it's just that over the past year or so it's come to realise that the consumer doesn't." ☛ https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/dells-ces-2026-chat-was-the-most-pleasingly-un-ai-briefing-ive-had-in-maybe-5-years/ | Source: PC Gamer    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:20:02

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  • Amazon wants proof of productivity from employees https://www.inkl.com/news/amazon-wants-proof-of-productivity-from-employees    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:20:30

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  • "Our research suggests that, because of how directly they seem to apply to hybrid teams of human and digital workers" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/ai-humans-making-the-relationship-work.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:21:15

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  • "Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot has drawn outrage and calls for investigation after being used to flood X with “undressed” images of women and sexualized images of what appear to be minors." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/grok-is-generating-sexual-content-far-more-graphic-than-whats-on-x/ | Source: Wired    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:21:31

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  • "The Register has reported on Torvalds's various comments on LLM-bot-assisted coding several times in recent years. In 2024, he said that 90 percent of AI marketing is hype." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/linus_versus_llms_ai_slop_docs/ | Source: The Register UK    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:22:32

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  • "Most of the gateways under attack are products that D-Link stopped actively supporting five or more years ago" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/attackers-exploit-zero-day-end-of-life-d-link-routers | Source: Dark Reading    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:24:12

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  • "In the latest version of classic Outlook, users can't open encrypted emails. Microsoft confirms the issue and is investigating." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3027379/microsoft-confirms-bug-with-encrypted-emails-in-classic-outlook-app.html | Source: PC World    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:24:28

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  • "leisure crafting" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-01-hobbies-dont-personal-boost-workplace.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:30:54

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  • "specific forms of pornography—those that depict strangulation or suffocation" ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/pornography-sex-information-source-britons/ | Source: Project Censored    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:31:22

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  • "That may have changed. A user by the name of Nullcaller on the MacRumors forums has delivered the goods in the form of a set of schematics that looks a lot like a PowerBook G5." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2026/01/powerbook-g5-schematics/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:32:06

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  • "I soon found myself looking very closely at the EPOS Sennheiser Impact 600 series" ☛ https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2026/epos-impact-660-anc-usb-linux/ | Source: Michael Kjörling    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:40:21

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  • "Several of my cabinets have not only pull handles on the front of the drawers, but also have cut-out handles in the rear to be able to easily pull them out and move them around." ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2026/01/07/a-clever-affordance-of-card-index-filing-cabinet-drawers/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:40:47

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  • "It bears mentioning and thoroughly understanding that even an expert typewriter collector or professional repair person can only tell very little of the condition of a typewriter by photos." ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2026/01/08/on-purchasing-typewriters-condition-is-king-context-is-queen/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:41:05

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  • "In 2024, the National Literacy Institute found that 79 percent of US adults were literate, but only 46 percent could read above a sixth-grade level." ☛ https://www.projectcensored.org/high-rates-of-illiteracy-among-us-adults/ | Source: Project Censored    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:44:24

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  • "Recently, the New Stack had a piece excerpting some of my conversation with Gergely Orosz." ☛ https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/01/08/the-right-place-at-the-right-time/ | Source: Bryan Cantrill    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:45:06

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  • "people don’t fail because they don’t try hard enough. They fail because the system they’re operating in makes sustained effort too costly." ☛ https://nesslabs.com/devotion-friction-matrix | Source: Ness Labs    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:45:24

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  • "Libraries are lifelines, shared public spaces, and engines of opportunity" ☛ https://www.ala.org/news/2026/01/american-library-association-kicks-150th-anniversary-youth-media-awards | Source: American Library Association    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:45:42

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  • "short-notice press conference in Washington" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/science/nasa-is-considering-bringing-back-iss-crew-over-medical-issue-2026-01-08/ | Source: Reuters    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:47:05

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  • "This history matters because scientific publishing today remains one of the most profitable legal industries on Earth." ☛ https://bjoern.brembs.net/2026/01/procurement-before-prestige/ | Source: Bjoern Brembs    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:47:14

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  • "Back in 2024, I had New Year’s resolutions that had to do with habits. What a waste. New Year’s should be a time for reflection, not for TODO lists." ☛ https://alexn.org/blog/2026/01/08/new-year-old-me/?pk_campaign=rss | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:48:44

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  • "There are, of course, two different issues here, I think. One issue is that there are other forms of dystopia we could depict as warnings against whatever path we seem to be on in the present." ☛ https://bix.blog/posts/2026-01-08-these-go-to-eleven/ | Source: Bix Frankonis    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:49:02

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  • "Here are some lessons I learnt while working on my book from the Fall of 2022 till the Summer of 2023." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/01/08/how-to-make-sure-the-writing-gets-done/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:50:09

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  • "Any lessons learned that you want to share with the community?" ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/technical-blogging-lessons-learned | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 12:50:30

