Roy Schestowitz

• "All these days I keep hearing about the terrible situation in Palestine, in Ukraine, and the madness of the Trump administration, and I just don't know what to say. Kidnapping a dictator like they did Noriega in Panama. Threatening Denmark and its allies -- theoretically still allies of the USA! -- and mercilessly trying to push the USA into riots, maybe civil unrest, maybe civil war, maybe a collapse." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-18-mute    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:15:03

• "Time to order some tea." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-18-tea    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:16:00

• "All these days I keep hearing about the terrible situation in Palestine, in Ukraine, and the madness of the Trump administration, and I just don't know what to say. Kidnapping a dictator like they did Noriega in Panama. Threatening Denmark and its allies -- theoretically still allies of the USA! -- and mercilessly trying to push the USA into riots" gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-18-mute    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:16:31

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-19.gmi    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:16:59

• "I finally have gotten around to playing SOMA. I got it in 2017 and always put off playing it for other games. So far, it's been keeping me engaged for the most part, but some parts have also been bothering me, which is leaving me with mixed feelings that I haven't completely sorted out." gemini://envs.net/~silv/gemlog/soma_off_the_backlog_after_nine_years.gmi    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:18:12

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1540.jpg    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:19:27

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1890.jpg    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:19:34

• Plucker in 2026 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_01_04.txt "To download RSS feeds and WWW sites and cot convert them to the Plucker format I used the jPluck [2],[3] on the IRIX macjines (mainly on my SGI O2). It's a Java software so it runs on the IRIX reliably but extremelyslowly. Thiw wasn't an issue as it usually worked in background (my SGI O2 has 250MHz CPU)."    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:20:41

• Analog cameras in 2025 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2026_01_05.txt    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:21:10

• "But as much as I'm against right-wing people and Nazis, the Germans suffered a lot for the "collective guilt" for the first 30 years after the war, like Alex Schroeder said in a post. That may be understandable, but then, they shouldn't be wondering why everybody hates the US today, which they seem to do." gopher://redterminal.org:70/0/phlog/2026-01-18-Re_The_Sysops_Tale_Phlog_from_2026-01-17.txt    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:22:58

• Mageia 10 First Alpha ISO Validated by Council https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/01/10/mageia-10-first-alpha-iso-validated-by-council/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:38:03

• ArchBang Linux: A new release image and another app launcher https://archbang.org/2026/01/10/a-new-release-image-and-another-app-launcher/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:39:14

• MODICIA O.S. "Caravaggio" 6.12.63-RT-LTS is OFFICIAL! https://sourceforge.net/p/modicia-o-s/news/general/thread/625f1f4975/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:40:14

• nakeDeb 1.6-202601, BrOS 13.3, and WM Live 13.3 released    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:41:44

• EEOC experienced security incident involving an Opexus employee’s ‘unauthorized’ access, email says https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/01/eeoc-experienced-security-incident-involving-contractors-unauthorized-access-email-says/410543/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:42:32

• Happy 23rd Birthday TaoSecurity Blog https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2026/01/happy-23rd-birthday-taosecurity-blog.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:43:35

• UK Experts Warn Young Adults of Potential Conscription as Global Security Threats Escalate https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uk-experts-warn-young-adults-potential-conscription-global-security-threats-escalate-1769500    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:44:09

• Foomuuri: Lack of Client Authorization and Input Verification allow Control over Firewall Configuration (CVE-2025-67603, CVE-2025-67858) https://security.opensuse.org/2026/01/07/foomuuri-lack-of-dbus-authorization.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:45:11

• Cyber Counterintelligence (CCI): Resecurity releases data on John Erin Binns (IRDev) https://databreaches.net/2026/01/06/cyber-counterintelligence-cci-resecurity-releases-data-on-john-erin-binns-irdev/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:46:10

• Food Insecurity, Financial Struggles Increase Children's Risk of Long COVID https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2026-01-06/food-insecurity-financial-struggles-increase-childrens-risk-of-long-covid    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:46:57

• Threat actors insisted that Resecurity’s honeypot was real data. We found no evidence that it was. https://databreaches.net/2026/01/05/threat-actors-insisted-that-resecuritys-honeypot-was-real-data-we-found-no-evidence-that-it-was/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:48:19

• Leduc County target of Christmas Day cybersecurity attack https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/leduc-county-target-of-christmas-day-cybersecurity-attack/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:48:52

• Permission to appeal granted in Getty Images v Stability copyright claim http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/permission-to-appeal-granted-in-getty.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:49:24

• Linux is Great, but It May Not Be For You https://www.maketecheasier.com/linux-may-not-be-for-you/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:50:03

• Weeks after Microsoft paid Torvalds' employer to PROMOTE slop https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/01/09/1649237/torvalds-tells-kernel-devs-to-stop-debating-ai-slop---bad-actors-wont-follow-the-rules-anyway    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:50:38

• Fresh Adds an Easy-to-use and Powerful Text Editor to the Linux Terminal https://www.maketecheasier.com/fresh-text-editor-linux-terminal/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:51:07

• Big strides https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/01/10/2231218/four-more-tech-bloggers-are-switching-to-linux    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:51:28

• Gentoo Linux Plans Migration from GitHub Over 'Attempts to Force Copilot Usage for Our Repositories' https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/01/11/1926219/gentoo-linux-plans-migration-from-github-over-attempts-to-force-copilot-usage-for-our-repositories    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:52:01

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (02/2026): Plasma on a Comet https://linmob.net/weekly-update-02-2026/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 04:52:40

• HIPAA Compliance and Breach Communications: Helpful Tips for SMBs https://databreaches.net/2026/01/06/hipaa-compliance-and-breach-communications-helpful-tips-for-smbs/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 05:07:07

• Desjardins data breach: Quebec suspect arrested in Spain https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/01/06/desjardins-data-breach-suspect-arrest-spain/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 05:07:49

• Crypto wallet firm Ledger faces customer data breach through payment processor Global-e https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/01/05/crypto-wallet-firm-ledger-faces-data-breach-through-global-e-partner    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 05:08:53

• "Confirming badging in/out times are tracked and reported to managers along with the employee's IP address. So the company knows the amount of time you are onsite and using the company wifi." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf7gk191    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:03:41

• Anon: "... 30 years ago having a US passport was like being a minor celebrity. [...]not a surprise, given that the US has divested from science and education for about three full generations now"    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:14:50

• "militant ignorance has taken precedent in all crosses of life there further the first islamic president is rubbing everyone's fur the wrong way with his deployment of islamic values throughout the government at every level. The government no longer operates as normal but follows only the islamic values of hate, violence, corruption, and revenge"    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:15:02

• Methodist Homes of Alabama and Northwest Florida is notifying residents and employees of its second data breach in seven months. https://databreaches.net/2026/01/08/methodist-homes-of-alabama-and-northwest-florida-is-notifying-residents-and-employees-of-its-second-data-breach-in-seven-months/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:43:38

• NordVPN Hack Claim Firmly Refuted by NordVPN https://databreaches.net/2026/01/06/nordvpn-hack-claim-firmly-refuted-by-nordvpn/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:44:15

• Manage My Health breach: 50% of affected patients contacted https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/08/manage-my-health-breach-50-of-affected-patients-contacted/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:45:05

