Roy Schestowitz

• Anton Gladky: Introducing v2/changelogs FTP-Master API ☞ https://people.debian.org/~gladk/blog/posts/202601_ftp-master-changelog-v2/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:15:14

• Journalism job cuts in 2026 tracked: Layoffs at Future, Politico, WSJ, Vox Media and BDG in January ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalism-job-cuts-in-2026-updates/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:16:43

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-01-28.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:19:03

• "Internet of Things (IoT) specialist Particle has announced that it has been acquired by Digi International — the very company that inspired chief executive officer and founder Zach Supalla to create Particle in the first place." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260127-particle.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:19:54

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1549.jpg    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:20:25

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1899.jpg    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:20:32

• Alex Schroeder’s Diary — Episode 57 gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-01-28-episode-57    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:21:22

• Future plans 45 editorial redundancies at titles including Techradar and Tom’s Guide ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/future-plans-45-editorial-redundancies-at-titles-including-techradar-and-toms-guide/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:25:09

• Some Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot browser extensions are stealing your data ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/chatgpt-browser-extensions-steal-your-data/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:25:32

• After facing repeated layoffs, techie seeks stability over salary: ‘I don’t need FAANG money' https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/after-facing-repeated-layoffs-techie-seeks-stability-over-salary-i-don-t-need-faang-money-101769534280038-amp.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:50:03

• "To speak frankly, the non-technical team that I was on had people who did nothing all day. One of them would go meeting to meeting, sharing what they learned in the previous meeting, instead of just using Slack. That was a core part of their "job" -- going to meetings and sharing what they learned in another meeting. LOL." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:53:14

• "Sorry I know it's important to have a job and corporations are mostly evil, but there were some of the worst people that I have ever worked with who worked at IBM. And they were bringing down the company for others." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:53:21

• "Are there any news about layoffs in the U.S? I haven't heard anything for months now and my work and Manager seems to be chill tbh" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:53:28

• "I’m just enjoying my regular paychecks and vacationing often with bare minimum work lol." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 03:53:34

• Several people left IBM and Microsoft. This is possibly a good thing, but systemd is still a problem. https://amutable.com/about    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:03:34

• Michael Vogt has just left Red Hat. IBM RAs?    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:05:04

• Windows 11 Updates for January 2026: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Forced to Release Two Out-of-Band Fixes to Restore System Stability ☞ https://hackwarenews.com/windows-11-updates-for-january-2026-microsoft-forced-to-release-two-out-of-band-fixes-to-restore-system-stability/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:15:05

• Windows 11 KB5074109: Why Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Recommends Uninstalling Its Own Patch ☞ https://hackwarenews.com/windows-11-kb5074109-why-microsoft-recommends-uninstalling-its-own-patch/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:15:26

• WAL-G 3.0.8 released ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/wal-g-308-released-3219/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:26:20

• pgDay Paris 2026 - Schedule is posted! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgday-paris-2026-schedule-is-posted-3221/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:26:49

• Nordic PGDay 2026 - Schedule is posted! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/nordic-pgday-2026-schedule-is-posted-3220/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:27:05

• Innodisk EXEC-Q911 COM-HPC Mini kit is powered by a Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-9075 Edge Hey Hi (AI) SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/26/innodisk-exec-q911-com-hpc-mini-kit-is-powered-by-a-qualcomm-dragonwing-iq-9075-edge-ai-soc/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:28:04

• Pro-democracy activist Lester Shum, one of the ‘Hong Kong 47,’ released from jail – reports ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/26/pro-democracy-activist-lester-shum-one-of-the-hong-kong-47-released-from-jail-reports/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:29:01

• Hong Kong jails ex-Chinese soldier for 8 months for offering illegal taxi services 691 times – reports ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/27/hong-kong-jails-ex-chinese-solider-for-8-months-for-offering-illegal-taxi-services-691-times-reports/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:29:25

• Initial Stages of Romance Scams ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32650    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:32:46

• Hiwonder WonderLLM – An ESP32-S3 smart chat module with 2-inch touch display, 2MP camera, and dedicated voice chip ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/27/hiwonder-wonderllm-an-esp32-s3-smart-chat-module-with-2-inch-touch-display-2mp-camera-and-dedicated-voice-chip/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:33:22

• SONOFF Dongle Max (Dongle-M) Review – A Zigbee/Thread PoE, USB, and WiFi adapter tested with Home Assistant ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/27/sonoff-dongle-max-dongle-m-review-a-zigbee-thread-poe-usb-and-wifi-adapter-tested-with-home-assistant/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:34:06

• Hard to envision a 'typical' user of Firefox benefiting from it https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-Nightly-Split-View    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:35:20

• Declarative RPM: Cleaning Up Your Spec Files ☞ https://www.suse.com/c/declarative-rpm-cleaning-up-your-spec-files/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:36:08

• Hong Kong uses decades-old speeches to try pro-democracy activists ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-uses-decades-old-speeches-to-try-pro-democracy-activists    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:37:36

• noyb win: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school children ☞ https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-microsoft-ordered-stop-tracking-school-children    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:38:04

• Minimal Runtime Kernel Module Dependency View ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/43111/minimal-runtime-kernel-module-dependency-view    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:47:58

• Single-Reference Obviousness: Federal Circuit Says Don’t Re-Do the Prior Art’s Work ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/reference-obviousness-rejections.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:48:38

• StealthPath IP security patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/26/stealthpath-ip-security-patent-prior-art-found    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:50:13

• Key Patent Innovations entity, Malikie Innovations, data synchronization patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/1/26/key-patent-innovations-entity-malikie-innovations-data-synchronization-patent-prior-art-found    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:50:42

• UPC is totally illegal and tied to EPO corruption. That JUVE keeps boosting it says a lot about JUVE. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/litigation-insurers-funders-watch-first-case-of-new-court-of-appeal-panel/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:51:28

• Revolving doors in illegal 'court' created by cocaine addicts and corrupt officials ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/hubertus-schacht-takes-helm-at-21st-civil-chamber-in-munich/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:52:18

• Winter Storm Pummels Toronto With Record Snowfall ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/world/americas/toronto-snow-winter-storm.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:57:46

• Rakudo Weekly 2026.04 Hello, Goodbye ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2026/01/26/2026-04-hello-goodbye/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 04:58:38

• The reasons for the big discrepancy between satisfied vs dissatisfied developers using Hey Hi (AI) for coding ☞ https://unixdigest.com/articles/the-reasons-for-the-big-discrepancy-between-satisfied-vs-dissatisfied-developers-using-ai-for-coding.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:00:19

• Perpetrators and Methods of Transnational Repression and Possible Counter Strategies ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/perpetrators-and-methods-of-transnational-repression-and-possible-counter-strategies/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:01:01

• EU 'is still very uncomfortable about India-Russia relations', expert says ahead of free trade deal ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20260126-eu-is-still-very-uncomfortable-about-india-russia-relations-expert-says-ahead-of-free-trade-deal    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:01:23

• Russia Says Talks to End War in Ukraine Will Continue ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-peace-talks.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:01:33

• Shift to Drone Fighting in Ukraine War Means No Winter Lull ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/world/europe/ukraine-russia-winter-snow-donetsk-dnipro.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:01:44

• Peace Talks Set To Resume Amid Ground Fighting, Severe Power Outages In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-peace-talks-war/33659023.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:02:36

• Zelensky warns Europe against complacency during visit to Vilnius ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2818056/zelensky-warns-europe-against-complacency-during-visit-to-vilnius    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:02:51

• EU countries' final approval to Russian gas ban, four years after full scale invasion of Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/eu-countries-final-approval-to-russian-gas-ban-four-years-after-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:03:07

• How precision tech and industry partnerships can give the SANDF an unfair advantage for future African fights ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence-sa-defence/how-precision-tech-and-industry-partnerships-can-reshape-the-sandf-for-africas-unfair-fights/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:03:52

• Holding out: Taiwan’s priority preparations in case of Chinese blockade ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/holding-out-taiwans-priority-preparations-in-case-of-chinese-blockade/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:04:06

• Security service: Russia thinking about Baltics the way it thought about Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/26.01.2026-security-service-russia-thinking-about-baltics-the-way-it-thought-about-ukraine.a631591/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:04:58

• Russian Sandworm Hackers Blamed for Cyberattack on Polish Power Grid ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-sandworm-hackers-blamed-for-cyberattack-on-polish-power-grid/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:05:10

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

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:06:07

• Uganda: Battered Barbra Kyagulanyi tells husband Bobi Wine to stay in hiding ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20260126-uganda-battered-barbra-kyagulanyi-tells-husband-bobi-wine-to-stay-in-hiding    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:06:37

• "Official numbers" usually means "official corporate propaganda" (i.e. what companies say about THEMSELVES)    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:07:08

• Uptime Funk | LINUX Unplugged 651 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/651/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:07:44

• Crunchbase Confirms Data Breach After Hacking Claims ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/crunchbase-confirms-data-breach-after-hacking-claims/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:08:04

• Can we get healthier as we age? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/can-we-get-healthier-as-we-age-aTvBC0U6kLmO    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:08:21

• Late Night Linux – Episode 370 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-370/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:10:00