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  • "All the options built into Safari – Save As Web Archive, Save As Page Source, Save As PNG, and Export to PDF – include the page’s furniture, and some have other limitations, as explored previously." ☛ https://eclecticlight.co/2026/01/07/archive-webpages-using-textclippings/ | Source: Howard Oakley    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:03:05

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  • "You end up making choices that please nobody, or worse, you try to please everyone and build something mediocre." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/not-everything-deserves-equal-billing/ | Source: Greg Morris    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:03:21

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  • "I wrote sporadically for years, most of my posts only getting a trickle of traffic" ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/sam-rose-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:08:08

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  • [Old] "I think blogs are important because it’s a structured form of writing." ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/jeff-atwood-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:08:38

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  • "Another reason for blogging is to spread the word about things I’ve been working on, such as kcctl 🐻, a command-line client for Kafka Connect" ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/gunnar-morling-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:11:30

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  • [Old] "I needed to understand probabilistic programming for work, and writing about it every day for weeks on end definitely helped!" ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/eric-lippert-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:11:53

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  • [Old] "There are very few things in life that I am prouder of than the body of writing I have developed over the past 10 years." ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/charity-majors-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:12:15

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  • "I believe that communicating, for developers, is a key asset for their projects, startups, whatever, to have any chance to become popular." ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/antirez-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

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

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  • slop https://blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/01/preparing-joss-for-a-generative-ai-future    

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

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  • "America’s imperial overreach" https://www.newstatesman.com/world/americas/2026/01/americas-imperial-overreach    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:24:14

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  • "Des traces du PowerBook G5 - Le journal du lapin" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&u=https://www.journaldulapin.com/2026/01/05/powerbook-g5/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:24:25

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  • "The Bankrupt Premise of Trump's Venezuela Colony" https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/08/the-bankrupt-premise-of-trumps-venezuela-colony/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:24:37

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  • "How Trump-Skeptics Can Talk About Venezuela" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/how-trump-skeptics-can-talk-about    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:24:55

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  • "I went to Ukraine in December 2019. The war had been on, in the eastern part of Ukraine, for almost six years already. More than 14,000 people had been killed. And Ukrainians were bracing for worse." https://www.thenextmove.org/p/hung-up-on-ukraine    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:25:13

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  • "The Looting of US Foreign Policy - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-looting-of-us-foreign-policy    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:25:26

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  • "Office Hours: After Trump’s attack on Venezuela, who will be the next to attack whom?" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-9f9    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:25:40

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  • "A Trump judge threatened to disbar one of Trump’s Justice Department cronies" https://www.vox.com/politics/474356/lindsey-halligan-discipline-federal-judge    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:25:55

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  • techrights picks unpopular topics, not contrarian topics. The goal isn't popularity, but it is to promote suppressed truths where promoting them means taking many blows.    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 13:30:57

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  • "In 2024, I started the year with my CSS wishlist. Since then, many of those wishes have been fulfilled, particularly in 2025." ☛ https://knowler.dev/blog/2026-css-wishlist | Source: Nathan Knowler    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 14:58:03

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  • "So it happened again. A major mail provider proved that they do not, in fact, understand how modern email works." ☛ https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-major-mail-provider-demonstrate-they.html | Source: BSDly    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 14:58:12

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  • "The initiative is expected to culminate in a Commission communication to the European Parliament and the Council, with adoption planned for the first quarter of 2026." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/eu-launches-call-for-evidence-on-european-open-digital-ecosystems/ | Source: Linuxiac    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 14:58:22

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  • "Luckily for me, I came up with a second idea: the Go modules ecosystem relies on a centralized public proxy" ☛ https://blog.thibaut-rousseau.com/blog/the-most-popular-go-dependency-is/ |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 14:59:07

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  • "The novelties mainly concern the RBridge class and the call_r function." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/rtopy-an-r-to-python-bridge-novelties/ | Source: Rlang    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:00:06

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  • "So you have used the excellent exiftool to extract all of the GPS-related information from a directory of photos in JPG format and write to a CSV file" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/directional-markers-in-r-leaflet/ | Source: Rlang    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:00:13

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  • "However, bundling is not technically a necessary step of dependency management. Importing files through URLs is natively supported in every browser, via ESM imports." ☛ https://lea.verou.me/blog/2026/web-deps/ |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:01:22

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  • "Welcome to the premier destination for Resume-Driven Development, Over-Engineering, and Resume-Padding. Why build simple solutions when you can build a distributed monolith managed by 4 different committees?" ☛ https://worstofbreed.net/ |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:01:33

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  • "I have been in big tech, startups, consultancies, and even government. These are all different environments with one key similarity: code quality is low, especially as of late" ☛ https://www.pcloadletter.dev/blog/craftsmanship-is-dead/ |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:01:44

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  • "std::exchange() was introduced to the standard library with C++14 to replace the argument with a new value and return the previously held content." ☛ https://aatango.codeberg.page/cpp-self-exchange.html |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:03:59

