Roy Schestowitz

• Global Commands gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/24/global-commands.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 05:12:21

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-25.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 05:13:03

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1546.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 05:13:34

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1896.jpg    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 05:13:40

• "The national news networks chose to minimize their reporting, either out of fear or greed." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/log/2026-01-24_it_is_starting.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 05:14:36

• "The Federal government is trying to silence anyone talking about this, pulling down videos and comments that go against their narative. If you live in the United States you need to start listening. If people do not step up now this will spread to the rest of the country."    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 05:14:56

• "The friendly NPC AI sucks in a lot of games. On the roguelike front in Brogue your NPC will quite happily get into fights they cannot win and wake up all sorts of problematic monsters." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/25/npc-ai.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 05:15:50

• José Emilio Pacheco gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/poemasdeotres/tablillaasiria.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 05:16:16

• ARC Raiders has a new content-filled roadmap for early 2026 | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/arc-raiders-has-a-new-content-filled-roadmap-for-early-2026/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/arc-raiders-has-a-new-content-filled-roadmap-for-early-2026/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:26:44

• Get some Sid Meier greats like Civilization VI in a big Humble Bundle | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/get-some-sid-meier-greats-like-civilization-vi-in-a-big-humble-bundle/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/get-some-sid-meier-greats-like-civilization-vi-in-a-big-humble-bundle/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:27:03

• Steam Deck hits 25,000 games Valve have rated Playable or Verified | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steam-deck-hits-25000-games-valve-have-rated-playable-or-verified/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/steam-deck-hits-25000-games-valve-have-rated-playable-or-verified/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:27:21

• clownflare: "When Order Matters: How A Single DNS Change Broke The Internet For Millions" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/22/121252    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:30:20

• "Furious US troops condemn Trump’s ‘shameful’ put-down of British allies" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/01/24/us-troops-condemn-trump-british-allies-comments/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:30:33

• Ponzi scheme/scam promoted as "intelligence" https://tuananh.net/2026/01/23/the-post-agentic-world-the-economics-of-abundant-intelligence/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:31:02

• ‘Quantum' + SLOP = Conde Nast (Wired) boosting pyramid scheme https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-wants-ai-powered-quantum-sensors-for-finding-fentanyl-in-cars/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:31:32

• The Register MS boosting pedo-connected 'tech' https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/24/neurophos_hopes_to_revive_moores_law/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/25/How_to_Win_Nobel_Prize_for_Peace.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:32:21

• Dispute over Microsoft escalates https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2026/bayerischer-landtag-streit-um-microsoft-eskaliert/ shows the pedo-connected thug http://techrights.org/o/2019/12/21/police-report-bill-gates/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:33:21

• "The Cruelty and Theatre of the Trump Press Conference" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/02/the-presidential-press-conference-spin    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:33:33

• "PING: Devuan, Manjaro, EndeavourOS, Tails, Firefox,..." https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2026/01/24/ping-334/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:33:45

• "Here’s how Europe can file for divorce from Donald Trump" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/24/europe-divorce-donald-trump-wef-davos-us-government-bonds https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/22/10_Easy_Step_to_Digital_Sovereignty_in_Nations_That_Distrust_GA.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:34:05

• "The panel will include artist and noted Trump ally Kid Rock, Live Nation’s antitrust head Dan Wall, the Ticket Policy Forum’s Brian Berry, and concert promoter David Weingarten representing the Colorado Independent Venue Association." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/23/kid-rock-testify-us-senate-concert-tickets/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 06:48:28

• "It is rare for law-enforcement officers to turn on each other so publicly" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-ice-minnesota-police-dhs/685736/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 09:51:34

• "Around 100 members of the clergy have reportedly been arrested at Minneapolis St Paul Airport as protests against Immigrations Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota intensify." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/01/23/clergy-members-arrested-minneapolis-anti-ice-protest/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 09:51:59

• "The ruling, issued by US District Court judge Jeffrey Bryan in response to a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on January 17, did not assess the legality of ICE’s internal guidance itself." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/us-judge-rules-ice-raids-require-judicial-warrants-contradicting-secret-ice-memo/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 09:52:56

• "The Islamic Republic fashioned itself through its existential face-off with the United States, turning into a rampart state whose main pillars were intelligence and military institutions." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/01/iran-protests-khamenei-trump-israel/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 09:53:18

• "That risks igniting a new Mideast war." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/scale-of-irans-nationwide-protests-and-bloody-crackdown-come-into-focus-even-as-internet-is-out/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 09:53:46

• Bought functional discman today (they cost one pound now), so 30-year tech is still functional, it even charges its own batteries, which are of course removable unlike "modern" nonsense    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 09:55:14

• "Hundreds in force, Mainers rallied this weekend against the Trump administration’s immigration operation in the state" ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/01/24/mainers-refuse-to-look-away-with-thousands-rallying-against-ice-operation/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 09:55:37

• "This sentiment from the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California is dangerous and wrong." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-24/top-los-angeles-federal-prosecutor-criticism | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 09:55:56

• "ICE veterans I’ve spoken with have concerns about the qualifications and aptitude of their new colleagues, especially those with little or no previous law-enforcement experience." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/ice-new-hires-training-minneapolis-shooting/685745/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 09:56:17

• "In some places, minors are also subject to new curfews. Last year, for example, both Cincinnati and Washington, D.C., instituted curfew zones in busy neighborhoods" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/01/teen-ban-curfew/685707/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:04:53

• "Kentucky Lantern reporters and freelancers won six awards during the Kentucky Press Association Winter Convention awards dinner in Louisville on Friday." ☛ https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/23/lantern-honored-at-annual-kentucky-press-association-conference/ | Source: Kentucky Lantern    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:05:19

• "The Fars news agency, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), on January 24 quoted the chief of Iran's telecoms company as saying Internet service would be restored" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-blackout-death-toll-crackdown-trump/33658516.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:06:10

• "This communication void has left Iranians paralyzed, in and outside Iran." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/iran-protests-internet-blackout/685724/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:06:24

• "The image is highly realistic, bearing no watermark or other indicator that the image has been doctored." ☛ https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/white-house-fake-photo-of-minnesota-activist-nekima-levy-armstrong-arrest?ref=birchtree.me | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:13:31

• "It's worth recognizing that in addition to this, the administration has also posted AI images of things around taking over Greenland" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/the-white-house-is-creating-their-own-reality/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:13:45