• This Week in Linux 333: Photoshop on Linux?, CachyOS, MX Linux, ReactOS, PikaOS, NexPhone, & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-333/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:12:33

• Social Media Giants Face Landmark Legal Tests on Child Safety ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/social-media-addiction-trial.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:20:58

• France's Macron vows to speed up social control media ban for under-15s ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france-s-macron-vows-to-speed-up-social-media-ban-for-under-15s    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:21:09

• Gavin Newsom accuses Fentanylware (CheeTok) of suppressing content critical of Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260127-gavin-newsom-accuses-tiktok-of-suppressing-content-critical-of-trump    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:21:28

• Congress Picked a Fight With Fentanylware (CheeTok) When It Should Have Fixed Tech Policy ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/congress-picked-a-fight-with-tiktok-when-it-should-have-fixed-tech-policy/ Microsoft-infected org promotes social control media https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:22:58

• It is not "New American Entity", it's a MAGA base; the Cheeto in Chief is gifting this social control network to himself via his associates ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/tiktok-finalizes-a-deal-to-form-a-new-american-entity/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:23:55

• And then smut like Microsoft Lunduke join Fentanylware (CheeTok), where their voices will get SUPERFICIALLY and ARTIFICIALLY amplified    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:24:48

• Are the Grammys Snubbing Country? Recording Academy Chief Addresses the Imbalance ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/26/are-the-grammys-snubbing-country-2026/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:25:35

• Stanford university quietly settles lawsuit after star soccer captain Katie Meyer’s suicide rocked elite campus ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/01/26/us-news/stanford-settles-with-family-of-soccer-star-katie-meyer-in-wrongful-death-suit/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:35:40

• Speech by Commissioner Kadis at the Agrifish Council: Difficulties in the implementation of the Control Regulation and the use of CATCH ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_226    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:40:23

• Speech by Commissioner Kadis at the Agrifish Council: Urgent EU Action needed on Northeast Atlantic Mackerel ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_205    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:40:31

• Somebody please do this gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2779    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:45:01

• "You know one of those crowdfunding sites? Why not create a crowdfunded reward for the capture, dead or alive, of the orange emperor, you know, the pedophile, that guy?"    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:45:28

• "I have a couple of ideas for 'portfolio' posts I want to write, Because I'd like to put together a portfolio website at some point. I like the idea of being able to show who I am professionally, and the weird career path I've had" gemini://tilde.town/~hush/gemlog/2026-01-27-whom-i-trying-to-be.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:46:15

• Microsoft Lunduke trying to cause online mob/outrage against people who oppose Nazism says a lot about Microsoft Lunduke    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:47:21

• gemini.techrights.org top of this list today gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 05:47:59

• Netherlands steps up energy aid amid Russia’s attacks on Ukraine https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/21/netherlands-steps-energy-aid-amid-russias-attacks-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:00:59

• Russia Targets Heating and Power https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-21/ukraine-endures-its-bitterest-winter-as-russia-targets-heating-and-power    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:01:13

• Poland Sends Hundreds of Generators to Ukraine https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-01-23/poland-sends-hundreds-of-generators-to-ukraine-as-russia-strikes-energy-system    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:01:51

• Russian knowledge of Soviet-era energy systems https://theconversation.com/russian-knowledge-of-soviet-era-energy-systems-has-helped-it-to-target-ukraines-heating-and-homes-274052    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:02:29

• NL: Police warned about security hole used by Russian hackers in major theft of police data https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/23/police-warned-security-hole-used-russian-hackers-major-theft-police-data    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:02:50

• Russia looks to India to fill labor shortage https://www.dw.com/en/russia-looks-to-india-to-fill-labor-shortage/a-75598015    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:03:43

• Why only "by 2027"? https://www.dw.com/en/eu-agrees-on-complete-ban-of-russian-gas-imports-by-2027/a-75660043    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:04:24

• Insanity is hitting "snooze" over and over again, expecting another outcome    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:05:08

• Five Year Sentence for Speaking Out Against War on Ukraine https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/20/five-year-sentence-for-speaking-out-against-war-on-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:05:38

• Aurora Coolness https://xkcd.com/3196/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:07:20

• Cost Savings https://xkcd.com/3197/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:07:33

• Double-Pronged Extension Cord https://xkcd.com/3198/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:07:47

• Over a year now since the Pedo Cheeto said him being elected would mean peace in Ukraine. Didn't happen in a day, didn't even happen in a year. Now civilians are directly attacked - to freeze them. Pedo Cheeto not held accountable for anything.    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:08:58

• So-called 'FSFE' https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260122-01.en.html https://techrights.org/o/2020/08/22/fsf-fsfe-dispute/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:10:02

• Faults Lack of Details https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2026-01-23/senator-says-congress-must-investigate-tiktok-deal-faults-lack-of-details network passed from Communists to Pedophiles and their protectors    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:11:08

• Now it's dictated by the US Nazi Party https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tiktok-bytedance-trump-deal-9.7057390    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:11:34

• It's not about locality but about cliques; this will now be run for another autocrat https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2026-01-23/what-to-know-about-the-deal-to-keep-tiktok-in-us    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:12:29

• Meta, TikTok, YouTube to Stand Trial on Youth Addiction Claims https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-01-26/meta-tiktok-youtube-to-stand-trial-on-youth-addiction-claims    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:12:46

• Americans Say They 'Miss Free Speech' From China as US-Owned TikTok Censors Anti-Cheeto Mussolini Posts https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/americans-say-they-miss-free-speech-china-us-owned-tiktok-censors-anti-trump-posts-1773911    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:13:07

• Zack Polanski responds to Andy Burnham being blocked from standing in upcoming by-election https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/25/zack-polanski-responds-to-andy-burnham-being-blocked-from-standing-in-upcoming-by-election/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:13:53

• Ghostbusters OS (Linux Hyprland) https://digg.com/ghostbusters/Ovc731T/ghostbusters-os-linux-hyprland    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:15:21

• "This release also introduces many improvements to the native viewer, including support for sending system keys even in windowed mode." https://9to5linux.com/tigervnc-1-16-released-with-support-for-sharing-wayland-desktops    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 06:16:00

• Anon: On 28 Jan 1986 the Reagan administration (in effect) blew up the space shuttle thus initiating the beginning of the end of the US space program    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 07:35:26

• Terraria 1.4.5 the absolutely huge Bigger and Boulder update is now live | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/terraria-1-4-5-the-absolutely-huge-bigger-and-boulder-update-is-now-live/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:13:54

• The modular Linux handheld Mecha Comet is up on Kickstarter | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-modular-linux-handheld-mecha-comet-is-up-on-kickstarter/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-modular-linux-handheld-mecha-comet-is-up-on-kickstarter/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:14:26

• UK lawsuit against Valve given the go-ahead, Steam owner facing up to £656 million in damages | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/uk-lawsuit-against-valve-given-the-go-ahead-steam-owner-facing-up-to-656-million-in-damages/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:15:49

• Amazon accidentally sends email confirming layoffs https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2ywzxlxnlo    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:34:11

• ASML orders beat expectations as company plans 1,700 layoffs https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260128VL214/asml-demand-outlook-sales-capacity.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:34:36

• The popular Arch-based distro CachyOS gets a new release with a significantly reworked installer | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-popular-arch-based-distro-cachyos-gets-a-new-release-with-a-significantly-reworked-installer/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:37:25

• The simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4.1 is out now | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-simple-gog-client-for-linux-minigalaxy-version-1-4-1-is-out-now/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:39:05

• MECHBORN is a roguelike deckbuilder that fuses '90s mech anime with Greek mythology | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mechborn-is-a-roguelike-deckbuilder-that-fuses-90s-mech-anime-with-greek-mythology/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:40:19

• Plague Inc: Evolved gets a "vastly improved playing experience on Steam Deck" | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/plague-inc-evolved-gets-a-vastly-improved-playing-experience-on-steam-deck/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:43:53

• "Apple's Enshittification Moment: How the App Store is Quietly Abandoning User Trust" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/01/25/145215    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:44:48

• "Stephen Miller Confesses He’s Incompetent | emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/01/28/stephen-miller-confesses-hes-incompetent/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:48:36

• "ICE Agents Will Join Olympics Delegation in Italy. Many Italians are Angry." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/world/europe/italy-ice-olympics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&ref=tiv.today    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:49:47

• "How Canada Became an Enemy - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-canada-became-an-enemy    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:49:59

• "Finding the Light of America - Robert Reich" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/americas-tipping-point    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:50:14

• "Survival Analysis of the Supreme Court" https://entropicthoughts.com/survival-analysis-of-the-supreme-court    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:50:33

• ARC Raiders latest update adds a Solo vs Squads mode, long-term Trophy Display project and lots more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/arc-raiders-latest-update-adds-a-solo-vs-squads-mode-long-term-trophy-display-project-and-lots-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:51:47

• GOG job listing for a Senior Software Engineer notes "Linux is the next major frontier" | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-job-listing-for-a-senior-software-engineer-notes-linux-is-the-next-major-frontier/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-job-listing-for-a-senior-software-engineer-notes-linux-is-the-next-major-frontier/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:00:25

• GOG job listing for a Senior Software Engineer notes "Linux is the next major frontier" | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-job-listing-for-a-senior-software-engineer-notes-linux-is-the-next-major-frontier/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:00:36