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  • "The result is very fast word count for AVX2 in just a handful lines of C." ☛ https://stoppels.ch/2022/11/30/io-is-no-longer-the-bottleneck-part-2.html |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:04:11

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  • "But it should be possible to count word frequencies at a speed of 1.6 GB/s even on a single thread, right?" ☛ https://stoppels.ch/2022/11/27/io-is-no-longer-the-bottleneck.html |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:05:04

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  • "Indeed, the language is really minimalistic, but it has just enough to fulfill certain kinds of projects." ☛ https://maximullaris.com/program-in-awk.html | Source: Volodymyr Gubarkov    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:05:18

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  • "To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the initial article, here is a new cheat sheet with some new hardening flags to improve security." ☛ https://blog.quarkslab.com/clang-hardening-cheat-sheet-ten-years-later.html | Source: Quarkslab    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:05:33

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  • "P seems to be fizzbuzz. I'll implement fizzbuzz in Q." ☛ https://felix.dognebula.com/art/html-parsers-in-portland.html |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:05:53

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  • "So Marie and I made a few changes to the Git documentation!" ☛ https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/08/a-data-model-for-git/ | Source: Julia Evans    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:06:27

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  • "Being a backend developer, it’s sometimes nice to be given the option to do something different." ☛ https://lmika.org/2026/01/09/too-much-html.html | Source: Leon Mika    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:07:01

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  • "This blog post is the story of the latest developments in the quest for more general grammar combinators—or as Mathieu Boespflug and I have been calling them, format descriptors—and how it led me to publish a new library, called Pup" ☛ https://www.tweag.io/blog/2026-01-08-grammar-combinators/ | Source: Modus Create LLC    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:07:24

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  • Projecting confidence, perseverance, and a lack of fear is the foundation of countering censorship attempts online and offline    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:08:22

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  • "The service was CPU-bound, yet active heap usage was surprisingly low (~200MB). P99 latency was spiking at random intervals, but database queries were returning in milliseconds." ☛ https://lorbic.com/dont-take-out-the-garbage-go-gc-deep-dive/ | Source: Vikash Patel    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:08:26

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  • "There are at least two ways for users to learn how to use Tailwind: [...]" ☛ https://vlad.website/llms-are-accelerating-the-open-source-sustainability-crisis/ | Source: Vlad-Stefan Harbuz    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:08:47

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  • "Scholarly authorship motivations are incredibly difficult to shift" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/08/hot-takes-on-first-quarter-century-scholarly-publishing/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:09:36

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  • "This transition is the result of extensive dialogue with authors, SIG leaders, editorial boards, libraries, and research institutions worldwide." ☛ https://www.acm.org/articles/bulletins/2026/january/acm-open-access | Source: ACM    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:09:44

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  • "Why is it so much more complex than past years? Were previous years not a pretext for layoffs as well?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kehdr23g    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:11:47

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  • "The current review cycle incorporates additional decision-making elements and authorization to layoff an individual that extends beyond performance assessment." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kehdr23g    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:12:05

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  • "December was quite an eventful month for me, with over 4,000 km travelled by train" ☛ https://carlschwan.eu/2026/01/08/events-in-december-2025/ | Source: Carl Schwan    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:13:02

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  • "The common belief is that nobody uses RSS feeds these days." ☛ https://adactio.com/journal/22301 | Source: Jeremy Keith    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:13:32

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  • "The news service Reuters was looking to build an open source web map that could work for a variety of story types, with a focus on automated data." ☛ https://scottreinhardmaps.com/blogs/custom-mapping-projects/custom-reuters-open-source-mapping |    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:14:16

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  • "It is based on the "average male" dimensions from this diagram that I found online." ☛ https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/freecad-mannequin.html | Source: James Stanley    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:14:27

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  • "Years ago I wrote a tool called Brewdler that brought Bundler-style dependency management to Homebrew." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/08/brew-vulns-cve-scanning-for-homebrew.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:19:59

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  • "Taking that date, it’s already the 12th year I am blogging." ☛ https://jlelse.blog/posts/since-when-blogging | Source: Jan Lukas Else    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:20:14

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  • "(How exactly the shutdown impacted the private business remains unclear.)" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/trumps-golden-smartphone-sketchy | Source: Futurism    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:20:49

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  • "Today, we’ll dig through digital clues left behind by the hackers, network operators and services that appear to have benefitted from Kimwolf’s spread." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/who-benefited-from-the-aisuru-and-kimwolf-botnets/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:21:38

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  • "The delays are also quite likely caused by either rank incompetence or the pointless tariffs, which they obviously can’t admit." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/08/trump-phone-delayed-again-lazy-grifters-falsely-blame-government-shutdown/ | Source: Techdirt    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:22:06

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  • "When it was announced in June, the Trump phone was promised to launch in both August and September (one of the many impossible details in the launch announcement)." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/851151/trump-phone-missed-another-release-date | Source: The Verge    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:22:36