• Illinois Man Charged in Snapchat Hacking Investigation https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/illinois-man-charged-snapchat-hacking-investigation    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:45:37

• Democratic US Senators Demand Apple, Google Take X and Grok off App Stores Over Sexual Images https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-01-09/democratic-senators-demand-apple-google-take-x-and-grok-off-app-stores-over-sexual-images-nbc-news    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:46:32

• Bypasses Apple Privacy Control https://www.maketecheasier.com/macos-flaw-bypasses-apple-privacy-controls/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:49:06

• U.S. Senators Ask Cook and Pichai to Remove X and Grok From App Store and Play Store https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_apple_and_google_on_removing_x_and_grok_from_app_store_192026pdf.pdf"    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:49:49

• Capitalists Want You to Stop Worrying About Climate Change https://jacobin.com/2026/01/capitalism-climate-crisis-malm-carton/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:50:38

• US Exit of Key UN Climate Treaty Criticized as Self-Sabotage https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-08/us-withdrawal-from-climate-treaty-is-colossal-own-goal-says-un-climate-chief    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:50:55

• Cheeto Mussolini Withdrawal From Bedrock UN Climate Treaty Raises Legal Questions https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-08/trump-withdrawal-from-bedrock-un-climate-treaty-raises-legal-questions    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:51:13

• The impact of US withdrawal from global climate pacts https://www.dw.com/en/the-impact-of-us-withdrawal-from-global-climate-pacts/a-75434090    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:51:30

• Cheeto Mussolini Abandonment of Global Treaties, Including Landmark Climate Deal, ‘Threatens All Life on Earth’ https://scheerpost.com/2026/01/08/trump-abandonment-of-global-treaties-including-landmark-climate-deal-threatens-all-life-on-earth/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:51:58

• ‘Dimanche’ blends puppetry and miming to spread climate change awareness https://www.michigandaily.com/news/campus-life/dimanche-blends-puppetry-and-miming-to-spread-climate-change-awareness/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:52:14

• 'catastrophic' conditions in Australia https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/australia-bushfires-9.7039517    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:52:41

• Confidential advice undercooked climate change to Howard government https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/confidential-advice-undercooked-climate-change-to-howard-government-20260105-p5nrpj.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:53:06

• US Retreat from Global Climate Cooperation Threatens Rights https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/12/us-retreat-from-global-climate-cooperation-threatens-rights    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:53:23

• The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/12/the-next-frontier-of-climate-accountability-making-big-food-pay-its-ecological-bill/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:53:44

• "Kan internet rädda demokratin från politiken?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/01/18/kan-internet-radda-demokratin-fran-politiken/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:16:29

• "One year of Donald Trump: Alarms sound over relentless expansion of presidential powers" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/01/18/repub/one-year-of-donald-trump-alarms-sound-over-relentless-expansion-of-presidential-powers/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:16:41

• "Thousands flock to US embassy in Copenhagen in protest over Trump’s takeover talk | Courthouse News Service" https://www.courthousenews.com/thousands-flock-to-us-embassy-in-copenhagen-in-protest-over-trumps-takeover-talk/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:16:55

• microsoft increasingly fears a universal document format ... https://www.macworld.com/article/3031629/a-microsoft-office-lifetime-license-is-now-50-cheaper-than-a-single-year-of-microsoft-365.html http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/15/Microsoft_and_the_Sunk_Cost_Fallacy.shtml    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:17:18

• "China’s Trade Surplus, Part III - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/chinas-trade-surplus-part-iii    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:17:33

• "High-income Americans are losing faith in the economy | Fortune" https://fortune.com/2026/01/12/us-economy-consumer-sentiment-decline-high-income-data/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:17:46

• "Sorry, Eh" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/17/0457243 "Like all the best Americans, I'm Canadian, and while I have lived abroad for most of this century, I still hew faithfully to our folkways, which is why I'd like to start this essay by apologizing."    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:18:54

• "I'm sorry! I'm a technology writer, which means I'm supposed to be encouraging you to throw hundreds of billions of dollars at the money-losingest technology in human history, AI. No one has ever lost as much money as the AI companies."   

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:19:07

• "For independent creators documenting the world's most extreme weather, the real disaster isn't the storm; it's the aftermath on social media." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/storm-chasers-sue-meta-for-ignoring-repeat-infringements-of-popular-accounts/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:23:33

• "Note, however, the caveat in the pkg-readme file: [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260118112808 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:23:57

• "Right to Repair laws are in effect in 11 states, so it surprises me that OEMs do not even mention repairability" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/repair-advocates-name-ces-2026s-most-anticonsumer-tech/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:24:40

• "I’m old enough to remember when Martin Luther King Jr.’s mission seemed impossible. Just as the mission you and I must now engage in — defeating Trumpism and creating a new and better America out of the rubble and chaos he is wreaking — may seem impossible at this moment." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-a-time-for-good-trouble | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:24:51

• "The formalized conception of waged domestic labor dates back to the 1970s, when the grassroots International Feminist Collective began organizing to demand wages and recognition for housework." ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/tradwives-and-stay-at-home-girlfriends-deserve-wages/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:33:35

• "Meanwhile, Iranian judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir suggested that executions may still be conducted." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-punishments-khamenei-trump/33653138.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:33:46

• "Apparently, Disney either couldn’t handle the anti-fascist messaging of its own movies or was too afraid of pissing off the powers that be, because it quickly deleted the post." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/863980/disney-deleted-anti-fascist-thread | Source: The Verge    

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

• "On the twenty-second day of nationwide protests in Iran, amid the continued widespread [Internet] shutdown and reports of limited and unstable connections in some areas, the wave of arrests continued in various cities." ☛ https://www.en-hrana.org/day-twenty-two-of-the-protests-the-scale-of-the-killings-grows-as-the-internet-shutdown-continues/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:40:13

• "The rallies subsided after the crackdown that rights groups have called a “massacre” carried out by security forces under the cover of a communications blackout that started on January 8." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/iran-considers-gradually-restoring-internet-after-shutdown-577056540 | Source: RTL    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:40:27

• "The segment, reported by Sharyn Alfonsi, was supposed to air on 21 December but was pulled by editor in chief Bari Weiss" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/19/cbs-60-minutes-venezuelan-prisoners-bari-weiss | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:40:43

• "Celebrity gossip, fortune-telling and superstitions are the original forms of fake news, but now it’s increasingly widespread." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/01/fake-news-and-trust/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:42:24

• "Last Wednesday, just before midnight, everything fell apart." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/864008/senate-clarity-act-coinbase-crypto-market | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:42:46

• "Leaders at Mira Murati’s startup believe Barret Zoph engaged in an incident of “serious misconduct.” The details are now coming to light." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/thinking-machines-lab-cofounder-office-relationship-firing-openai/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:43:28

• "Senior Energy Program Managers" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/19/asia_tech_news_roundup/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:43:45

• "OpenAI gained between $65.5 billion and $109.4 billion from the billionaire entrepreneur's contributions when he was co-founding OpenAI from 2015" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/why-elon-musk-is-seeking-up-to-134-billion-from-openai-microsoft-in-wrongful-gains/articleshow/126607061.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:44:00