• Heroic Games Launcher v2.19 released adding ZOOM Platform, AppImage updates and more | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/heroic-games-launcher-v2-19-released-adding-zoom-platform-appimage-updates-and-more/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:01:19

• Valve released Proton 10.0-4 bringing more game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-released-proton-10-0-4-bringing-more-game-compatibility-to-steamos-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-released-proton-10-0-4-bringing-more-game-compatibility-to-steamos-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:01:51

• Valve released Proton 10.0-4 bringing more game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-released-proton-10-0-4-bringing-more-game-compatibility-to-steamos-linux/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:02:10

• RHELheads are pushing for systemd-only KDE https://github.com/KDE/plasma-login-manager/commit/e78f33aefd6512b542af21c3542516f38cbf678d    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:11:19

• "Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-trashes-amazon-greenland-free-music-1235505119/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:12:56

• "But he swiftly moved from the theological to the technological" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/pope_warns_flock_to_raise/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:13:22

• "The notebook contains the 40th attempt at the formula — and the 39 previous failures. (WD stands for Water Displacement.)" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/27/the-secret-society-of-people-who-know-the-wd-40-formula.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:13:54

• "Yesterday morning, though, flush off my success of moving all my files and fixing the CD-ripping workflow, I got to thinking about individual tracks again." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/adding-variety-mix-streams-to-radio-free-greenfield | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:14:18

• "The FCC is ending E-Rate support for WiFi and hotspots on school buses. The change is effective on February 20, according to Womble Bond Dickinson’s Rural Spectrum Scanner." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/fcc-ends-e-rate-support-for-school-bus-wifi-hotspots/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:14:44

• "asked my ministry to draw up a comprehensive picture of what we know about children who are sent abroad" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20206790 | Source: YLE    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:15:40

• "Border Patrol agents pepper-sprayed him, wrestled him down, disarmed him, and shot him dead" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/27/why-does-kh-patel-suddenly-hate-the-2nd-amendment.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:16:13

• "Where is the gun?" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-admin-alex-pretti-killing-narrative-1235504943/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:16:36

• "Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining’ doctrine" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jon-stewart-alex-pretti-murder-the-daily-show-1235505306/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:16:59

• "they did what every insecure authoritarian does when confronted with humiliation." ☛ https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:17:31

• "Dildo Distribution Delegation" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/01/the-dildo-distribution-delegation/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:17:51

• "federal officers who patrol Broadview under Defendants’ authority are abusive and cruel" ☛ https://www.404media.co/dhs-says-critical-ice-surveillance-footage-from-abuse-case-was-actually-never-recorded-doesnt-matter/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:18:24

• "I think there’s a lot to be gained by collaborating on an open source basis" ☛ https://werd.io/journalism-lost-its-culture-of-sharing/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:19:01

• "In a call on Tuesday, leadership at Aylo and Ethical Capital Partners (ECP), which acquired Aylo in 2023, said that after six months of complying with the UK’s Online Safety Act" ☛ https://www.404media.co/uk-pornhub-blocked-age-verification-vpn/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:19:37

• Tim Crook ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3043477/apple-is-full-of-it.html | Source: Macworld http://techrights.org/n/2026/01/19/Microsoft_Means_War_Microsoft_is_on_the_Side_of_ICE.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:20:38

• "John Ternus is one of Apple’s least well-known top executives." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/apple-prepares-for-the-post-tim-cook | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:20:53

• "Open Source suggests that we can focus elsewhere: not as a distraction, but as a decision to invest in the world" ☛ https://openpath.quest/2026/open-source-offers-hope-against-tyranny/ | Source: Chad Whitacre    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:21:23

• "The questions to be answered, as seen in the call for evidence file, are: [...]" ☛ https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/request-for-comments-for-the-european-open-digital-ecosystem-strategy/140258 |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:21:40

• [Old] "The proposal also calls for supporting new business models for open source companies and foundations, including through public-private partnerships." ☛ https://itsfoss.com/news/eu-open-source-strategy-call-2026/ | Source: It's FOSS    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:22:29

• "The beginning of the new EU mandate means the closure of a very productive legislature in the digital domain." ☛ https://feps-europe.eu/publication/time-to-build-a-european-digital-ecosystem-2/ |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:23:12

• "Open-source technologies are increasingly recognised as a strategic asset for Europe’s digital future." ☛ https://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/en/latest/news/commission-opens-call-evidence-open-source-digital-ecosystems |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:23:32

• "The European Pirates will take this opportunity to submit a response to the commission’s call." ☛ https://europeanpirates.eu/europes-open-source-digital-strategy-bottlenecks-to-navigate/ |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:23:42

• "But this raises the ultimate question: can I get some money to burn too? And if so, how much? Maybe a billion?" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/generate-losses-ai-bailouts/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:25:45

• "In 2020 I wrote a detailed post about this problem entitled Supporting Open Source Software. Recently the topic re-surfaced on an e-mail alias I read." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2026/01/funding-open-source.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:25:57

• "I was interested in comparing food price changes for common frequently purchased items. This is based on CPIs for countrywide data in categories like eggs." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/do-prices-feel-like-they-are-rising-more-than-the-cpi-says/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:26:10

• "I was interested in comparing food price changes for common frequently purchased items. This is based on CPIs for countrywide data in categories like eggs." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/do-prices-feel-like-they-are-rising-more-than-the-cpi-says/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:26:25

• "We had some deep snows when I lived in Arlington, Mass (next to Cambridge), but nothing quite like the thick blanket of white that got dumped on the Boston metro two days ago." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/01/27/whatknot/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:28:18

• "Hello. I’m currently working inside a major crypto romance scam operation based in the Golden Triangle" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/he-leaked-the-secrets-southeast-asian-scam-compound-then-had-to-get-out-alive/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:28:41

• "US focused question: What is GDM doing to keep us physically safe from ICE?" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-staffers-ice-office-questions-safety/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:29:30

• "Though Newton links to Mike Masnick’s coverage of two studies, Newton only dissects the one that is not behind a paywall." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/newton-screen-time-age-gate/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:29:58

• "If that is not what the diary is for, then what is it for? A museum piece? A historical curiosity? A tragedy safely contained in the past, invoked only to remember and never to warn?" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-4 | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:30:22

• "That is a lot more than can be said for this lot of corporate leaders." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-5 | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:30:48

• "Bari Weiss is not a journalist. She is a propagandist with a journalist’s title. She has an agenda. She has interests." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-crisis-no-6 | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:31:24

• "ICE’s ongoing operations in Minnesota look more like a foreign military occupation than a domestic law enforcement action." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/war-at-home-peace-abroad-truth-in | Source: The Next Move    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:31:57

• "Nazi bars" ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/paradox-of-tolerance/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:32:36

• "What you’re seeing are two tracking pixels: tiny 1×1 pixel images, usually transparent or white-on-white to make them even-more invisible, used to surreptitiously track when somebody reads an email." ☛ https://danq.me/2026/01/28/hsbc-dont-understand-email/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:33:13

• "The US Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of geofence warrants. [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/the-constitutionality-of-geofence-warrants.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:33:26

• "The Irish government is planning to bolster its police's ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and provide a legal basis for spyware use." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/21/ireland_wants_to_give_police/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:33:41

• "That’s a new privacy decision you’ll need to make if you use Google’s increasingly popular Gemini chatbot and AI Mode web search." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/google-personal-intelligence-privacy/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:40:22

• "Data Privacy Day is a timely reminder that as organisations scale their use of data and AI, security, privacy and governance must keep pace." ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/the-architecture-of-trust-why-privacy-must-be-built-in.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:40:33

• "The filing on Monday included internal Meta employee emails and messages obtained by the New Mexico Attorney General's Office through legal discovery." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/meta-ceo-zuckerberg-blocked-curbs-sex-talking-chatbots-minors-court-filing-2026-01-27/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:45:05

• "After I created my Twitter archive, I started reviewing all my blog posts." ☛ https://victor.kropp.name/blog/2026/deprecation/ | Source: Victor Kropp    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:45:16

• "What’s worse is code that agents write looks plausible and impressive while it’s being written and presented to you." ☛ https://atmoio.substack.com/p/after-two-years-of-vibecoding-im |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:45:58

• "It’s not until I opened up the full codebase and read its latest state cover to cover that I began to see what we theorized and hoped was only a diminishing artifact of earlier models: slop."    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:46:34

• "It was pure, unadulterated slop. I was bewildered. Had I not reviewed every line of code before admitting it? Where did all this...gunk..come from?"    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:46:49

• "If you've tried to get better at AI-assisted coding, you've probably noticed something odd. The advice contradicts itself." ☛ https://www.anup.io/why-ai-coding-advice-contradicts-itself/ |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:47:01

• "NYU professor and podcaster Scott Galloway has a theory: markets move Trump's decisions more than protests ever could." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/01/27/the-easiest-way-to-sink-trump-hitting-billionaires-portfolios-by-reducing-your-spending-on-technology.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:47:44

• "Sexual deepfakes of women and children are a violent, unacceptable form of degradation." ☛ https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-eu-is-investigating-grok-and-x-over-potentially-illegal-deepfakes-134506678.html?src=rss | Source: Engadget    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:48:05