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  • German “Kommando Angry Birds” claims responsibility for serious attack attempt and calls for sabotage network ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/01/08/german-kommando-angry-birds-claims-responsibility-for-serious-attack-attempt-and-calls-for-sabotage-network/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:23:34

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  • Microsoft Renamed Office to "Microsoft 365 Copilot app" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/microsoft-renamed-office-to-microsoft    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:23:47

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

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:24:25

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  • How To Install Apache Tomcat on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-tomcat-debian-13/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:24:38

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  • How to Install Krita on Linux Mint ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-krita-on-linux-mint/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:25:03

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  • Brittle Plastic Retro Computer Cases ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/08/repairing-brittle-plastic-retro-computer-cases/ | Source: Hackaday    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:27:39

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  • 🔤SpellBinding: YEHLPSC Wordo: CIGAR gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-09.gmi    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:31:30

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  • kulturni boj gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2765    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:32:07

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  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation: Setting up a Knowledge Store in R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/retrieval-augmented-generation-setting-up-a-knowledge-store-in-r/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:33:46

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  • R Studio or Positron? Time To Switch? ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/r-studio-or-positron-time-to-switch/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:33:53

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  • Dima Kogan: Meshroom packaged for Debian ☞ http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2026/01/08_meshroom-packaged-for-debian.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:34:15

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  • Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in December 2025 ☞ https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2025-12/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:35:12

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  • "The sound of silence While the Kremlin promotes pro-war singers and punishes anti-war ones" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/08/the-sound-of-silence | Source: Meduza    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:36:07

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  • Russian Propaganda Ramps Up After U.S. Raid in Venezuela ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/russia-propaganda-venezuela.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:36:17

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  • U.S. Navy Is Chasing Several Oil Tankers in the Atlantic ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/americas/navy-chasing-tankers-venezuela.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:36:30

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  • French Researcher and Russian Basketball Player Released in a Prisoner Swap ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/europe/france-russia-prisoner-swap.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:36:38

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  • Diplomatic Breakthrough: Paris And Moscow Trade Detainees In High-Profile Swap ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-france-prisoner-swap-vinatier-kasatkin/33643375.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:36:54

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  • Ukraine Awards Major Lithium Project to Investors With Links to Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/europe/trump-lauder-ukraine-lithium.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:37:10

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  • Russia Appears to Use Nuclear-Capable Missile in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/europe/russia-ukraine-nuclear-capable-missile.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:37:30

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  • Ukraine’s robot army will be crucial in 2026 but drones can’t replace infantry ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-robot-army-will-be-crucial-in-2026-but-drones-cant-replace-infantry/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:37:48

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  • Russia’s war on Ukrainian farmers threatens global food security ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-war-on-ukrainian-farmers-threatens-global-food-security/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:38:03

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  • "Oreshnik ballistic missile strike" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/01/09/russia-hits-gas-field-near-lviv-in-suspected-oreshnik-ballistic-missile-strike | Source: Meduza    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:40:25

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  • North Korea’s Kim pledges to ‘unconditionally support’ Putin ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-pledges-to-unconditionally-support-putin    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:40:36

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  • Brave Adblock Engine Rewrite Delivers 75 Percent Lower Memory Use ☞ https://linuxiac.com/brave-adblock-engine-rewrite-delivers-75-percent-lower-memory-use/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:41:14

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  • Seafile 13.0 File Sync Server Launches With Hey Hi (AI) Search, Advanced Metadata ☞ https://linuxiac.com/seafile-13-0-file-sync-server-launches-with-ai-search-advanced-metadata/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:41:45

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  • Fedora GNU/Linux 43 election results ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1053333/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/09/Only_One_Person_in_Charge_of_Fedora_is_Not_IBM_Staff.shtml    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:42:33

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  • Matthew Gaudet: Non-Traditional Profiling ☞ https://www.mgaudet.ca/technical/2026/1/8/non-traditional-profiling    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:43:14

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  • SQLFluff – dialect-flexible SQL linter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sqlfluff-dialect-flexible-sql-linter/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:43:40

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  • bb – process viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bb-process-viewer/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:46:28

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  • Dayplan – plan and track your time ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dayplan-plan-track-time/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:46:48

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  • Orbitiny Desktop – modern looking desktop environment ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/orbitiny-desktop-modern-looking-desktop-environment/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:47:19

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  • The four freedoms and GNU/Linux naming controversy, by Akira Urushibata ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/The_four_freedoms_and_GNU_Linux_naming_controversy_by_Akira_Uru.shtml    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:47:44

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  • LLM Slop About "Linux" Scarce and of Very Low Quality ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/08/LLM_Slop_About_Linux_Scarce_and_of_Very_Low_Quality.shtml    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:47:52

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  • Linux Kernel Bugs Hide for 2+ Years on Average ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-bugs-arent-found-for-years/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:48:51

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  • Blockchains and Australian coffee cards ☞ https://rubenerd.com/blockchains-and-australian-coffee-cards/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:49:10