• "The moment was saved by awfulannouncing.com and can be heard here." ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2026/01/24/paul-allen-radio-voice-of-the-vikings-mocks-minnesota-protestors/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:14:15

• "Draft act. Feedback: Upcoming" ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16472-Artificial-Intelligence-Act-detailed-arrangements-on-evaluations-and-proceedings_en | Source: European Commission    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:14:58

• "TLDR: long-term heroin use can permanently damage your voice." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/01/24/a-very-short-post-about-heroin-voice/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:15:40

• "The biggest company in the AI era held its IPO during the dotcom era, on January 22, 1999. That company was Nvidia, who offered 3.5 million shares priced at $12 each." ☛ https://dfarq.homeip.net/nvidias-ipo-on-january-22-1999/ | Source: David L Farquhar    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:15:59

• "There are many efforts to promote European digital products1, and I have the utmost respect for all of them." ☛ https://mzll.it/2026/01/on-made-in-eu-digital/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:16:21

• "As 2026 begins, I keep coming back to one uncomfortable realization about 2025. We did not misunderstand attackers" ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/wake-up-call-to-protect-human-decisions-not-just-systems | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:16:43

• "That has changed. Trump’s second inauguration featured tech lords like Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Apple CEO Tim Cook laughing and shaking hands with the Trump inner circle inside the Capitol Rotunda." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/tech-hamiltonian-jacksonian-comparison/685681/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:17:11

• "Building the tractor has been fun for both me and Lucy." ☛ https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/tractor.html | Source: James Stanley    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:18:17

• "Since it is an actual good replacement for cash (both being fungible and anonymous)" ☛ https://aethrvmn.gr/theses/technological/self-sufficiency/crypto/ | Source: Aethrvmn    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:18:33

• [Old] "A British study has discovered that humans have an in-built acceptance of the risks and harms from motorists that they would not accept in other parts of life." ☛ https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2023/01/17/car-blindness-normalizes-dangers-of-motoring-reveals-study/ | Source: Forbes    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:19:17

• "And let’s consider for a moment that if good weather can increase traffic deaths significantly enough to be newsworthy because of increased traffic" ☛ https://darthmall.net/notes/2026/good-weather-traffic-fatalities/ | Source: W Evan Sheehan    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:19:43

• "The core is formed by the isolated variable transformer, to which a configurable DC output section, a current limiter and digital voltage and current read-outs were added." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/24/isolated-ac-dc-power-supply-and-testing-station-for-230-v-devices/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:20:36

• "“Appear to Contradict” really?! The videos flat out prove the government is lying. You can clearly see him holding a phone before he’s taken to the ground by a group of gestapo." ☛ https://tiv.today/videos-of-shooting-appear-to-contradict-federal-officials/ | Source: The Independent Variable    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:21:38

• "This report tells an uncomfortable truth: Many regions are living beyond their hydrological means, and many critical water systems are already bankrupt" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/united-nations-declares-that-the-world-has-entered-an-era-of-global-water-bankruptcy-180988045/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:22:07

• "The second one is brand new: it’s a seminar about housing in the US, with a focus on climate change." ☛ https://ethanzuckerman.com/2026/01/21/where-should-we-live-a-new-class-on-cities-migration-and-climate-change/ | Source: Ethan Zuckerman    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:22:27

• "Pretti, 37, was killed during a confrontation with multiple federal immigration agents." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-instant-smear-campaign-against-border-patrol-shooting-victim-alex-pretti/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:24:56

• "Because the killing of an unarmed civilian by masked paramilitary gunman on the streets of Minneapolis is murder. This was an execution." ☛ https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/death-squads-execute-second-dissident | Source: Carole Cadwalladr    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:25:18

• "This morning, they murdered a 37-year-old man, an American citizen named Alex Pretti." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/another-murder-in-minneapolis | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:25:37

• "It’s Happening Here" ☛ https://bix.blog/posts/2026-01-24-its-happening-here/ | Source: Bix Frankonis    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:26:16

• "As we await more details about CBP’s latest murder in Minneapolis" ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/24/minneapolis-chief-judge-attacks-pam-bondis-false-claims-about-don-lemon/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:26:38

• "The law being cited for the arrest makes Armstrong’s detention dubious at best." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/23/white-house-push-ai-altered-images-of-arrested-ice-protesters-to-manufacture-cruelty/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:27:01

• "Demo" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/democrats-condemn-ice-for-murdering-without-proper-warrants/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:27:36

• "After the officers cleared the scene, everyone convened at the intersection of 26th and Nicolette, just a couple hundred feet from where Alex Pretti was shot." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/policy/867410/minneapolis-ice-protest-alex-pretti-killing | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:28:12

• "Video taken by bystanders shows agents wrestling the man to the ground and beating him before firing multiple shots." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/federal-immigration-agents-shoot-and-kill-another-person-in-minneapolis/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:28:47

• "It is time to suspend the normal order of business to demand immediate cessation of ICE actions in MN" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/thousands-of-minnesotans-are-taking-part-in-general-strike-against-ice/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:29:04

• "Several bystander videos of the shooting emerged soon after. Pretti is seen with a phone in his hand but none appears to show him with a visible weapon." ☛ https://www.mlive.com/news/2026/01/federal-officers-shot-another-person-in-minneapolis-amid-immigration-crackdown-governor-says.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:29:57

• "A group of federal agents then pull Pretti away from the woman and push him down. He struggles on his hands and knees before an agent in a gray jacket appears to seize his gun." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/what-did-you-do-videos-show-chilling-moments-during-minneapolis-shooting-us-immigration-officers-shoot-alex-jeffrey-pretti-10880828#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:30:27

• "Whether this represents an actual change in the data collected or merely a difference in description is something it seems Rogers cannot answer." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/tiktok-us-privacy-policy/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:31:27

• "Meanwhile, some of Trump’s most influential allies" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/greenland-silicon-valley-libertarian-trump-1235502736/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:31:49

• "One serious concern was the presence of credentials associated with .gov domains from numerous countries." ☛ https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/149m-infostealer-data-exposed/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:32:38

• "The database was hosted by one of these affiliates in Canada." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/149-million-stolen-usernames-passwords/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:32:55

• "The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/867244/microsoft-bitlocker-privacy-fbi | Source: The Verge http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/23/Forbes_Covers_in_2026_What_Was_Already_Clear_for_Over_a_Decade_.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:33:26