• [Old] "new generations must be helped, not hindered, on their path to maturity and responsibility" ☛ https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-12/pope-leo-xiv-artificial-intelligence-young-society-technology.html | Source: Vatican News    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:48:28

• "The US-born pontiff, writing in a message ahead of the Catholic Church’s annual World Day of Social Communications" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/24/europe/pope-leo-ai-chatbots-warning-intl | Source: CNN    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:48:54

• "So there’s only a minor problem with that Cursor announcement — every claim in it is a lie." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/27/cursor-lies-about-vibe-coding-a-web-browser-with-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:49:11

• ""The Kimi K2.5 large language model was just released. It has 1 trillion parameters. ☛ https://evanhahn.com/an-llm-thats-7500x-stupider/ | Source: Evan Hahn    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:49:36

• "The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified widespread, active exploitation of the critical vulnerability CVE-2025-8088 in WinRAR, a popular file archiver tool for Windows" ☛ https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/exploiting-critical-winrar-vulnerability/ | Source: Google    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:52:23

• "The human body is remarkably good at handling repairs." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/regrowing-teeth-might-not-be-science-fiction-anymore/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:53:06

• "Since last year he’s bestowed upon us: [...]" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/family-retrocomputer-trash-and-treasure/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:53:37

• "Because you absolutely should judge people based on the books they like. That’s what talking about books is for." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/sharing-is-caring-redux | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:54:27

• "I’m in the process of slowly trying to inventory my library using LibraryThing (where I’ve been for twenty years!)" ☛ https://writing.jasonheppler.org/2026/01/27/my-ideal-library/ | Source: Jason Heppler    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:55:01

• "This post summarizes some recent results and idea on various types hash tables. Collected together with Stefan Walzer." ☛ https://curiouscoding.nl/posts/hash-table-bounds/ | Source: Groot Koerkamp    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:55:40

• "I often use online impedance calculator for quick microstrip, stripline and grounded CPW line dimension calculation. However, they often are not quite good enough." ☛ https://hforsten.com/online-2d-transmission-line-field-solver.html | Source: Henrik Forstén    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:55:54

• "Suppose a centrifuge has !!n!! slots, arranged in a circle around the center, and we have !!k!! test tubes we wish to place into the slots." ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2025/05/01/#centrifuge | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:56:08

• "Now, I prefer how Gopher looks and feel, but I made a small survey on Mastodon and Gemini is the alternative people use." ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2026/this-site-is-now-on-gemini/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:56:29

• "In my final act as host of last October’s carnival on ego, here’s my overview of the eighteen submitted posts." ☛ https://bix.blog/posts/2026-01-27-for-reference/ | Source: Bix Frankonis    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:56:47

• "Sean Goedecke emerged as one of the most prominent tech bloggers about a year ago." ☛ https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/sean-goedecke-on-technical-blogging | Source: Cynthia Dunlop    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:57:03

• "For us, dealing with technological investments almost daily, I believe it’s a helpful tool to sharpen our ability to reason about them." ☛ https://makemeacto.substack.com/p/two-helpful-paradoxes-and-moving | Source: Sergio Visinoni    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:57:20

• "The first step in the project was to remove the human interface parts of the push mower and start working on a frame for the various control mechanisms." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/electric-lawnmower-gets-rc-controls/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:59:32

• "The video focuses on the HP 27S Scientific Calculator, which [Ready? Z80] found in an op-shop for just $5. Introduced in 1988" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/how-hp-calculators-communicate-over-infrared/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 11:59:50

• "To work, the system needs to “record” the muscle activity of an experienced drummer and then “play” that recording through the target user’s muscles." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/01/27/wiredrum-forces-your-muscles-to-learn-skills/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:00:04

• "The last few months, I’ve been busy building out my HomeLab. I’m not new to self-hosting my own services, but I’ve rapidly added on quite a few more services recently." ☛ https://zitseng.com/archives/25229 |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:00:16

• "By using anchor positioning and scroll-driven animations, we can adjust our element’s outer dimensions by measuring its inner contents, demonstrating that for many cases this can already work and might unlock a future native feature" ☛ https://kizu.dev/shrinkwrap-solution/ | Source: Roman Komarov    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:06:21

• "I've written before that one of the complications of talking about package managers and package management is that there are two common types of package managers" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/PackageManagersTwoTypesIII | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:06:36

• "Welcome back to the second post in this series looking at how we can improve the performance of RISC-V code from LLVM." ☛ https://lukelau.me/2026/01/26/closing-the-gap-pt2.html |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:09:17

• [Old] "LLVM developers upstream have been working hard on the performance of generated code, in every part of the pipeline from the frontend all the way through to the backend." ☛ https://lukelau.me/2025/12/10/closing-the-gap-pt1.html |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:09:31

• "With the stability gained over the past five Godot 4 releases" ☛ https://godotengine.org/releases/4.6/ | Source: Godot Engine    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:09:57

• "System package managers and language package managers are both called package managers." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/01/27/the-c-shaped-hole-in-package-management.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:10:22

• "These approaches fall short because they assume a level of uniformity that does not exist in real engineering organizations." ☛ https://earthly.dev/blog/what-is-a-guardrails-engine/ | Source: Earthly    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:10:42

• "Popularized in summer 2025, this pattern - and the philosophy behind it - gained significant attention in developer communities." ☛ https://beuke.org/ralph-wiggum-loop/ | Source: Fabian Beuke    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:11:01

• "Back with another post of data structures! This time, the Least Frequently Used cache, also in C++23. In the last post we walked through the Least Recent Used Cache." ☛ https://agentultra.com/blog/least-frequently-used-cache/index.html | Source: J Kenneth King    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:11:39

• "In the long run, though, insulation always wins. You invest in it once and get the rewards forever." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/01/insulation-power/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:11:53

• "Podlite supports three interchangeable block styles: delimited, paragraph, and abbreviated." ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/podlite-comes-to-perl-a-lightweight-block-based-markup-language-for-everyday-use/ | Source: Perl    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:12:25

• "Two years ago I discovered a potential foot-gun with the Python standard library “re” module." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/use-backslash-A-and-z-not-%5E-and-%24-with-python-regular-expressions | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:12:55

• "Hello! One of my favourite things is starting to learn an Old Boring Technology that I’ve never tried before but that has been around for 20+ years." ☛ https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/27/some-notes-on-starting-to-use-django/ | Source: Julia Evans    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:13:16

• "Collapsing // to / inside an HTTP URL path is not normalization." ☛ https://runxiyu.org/comp/doubleslash/ |    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:22:52

• "A long time ago I worked on a debugger program that our company used to debug software that it sold that ran on IBM System 370." ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2026/01/26/#wrterm | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:23:09

• "This is another window into the sometimes unglamorous-yet-vital tasks that being an accessibility designer demands" ☛ https://ericwbailey.website/published/how-an-accessibility-designer-adds-keyboard-shortcuts-to-a-web-app/ | Source: Eric Bailey    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:23:44

• "I am pleased to announce the release of nycOpenData, an R package providing convenient, tidy access to dozens of datasets from the New York City Open Data platform." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/nycopendata-a-unified-r-interface-to-nyc-open-data-apis/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:24:07

• "With FOSDEM just a few days away, it is time for us to enlist your help." ☛ https://fosdem.org/2026/news/2026-01-27-call-for-volunteers/ | Source: FOSDEM    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:24:48

• "Today, as I plan on going to the FOSDEM 2026, I was checking the speakers, and I noticed that Drew DeVault will be giving a talk about Hare, his programming language." ☛ https://aethrvmn.gr/blog/open-letter-fosdem-2026/ | Source: Aethrvmn    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:25:04

• "And so, here we are and here's how I've done exactly that." ☛ https://bobmonsour.com/blog/on-not-minifying-part2/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:25:36

• "The star of the show and the thing that puts the ‘phone’ in ‘smartphone’ is the Quectel EG25-GL LTE (4G) and GPS module which is also used in the still-not-very-open PinePhone." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/pi-compute-module-powers-fully-open-smartphone/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:26:12

• "Thus, [Arin] figured the easiest way to get the video data out would be via the Cortex-M4F’s serial UART running at 2.4 mbps." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/01/27/running-doom-on-earbuds/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:26:36

• "From memory, here is an incomplete list of workstations with phone-quality audio devices: [...]" ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/arcofi.html | Source: Miod Vallat    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 12:28:20

• "We’re at a fork in the road." Slop instead of Web. ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/state-of-mozilla-25-26/ | Source: Mozilla: "The future of Hey Hi (AI) — and the future of the web — is ours to define. We want to make that future to be one where humanity thrives, and technology helps out."    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 13:51:29

• IBM Red Hat promotes slop and Ponzi schemes, as usual. "The survey highlights that data privacy and infrastructure silos are paralyzing AI development efforts" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/sovereign-ai-architecture-scaling-distributed-training-kubeflow-trainer-and-feast-red-hat-openshift-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 13:52:14

• Meet Roomy: An Open-Source Discord Alternative for the Decentralized Web ☞ https://itsfoss.com/roomy-discord-alternative/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:00:00

• It’s time for the Mageia 10 art contest! https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/01/27/its-time-for-the-mageia-10-art-contest/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:00:36

• KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Release ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.91/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:01:07