• "The investigation, launched last October, covers nearly three million Tesla vehicles installed with the automaker’s misleadingly named “Full Self-Driving” mode" ☛ https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/government-extends-tesla-deadline-fsd-crashes | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:44:39

• "The key to switching an AC load is bi-directional conductivity." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/a-guide-to-using-triacs-for-switching-ac/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:44:56

• "For years, both Democrats and Republicans in Michigan have advocated expanding FOIA to include the two branches of government, but no deal has been reached." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/01/18/were-just-not-going-to-do-foia-michigan-transparency-effort-stalls/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:47:44

• "At the end of December, stories began to break about Grok being used by X users to generate non-consensual sexual imagery of people, including children" ☛ https://512pixels.net/2026/01/memphis-press-grok/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:48:07

• "Given that rapidly evolving situation and the Administration’s failure to provide clarity on its plans for Venezuela’s oil and the funds raised from oil sales" ☛ https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_deutsche.pdf |    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:48:36

• "A proposed ballot measure in California will impose a one-time wealth tax on billionaires. For some reason, billionaires don't like this." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/the-billionaire-tax/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:49:13

• "We see the damage from harmful online content and excessive screen time every day, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has told ministers" ☛ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/phone-impact-on-children-is-public-health-emergency-doctors-declare-c8n3xvfmp?t=1768695050243 | Source: Times Media Limited    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:49:29

• "In mid-November, I found myself in a committee room in parliament – one of the older ones in the Palace of Westminster, bedecked with dusty portraits" ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/01/labours-great-digital-id-fumble | Source: New Statesman    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:50:00

• "Ellen Roome and three other parents, Liam Walsh, Lisa Kenevan, and Dominic, flew to the United States for a TikTok hearing." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/our-children-matter-british-mum-suing-tiktok-over-wrongful-death-shares-update-after-first-1771823 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:50:45

• "Did you spot the shift? We started with “our internet had truly been an open place”, and now we’re trying to take back control of social media." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/web-social-networks-social-web | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:50:58

• "A glance at the linked issue confirmed the problem: one of my own AI scripts, a Claude Code /issue command, was giving bad directions." ☛ https://tldraw.dev/blog/stay-away-from-my-trash |    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:52:18

• "Many of us got hit by the agent coding addiction. It feels good, we barely sleep, we build amazing things." ☛ https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/agent-psychosis/ | Source: Armin Ronacher    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:52:25

• "Each state governs AI differently. Some are ahead of the Commonwealth. Others barely engage with it. None do it well." ☛ https://hey.paris/posts/state-ai-governance/ | Source: Paris Buttfield-Addison    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:52:33

• "Journalist Kat Tenbarge wrote about how she first started seeing sexually explicit deepfakes go viral on Grok in June 2023." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/column/863502/grok-deepfake-musk | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:53:28

• "This is recon to find open LLMs. Not necessarily to exploit them, but to use them." ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32618 | Source: SANS    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:53:37

• "a conservative influencer who had a child with Musk" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mother-elon-musk-sues-x-grok | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:55:07

• "He pointed to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showing how between 1947 to 1973 — before the advent of PCS" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-failing-boost-productivity | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:55:31

• "Yet, the average note-taking app charges ten bucks per month in perpetuity. It stores my writings in proprietary file formats that lock me into the app." ☛ https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/the-computational-web-and-the-old-ai-switcharoo/ | Source: Jason Velazquez    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:55:58

• "The security patch was stopping some systems from shutting down or hibernating properly, and also preventing some users from logging in via remote desktop." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/864032/microsofts-out-of-band-windows-11-update-bug | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:56:20

• "My interest in social media soon dwindled, and so did my ritual. I read more. RSS feed. Read-later service." ☛ https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2026/while-i-wait/ | Source: Amit Gawande    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:56:44

• "I recently spent some money on a mechanical keyboard, and thought I’d share some thoughts on it." ☛ https://oxcrag.net/blog/2026/01/18/Keychron-K8-Max-Review.html | Source: Mikael Hansson    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:57:05

• "Every decade brings new promises: this time, we'll finally make software development simple enough that we won't need so many developers." ☛ https://www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025/12/07/the-recurring-dream-of-replacing-developers.html |    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:57:57

• "The Trump administration, and the Republican Party in general, has attacked America’s educational system from top to bottom." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/what-is-going-to-happen | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:58:15

• "But the simplicity of my life a decade ago made me so much happier." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/when-was-i-happiest/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:58:30

• "As I mentioned to the supporters on Ko-fi a week ago, I am currently considering the possibility of pausing the series at the end of this third year, with the last interview going live on August 28th. There are a few reasons for this." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/thoughts-on-people-and-blogs | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:58:41

• "This is a strange post for a blog focused on computers and hacking, but I work in startups, and they are known to fail unexpectedly." ☛ https://clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2026/01-18-a-hackers-guide-for-surviving-volatile-careers-financially.gmi | Source: Martin Chang    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 07:59:03

• "When our circuit calls for an electrolytic capacitor the equivalent series resistance (ESR) becomes relevant and we need to take it into account." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/calculating-the-capacitance-and-esr-specifications-for-the-output-capacitor-in-your-switching-mode-power-supply/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:03:37

• "These are some nice quotes from “The Evolution of Mathematical Software”, Turing Lecture by the 2021 Turing Award winner Jack J. Dongarra," ☛ https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/evolution-of-mathematical-software/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:03:50

• "In text-based formats like Markdown, AsciiDoc or Org, write one sentence per line." ☛ https://jeffkreeftmeijer.com/one-sentence-per-line/ |    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:04:31

• "When writing source documentation in a format such as Markdown, reStructuredText or AsciiDoc, I recommend you place every sentence on its own line and don’t use fixed-column word-wrapping." ☛ https://nick.groenen.me/notes/one-sentence-per-line/ |    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:04:43

• "A few months back, I started writing one sentence per line in my text documents (mostly Markdown). This was inspired by reading the following articles: [...]" ☛ https://cbarrete.com/one-sentence-per-line.html | Source: CBarrete    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:04:58

• "One of the core, foundational results from human factors research, research into human vision, the psychology of perceptions, and other related fields, is that human brains are a mess of heuristics and have far more limited capabilities than we think (and they lie to us all the time)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/PeopleCannotPayAttention | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:05:15

• "Now, I’m no grammar gremlin - goodness knows that my own grammar is far from perfect, and I have absolutely no problem if there’s an errant comma here and there in one’s writing. I could even forgive you if you were one of those lunatics that does CAPS ON types uppercase letter CAPS OFF." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/use-the-bloody-shift-key/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:05:33

• "Wouldn’t you know it, but the very next day the page refreshed, and they claimed to have restocked with “100+” new items of that exact SKU. On a weekend. Sure." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/a-dark-pattern-worked-on-me/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:05:50

• "I just started doing this recently, and I’m kicking myself for not starting earlier!" ☛ https://sals.place/change-your-cars-air-filters-yourself/ | Source: Sal    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:06:04

• "Java 8 brought lambdas after the "checked exceptions are great" trend." ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/checked-exceptions-lambdas/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:12:10

• "Below I will discuss how the pharmaverse container image has improved our blog’s publishing workflow" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/pharmaverse-and-containers/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:12:29