• "But customers are encouraged to entrust keys to Microsoft because as long as they have access to the account online, they can recover the keys" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/23/surrender_as_a_service_microsoft/ | Source: The Register UK http://techrights.org/o/2015/11/14/microsoft-bitlocker-has-bugback-doors-windows-laptopdesktop-encryption-just-a-farce/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:33:57

• Promoted by SLAPPMatt: fake 'encryption' http://techrights.org/o/2014/07/31/microsoft-back-doors-admission/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:34:17

• "Sometimes, I think about the fact that society at large could just stop caring about data protection and privacy, and there goes everything that I worked towards and am passionate about. Humbling." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/privacy-values/ | Source: Ava    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:34:34

• "According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-new-privacy-policy/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:34:44

• "At the same time, many on Reddit are expressing concerns about the sensitive user information that TikTok USA may utilize" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/23/tiktok-usa-what-comes-next/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:35:00

• "The filing offers little detail beyond that broad description: It does not spell out which regulations or privacy standards would apply, nor does it name any specific “Big Data and Ad Tech” services or vendors ICE is interested in." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ice-asks-companies-about-ad-tech-and-big-data-tools/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:35:16

• "Such is the news coming out of Minneapolis this week, where protesters and the federal government continued their standoff—even as ICE plans to build out a deportation network spanning Minnesota and four other states." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-doge-may-have-misused-social-security-data-doj-admits/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:35:30

• "For certain high-security devices, such as card readers, ATMs, and hardware security modules, normal physical security isn’t enough" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/24/tamper-detection-with-time-domain-reflectometry/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:51:12

• Windows TCO: "The Dresden State Art Collections, known as SKD, said it is unclear when all affected systems will be fully restored." ☛ https://therecord.media/dresden-state-art-collections-cyberattack | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:51:40

• "Om doesn’t focus on ad-based platforms, but I think the incentives are similar. Meta is fine with rushing us through an algorithmic feed because there is no end." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2026/01/21/velocity-and-authenticity.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:52:21

• "Second, the "W" apparently stands for "We", "Values," and "Verified." Welcome to the Digital Compliance and Safety Luncheon." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/22/w-is-a-european-clone-of-x-for-the-davos-set.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:52:32

• "I’m going to pause here and state, for the record, that not only am I not a fan of ICE, I believe they are committing crimes and following a terrifyingly fascist playbook." ☛ https://werd.io/on-ice-verification-and-presence-as-harm/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:52:42

• [Old] "What I found out is that in order to use a decentralised or federated social media platform you need to make data public" ☛ https://aethrvmn.gr/blog/federations/ | Source: Aethrvmn    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:53:06

• "My main priority at the moment is to maintain a presence in the Fediverse without having to maintain my own instance." ☛ https://lqdev.me/posts/activitypub-implementation-progress-2026-01-23/ |    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:53:25

• "One way to read that is as a sign of the integration of Agartha content into mainstream culture, where its noxious antecedents are no longer meaningful" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/agartha-memes-youth-internet-nazi/685718/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:57:23

• "It is this situation where it feels like there’s this battle being fought through everyone’s phone." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/01/ice-is-turning-real-conflict-into-viral-content/685721/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:57:33

• "The regulatory pile-on continues: the UK's Ofcom launched a formal investigation, the EU ordered X to retain all Grok-related documents until 2027, and Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines banned the chatbot entirely" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/23/california-orders-musks-xai-to-stop-generating-sexual-deepfakes-immediately.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:58:23

• "I’ve had a few recruiters hit me up from these AI influencer companies." ☛ https://tommyp.org/blog/who-even-asked-for-this/ | Source: Tommy Palmer    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:58:37

• [Old] "Let’s say some dastardly miscreant wants to manipulate an image to make it look like someone has a drug problem — here are just a few things they’d need to do: [...]" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/26/24228808/ai-image-editing-photoshop-comparison-argument | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 10:59:02

• "Now, thanks to the advent of accessible text-to-video generators, which can cough up footage from a simple text prompt, the situation on Facebookand other Meta platforms is turning from dire to disastrous." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/facebook-ai-slop-dark | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:03:01

• [Old] "We are proud owners of a Roborock robot vacuum. We love it unconditionally, like every proud owner of a robot should." ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2025/vacuum-boy/index.html | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:03:51

• "I don’t mind admitting, I am an unashamed Apple fan. Having bought my first iPod in 2003, followed in early 2004 with my first Mac. I’ve been using macOS as my ‘daily driver’ ever since." ☛ https://probably.co.uk/posts/refusing-to-upgrade-tahoe-ios26/ | Source: Mark Phillips    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:04:05

• "One thing I’ve discovered, is that notebooks can get pricey. For something that isn’t reusable, they sure do cost a pretty penny." ☛ https://mtwb.blog/posts/2026/pens/the-quest-for-the-perfect-notebook/ | Source: Matthew Weber    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:04:20

• "Bugs Apple Loves" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/23/bugs-apple-loves/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:04:42

• "Total time wasted by humanity because Apple won’t fix these" ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2026/01/24/1409 | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:04:57

• "It turns out that I’m now not so sure about that: My Mac feels fine." ☛ https://thejollyteapot.com/2026/01/23/tempted-to-stick-with-my-old-mac-a-bit-longer/ | Source: Nicolas Magand    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:05:15

• "AT&T certainly has the technology to block calls like this, but they don’t have an incentive to do so." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/01/bent-incentives/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:05:26

• "Some Gmail users may have noticed that promotional emails that normally go to their own siloed tab have started flooding their inbox." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/867247/gmails-spam-filter-broken | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:05:49

• "A Raspberry Pi Pico W has the processing capability and connectivity for a project like this." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/24/environmental-monitoring-on-the-cheap/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:06:14

• "These datasets are intended to support development, testing, and examples for neurology-specific workflows." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/pharmaversesdtm-1-4-0-release/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:06:30

• [Old] "There is no easy fix for Spectre, which could require redesigning the processors, according to researchers." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/business/computer-flaws.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:08:03

• "And while the researchers say that Meltdown is limited to Intel chips, they say that they've verified Spectre attacks on AMD and ARM processors, as well." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/critical-intel-flaw-breaks-basic-security-for-most-computers/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:08:20