• sdn – simple directory navigator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sdn-simple-directory-navigator/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:02:37

• Rataplay – TUI to search, play and download videos ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rataplay-tui-search-play-and-download-videos/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:02:53

• ugdb – TUI for gdb ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ugdb-tui-gdb/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:03:12

• LiDM – light login manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lidm-light-login-manager/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:03:32

• pretty-yaml – human-readable YAML-serialized data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pretty-yaml-human-readable-yaml-serialized-data/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:03:41

• Dev creates astrology-powered CPU scheduler for Linux, makes decisions based on planetary positions and zodiac signs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/dev-creates-astrology-powered-cpu-scheduler-for-linux-makes-decisions-based-on-planetary-positions-and-zodiac-signs-sched-ext-framework-informed-by-lunar-phases-cosmic-weather-reports-and-dynamic-time-slicing    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:08:07

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

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:08:28

• LinNote – keyboard-driven scratchpad ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/linnote-scratchpad/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:09:00

• 9 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Parallel Lossless Compression Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-multi-parallel-compression-tools/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:09:10

• Gurren – SSH tunnel manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gurren-ssh-tunnel-manager/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:09:21

• 5 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Font Renderers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fonttools/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:09:30

• Minisforum Hey Hi (AI) X1 Pro running Linux: BIOS ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/minisforum-ai-x1-pro-running-linux-bios/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:09:40

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Graphical XMPP Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-graphical-xmpp-clients/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:09:49

• Backfilling Discord forum channels with the power of terrible code ☞ https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/discord-backfill/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:10:55

• Migrate BuildConfig resources to Builds for Red Bait OpenShift with Crane ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/27/migrate-buildconfig-resources-builds-red-hat-openshift-crane    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:11:56

• Firefox Tooling Announcements: Firefox Profiler Deployment (January 27, 2026) ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/firefox-profiler-deployment-january-27-2026/147286    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:13:38

• UK activist hits Valve with a $903 million lawsuit — claims Steam is abusing its market dominance and forcing UK consumers to pay too much for Steam games ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/uk-activist-hits-valve-with-a-usd903-million-lawsuit-claims-steam-is-abusing-its-market-dominance-and-forcing-uk-consumers-to-pay-too-much-for-steam-games    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 14:14:12

• North Korea fires ballistic missile towards Sea of Japan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-towards-japan-coast-tokyo    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:41:10

• Kim says North Korea soon to unveil ‘next-stage’ nuclear deterrent plans: Report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-party-congress-to-unveil-plans-for-nuclear-war-deterrent-kcna-says    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:41:41

• South Korea’s ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee to learn verdict in corruption case ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-ex-first-lady-kim-keon-hee-to-learn-verdict-in-corruption-case    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:42:14

• Zotac warns component shortages threaten the 'very survival' of GPU manufacturers and distributors — message to Korean customers suggests that the worst could be yet to come ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/zotac-warns-component-shortages-threaten-the-very-survival-of-gpu-manufacturers-and-distributors-message-to-korean-customers-suggests-that-the-worst-could-be-yet-to-come    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:42:36

• Two-year-old dies of heat exhaustion after being forgotten in car in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/two-year-old-dies-of-heat-exhaustion-after-being-forgotten-in-car-in-malaysia    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:43:06

• Man Went on ‘Trial Run’ Before Killing 4 Homeless Men, Prosecutors Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/nyregion/santos-murder-homeless-chintatown-trial.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:43:41

• Philippines, US hold joint military drill at disputed South China Sea shoal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-u-s-hold-joint-sail-in-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:43:57

• Xi says China, Finland should uphold international system, advance multipolar order ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/xi-says-china-finland-should-uphold-international-system-advance-multipolar-order    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:44:27

• China vows ‘support’ for Cuba after US threats ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-vows-support-for-cuba-after-us-threats    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:44:45

• China to seek deeper cooperation with Britain, Chinese ministries say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-to-seek-deeper-cooperation-with-uk-chinese-ministries-say    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:44:59

• Japan-born pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrive home in China's Sichuan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-born-pandas-xiao-xiao-and-lei-lei-arrive-home-in-chinas-sichuan    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:45:17

• Interpol leaked files reveal states abuse red notices to target dissidents ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/interpol-leaked-files-reveal-states-abuse-red-notices-to-target-dissidents/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:48:22

• Japan’s beloved last pandas leave for China as ties fray ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/27/japans-beloved-last-pandas-leave-for-china-as-ties-fray/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:48:56

• Xi Jinping says China seeks to uphold UN-based world order ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/27/xi-jinping-says-china-seeks-to-uphold-un-based-world-order/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:49:32

• Trigger a notification on USB device insertion using udev ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/43117/trigger-a-notification-on-usb-device-insertion-using-udev    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:50:23

• Play raw entropy noise via ALSA (bypass PulseAudio/PipeWire) ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/43119/play-raw-entropy-noise-via-alsa-bypass-pulseaudiopipewire    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:50:36

• Mail on Sunday broke the law to reveal abortion, claims Sadie Frost ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/mail-on-sunday-broke-the-law-to-reveal-abortion-claims-sadie-frost/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:51:46

• Sir Simon Hughes says he was target for Mail after being outed by The Sun ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/sir-simon-hughes-says-he-was-target-for-mail-after-being-outed-by-the-sun/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:51:56

• Ambitious Survey Hints at Tantalizing New Theories on Dark Energy ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ambitious-survey-hints-at-tantalizing-new-theories-on-dark-energy    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:52:22

• "No one should work for the govt. Its corrupt, lazy and incompetent. So via the transitive property so are all the scientists that collect a govt check." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg2a2yrd    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:56:12

• "Seems consistent with his contributions to IBM. Cut your way to innovation - which has never ever worked in the history of the world." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg2a2yrd    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:56:36

• "It is a expected, an IBM trained crook doing. Under the leadership of the Indian id1ot at the top, he went to destroy something else." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg2a2yrd    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:56:42

• "Dario - the IBM gift that keeps on giving ...nothing of any significant value, except a lot of BS. He learned from the best, Alvind." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg2a2yrd    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:56:56

• IBM "Q4 2024 results (ha ha ha) today 1/28 after 4PM EST" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg2bhvpm "Watch Kramer gush about how incredible IBM is. Then Alvind give him a couple hundred grand and everybody's happy."    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:57:43

• "I am really surprised that IBM even has any results. Who buys anything from IBM in 2025 , except the poor souls that still rely on the mainframe"    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:58:10

• "Then again, what if the mothertrucker in chief (Alvind) effs up and his evil strategy falls apart when the results are announced? Does he get a swift kick up his backside and get shown the door? Or does he get his couple of hundred grand to take with him?"    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:58:18

• "In an ideal world there should be bonus clawbacks for these unethical Indian crooks. He needs public humiliation just like Krabanaugh and the rest of the Pipmunks. It's just more upskilling delivered to the right people."    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:58:25

• "What current leading tech does IBM have to showcase so as to justify participating in Davos ? CICS , DB2 ? Maiframe , gimme a break"    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:59:06

• "ummmm, IBM produces NOTHING of value any more...they only buy up other companies and make out like bandits for a year or two by pushing whenever few clients they have to buy the garbage they bought. Kramer can sing a lot of praises about IBM but it's a load of BS and meaningless in the long term."    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:59:13

• "IBM is NO longer a relevant or valuable company nor is it run by ETHICAL executives. Other tech companies have overtaken it and and are leaders. And the Wall Street vultures hover and come to feed on IBM's carcass."    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 15:59:20

• "We’ll know by the end of the day ehhhh. I would say IBM does have an AI offering especially for “enterprise” given all of the SW purchases during the past 3 years." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kg00ew9e    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:00:02

• Hidden Faults Discovered at a Major US Earthquake Hotspot ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-faults-discovered-at-a-major-us-earthquake-hotspot    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:00:51

• Microbes in Fukushima Found Surprisingly Unscathed by Radiation ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/microbes-in-fukushima-found-surprisingly-unscathed-by-radiation    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:01:05

• Study Finds Meat Eaters Are More Likely to Live to 100, But There's a Catch ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-finds-meat-eaters-are-more-likely-to-live-to-100-but-theres-a-catch    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:01:22

• Bamboo Could Be The Next 'Superfood', But There's a Reason to Be Cautious ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bamboo-could-be-the-next-superfood-but-theres-a-reason-to-be-cautious    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:01:42

• If an Asteroid Hits The Moon in 2032, The Aftermath Might Reach Earth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/if-an-asteroid-hits-the-moon-in-2032-the-aftermath-might-reach-earth    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:01:56

• Scientists Identify 'Master Regulator' Behind Alzheimer's Problematic Proteins ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-master-regulator-behind-alzheimers-problematic-proteins    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:02:10

• Nike Says Its New Shoes Can Alter Your Mind. A Neuroscientist Weighs in. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nike-says-its-new-shoes-can-alter-your-mind-a-neuroscientist-weighs-in    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:02:21

• Tiny Bubbles Help Cancer Invade New Organs – And May Be Key to Stopping It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/tiny-bubbles-help-cancer-invade-new-organs-and-may-be-key-to-stopping-it    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:02:38