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  • Building the Future in 2026 ☞ https://creativecommons.org/2026/01/08/building-the-future-in-2026/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:50:32

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  • The Mozilla Blog: Owners, not renters: Mozilla’s open source Hey Hi (AI) strategy ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-open-source-ai-strategy/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:51:09

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  • With Convicted Felon on board, Congress needs to pass tough Russia sanctions NOW ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/opinion/with-trump-on-board-congress-needs-to-pass-tough-russia-sanctions-now/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:51:29

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  • "Oreshnik saw its first combat use on 21 November 2024, striking the Ukrainian city of Dnipro." Now used again. Test-run? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreshnik_(missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:53:52

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  • Israeli strikes kill at least 13 in Gaza, including children, civil defence says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260108-israeli-strikes-gaza-children    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:54:44

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  • Venezuelans wanted change, but post-US strike they worry it’s ‘more of the same’ ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/0108/venezuela-maduro-intervention-trump    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:54:58

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  • Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppCCTZ 0.2.14 on CRAN: New Upstream, Small Edits ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/01/08#rcppcctz_0.2.14    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:55:33

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  • Listening and responding to Member and community feedback from the second half of 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/09/feedback-h2-2025/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:55:48

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  • 2025 Income Sources ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24519    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:57:46

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  • Local Email Debugging with Mailpit ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/mailpit-local-email-debugging/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:58:30

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  • "Applied AI 2026 seminar series raises awareness of how AI is applied across disciplines, building community and common language." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/how-can-we-teach-about-ai-in-the-arts-humanities-and-sciences-research-seminar-series-2026/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 15:59:39

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  • BSD Now 645: Unwrapping gifts ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/645 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:00:03

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  • Dig Dig Die sounds like a hilarious grave-robbing co-op horror game | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/dig-dig-die-sounds-like-a-hilarious-grave-robbing-co-op-horror-game/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:00:40

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  • Wire up various modules to survive in Wireworks - a base-defense roguelike auto-battler | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/wire-up-various-modules-to-survive-in-wireworks-a-base-defense-roguelike-auto-battler/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:01:02

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  • Valve update the Steam Workshop to allow mods to support multiple game versions | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-update-the-steam-workshop-to-allow-mods-to-support-multiple-game-versions/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:01:26

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  • 1-4 player co-op hack-n-slash dungeon crawler Dungeon Rampage gets revived on Steam | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/1-4-player-co-op-hack-n-slash-dungeon-crawler-dungeon-rampage-gets-revived-on-steam/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:03:33

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  • iophk: His Billness threatens to run his slush fund at full speed here on out https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15449553/Bill-Gates-melinda-8-billion-divorce-epstein.html https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/Journalistic_Malpractice_Helps_Bill_Gates_Cover_Up_His_Marriage.shtml    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:04:06

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  • Steel Bounty https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/microprose-recently-revealed-the-first-person-mecha-sim-steel-bounty/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:05:18

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  • Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/linaro-reveal-theyre-collaborating-with-valve-for-the-steam-frame/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:05:47

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  • "Graphics drivers in Flatpak have been a bit of a pain point. The drivers have to be built against the runtime to work in the runtime." ☛ https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/flatpak-graphics-drivers/ | Source: Sebastian Wick    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:07:20

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  • "When games disappear, that is culture disappearing. When no effort is made to preserve this art" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/08/anthem-shuts-down-january-12th-and-poof-there-goes-all-that-creative-culture/ | Source: Techdirt    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:08:54

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  • "Several widely used applications received targeted fixes." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-25-12-1-apps-collection-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:10:24

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  • "David Heinemeier Hansson has announced the release of Omarchy 3.3.0" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12696 | Source: Distro Watch    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:11:52

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  • "Omarchy, a preconfigured Arch Linux setup packaged as a distro that ships with a Hyprland tiling window manager" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/arch-based-omarchy-3-3-brings-ai-dictation-hibernation/ | Source: Linuxiac    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:12:09

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  • [Old] "Together with my then-colleague Kalev Lember, I recently added support for pre-installing Flatpak applications." ☛ https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/flatpak-pre-installation/ | Source: Sebastian Wick    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:12:48

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  • [Old] "In the previous post we explored all the different ways to develop software on Fedora Silverblue when Toolbx and Flatpak are not enough." ☛ https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/silverblue-development-utils/ | Source: Sebastian Wick    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:12:57

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  • [Old] "For whatever reason I decided to go with Hetzner as my hoster. They have some reasonably priced low-end on-demand servers in their cloud." ☛ https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/personal-server-in-2023/ | Source: Sebastian Wick    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:13:06

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  • "In a mini-project inspired by a Discord chat about a Rubik’s cube solver" ☛ https://blog.mjbots.com/2026/01/08/optimizing-fast-movements/ | Source: Robotic Systems LLC    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:13:31