• "The researchers verified their findings on Intel chips dating back to 2011, and released their own proof-of-concept code to allow users to test their machines." ☛ https://www.zdnet.com/article/security-flaws-affect-every-intel-chip-since-1995-arm-processors-vulnerable/ | Source: ZDNet    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:08:39

• [Old] "The security of computer systems fundamentally relies on memory isolation, e.g., kernel address ranges are marked as non-accessible and are protected from user access." ☛ https://meltdownattack.com/meltdown.pdf |    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:09:11

• "Modern processors use branch prediction and speculative execution to maximize performance." ☛ https://spectreattack.com/spectre.pdf |    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:09:35

• "Press F to pay respect. One of my drives stopped spinning and now my raid-0 2-drive media volume is no more." ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2025/nas-drive-failure/index.html | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:09:59

• "Bogdan Grechuk has written a book Landscapes of 21st Century Mathematics that came out in 2021." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/01/online-talks-on-accessible-theorems.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:13:19

• "This year, I will send out a lot of applications for both new work and a new apartment." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/theme-2026/ | Source: Ava    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:13:46

• "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Ryan, whose blog can be found at laze.net." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/ryan | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:14:02

• "Therefore, the contention that the title 'doctor' exclusively belongs to medical professionals is a misconception since even now, like in the olden times, persons with higher educational qualifications like a PhD are entitled to use the title 'doctor'" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/doctor-dr-not-exclusive-to-medical-professionals-kerala-high-court-10879763#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:14:50

• "And while NASA is poised to clear the heat shield for flight, even those who believe the mission is safe acknowledge there is unknown risk involved." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51437645/nasa-is-about-to-send-people-to-the-moon--in-a-spacecraft-not-everyone-thinks-is-safe-to-fly | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:15:45

• [Old] "But, again: it always was. Finding stuff on the web was always a huge pain in the butt. You had a few sites you knew and frequent, but your best friend could have had an entirely different set." ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2025/internet-is-far-from-being-dead/index.html | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:18:40

• "Whatever I say or feel about writing, it remains a hobby for me. I need to find time for it. It does not come naturally to me." ☛ https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2026/on-hobbies/ | Source: Amit Gawande    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:18:56

• "At the end, I loved the visualization of the timeline, to scale by the day, of Hsieh’s performance art between 1978 and 1999." ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2026/01/24/tehching-hsieh-exhibition/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:20:30

• "For the past decade and a half, the whole information ecosystem has become much larger, faster and noisier. It is hardly surprising that nothing works. And we feel a collective sense of overwhelming disappointment." ☛ https://om.co/2026/01/21/velocity-is-the-new-authority-heres-why/ | Source: Om Malik    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:20:42

• "I opted for a bitmap (.png) QR code instead of a vector. I shrunk the border and changed the background and QR code colors to make The New Leaf Journal theme." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/creating-nlj-qr-code-with-qr-code-generator/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:20:57

• "A lot of my articles start with the phrase "I remember," or something like it. That's because a lot of my articles are my recounting of things that literally happened to me, at some point in time, and what I've learned about myself and the world in the time since they happened." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/no-stories.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:27:20

• 🔤SpellBinding: CIJRUTS Wordo: BREAD gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-25.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:28:52

• Take My Hand: Chapter 14 gemini://gem.write-on.org/onestepleft/book1/chapter14.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:29:59

• Take My Hand: Chapter 1 gemini://gem.write-on.org/onestepleft/book1/chapter01.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:31:02

• "Recently a friend introduced me to The Beths, an alternative rock band from New Zealand. I picked "Expert in a Dying Field" out of their discography at random and gave it a listen while I was picking up groceries." gemini://gemini.njms.ca/gemlog/favourites.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:32:06

• GIMP 3.0.8 Released ☞ https://www.gimp.org/news/2026/01/24/gimp-3-0-8-released/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:38:28

• Microsoft gave customers' BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI — Redmond confirms that it provides recovery keys to government agencies with valid legal orders ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsoft-gave-customers-bitlocker-encryption-keys-to-the-fbi-redmond-confirms-that-it-provides-recovery-keys-to-government-agencies-with-valid-legal-orders    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:40:28

• loss32 is a GNU/Linux Distro Nobody Asked For (But Still Has Its Usage) ☞ https://itsfoss.com/loss32-distro/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:47:04

• "I think this is because the syntax of CSS is simple, especially compared to JavaScript and even to HTML." ☛ https://polypane.app/blog/understanding-the-fundamentals-of-css-layout/ | Source: Polypane B V    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:48:13

• "In this blog post, we’ll go over the basics of recovering from panics, explain a few gotchas with panic recovery that have bitten us in the past, and suggest some ways to avoid those in your projects." ☛ https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2026-01-09-golang-panic-recovery/ | Source: Zach Musgrave    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:48:55

• "Java is a powerful programming language that relies on the Java runtime to execute. This runtime takes Java code and converts it into something that your system can actually utilize." ☛ https://pimylifeup.com/debian-install-java/ | Source: Pi My Life Up    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:49:15

• "Go compiles to a single binary with no runtime dependencies." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/24/rewriting-git-pkgs-in-go.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:49:47

• "Your Go structs might be wasting up to 32% of their memory due to invisible padding bytes." ☛ https://lorbic.com/go-struct-field-alignment/ | Source: Vikash Patel    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 11:53:42

• "For all the rightful criticisms that C gets, GLib does manage to alleviate at least some of it." ☛ https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/glib-ownership-best-practices/ | Source: Sebastian Wick    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:05:05

• "Below are a few cases where I tend not to use any mocking library and instead leverage the constructs that Go gives us." ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/mocking-libraries-bleh/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:05:16

• "This is, of course, false. As every experienced software engineer knows, it is not possible to accurately estimate software projects." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/how-i-estimate-work/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:05:30

• "Over the last couple of years, I have been prototyping, researching and designing for emerging technologies as part of my graduate studies and then work." ☛ https://blog.viditb.com/frameworks-for-designing-emerging-technologies/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:05:43

• "Yesterday I attended a Code Jam event organised by the EdinburghJS community." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/01/21/share-your-website-at-events | Source: James G    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:07:13

• "Birds of a feather on Sunday 1st, 10am: What are you missing in Haiku?" ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/conference/2026_fosdem_2026/ | Source: HaikuOS    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:07:36

• "This blog is almost twenty six years old (here's the first post from July of 2000). Just like me, it's gone through a lot of changes." ☛ https://lawver.net/2026/01/a-shiny-new-bloggy-home/ | Source: Kevin Lawver    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:08:05