• 'Voter rolls could be used to intimidate', professor says as Bondi requests Minnesota records ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/voter-rolls-could-be-used-to-intimidate-professor-says-as-bondi-requests-minnesota-records    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:02:56

• On political tightrope, Anwar shelves reforms as Malaysia enters pre-election mode ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/on-political-tightrope-anwar-shelves-reforms-as-malaysia-enters-pre-election-mode    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:03:11

• South Sudan UN Commission condemns indiscriminatory military incitement against civilians ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/01/south-sudan-un-commission-condemns-indiscriminatory-military-incitement-against-civilians/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:03:47

• Gut Inflammation Link to Alzheimer's Disease Confirmed Once Again ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/gut-inflammation-link-to-alzheimers-disease-confirmed-once-again    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:04:07

• Clever Brit successfully repurposes telephone wiring for gigabit internet throughout his vintage home — Lad converts "incomprehensible mess of wires" into high-speed ethernet links ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/clever-brit-successfully-repurposes-telephone-wiring-for-gigabit-internet-throughout-his-vintage-home-lad-converts-incomprehensible-mess-of-wires-into-high-speed-ethernet-links    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:04:40

• Stratospheric internet could finally start taking off this year ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/27/1131780/stratospheric-internet-take-off/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:05:18

• Gen(erate losses)-“AI” bailouts ☞ https://rubenerd.com/generate-losses-ai-bailouts/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:06:23

• The Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/01/the-constitutionality-of-geofence-warrants.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:06:56

• An LLM that's 7500× stupider ☞ https://evanhahn.com/an-llm-thats-7500x-stupider/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:07:35

• Family retrocomputer trash and treasure ☞ https://rubenerd.com/family-retrocomputer-trash-and-treasure/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:08:20

• Podlite comes to Perl: a lightweight block-based markup language for everyday use ☞ https://www.perl.com/article/podlite-comes-to-perl-a-lightweight-block-based-markup-language-for-everyday-use/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:09:07

• nycOpenData: A unified R interface to NYC Open Data Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/nycopendata-a-unified-r-interface-to-nyc-open-data-apis/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:09:54

• WireDrum forces your muscles to learn skills ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/01/27/wiredrum-forces-your-muscles-to-learn-skills/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:10:20

• "Looking at the rapidly deteriorating situation in the United States" ☞ https://blog.slackware.nl/put-your-application-inside-a-vpn-jail/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:12:54

• Performance and load testing in Identity Management (IdM) systems using encrypted DNS (eDNS) ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/28/performance-and-load-testing-identity-management-idm-systems-using-encrypted    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:14:13

• Lennart Poettering: Introducing Amutable ☞ https://0pointer.net/blog/introducing-amutable.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:15:19

• Best Use Cases for CentOS VPS Hosting in 2026 ☞ https://thishosting.rocks/best-use-cases-for-centos-vps-hosting/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:15:47

• MaixCAM2 modular 4K Hey Hi (AI) camera is based on Axera AX630 SoC with 3.2 TOPS NPU (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/27/maixcam2-modular-4k-ai-camera-is-based-on-axera-ax630-soc-with-3-2-tops-npu/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:16:30

• Install GNU/Linux on an M1 MacBook Air : Dual-Booting Asahi GNU/Linux 2026 Guide ☞ https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/apple-silicon-linux-install-guide-2026/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:16:52

• IBM outsourcing to GAFAM ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1056206/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:17:33

• Organizations Warned of Exploited GNU/Linux Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/organizations-warned-of-exploited-linux-vulnerabilities/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:18:06

• Fedora Community Blog: Packit as Fedora dist-git CI: final phase ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/packit-as-fedora-dist-git-ci-final-phase/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:18:43

• Bangladesh’s network community comes together at bdNOG 20 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/28/bangladeshs-network-community-comes-together-at-bdnog-20/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:19:07

• How to install Red Bait Developer Hub ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/27/how-install-red-hat-developer-hub    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:19:52

• WTH is this pool of BUZZWORDS?! https://www.securityweek.com/cyber-insights-2026-quantum-computing-and-the-potential-synergy-with-advanced-ai/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:20:31

• TTAB Affirms Genericness Refusal of FREE PHOTOS for . . . Guess What? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/01/ttab-affirms-geneicness-refusal-of-free.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:21:49

• Italian Photographer Drops Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Drake ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/01/27/italian-photographer-drops-drake-lawsuit/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:22:13

• U.S. 'ICE' agents remind Minneapolis Latvians of Russian riot police ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/27.01.2026-us-ice-agents-remind-minneapolis-latvians-of-russian-riot-police.a631844/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:22:34

• Earlier This Month Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Lunduke Said in Public It Was Good That Renee Good Was Murdered, Now He Mocks or Demonises People for Saying the US is Unsafe ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Earlier_This_Month_Microsoft_Lunduke_Said_in_Public_It_Was_Good.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:23:03

• Gaming GNU/Linux Distro Bazzite Bans Key Dev for Unspecified CoC Violations ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/gaming-linux-distro-bazzite-bans    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:23:14

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

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:23:52

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

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:24:01

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

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:24:22

• How to Install MySQL 8.4 on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mysql-8-4-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:24:45

• How to Install MariaDB 11.8 on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mariadb-11-8-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:24:56

• How to Fix SSH Not Working on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-fix-ssh-not-working-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:25:36

• How to Install Kubernetes on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-kubernetes-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:25:56

• How to Impose High CPU Load and Stress Test on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-cpu-load-stress-test-with-stress-ng-tool/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:26:18

• Coding for EasyOS PART2 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202601/coding-for-easyos-part2.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:26:36

• Russia Recruits Gamers for ‘Meat Grinder’ War ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/01/russia-recruits-gamers-for-meat-grinder-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russia-recruits-gamers-for-meat-grinder-war    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:26:58

• Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 2 Million, Study Finds ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/russia-ukraine-casualties.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:27:26

• New Round Of Russian Strikes Kills 9, Knocks Out Power In Several Areas Of Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/strikes-odesa-russia-attacks-ukraine-energy-outages/33661127.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:27:55

• Research shows journalists rarely name weapons systems used in explosive attacks ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/research-shows-journalists-rarely-name-weapons-systems-used-in-explosive-attacks/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:28:26

• Families of Kenyans lured into Russia-Ukraine war seek state intervention for repatriation ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/families-of-kenyans-lured-into-russia-ukraine-war-seek-state-intervention-for-repatriation    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:28:38

• 'Geopolitical momentum': Is EU-India deal a challenge to great powers wielding 'imperialist policy'? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/geopolitical-momentum-is-eu-india-deal-a-challenge-to-great-powers-wielding-imperialist-policy    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:29:04

• Speech by Commissioner Micallef at High-level Meeting on Heritage and Architecture in Ukraine ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_246    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:29:17

• Opening statement by Commissioner Dombrovskis before the European Parliament's AFET/SEDE/INTA/BUDG committees on the Ukraine Support Loan ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_26_250    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:29:53

• What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #49 – S3E1 Why Marketing Matters in Open Source: Introducing Co-Host Sally Cooper ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2026/01/27/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-49-s3e1-why-marketing-matters-in-open-source-introducing-co-host-sally-cooper/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:30:45

• Pluralistic: Carney isn't a hero (and that's OK) (27 Jan 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/27/i-want-to-do-it/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:31:00

• Software Patents: Open Invention Network Shifts to Tiered Funding and Expands GNU/Linux System ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/01/open-invention-network-shifts-to-tiered-funding-and-expands-linux-system/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:31:30

• IBM Red Hat boosting slop instead of code, as it's not a tech company anymore ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/01/28/guide-ai-code-assistants-red-hat-openshift-dev-spaces    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:32:54

• WhatsApp is itself spyware ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/whatsapp-strict-account-settings-lockdown-style-spyware-protection/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:33:55

• On-site work: an obligation or an opportunity? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/27.01.2026-on-site-work-an-obligation-or-an-opportunity.a631596/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:34:17

• TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of a Landmark Trial ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/tiktok-settlement-social-media-addiction-lawsuit.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:34:29

• TikTok settles landmark social control media addiction lawsuit ahead of trial ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260127-tiktok-settles-landmark-social-media-addiction-lawsuit-ahead-of-trial    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:34:57

• 'I was scammed by a fake Fentanylware (CheeTok) shop' ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/i-was-scammed-by-a-fake-tiktok-shop-a12jr8f6aILD    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:35:16

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1056158/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:36:27

• OpenSSL 3.6.1 Is Now Available with Important Security Patches and Bug Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/openssl-3-6-1-is-now-available-with-important-security-patches-and-bug-fixes    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:36:48

• Transmission 4.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released as a Massive Update ☞ https://9to5linux.com/transmission-4-1-open-source-bittorrent-client-released-as-a-massive-update    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:37:16

• Notepad Next – Notepad++ Replication for GNU/Linux & Mac Released 0.13 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/notepad-next-notepad-replication-released-0-13/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:39:24

• Essora 20260127 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/essora    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:40:42

• CentOS 10-20260126 also released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/centos    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:40:52

• COSMIC Desktop ‘Frosted Glass’ UI Effect Previewed ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/cosmic-desktop-frosted-glass-effect    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:41:39

• Xfce Desktop Environment Is Getting a Rust-Based Wayland Compositor ☞ https://9to5linux.com/xfce-desktop-environment-is-getting-a-rust-based-wayland-compositor    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:42:16