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  • IBM is drunk on Ponzi https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-resolution-will-still-matter-2030    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:16:33

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  • IBM is drunk on Ponzi, as usual, promoting slop instead of freedom-respecting stuff https://www.redhat.com/en/technically-speaking/production-ready-AI    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:17:57

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  • Some more PAID-FOR propaganda for obvious Ponzi schemes https://www.sdxcentral.com/analysis/ai-inferencing-will-define-2026-and-the-markets-wide-open/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:18:53

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  • Riding a Ponzi scheme in a leather jacket https://www.wired.com/story/nvidias-rubin-chips-are-going-into-production/ see https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/23/Generative_AI_Bubble_Has_Begun_to_Pop_Nvidia_Rides_Circular_Fin.shtml    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:19:31

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  • IBM trying to ride the bubble https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-nvidia-pair-enterprise-open-source-rack-scale-ai-faster-production-ready-innovation    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:20:52

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  • Red Hat insists this bubble will "still matter in 2030"    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:21:31

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  • NASA Will Bring I.S.S. Astronauts Home Early After Medical Issue ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science/nasa-astronaut-medical-problem.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:22:30

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  • Dogs Build Their Vocabularies Like Toddlers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science/dogs-research-vocabulary-toys.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:23:34

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  • Your Guide to the OpenSSF OSPS Baseline for More Secure Open Source Projects ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2026/01/07/your-guide-to-the-openssf-osps-baseline-for-more-secure-open-source-projects/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:27:43

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  • Slop kills ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/technology/google-characterai-teenager-lawsuit.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:28:22

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  • Google will now only release Android source code twice a year (Android Authority) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1053061/ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/07/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Not_Doing_Its_Job_Instead_It_s_Promo.shtml    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:29:16

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  • New CrowView Note 15.6 Fixes the Original Model’s Biggest Flaw ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/crowview-note-15-6-portable-monitor-with-keyboard    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:30:05

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  • Ubuntu 25.04 Support Ends Next Week (Jan 15th) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu-25-04-end-of-life    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:30:46

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  • Ubuntu 25.04 Support Ends Soon on January 15th, 2026 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/ubuntu-25-04-support-ends/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:34:46

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  • Two new stable kernels ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1053279/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:45:02

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  • Thai FDA seeks to tighten controls on GLP-1 ‘slimming pens’, proposing special controlled-drug status ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-fda-seeks-to-tighten-controls-on-glp-1-slimming-pens-proposing-special-controlled-drug-status    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:49:08

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  • Nordic Semi nRF54LM20B wireless SoC integrates 128 MHz Axon NPU for Edge Hey Hi (AI) workloads ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/07/nordic-semi-nrf54lm20b-wireless-soc-integrates-128-mhz-axon-npu-for-edge-ai-workloads/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:55:21

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  • A phishing campaign with QR codes rendered using an HTML table, (Wed, Jan 7th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32606    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 16:55:56

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  • Analysis using Gephi with DShield Sensor Data, (Wed, Jan 7th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32608    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:06:58

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  • Hong Kong independent bookseller pleads not guilty to charges over running ‘unregistered school’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/08/hong-kong-independent-bookseller-pleads-not-guilty-to-charges-over-running-unregistered-school/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:08:00

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  • BBC’s Noor Nanji on investigating her own employer ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/bbcs-noor-nanji-on-invesigating-her-own-employer/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:08:36

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  • An Act of Resistance ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1112/an-act-of-resistance    

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

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  • Repairing the new Fairbuds XL ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2026/01/08/repairing-the-new-fairbuds-xl/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:14:55

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  • Crowdsourcing the awe of nature ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2026/0108/Crowdsourcing-the-awe-of-nature    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:15:54

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  • No call for reform: Amid nationwide protests, do Iranians envision new regime in free secular Iran? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/no-call-for-reform-amid-nationwide-protests-do-iranians-envision-new-regime-in-free-secular-iran    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:16:09

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  • The Rise of the Self-Serve Blood Test ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/well/function-health-blood-tests.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:16:25

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  • America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/08/1130905/americas-diet-guidelines-ignore-scientific-research-red-meat-beef-tallow/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:16:48

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  • NASA ends ISS mission early after astronaut suffers medical issue ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260109-nasa-iss-astronaut-health    

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

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  • Researchers Just Discovered Something Extremely Unflattering About People Who Believe Conspiracy Theories ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/conspiracy-theories-psychology    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:17:41

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  • South Korea’s President Lee to visit Japan for a summit with PM Takaichi ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-president-lee-to-visit-japan-for-a-summit-with-pm-takaichi    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:18:00

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  • Italian PM Meloni to visit South Korea for summit with President Lee ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/italian-pm-meloni-to-visit-south-korea-for-summit-with-president-lee    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:18:12

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  • More than 57,000 Malaysians renounced their citizenship for Singapore’s over last 5 years: Report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/more-than-57000-malaysians-renounced-their-citizenship-for-singapores-over-last-5-years-report    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:18:26