• "I couldn’t log in. The password procedure has changed." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/24/error-1524-hy000-plugin-mysql_native_password-is-not-loaded/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:09:04

• "It’s time for me to get off MySQL 8.0. It is not my database of preference, PostgreSQL is, however, I’m moving to MySQL 8.4." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/24/migrating-a-mysql-8-0-jail-to-a-new-mysql-8-4-jail/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:09:13

• "The guide is for engineers and curious people who use the web every day, but never built a mental model of how browsers work." ☛ https://howbrowserswork.com/ |    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:10:04

• "The layout of the site has two parts (now three): The “garden” or whatever it is called these days (my note dump), and the blog (now also the microblog)." ☛ https://aethrvmn.gr/microblog/rss-update/ | Source: Aethrvmn    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:10:14

• "A couple of months ago, I wrote about Triton, detailing some of the technical decisions I made during its development." ☛ https://otavio.cc/posts/triton-i-wrote-about-triton | Source: Otávio C    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:10:43

• "The Key(singular)board has two modes: “raw” and “alphanumeric”. In raw mode, the telegraph key’s state—pressed or unpressed—is segmented into a series of dot, dash, and space keystrokes." ☛ https://hannahilea.com/blog/telegraph-key-singular-board/ |    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:11:58

• "I have a RP2350 and an SSD1306 module. I want to use the former to display stuff on the latter. The most common modules are connected over I²C: [...]" ☛ https://qsantos.fr/2026/01/24/asynchronous-i%c2%b2c-in-c/ | Source: Quentin Santos    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:12:32

• "MIDI output is via USB, or, if you purchased the W variant of the Pi Pico/Pico 2, it can operate wirelessly over Bluetooth MIDI instead." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/24/wireless-midi-controller-has-lots-of-knobs/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:12:49

• "The Liya Linux distribution is an Arch-based project which runs the Cinnamon desktop and features the Pamac package manager." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12709 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:33:04

• "The CachyOS team has announced the release of an updated ISO image of CachyOS, a Arch-based Linux distribution with the latest KDE Plasma as the chosen desktop on the live image" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12711 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:33:20

• "It's not profoundly technologically radical, but Deepin does the job while looking fresh and modern and attractive." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/23/deepin_25010/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:33:46

• "So we pitched a ridiculous idea Paris had: a hint line simulator with a 300-page physical binder." ☛ https://yarnspinner.dev/blog/hint-line-93/ | Source: Yarn Spinner Pty Ltd    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:35:34

• "Prometheus Blackbox is somewhat complicated to understand." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/PrometheusBlackboxQueryResponse | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:35:58

• "CryptPad is an end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite. Think Google Docs, but where the server never sees your content." ☛ https://blog.hofstede.it/self-hosted-cryptpad-on-freebsd-with-vnet-jails-and-caddy/ | Source: Christian Hofstede-Kuhn    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:36:10

• "I've been fighting what I'm pretty sure is a silly firewall problem while trying to get Synctrain to work when my iPhone isn't on my WiFi." ☛ https://www.going-flying.com/blog/tcpdump-esp-tunnel-inner-addresses.html | Source: Matthew J Ernisse    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:36:22

• "It’s hard to belive given the current state of the industry, but there was a time in the 1990s when even large commercial software companies allowed you to customise your desktop." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/choosing-a-plus-95-theme/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:39:17

• Online ‘date auctions’ in South Korea spark controversy over possible prostitution ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/online-date-auctions-in-south-korea-spark-controversy-over-possible-prostitution    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:51:46

• South Koreans allegedly involved in scam operations sent home from Cambodia for investigation ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/south-koreans-allegedly-involved-in-scam-operations-sent-home-from-cambodia-for-investigation/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:52:33

• UN experts praise Malaysia progress in health care and question criminal punishments for children ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/un-experts-praise-malaysia-progress-in-health-care-and-question-criminal-punishments-for-children/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:54:26

• Xi’s Purge of China’s Military Brings Its Top General Down ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/world/asia/china-top-general-xi-military-purge.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:54:43

• U.S. Automakers’ Foreign Troubles Now Extend to Canada ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/business/general-motors-ford-canada-china.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:55:06

• The Island That Actually Matters to American Interests ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/opinion/taiwan-china-us-trump-xi.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:55:27

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Threatens Canada With Tariffs as Post-Davos Fallout Continues ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/world/canada/trump-canada-tariffs.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:55:42

• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Shanghai amid China regulatory headwinds ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-in-shanghai-amid-china-regulatory-headwinds    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:56:25

• The real winner behind Myanmar’s junta-held elections could be China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/the-real-winner-behind-myanmars-junta-held-elections-china    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:56:41

• China says senior military officials Zhang Youxia, Liu Zhenli under investigation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-top-military-official-under-investigation    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:57:10

• US President The Insurrectionist threatens Canada with 100% tariff if it completes China trade deal ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/25/us-president-donald-trump-threatens-canada-with-100-tariff-if-it-completes-china-trade-deal/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:57:47

• China says top military official under investigation for suspected ‘serious violations of discipline’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/25/china-says-top-military-official-under-investigation-for-suspected-serious-violations-of-discipline/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:58:07

• China's top general under investigation ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/china-s-top-general-under-investigation    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:58:18

• Dihydroxyacetone Man threatens 100% tariffs on Canadian goods over pending China trade deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260124-trump-threatens-100-tariffs-on-canadian-goods-over-pending-china-trade-deal    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:58:37

• Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits for third week of jan 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/01/24/misc-fedora-bits-for-third-week-of-jan-2026/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:59:39

• NVME idle timeout at bootup ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/nvme-idle-timeout-at-bootup.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:00:36

• Midnight Commander has multiple entries in menu ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/midnight-commander-has-multiple-entries-in-menu.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:01:11

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including Hungry Horrors - 2026-01-21 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2026-01-21-edition/index.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:03:18

• Sam Thursfield: Slop or so-called Hey Hi (AI) predictions for 2026 ☞ https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2026/01/24/ai-predictions-for-2026/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:05:12

• Automated plagiarism isn't AI and isn't a revolution; it's plunder and a Ponzi scheme    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:05:56