• Flatcar 4459.2.3 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/flatcar    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:42:27

• TigerVNC 1.16 Released with Support for Sharing Wayland Desktops ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tigervnc-1-16-released-with-support-for-sharing-wayland-desktops    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:42:36

• FUSS 13.3.0 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/fuss    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:42:46

• GStreamer 1.28 Open-Source Multimedia Framework Released, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-28-open-source-multimedia-framework-released-heres-whats-new    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:42:56

• Alpine 3.23.3 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/alpine    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:43:06

• A critical GnuPG security update ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1056209/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:43:36

• FSF Blogs: GPL-compliant reasonable legal notices and author attributions ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/gpl-compliant-legal-notices-author-attributions    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:44:08

• Ptyxis Terminal Emulator Released 49.3 with APX Containers Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/01/ptyxis-49-3-apx-containers/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:44:35

• US naval buildup in Middle East heightens tensions ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260127-us-naval-buildup-in-middle-east-heightens-tensions    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:52:06

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says Iran Wants To Talk As US Warships Arrive In Middle East Waters ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-iran-us-ships-middle-east/33661382.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:52:25

• Online 'Gathering' Held Today to Organise Industrial Actions in EPO, Strikes Will be Starting Shortly ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Online_Gathering_Held_Today_to_Organise_Industrial_Actions_in_E.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:52:36

• India, EU strike ‘mother of all deals’ free trade agreement and defence pact in the age of Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-eu-agree-upon-mother-of-all-deals-fta-deepening-ties-in-the-age-of-trump    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:53:15

• How Computer Warfare Is Becoming Part of the Pentagon’s Arsenal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/pentagon-computer-warfare.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:53:35

• Trinidadian Families File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Boat Strike by U.S. Military ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/trinidad-wrongful-death-lawsuit-boat-strike.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:53:46

• Google Staffers Terrified of ICE After Attempt to Force Entry Into Company Building ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/google-ice-agents-workers Google SPONSORED THIS http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:54:40

• Social media giants head to court in landmark addiction trial ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/27/social-media-giants-head-court-landmark-addiction-trial/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 16:55:17

• ‘PackageGate’ Flaws Open JavaScript Ecosystem to Supply Chain Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/packagegate-flaws-open-javascript-ecosystem-to-supply-chain-attacks/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:35:25

• Must Use Proprietary JavaScript to Submit Feedback to the European Commission About Moving From GAFAM to Free Software ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/01/27/Must_Use_Proprietary_JavaScript_to_Submit_Feedback_to_the_Europ.shtml    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:36:00

• 23 soldiers died in Indonesia’s West Java landslide, official says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/twenty-three-soldiers-died-in-indonesias-west-java-landslides-official-says    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:36:11

• Meterbit Pixlpal – An open-source ESP32-S3 smart display with 128×64 RGB LED matrix, Hi-Fi audio output (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/27/meterbit-pixlpal-open-source-esp32-s3-smart-display-with-128x64-rgb-led-matrix-hi-fi-audio/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:36:52

• Openwashing https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/27/ai2-launches-family-open-source-ai-developer-agents-adapt-codebase/ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/doombuds-ports-the-1993-fps-classic-to-open-source-earbuds-by-streaming-jpgs-at-18fps-runs-on-300mhz-cpu-with-less-than-1mb-of-ram https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/27/moonshot-ai-releases-open-source-kimi-k2-5-model-1t-parameters/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:37:46

• The Q4 2025 Issue of the FreeBSD Journal is Now Available! ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/the-q4-2025-issue-of-the-freebsd-journal-is-now-available/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:39:38

• Cluster API v1.12: Introducing In-place Updates and Chained Upgrades ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01/27/cluster-api-v1-12-release/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:40:17

• Experimenting with Gateway API using kind ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/01/28/experimenting-gateway-api-with-kind/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:40:25

• Federal Court of Justice confirms Munich ruling in VoiceAge vs HMD ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/federal-court-of-justice-confirms-munich-ruling-in-voiceage-vs-hmd/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:41:20

• Federal Court of Justice hears FRAND appeal in VoiceAge vs HMD ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/federal-court-of-justice-hears-frand-appeal-in-voiceage-vs-hmd/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:41:55

• Patent Venue’s Method Claim Problem: How Many Steps Must Occur in the District? ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/01/patent-problem-district.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:42:17

• XSAs released on 2026-01-27 ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/01/27/xsas-released-on-2026-01-27/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:43:07

• British PM imitates Macron's viral sunglasses moment at Davos ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260127-british-pm-imitates-macron-s-viral-sunglasses-moment-at-davos    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:44:33

• Scam Altman Says Proprietary Chaffbot Company Is Slashing Its Hiring Pace as Financial Crunch Tightens ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sam-altman-openai-slashing-hiring    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:46:49

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Department Responsible for Airline Safety Using Hey Hi (AI) to Write New Regulations, So They Can Be Churned Out as Fast as Possible ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-regulations-ai    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:47:15

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s use of Hey Hi (AI) images pushes new boundaries, further eroding public trust, experts say ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/01/trumps-use-of-ai-images-pushes-new-boundaries-further-eroding-public-trust-experts-say/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:47:39

• Philip Glass Withdraws From Kennedy Center, as Its Symphony Vows to Play On ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/arts/music/kennedy-center-national-symphony-orchestra-gianandrea-noseda.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:48:11

• Xfwl4: the roadmap for a Xfce Wayland compositor ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1056159/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:48:57

• Lanner EAI-I351 – An NVIDIA Jetson Thor Edge Hey Hi (AI) computer with 100GbE QSFP28 port and 8x GMSL2 camera ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/01/27/lanner-eai-i351-an-nvidia-jetson-thor-edge-ai-computer-with-100gbe-qsfp28-port-and-8x-gmsl2-camera/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:49:42

• Chrome, Edge Extensions Caught Stealing Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Sessions ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-edge-extensions-caught-stealing-chatgpt-sessions/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:50:04

• Microsoft Patches Office Zero-Day Likely Exploited in Targeted Attacks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-office-zero-day-likely-exploited-in-targeted-attacks/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:50:32

• Section 230 Is Way More Than Just a Social Media Liability Shield ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/section-230-is-way-more-than-just-a-social-media-liability-shield/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 17:59:57

• The FCC Wants to Let Broadcasters Turn Off Your TV ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/the-fcc-wants-to-let-broadcasters-turn-off-your-tv/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:00:20

• Cybercriminals and nation-state groups are exploiting a six-month old WinRAR defect ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/winrar-defect-active-exploits-google-threat-intel/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:01:26

• Turn a Raspberry Pi Zero into a Global Ad Blocker with Pi-hole and Tailscale ☞ https://the-diy-life.com/turn-a-raspberry-pi-zero-into-a-global-ad-blocker-with-pi-hole-and-tailscale/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:01:49

• Autobiography of a “Jeep” (1943) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/autobiography-of-a-jeep    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:02:08

• Over 100 Organizations Targeted in ShinyHunters Phishing Campaign ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/over-100-organizations-targeted-in-shinyhunters-phishing-campaign/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:03:03

• Website issues impacting new and renewal orders ☞ https://www.arcanoae.com/website-issues-impacting-new-and-renewal-orders/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:04:03

• Tiananmen vigil activists sought end to communist rule in name of democracy, Hong Kong nat. sec trial told ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/01/27/tiananmen-vigil-activists-sought-end-to-communist-rule-in-name-of-democracy-hong-kong-nat-sec-trial-told/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:06:54

• How AI-generated images are being used to deny the massacre of protesters in Iran ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260127-ai-generated-images-deny-massacre-protesters-iran    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:07:17

• Australia and New Zealand need regional focus for multipolar order ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-and-new-zealand-need-regional-focus-for-multipolar-order/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:08:10

• Could Mali fall to terrorists? ☞ https://defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/could-mali-fall-to-terrorists/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:08:34

• Japanese have 'greater awareness of security issues and a greater concern over actions by China' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20260127-japanese-have-greater-awareness-of-security-issues-and-a-greater-concern-over-actions-by-china    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:08:52

• Anger as branch of ICE to help with security at Winter Olympics in Italy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/anger-as-branch-of-ice-to-help-with-security-at-winter-olympics-in-italy    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:09:12

• Green peer calls for fan boycott of USA world cup venues due to fears of ICE ☞ https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/01/27/green-peer-calls-for-fan-boycott-of-usa-world-cup-venues-due-to-fears-of-ice/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:10:05

• US ouster of Maduro nightmare scenario for Kim Jong Un, says North Korean ex-diplomat ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-ouster-of-maduro-nightmare-scenario-for-kim-n-korean-ex-diplomat    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:10:26

• Australia PM Albanese visits East Timor to discuss security, gas ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-pm-albanese-visits-east-timor-to-discuss-security-gas    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:10:49

• Cambodia scam crackdown sheds light on Indonesia’s employment gaps ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/cambodia-scam-crackdown-sheds-light-on-indonesias-employment-gaps    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:11:39

• Democrats Push to Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem After Minneapolis Shooting ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/kristi-noem-dhs-impeach-minneapolis.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:12:10