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  • Hopes rise for Hallyu thaw following South Korea President’s China visit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hopes-rise-for-hallyu-thaw-following-s-korea-president-lees-china-visit-but-k-pop-remains-cautious    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:20:43

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  • China praises Indonesia on first ever panda cub’s birth ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-praises-indonesia-on-first-ever-panda-cubs-birth    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:21:35

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  • Maduro seizure: implications for US allies and China ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/maduro-seizure-implications-for-us-allies-and-china/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:21:54

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  • Why Cambodia Handed Over a Man Accused of Stealing Billions in Crypto Scam ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/asia/cambodia-scam-china-prince-group-chen.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:22:18

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  • 'Crypto' IS scam    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:22:32

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  • Why Cambodia handed over Chen Zhi, accused of billion-dollar crypto scam, to China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/why-cambodia-handed-over-a-man-accused-of-stealing-billions-in-crypto-scam    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:22:54

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  • Facing China’s threat, Australia–Japan alignment is indispensable ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/facing-chinas-threat-australia-japan-alignment-is-indispensable/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:23:48

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  • Chinese Moon Astronauts Emerge From Month-Long Journey Into Deep Cave ☞ https://futurism.com/space/china-moon-astronauts-cave-cnsa    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:24:23

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  • "peace talks" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/08/from-master-spy-to-lead-negotiator | Source: Meduza    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:24:52

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  • "the maritime law behind Washington’s recent tanker seizures" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/01/09/a-new-precedent | Source: Meduza    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:25:14

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  • The Time Clock Has Stood The Test Of Time ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/08/the-time-clock-has-stood-the-test-of-time/ | Source: Hackaday    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:25:40

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  • AI Faces Fool Most of Us, But 5 Minutes of Training May Help You Spot Fakes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-faces-fool-most-of-us-but-5-minutes-of-training-may-help-you-spot-fakes    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:27:55

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  • Watch a Supernova's Expansion Over 25 Years in Dramatic NASA Timelapse ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/watch-a-supernovas-expansion-over-25-years-in-dramatic-nasa-timelapse    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:28:24

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  • NASA Evacuating ISS Crew After Unprecedented Medical Situation ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-evacuating-iss-crew-after-unprecedented-medical-situation    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:28:41

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  • Stopping GLP-1 Drugs Triggers Weight Regain 4x Faster Than Ending Exercise ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/stopping-glp-1-drugs-triggers-weight-regain-4x-faster-than-ending-exercise    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:28:59

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  • Major Studies Link Food Preservatives to Higher Risk of Cancer And Diabetes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/major-studies-link-food-preservatives-to-higher-risk-of-cancer-and-diabetes    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:29:11

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  • Live Blog: Death Toll Rises, Internet Restricted In Iran Amid Nighttime Protests ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:29:57

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  • CuerdOS 2.0 Skycatcher Xfce: Spanish Distro Takes Chances, Mostly Succeeds ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/cuerdos-2-0-skycatcher-xfce-spanish-distro-takes-chances-mostly-succeeds/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:30:49

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  • Russell Coker: LEAF ZE1 After 6 Months ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/01/09/leaf-ze1-6-months/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:31:15

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  • Full-Sized 32-Wheeled, Articulated Bus Built For A 1976 Movie ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/08/the-full-sized-32-wheeled-articulated-bus-built-for-a-1976-movie/ | Source: Hackaday    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:32:35

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  • Families of Slain Idaho Students Sue the University the Killer Attended ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/idaho-murders-kohberger-victim-families-lawsuit.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:33:45

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  • Group warns UK protest restrictions undermine democracy and human rights ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/group-warns-uk-protest-restrictions-undermine-democracy-and-human-rights/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:34:15

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  • This headline contains a TERRIBLE LIE https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-addresses-22-000-layoffs-in-january-to-recoup-80-billion-ai-investment/ss-AA1TSckz?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds#image=2 this one from last January: https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:35:57

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  • "Walmart's Bay Area tech layoffs are far worse than they appear"    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:36:54

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  • 5 reasons I stopped using Ubuntu https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-i-stopped-using-ubuntu/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 17:57:15

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  • China-Linked UAT-7290 Targets Telecoms with Linux Malware and ORB Nodes https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/china-linked-uat-7290-targets-telecoms.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:11:28

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  • "As the networking stack shifts toward automation and the edge, we examine the key players and features driving enterprise Linux in 2026" https://www.networkworld.com/article/4114186/the-state-of-enterprise-linux-for-networking.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:12:08

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  • Nvidia Brings GeForce Now to Linux and Fire TV https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/nvidia-brings-geforce-now-to-linux-and-fire-tv    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:12:29

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  • It can also break things if not tested, supervised etc. https://securityboulevard.com/2026/01/the-myth-of-linux-invincibility-why-automated-patch-management-is-key-to-securing-the-open-source-enterprise/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:14:24