• EDPB/CNIL privacy expert Amandine Jambert (cryptie, FSFE) implicitly admitted lying about harassment when she resigned admitting conflict of interest ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/24/EDPB_CNIL_privacy_expert_Amandine_Jambert_cryptie_FSFE_implicit.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:06:31

• US strikes boat killing 2 in Pacific ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/us-strikes-boat-killing-2-in-pacific    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:06:53

• Iran, US tensions set region on edge ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/iran-us-tensions-set-region-on-edge    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:07:07

• Minnesotans begin economic strike against ICE ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/minnesotans-begin-economic-strike-against-ice    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:07:42

• Protesters take to Minnesota streets despite freezing cold ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/protesters-take-to-minnesota-streets-despite-freezing-cold    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:07:51

• Tehran warn it will treat any US strike as an "all-out-war" ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tehran-warn-it-will-treat-any-us-strike-as-an-all-out-war    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:08:07

• Democrats Running for U.S. Senate in Texas Call for Overhaul of ICE ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/politics/texas-debate-senate-jasmine-crockett-james-talarico-democrats.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:14:45

• Who Is Gregory Bovino? The official Bbehind Convicted Felon’s aggressive border enforcement ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/who-is-gregory-bovino-the-official-bbehind-trump-s-aggressive-border-enforcement    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:14:57

• This Week in Science: A Cannabis Standard Measure, Bizarre Lifeforms, And More! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-a-cannabis-standard-measure-bizarre-lifeforms-and-more    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:15:35

• 'Zombie Worms' Have Mysteriously Vanished, Troubling Scientists ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/zombie-worms-have-mysteriously-vanished-troubling-scientists    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:15:50

• How Do Sinkholes Happen, And Can We Predict Them? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/how-do-sinkholes-happen-and-can-we-predict-them    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:16:03

• A Hidden Warning Sign Discovered in The Gut May Increase Cancer Risk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-hidden-warning-sign-discovered-in-the-gut-may-increase-cancer-risk    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:25:20

• Shrews Can Shrink Their Brains by 30%. Here's How They Grow It Back. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/shrews-can-shrink-their-brains-by-30-heres-how-they-grow-it-back    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:25:34

• 3 Hidden Signs You're Grinding Your Teeth, According to Experts ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/3-hidden-signs-youre-grinding-your-teeth-according-to-experts    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:25:48

• Internet blackouts ☞ https://alirezahayati.com/2026/01/internet-blackouts/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:26:07

• After thousands died in crackdown, Iran is trying to change the narrative ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2026/0124/iran-protests-violent-crackdown-regime-narrative    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:26:19

• US tightens military posture near Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/us-tightens-military-posture-near-iran    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:26:35

• ICE Is Scanning Civilians’ Faces, Telling Them They’re Being Entered Into a Terrorism Database ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ice-database-facial-scan    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:31:17

• Workers Say Hey Hi (AI) Is Useless, While Oblivious Bosses Insist It’s a Productivity Miracle ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/workers-ai-useless-bosses-miracle    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:31:46

• Xi’s top general under probe in China’s deepest military purge yet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xis-top-general-under-probe-in-chinas-deepest-military-purge-yet    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:33:19

• Dihydroxyacetone Man sues JPMorgan Chase Bank for improperly cutting off from financial services ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/trump-sues-jpmorgan-chase-bank-for-improperly-cutting-off-from-financial-services/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:34:00

• Michigan AG brings federal antitrust suit against fossil fuel companies ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/michigan-ag-brings-federal-antitrust-suit-against-fossil-fuel-companies/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:34:46

• AI tribalism ☞ https://nolanlawson.com/2026/01/24/ai-tribalism/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:35:30

• How a Water Balloon Fight in Venezuela Ended in Charges of Treason ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/world/americas/venezuela-arrests-repression.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:36:07

• Nike Probing Potential Security Incident as Hackers Threaten to Leak Data ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/nike-probing-potential-security-incident-as-hackers-threaten-to-leak-data/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:36:53

• In praise of memory-leak-detection ☞ https://euroquis.nl/kde/2026/01/24/memory.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:37:52

• Facebook Hey Hi (AI) Slop Has Grown So Dark That You May Not Be Prepared ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/facebook-ai-slop-dark    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:38:29

• Strange Debian package renaming ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/strange-debian-package-renaming.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:40:57

• Tweak updating db when PKGget starts ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/tweak-updating-db-when-pkgget-starts.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:41:08

• fstrim detect fix ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/fstrim-detect-fix.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:41:20

• Gunnar Wolf: Finally some light for those who care about Debian on the Raspberry Pi ☞ https://gwolf.org/2026/01/finally-some-light-for-those-who-care-about-debian-on-the-raspberry-pi.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:42:30

• GNU C Library 2.43 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1055757/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:44:11

• Mecha Comet is an open-source hardware, modular GNU/Linux handheld computer (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/25/mecha-comet-is-an-open-source-hardware-modular-linux-handheld-computer/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:48:13

• Surge – terminal-based download manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/surge-terminal-based-download-manager/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:49:12

• tcgui – Web-GUI for GNU/Linux traffic control ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tcgui-web-gui-linux-traffic-control/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:49:23

• Flowrs – TUI for Apache Airflow ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/flowrs-tui-apache-airflow/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:49:45

• kubefwd – port forward pods within a Kubernetes namespace ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kubefwd-port-forward-pods-kubernetes-namespace/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:50:06

• 8 Best Free and Open Source Music Trackers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-music-trackers/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:50:25

• 7 Useful Free and Open Source Go TUI frameworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-go-tui-frameworks/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:52:34

• rustledger – Rust implementation of Beancount ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rustledger-rust-implementation-beancount/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:52:43

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

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:56:05

• Great Open Source Collaborative Editing Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/collaborativeediting/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:56:25

• GitType – turn your source code into typing challenges ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gittype-turn-source-code-typing-challenges/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:56:36

• SwitchCalc – GTK4 calculator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/switchcalc-gtk4-calculator/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:57:55

• CachyOS newest release drops X11 for Wayland in Live ISOs ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/cachyos-newest-release-drops-x11-for-wayland-in-live-isos/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:59:07

• 6 Software for Running backdoored Windows Apps/Games in Ubuntu & Other GNU/Linux ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/software-running-windows-apps-games-linux/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 13:59:55

• Spam, Slop, and Fake 'Articles' Regarding "Linux" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/24/Spam_Slop_and_Fake_Articles_Regarding_Linux.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 14:00:18