• "The basic problem: you have two packages in your repo, and one depends on the other." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/18/workspaces-and-monorepos-in-package-managers.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:13:12

• "Wikipedia is 25. Founded in 2001" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/wikipedia-is-now-25-years-old-worlds-7th-most-popular-website-now-has-over-7-million-english-articles-and-7-billion-monthly-visitors | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:13:38

• "This post is part of a two-part series that will cover how we disassembled the drone and dumped the firmware from the NAND chip and how we analyzed the drone’s firmware, app, and remote control to find some backdoors and vulnerabilities." ☛ https://neodyme.io/en/blog/drone_hacking_part_1/ |    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:15:09

• "This applies to a Smartport device, and would be wrong for a floppy drive emulator device." ☛ https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2026/01/18/handling-daisy-chaining-storage-on-apple-ii/ | Source: Colin Leroy-Mira    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:15:31

• "The short version is that while it is possible, it’s definitely not going to be easy, as pins including SPIHD (19) and SPICLK (22) and SPIQ (24) are not broken out on the board and thus require one to directly solder wires to the QFN pads." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/what-to-do-with-a-flash-less-esp32-c3-super-mini-board/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:16:16

• "Regardless of how one uses it, however, the physics behind such directional speakers is interesting." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/accurately-aiming-audio-with-an-ultrasonic-array/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:16:33

• "Life is boring if you don't do anything good"... so "be useful"    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:17:49

• "The hardware is a fairly simple task to solve. A simple Raspberry Pi Pico setup is used to capture potentiometer data." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/18/making-a-mountain-bike-data-acquisition-system/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:19:40

• "As part of a broader project, I’ve been working on setting up the infrastructure to be able to power on new servers" ☛ https://blog.thelifeofkenneth.com/2026/01/almalinux-pxe-zerotouh.html | Source: Kenneth Finnegan    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:32:31

• "I remember some of my favorites, one of which was Mandrake Linux" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/mageia-harkens-back-to-the-days-of-mandrake-linux/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:32:41

• "My NAS that I built in 2019 to host my files on my home network has started to show its age, especially as the number of services running in jails increased." ☛ https://www.subnetspider.com/2026/01/18/modifying-freebsd-iso-for-dell-servers.html | Source: Subnetspider    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:33:29

• "I rebuilt the package and run pkg upgrade. In came the changes and my rsync started working again." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/18/bash-line-1-usr-local-sbin-rrsync-no-such-file-or-directory/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:33:40

• "As I use similarly low resource setup with Openbox/Tint2/Dzen2 setup (documented FreeBSD Desktop here) I was wondering … how low can I go with FreeBSD RAM usage." ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/200-mb-ram-freebsd-desktop/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:33:52

• "[...] Meanwhile, Haiku is improving EFI support and the Redcore project is streamlining its repository branches. [...]" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260119 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:34:40

• "FOSDEM 2026 will host a panel on Unique Challenges in Elected Governing Bodies for FOSS." ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/fosdem-2026-democracy-panel-gnome-sonny-piers/ | Source: Daniel Pocock    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:35:12

• "I’ve been using rsnapshot to take backups of around 10 servers and laptops for well over 15 years" ☛ https://blog.josefsson.org/2026/01/18/backup-of-s3-objects-using-rsnapshot/ | Source: Simon Josefsson    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:36:11

• "Previously on Computers Are Bad, we discussed the early history of air traffic control in the United States." ☛ https://computer.rip/2026-01-17-air-traffic-control-9020.html | Source: J B Crawford    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:36:26

• "One really cool heritage of the Unix system is the concept of everything being a file." ☛ https://crescentro.se/posts/everything-is-a-file/ | Source: Ivan    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:36:45

• "The Bedrock RAI300 is powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, integrating 12 Zen 5 CPU cores and 24 threads with boost clocks up to 5.1 GHz." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/zen-5-x86-bedrock-rai300-delivers-50-tops-ai-in-fanless-ipc/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:37:56

• San Francisco Mourns Its Beloved Alligator, Claude ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/claude-alligator-san-francisco-funeral.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:52:01

• Scientists Uncover Secret Landscape Hiding Miles Below Antarctica’s Ice ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/hidden-landscape-antarctica-ice    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:52:16

• Scientists Just Discovered Something Horrid About Those Disposable Coffee Cups You’ve Been Slurping ☞ https://futurism.com/science-energy/disposable-coffee-cups-microplastics    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:52:55

• Buttigieg, Booker Lead Midterm Democratic Health Care Push ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/democrats-health-care-booker-buttigieg.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:58:20

• Former Yoon administration staff linked to alleged North Korea drone intrusion ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-yoon-staffers-linked-to-alleged-north-korea-drone-intrusion    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:58:52

• Over 3 million South Koreans opt out of life-sustaining treatment ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/over-3-million-south-koreans-opt-out-of-life-sustaining-treatment    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:59:15

• Recent studies suggest South Korean students are rethinking Seoul universities, STEM and medicine ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/recent-studies-suggest-south-korean-students-are-rethinking-seoul-universities-stem-and-medicine    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:59:37

• Former Yoon staffers linked to alleged North Korea drone intrusion ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/former-yoon-staffers-linked-to-alleged-north-korea-drone-intrusion    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 08:59:52

• Greece acquits 24 humanitarian workers following 7 years of proceedings ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/greece-acquits-24-humanitarian-workers-following-7-years-of-proceedings/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:00:31

• South Korea held data domestically—and lost it in a fire ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/south-korea-held-data-domestically-and-lost-it-in-a-fire/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:00:55

• Malaysian rapper Namewee claims trial for possessing ED drug, meth ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-rapper-namewee-claims-trial-for-possessing-ed-drug-meth    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:01:26

• Malaysia’s Defence Ministry launches probe into ‘yeye’ culture across all military branches ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-defence-ministry-launches-probe-into-yeye-culture-across-all-military-branches    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:02:14

• Malaysian PM Anwar given clean bill of health after routine check-up ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-pm-anwar-given-clean-bill-of-health-after-routine-check-up    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:07:21

• Malaysia teacher transferred after being accused of cutting off student’s headscarf ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-teacher-transferred-after-being-accused-of-cutting-off-students-headscarf    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:07:38

• China’s wedding dress sellers pin hopes on rise in marriages ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-wedding-dress-sellers-pin-hopes-on-rise-in-marriages    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:07:57

• China’s 2025 economic growth among slowest in decades ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/19/chinas-2025-economic-growth-among-slowest-in-decades/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:08:22

• China’s Population Shrinks Again as Policies Fail to Reverse Decline ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/china-population-data.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:08:41

• Real Estate Crash Weighs on China’s Economic Growth ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/china-gdp-economy.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:12:04

• 2 killed in explosion at steel plate factory in China’s Inner Mongolia region ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/explosion-at-steel-plate-factory-in-chinas-inner-mongolia-region-kills-2-state-media-reports    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:12:23

• Electronics and shrimp: Analysts cautious despite India’s export growth to China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/electronics-and-shrimps-why-analysts-remain-cautious-despite-indias-growing-exports-to-china    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:12:44

• Severe weather warning issued as cold wave sweeps across China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/severe-weather-warning-issued-as-cold-wave-sweeps-across-china    