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  • Why do I use Linux? It's the apps, and here are 7 of my favorites https://www.howtogeek.com/why-do-i-use-linux-its-the-apps-and-here-are-some-of-my-favorites/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:14:44

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  • "Study of 20 years of kernel history finds bugs hide for 2+ years on average, some for decades." https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-kernel-bugs-arent-found-for-years/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:15:07

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  • Brand dilution, but he uses GNU/Linux and respects RMS https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:328ad23e7094b:0-ethereum-is-the-linux-of-blockchain-says-co-founder-vitalik-buterin/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:16:03

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  • I built a project management dashboard with Linux KDE Plasma widgets (no apps needed) https://www.howtogeek.com/i-built-a-project-management-dashboard-with-linux-kde-plasma-widgets-no-apps-needed/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:16:21

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  • "With Homebrew, you get access to even more apps - maintained by both Linux and MacOS developers." https://www.zdnet.com/article/homebrew-package-manager-linux-macos-apps/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:17:21

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  • "SpacemiT sent me a sample of the MUSE Book RISC-V Linux laptop for review. It’s based on the SpacemiT K1/M1 octa-core 64-bit RISC-V SoC, ships with up to 16 GB of RAM, eMMC flash and/or NVMe SSD, and features a 14.1-inch IPS display with 1920×1080 resolution, WiFi 6 connectivity, a few USB ports, and more." https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/08/muse-book-laptop-review-testing-an-octa-core-risc-v-linux-laptop-in-2026/    

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

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  • Vitalik Buterin Compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux https://www.coinspeaker.com/vitalik-buterin-compares-ethereum-to-bittorrent-and-linux/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:18:38

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  • t 0.035: Vitalik Compares Ethereum to Linux https://coinpaper.com/13612/ethbtc-at-0-035-vitalik-compares-ethereum-to-linux-as-breakout-test-looms    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:19:19

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  • "I don't need to tell you that this application is for the people who enjoy the free and open knowledge provided by Wikipedia." https://itsfoss.com/wike-wikipedia/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:23:00

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  • Vitalik Buterin Compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux https://forklog.com/en/vitalik-buterin-compares-ethereum-to-bittorrent-and-linux/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:23:23

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  • Vitalik Buterin Shares Ethereum Roadmap: BitTorrent-Style Scale, Linux-Level Adoption https://coinpedia.org/news/vitalik-buterin-shares-ethereum-roadmap-bittorrent-style-scale-linux-level-adoption/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:23:50

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  • Vitalik Buterin compares Ethereum to BitTorrent and Linux https://www.cryptopolitan.com/vitalik-buterin-compares-ethereum-bittorrent/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:24:26

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  • Buterin: Ethereum Should Mirror BitTorrent Scale With Linux Trust Model https://yellow.com/news/buterin-ethereum-should-mirror-bittorrent-scale-with-linux-trust-model    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:24:51

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  • "Keep on learning in, keep on Linux-ing. 2026 is your year of Linux." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-02/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:27:18

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  • "One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming. And to no surprise, it's thanks to funding from Valve as they continue to improve Linux graphics drivers." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-radv-driver-on-linux-looks-set-for-a-big-ray-tracing-performance-boost/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:27:37

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  • Tuxedo InfinityBook Max 16 Gen 10 Linux Laptop Preorders Open with Intel Core Ultra 9 and RTX 50 Series https://www.technetbooks.com/2026/01/tuxedo-infinitybook-max-16-gen-10-linux.html    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:28:16

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  • This Linux distro is for people who just want games to work https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-distro-for-people-who-want-games-to-work/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:28:40

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  • Someone made a sticky notes app within the Linux terminal, and you can download it right now https://www.xda-developers.com/sticky-notes-app-linux-terminal/    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:29:06

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  • Nvidia GeForce Now Is Coming to Amazon Fire TV Sticks, Linux PCs https://uk.pcmag.com/game-streaming-services/162403/nvidia-geforce-now-is-coming-to-amazon-fire-tv-sticks-linux-pcs    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:29:34

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  • Linux Foundation promotes Ponzi schemes https://itbrief.co.uk/story/linux-foundation-launches-agentic-ai-open-standards-hub https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/09/Linux_Foundation_Has_Found_a_New_Business_Pyramid_Schemes.shtml    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:31:05

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  • Microsoft is a founding member or founder of this Ponzi group. LF is defunct.    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:32:17

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  • Bizarre and unbelievable data https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bahamas/#monthly-200902-202601    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:35:21

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  • Same here https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/armenia/#monthly-200902-202601    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 18:35:59

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  • iophk: The libreplanet moderator(s) just let a few messages through from 2 days ago Perhaps you could ask if Akira would like to write guest posts, but I think that LibrePlanet ought to rise to the occasion and moderate in a more timely manner. List moderation is a solved problem, it's not a new activity by any measure.    

  posted Friday, January 09, 2026 at 19:11:52

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