• S.E.C. Drops Case Against Cryptocurrency Firm Founded by Winklevoss Twins ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/politics/sec-crypto-winklevoss.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 14:01:31

• ‘I still have no idea how to carry on’: Myanmar quake victims continue to struggle nearly a year on ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/i-still-have-no-idea-how-to-carry-on-myanmar-quake-victims-struggle-nearly-a-year-on    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 14:02:09

• How to Install Ubuntu 26.04 Desktop on ZFS Root ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-ubuntu-26-04-desktop-on-zfs-root    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 14:02:53

• A bubble like HEY HI https://ts2.tech/en/cloud-computing-stocks-face-a-packed-week-as-amazon-job-cuts-loom-and-fed-meets/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 14:20:43

• Wine-Staging 11.1 is out    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 14:57:15

• re gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/01/25/Technology_Trends_Driven_by_DRM_Giants_Planned_Obsolescence_Not.gmi c.f. PIRG, Right to Repair, Fight to Repair, Louis Rossmann, Kevin Kenney, etc    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:05:36

• Mentions IBM several times and relays the Big Lie that financial problems are just "replaced by HEY HI" https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/jobs-and-careers/story/when-layoffs-hit-the-40s-professionals-tell-their-job-loss-stories-2855706-2026-01-21    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:26:40

• Did Intel try to blame "HEY HI" something? https://gulfnews.com/technology/intel-shares-plunge-on-earnings-expectations-1.500417884    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:27:18

• IBM https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/big-tech-offshore-more-jobs-india-2026-us-layoffs-push-workers-brink-1771284    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:27:56

• SteamOS proved the Linux desktop doesn't need to look like Windows to succeed https://www.xda-developers.com/steamos-proved-the-linux-desktop-doesnt-need-to-look-like-windows-to-succeed/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:36:15

• I stopped using the Linux start menu: This "fuzzy" launcher is so much faster https://www.howtogeek.com/the-linux-app-launcher-that-replaced-my-start-menu-search/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:37:23

• Microsoft’s AI dream is a user’s nightmare: 3 ways an "Agentic OS" fails https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-i-think-microsofts-agentic-os-dream-will-become-a-horrible-nightmare/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:37:49

• "This release contains both stable and LTS kernels to improve compatibility for newer devices and hardware." https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-release-for-january-2026-brings-kdes-new-plasma-login-manager    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:39:46

• Oracle Linux 7 (ARM) support ended—actions for OKE customers https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/oracle-linux-7-arm-support-ended-actions-for-oke    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:40:19

• "After cancelling the newer Nexus Mods app that had Linux support to refocus on the older Vortex, the Nexus Mods team now say Vortex will support SteamOS. This was quite a blow for the Linux modding scene, as the newer Nexus Mods app was very promising in terms of how clean it was and that it had proper full Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nexus-mods-say-they-are-committed-to-supporting-vortex-on-steamos-linux/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:41:07

• Microsoft Canonical https://www.scworld.com/brief/fake-cryptocurrency-wallet-apps-target-linux-users-with-cryptostealers    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:41:41

• Ufficio Zero Lorena-5_1 is out☞ https://distrowatch.com/ufficiozero    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:44:18

• Liya 2.5 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/liya    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:44:30

• The Thaw Begins?: What’s Driving IPR Institutions Under Director Squires ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/driving-institutions-director.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:45:04

• Skywave 5.10.0 is out☞ https://distrowatch.com/skywave    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:45:19

• AfagOS 20260124 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/afagos    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:45:28

• CachyOS ISO Release for January 2026 Brings KDE’s New Plasma Login Manager ☞ https://9to5linux.com/cachyos-iso-release-for-january-2026-brings-kdes-new-plasma-login-manager    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:46:25

• GIMP 3.0.8 Image Editor Released with Wayland and Font Handling Improvements ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-0-8-image-editor-released-with-wayland-and-font-handling-improvements    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:46:35

• CachyOS 260124 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/cachyos    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:46:48

• PikaOS 26.01.24 is released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pikaos    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:47:14

• How to Install Latest GNU/Linux Kernel on CentOS Stream (10, 9) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-latest-linux-kernel-on-centos-stream/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:48:09

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

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:48:59

• Proprietary spyware of hostile company ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-teams-fedora-43/ use Free software instead, e.g. BBB    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:50:12

• trzsz-ssh – drop-in replacement for openssh ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/trzsz-ssh-replacement-openssh/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:52:25

• Migrating a MySQL 8.0 jail to a new MySQL 8.4 jail ☞ https://dan.langille.org/2026/01/24/migrating-a-mysql-8-0-jail-to-a-new-mysql-8-4-jail/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:53:27

• Indonesia resumes search for 80 after landslide kills 10 in West Java ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-resumes-search-for-80-after-landslide-kills-10-in-west-java    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:53:57

• FOSDEM 2026 schedule – Embedded, RISC-V, Robotics, Rust, Open Hardware, and more ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/24/fosdem-2026-schedule-embedded-risc-v-robotics-rust-open-hardware/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:55:57

• Good News for Mobile App Developers: Skip Is Now Open Source ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/skip-goes-open-source/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:56:16

• The "Alicante Mafia" - Part XI - No Comment From Steve Rowan, Niloofar Simon, and Christoph Ernst About Cocaine Inside EPO (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/25/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_XI_No_Comment_From_Steve_Rowan_Niloofar.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:56:31

• Illegal, Unconstitutional Kangaroo Court for Patents Drops the Masks, Shows Its Real Purpose is to Serve Multinational Monopolists and Crush European SMEs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/24/Illegal_Unconstitutional_Kangaroo_Court_for_Patents_Drops_the_M.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:56:43

• The "Alicante Mafia" - Part XI - No Comment From Steve Rowan, Niloofar Simon, and Christoph Ernst About Cocaine Inside EPO ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/25/The_Alicante_Mafia_Part_XI_No_Comment_From_Steve_Rowan_Niloofar.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:56:52

• Giving a Voice to the Community (Even When It's Inconvenient or 'Scary') (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/24/Giving_a_Voice_to_the_Community_Even_When_It_s_Inconvenient_or_.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:57:07

• Judgment: French army vanquishes German FSFE on Hitler's birthday, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft contract dispute (1716711) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/24/Judgment_French_army_vanquishes_German_FSFE_on_Hitler_s_birthda.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:57:18