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

• China’s population falls for a fourth straight year ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-population-falls-for-a-fourth-straight-year    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:13:21

• Hong Kong grows role as ‘stopover city’ with new high-speed rail routes to the rest of China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hk-grows-role-as-stopover-city-with-new-high-speed-rail-routes-to-the-rest-of-china    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:13:40

• US lawmakers call for Hong Kong trade offices to be closed, as Beijing ministry slams ‘political grandstanding’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/19/us-lawmakers-call-for-hong-kong-trade-offices-to-be-closed-as-beijing-ministry-slams-political-grandstanding/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:14:11

• English speakers don’t say: So do I? ☞ https://rubenerd.com/words-native-english-speakers-never-say/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:14:58

• Flash flooding eases in Australia’s largest city Sydney ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/heavy-rains-in-eastern-australia-spark-flash-floods-20-rescued    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:17:01

• Benefiting by Adding Presence in Geminispace ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Benefiting_by_Adding_Presence_in_Geminispace.shtml    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:17:20

• Microsoft dependency is no good ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-powershell-on-debian-linux/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:18:18

• How to Enable deb-multimedia on Debian (13, 12, 11) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-enable-deb-multimedia-on-debian-linux/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:19:54

• How to Install LibreWolf on Linux Mint (22, 21) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-librewolf-on-linux-mint/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:20:12

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

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:22:21

• Again, Microsoft dependency is no good ☞ https://idroot.us/install-powershell-debian-13/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:23:13

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

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:24:17

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

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:24:34

• Pharmaverse and Containers ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/pharmaverse-and-containers/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:34:27

• Mageia Harkens Back to the Glory Days of Mandrake GNU/Linux ☞ https://thenewstack.io/mageia-harkens-back-to-the-days-of-mandrake-linux/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:37:08

• This is the Linux release I'm looking forward to most this year https://www.howtogeek.com/this-is-the-linux-release-im-looking-forward-to-most-in-2026/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 09:56:56

• netwhy – diagnose slow or unreliable network connections ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/netwhy-diagnose-slow-unreliable-network-connections/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 11:19:52

• Schedrem – cross-platform task scheduler and reminder ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/schedrem-cross-platform-task-scheduler-reminder/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 11:20:01

• On IBM layoffs... "You mean their right mind :-). Yes this may be nonsense to you. I know that it keeps me in check about the world and how cruel it can be." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kf1vfvgb    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:01:20

• gocui – create console user interfaces ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gocui-create-console-user-interfaces/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:03:25

• 11 Best Free and Open Source Frontends for mpv ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-front-ends-mpv/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:03:36

• typomat – command-line typing practice tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/typomat-command-line-typing-practice-tool/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:03:45

• xt7-player-mpv – mpv GUI ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xt7-player-mpv-gui/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:28:18

• Traggo – self-hosted tag-based time tracking ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/traggo-self-hosted-tag-based-time-tracking/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:28:35

• 3 Useful Free and Open Source Kotlin Code Formatters ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-kotlin-code-formatters/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:28:46

• Linus Torvalds signals likely delay for final Linux 6.19 release ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-signals-likely-delay-for-final-linux-619-release/ He wasted time learning proprietary Microsoft GitHub https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/13/Not_Journalism_Almost_80_of_the_Articles_We_Saw_About_Torvalds_.shtml    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:31:07

• zlaunch – application launcher and window switcher ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/zlaunch-application-launcher-window-switcher/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:31:30

• RQ – simple Python library ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rq-simple-python-library/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:31:40

• Just hey hi (slop) garbage) from IBM https://finviz.com/news/279980/ibm-launches-enterprise-advantage-service-to-help-businesses-scale-agentic-ai https://finviz.com/news/280053/e-and-ibm-unveil-enterprise-grade-agentic-ai-to-transform-governance-and-compliance    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:33:43

• 3 Best Free and Open Source R Static Site Generators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-r-static-site-generators/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:33:56

• tview – terminal UI library with rich, interactive widgets ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tview-terminal-ui-library-rich-interactive-widgets/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:34:05

• termui – Golang terminal dashboard ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/termui-golang-terminal-dashboard/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:34:27

• Kernel prepatch 6.19-rc6 https://lwn.net/Articles/1054924/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:35:31

• "Is there a battle between Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds? I've been listening to Stallman's comments on Linux and also on how people don't give credits to GNU." https://megadevices.quora.com/https-www-quora-com-Is-there-a-battle-between-Richard-Stallman-and-Linus-Torvalds-Ive-been-listening-to-Stallmans-comm    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:40:08

• "If you know the look of Richard Stallman, you have a pretty good idea what he looked like. And he had the demeanour to match it. Nice, laid back, never said an unkind word." https://notalwaysright.com/the-doctor-is-outclassed/398467/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:41:28

• AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:42:15

• "Rip 401k"    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 13:43:34

• Developer patches Wine to make Photoshop 2021 & 2025 run on GNU/Linux — Adobe Creative Cloud installers finally work thanks to HTML, JavaScript and XML fixes ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/developer-patches-wine-to-make-photoshop-2021-and-2025-run-on-linux-adobe-creative-cloud-installers-finally-work-thanks-to-html-javascript-and-xml-fixes    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:16:55

• Getting started with SONOFF Dongle Plus MG24 Zigbee adapter using Home Assistant ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/18/getting-started-with-sonoff-dongle-plus-mg24-zigbee-adapter-using-home-assistant/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:17:21

• Social Media Minefield Continues: Drew Barrymore Slapped With Copyright Infringement Suit Over Song Used In Instagram Post ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/18/drew-barrymore-copyright-lawsuit-instagram/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:18:05

• Hybrid risks rise as US withdraws from international organisations ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/hybrid-risks-rise-as-us-withdraws-from-international-organisations/ Putin having the time of his life, the Orange Nazi is on his knees....    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:18:53

• Dihydroxyacetone Man treats not Moscow as the problem ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/greenland-europe-tariffs-kyiv.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:19:30

• No Deal Announced After Latest US-Ukraine Talks, Further Discussions Set At Davos ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-umerov-florida-peace-russia-witkoff-davos/33653134.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:19:50

• Remove Bitcoin from recommendations ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/fear-that-quantum-computing-on-the-cusp-of-cracking-cryptocurrencys-encryption-spurs-a-global-investment-firm-to-remove-bitcoin-from-recommendations    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:20:26

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

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:20:47

• This Old Network | LINUX Unplugged 650 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/650/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:21:25

• mintCast 477 – Driving Hey Hi (AI) Mad ☞ https://mintcast.org/477-driving-ai-mad/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:22:08

• Amarok 3.3.2 released ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2026/01/18/amarok-3.3.2-released/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:23:09

• This Week in Linux: 332: GNU/Linux Mint 22.3, Wine 11, Gentoo, Budgie Desktop, & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-332/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:24:01

• Eventually the Joke (and Financial Fraud) is on Microsoft, Stigmatised for Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/Eventually_the_Joke_and_Financial_Fraud_is_on_Microsoft_Stigmat.shtml    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:24:19

• TikTok Planning to Tighten Up Age Checks in Europe as Regulatory Pressure Intensifies ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/18/tiktok-plans-more-age-check-restrictions-eu/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:25:20