• Mauritania Receives U.S. Military Equipment ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/01/mauritania-receives-u-s-military-equipment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mauritania-receives-u-s-military-equipment    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:12:44

• Houthis Provide Somali Pirates With Advanced Tech ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/01/houthis-provide-somali-pirates-with-advanced-tech/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=houthis-provide-somali-pirates-with-advanced-tech    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:13:09

• Japan-born pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei arrive home in China’s Sichuan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-born-pandas-xiao-xiao-and-lei-lei-arrive-home-in-chinas-sichuan    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:13:37

• Newegg stock price falls 17.7% after Chinese owner is detained by anti-corruption authorities — company insists it’s operating normally and ‘in accordance with the laws’ ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/newegg-stock-price-falls-17-7-percent-after-chinese-owner-is-detained-by-anti-corruption-authorities-company-insists-its-operating-normally-and-in-accordance-with-the-laws    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:16:44

• Stanford settles lawsuit with family of Katie Meyer, announces reforms ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/01/27/stanford-settles-lawsuit-with-family-of-katie-meyer-announces-reforms/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:17:23

• Chilean community draws on human intelligence to highlight AI’s excessive thirst for water ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/27/chilean-community-draws-human-intelligence-highlight-ais-excessive-thirst-water/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:17:39

• Have this error on my sister's external hard drive, but it works just fine in a friend's PC https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/have-this-error-on-my-sisters-external-hard-drive-but-it-works-just-fine-in-a-friends-pc.345618/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:18:56

• Brax open_slate is a privacy-focused tablet with Ubuntu and de-Googled Android support (crowdfunding) https://liliputing.com/brax-open_slate-is-a-privacy-focused-tablet-with-ubuntu-and-de-googled-android-support-crowdfunding/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:19:29

• Succession: Linux kernel community gets continuity plan for post-Linus era https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/linux_continuity_plan/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:22:41

• "A number of the changes would have previously been in Proton Experimental or Proton Hotfix. See the details in our guide on all the different Proton versions." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/valve-released-proton-10-0-4-bringing-more-game-compatibility-to-steamos-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:27:57

• It's not usable yet, but Asahi Linux runs on M3 Macs now https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/01/27/its-not-usable-yet-but-asahi-linux-runs-on-m3-macs-now    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:28:42

• Penguin in your pocket: Nexphone dual boots into Linux, Windows 11 https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/nex_brax_dualboot_fondleslabs/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:29:27

• I switched to Linux and I can't imagine going back to Windows in 2026 https://www.xda-developers.com/i-cant-imagine-using-windows-in-2026-after-moving-to-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:31:00

• Linux is still a developer OS, and that’s why it won’t go mainstream https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-is-still-a-developer-os-and-thats-why-it-wont-go-mainstream/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:35:10

• Heroic Games Launcher for Linux just got a big update https://www.howtogeek.com/heroic-games-launcher-for-linux-just-got-added-a-new-platform/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:35:36

• 3 reasons KDE Plasma is still my go-to Linux desktop https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-kde-plasma-is-still-my-go-to-linux-desktop/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:36:08

• Valve's Proton compatibility layer brings 19 more games to Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/valves-proton-compatibility-layer-brings-19-more-games-to-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:36:31

• "Mecha Comet was covered here on GamingOnLinux back in early 2025, and now this exciting bit of hardware has a Kickstarter live to fund it. This would have been a dream device to mess about with when I was younger, really love what they're doing with it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-modular-linux-handheld-mecha-comet-is-up-on-kickstarter/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:37:02

• The only Linux command you need for monitoring network traffic - and how to use it https://www.zdnet.com/article/monitor-network-traffic-iftop-command-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:37:36

• I tried COSMIC Desktop as a KDE Plasma fanboy, and one thing stopped me from switching https://www.xda-developers.com/i-tried-cosmic-desktop-as-a-kde-plasma-fanboy-and-one-thing-stopped-me-switching/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:38:25

• "Minigalaxy is a simple and to the point GOG client for Linux, making it easier to download and install all your GOG games. A new bug-fix release is out now with Minigalaxy version 1.4.1." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-simple-gog-client-for-linux-minigalaxy-version-1-4-1-is-out-now/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:39:09

• Mecha Comet is a modular Linux handheld computer https://boingboing.net/2026/01/27/mecha-comet-is-a-modular-linux-handheld-computer.html    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:39:34

• "AMD has introduced a new low-latency video decode solution for Radeon GPUs on Linux with the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver as part of the Mesa 26.1 release." https://www.techpowerup.com/345669/amd-prepares-radeon-low-latency-video-decode-for-linux-drivershttps://www.techpowerup.com/345669/amd-prepares-radeon-low-latency-video-decode-for-linux-drivers    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:41:02

• Valve's Proton 10.0-4 update introduces a new wave of games to Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/valves-proton-100-4-update-introduces-a-wave-of-new-games-to-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:41:32

• Interactive Brokers makes IBKR Desktop platform available on Linux https://fxnewsgroup.com/forex-news/platforms/interactive-brokers-makes-ibkr-desktop-platform-available-on-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:42:31

• Proton 10.0-4 now stable with more Windows games running on Linux https://tech.sportskeeda.com/gaming-news/news-proton-10-0-4-now-stable-windows-games-running-linux    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:43:17

• GOG adds Linux focus to GOG GALAXY engineering role, “Linux is next major frontier” https://videocardz.com/newz/gog-adds-linux-focus-to-gog-galaxy-engineering-role-linux-is-next-major-frontier    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:45:15

• Why desktop Linux matters, even if (almost) no one uses it https://www.howtogeek.com/desktop-linux-matters-even-if-almost-no-one-uses-it/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:46:49

• I ditched Windows for a Linux and macOS combo, and I'll never go back https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-and-macos-combo-is-the-best-and-i-dont-want-anything-else-now/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:48:17

• GA of Oracle AI Database 26ai for Linux x86-64 on-premises platforms https://blogs.oracle.com/database/ga-of-oracle-ai-database-26ai-for-linux-x86-64-on-premises-platforms    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:49:01

• CERT-In Flags High-Risk Chrome Flaw, Urges Immediate Update for Windows, Mac and Linux Users https://www.thehansindia.com/technology/tech-news/cert-in-flags-high-risk-chrome-flaw-urges-immediate-update-for-windows-mac-and-linux-users-1042902    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:51:35

• This new Linux distro folds a gorgeous COSMIC desktop into an immutable Fedora base https://www.zdnet.com/article/origami-linux-cosmic-desktop-immutable-fedora-base/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:52:18

• I found the key to gaming on desktop Linux https://www.makeuseof.com/i-found-the-key-to-gaming-on-desktop-linux/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:52:37

• Enabling Oracle Linux YUM Service Access using Private Service Access https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/yum-access-using-private-service-access    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:53:01

• The latest Linux distro to embrace Wayland also makes Arch more accessible https://www.zdnet.com/article/cachyos-arch-linux-distro-now-supports-wayland/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:53:39

• "Gemini is not where most people are. That's part of the point. I write here because nothing competes with the text." gemini://station.martinrue.com/sava/8de71ad3a95c4758bcdb1183f986d0f1    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 18:58:25

• "This release introduces a mechanism to avoid blank screen issues." https://9to5linux.com/debian-based-gparted-live-1-8-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-gparted-1-8    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:06:51

• "The Linux laptop features mid-range graphics cards in the form of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070." https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-computers-unveils-intel-powered-infinitybook-max-15-gen10-linux-notebook    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:07:26

• "Good guide to the Linux 'ls' command !" https://digg.com/technology/Ms8KBQP/good-guide-to-the-linux-ls    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:11:08

• [japan] [food] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2026-01-27.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:19:27

• "I have been hard at work this last week and a half on the NES port of FlatCube. For context of what FlatCube is, I wrote a post back in November mentioning I had created a game for the Playdate called FlatCube." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/flatcube-nes-port-finished.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:20:15

• "Gemini is not where most people are. That's part of the point. I write here because nothing competes with the text. No layout decisions. No images asking for attention. Just words, in order." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/why-i-still-write-on-the-small-web-in-2026/    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:21:13

• "I don't know who reads this. I don't need to. There are no metrics to check. I could implement something to track pageviews and so on, but, I don't want to. No reason to optimize. If someone finds a post, it's because they were looking."    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:21:33

• "First, mass-wise I have now reached a new set point of about 66 kg or so. Often the problem is that I have gotten back to the point where I eat too much, usually at all-you-can-eat hot pots as they are fairly cheap and available all the time. It is especially appropriate for this kind of season where it is sometimes cold." gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/gemlog/2026-01.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:22:17

• 🔤SpellBinding: ABILMXO Wordo: BECKS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2026-01-28.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:22:55

• "Rapid manufacturing and prototyping firm Creality has announced two upcoming products aimed at reducing the environmental impact of fused filament fabrication: the Shredder R1 and Filament Maker M1, for recycling waste into new filament." gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202601/20260128-shred.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:25:21

• "A no-op substitute command can be used (perhaps in longer documents that have gone on for too long, as they are wont to do, especially when there is no editor involved." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2026/01/28/vi-in-rome.gmi    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 19:26:21

• GNU/Linux up in Lithuania https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/lithuania/#monthly-200902-202601 also in https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/latvia/#monthly-200902-202601    

posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 21:00:35