• Yes, Getting GNOMED is a Thing ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/yes-getting-gnomed-is-a-thing    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:58:01

• Despite Convicted Felon’s Words, China and Russia Are Not Threatening Greenland ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/politics/trump-china-russia-greenland.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:58:27

• MagOS 20260123 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/magos    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:58:42

• Lithuania in the grip of ‘countering propaganda’ psychosis – opinion ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2815083/lithuania-in-the-grip-of-countering-propaganda-psychosis-opinion    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:59:03

• How to Install Yandex Browser on Fedora GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-yandex-browser-on-fedora-linux/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:59:30

• Ukraine Peace Talks End on Positive Note as Zelensky Teases Future Meeting ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/world/europe/ukraine-us-russia-peace-talks.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:59:44

• Ukraine Slams Massive Russian Air Attack On Kyiv And Kharkiv Amid Peace Talks In UAE ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-ukraine-attacks-abu-dhabi-talks/33658391.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 15:59:59

• Three-Way Peace Talks Set To Resume In UAE, As Russia, Ukraine Fight On ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-peace-uae-kharkiv-kyiv/33658854.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:00:19

• Russia, UK, Ukraine sit for tense talks in Abu Dhabi ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-uk-ukraine-sit-for-tense-talks-in-abu-dhabi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:00:40

• Russian attacks on Ukraine kill one ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russian-attacks-on-ukraine-kill-one    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:00:54

• 'Brutal' attack on Ukraine amid talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/brutal-attack-on-ukraine-amid-talks    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:01:15

• Russian strikes kill one, leave millions without power ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russian-strikes-kill-one-leave-millions-without-power    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:01:32

• EU and Council of Europe agree to set up an advance team for the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_198    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:01:42

• The Podcaster Poking at France’s Biggest Secrets ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/world/europe/philippe-collin-france-podcast-history-world-war-ii.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:02:34

• Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/children-genetics-race-science.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:05:01

• Denmark and Greenland reject Convicted Felon’s push for US control of Greenland ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/denmark-and-greenland-reject-trumps-push-for-us-control-of-greenland/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:05:21

• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Bladesong - 2026-01-24 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-01-24-edition/index.html    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:06:17

• Peru interim president faces scrutiny over unregistered encounter with two China business owners ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/interim-peru-president-faces-scrutiny-over-unregistered-encounter-with-two-china-business-owners/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:07:25

• European reliance on US software: A digital sovereignty challenge ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/european-reliance-on-us-software-a-digital-sovereignty-challenge https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/22/10_Easy_Step_to_Digital_Sovereignty_in_Nations_That_Distrust_GA.shtml    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:08:08

• Scientist Horrified as Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Deletes All His Research ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/scientist-horrified-chatgpt-deletes-research    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:08:43

• Alpine GNU/Linux Turns Equinix Metal’s Exit Into an Infrastructure Upgrade ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/alpine-linux-turns-equinix-metal-exit-into-an-infrastructure-upgrade/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:09:18

• FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending January 23 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-january-23/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:09:28

• Suicide bombing at Pakistan wedding kills 7, police say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/suicide-bombing-at-pakistan-wedding-kills-7-police-say    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 16:09:51

• Phone That Can Boot Android, Linux, and Windows https://www.wired.com/story/gear-news-of-the-week-apples-ai-wearable-and-a-phone-that-can-boot-android-linux-and-windows/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:22:12

• Mecha Comet modular Linux handheld hits Kickstarter for $189 and up https://liliputing.com/mecha-comet-modular-linux-handheld-hits-kickstarter-for-189-and-up/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:22:44

• Microsoft Word?? REALLY??? https://www.bgr.com/2070270/essential-windows-apps-not-on-linux/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:25:52

• Paint.NET?? A joke?    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:26:11

• "This sure sounds like a meme project, but there's more to it!" https://itsfoss.com/loss32-distro/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:27:00

• Nexus Mods Vortex To Get Linux Support in 2026, Thanks to Steam Hardware https://www.techpowerup.com/345573/nexus-mods-vortex-to-get-linux-support-in-2026-thanks-to-steam-hardware    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:28:42

• "There are instances when a GUI file manager just won't work. When I run into those situations, I have several terminal-based options." https://www.zdnet.com/article/my-favorite-terminal-based-linux-file-managers/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:30:13

• Raspberry Pi's USB upgrade, Photoshop on Linux, and more: Linux news roundup https://www.howtogeek.com/raspberry-pis-usb-upgrade-photoshop-on-linux-and-more-linux-news-roundup/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:30:46

• "Yesterday, after Alex Pretti was murdered, my friend was inspired to finish it. In one day, he added 15 additional tracks and extended the bridge. He also recorded the hilarious monologue by Satan at the end. He sent me the mix and needless to say, I'm extremely pleased with the result." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20260125.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:33:37

• "The American Midwest has been hit with an extreme cold front, with temperatures in my area dipping to -20 C and wind chills exceeding -30 C at times. We received a small amount of snow, and with temperatures this low, it's not going away anytime soon." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202601/20260125-cold-perception.gmi    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:34:42

• "No shirt Arvind; we've known AI was baloney for years. It has just been cover for you to put more of your chosen people in place. AI = All India. If you can find another job, leave while you can. Innovation is very dead. Hardwork and achievement are futile." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfs88kwy    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:49:13

• "The ones that will hang on til the end have their little cliques. In the CIO, we have Matt Loathsome; in AADP you have Jill Fourie-able and her evil managers such as JD LaPlante. Parasites that will fill me with joy when they meet the end of their careers" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfs88kwy    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 17:49:21

• Site dead for 4 months now https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 18:19:03

• too much https://www.dw.com/en/cannabis-now-you-can-measure-how-much-is-too-much/a-75476803    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 18:19:49

• the restrictions may become permanent https://www.dw.com/en/iran-s-communication-blackout-is-more-serious-than-ever-before-and-this-time-the-restrictions-may-become-permanent/a-75487555    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 18:21:21

• Journalists detained, barred in Syria as government regains Aleppo areas https://cpj.org/2026/01/journalists-detained-barred-in-syria-as-government-regains-aleppo-areas/    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 18:24:12

• DER SPIEGEL's Debate Culture https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/the-public-uprising-bernhard-poerksens-critique-of-der-spiegels-debate-culture-a-fb086101-400e-4326-9ee3-b8b6f6356b80    

posted Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 18:26:18