• "Starmers 1939 Neville Chamberlain momement. Appeasing Trump is cowardly, embarrassing & weak"    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 14:26:34

• Mars: Scientists Have Figured Out How Blue The Red Planet Used to Be ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mars-scientists-have-figured-out-how-blue-the-red-planet-used-to-be    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:08:43

• Lightning Comes in Many Strange Forms. Here's The Science. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/lightning-comes-in-many-strange-forms-heres-the-science    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:08:54

• The Ocean Is Still Reeling From a Single Massive Heat Wave Decades Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-ocean-is-still-reeling-from-a-single-massive-heat-wave-decades-ago    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:09:07

• Alzheimer's Might Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Reveals Expert ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-might-not-actually-be-a-brain-disease-reveals-expert    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:09:18

• The World's Longest-Running Lab Experiment Is Almost 100 Years Old ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-longest-running-lab-experiment-is-almost-100-years-old    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:09:31

• NASA's Giant New Moon Rocket Is Finally on The Launch Pad ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasas-giant-new-moon-rocket-is-finally-on-the-launch-pad    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:11:04

• Major Review Confirms There Is No Link Between Acetaminophen And Autism ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/major-review-confirms-there-is-no-link-between-acetaminophen-and-autism    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:11:16

• Contraception May Extend The Life of Some Mammal Groups by 10% ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/contraception-may-extend-the-life-of-some-mammal-groups-by-10    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:14:04

• Iran’s Protests: What to Know About the Unrest and Death Toll ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/article/iran-protests-inflation-currency.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:14:21

• The Biggest Challenge in Venezuela Is Soaring Food Prices ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/americas/venezuela-economy-food-prices.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:14:33

• The Forrest Dump economy: No recession, but no boom either ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0118/trump-economy-tariffs-jobs-inflation    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:14:46

• Dima Kogan: mrcal 2.5 released! ☞ http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2026/01/18_mrcal-25-released.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:15:38

• Meta mayhem: why does Facebook (Farcebook) keep censoring the Which? Scam Alerts group? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/meta-mayhem-why-does-facebook-keep-censoring-the-which-scam-alerts-group-aAOXK6Z4UpOt    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:16:24

• Indonesia’s bet on non-jail punishments raises questions over fairness and misuse ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-bet-on-non-jail-punishments-raises-questions-over-fairness-and-misuse    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:19:03

• Australian Parliament returns with moment of silence for Bondi mass shooting victims ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-parliament-returns-with-moment-of-silence-for-bondi-mass-shooting-victims    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:19:16

• Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/erroneously-assembled-1974-altair-8800-computer-gets-fixed-and-enjoys-first-run-in-2026-intel-8080-powered-machine-ran-its-first-program-52-years-later    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:19:48

• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Big Hops - 2026-01-17 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-01-17-edition/index.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:20:47

• Australian woman wakes up to find 2.5m python on her chest ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-woman-wakes-up-to-find-2-5m-python-on-her-chest    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:21:10

• The "Alicante Mafia" - Part IV - How Europe's Largest Patent Office Recruited Drug Addicts, Antisemites, and People Who Absolutely Cannot Do the Job (But Know the 'Right' People) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_IV_How_Europe_s_Largest_Patent_Office_R.shtml    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:21:44

• Witty Pi 5 HAT+ – A Raspberry Pi RP2350-based power scheduler with time, temperature, and voltage-based triggers ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/19/witty-pi-5-hat-a-raspberry-pi-rp2350-based-power-scheduler-with-time-temperature-and-voltage-based-triggers/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:28:01

• Raspberry Pi CM0-powered low-cost industrial box PCs offer RS-485, 4G LTE, and wide DC input options ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/19/raspberry-pi-cm0-powered-low-cost-industrial-box-pcs-offer-rs-485-4g-lte-wide-dc-input-and-more/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:28:23

• 'Vibe Coding', Chatbots, and Other Bots (e.g. "Agents" Disguised as "Superintelligence") Aren't Saving You Time ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Vibe_Coding_Chatbots_and_Other_Bots_e_g_Agents_Disguised_as_Sup.shtml    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:28:53

• Report/Benchmark Says 'Vibe Coding' Results in Security Holes ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/Report_Benchmark_Says_Vibe_Coding_Results_in_Security_Holes.shtml    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:29:10

• On the Coming Industrialisation of Exploit Generation with LLMs ☞ https://sean.heelan.io/2026/01/18/on-the-coming-industrialisation-of-exploit-generation-with-llms/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:29:51

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

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:31:12

• IBM is Not a Free Software Company (It Never Was) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/18/IBM_is_Not_a_Free_Software_Company_It_Never_Was.shtml    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:31:37

• Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4: The flashing tool that finally stops sabotaging your large SD cards ☞ https://hackwarenews.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-4-the-flashing-tool-that-finally-stops-sabotaging-your-large-sd-cards/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:33:18

• Guatemala says gangs killed seven police in retaliation over prison transfers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260118-gang-guatemala-kill-seven-police-prison    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:33:41

• Libya authorities charge suspect with human trafficking after migrant remains found in mass grave ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/libya-authorities-charge-suspect-with-human-trafficking-after-migrant-remains-found-in-mass-grave/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:34:15

• Noem Denies Use of Chemical Agents in Minnesota Protests, Then Backtracks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/us/politics/noem-chemical-agents-minnesota.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:34:34

• After Convicted Felon Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Hitting Back ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/europe/greenland-us-trade-war.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:34:45

• Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane, one body ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-authorities-find-wreckage-of-missing-surveillance-plane-with-11-on-board    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:35:32

• AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-surveillance-false-arrests    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:35:53

• How a Screwdriver Salesman Helped Fuel U.S. Airstrikes in Nigeria ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/world/africa/nigeria-christmas-bombing-republicans.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:36:21

• The "Alicante Mafia" - Part III - Europe's Second-Largest Organisation on Strike, Protests, Other Industrial Actions to Come Impacting Over 95% of the Workforce ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/17/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_III_Europe_s_Second_Largest_Organisatio.shtml    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:36:33

• Man Gets Clean Bill of Health From Super-Expensive MRI Scan, Then Gets Horrible News ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/mri-body-scan-stroke-lawsuit    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:37:25

• Man Confused by AI-Generated Reports That He’s Dead ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-generated-dead    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:37:48

• Media Execs Prepare for Hey Hi (AI) to Bring End of Journalism Industry ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/media-execs-end-journalism    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:38:14

• Something Wild Happens to ChatGPT’s Responses When You’re Cruel To It ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-responses-rude    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:38:36

• A retail dark pattern worked on me ☞ https://rubenerd.com/a-dark-pattern-worked-on-me/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:39:34

• Multi-column Dock for GNOME Rethinks What a Dock Can Do ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/multicolumn-dock-gnome-shell-extension    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:40:55

• GNOME 50 will Support Bedtime & Daily Screen Time Parental Controls ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/gnome-50-will-support-bedtime-daily-screen-time-parental-controls/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:41:18

• Amarok 3.3.2 Brings Improvements to User Interface, Audio Backend, and More ☞ https://9to5linux.com/amarok-3-3-2-released-with-improvements-to-user-interface-audio-backend-and-more    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:41:43

• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 18th, 2026 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-january-18th-2026    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:42:02

• Wine Patches Bring Newer Versions of Adobe Photoshop to GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/adobe-creative-cloud-linux-wine-patches    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:43:45

• ELEGANCE 26.0.1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/elegance    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:44:27

• Zen 5 x86 Bedrock RAI300 delivers 50 TOPS Hey Hi (AI) in fanless IPC ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/zen-5-x86-bedrock-rai300-delivers-50-tops-ai-in-fanless-ipc/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:44:39

• HackerOS 4.2 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/hackeros    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:44:51

• Shanios 2026.01.18 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/shanios    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:45:01

• China tells Cambodia scam hub disappearances threaten ties ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/18/china-tells-cambodia-scam-hub-disappearances-threaten-ties/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:46:25

• At Davos, Global Leaders Gather to Ponder the Future of a Messy World ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/davos-world-economic-forum-trump.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:46:42

• Live Blog: Iranian Internet Connectivity Back To Almost Zero ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-live-blog-trump-khamenei/33640284.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:47:34

• Iran internet shutdown: activists warn of 'permanent' blackout ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20260118-iran-internet-shutdown-activists-warn-of-permanent-blackout    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:47:43

• I tried switching to the new Rust-based COSMIC, and it was a mistake https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-daily-driving-the-new-cosmic-linux-desktop-its-not-ready/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:51:01

• "A big breakthrough for Adobe Creative Cloud on Linux." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/developer-patches-wine-to-make-photoshop-2021-and-2025-run-on-linux-adobe-creative-cloud-installers-finally-work-thanks-to-html-javascript-and-xml-fixes    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:51:39

• Ready to ditch Windows for Linux in 2026? Tuxedo's new ultraslim business workstations could be just the ticket, and weigh less than a small cat https://www.techradar.com/pro/ready-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-in-2026-tuxedos-new-ultraslim-business-workstations-could-be-just-the-ticket-and-weigh-less-than-a-small-cat    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:52:04

• Piggybacking "Linux" without even porting it to Linux and then using proprietary spyware on it https://redmondmag.com/blogs/redmond-dispatch/2026/01/microsoft-advances-sql-server-2025.aspx    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 15:54:00

• generics https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ozempic-glp1-health-canada-generic-9.7034498    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:24:09

• Illegal drugs advertised online, delivered by Canada Post https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/like-amazon-illegal-drugs-advertised-online-delivered-canada-post-9.7033700    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:24:49

• hiring brakes https://www.dw.com/en/european-firms-hit-hiring-brakes-over-ai-and-slowing-growth/a-75394016    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:27:54

• Malaysia, Indonesia https://www.dw.com/en/malaysia-indonesia-block-grok-ai-bot-over-explicit-images/a-75470708    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:28:49

• Orcas https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/killer-whales-rub-bellies-on-rocks-9.7034393    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:30:20

• When hormones harm the economy https://www.dw.com/en/menopause-when-hormones-harm-the-economy/a-75441306    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:30:51

• Nestlé recall of some baby formulas https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nestle-formula-recall-canada-9.7035222    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:31:41

• Fewer "dumb f--ks" https://www.dw.com/en/meta-shuts-over-544-000-australian-accounts-after-ban/a-75469113    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:32:15

• GTA home sales fell 11.2% last year compared to 2024, report says https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-regional-real-estate-board-december-home-sales-fell-9.7035803    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:35:03

• China sales slow https://www.dw.com/en/as-china-sales-slow-germany-s-carmakers-look-to-india/a-75206421    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:35:19

• free expression at risk https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/solicitor-general-tps-protests-9.7035480    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:35:46

• severe flu season https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/hospital-overcrowding-hallways-flu-respiratory-illness-northeastern-9.7035467    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:38:30

• Ubisoft https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ubisoft-studio-halifax-closed-9.7036470    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:38:58

• class action against Ticketmaster over service fees https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-superior-court-class-action-ticketmaster-service-fees-9.7036289    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:40:52

• "There's a lot of hype around cloud providers and infrastructure as a service these days, but for a home lab, automation tasks, personal services, and personal publishing, you don't need powerful or expensive hardware." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/why-you-should-buy-and-re-purpose-old-tiny-pcs/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:42:48

• 'The Lounge is a web app that acts as an always-on chat client for IRC. I use it all the time since I don't have to understand how a "bouncer" like `znc` works to be always on, nor do I need to have a WeeChat proxy running somewhere." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-19-the-lounge    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:43:22

• 🔤SpellBinding — EINPSXV Wordo: STARS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-19.gmi    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:44:00

• A rather short update: Scoundrel will be ported to GB gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2026-01-19-short-update.txt    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 16:46:26

• Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/french-polynesia/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:09:31

• For Germany and India, forging closer ties won't be easy https://www.dw.com/en/for-germany-and-india-forging-closer-ties-won-t-be-easy/a-74279379    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:10:26

• Ontario mobile homeowners struggling to sell properties accuse park owner of using tactics that break the law https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ontario-mobile-homes-sunpark-9.7026540    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:11:10

• WestJet https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/westjet-legroom-viral-video-9.7037586    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:15:41

• Canada: Confront China’s Heightened Repression ttps://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/09/canada-confront-chinas-heightened-repression    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:16:14

• Canada's share of exports to U.S. hit lowest level in decades in October https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-trade-oct-2025-9.7037913    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:16:49

• man took the city to court over not mowing his lawn https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-superior-court-tall-grass-bylaw-9.7039965    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:18:29

• extortion cases linked to international organized crime https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/extortion-caledon-bishnoi-government-9.7038168    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:19:25

• program to reduce youth screen time is a good first step https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rogers-screenbreak-youth-9.7038273    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:20:51

• Mark Carney and Canada’s premiers are trying to buy off Indigenous resistance https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-and-canadas-premiers-are-trying-to-buy-off-indigenous-resistance/"    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:22:00

• Soaring renovation costs in Quebec force homeowners to rethink how they build, budget https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-renovation-costs-9.7038544    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:26:24

• 10,000 books tossed at Ontario school. Librarians say there are other ways to give books a second life https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/beal-library-old-book-purge-9.7040273    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:27:41

• B.C. woman finally gets mobility device back after Toronto Lyft driver stopped returning calls https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/wheelchair-smartdrive-bc-lyft-9.7040392    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:29:23

• polar bear https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/lazy-bear-daudrich-court-polar-bear-permits-reconsideration-9.7041212    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:33:22

• "Shattering the myths that hold you back from shifting to a better OS." https://www.howtogeek.com/things-windows-users-always-get-wrong-about-linux-and-whats-actually-true/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:42:36

• "Although Ubuntu doesn’t ship with desktop widgets, you can add them using these four tools." https://www.howtogeek.com/3-must-try-tools-if-you-want-windows-like-desktop-widgets-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:43:05

• "It's actually a larger share than Valve initially thought." https://www.howtogeek.com/steam-survey-linux-usage-for-december-2025/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:44:01

• "EasySpeak brings local voice control to Linux." https://www.howtogeek.com/this-new-linux-app-lets-you-control-your-pc-with-your-voice-and-its-free/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:44:37

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:44:58

• "Plasma 6 is also getting better gamepad and OpenBSD support, plus overall more stability." https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-plasma-is-fixing-a-bug-thats-been-annoying-me-for-a-long-time/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:45:04

• 5 weird but handy cron jobs I swear by https://www.howtogeek.com/5-weird-but-handy-cron-jobs-i-swear-by/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:45:42

• "Linux has made my digital life so much better; I only wish I had learned these habits sooner." https://www.howtogeek.com/daily-driving-linux-for-3-years-taught-me-these-6-habits/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:46:44

• "Who needs another productivity app when your desktop can be the productivity app?" https://www.howtogeek.com/i-built-a-project-management-dashboard-with-linux-kde-plasma-widgets-no-apps-needed/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:47:55

• "Give me 2 minutes and I'll show you how installing software outside the official repos can be just as easy." https://www.howtogeek.com/x-safe-ways-to-install-linux-apps-that-arent-in-your-repo-without-breaking-anything/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:48:32

• "Free strategies to reclaim and organize Linux storage effectively." https://www.makeuseof.com/dont-pay-storage-upgrades-what-i-do-when-linux-running-out-space/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:50:30

• "My power problem didn't require a new battery; a software change made everything more efficient." https://www.makeuseof.com/boosted-old-laptop-battery-switching-to-power-efficient-linux-distro/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:52:48

• I laughed at this terminal browser—until I actually used it https://www.makeuseof.com/laughed-at-terminal-browser-used-it/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:53:52

• "I use Arch btw." https://www.makeuseof.com/tried-every-linux-package-manager-this-is-the-best-one/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:54:43

• I customized my Proxmox node so much that updates became terrifying https://www.xda-developers.com/i-customized-my-proxmox-install-so-much-that-updates-became-terrifying/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 17:58:10

• 5 terminal tools that make learning commands easier https://www.xda-developers.com/terminal-tools-that-make-learning-commands-easier/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:00:42

• 5 terminal applications that will make you think twice about a GUI https://www.xda-developers.com/terminal-applications-make-think-twice-about-gui/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:01:31

• "It just keeps going up." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gaming-sets-another-user-record-steam/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:02:51

• "Installation takes all of ten seconds." https://www.xda-developers.com/sticky-notes-app-linux-terminal/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:03:27

• You can make any OS immutable with Proxmox, here's how I did it https://www.xda-developers.com/you-can-make-any-os-immutable-with-proxmox-heres-how/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:04:30

• "It's packed full of tools." https://www.xda-developers.com/i-gave-this-security-centric-linux-os-a-try/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:05:39

• Windows users don't hate Linux, they hate its defaults https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-users-dont-hate-linux-they-hate-its-defaults/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:06:34

• "This KDE Gear release is making the open source ecosystem even more stable and inviting." https://www.howtogeek.com/kde-gear-25121-includes-great-updates-for-kdenlive-and-kde-connect/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:08:33

• "From fork bombs to fake “language pack” removals, these commands can wreck Linux fast. Here’s what they do and how to stay safe." https://www.howtogeek.com/7-commands-you-should-never-run-on-linux/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:09:01

• "Listening to music on a Soundcore speaker or headphones? Check out the number 3." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-january-9/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:09:40

• 8 handy Raspberry Pi settings you can change (and how) https://www.howtogeek.com/handy-raspberry-pi-settings-you-can-change-and-how/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:10:09

• 6 CLI tools I install before anything else on a new Linux machine https://www.xda-developers.com/cli-tools-i-install-before-anything-else-on-a-linux-machine/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:11:29

• "Kdenlive fans, you're gonna want to see this." https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-kde-plasma-gear-update-25-12-1/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:12:12

• This tiny, free Lightroom alternative could be a dream come true for Linux users — but it works everywhere https://www.xda-developers.com/this-tiny-free-lightroom-alternative-could-be-dream-come-true-linux-users-works-everywhere/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:13:03

• "Windows 11 slowed my hardware to a crawl. Linux runs lighter with rolling updates, and keeps older PCs fast for years instead of becoming e-waste." https://www.howtogeek.com/6-ways-linux-keeps-my-pc-ageless/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:14:06

• "You've probably been using them wrong, too." https://www.howtogeek.com/ive-been-using-these-core-linux-commands-wrong/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:14:36

• "Though it has some limitations." https://www.xda-developers.com/docker-container-linux-desktop-browser/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:15:28

• The prep work beginners should do before trying Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/prep-work-before-trying-linux/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:17:47

• "The performance gains look great." https://www.xda-developers.com/steam-will-finally-run-better-on-arm-devices-and-you-can-test-the-new-version-right-now/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:20:15

• "Click some boxes, copy a command, and you're ready to go." https://www.xda-developers.com/this-awesome-tool-for-linux-newcomers-is-like-ninite-for-team-tux/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:20:39

• "Plus a bunch of other tweaks." https://www.xda-developers.com/kde-plasma-6-6-0-finding-whats-draining-your-laptop-battery-easier/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:21:08

• EndeavourOS is the Arch experience without the Arch installation https://www.xda-developers.com/endeavouros-is-the-arch-experience-without-the-arch-installation/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:21:53

• "They're all local, more secure and private, and completely free." https://www.howtogeek.com/replacement-productivity-apps-on-linux/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:24:15

• 4 lightweight apps I always install on my Raspberry Pi desktop https://www.howtogeek.com/lightweight-apps-install-raspberry-pi-desktop/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:24:59

• "Mint's "beginner-friendly" reputation is hiding some serious power." https://www.howtogeek.com/i-hated-linux-mint-until-i-discovered-these-features/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:26:36

• "I've never seen a better alternative for Windows than this thoughtful OS." https://www.howtogeek.com/5-ways-zorin-os-makes-switching-from-windows-feel-effortless/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:27:35

• "Another great update for the Ubuntu Linux spinoff." https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-22-3-released-cinnamon-6-6/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:28:03

• 3 things users should keep in mind when choosing their first distro on Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/choose-first-linux-distro-checklist/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:29:48

• "A huge change for its users." https://www.xda-developers.com/another-linux-distro-goes-wayland-only-as-it-prepares-to-change-version-after-a-decade/    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:32:08

• Linux: The Real Operating System https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/linux-the-real-operating-system-177640.html    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:39:41

• "Microsoft's layoffs and a smaller team." https://www.gamesindustry.biz/elder-scrolls-onlines-pivot-to-smaller-seasons-is-is-not-in-any-way-a-response-to-microsofts-layoffs    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:44:55

• A former lead of the Assassin's Creed series has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft, citing "constructive dismissal" https://wnhub.io/news/hr/item-49840    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 18:46:43

• New Tea gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/stug/phlog    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 19:02:24

• "On 'Blue Monday', where people are meant to be at their lowest after the Christmas blur and the pervading darkness, why not try a new tea?" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20260119.txt    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 19:02:56

• "Embedded and hobbyist electronics specialist UUGear has launched a new option for powering your Raspberry Pi single-board computer: the Witty Pi 5 HAT+, with integrated real-time clock and power control functionality." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260119-wittypi.gmi    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 19:03:55

• Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots gemini://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.gmi    

posted Monday, January 19, 2026 at 19:04:35

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